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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
RETAILERS PLAN DINNER.

The committee In charge OF ar
rangements for the annual sst-to-
gether dinner of the Retail Merchants
Association. of which Henry Lans-
burgh is chairman. is to hold its
initial meeting Monday afternoon at
the Commercial Club. Mr.. Lansburgh
said today that his committee plans
to make the dinner this year the big
Eest banquet the organization has
ever held Besides Mr.. Lansburgh the
personnel OF the committee is as fol-
lows: Charles w. Semmes, vice chair
man; NJ. A Leese, f. c. Graham,
Ralph w. Lee. J. G. Mclaughlin.
George w. Harris, j. Philip Hermann,
Charles F. Crane. Joseph NJ. Stoddard.
and +. William Mackenzie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
TIMES QUESTION BOX

Dear Editor: (a) When the Gov
ernment gives free ground to people
in order to open up new territory.
must the receiver of said land live
upon II? (b) Can they make a living
elsewhere, or do the settlers have to
clear the land before they can get a
start? (c) What are the different
states in which land is given away,
and (d) when? INQUIRER.
(a) Yes. Under the homestead law
there must be residence upon the land
for not less than three years. In
other words. the land must be made
the home Of the person. An absence
from the land'for a period of not ex-
ceeding i've months is permitted each
year
(b) So long as the employment does
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02

Little Comrade." recently published In
Aunsey's Magazine, forms Sundays
attraction At Crandall's Avenue Grand.
The Vagabound Prince" an ap-
pealing and dramatic story featuring
H B. Warner and Dorothy Dalton,
viii be shown Monday. with Douglas
Fairbanks in the Fine Arts COM
edy, The Mystery Of he Leaping
Fish," as q contributory factor in
the entertainment.
The bookings for the remainder Of
the week are announced ~ follows:
Tuesday, Harold Lockwood and May
Allison In "Pidgin Island" and Bever-
~ Bayne and Francis X Bushman In
The Hidden Hand" third installment
Of the Metro serial. 1.-THE Great Sc
cret:" Wednesday, Maurice and Flor
ence Walton, famous dancers, In THE
Quest Of LIFE" Thursday, Gladys
Brockwell In "One Touch OF SIM"
Friday, Norma Talmadge In Fifty
fifty" and Mack Swain In Safety
First" Saturday, Clara Kimball
Young in The Foolish Virgin"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
Events of the Past, Present,
and Future Among Washing
toms Organizations.
MANY ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Social Entertainments, Busi-
ness Meetings, and Other
Matters on Programs.

The name of Miss Mary V. Z.
CabelI. honorary president general,
WAS presented for election as honor
airy member of the chapter The
delegates and alternates to the
twenty-sfxth Continental Congress
were elected. as follows: Miss Kath-
arine- PoIkinhorn, regent; Mrs. Edgar
Allen, vice regent and FIRST alternate
to the regent: Mrs. Howard L. Hodg-
kins, former State regent, delegate.
The other alternates elected were
Mrs. Duncan L. Fletcher, OF Florida;
Mrs Mary s Lockwood, chaplain
general; Miss Grace W. Pierce, regis
trar general; Miss Katharine 3. Bar
low, curator general; Miss Elizabeth
F. Pierce, Miss G. Wallace w. Han
ger, Miss Natalie Sumner Lincoln and
Mrs. Isabelle Wegemann.
Refreshments were served in the
colonial dining room by the hostess,
assisted by Mrs. Watson F. Clark,
Mrs. Thurman Able, Miss Agnes Hiss
and Miss Helen Bowie.
Engraved Notices Sent.
Beautifully engraved notices are
being sent out, presenting Mrs. Rob
ert ]. johnson. organizing regent Of
Mary Brewster Chapter and past
State regent, for the office of treas
urer general OF the national society
of the ID. A. r The notices are
signed by all State officers and local
chapter regents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
Lyric.

The Bluebird is to be exhibited at
the Lyric Theater tomorrow, and win
be entitled "Gloriana," and its leading
player will be none other than q tai
ented and attractive little girl who
then arrives at the enviable distinc-
ton of being q star actress in photo
rlayA
Zoe Rae il her name, and she has
been playing child roles in Bluebirds
for several months.
There will be twenty-five other chill
dren in the picture with her, but they
do not have the same responsibility
in carrying the plot "Glortana" II
sure to be uncommonly attractive to
ladies and children on %Bluebird
afternoon"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
Simple Way To
End DandruG

There Is one sure way that has
never failed to remove dandruff At
once. and that Is to dissolve II. then
you destroy 1t entirely. To do this.
just get about four ounces OF plain.
common liquid arvon from any drug
store (this Is all you win need, ap-
ply 1t at night when retiring: use
enough to moisten the scalp and rub
1t In gently with the finger tips.
BY morning. most II not all Of your
dGndruff win be gone. and three or
four more applications will complete
~ dissolve and entirely destroy every
single sign and trace Of IL. no matter
how much dandruff you may have
You will ind all itching and digging
OF the scalp win stop Instantly. and
yodr hair will be fluffy, lustrous.
glossy. silky and soft. and look and
feel hundred times better,-Advt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
OFFER ADVICE ON
USE OF POTATOES
Home Economics Specialists
Tell How to Pick TuberS for
Table Use.

The following suggestions to house
wives by home economics specialists
OF the United States Department of
Agriculture are made in regard to the
selection OF potatoes for table use:
In purchasing potatoes for table
purposes, the following points should
be kept in mind:
First. that smooth potatoes are
more desirable than rough ones. be
cause they are more easily prepared,
and less loss is involved in the par
ing.
Second, that tubers which have been
exposed to light for any considerable
period soon acquire a more or less
acrid taste: for this reason, newly
harvested potatoes, IL mature, are
preferable for the winters supply
to those which have been kept for any
considerable period under unsuitable
conditions.
Uniform starch DIstrfbation-
Third, that very large potatoes are
not especially desirable, partly on &C
count OF the greater length of time
required to cook them uniformly. and
partly because they are often very
variable in texture. .
Fourth, a good potato should be
firm and crisp when cut, and a thin
cross section when held between the
eye and light should show a rela-
lively uniform distribution Of starch
throughout its whole area, as opposed
to a large, translucent, watery cen
trail area which denotes a lack of
starch In This portion of the tuber.
The even distribution of starch in
sures greater uniformity in cooking
and in texture OF flesh when cooked
Wen to Sort Potatoes.
II a lot IL not uniform. it Is often
worth while to sort them and use the
Jorge ones with roast meats, or at
other times when the oven need not
be ESPECIALLY heated, and save the
small ones for occasions when quick
cooking is more convenient. When the
potatoes are very large, or time is
pressing, it is often desirable to in
crease the surface exposed to the heat
by cutting them in pieces before
cooking, in spite of the fact that this
slightly increases the amount OF nu-
trients lost
II they are pared and cut into small
cubes or thin slices, they will cook
very quickly and they may be cream
ed, mashed, or served in other ways.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
POPULAR MEDICINE
BY DIR. HIRSHBERG
Intelligent Observation of Rules
Of Hygiene win De-
crease Illness.
BY DIR. LEONARD n. HIRsHBERG.

ny Dh. LEONAhD n. HIhShnHsHSes.
Sympathy among the non-medical
goes out in abundance to those who
complain OF pain Doctors and
nurses have such little feeling" and
hospitals are most vnsympathetic
places" are views expressed, II not
felt, by May, because physicians,
nurses and hospital attendants-ex-
cept when their positions are re-
versed as patients-pass over lightly
the most excruciating agony Of the
sufferer.
largely because those who are con
cerned with the rescue of your health
or your very life feel that the best
part OF their worries and their tasks
are over il you are afflicted with
pain
Your doctor is most seriously dis
turbed over your state OF ill-health
il your sense OF pain is lost or gone.
He believes then that your vital
forces and your ability to ftght of
danger or disaster are on the wane,
IL not wholly gone.
Pain Sign of Combat.
What you and your properly sym
pathetic relatives and friends regard
as serious symptom, namely. pain.
your physician, nurse and hospital
attendant knows to be a very good
sign. When you are in a sweat. q
stew and a torment Of pain, assured
almost that "the pain is killing" you.
the doctor Is apt to appear cruel and
brutal in his glee that your tissues
are at the flood tide of combat N
their war against your malady.
There is no consolation in that"
you, a pain-racked victim, may say.
1t is strange, but true, that while
there's pain there's hope"
The woman or man who writhes in
agony, because the doctor knows he
or she Is not dying of pain" deserves
more than casual sympathy. The
fact that many serious and fatal
maIadfes, like an Indian stranger in
Bombay, steal on you insidiousfy
without much or any pain, is not at
all n justification for failure to
assuage the real pain OF less i'm
portant maladies when present.
IeebaEn Often n Remedy.
Pain is. nowadays, successfully
abolished without res0Ating to dope.
joker's tricks OF coal tar poisOns used
for this purpose TheDfore. IL this
railroad crossing signal Of trouble
asserts it's presence various methods
of freedom from it's Furnishing ten
tacles should be tried.
Perhaps one of the best and most
harmless aids in this good radiance
of bad rubbish is cold. Ice, ice
bags, alcohol and vinegar applied ex-
ternally and ethyi-ehloride and car
bonie acid gas spray to form ice are
a few of the methods whereby pain
may be relieved by means of great
cold.
. Pain Is also harmlessly sent into
limbo by the various kinds Of cleo
tricity. Parable, galvanic. ultra
violet, high frequency and the OAR
sonval currents, each are to be tried
in turn. When one fails another
often relieves
Heat, too. has its conquests Of
pain. Frequent baths in lukewarm
water often affords relief. Baking
the painful spots with dry heat Is
effective.
Massage, alcohol applied to the
painful area. augmentation of weight
by means of oils, fats and sweets and
other dietetic measures are all safer
than a legion of destructive or pois-
onous doses.
tCopy't 1911. by Newspaper Feature service.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
Moman,r Evening Clinic.

The members OF the social com
mittee of the woman's Evening
Clinic were hOsteses at a very sue
eessful and largely attended at home
on Wednesday afternoon at their
headquarters, 30 Thirteenth street
northwest A larger number of
strangers registered this time than
at any similar function in the past,
and expressed deep interest in the
work of the clinic. The field OF use
fulness of this organization has now
been enlarged through the addition
of a woman resident physician
Refreshments were served during
the afternoon. Mrs- Mitchell Harrison
serving the punch, and Mrs George
Hewitt Meyers presiding at the tea
table Among the many prominent
guests were Mrs. Samuel G. Blythe,
Mrs. Seton Perry, Mrs- Richard VAIN
wright, Mrs. Henry II. Father, Mrs.
Samuel Spencer, Mrs. H P. Willis,
Mr. Henry w. Fitch. Miss Leila
Waller, Mrs. T. H. Talliaferro, Mrs
Prentiss Wilson, Judge Martin A.
Knapp, Miss Mabel NJ. Thurston, Mrs.
Robert S. Chew, Mrs. Milton z. Allies,
Mrs. W. D. Owen Chahoon, Mrs. E. C.
SiggeFs, and Mise Annie Randolph
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
LONE WOMAN SITS
WITH THOUSAND MEN
Miss Jane Carol Represents
League of Advertising Women
of New, York.

How does il feel to be the only woman
at a convention attended by more than
a thousand men,:
Why, the answer Is very simple, ae-
cording to Miss Jane Carol. who Is
representing the League Of Advertising
Women OF New York at the fifth an
nual meeting Of the Chamber Of Com
merce. meeting at the Willard today.
and who incidentally occupies the above
mentioned distinction Her answer to
the question was concise and to the
point.
Absorbed In Proceedings.
1T doesn't feel at all she said laugh
iHgiy. Il was so interested all the time
in what was going. on and listening to
the speeches that ! didn't think what
it felt like"
And II doesn't seem as II she does,
either Miss Carol isn't the woman
usually pictured by the eartoonIsts as
being masculine" She Ii Of medium
height. with a rosy checked face sur
mounted by a mound Of chestnut hair.
She Is intelligent looking, very, but not
at all aggressive.
Are you q suffragist?"
should Be Exercised.
Yes. I'm a sufrraSist But / believe
the woman's suffrage should be exer-
cised IN matters Of the home entirely.
The man whoa has a family Is
working hard all day and keeping
himself busy providing food and
clothing for his wife and children
He hasn't time to examine the school
in which his chil~ren are educated,
or make the milk man give him pure
milk for his babies. But the wife
has. ! believe the wife should have
the vote in all matters pertaining to
the home and her children.
Calls Piekets Advertisers
And what do you think about the
pickets in front OF the White House.
IL you don't mind my asking you
q stock question: she wa asked
Miss Carol laughed.
Well" she said, II would lots
rather not express myself about
that" and she laughed again
But I'll tell you one thing she
said. those suffragists are about the
best advertisers this untry knows
anything about When they want
anything. they get all the advertis-
ing they can stand
And although she. may differ with
the suffragists in some matters. shs
admires them from the standpoint Of
being good advertisers. because she
believes firmly that 'it pays to ad-
vertise."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
Leader.

Some OF the most picturesque spots In
Cuba were selected by Director Hugh
Ford as the setting for The Slave
Market" in which the Famous Play
ers Film Company is starring Pauline
Frederick on the Paramount pro-
gram at the Leader Theater for an
entire week beginning Sunday.
The story of THE Slave Market"
which was written by Frederic Arnold
Hummer, has as its setting Spain
and the far-famed Spanish Main.
Pauline Frederick Is q Spanish beauty
who falls into the hands of a gang Of
pirates who attack the vessel on
which she is bound for Port Royal.
Thomas Meighan is the doughty
hero who comes TO her rescue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
DEADLlERiTHAN WAR
Houssfly Hss Caused More Deaths
Than Worries Bsttiea

DIR. L. o. Howard. chief of the
Bureau OF Entouoiosy OF the De
partment of Agriculture, told an
audience in the New National Museum
last night that the common house.
ny has probably killed more people
since Adam than the combined death
toll OF every war. The fy, he stated,
besides being the agent for carrying
typhoid fever germs, spreads about
twenty other diseases.
He stated further he was convinced
the fly was not the carrier for the in
fantile paralysis epidemics, however.
He stated he believed the dread child
disease was not insect-borne.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
TO AID PEACE PALACE
Embassies Of Warning Powers Con-
trihuts to Washington Memorial.


Mrs Henry =. Dimock. president Of
the George Washington Memorial As
ISOLATION. wss in receipt today Of
pledges Of contributions from the en-
bassiss and legations Of practically
all the warning powers to the $1,000
900 fund necessery to start work this
spring on the Washington memorial
building.
The association says today the plan
OF the building Is to furnish q peace
assembly place." where Representa-
tives Of all nations may meet and ad-
just difficulties. It points to the fact
that the impression Is everywhere
that the United States Is the eoun-
try where the ultimate end Of the
present conflict should be discussed
and established.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
DIET SQUAD GETS MEAL.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Having wor-
ried along on 400 caIories a day for
three weeks, the police diet squad
celebrated the end Of their test by
gorginG themselves with 5000 apiece
at a banquet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
LEAVES ESTATE TO WEE.

Clement Dorsey. by his viii dated
January 8, 1917, and filed for pro-
bate In the District Supreme Court
yesterday by Attorney John G..
Hodges, leaves his estate to his wife,
Emma r. Dorsey, who is appointed
executrix.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
Federation of women,s Clubs.

Federation OF "OmenG Ctubn.
The Home Interest Club of Takoma
Park held its January meeting at the
home of Mrs. Kelly in Baltimore
avenue. Mrs. Skeels gave a detailed
report OF the last meeting OF the
executive committee of the county
federation Action was taken indoors
ing the move to ask the Commission
ers for a municipal swimming pool
in Takoma Park. A special commit
tee reported a theater benefit being
arranged for the Social Service
League. The following officers were
elected for the year: President, Mrs.
H. C SkeeIs; vice president, Mrs. Lea
witt: secretary, Mrs. C. A. Reed, and
TREASURER, Mrs. F. l. Linton
The Home Interest Club, of Forest
Glen, met on January "a at the home
of Mrs. William Sheets at Woodside.
After TIE regular business meeting the
club was addressed by DIR. Waller. of
Woodside on Home Sanitation" The
next meeting will be with Mrs. Nc
Grew at woodside on February Z.
The Woman's Club, of Bethesda,
was entertained by Mrs. Gilbert II.
Grosvenor on January %. It being
a guest day." the time devoted to
routine business was made very short.
Miss Anne z. George, principal OF the
Montessori Schools in Washington,
gave an instructive talk on the Mon
tessort method of teaching young
children. Among the guests were Mrs.
+. c. Weber, Mrs. Theodore Koch,
Mrs George Bradley. Mrs. Burnham,
Mrs. Wilder, Mrs. Hoge, Mrs. Griscom
Randle. Mrs. Thomas Elois, Mrs John
Flaming Mrs Carleton
The Inquiry Club OF Rockville held
its regular meeting on January 90,
with Mrs. Finley. Mrs. Linthicum
gave an account OF the meeting OF
the executive board OF the county
federation. The responses were patrI-
otic poems and national songs. Mrs.
T. A Spencer read a paper on Amer
lea and What She Stands For" The
club adjourned to meet with Mrs.
Walter Williams on February 5.
The woman's Club, OF Woodmont,
gave a reception on January % to
! their husbands and friends at the
home OF DIR. Mary Morrison. The
principal speaker of the evening, the
Rev. James Kirkpatrick, gave talk
on county home rule. Mrs. Barbee,
Miss Rodgers, Mrs. Nash, Miss Bean.
and Masters Leo and Charles Wilson
gave musical numbers. Refreshments
and a social hour were much enjoyed.
The Ladies' Cooperative Improve
ment Society, OF Silver Spring, wishes
10 remind its friends OF the George
Washington Birthday dance to be held
on February 81 at the Armory in Sill
yer Spring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
Avenue Grand.

"On Dangerous Ground" a photo
play featuring Gall Kane and adapted
from Burton E stevenson's novel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
A .Minsome,
Benny Complexion
Produced by Using Stuart's Calcium
Waters After Meals. They Purify
the Blood and Remove All
Skin Blemishes.


In a few days afer using stuart's
Calcium Waters you win be over
joyed to see those pimpIes all gone.
the redness DISAPPEARED. new skin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
savoy.

Particular interest locally IL at.
tached to the showing OF the photo
play, The Man Who Forgot" SEIZED
uled to hold the screen at CrandalPs
Savoy on both next Sunday and Mon
day, by reason of the fact that the
greater portion of the play was pho
tographed in Washington and that the
story was written by James Hay, jr.,
q former Washington Newspaper man.
The story deals in q compelling
fashion with the movement for ma
tional temperance. Robert Warwick
Is pictured In the principal role, and
he is supported by Doris Kenyon ana
Gerda Holmes.
Other attractions announced for
the week are as follows: Tuesday,
Vivian Martin in THE Right Drec-
tion;" Wednesday, Harold lockwood
and May Allison in "Pidgin Island"
and Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew In "A
Covenants Bluffs" Thursday, .Wilfred
Lucas and Constance Talmadge In
The Microscope Mystery" and Bush
man and Bayne in the third Install
ment Of the serial, The Great Sc
.cret:" Friday. Clara Williams In ''The
CRIMINAL" Saturday. Kathlyn VIII
lfams in The Redeeming Love-"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02

Dear Editor-would you kindly
tell me where can md the hangs
and addresses of publishers to whom
1 could submit a book manuscript for
publication? Also. must the manu-
script be typewriter? b. c. H.
You can get a complete list OF pub
fishers Of book manuscripts in the
catalogue room OF the Public Library
at any time between 3 and 4:30
o'clock.
A typewriter manuscript always
stands a much better chance OF 3c-
ceptance, other things being equal.
than a hand written one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
CrandnlrA

The New York Peacock" q photo
drama featuring valeska suratt, will
constitute the principal attraction at
SrandaiFs on Sunday, Monday, and
Tuesday. The role assumed by Miss
Suratt Is that OF beauty whose sole
ambition seems to be found In fasci-
mating men by her charms, only TO
crush their hopes when they have fall
len victims to her wiles.
Commencing Wednesday and eN.
tending over for the remainder of the
week. Theda Bara win be pictured In
the titular role of The Darling OF
Paris" drama of medieval times In
France, based on Victor Hugo's elias
sic novel, The Hunchback OF Notre
Dame"
This picture Is the first Of q series
of photoplays produced on q massive
scale, and featuring Miss Bara- The
supporting cast includes the names Of
Glen White, Walter Law, Herbert
Heyes, John Webb Dillon and Alice
Gale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02

not prevent compliance with the re
quirements of the law in the matters
Of residence and cultivation. there fs
no restriction upon the homesteader's
working of his land.
(c) Public lands are open to settle
ment and entry in the following
States: Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, Montana. idaho. Washington.
Arkansas. Florida and Alaska A few
other States might be added to this
list, but the amount of public land
they contain that Is open to home
stead Is very small indeed.
i'd From time to time lands there
tofore reserved" for some reason.
are opened to homestead Whenever
this occurs. due announcement Is
made to the public by the General
Land Office.
Full information concerning the ma
tons public lands may be obtained
by writing to the Commissioner Of the
General Land Office. Washington
d. C
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-02
NEXT WEEKS BILL
!: OFPLAYSNFILM
Advance Announcement Of
Photo Dramas in Local
Theaters.

"Nanette OF the .wilds," a highly
dramatic story, the settings OF which
are laid In the Canadian northwest, and
featuring Pauline Frederick, will con-
stitute the principal screen attrac-
ton at crandalrs Apollo on Sun
day.
The Victoria Cross. a tale of Brit
his life in India at the time of the
sepoy rebellion. win be shown Mon
day. Lou Tellegen and Cleo RIdgely
being the featured characters.
Other Attractions for the week are
as follows: Tuesday, Gail Kane in
On Dangerous Ground" adapted from
the novel as recently published in Mum
sey's Magazine; Wednesday, virginia
Pearson in The Bitter Truth"
Thursday, Harold Lockwood and May
Allison in "Pidgin Island" together
with Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew In
the comedy "a Covenants Bluff"
Friday, Nell Harding and Gloria Pay
ton in Temptation and the Girl"
together with Bushman and Rayne
In The Hidden Hand" third install
ment OF the serial, "rhe Great Sc.
cret-" Saturdays attraction IL yet to
be announced.