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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-10
ONE women love to shop.

~ ONE women love to shop.
Now. shopping In one OF I've
~ queereot games existant. J. "a
rare that any mere man can
even grasp the idea. Wife says. "I'Ir
going downtown to buy . fow thingr,"
and when she comes home at night ard
1ishes up a cold dinner and shows her
husband a few clothes pins and a hand
fnl OF invisible hairpins, he is stunned.
He can't see where shc has shopped at
al. o." ~ 49,,
This letter. written bv Q youth to his
sister. embodieS the shopping. or wom-
an-buying idea. How he managed to
get II in his head is a marvel. But
since two-headed calves and threc-leg-
Bed chickens are born ONCE in a
while. II was not beyond the realm Of
possibility that the MAN WHO UN-
DERsTANDS SHOPPING should some
DAY materialize.
1t IL understood, OF course. that any
man who thinks that he can qualify
better for the laurel wreath can send
HIS ideas on shopping right along. Any
thing that isn't too spiteful will be
printed. Husbands who had suffered
had better cheer themselves up with q
little stimulant before starting.
But here is the letter which began the
discussion:
And then your secondhand storesl
Some OF them have fake antiques
whore you can do all the looking you
want without buying anything. And
some had all kinds of gepek. where
you can do al the buying you want
without spending ANYTHING,
"Others have big stun. where you
can spend lot without getting
anything.
But the I'VE and ten cent stores!
THE nice thing about their stun
IN that you can AFFORD to chop It up
and make II over when you get home.
For example. you can get n cheap
bucket for 10 cents. chop 1T full of
holes and make fine rninnow buck
ct, with cracked Ice as a by-product.
"or. IL you don't need a minnow
bucket you can get tinsmith to fit
house beautiful bird cage.
Again. you can get a nice big tin
bread box for your hndling wood,
and hang q dry bread scraper on the
wall TO scratch matches on. And
ner pail a. sort OF near humldor to
keep his cigars in. 1t even has a
coffoo receptacle inside that he could
NIL with water. thereby keeping his
cigars moist.
THAT would make a great hit with
his constituents. You KNOW my
self was ono OF you and have risen
from the ranks from ham and's to-
pure haVanas,'. etc.
Tho possibilities are unlimited.
People should patronize their stores.
All that which I mentioned for 40c
or less. charge nothing for ideas. :"
There II evidently more to the Ma
tion's Capital than the Monument,
Mt. Vernon and .btatuary Hall.
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Answers to Health
Questions

Miss II. GIL have been taking olive
oil to gain flesh for the past two years.
but about half an hour after taking
same / become deathly sick. Kindly
suggest something. ..
Take seven grains OF oxide OF magnesia
about half an hour before meals and
six charcoal tablets about half an
hour after meals with a wineglasstul
OF olive oil. ! think this Will eliminate
your trouble. Try II, at any rate.
Gypsy-How much should a girl OF IA
weigh? How tall should she be?
A girl OF fourteen should weigh about
100 pounds. and her height should be
about Ave feet three inches.
l.. A. F.-My boy. eight years OF age,
IL bothered with a swelling and sim
ness in his left knee. ! have had the
knee examined. and found that no
bones were broken or dislocated. what
will you advise?
Use electricity. massage. hot appiica-
tions. manipulations. and exercise. he
should Join q gymnasium. and thus
harden his muscles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-10
Three-Minute.
Journey
By, TEMPLE MANNING.

n EW GUINEA Is the largest Is
nj land in the world. It is. In
fact. larger than England
and France put together. For
Three centuries 1t has teen known,
but on account OF Its reeKing swamps
and the treacherous and savage ma
turo OF its Inhabitants II was avoided
by explorers and traders. But re-
Gently there have been intrepid adj
venturers who. wishing to conquer
now lands, have turned their atten-
lions to New Guinea. And yet, even
now there are vast stretches Of tho
interior that are as unknown today
~ they were a century ago.
Tho men who are native to the
more settled savage domains are
among the finest specimens OF man
hood have ever seen. They are
slightly above the height OF the aver
age Americans. their chests are about
two inches above our average and
their arms and bodies are masses
OF muscles that show A correspond
inkiy greater development.
But the women OF New Guinea are
far from equalinE their lords and
masters In physical beauty. They are
perhaps the ugllest specimens u
womanhood that have encountered
in a more or less wide experience
among savages all over the earth.
Their lives are far from pleasant, for
they spend their days from child
hood at work In the sage swamps.
From dawn till darkness. day after
day and month after month. they
labor until they die. They are tho
veritable slaves OF taskmaste COM
pared to whom Simon Legree was an
angel
A clear idea OF the New Guinea
woman's social position may be gath
cred from the marriage ceremony, az
II Is practiced among some OF the
tribes. Accompanied by a chaperonp
the bride gets into canoe manned
by her husbands relatives and
friends. who paddle her TO the landing
before her husabnds home. They
beach the canoe and then walk away
without looking at her. Then she
climbs out of the canoe and gets
down on her hands and knees. Pre-
Ceded by her duenna. the bride theT
drags herself on all Tours throuyi
the mud along the village street I,
the home OF the man whose wife sh'
80 TO be henceforth.
But, although the wife could be di
vorced at a word or killed with i'm
punity q decade ago. her condition L
slightly better now. The work OF tn
missionaries has already improves
her position. And IL is TO be. hope'
that soon she will find her lot in
finitsiy bettered.
(copy't. 1919 by Newspaper Feature serNi
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amount OF posing Ia allowable. hsve
long ago Stunned its plebeianism ana
march forth proudly decked In
clothes OF special cut. material. and
color.
F1aring coats. capes like those af-
tected by comic opera coachnien.
awning stripes. startling Chromatc
combinations-Ihcse are the me-
noteworthy features OF 1916 sport
outfits. Truth to tell. they require
Just as much attention as any other
part OF ones regalia.
Jersey Cloth Novelty.
Jersey cloth. an ole material in
new guise. is quite the novelty Of tho
season. Various manufacturers have
given It trudo names Of their own,
but the came close weave shows
through oil manner of disgu'ses.
Suits Of this material do not At the
figure closely. as did the original
jerseys. Indeed. they fare away
with the best of them. Others are
belted at the waist. but the fiarlng
peplums quite counteract tho effect
OF snrgness.
Covert Is perennially popular cloth
that is to be given quite a revival
this year. for topcoats as well as for
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BY LAURA CLAWSON.

10 come n a better understarding?
SO much has been done III the way
Of organization In the MotEerS .
Siuos d ttor III ihat wouid seem SO.
Eut after ali II resolves itself into
a personal EQUATION, that Of the indi;
vlonal mother ana ct the 'hu''"uH'
'escnrr. 4, .Lo r.u.o o. ,hinL mn
- SvVLEeiS' sde Ne %,i,,ns. ~ t,ist
nv uI,,,d pSrSect ar. MGR FOR
w, 49, S nueLin 1mrs than he socnds
~ he bnnnn ~ cn,,rsc rhe knows
that She is protected by the system
which nre sun,atly guards her child
irom Ienornrce and had moral in
fiuencc. but that Is not enough.
Al the Outset, she mpy Ivy a rer.
sonal visit TO her child's teacher or
by invitation to the teacher to stop
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Special Styles, Colors, and
Materials Testify to the
Importance of Present
Day Sport Regalia-Cast-
off buds Will No Longer
Bear Inspection.

r. vERYoNB remembers when
- oast-ofrs and hand-me-downs
II were considered the proper
wearables for sport. It was
deemed rash extravaEance to pur-
chase a skirt to De sacrificed on the
athletic altar. Many q shapeless
gavmeyt was kept In the wardrobe
long after its days Of usefulness
were gone forever. with the ples
that It could be worn for tennis or
golf.
Golf capes made the first incurslon
upon this conservatism. Time was
when even these were featured as
the acme OF extrnvagance; Gay as
were their plaids and stripes they
were Impractical for tho Use to
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which they were put. and supernu-
Gus folds added to many a golf
score.
The next newcomer was the
sweater. really the old-fashioned.
hug-me- tight. with sleeves-and such
sleeves! How they dropped over
ones wrist and spoiled ones Service
at tennis! Their brevity and general
scoopiness OF line would appear RI
dicuious today.
Real Sporty Clothes.
Third OH the list of real sport
clothes was the MILDLY. At ilrst the
really nice girls bundled them In
side their skirts like Peter 'Thomp-
son blouses. A few venturesome
ones at length dared criticism and
appeared with them entirely unat-
tached to the skirt. 1t was only
short time before the entire female
sporting population followed suit.
oven the MILDLY Is rather passc
nowadays. OF course. for the moro
strenuous sLorts-tennis. basketball
and such.-it cannot be cxcelled. The
more picturesque sports, riding. golf,
walking. and others where discreet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-10

CANT think that the
~ indifference encounter
con be genuine con
fessed a conscientious
teacher TO me the other day. ou'
It puzzles me a great deal 10 ae-
count for It. Most Of the childreh III
my class come from homes where
the incomes are moderate or small
and surely their mothers must
know the advantages OF common
school education at least. 30 many
OF the children will have no other,
that one would think they would
want to use all the time at their
command as probably as they could
II try TO help them-the mothers,
l mean-but my efforts are so little
understood! II send a note to the
mother, the child assumes that he Is
in disgrace. and either fails to de-
liver II, or his attitude Is such that
the mother feels 1t to be an unjust
criticism. and / accomplish moth
ing"
Thus the teacher. And the mother?
IT send my child to the school"
she says frankly. Ito be taught what
is the business of the teacher OF
that grade to see that he learns. I
nave not the time To be running to
sec her every week or so about
some habit which ! already know
my child has; neither have the ed
ucation nor the leisure to help my
children with their home work.
Their teachers are well paid for Ave
DAYS work n week with the long hol-
lday IN summer"
Better Understanding.
There Is the situation. Now,
doesn't 1t seem possible In aome
way-for the sake Of the children.
whose schooling at best will be
Short-tor this mother and teacher
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Co-operation Betzveen Parent and Teacher
Indifference of Mothers Cs esmab LossP
~ rental Responsibility Should Bring Better Understanding.

Is apt to result In only most perfume
tory interest. She does her duty
toward the child while he remains in
her grade, but no more. Thus the
child passes on to another environ
ment with the habit OF laziness.
hardness. or perhaps. worse, uncor-
rected except in the most superb
cial manner.
II mothers would realize that their
children are the losers. perhaps they
would exert themselves more to CO.
operate with the teachers.
Copyright. 1916. Laura Clawson.)
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PERSONAL ADVICE.

Readers desiring advice should
remember:
1. To address inquiries to DR.. l..
X. Hirshberg, care Of The
Times.
2. To enclose q stamped and I'D.
dressed envelope II a personal
reply is desired.
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THE TIMES DAILY MAG AZINE PAG FL
Buying Hints
For Random
Purchd SerS

Being Hints, in the Form OF
aLcttcr Submitted by tho
Sister of q Young. Man
Who Had Thoughts After
a Visit to Washington.
Being a Sort of Undc-
signed Testimony, Unin-
Auenced by Advertising
: and Such Like, This Is
Important.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1916-11-03

Ed. Journal:-I recently had
occasion to make inquiry of Mr.
G. T. Ames. director of the Hol-
ly Springs Experiment Station,
as to how to make a good pasture,
and he told me how to do it, and
| have made a memorandum of it.
| thought it might be a good
item for you to put in your pa
per. Here it is:
Disk or fiat break your land
now, and sod it anytime this
winter in 6 foot rows with Ber.
muda grass, by opening a fur
row with buster and drop in
sods about size of fist two fee,
apart. Cover as deep as you
can with two horse plow. This
can be done during any oper
weather this winter.
In the Spring, say latter part
of February. straddIe this ridge
with disk, harrow and split il
open. then harrow across with
section harrow. Then SOW one
bushel Lespedeza seed per acre
without covering. This will give
some pasture next year.
Next fall. say September, open
with shovel plow rows half way
between each Bermuda row.
Lap two furrows on same and
harrow down..
Then soak bur clover seed one
minute in boiling water, roll the
seed in soil from an alfalfa patch
and put in common cotton plant
er and plant after a rain.
This would in two years give a
fine pasture.
]. M. Thomas.
Tupelo, Miss.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1916-11-03
Lespedeza Hay

La discussing the value of diff
ferent grasses for feed and hay
with Mr.. H. j. Crubaugh, of
Shannon, the latter told the
writer that after cutting his oats
from land that yielded 81 bushels
of threshed oats per acre, he
also cut 3a tons per acre of les
pedeza and on one piece of
ground he cut Il tons.
Mr.. Crubaugh said: Il attrib-
ute my heavy yield to the fact
that my oats We're sown lighter
than is customary, as others
around here who have equally as
good or better land and seeded
heavier to cats failed to get any,
thing like as much hay as did,
Notwithstanding that practically
all Of them sowed twice as much
lespedeza seed to the acre as
did"
Mr.. Crubaugh planted his oats
IN October, one and one-half
bushels to the acre with seed
er. About March 1st he sowed
one-half 'bushel of lespedeza seed
with hand seeder and did not
cover with any tool.
Lespedeza is known to be one
of the best plants for grazing
and stock run on it gain in
weight faster than on most any
of the other clovers or grasses.
It's yield as indicated above is
heavy and adds greatly to the
fertility of the soil. 1t does not
need re-seeding, but covers our
lands bv voluntary growth in
many instances where it was
never grown.
j. M. Clark, of Shannon, the
Temple Bros. and the Vaughn
Bros. are heavy growers of les.
pedeza and their success is more
uniform with it than with any
other hay plant.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1916-11-03
AS You Like 1t Club

One of the most pleasant af-
ternoons in the history of the
Club was spent with Mrs. w. P.
Long Friday, October 27.
Ia the rooms thrown open for
the occasion the October flower
-chrysanthemums were effect
lively arranged. Throughout
the afternoon game of fifty
two was enjoyed.
At a late hour Mrs. Long
served delicious salad, saIted
nuts and coffee to several invited
guests besides the Club men,
bers.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Ben Kizer, on Broadway,
November 9Th.
MH. c. E. Brown, Sec.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1916-11-03
Food Situation Acute

Has there ever been a more
oppCrtune time when the farm
ers could have withstood the de-
struction of the boil weevil?
Everything on the farm can now
be produced at immense profit.
Cotton. corn, hogs, cattle have
never been as high since the few
years after the close of the Civil
War. The unusual conditions
now are making it difficult to OBJ
tain the necessary food, and the
condition of Europe will make
the situation more acute as the
winter season approaches. Flour
is now higher than it has been
in forty years. Fancy wheat
sold last week at Y per bushel
in Chicago and Minneapolis. mar
kets. December wheat has sold
at $l.T4 rs. The United States
has already sold to Europe as
much wheat as can be convent
emily spared and a dirth is be-
coming more apparent from it.
Corn is selling above a dollar on
the Chicago market. Pork is
selling at II 1.2 cents while leaf
lard is worth 20 cents. The pro-
duction of wheat in all foreign
countries is but little over half
the usual production, the labor
being employed in the vast
armies that now confront each
other. The production in the
United States is 25 per cent
short. With these conditions
confronting US, it is becoming
a difficult matter to make prep
arations to meet the more acute
condition which the spring will
bring.
An effort has been made by
farmers in certain sections to
plant sufficient quantity of wheat
to induce the location of a -four
ing mill here. Spasmadic efforts
have been made in the past to
locate such mill and number
have planted for the past two
years a small acreage in wheat.
This movement, however, was
not of sufficient volume to bring
the mill here. because the high
price of cotton made it profitable
to raise the staple and our people
continued to plant the greater
portion of their lands in cotton.
Now that we cannot raise cotton
on account of the boil weavil, in
order to meet these new condi-
tions, we must produce our feed
stuff at home. 1t is not too late
to plant wheat and we urge all
who can do so to plant, a few
acres because it is one of the
many things that can be grown on
the farm. 1t is not practical
right now to produce wheat for
commercial purposes but we can
raise it to feed man and beast on
the farm. There are a number
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1916-11-03

who are going to plant from five
to ten acres and if as many as
1000 acres can be grown, it will
induce some one to locate a mill
here. We would be glad to hear
from all those who intend to
plant wheat ard the number of
acres they have already planted.
We want to keep a record of the
number of acres for the purpose
Of being able to advocate the
matter of locating a mill here
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1916-11-03
Tupelo, Miss.
Speech Called Off

Gen. Ross Collins and Senator
]. K. Vardaman. who had ap-
pointments to speak here on the
liquor law, both cancel led their
dates. They did not feel that it
was necessary to shoot alta adead
duck. mid s..
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1916-11-03
Fair Officers Make Report

A meeting was called for Mon
day afternoon at the court house,
where those in charge of the
FAIR made their final report.
Mr.. L. M. Boyle, chairman of
the board of directors. called the
meeting to order and stated that
the purpose of the meeting was
to hear the report of the treas
urer, and also to determine
whether or not we would have
Fair next fall. Mr.. Virgil
Whitesides. the treasurer. was
present and read his report. The
report showed that all Of the ex-
penses Of the Fair had been paid
and that several hundred dollars
remained in the treasury. This
report was very gratifying and
encouraging, A motion by w,
H. Topp, expressing the thanks
Of the citizens of the town to
Anderson Spight, the secretary,
for the diligent work which he
has done during the past year in
keeping up with the details of
the Fair. 1t was the ,concensus
of opinion that we should have a
Fair next fall and on motion
the same directors were selected
to look after the business for the
next year. These directors are
L. M. Boyle, D. W. Robins, and
c. R. Strain; Anderson Spight,
secretary, and Virgil Whitesides,
treasurer.
There was considerable dis
satisfaction manifested because
of the fact that some of the mer-
chants refused to close in the
afternoons of the four days of
the Fair. The committee stated
that had the stores all closed.
there would have been consider
able more gate receipts than
were received. A committee will
be appointed to canvas the town
and ask the merchants to agree
to close in the afternoons for two
and one-half hours during the
Fair week next year. Should
they refuse to sign this agree
ment, there will be break and
endan ger the success of the Fair,
if it is held. Everybody should
get together and make whatever
concession that is necessary to
bring about concerted action in
this matter. The Fair is not
held for any particular class, and
the merchants should be willing
to act in harmony with the rest
OF the town, in the efforts being
made to interest people of this
and adjoining counties in a
friendly rivalry in their respec.
tive line of farm operation. A
successful Fair means a great
deal to all the people of the coun
ty, and no one man should put
his personal interest against the
interest of all. If he should do
so he is guilty of selfishness
which will work his ultimate un-
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1916-11-03
lax.Fos, Amid, Effective Laxative & Liver Tonic
Does Not Gripe nor Disturb the Stomach.

In addition to other properties, Lax Eos
contains Cascara in acceptable form, a
stimulating Laxative and Tonic. Lax-Fos
acts effectively and does not grippe nor
disturb stomach. At the same time, it aids
digestion, arouses the liver and secretions
and restores the healthy functions. Soc.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1916-11-03

FOR SALE, LEASE OR RENT-All
or part of my property in Guntown,
consisting of five room dwelling and
two stores. Possession given Novem-
Der lst. Most desirable place in town
for restaurant or hotel. Address Box
l6, Guntown, Miss.