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sake of business. They are not any
worse than the men. but II looks
worse. ~ .'r &c.
: t.And Chicago girls do NOT know
how 70; dress; They wear the loud, loud;
the loud. noisy spats were. to be
worn. they didn't act nice a bit.
Awwww, mol" She made a low sus-
tanned sound and pouted. e.
They went stark mad and went
into purple and green ftts with yel.
low borders. They have quite feet
can't blame them for THAT. It's
the fault OF tho cobblestonee. II tho
women didn't wear vefandas on the
edges OF their shoes they won1d fall
in between the big stones which pave
the streets and 60 up TO tlaeiI knees
tops.
She talked for q moment about
Minnie. the elephant on the bill.
who follows her. II seems that
Minnie has a wonderful appetite
and always, celebrates arrival in
a new town by eating up some
sSrs Snss Mssa9 M stnF GrlnloS sroSnd any ~
Father gave me a scare at
first" she said. "I caught him
carrying candy around. and was
jealous. But found out later II
was for Minnie. But speaking OF
Minnie and acts. This Monday
"When / 10 on I haven't an idea
of what / am going to sing. have
to size up my audiences first. And
sometimes they just want baby songs
and sometimes they want other
types. / have 70 feel my wav and
then give father the sign" She
didn't explain. but we knew that
father was Burton Green. who Is her
husband. and. inctdentally,s the
father of the fattest Green baby in
captivity. There are two Green
babies as a matter of fact. both
paradoxically q bright pink. but
neither one has red hair.
''No, thank God. Margaret. who
Is eight" sfie confided, has muddy
like hair, and Elizabeth has nice
dark hair like father. That Mar
garet Is a pirate" She grinned at
fectionately at the pictures which
smiled at her from the wall. tackled
up hastily to make the room honey;
''She scares me. Perhaps she win
couple OF times. but I doubt II. when
was her age. Good night. It is
you know started out in life on
the stage at the age Of three" just
then two shots rang out on the
nv but hate that" she said, as
she wiggled her shoulders in djscom-
"And that reminds me that have
never achieved my ambition In life.
When I was three, playing a comedy
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work mornings and in between
umes. and every once In n while.
when haven't any. time at all. !
just whirl In and make a little"
She grinned complacently.
I'VE will surely start by Sep
tember. We are having trouble
with the publishers. Dodd. Mead &c
Company" She said il with an
unmistakable accent, adding in a
most charming and, ladylike man
ner. Isn't that the most wonder
full swear word you ever heard.
And to. prove her point. she re-
peated Dodd. Mead a. Company in
a way TO make a sailor blush.
We had gossiped for an hour,
and II was time to 70. A mass OF
babiee pictures was sifted over
and one was at last selected. The
marvel of red hair which was
NOT inherited by tho babies still
Where did, you pick I'D Red
Head anyhow
she Rrtnned for the last time Cat
us Rt least) and shook her head.
81 don't know. Just thought peo.
pie would like IL. II grew out
Of the part had ir. the "I'rodi-
gal Father Funny thing"-she
put n finger to her lip and cogi-
Z tated-~-''no body ever. ever in all
my. life called me red-headw
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The Pretty Little Stenogra-
pher Tells the Truth
About the Paving Per-
son, Who Cannot Keep
4 His. Hands to Himself
While He Is Talking to
Her in the Office. And 1t
Isn't Necessarily Always
a Man!
tAnother Anonymous IntsrvIewl.

(Another Anonymous Interview.
ST%HE stenographer didn't need an
. Invitation 70 give an interview.
She simply exploded into one. We
collided In the hall. ana instead
Of the usual eagle glance she awarded
one long look Of contempt When do
teined she exploded.
f"Don't touch me" She Jerlxed her arm
away with n wealth or silent Billings
Eate in the look she gave.
keep your hands to yourself. should
think you'd know enough to realize now
Il feels to be paved and patted and rub
bed: why I'm about to purr. I'm, that
pettedi" 4 -
But there was more than mere dis
Measure on her rather tired ana pretty
face. Little iinev made by annoyance
showed at the corners OF her eyes
There was tragedy upder the comedy
OF her glance.
'Tye Just been paved and petted for
The last time. The man who drives ne
crazy has Just been In Our office. Hos
the kind who calls you grille and who
smoothes your arm. and pats your hand.
and touches You on every occasion. why
he doesn't climb right up and sit on my
shoulder and talk is mystery TO me-
she smoothed out her collar. and gave
n pat to the back. Of her hair. then
went on.
.The worst office pest is not the man
Who talks to you all day. It's the man
who paws, and the woman who smoothes'
and pats. Just because n girl works In
lawyers office some people seem to think
that they have a right to play with any
thing she happens to have around ner
neck. put a hand on her shoulder, or
button a button. wish that someone
would write about II. That's subject.
But Gosh !" ,
Her snort Of contempt was withering,
And II get mad they think that !
am stiff or a prude. Why I can stand
almost anything. I'm a good sport The
man pawer Is bad enough but the wom-
an who paTsi nth.. Gosh. She i n,,r Ssns, sscs se
and say, get this" the bright eyes mar
rowed. The female pawer always eats
onion. Not that don't like onions. But
like then tnID IN .her PlsSs Ssn fns Insult Thsr egr
clients" A long pause ensued. as she
tried to collect her shattered nerves.
Then with another scorching glance she
looked at her office door s%9uaTea. % %.d ne5
disappeared behind the door.
Reforming, like charity. should b.
gin at home. 81. A. 81, -
Honestly now-do. you paw7
A woman recently got a divorce. from
her husband because he was crazy.
THAT Is setting a precedent, and prec.
edents, SO Congress has often pointed
out to the suffragists,, are depGerouS
band is crazy would be allowed d.
vorce? -. F%f'r- t'i :
And in baseball season, we are to as
surI,e that the genus husband would dis
appear automatically. 90
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Lack of VisualiSation ii X
Scientifically Explains
Sufferers Difficulties
By DIR. L. X. HIRsHBERG.

ton gr,ws by what the senses feed on
and the memory stores TIP. The eyes,
according 70 Df. swift plpv the greatest
Hopkins University is convinced that
the. muscle sense Is more important.
Effective Of Seedlings.
II yisualizatlon In carly life receives
any stock or Nher setback. such AZ In
attention. haste OF expression. speech
without meaning. speaking pieces" that
are not understood by the child. mat.
tcntion Of elders 10 a ahIld's repeated
appeal. compelling the child to repeat
over and over again. then parents and
grown-ups are responsible II the child
becomes a sufferer.
DR. Swift IL certain from his re.
searches that ono of the chief sources
OF n child's power 70 visualize has It's
oriRin In the home. Painets who scold.
f.ighten, punish, iEncre or do not train
their children properly may have their
own. ignorance 10 thank for any speech
defects In their offspring. Accidents.
severe illness. operations and other m
jrIies TO the emotion and thought me
initiate suffering, As the capacity to
Visualize diminishes. the vocal ap-
paratus gropes and founders around
These facts arc easily tested. Try the
next sufferer with questions about con.
crete ind abstract things. The former
are either poorly visualized or not at
ell. therefore. stutterinc ensues.
In anger. II a mental picture js clear
cut. no Interference with smooth speech
appears. II no mental scenery II
brought to mind stammering may bo
The fact that stntterers sing without
trouble Is cue TO auditory images. pic
turos OF addition so t. speak. which
must assert themaelyes before tho
melody bursts forth. Faith 10 also a
form of vlsualiZation Of God and re-
lipion. Prayers. therefore. are usually
uttered without stutterinu.
Familiar SIGHTS according to DIR.
Swift. are not often suffered over.
while details of situations never before
experienced cauFe all sorts OF vocal ex-
Ilosions.
From All OF this Il IL 10 be inferred
thst trpining Of all the senses with q
grceter brOadth OF experience better
stddy of all details. and n corresponding
4 extension Of the quality OF mental pio-
I turee. melodies and other perceptions
tefore the will moves the vocal muscles
~ the method whereby the sufferer
may bc cured.
'r:opy't 1915. by Newspaper Feature servios,.
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By FLORENCE e. YoDER.
A oBoDY ever called Irene
nj Franklin red-head.

nj Franklin red-head.
" Nor strawberry blonde nor
any OF the others.
And on our personal. unsmirched af-
fidavy we attest that he- hair In as
red as blaEes. and that there is 10
much OF Il that II makes a great
wad-lfke at the back and seriously In
terferes. with the purchase Of hats.
However. that confession didn't come
until toward the end OF the gossip.
Yes. Fond Followers, she does It up
In curl papers.
"Yep," she began as soon as the
chairs In her dressing room were res
cued and used for correct purposes
instead of clothes hangers, yep. me
and Elsie Janis In In curriers'. All OF
the time" She awarded one large
opened faced smile nnd took the
towel from about her head letting
the heavy bronze mass fall.
She wore o blue smock of some sort
OF heavy material which was tho
complementary color to her hair. II
completely enveloped her. and made
her look about sixteen. or ten. But
she volunteered that she was thirty
one.
'And IFS wetw she connded.
'"This Monday matinee Is awful. Try
ing everything out y'know." her hair
began tosassume large doughnut like
forms on the back OF her head. under
the manipulation Of her nimble fin
gers. The conversations was punctu-
ated at irregular intervals by sly
grins. and quirks of the lips as she
peeped around or fixed a glance
WITHOUT turning around by the med
ium~of the mirror. She certainly Is
expert in the use Of mirror.
Always have TO wash our hair on
Monday. And danced with It wet
and the curls came out on the stage.
Deed they did," she declared.
There was no need Ia pry a con-
versation from this young woman.
It flowed from her lips easily, yet
without. .egotism. and she found time
to listen once in a while to a prof.
fered suggestion or offer word of
sympathy.
This matinee wasn't bad as Ear
as Mondays Usually 90. Washing
ton girls simply fescinate me. That
isn't bunkurn They are good look
ing. and they know how to dress.
And Phs- -peeked around provok-
ingly. they don't stop dressing
when they get to their feet. They
keep right on. New York girls are
ugh!" She made"a noise indicating
disgust. "They are hard faced.
. You know that hard-faced look. Just
as II 1they had been forced to wipe
every human emotion off for the
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role which was written for me. In,
The ,Prodigal Father I once said.
said i: When I grow up l am 60
ing to play In a respectable theater.
where they never hro any shots. No
guns for me- And that is as near
al ! have ever come TO realiEing my
ambitioni There are no shots In my
act, but there are shots fore and
With some difficulty we managed
to rescue the conversation from a
slough Of gossip which is absolutely
unprtntable, since II concerned the
most sacred secrets Of woman'b most
holy fetish, shopping. After having
admitted that clerks invariably in
suited her because she had grease
paint on her collars, and wore curl
papers, and that she bought relays
OF six and seven hats at a time in
order that she might fit her head as
her hair varied In position and slip
perishness, she began TO tell what
she Intended to do In the future.
'What next9 Wei, I am going To
do a muaical comedy, The Melting
OF Molly. I am writing the lyrics
and father writes the songs. Maria
Thompson Davies said that I was TO
be Molly. We haven't decided yet
whether or not George v. Hobart or
willard Mack shall do the dramatiza-
tfon- u have almost finished.
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Troop News of Girl Scouts

tn. c.nta,ns. As,oc,ation OF the
a., - =,
Girl scouts met curing inc "eeS. ~
wac decided at this meeting that
hepcefortb no scout could be trans
.S.-.. go, ~. ,rnon ,o another un-
ierreo iIoni o"e % ~ a.n. On.
lese chango OF ADDRESS ne "o
change In troops advisable. ana tnen
.he reoues. s: ior - az cs,,a,s rarsnrs
Wy s.."s- ~. y y - M sIrt
or guardian.
No girl II to be permttted- TO wear
the scout uniform or the emblem un-
iass The q a tenderfoot,i
Mrs, w. 3. Bayies, former captain
of Troop 20, was elected 70 the posi-
tiou OF most captain. This Office was
ana - thn s,,uwaat,on of the ma
! neu ~ o '.ss., -. ,....-, v,.,t
uonai presioe"t upo" "ei
to the city. .,
Mrs. ~, A. ColmAn was eIeSLeo 20
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ADVICE. TO GIRLS.
BY Annie Laurie

Dear Annie Laurie-Is II proper
for a young man who. at a
---friend's party. meets young
lady on whom he would like 10
call. to ask her IL he can call. or
should he wait until he is in
Hted? p
In case the latter part OF the
question is the proper course,
could the young man not avoid
that technicality. by inviting the
young LADY 10 dance or some
other affair.
: Also. please inform me under
what circumstances q young lady
should not invite young man
into her homo when she has been
out to the theater with him.
'' ATT SEA.
TT IS PROPER for a young man
TO ask a girl II he may call.
even though his acquaintance u
as BRIEF as that you mention.
5he' may feel that she 10 being too
forward II she invites him.
1t Is equally possible to foster the
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OF course, one must sport high
white boots. Equally. of course the
boots are expensive. Even though q
GLIB salesman gives the assurance
of their durability. this Is but a
sorry salve to the conscience. How
ever. there has beer discovered one
shop Sef y where Ire. se price + rot Ds 81 nor
double the price had been showed to
a more prominent position, but care
ful scrutiny Tailed To disclose 81
worth of difference between the two.
A premature spring blossoming
fills the window or every florist IN
town. The little miniature boxes
in ivory tint, with a trellis to match,
and flowers climbing all over 1t. is
81 at one establishment. TAe
flowers are sweet peas, forget-me-
nots. and snapdragon, with, per-
haps, a sunny Ward rose or two.
A shop in f street announces
some of the most remarkable bar
gains. at least two OF which will ap-
peal to women.
Item 1 is a sale OF middies OF a
well-known brand. uniformly priced
at 81 cents each. Item Is sweaters.
white ones. green ones, any color
In the rainbow. For 1888 may be
acquired n dark green sweater In
finelv knitted wool. with belt
which may be removed II desired.
For s. more Is a sweater duplicating
the cardinal flowers. This Is very
light in weight. but warm as toast.
(TcIephono Main 62S0 for inJormr-
fion regarding the naBleS 6J tho
estdb bIshmeHtS In tUhich the articles
mentioned above may Lr purchased.
Inquiries concerning peDs Of the
shops should be addressed 10 The
Shopper, thts Ofdoe.)
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friendship by inviting the girl to a
dance or party. for after that you
would be more than discourteous II
you did not call. ',,- .,
Some parents dislike to have their
daughters ask their escorts TO come
in upon returning from the theater,
because 1t would assume the pro-
portions or q call. and n girl 10 not
supposed TO entertain callers so late
In the evening. Then, too, there Is
asleep, Generally speaking. then,
the escort should say good night at
the door.
(copyt 1916. by Newspaper Feature serVics)
Miss LGurie t0iH t0elcome letters
of inquiry on subjects of interest
from readers Of thts paper, and toiu
reply to them W these columns.
They should be addressed to her,
care Of this office.
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bour. has returned 10 the troop after
an atsence OF several weeks.
Evelyn Hunnicut. Ethel Entwisle.
Harrie Enoch. Sara Beardsley. and
Marian Smith passed their tender
foot test. Many Of the girls, are try
ing for merit badges.
The scouts OF Troop met at the
residence OF their captain, Mrs. w.
B. Pain. and planned for a pay
which they Will give later. They INT
the troop yell and allegiance to thu
flag. adjourning at o'clock, y
Troop IS has recently organized,
There is little more than one patrol
which meets every Thursday in the
cooking school on Massachusetts
avenue northeast. Miss Marian
Nichols IL lieutenant; Annette Bull
lar. patrol leader; Edith Dunn. cor
poral; Lillian Bowen. secretary. and
Phebe Fleming. treasurer. Every
meeting they are drilled by Steele
S. Conaway. who drills the Soy
Scouts of Troop 10. assisted by Fran
els B. Williams. both cadets.
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n YSTERIES held By the sphinx
Nh are no deeper than those
I'VE which nndcrlle the cause OF
suffering, Among the many
attempts 10 help Sufferers the newest
and most dciHiled is that OF Dr. Walter
y. Swift. OF Roston, who found out the
relation OF speech. musc'e movements
general ,sensations. Hpociai sensations
like hearing. vision. smell. taste. and
muscle sense to suffering and the Inn
agination. DIR. Swift learned that the
Imagination must work and yisualize
past. present or future events before
the vocal mechanism 10 fabricated
enough 10 work. More important. how
ever, II his discovery that those VINO
stutter lack. somehow. this curious nu-
man power OF viRuallxation. -
To the degree that man can visual
ise comes his fluency OF speech. Thougpt
pictures imagination and mental seen
cry increase ns suffering grows less.
Mnny children become Sufferers merely
because they learn words. words, words
with meanings that they can only
vaguely grasp from the limitations OF
their experience. In word. they lack
the Imagination necessary 20 conJure up
q mind picture before they speak the
words. ,a 4..t-,
AbBerttve fersOnenty.
Some men are only occasional slut
tererr. When free OF the spasms they
use their mental pictures; whom they
stutter-as emotionaliy eNcitable people
often do--they- explode n serics OF rapid
fire words without the normal pause
which usually pfecedee and also allows
time for fiaahli6ft photograph OF the
meaning OF the outpouring words.
Whenever visuaiization Ia present the
suffering disappears like Sinpad 9
fiontfng Island! A. suffering appears
the habit of visualisation disappears.
Since the Individuality OF person de-
ponds. In n fashion. upon the shifting OF
the pictures OF memory and ina gination,
a stutterer may be said to be slightly
wanting In asserting personality.
Persohallty IL made up OF perceptions
memories. Imagination. and other stored
up pictures and Impressions. That slut
tererE fail to use and express all OF their
personality is plain from these re-
searches. Here. then u. the first time
In found at least one definite and con-
slant cause for suffering.
An infant cannot visualize. Visualiza-
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She Has Never Achieved
Her Ambition. Think of
That! She Has Such a
Big Head That She Can't
Find Hats to Fit 1t. She
Thinks That Washington
Girls Are the Neatest and
Prettiest Girls of Three
Cities, and Tells Why!
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Irene Franklin Reveals Astounding Fact
That No One Ever Called Her a Red -Headl

But That Is Only a Small
Part of a Remarkable
Confession in Which Mrs.
Burton Green Breaks All
of the Rules of Interview
ing, Tells Her Age of Her
Own Accord, and Refuses
to Give Her Best Family
Picture, for Publication.
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YsTERfEs held By the sphinx
Nh are no deeper than those
IV which nnderlle the cause OF
Etutterine. Among the many
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Seen In The
Shops &.
By THE SHOPPER.

~ ALLIE taffeta Is compara-
~ lively. new spring, material
that is sure to win popular
notice. It is sitter than
chiffon taffeta and hence looks well
IN suits, as well rs afternoon and
evening gowns. Chlfton tafreta
crumpies so larnentabiy as to re-
auire frequent DRESSINGS. Faille
taffeta has slightly ribbed surface.
The price is $50 yard, the width
forty inches,
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Troop 30 met in It's headquarters
Last Thursday. and planned for its
benefit entertainment and dance to
be given April &c. All OF the COM
nittees have not been Appolntsd. but
In addition to those whose duties
have been assigned. n committee on
decorations has been selected. In
cludinE H. Housechilds and +. PEN
nojer,
Miss Pauline Holer will speak TO
the troop Thursday on drilling.
Nearly all OF the troop. including
the captain. attended the Boy Scout
entertainment at Waugh Church
last Friday night in uniform.
The lieutenant. Miss Pansy Bar
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One specimen OF the new leather
neclSwe ear looks more like a bride
Dian anything else. To be sure. the
color OF the shiny leather is gayer
than any birdie has q right tn be-,
but there is very stiff looking
nickle buckle to counteract 1t. The
price is 20 cents.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-08

of the abundance of employment ard
higher compensation. together with the
reckoning opportunity which offers
every reward. we Americans have at
tracted the laborers of the earth. and
set new standards here.
1t is not for me to put the stamp
of relative Importance on pending IS
sues--the Intelligent voters will de-
termine that for themselves. But ]
know what they are thinking, and
they believe that the protective policy
which made us industrially and COM
mercially eminent Is necessary to pre-
serve that eminence. I know they
want 1t restored and maintained. For
myself / prefer a protective and pro-
ductive tariff which prospers Amer
lea first choose the economic policy
which sends the American working
men to the savings banks rather than
the soup houses. I commend the plan
under which the healthful glow OF
prospecting business is reflected in
every face from the great captain OF
industry to the schooling child of the
daily wage-earner.
Moreover. like the abiding con.
sistency OF our unchanging position
upon this policy. The Republican
Convention of 1860, which gave to
the nation and all history the nomina~
! ton of Lincoln. made this simple and
! ample utterance:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-08

American faith. we mean 10 go on
an exemplar of peace to all the ma
tons, an arbiter of justice to all the
world, q promoter of righteousness
to all the people OF the earth.
At the same time we have more to
do than to chart a national course
through the waters surging with the
turbulence of war. our inspiring
course Is on the highway of. peace.
Our armed defense must ever be
linked with our industrial self-reli-
ance. and the nation worth dying for
must first be worth living for. Out
OF natures prodigality we have meal
culable resources and limitless posi-
bilities, and there Is need only for
the unhindered application of mans
genius and industry to make us as
Independent industrially as We are
free politically. Ample defense rests
on industrial freedom and self-reliance
as well as patriotic sacrifice and in
dastrial preparedness gives that as
surance of material good fortune in
peace on which must be founded all
our higher aspirations.
The Protective Policy.
Subsistence is the first requisite of
existence. and we have the higher
American standard OF living because
of the Republican protective policy
which makes OF Americans the best
paid workmen In ALI the world. Out
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-08

senator from New York. He Is eighty
two years old, but most remarkably
spry for his age. 1t is believed he
has attended every Republican conven-
ton except one or two of the very
first. Two other very busy men here
have been Governor Hiram w. John
son. of California, candidate for vice.
president in 1919 on the Progressive
ticket Che is one of the most consis-
tent and strongest of the Progress
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-08

Chicago. June Like ali Repubii
can national conventions of recent de-
cades. the assemblage here drew to-
gether many old timers. some of whom
were not delegates or alternates. They
smelled the battle from afar and could
not resist the longing to see IT for
themselves. Probably the most promi
nent and best known OF these boyS
has been Chauneey NJ. Depew. former