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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-06
Stories of Stories
THAT BRUTE SIMMONS." BIZ Arthur Morrison
Plots of Fiction Masterpieces
By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE

" HE brutal behavior Of Simmons
toward his faithful and other
wise admirable wife has always
been a mystery In the White
chapel region they honored by their
presence. The mystery Is here ex-
planned for the first time.
When Simmons met his wife. she was
the widow Of one Ford. who. In a spirit
OF adventure. had berthed on a tramp
off the Cape-and Ford had been lost.
His bereft widow then set her cap
for Tommy Simmons. meek little man
who earned fair pay as carpenter. She
captured Simmons with scarce area s u1 Ess
agreed she was a fine wife to him.
She cured him of the filthy and ex-
pensive tobacco habit. She made him
give up his daily mug Of beer. She took
sole charge OF his weekly wages. She
leisure hours. She even made his
clothes-choosing the pattern and cloth
herself. out OF tailors' "remnants.' She
even cut his hair.
80 you see. she was Just the KIND OF
wife any man ought to be grateful to
have. Simmons was duly grateful. In
fact. the whole block thought him q
model husband.
Early one summer evening Mrs. Sim
mons went marketing. She left Sim
mons to wash up the supper dishes.
When this congenial task was finished
Simmons went out on the front door
step for a breath OF fresh air. He saw
a weatherbeatep man standing on the
sidewalk and looking up az u 1ne house e..
stranger. furtIvely. Mrs. Ford as was.
Simmons. now Amt 1t? You amt her
husband. are YEP
Simmons admitted the honor OF being
his wife's husband. and added that Mrs
You look like the sort OF bloke she d
like" commented the stranger. I'm
Bob Ford-come back. i came to see
my wife. 80. now we can tax It over
man to man."
the way upstairs to the neat rooms he
miscalled home"
Ford eyed the place appraisingiy.
Then. In a mere mouthful OF words he
told of his rescue from the wreck and
well" continued Ford. Time s
short. / won't be hard on you. ! ought
pfopsrly to stand on my rights. But I'll
compound a felony and get out and leave
you in peace. I'll name figure for
No" refused the self-respecting Sim
mons. 1T wouldn't think for to come
between a man and his wife. 1t may be
rough on me. But it's dooty. I'll get
out"
But Ford sprang up in horror, offer.
ing 10 lower his terms Simmons would
not hear of such a thing.
tare Of YOUR good 'ea richness, Mr.
Ford" he disclaimed. Shes your wife
an / oughtn't TO "a come between you
/ apologize. You stay. It's me as ought
"HoId ON begged Ford. Don't be
rash! Think what loss It'll be to you
with no home to 90 to! tn be dreadful
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-06
Women In Politics.

In cities especially. local politics
actually touches your life on every
side. and when you turn, with a
practical mind. to improve the lot
of urban American humankind. you
are pretty sure sooner or later to
run into local politics at some angle
or other. There will be a badly con-
Quoted public hospital: waste Of pub
lie poor funds: incompetent school
management; a Jail in which youths
and adopts In Wise. or mere suspects
and practiced criminals, are herded
together there will be fretrap fac
tories that burn now and then. with
a slaughter of girls: tenement ordi-
nances to amend. an intolerable en-
listment OF militia and police as
strike breakers.
There Is very little sporting inter-
est in local politics. Yelling ones
head of In a convention does not
get anywhere with II.
What II requires is an enormous
amount OF patient, unremitting drug
cry: forever. agitating and organic
izing. pegging away at this salient
and that sector day In and day out,
coming up smiling after every de-
feat
Experience here and there indicates
with local politics. Perhaps this Ia
because. being new to politics. they
are willing to do the drugery. Per-
haps 1t is because a great many more
intelligent women than men have
time for politics. or well take time.
Perhaps II Is because they are more
sympathetic. We should like to turn
part OF our local politics over to
women. The normal masculine inter-
est In politics 10 a sporting interest.
Applied to local politics. which Ia
much the more important branch. II
functions badly.-saturday Evening
Post.
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they were: and their extravagance
appalled, him. he declares. They
threw money out OF the very win
dows. never even trying the while to
make their husbands comfortable or
give them a decent dinner. He COM
pares them to their sreat disadvan-
tage with the women OF other coun-
tries. and winds up by Iavishing
sympathy on their husbands for hav-
Ing such wives. They would not
have them. he more than hints. did
they Know what much better wives
they might have were they to go to
other lands In search OF them.
Few Choose Homework.
Had this aliens appreciation Of
the merits of English workingmen
been less keen he might have been
more alive to the merits OF their
wives, and have dealt with them
more fairly. As II Is. the picture
he draws. although interesting as
showing how certain English
working women strike an intelli-
gent foreign workinRman, In
caricature. None the less. that In
one respect he is right in what he
says can hardly be denied. The
average latter day working class
English woman Is undoubtedly
less painstaking, thrifty, and
Tending than the average work.
Ing class French woman, Danish,
Norwegian or Swiss. She does not
pinch and save as they do, does
not work so hard. plan and con-
trive so cleverly. She attaches
less Importance than French wom-
en-. Danish or Austrian, to making
her home comfortable and keeping
herself neat: much less Importance
than they do to providing for her
husband and children a well cook
ed. nutritive dinner every day.
And that II should be thus Is a
foreEone conclusion. For these
other women were. while at school,
fitted for their work in life: they
were trained to be thrifty house
wives. good managers. skillful
cooks: whereas she. the probabili-
ties are, was never given the
chance Of learning how to cook,
was never taught how to turn
money to good account. never even
told that thrift makes for comfort
as well as for prosperity. They
are experts in their business In
fact while she IL a mere amateur;
and thSough no fault OF her own;
the blame OF II lies not with her
but with those responsible for her
education. They II Ia who ought
to have seen to II that she. too,
was an expert. but who did not"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-06
Be Careful in Using
Soap on Your Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkaii. which 10
very injurious. As 1t dries the sealp
and makes the hair brittle.
The BEST thing to use Is Just plain
mulsihcd cocoanut oil, for II is pure
and entirely Ereaseless. IT'S very
cheap. and beats the most expensive
soaps or anything else all to pieces.
You can get this at any drug store,
family for months.
Simply mo!sten the hair with water
and rub It in. about a teaspoonful 10
all that Is required. 1t makes an
clesnses thoroughly. and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly. and is soft. fresh looking.
bright, huffy. ,wevy. and easy to ham
die. Besides. 1t loosens and takes out
every particle of dust. dirt and dan
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Why the Symptoms OF
Appendicitis So Often
Misledd Physicians
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE H1RsHBERG.

operation was, however. necessary. n
nearly all cases, but for some othee
serious ailment than appendicitis. =
DR.. Connell found that pseudo-appeA-
dicltis occurs usually In thin persona
between the ages Of fb and %. He found
also that 1t is more frequent In young
women than In men.
Some cases had been allowed to run
on for many years. There 10 often Q
continuous side-ache, made worse BY
work and activity, but the point ID eel.
dom great enough to disable the victims.
Nausea 10 usual. vomiting rare, and
fever 10 uncommon. These people are
often ns a, called nelrotic" neurasthsn!e:"
rheumatism"
In his conclusions. the Oshkosh sus.
geon holds that the existence q
chronic appendicitis' 10 often incorrect
and IL used with such ufwarranted FIRE.
quency that such a disease a. chronic
appendicitis" may be questioned.
After the elimination OF all demon
strable conditions that might possibly
be confused with Chronic appendicitis"
there remains In some a cause for pain
Of the appendix. the exact cause Of
which IL yet not definitely known.
Constipation. emotional symptoms
and fallen structures in the abdomen
are often present In pseudo-appendicitis
and may also be present in true ap-
pendicitis. Neither brilliant guess.
nor the x-rays have yet disclosed the
difference. This uncertainty Of diagnosis
calls for an error" on the safe side.
Get rid OF a troublesome appendix In
any event. and at the same time do
whatever else is necessary to promote q
normal condition.
Copyright 1915. Newspaper Feature ssrviss.)
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no many persons have the symp-
toms Of appendicitis long after
- their appendix has been removed
that II 10 high time to discover
what II Is which produces false" APP
pendicitis. In this connection, DR.. r. b.
Connell. OF Oshkosh, Wis, has carried
out timely bit of research.
When a patient exhibits the same signs
and symptoms after an operation for
appendicitis as before. there are grounds
to suspect something else. such as gall
stones or what not. Among other mala-
dies which may present pseudo-appendi-
citis symptoms are ulcers OF the stom-
ach. ulcers Of the upper end Of the
lntestines. called duodenal ulcers. in
hamed gall bladder. an infamed PAN
bladder. stones In the ureters-the cham
nels from the kidneys to the bladder
cancer. tuberculosis. bone and joint dis
orders and other irregular rifles.
DR.. Connell collected from medical
records data Of 81 cases In which the
removal Of the appendix for so-calied
long standing. chronic appendicitis was
followed by no relief or little change in
the symptoms.
pseudo-appendicitis In every four in
stances OF real appendicitis. 1t Is not
that the operation was hasty or need
lessly done-not at all. The operations
FOR acute. dangerous appendicitis al
ways proved to be correct.
1t was. however, In the chronic VIC
tims-those who suffered repeated at
tacks-that the operations were need
lessiy performed for appendicitis. An
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her daily bread were she free to
choose for herself. Already before
the war began l had put this aues-
ton to more than a thousand girls.
A good third Of those to whom I put
wished to be clerks, teiephonists or
typists: a good third more dress
makers, and nearly a sixth shopgirls.
OF the remaining sixth. a fair num-
Der wished to be teachers. nurses,
ladies' companions and few to be
lady gardenerH lecturers or must
clans. Not more than fifty were
willing to be servants. and OF those
who were most had set their hearts
on being. either ladies' maids or
nursemaids.
there were only nine who wished TO
daughters Of working men. II must
be remembered. Of unskilled laborers
many Of them. Surely their choice OF
a calling In life 10 proof that there
Is something wrong somewhere In
our system of elementary education.
Important as 1t 10 that a girl
should be a good housewife. a
good needlewoman, too, 1t 10 more
important still. incomparably moro
important. that she should be
good cook. For on this depends
more often than not her chance
Of peace and comfort later In life:
her husband and children's chance,
too; her chance and their chance
Of being healthy and strong, and
therefore able to make the best of
things. facing the world cheerily
the while. free from the tempta-
lions that beset the weak. The
underfed and the badly fed are
always prone to 60 astray.
MANY men and not few women
turn to drink instinctively II de-
cent food 10 beyond their reach;
ingman may earn. both he and his
family are practically always bad
ly fed. II not underfed. unless his
wife can cook. Common sense de-
crees therefore surely that every
sirl must learn how to cook while
have 10 leave unlearned. even
though II be dramatixatiOn Yet In
only III of our English elemen-
tary schools Is there a cookery
class. and in only s,l4s more 10
which the pupils may attend such
q class. In more than half OF our
schools In fact girl has no
chance Of learning how to cook.
The cookery class ought to be the
all important class Tor her, the
class to which much of her time
Ia devoted during the last year of
her school course: and instead of
this, even when there Is such a
class. II often ranks as the least
important of classes. =.
"A few years ago an allen working
man. who had just returned to his
own land after a long sojourn In
England. published a little book In
which he tells what he thinks Of the
English working classes. For the
men among whom he had lived and
worked he has nothing but praise.
Evidently his feeling toward them
was most friendly, real liking ming
led with respect. For their wives.
however. he has not one good word
to say: never were there women so
sloveniy. helpless and thriftless. &C
cording to him. He describes them
as he used to see them. morning
after morning. In certain mining
village. standing before their doors
by the hour together, just gossiping.
Their b,ouses were always pinned
down the front. he says. and their
skirts hung In festoons. As for their
houses. they were on a par with
themselves. as dirty and untidy as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-06
AnSwers To Health Questions

J. II. DIS asthma considered a cur
able disease? 2. Can hay fever exist
except In hay fever season?
There are several forms OF asthma
lung. or bronchial. heart. kidney and
''anaphylactic' asthma, due to odore.
foods. plants and bad air. II the cause
Is diligently searched for by a compe-
tent physician making n thorough ply
sical examination and then treatment
given for the specific source the trouble
can be eliminated. 2. Hay fever In a
name OF a great group OF infections or
rather suBceptibilities Of certain people
to the extracts OF plants and vegeta-
ton. There are a large number Of
grasses. flowers. rag weeds. fruits and
vegetables which at certain seasons of
the year. In spring for some people.
In autumn for others. make them
sneeze. give them watery eyes, asth-
matte attacks and other unpleasant dis
turbances known az hay fever. While
the pollen OF these plants and weeds Is
float ting through the air some people
are susceptible to them. Since this Ia
the case hay fever occurs at these
times.
a. E.-There Is some sort Of infam-
nation Of my beard. There are no scars.
Doctors tell me this Is sycoss OF bar
bers itch.
1t Ia not BARRIERS itch. Of which there
are three kinds. each due to dill
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Melancholy Lane

Oh. have Travelled North and South
from Barbados to Maine:
A9S ] have tunnelel the merry mouth
or the wind and the peiting rain:
And I have wandered West and East
For neither loss nor gain
But what's the way I loved the least
Twas Melancholy Lane.
For Melancholy Lane is lonr
And Swallowed with high trees:
And men go by. a dragging throng.
Across Its dreary leas
Where each mans guilt is like a thong
That twists about his knees
And each that hobbies doles song
And on this saddest Of all roads
The beggars curse for aims;
And mothers. pail beneath the loads
or babes. stretch out their palms
To where men pass with cruel roads
Who strike at their own quaims-
Yet sing I'm voices harsh as toads'
The snatches Of lewd psalms.
For fear is IN all faces there,
And youth Is all old age;
And under ,dank and unkempt hair
Cheeks like a yellow page:
And lips are sodden with despair
And souls are In Eriefs cage
And hearts are broke with nagging care,
And eyes are all red rage.
The graybeards gather to confess
The lives that they have led:
And little children bunch to guess
The future OF the dead;
And old hays shudder at the mess
OF life when Love has sped
Young soldiers lift their stumps to bless
The wounds of which they're bied.
oh. have Travelled North and South
And Stunned my brothers pain;
And hava tupalad tha x,,arrx ,,,ont n
or the wind and pelting rain;
And have wandered East and West,
And back to home again
But what's the way I loved the best?
Twas Melancholy Lane. -, O.
New York Evening Sun.
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w THAT education should the
M working girl have7
should she demand and
receive education merely
Tor that line Of work into which
IL seems most likely that fate will
project her? And II she marries a
plain working man doesn't IL seem
mat housework will be her fu.
ture to some extent?
ADVANTAGE r snHu,d r ,sS BE- sivs i've an equal
ed to choose her life work after
she has had chance at the
s nrSnsrr arts. {" we'll as the sci
These questions not only perp,ex
the mothers Of young girls who
are put out to work early in life,
put they perplex the great educa-
tors and scientific men who are
attempting to form in Just man.
ner the free education facilities Of
the nations.
Training Should Fit.
The girl who Is born and bred
In factory district to all intents
and purposes. should be trained to
do her share in the community in
which she lives. Perhaps she IN
trAin-
ing-work half day and school
half tho day-which the accom-.
panying article defines. hut n that
any reason why she, as a human
being, should be denied the ri1ht
to ever be q writer. a painter. or \
sculptor?
According to the rule which SAYS
that the majority shall rule. the
answer 10 yes. and whether or not
the genius will survive depends
entirely upon chance.
The working girl who moves in
a certain social scale is more than
bound to marry in that same so
ciai scale. for even with all Of
Americas romantic exceptions TO
this rule. the majority Of working
girls marry their fellow workers.
and not the sons of their en-
ployers.
Should not housekeeping at the
least be part OF her high school
and grammar school education
The remarks anent this subject
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-06
WHAT CAREER FORMYGIRL?

Don't plan your girls education for what you wish her
to be. Plan it for what it is most likely to be.
If you want her to marry and have home, why not
make training for THAT career her school life?
Why train her for everything but the life which she is
bound to follow?
Waste in incompetently run private establishments is
accountable for much of the abortve economic con-
dition exstant today.
No girl rightly taught to conserve home fabrics and
commodities will contribute to that waste
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-06

What They Say
About Us
Education of Girls.


Edith Sellers, an English specialist
In educational matters. writes today
as AN Antediluvian" upon the edu-
cation OF working class girls. While
part Of the paper Is concerned mere
~ with the difference between the
London county STunsi, 's sI.%nr, and
schools throughout England. there
is much which will interest Amcri-
cor readers; II Is evident that the
faddists in education have had their
way In England quito as fully AZ
here.
some of the studies" al q certain
elementary school are described.
Some forty girls came trooping In,
their clothes tattered and torn, Cow
cred with mud. and their hair any
how" What on earth have these
head master OF the teacher in charge
They have been ske,ching from
nature" was her answer; sketchjng
catkins." They might much better
have been mending their clothes"
he declared. Much better" assent
Majesty's Inspector insists on their
sketchiny catkins. He loves catkins."
All the insistence upon the need Of
educating girls In mending, h5use-
wifery and cooking which Is made In
this article applies with full force In
this country. Conditions are differ
ent, wages are higher. but waste 10
Just as actual and dinconcerting. A.
to what IL said OF the defects of
English women as COOKS, the applt-
cation here Ii not SO direct, for the
wives OF many American citizens
are Of the stock which has learned
housewifery and to take seriously
the burdens OF the house. The temp
tation to drink which besets an TIM
derfed man In well understood: the
need for moro work done inside the
home. even IL less wage-carning
work Is done outside Of II. is not so
clearly seen, but coming years will
prove that II a home center Is to
exist. II must be cared for.-New
York Evening Sun.
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We won't quarrel. Say. a single
pound"
But Simmons had heard a familiar
step on the pavement. outside. He
dashed down to the front door. Mrs.
Simmonswas Just coming In.
There's somebody upstairs to see
YOU" Simmons breathlessly announced,
ducking past her and scuttling away
down the street at top speed.
Ford. from the landing above. saw his
wife staring dazedly after the vanish
Ing Simmons. He himself wasted no
time. Before the good woman could
turn to climb the stairs. Ford had let
himself down from rear window and
dropped into the back yard Thence. at
a bound. he was over the fence and out
OF sight. No one saw Ford arrive or es-
cape. Perhaps that is why Simmons
base desertion-under his wifes very
eyes: tools still a black mystery TO the
neighbors.
tCopyright, 1876
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Sayings of Mrs.
Solomon
By HELEN ROWLAND.


Y YERILY. verify. my Daughter.
" these things doth every man
v cherish in his memory all the
days OF his life:
His first chum.
His first pair OF trousers.
His first fight.
His first mustache.
His first motor car.
His first pipe.
The first dollar he ever earned.
The first FISH he ever caught.
The first pun OF cigarette after
And the first kiss Of woman.
And these things doth every man
yearn vainly to forget all the days Of
His first dancing party
His first disappointment in love.
His fret morning after headache.
His first smoke.
The first time he made a fool of him
SELF over a woman.
And CONFERENCE.-The first wife,
But woman remembereth longest
and most tenderly her last dance. her
last love. her last illusion. her last kiss,
her last conauest-and her last heart
ache.
MING OF things wherein man Ia in
tefated, hut the END thereof is q
w0man's chief concern.
Therefore. when love Is dead a man
diggeth its grave and buryeth Its re-
mains deep and forgetteth II.
But a woman butideth monument
thereon and streweth II with flowers.
For. 10! a man Is determined In his
heart to travel only on the Sunny Side
OF Life's pathway.
But a woman walketh triumphantly
Copyright, 1870.
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Or Should She Accept the
Life Which Fate Has Pre-
pared Her and Study Along
Those Lines Into Which
She Must Needs Necessar-
lily Fall, Because of Her En-
vironment' Housekeeping
aSafe Bet.
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Creamed Peas in Timbale Cases.

q cup OF flour.
n teaspoon Of salt.
egg
y cup OF milk,
teaspoon OF olive oil.
Dreamed cooked peas.
Mix salt and -four: add milk grad
ually and slightly beaten egg, then oil;
10, stand two or three hours. Heat a
timbale iron In hot fat. then dip In bat
ter and fry in deep fat until brown.
gill with creamed cooked peas.
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RECIPES
Date SOuffle.

u pound of dates.
\ cup of sugar.
/ tablespoon OF lemon juice.
1 tablespoon of melted butter.
s egg whites.
Cook the dates in one-half cup OF boil
ing water and mash; add butter, lemon
Juice. and sugar; fold In stiffly beaten
whites; pour into buttered baking dish
and bake In n moderate oven twenty
I'VE minutes. Serve at once with cream.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-06
What Educational Training For
Girls Who Earn Their Own Living?

Should the Girl Who Contem-
plates Earning Her Own
Living In the World Be De-
MED the Pleasures of An
Education Which Teaches
of the Better and More
Beautiful Things in Life?