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The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
TROUBLES OF A BUSINESS WOMAN
By DOROTHY DIX,
HE WORLDS HIGHEST PAID WOMAN WRITER.

Three women, each OF whom had
been successful in her business or
profession. were discussing the prob
lens of the business woman the other
day.
The greatest drawback that the
business woman has," said the 1000
a-year buyer for a big department
store, lis that a woman, being a
woman. can't marry a nice little wife
who will make her a comfortable
home. and pet and coddle her and
cook her just the things she likes to
eat.
That's where men have the advan-
tage over US. They can have their
cake and eat 1t, too. by which / mean
they can have all the fun, thrill and
excitement of playing the biggest
game in the world, the most absorb
ing and most fascinating one-that Of
money making-they can have all the
blessed assurance of Independence
that goes with the ability to earn
money and then, as a sort of glorified
frosting on their cake, they can have
all the joys and comforts OF home
and domesticity.
Now. I love my work enjoy
every detail OF II. tingle with de-
light in matching my wits. my sub
tlety. my judgment my intuition
against those Of my trade, who will
beat me II they can. and every time
pull OF a victorious campaign feel
as cockey as a general who has won
hard-fought battle.
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comes to spelling a woman, another
woman simply can't put any heart
into the job.
Believe me-" concluded the woman
buyer, ''the deprivation OF home COM
forts and being fused over is one
OF the main drawback TO the busi-
ness life for women"
The trouble with US women" said
the second woman. who is a success
full architect, lis that when we take
on a mans work we do not seem able
to let go OF woman's work. The re-
suit is that we have to do double
duty. Nobody excuses us for not
turning out creditable job as a
woman. because we are holding down
a mans job.
That's why women break down at
their work 80 often. 1t isn't that
business. or profession, of itself
makes an insuperable demand on a
woman's strength. She could do that
alone and romp away with it, but
when you superimpose on that the
work OF a housekeeper. a wife, a
mother. a sister. friend and a So
cIety lady. why. you've got a burden
that would break any back. Jess
Willard himself couldn't stand IT,
when a man does his days work
that's all there is TO II. He doesn't
go home and help get the dinner. and
fuss around the house cleaning up
and making things comfortable for
his wife. Nor does ne spend his
evenings darninG the family socks,
and sit UP half the night furnishing
up his last summers hat so he can
wear IL again. or taking in his last
summers coat so that Il will have
the tight-waisted effect thsy are
wearing this season.
No. He rests and relaxes. and let's
somebody else worry with the prob
lem Of what We shall eat and where
withal we shall be clothed. but the
woman who works outside OF the
home has also got to work inside of
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Third floor Eleventh st.

it, and that's why she acquires
nerves. and learned people opine that
the business life Is too strenuous for
the fragile female constitution. II
isn't the business life that sends the
working woman to the sanitarium-
It's leading the double life of the
working man and the working woman.
Now l am married. run a home.
l have servants, but ] have to think
for them, manage for them, direct
them. Ny house, my husband. and
my children are as well cared for as
any in the community, but realize
that do 1t at the expenditure of a
bankrupting nerve force.
Il do all the work and have all the
responsibility and anxiety that the
ordinary well-to-do woman has. In
addition l work hard enough as an
architect to hold a respectable posi-
ton in my profession, and. of course.
L realize that sooner or later. nature
will audit her accounts with me, and
will have to pay for having been a
spendthrift.
And there we are" added the
woman architect. and l see no So
luton to the problem. We want to
develop our talents. We want to ex-
ercise them. We want the pay and
emoluments that our work brings US,
yet We can't stop being women. We
don't want to stop being women, or
give up women's duties, or women's
work. Because we follow professions.
we don't want to have to do without
homes, Or husbands. or children. and
yet the combination is killing. So
what are we to do?'
Il think that the queerest thing
about a professional woman's work is
that she can never get her family TO
take it seriously said the third
woman, who was a popular writer.
Now, foI twenty-five years I have
not only supported myself. but vari-
Gus other members Of my family by
my pen. and yet have never been
able to bring them to regarding IL as
regular. definite job, a money
making occupation that requires con-
Centration and thought.
Il put in from eight TO ten hours
day OF the hardest possible labor,
but my family still holds to the airy
theory that am merely amusing my
self by engaging I'm a sportive pas
time. For that reason they have no
hesitation in interrupting me twenty
NlineS OF morning, ana tney regard
me as simply cranky and peculiar
because I won't stop and go to matt
nees with them. or go shopping, and
think me heartless when hire a
trained nurse to take care of anyone
who is sick, instead of doing it my
self.
And my friends take the same at
titude. l have begged them with
tears in my eyes not to call me up on
the telephone during the hours
work. because II dissipates my ideas
! and checks my flow of thought, but
my entreaties have no effect. They
90 on telephoning me Just the same
about perfectly idiotic trivial matters.
Yet not one of them would dare to
interrupt a man writer in his work
ing hours. wonder why the world
treats the working woman so differ
entity from the way 1t treats the
working man."
1T hasn't got used to us yet. and
doesn't know what TO do with u.s."
replied the woman buyer with a sigh
Copyright 1918, by the wheeIer Syndicate. IncJ
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Grandma Talks
About Babies
IInE Large Circle OF Listeners,
Who PrOat by Her wisdom
and Experience.

In almost any community there is
grandma who knows Mothers
Friend. Not only is she reminis-
cent of her own experience. but IL
was through her accommodation
that so many eNpectant mothers de-
rived the comfort and blessing of
this famous remedy.
Mothers Friend is an external ap-
plication prepared especially for eN-
pectant mothers after the formula
Of a noted family physician. 1t GER
tainly has a wonderful effect in re-
Iieving tension brought about by
expanding muscles. and is a most
grateful Encouragement to the wom-
an awaiting motherhood.
The action of Mothers Friend
makes the muscles free. plant and
responsive. When baby arrives they
expand easily. and pain and danger
at the crisis Is naturally less.
strain upon the nerves and liga-
nents is lessened and in place OF
period of discomfort and conse-
luent dread, II Is q season of calm
repose and happy anticipation.
Mothers Friend enables the moth
er 10 preserve her health and nat
uFal grace and she remains pretty
mother by having avoided the pain
and suffering which more often than
otherwise accompanies such an oc-
Casion when nature IL unaided-
Write the Bradheld Regulator Co.
K-69. Lamar Bldg. Atlanta. Ga. for
their Motherhood Book" so valu-
able to expectant mothers. and in
fail TO purchase a bottle Of Mothers
Friend from the druggist and thus
fartify yourself against pain and
discomfort Mothers Friend should
be applied night and morning with
the utmost Eegularity.-AdY.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Why Fuel Value of New Coal Is
Lessened.

Careful estimates made by the di-
rector of the Bureau Of Mines and
his associates indicate that while last
years coal output OF 600, 900 tons
will probably be increased to go, ,0OO. 900
tons this year. the effectiveness of this
fuel will be equivalent to a produc-
ton of normally prepared coal ag-
gregating only 57O.OOO,0 900 tons. The rea-
son for this surprising discrepancy is
that much Of the coal Is not being
prepared with the usual care. II is
calculated that there Is 8 per cent
more ash content in this years coal
than in that of previous years In
other words, approximately 6OO. ON car
loads of ash are being added to the
burden borne by the railways.
1t has been shown that the inclusion
OF per cent more ash in the coal
means reduction in efficiency In the
remaining good coal OF l-2 per cent.
Stating the case another way, the total
reduction in the Goals effectiveness "a
y 1-2 per cent.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

"of course Tim was laughing at me,
Miss Margaret. but 1 could see he
was thinking of 1t all for he became
very quiet and finally he said. as he
threw his arm across my shoulders.
Annie, dear, never thought you and
I would be speculating on our daugh-
ter's marrying the richest boy in
town. when he grew up, while was
hanging around the barroom on the
corner.
'I tell you. Miss Margaret, 1t was
proud and happy woman was that
day. II was woMh all i had gone
through, You know as well as that
there were times when / thought
could not stand It with Tim any
longer but / am very, very glad i
stuck and believe" she said very
earnestly. that there Is never a
woman that is divorced from her hus-
band. that does not at tines wonder
II she has not made a miStnke. I am
going to try and teach Margaret Ann
that unless she is positive that her
husband loves-mind you, 1 say loves,
and when say that / don't mean
those little foolish passing tancies that
every man gets once in while-un-
less she is positive that aer husband
loves some other woman she had
better stick"
You know, Miss Margaret, that lit
tie Margaret Ann is a queer child. she
Is bright as she can be, but down
deep in her soul. she is very, very
sensitive. and loving and am going
to see II l can keep her heart from
being broken by any one"
so all this means. Annie, that you
want me to tell you IL Margaret
Ann should be allowed TO stay at the
Symones. Well. 1 really think II 1
were her mother, would let her stay
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
RUSSIAN VIOLINIST
Charms AUDIENCE
Mischa Elman Wins Unstinted Ap-
plause at National Theater.

Mischa Elman. the eminent Russian
violinist. charmed his audience at the
National TheaUer yesterday afternoon.
This concert was the fourth of a Sc
ries OF five in an artists course"
arranged by Mrs. Wilson-Greene. The
audience was probably as large as any
artist has drawn this season. flling
the theater in every available space.
Mr.. Elman produces a rich and sem
Sitive tone and with the aid OF per
feet technique gave a comprehensive
program Of great variety. The most
significant work. Concerto in G minor
by Vivaldi-Nachez. was played with
authority, great repose and fine eX-
pressiveness. Mr.. Elmsn played Lalos
Symphonic Espagnole" with fine
phrasing and intense feeling, bringing
out all OF the rhythm and throbbing
beauty of this brilliant work.
Rich in tone and beauty and played
with great simplicity OF style was MI
Elman's Interpretation OF Deep
River" which brought forth a storm
Of applause and an encore. The color
full beauty of AlbaniZ's Tango. ar
ranged by Mr.. Elman, was well re-
ceived.
At the close OF the program Mr. Ell
man was forced to return TO the stage
several times to acknowledge the great
outburst Of enthusiasm on the part
of the appreciative audience.
Mr.. Philip Gordon deserves a great
deal of praise as an effective and
sympathetic accompanist OF Mr
Elman.
The program follows:
l. Concerto G Minor. Vivaldi- NacheE.
allegro. adagiO, allegro.
>. Symphonic Espagnole. Lalo; allie
gro non troppo. andante. allegro.
J. (a) Deep River Jparaphrase). Ell
man: Cb) Tango. Albsniz-Elman; CcD
NoctuTne + Flat. Sarasate-ChopIn
(d) Hungarian Dance No. Il. Brahms
Joachim.
4. Palpiti. Paganini.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
by LEOPOLD GODOwskY.

Given the pupil and the teacher.
your next problem is the choice OF
a piano, Here many parents make
grievOus mistake. They say:
I'VE will let Jane and Willie prac-
tice on this old piano that their
mother used when she was a girl,
and when they have learned to play
we will get a better one"
The first hing that must be cuI-
tivated in a child Is its ear, its
sense of tone. 1t must drink in to
the full the beauties of tone. II
must learn to distinguish one tone
from another. 1t must know and
feel the difference in the smallest
gradations of tone. It should de-
velop . sense of absolute and rela-
tive pitch.
To train a child on a piano the
tone of which has become dull and
dead. and which is always sliding
out of tune, is serious error.
+. To train the child's ear and sense
of beauty a piano of excellent tone
should be secured-and IL should be
kept absolutely always in tune. This
means tuning probably every three
months. IListenl That is not ex-
travagance. 1t is as good an in
vestment as the piano itself, for il
will double the life of your instru-
ment.
The next thing that must be cul-
tivated In, the child is its teehnic.
How can the mechanics of piano
playing. somewhat more delicate
than the mechanics of pile-driving,
be taught on a piano of broken
down. jerky. stiff or loose action?
Instead Of using a make-shift in
strument because the pupil Is a be-
ginner, let me say this to you: there
lis no other time in the pupils ca
reer when the best instrument, in
stead of the poorest is so vital.
Now that we have the piano and
the teacher, the next question is
how shall the teacher teach and
how can the interested parent help
the teacher?
The good teacher will show his
pupil first that melody is beautiful,
second that 1t Is expressive ana
third how to create it.
The good teacher will make the
pupil hear the waves and the toss
ing trees. the voices and moods of
nature and the voices and moods of
mankind in the music OF the piano.
The good teacher will make the
pupil understand how all music ex-
presses these external things, or
mans feelings in response to the
stimuli OF these external things or
of his fellowmen. That is the busi-
ness of music.
The g9od teacher wiz enlist tue
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
The stars incline. but do not compel :
HOROSCOPE.

wednesday. March %. 1918.
Until late in ths evening the plan
etary government is not q fortunAts
one for most activities. Mercury and
Uranus are adverse. After sundovu
Jupiter is in benefic aspect.
1t is not a lucky sway for Svistors,
who should be especially careful.
Explosions are believed TO be more
common under this confguration than
at other times and warning is given
OF great danger in cities and on rail-
WAYS.
Commercial activities Of every sort
should be entered into during this
rule. but the consummation OF trans
actions will pront more IL made In the
afternoon.
Lawyers have the sort OF direction
making for delays and disSppOint-
ments in the early hours, but tbs
evening is most promising for them.
1t is an unlucky day for contracts
or agreements Politicians should b.
especially wary. as the unexpected
which is indicated as typical OF events
in the next few months will cause
them disappointment.
Jupiter foreshadows extraordinary
honors for college men who are IN the
war.
The seers predict that within tho
year it will be possible TO cross the
ocean in less than two days. The
sign read as indicating marvellous
achievements in aeronRutics is BE-
Iieved TO presage this almost miraeu-
lous possibility
saturn and Neptune in the tenth
house indicate that the King OF EnE-
land and the British government will
face many new troubles.
Shipping will benefit slightly today
and there is a sign OF great promise
for the summer.
Hospitals and institutions allied with
them will come under a government
OF the stars this spring. which win
make for criticism OF mspsgement and
|, even scandals. Army surgeons will
come i'm for examination and investi-
cation.
Persons whose birthdate IL IS should
beware OF Islander and false reportS.
and should be unusually discreet IN
the coming year. Trouble through let
tiers or documents is probable
Children born on this day will likely
he shrewd and successful. These sub
jects Of Aries, however. may be un-
truthful.
Copyright, lslsD
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Girl Scout, Make Trench Candles.

The men in camp find trench can
dies convenient when they want TO
warm up a cup of coffee or a bowl Of
soup, or when they wish 70 read in
an unlighted portion OF camp or
field.
The Brownie" members Of the
Girl Scouts of Washington spend a
portion of their time each week in
making these trench candles. which
are handed TO the Red Cross for dis
tribution.
Trench candles are made BY cutting
out eight full length column strips
from a newspaper. The first strip is
rolled as tightly as possible. then the
other six strips are rolled carefully
around this foundation. one by one.
until a compact cylinder is formed,
This is tightly tied with thread, then
1t is boiled for half an hour in par
ann, when IL is taken out and cooled
When il has become cold it is treated
10 another boiling bath in the parafin
for another half hour. and when
cooked for the second time IT is ready
for use.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
Head Of u. S. Red Cross
Has Arrived at Warsaw

Col. Henry w. Anderson, head of
the American Red Cross mission to
Rumania, and the other members OF
the mission have arrived In War
saw, according to a cablegram from
Col. Anderson received yesterday at
National Red Cross headquarters.
The message came through the State
Department.
A cablegram received a week ago
from the American Legation at
Jassy stated the mission left there
on March 9 for Warsaw by way Of
Odessa.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

tai interest TO love. understand and
wish to reproduce these things. That
is what the parent should do. in
stead of merely driving the child
by theat or switch to so many
minutes of practice" each day.
Practice without concentration
and understanding Is largely vast
ed. Let the parent sympathetically
and wisely help the child to love
music. Then the child will under
stand. will concentrate and will
practice without so much of the
driving, method.
(centinued Temorrew.)
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

intrest of the pupil IN the lives and
works of great musicians. Little
stories and lectures will accomplish
this.
And having taught the pupil how
10 catch the mood the music was
meant to express. the teacher will
train the child technically in the
ways of producing this mood so That
others may thus be made to feel
what the teacher has taught the
child to feel, the composition.
These things all go hand in hand.
And the parent can help the teacher
BY leading thc child through parsn-
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20
DESPONDENT WOMEN.

Nature intends every woman to
be cheerful, light-hearted and hap
py. but when dragged down with
pain and suffering from female ills,
will power alone cannot overcome
a nervous. respondent condition.
Multitudes OF American women,
however. have found that there is
one tried and true remedy TO restore
health under such circumstances.
and that is Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. made from
herbs and roots. This old-fash-
ioned medicine is now considered
the standard American remedy for
such conditions-Ady.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

tEditOr's nOte-FOIIOwing Ia
the second Of n series of three
FREE preliminary piano les
sons for parent and pupil writ
ten especially for The Washing
ton Herald by Leopold Godow-
sky, the greatest and most
highly paid master and teacher
of piano teehnIc In the world
tOday.)
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

A marriage of unusual interest to
Washington took place at noon yes
terday at Daytona, Fla, when Miss
Marian Hilliard, daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. Alphonso HiIIiard, became
the bride of Delos A. BIodgett. jr..
ordnance Department. u. S. R., son
Of Mrs. DelOs Blodgett, of wash
ington. The ceremony took place
in st. Mary's Church. and was fol-
lowed by a breakfast at the Ridge
wood Hotel
Miss Helen Blodgett, sister of the
bridegroom, was maid of honor. and
the brides small sister, Miss Eliza
beth Hllliard. was flower girl. The
color scheme was pink, both at
tendants wearing pink frocks. The
bride wore white satin combined
with tulle and lace. Mrs. BIodgett,
Miss Mona Blodgett, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Porcher, uncle and aunt of
the bridegroom, Miss Maizie Porch
er' and Mrs. Charles Graves Mat
thews were among the guests at
the wedding.
Mr.. Blodgett will bring his bride
TO Washington within the next
fortnight. His mother and sisters
will remain in the South until after
Easter.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

To prevent a gas jet forming a spot
OF SCOT on ceiling an attachment to
be mounted over a flame has been in
vented in which the heated air re-
wolves vanes that scatter the SCOT.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

Announcement has been made of the
marriage of Capt Roy Delmar Lowell,
L. s. NJ. c., son OF the late Mai. Low
ell U. s. A. and Mrs. Lowell, OF
Washington. to Miss Dorothy Brainerd
Pike, daughter of Mrs. Robert Cor
don Pike. OF Middletown, Conn.
The ceremony was performed on
Saturday in Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church. New York. by the Rev. DR..
Harry Nichols. in the presence of the
families and few close friends.
Miss May Lowell. of Washington, a
sister OF the bridegroom. was the
bridesmaid. and Capt. Lowell had
Capt. T. E. Thrasher. jr.. assistant
paymaster, U. S. NJ. c., as best man.
capt. and Mrs. Lowell left, after a
reception, for brief honeymoon. He
entered the marine corps in 1900 and
Is now stationed aboard the u. S. s.
Arkansas.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

A new electric cigar lighter for auto
mobilists works when connected with
a siX-volt storage battery.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Thmoas F. Logan
have returned from Philadelphia,
where they passed a week.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

Mrs. Albert Sidney BurIeson and
Miss Agnes Hart Wilson will be the
guests of honor at the tea this
afternoon at National American
Suffrage headquarters. 1926 Rhode
Island avenue, from 4:3O to 6
o'clock. Mrs. Charles Boughton
Wood will be the hostess, assisted
by other members OF the hostess
COMMITTEES.
At the tea table will be Mrs. Ralph
Gallinger, of New Hampshire; Mrs.
Mary Schluter. of Texas; Miss Ma
bel Stone, of Missouri; Mrs. Thomas
p. Gore, of Oklahoma; Mrs. Wesley
L. Jones. of Washington; Mrs. Gil
bert Hitchcock. Of Nebraska; Mrs.
Andrew Weeks Anthony, Mrs.
Joseph Z. Ransdell, of Louisiana;
Mrs. Thomas Sterling, of South Da-
kota; Mrs. William p. Kirby, of Ar
kansas; Mrs. Irvine Lenroot, of
Wisconsin,; Mrs. Horace Mann Tow
ner. Of Iowa; Mrs william E. Bank
head. Of Alabama; Mrs. Norman r.
JOINER, OF Missouri. assisted by Mrs.
kemper Frey Cowing. Mrs. c. w.
Lewis, Miss Ruth Hitchcock, of
Missouri: Miss Helen Gross. Miss
Alexander and Miss Pou, of North
Caroline. of the younger Congress
ional set.
The State historic committee, d.
A. r.. of which Mrs. Alexander NJ.
German is chairman, will meet to-
morrow at 1890 o'clock at the res
idence of Mrs. Charles W. Richard
sons. 1917 Connecticut avenue.
An address on the Unmarked
Revolutionary Graves of the Dis
trict of Columbia" by Prof. Selden
NJ. Ely, Son of the American Rev
olution, will be the feature of the
program.
The President and Mrs. Wilson
have graciously consented to attend
the benefit performance of the San
Carlo Grand Opera Company for
the free wool fund OF the District
chapter of the Red Cross on Mon
day evening. March 25. at the Be-
lasco Theater.
The boxes are all sold and the
seats are going very. rapidly at the
box office Of the theater Young
ladies from the different uniform
ed corps viii sell the programs.
and 1t is expected TO have the bene-
Mt a great success for the much
needed free wool fund.
The war service committee of the
Anthony League will meet as usual
at the home of the president, Mrs.
Anna L. HendIey, 2OO7 Columbia
road, this afternoon at 4 o clock The
league. assisted by the students OF
tho paRa1 Inafffufa H. a
work for the engineer department
of the army emergency committee,
Nine. jaime c. de Yeyra wiz speak
The Washington herald., 1918-03-20

Mr.. and Mrs Edward T. Stoes-
bury entertained at dinner last
evening at their Philadelphia resi-
dence. followed by a box party at
the opera The guests included:
Mrs. J. Kearsley Mitchell. Com
mander David Worth BaEley. u. 8.
". and Mrs. Bagley and John Bar
ret. OF Washington.