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The Washington herald., 1918-09-13
MOTHERS DUTY
By DOROTHY DIX
THE WORLDS HIGHEST PAID WOMAN WRITER

I know a family in which there are
four splendid daughters. These girls
are handsome, intelligent and attrac-
tive-the kind OF girls who would
have hosts of friends and admirers If
they were not afflicted with a selfish
old dragon of monther who. figura-
lively speaking, stands in the doorway
OF their home and drives away all
who would approach.
The mother doesn't care to be
bothered with company. She dislikes
the trouble OF getting up an extra !it-
tie dinner or supper for a guest She
is annoyed by the laughter and noise
OF the young folks, and she doesn't
want the rigid little routine Of her
days disturbed. So whenever the girls
dare to bring friends home with them,
she makes things so unpleasant that
the intruders never come again, and
when her own daughters are invited
out, she makes them refuse the in
vitation for fear they wiz have to re-
turn the hospitality they have re-
ceived.
And all OF this, in spite of the fact
that her daughters are in business
and that they all pay her Soard, and
virtually support the house.
This woman is no mother. She Is a
mean, self-centered egotist who puts
her own comfort above the welfare
and happiness OF her children. She is
a grinding, domestic tyrant. She is
jailer who starves her children
spiritually. and it would serve her
just right IL the whole four Of them
would pack up their trunks and 90 to
liv in some place in which their board
money would, at least, buy them de-
cent treatment and few social priv
ileges.
Thank God there are very few moth
ers like this one. Most mothers are
willing to work their fingers to The
bone to give their girls a good time
when they are young, because they
know how short is the little playtime
or woman's life. But when you do
tind mother who is selfish toward her
children, the breadth. depth, thickness
and impenetrability of her selfishness
beats any other selflshness in the
world for. quantity and quality.
sometimes a woman forgets that
to make happy home for children
Is just as much q mothers duty as
is their education and training In
deed, 1t Is about the most innortap n,
thing that she can do, for il Is the
oest antidote that has ever vet been
devised against the temptations that
oeset both boys and girls.
The children who can have the,r
fun in their homes are NOT driven
out on the street to hunt for amuse.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13
Copyright, 1918,

ever my future, I am going to be
revenged on Lorimer. He took me
because his money made him strong
enough to buy me of my mother. He
was pitiless. Now am strong enough
to buy his son OF him! Why should
I have any pity?"
I couldn't help thinking that here
was a new phase of feminism-revens-
as a cure for the double moral
standard.
She happened to be standing in
front OF a big pier glass at the mo-
ment. The charming figure reflected
there caught her eye. Many nice
man would marry me-" she asserted
triumphantly. but 1 am not selling
myself again"
NO" I flung the words at her,
you are only buying Jimmie"
She turned as IL she had been struck.
"'Buying Jimmie" she repeated.
NO" she stammered, mo! No! AT
Barnaby's I used to watch for Jim
mie. He is-as you say-ho is better
than other men. I-I-love-Jimmie" :"
The poor little thing dropped in a
heap in a big chair.
When she heard my tand turn tie
door knob she raised her head when
does he get his commission" she
asked.
In three months"
I'm wait" she said. "rn keep
still until then"
So her weak spot is-love for Jim
mie-and 1 can't tell that 10 a single
soul.
Evidently, it's woman against wom-
an, now. Can I save Jimmie? May
be-but the girl Is as canny as she
is pitiablC. The campaign for the
governorsh begins in three months.
(To be continued)
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ment. The children who can conf
IDENTIFY appeal TO mother to help them
in their games do not belong TO
gangs. The children who are free
to bring their friends home whenever
they like do not form intimacies with
hoodlums.
They don't know it. but mother Is
guiding them skilfully and safely
along the innocent paths Of pleasure,
instead OF letting their little feet
stumble into dark and devious ways
that lead downward, for the young
are bound to have amusement, and
IL the right sort isn't given them
at home. they will find the wrong
sort away from home. Mark that.
The boy who is never permitted to
have any company at home, and
whose friends are made to feel like
pariahs when they come to see him
and who has to sit still instead of
playing in his own house, for fear
he will injure the furniture, will find
some spot where his pals will well
come him and he will have a little
freedom, and the chances are that IL
will be a place so vile that it would
turn his mothers hair white with
horror, II she knew 1t.
The girl. who isn't permitted to
have a beau at home and little parties
in her own house, will meet BOYS on
the street corners and they will sky
lark in the family entrance of sa-
looms, and she will get to know people
whose very presence is a contamina-
ton to her.
Nine-tenths Of the boys and girls
who come of respectable families and
who go wrong could lay their down.
fan at their mothers feet, and say
truly that they never had a home.
They only had a prison house to sleep
and eat in. and it was their mothers 1
hand that turned them out on the
street to learn its lessons and ger
their pleasures from it
Children are gregarious, Thew 90 in
fiocks, and this being law of nature.
II is mothers business to welcome
her children's friends in her home, to
draw them into it, because that is the
only way in which she can know the
kind of children with whom her cwr
are associating, and in that manner
alone can she keep them away from
/ bad influences.
This is particularly the case with
girls. The mother who will not ic,
her daughters bring their company
home, surely cannot be stupid enough
to think that she is isolatiux them
from the society Of other girls. The
only thing she does Is to make their
hide their frtsndships and to meet
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13
G. ". j, TOHAVE
AMPLE HOUSING
Nearby Apartment and
Other Buildings to Be
Commandeered.

George Washington University will
be able to provide ample housing ac-
commodations for all members of the
Students Army Training Corps unit
soon to be organized at the institu-
tion, according to an announcement
by the officials of the university. The
announcement viii set at ease many
prospective student soldiers who have
been fearing that the university
would have a difficult time obtaining
suitable quarters, owing to the city's
congestion.
Arrangements virtually have been
completed for the taking over Of a
large apartment within a block and
a half of the Arts and Sciences De-
partment building, 20z3 @ street north
west. This apartment. which is con-
veniently located, ATTRACTING. and in
excellent condition, will accommodate
between 80 and 200 student soldiers.
Several other buildings in the same
neigr- d also are under consid-
era - id probably will be com
mandeered within a few days. There
will be no difficulty in getting posses
sion of the buildings. as the War De-
partment will point out that the
structures are needed for essential
war use.
II is almost certain that a mess hall
and recreation center will be estab-
lished in structure within a block
of both the apartment and the Arts
and Sciences Building. This feature
will be a matter OF great convenience
to the students.
Must Live I'm Quarters.
Students will be compelled TO live
In the quarters furnished by the War
Department through the university.
In addition to free housing, they will
get free subsistence, free tuition, free
uniforms and equipment, and regular
private's pay. They will be under
strict military discipline. 1t Is ex-
pected that between 800 and 800 stu-
dents will be enrolled in the unit, but
assurances have been given by uni
versity officials that there will be
ample housing accommodations for all
of them.
Second Lieutenant Edward F. Col
Inns United States Army. has been
detailed by the War Department as
commanding officer q he unit at the
university. He has reached Wash
ington and has established headquar-
tiers In the university administration
building, 2l0l G street northwest. Be
fore coming here, he was stationed a.
Buffalo as military instructor in one
OF the secondary schools.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

to Fairfax Courthouse and the pick
pocket sat near him all the way out
there and when the opportune mo-
ment arrived. picked his pocket and
made good his escape
Another pickpocket worked the
street cars in a different direction,
but from the same railroad station,
Mrs. Lempi Salo, OF Alexandria, Va,
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

the papers about your wonderful
medicine so l made up my mind to
try it She has taken fve bottles
OF Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and doesn't complain
any more with her back and side
aching. She has gained in weight
and feels much better. I recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound to all mothers and
daughters. NJ. FINoRs, SIS
Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y.
For special advice in regard to
such ailments write to Lydia z.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13
DIPS
REAP RICH HARVESTS

A pickpocket followed Dolfus H. Po-
len Of 1910 South Charles street, Balti-
more, Md, all the way from the
Twelfth street terminal Of the Fair
fax Courthouse cars to Fairfax Court
house. Va. yesterday afternoon and
picked his pockets of so in bills.
Mr.. Pollen was on business trip
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

pound enough FOR
what 1t. has done
for my daughter.
She was Is years
OF age, very sickly
and pale and she
had to stay home
from school most
OF the time. She
suffered a gonies
from backache and
dizziness and was
without appetite.
For three months
she was under the
doctors care and
got no better, al
ways complaining
about her back
and side aching so
/ didn't know what
80 a.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

reported that a black leather purss. 2
containing so In bills was stolen from
her while on the cars yesterday be-
tween Alexandria. and Washington.
Two small white boys entered the
Stetson Shoe Shop, 1874 F street nortb-
west, yesterday and when the pro-
prietor was not looking. looted a desE
drawer OF $50 r.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

Study the store ads-that you may
know what our merchants have to
offer to you in the way Of real buy
ing opuortunities
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13
HOW 4 YOUNG
Girl SUFFERED
And Was Restored to Health
By Lydia E Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound-Told
By Her Mother.

brooklyn. n. VI cannot praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife Of the
Secretary Of the Navy. Is making a
short visit to New York, but is ex-
Pected back today or tomorrow.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

The marriage OF Mr.. Emerson Nc
Millin. Sd. grandson of Mr.. and Mrs.
Emerson McMillin. of Ramsay, N. J..
and secretary to Mr.. Thomas Nelson
Page, Ambassador to Italy, to Miss
Margaret Baldwin, Of New York, will
take place November In Florence,
Italy. where Miss Baldwin has lived
Tor many years. Miss Cornelia Thayer
Baldwin. sister OF Miss Baldwin, be-
came the bride OF Arthur Bliss Lane.
one OF the secretaries OF the United
states Embassy In Rome, son OF NJ.
and Mrs. James Warren Lane OF New
York, on June l9 in Florence.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

Lieut.. Gen. T. G.. NJ. Bridges. head
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

Mr.. James Inglis has returned from
a month spent at Harbor Point, Mich.
Mrs. Inglis will return early in Oc-
tober.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

Col. Goodloe Edgar has returned
from a week spent at Spring Lake
with his family. Mrs. Edgar, who
has been there all summer, will re-
turn next Tuesday.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

Mrs Baker and her house guest.
Nine. Tamaki AIiura. gave a recital
last night for the Convalescent men
at Walter Reed Hospital They set
the time between and o'clock, in
order that the men might not be kept
up beyond their usual hour.
Tonight they will sing at the United
Service Club. Tomorrow Nine. Mlura
will go to New York.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13

The Secretary OF Commerce and
Mrs. RedheId. who have been at Lake
ChGuUlain attending a meeting Of the
a Aularican- Canadian Fisheries Confer
rucC. OF which Mr.. Redheld Is chair
man. are now in Pittsfeld. Mass.
They are guests OF Mr. Redfeld's sis
tor. Mrs Abby r. Neill and the
1.I-ses Mary and Isabel Redheld.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-13
HOROSCOPE.

stars Incline. but do not compel.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-06
EVEN ELECTRIC LIGHT
CAN BE ROMANTIC

1t is very easy to look picturesque
and pretty in the soft glow of some
rose-colored lamp, but it takes a
mighty pretty girl to look well in the
glare of the modern electric bulb, I'M
less it is prettily camoufaged. 1t is
so easy to do it seems strange that so
many bulbs are allowed to remain I'M
shaded. Here are just a few ways
to lend charm to the unpromising
looking bulb.
An imitation Chinese lantern may
be made by taking two small and one
larger wire hoop. These should be
covered with crepe paper in rose or
hoop to hold out the middle. Another
way to do is to take two embroidery
hoops, enamel them black and then
glue the paper inside. If drawing
paper is used and you happen to be
clever with your paint brush, you can
make them very ornamental by
painting little figures in silhouette.
These are easily attached to the light
by means of little picture wire or
some strong thread.
A very effective shade can be made
Of sheer silk by using the idea of the
domes usually seen in dining rooms
The silk should be gathered onto a
hoop suspended from the base of the
light. The hanging silk is then caught
at the bottom and finished with d
tassel.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-06
SILK UNDERWEAR IS MOST
ACCEPTABLE SOLDIERS GIFT

ious disorders which arise therefrom.
Further, it is urged, the wearing
qualities will be found to equal even
the coarsest and hardest fabrics which
are sometimes used for this purpose.
AS women know, good silk garments
will wear quite as long as anything.
1t is said to be a fact that other I'M
derwear lasts for only one tour of
duty in the trenches, when it has to
be thrown away and a fresh suit sub
stituted. 1t is said that silk will out
wear a number of tours, and then can
be easily cleansed and used again.
Indeed, if all that is claimed for the
advantages of silk underwear in the
trenches be so, it appears that here is
an opportunity for producers and for
department and other stores to devel-
op a good business among women, by
explaining to them these advantages
and offering the garments in proper
styles and otherwise suitable for use
by the men in service.
1t is stated that already many are
writing home, asking their friends to
send them such garments. And as
more and more wear them, the num-
Der who want them increases. There
fore, the retailers, it seems, have here
an opportunity which is worth consid-
ering.
Silk men themselves can assist by
promoting the weaves and colorings
among their offerings suitable for
such work. Generally, the natural or
white is preferred. The reasons are
obvious. Natural is considered as
suitable as any, but something about
white will appeal very strongly to
most men who want this type of gar
ment at all. Perhaps personal taste
would enter into this phase of the
matter to some extent, but most Of
them will be approved ~ return to
natural or white, regardless of what
else may be offered.
Whoever makes or handles silk may
find here an opportunity to interest
scores of women who want to do
something really helpful for the SOL
diers, but who are not enthusiastic
about knitting garments whose use
some of the soldiers are disposed to
decry.
Definite and authentic information
may show here a real need and
real opportunity to supply it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-06
What Simple Care of Your Feet
Will Do for Beauty and Comfort

: our feet by giving nature chance.
Don't change from shoes to slippers or
to sandals at night, but change to
a sIipperless, shoeless hour at the end
of the day.
You have a charming American
poem to 'aThe Barefoot Boy"-if you
want to give the feet chance you
should go barefoot occasionally when
ever the opportunity offers.
Feet Need Freedom
If you are fortunate enough to be
in the country frequently, and can run
barefoot on the grass or on the sands,
or even while "doing your Bit in
garden it will aid wonderfully in re-
storing the natural beauty of outline
to your feet.
To soften the texture of the skin a
very simple and light massage with
cocoa. butter is beneficial. This can
be purchased by the stick for about
10 or Is cents, and lasts long time
A light rub with cocoa butter at
night or in the morning will soften
the skin of the foot and will soothe
any chafed or irritated parts. If you
put shoes on directly after applying
the cocoa butter, lightly dust the feet
with a talcum powder.
Your feet need freedom, and even
if you do wear what you consider to
be comfortable footwear your feet
should be given opportunities to
breathe" and the only chance they
have is when you expose them freely
to air and light, and allow them to
have exercise unshod.
Take up the Greek dancing in your
! own home if you have the time. But,
better still, do your own roomworA
unshod, and have a time at the be-
ginning of the day and at its close to
give to your feet the opportunities and
| the attention they need.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-06
WINIFRED BLACK Zzs sGH A Strange Inquiry
Copyright 1918, by Newspaper Feature Service, Inc.

without nes
again again YES
When what be her happiness at the expense
that
something DEAL and any one MAKE
bargain like m happier for it.
the other hupan
1 have them really happy-for long.
Oh they always think they going to be happy and sometimes tne
more
the last when you
trampd
Of desireno the love that
it fail
and badly in process
pocket
I It.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-06
AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO
SPEND PLEASANT HOURS

The Book Shop at Reads. is a little
back-water of the main store. 1t is
exactly what a book shop should be.
Within a step of ordinary common
place merchandise, of shoes and seal
ing wax, literally, if there are not
ships, of needles, thread and pins, one
hoses the sight and sound of prosaic
things and enters an, atmosphere quite
different There is a soft carpet of
dull green. There are leather COW
cred chairs and settees which tempt
one to inger and dip into the latest
print
A closed armotre with glass doors
holds httel prayer books, testaments
and devotional books of luxurious
character bound in the softest of
leather. Exactly the books which
even a pagan would love to. hold in
his hands even if he could not read a
word. The tin1est of leather clad vol
umes are the Gospels according to-
these are an inch and one-half long
and on India paper, very small, small
enough to go in a. letter. The books
of the Roman Catholic church are ex-
quistely bound and printed and in
the order of the mass, the English is
paralleled with the. stately old Latin.
There is a table holding numerous
books such as would be found in a
book lovers library, over crowded, as
it were. One opens The Oxford Book
of English Verse; bound in dark red
leather and in the very first page is
confronted with
Sumner is icumens in"
By the way, does anyone realize
that in this little anthology there are
a dozen or so ancient ballads seldom
seen in any book and so old one does
not know who wrote them. Among
them: Clerk Saunders" 'aT,he Wife
of Usher's Well,' 1.-THE Ballad of the
Queens Maries,' and that eerie thing,
THE Lyke- Wake Dfrge-" This is the
most companionable anthology there
is.
An edition of the Little Flowers of
st. Francis is bound in art paper
boards light tan, blue and silver with
beautifully tinted illustrations. The
charm of old monastery gardens and
the quiet of the cloister reach from
cover to cover. There is a preface
by Cardinal Manning.
This Book Shop has ane1nviting air
to the scholar. There are aliases of
late issue spreading their maps with
Belgium and France uppermost
There are dictionaries that lead to
the treasures of every language. The
best sellers occupy a table all to
themselves and aunt their fascinating
titles in the eye Of the beholder.
A notable book Of this year is 'NThe
Romance of Commerce" by H Cor
don Selfridge- It is published by
John Lane of Che Bod1ey Head The
foreword is fran Ruskin:
Five great intellectual profess
ions have hitherto existed in ev-
cry civilized nation:
The Soldiers to defend It.
The Merchants to provide for
It
The Pastors to teach it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-06
The New Clothes

Other
Tricottne is
wooden promise hold the field fall staples
Sheer skirts in
and colorss
width
in the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-06-06

If one were thinking of something
especially helpful to a man in the
trenches, it is unlikely silk underwear
would suggest itself. But in the near
future it - very likely to be COM
monty suggested, for it is said by men
who know that there is no more de-
siraible gift. for the son, brother or
sweetheart in the contonments or
overseas with the fighting forces than
a supply of silk underwear.
To begin, it takes so little space
and weighs SO little. It is easily and
quickly cleansed. Merely rinsing will
cleanse it thoroughly. All silk is very
easily cleansed, and the silks from
which underwear is made are so con-
structed that they can be cleansed
easier than any other weaves. A lit
tie reflection will show to the woman
who wants to help a man at the front
why the paradox of silk underwear.
Cleanliness and refreshment of the
body are, above all, what a soldier
wants most, and oftenest gets least
of. In civic life, we all appreciate the
comfort of a change of underwear.
What a boon it must be to the SOL
der, odorous and tagged with mud
and sweat! He may have a chance
to rinse out and dry silk underwear,
where with another fabric it would be
| impossible.
Again, silk is the one fabric which
offers freedom from the vernlin that
swarm in the trenches. 1t offers no
abiding place for them, hence the wo-
man who wants her son or brother or
husband or sweetheart free from this
scourge can help greatly by sending
silk underwear.
Weight for weight, silk is warmer
than any other fabric. And the less
cumbersome the clothing can be made,
the better equipped is the soldier for
action. Silk underwear is light in
weight and very warm for winter.
On the other hand, certain weaves are
so constructed that they are equally
cool for summer. Women know these
things, and these things are given as
some of the strong reasons why silk
underwear is such a blessing in the
trenches.
Violent exercise, such as a soldier
undergoes, heats the body and, of
course, often it becomes irritated by
the occurrences of this excessive
heat. To wear silk next the skin goes
far toward relieving such irritation
and prevents the development of var