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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
Efficient Lovemaking Man
Is One Favored by Majority
of Women, Asserts a Writer

To woman the most interesting
women. His manner of loving-or re-
fusing to love-is what really interests
her. According to writer in the New
York Mail, when a woman meets a
man she sizes him up, not as lawyer
or a musician, or an actor, but as
lover. What sort of husband would
he make?
Says Miss Sydney Shields, once a
newspaper woman, now an actress: "a
certain physician, friend of mine,
once told me that, other things be-
ing equal, woman would in nine
cases out of ten choose man who had
loved many women in preference to a
man who had loved none. Most scien-
lists agree with this"
l think 1t is HavelOck Ellis who ex-
plains it in this wise: Experience
with many women gives a mans choice
greater value, and, secondly, the more
a man has sinned in this direction
the greater the woman's chance to
raise him to her own level. Every
woman will admit that she prefers the
man whom other women desire. AS
"Abe" Potash remarks, woman looks
on every other woman as a competi-
tor. Even if other women don't really
desire the husband whom she loves,
she will still imagine they do. and
woman's imagination let loose is a
fearful and wonderful thing
81 have discussed this subject with
different kinds of women. The con-
sensus of feminine opinion seems to
be that the wholly inexperienced Ro-
meo is pill The man of the world
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
tBACK YARD POULTRY{

Uncle Sam expects you to keep hens
and raise chickens, even though you
do reside in town or city.
Two hens in the back yard for each
person in the house will keep a fam
lily in fresh eggs.
The smallest back yard has room
for flock large enough to supply the
house with eggs. The cost of main
tanning such a flock is small.
Table and kitchen waste provides
much of the feed for the hens and
they require but little attention.
An interested child, old enough to
take a little responsibility, can care
for a few fowls as well as grown
person.
Every back yard should contribute
it's share to bumper crop of poul-
try and eggs in 1919- Perhaps not
all will find it profitable to raise
chicks in town, but nearly everyone
can we'll keep a few hens. The OBJ
lection to the Growing of the cock"
can be overcome by keeping no cock.
This will not affect egg production in
the least.
The house for the backyard flock
should be inexpensive. A piano box
or other large box may readily be
converted into a suitable residence for
the hens, and the runs may be very
small.
Good hens, well cared for. will pro-
duce from ten to fifteen dozen eggs
annuallY
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
How Germans Destroyed
the Forests and Orchards
in Belgium and France

Apart from their cruelty to human
beings, one of the worst offenses per-
petrated by the Germans in Belgium
and that part of France which they
have Overrun is the destruction of
trees, notes the Indianapolis Star.
Wantonly to destroy orchards and for
est trees as they have done for the
purpose of making a desert of the land
that had been like a garden is a crime
against civilization. In Belgium they
cut the forests, not as they cut their
own, where only certain number of
trees are allowed to be felled each
year. but sweepingly, leaving the land
denuded. A hundred years will be
needed to restore these forests, and
trees are needed for the welfare of
every land.
In this country we have been too
careless with our forests; they have
not been protected as they should be
since the pioneers first cleared enough
of them away to make the farms Now
We are beginning to realize their, value
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
WastefuIness Is Sinful; 1t
Is a Crime When the Nation
Calls for Thrift-P0inters.

The lover Of thrift is often confront
ed by directions for household econ
omy emanating, as trial shows, from
abstract, rather than practical, domes-
tic science. Try these suggestions
from an old-fashioned New England
housewife:
/. Eggs are not needed for rice
pudding.
2. Milk is not needed in cake made
with baking powder.
8. Milk is not needed for any kind
of whole wheat bread. Even when
milk abounds and is cheap, water is
preferable.
f. Half, or even quarter, of yeast
cake will raise a good amount of bread
for baking.
5. "War Cake" which calls for a
package of raisins and much shorten
ing is not economical.
6. Do not allow a servant to throw
out remnants of shredded wheat left
in the bottom of the box. More than
cupful is often so lost.
Z. An unstrained soup made from
remnants of yesterdays meat makes a
good meal. No meat course is re-
quired Herewith.
8. Are you careful to make as
many pies as possible from one
squash?
9. Are you careful to allow every
bit of the white to drain, or to scrape
it, from an egg which you break?
TO- Neither broken crackers nor
the crumbs in the bottom Of the box
should be thrown away. Use them
for fish, oysters, etc.
H.. Memoranda of all sorts, as well
as rough drafts of Mss, may be kept
on pieces of wrapping paper. This is
the kind of economy which good house
wives practiced during the Civil war.
-. Remember that the old New
Englander considered wastefulness
even among the rich, sinful. 1t Is q
crime when the nation calls for thrift
Florence Mary Bennett of The Vigil
| anteS. .,..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03

"WiIl you forgive us7" she asked.
be. 1 only wanted to look into this
thing just little-just as a matter of
business, you know. And l. Caro-
line, did that doctor tell you anything
more?"
ANY more?" she repeated in bewil-
derment "He told me that you were
the kindest man he had ever seen."
"Yes. yes. Well. maybe his eyesight's
poor. What I mean is did he tell you
anything about anybody else bein' in
this with me?'
Anybody else? What do you mean?"
"Oh, nothin', nothin'. l joked with
him spell ago about a wealthy rela-
tion of the Moriarty tribe turnin' up.
Twas only joke, of course. And yet,
Caroline, II think I'd ought to say
He hesitated. What could he say?
Even a hint might lead to embarrass-
ing questions, and he had promised
Dunn.
"What ought you to say?" asked his
niece.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
Rest Rooms For
Rural Women

Rest rooms have been established in
more than 200 counties in the United
States to meet the needs of the cOun-
try woman in town on business. They
provide place, says the United States
department of agriculture, where the
farm woman has right, without ask
ing any favors, to the use of facilities
for rest and refreshment. They have
been established by women's rural or
ganizations in cooperation with other
local organizations, with individuals,
and with. village, town, or county au-
thorities; by business corporations
operating private city markets, and
by individual merchants. Where farm
women's organizations have been IN
terested in establishing rest rooms, To-
cal farm women's clubs have been aole
TO arouse the necessary community IN
terest in the need for rest rooms TO IN
sure their financial support. This mas
been done through cooperating Win
other local farm women's ciuDs' WIN
ORGANIZATIONS of women in town, with
civic leagues, with chambers OF COM
merce, and with county agents.
In cooperating with other clubs IN
establishing rest room, any local
farm woman's club may take the ini-
tiative. Opportunity is given at ciuo
meetings for discussing the need Tor
a rest room, and other local clubs may
he asked to arrange similar discus
sions. Such cooperation is facilitateo
in rural communities where local cluDs
meet together for joint sessions three
or four times year.
Through their organizations town
and country women have co-operated
in providing rest roofas near railroad
stations. where the wniting-room IA
cilities at the stations were made
ouate. They have co-operated In estaD-
fishing libraries which provide conve-
nient and adequate rest rooms Tor town
and country women. Aroused commu-
nity fnterset frequently results IN Sc
curing q vacant room in the town nall'
county courthouse. public Market of
other public building.
Frequently the county agent, as the
commemorative of the rural interests OF
county. will take the Initiative ana
secure the cooperation OF the cnam-
her of commerce or the county commits
sioners.
Frequently rest rooms are provided
in dry goods stores and In grocery
stores. A rest rom at Kalamazoo,
Mich. has been in use since 1882, and
has become the common meeting place
for country people living in different
directions from the CITY, The number
of country women dealing with these
busines houses warranted the estae~
lishment of rest rooms by the proprie-
TORS to meet the needs Of their Gus
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
Widows Pensions.

An act Of congress of October 8,
1917, provided that from and after its
passage "the rate of pension for wild
ow of an officer or enlisted man of the
army. navy or marine corps of the Unit
ed States who served in the Civil war;
the war with Spain, or the Philippine
insurrectiOn, now on the pension roll
or hereafter to be placed on the pen
sion roll, and entitled to receive less
rate than hereinafter provided, shall
be construed to affect the additional
allowance provided by existing pension
lars on account of helpless child or
child under sixteen years of age" This
law made $50 a month the uniform
rate for all soldiers widows then on
the pension rolls at less than that rate
or who should thereafter be placed on
the pension roll.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
Delicate Youth,

Here is little story made public
by the United States Marine corps:
Fearing that the rigors of warfare
would be too much for her delicate son,
a woman living ut Fresno, Cal, wrote
to the United States Marine corps
headquarters at Washington, ask
ing that the young man be dis
charged.
"He is too weak and delicate to be
in the service" she wrote. "He is a
blacksmith's helper by trade, and
would prefer him to stay at his last
job"
The mother was informed that, for
the time being, her son would remain
q marine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03

mouth to speak and then closed 1t
again. A sudden recollection came to
him, an alarming recollection.
Where did this accident happen?'
asked Mr.. Dunn, his condescending
smile absent.
"At the corner Of st. Nicholas ave
nue. and One Hundred and Twenty
eighth street. 1t happened last Fri
day mornin' a week ago. And the
car that hit him was yellow one.
Naturally, when ( heard about it l
remembered what you told Mr.. Syl-
vester and me at the club that aft
ernoon. l understand how twas of
course. If you'd known you'd really
hurt the poor old man you'd have stop
ped to see him. l understand that.
But
Look here,' interrupted Dunn sharp
ly, did Caroline send you to me?'
Caroline? No, no! She don't know
twas your automobile at all. But
afore she spent any of her money l
thought you'd ought to know, because
was sure you wouldn't let her. That's
the way I'd feel, and l felt twas no
moren honest to give you the chance.
1 come OH my own hook. She didn't
know anything about it,
Malcolm drummed on the desk with
nervous fingers.
"Well,' he growled pettishly, chow
much will it take to square things
with the gang? How much damages
do they want?"
Damages? Oh, there won't be any
claim for damages, l guess. The
Moriartys don't know you did it, and
there's no reason why they should. l
thought maybe I'd see to 'em and do
whatever was necessary, then you
could settle with me, and the whole
business would be just between us
two. Outside the doctors bills and
food and nursin' and such all the ex-
try will be just the old mans wages
for the time he's away from the fac
tory. 'Twon't be very heavy
"All right! I'm in it, l can see that
and it's up to me to get out as easy as
1 can. l don't want any newspaper
publicity. Go ahead. I'll pay the
freight"
Captain Elisha arose and picked up
his hat.
Malcolm, frowning heavily, suddenly
asked final question.
"Say," he demanded, you'll not tell
Caroline or Steve word of this,
mindr'
The captain seemed surprised.
II guess you didn't catch what
sail, Mr.. Dunn" he observed mildly.
81 told you this whole business would
be just between you and me-"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03

work. Caroline was for givin it to
'em right off. She's a good hearted
girl, but | said-that is, / kind of
coaxed her out of it. l thought I'd
ask some questions fist. Here's the
first one: Don't it seem to you that
the right one to pay for the doctor.n'
and nursin' and such of Mr.. Moriarty-
that's Annie's I,a-ought to be the
feller WHO hurt him? That feller In
stead of CarolLleT
"Sure thing! If you know who did
it he's your mas5."
"Um-hm.. So l thought. And IL he
was a right minded chap he'd be glad
to help the poor critter. providin' he
knew what damage he'd done, wouldn't
you think so?'
Malcolm nodded sagely, opened bis
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03

not only as a direct source of revenue,
but as an aid in conserving moisture
for cultivated lands and also as a
source of beauty. And if one wishes
to look at the matter commercially,
beauty of landscape is in these days
recognized as a distinct and valuable
asset. There Is needed more trees
and wider and better understanding
among the people as to what may and
should be done in the way of planting
trees and improving forests.
1t is among young people that this
interest in trees must be cultivated !;
they must learn the Importance of or
chards and forests and If love for
trees can be inculcated it will prove
itself in years to come by many tree
that is a glory to the land.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03

Seems to me he ought to be the one to
be spendin' the money. Twas his fault"
Help! Indeed, he didn't! He and
the man with him merely laughed as if
it was a good joke, put on speed and
disappeared as quickly as possible"
why, the mean swab! Did this Mr..
Moriarty or the folks around get the
license number of the auto?'
"No. All they know is that it was a
big yellow car with two men in it."
Hey? A yeller carr"
"Yes. Somewhat similar to the one
Malcolm-Mr. Dunn-drives."
$50, so! Hum! Where did it hap
pen"
"On st. Nicholas avenue, near One
Hundred and Twenty-eighth street"
"Eh? st. Nicholas avenue, you say?"
"Yes." Caroline rose and turned to
60. 'Thank you, Captain Warren" she
said. Il will tell DR.. Henry to take the
case at once"
The captain did not answer immedi-
ately. With his chin in his hand he
was gazing at the floor.
"Good afternoon" said Caroline.
Her uncle looked up.
"Er-wait just minute, Caroline
he said You have your doctor go
right ahead and see to the old man,
and you order the things to eat and
whatever's necessary. But afore you
give Annie or her father any money
I'd kind of like to figger little mite"
His niece stopped short, turned and
stared at him.
"Oh," she said slowly and icily, 81
nderstand-thoroughly Don't trouble
to figure as you call it. Oh, why
did 1 humiliate myself? 1 should have
known"
Caroline, please
But the girl had gone, closing the
door after her.
Half an hour later the captain called
upon Malcolm Dunn, who was much
surprised to see him.
Captain Elisha took the offered chair
and dropped his hat ON the floor be-
side it.
"Well," observed the young man
after a moment, whats the trouble,
admiral? Better get it off your chest,
hadn't you? We're private enough
here"
81 came to see you about an auto
mobile" said the captain.
"An automobile" The young man
was so astonished that he actually re-
moved his feet from the desk. Then
he burst into a laugh. 'An automo-
bile?" he repeated. Captain, has the
influence of the metropolis made you
sport already? Do you want to buy
a carr"
"Buy one?" 1t was Captain Elisha's
turn to show irritation. BUY one of
them things? Me? No, Mr.. Dunn,
'tain't that. But one of the hired help
up to our place-Carolines place,
mean-is in trouble on account of one
of the drafted machines. They're poor
folks. of course, and they need money
to help 'em through the doctorin' and
nursin' and while the old mans out of
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
THIS HURRY|NG AGE
Has Forced Authors to Recognize
Changed Customs.
Stilted Manners That Characterized
the Victorian Era Have Passed az
Completely as Has the
Stage Coach.

That the tempora and the mores
have suffered as much in this century
as the lares and penates may be poor
Latin, but Is sound truth, observes the
Louisville Courier-Journal. The times
and manners are distinctly different.
and in one especial particular Of So
cial intercourse Is there q powerful
variance.
For instance, in Victorian times, 1t
took the hero and heroine about twen-
ty chapters to get acquainted. By that
time he was calling her Miss Dora"
instead of Miss Spenlow," and he
gulped every time he said 1t. When
his love and passion had boiled and
bubbled until he was q wretched hu-
man ca1dron, and he had to repress q
moan every time he saw her little hand
on the arm Of dragoon, it took him
eight pages to ask her falteringly If he
might call her Dora" She consented,
and proposal and marriage were the
natural sequence To call her Dora
and not marry her was equivalent to
breach Of promise in the Victorian era.
And nobody but the hero and the mem
bers of her family ever called her
Dora, except perhaps her girl friends.
But in these times what difference!
All the young folks call one another
Jack and Jill, and 1t is q curious and
anachronistic youth who finds 1t hard
to do so. In fact, he becomes sort OF
gentle joke in his "set" and the girls
think him rather slow. After he has
met the lady two or three times he
learns to consider 1t superogatory to
call upon her in the name of her IA
ther.- She is Gloria or Penelope in sua
Schulz to her seems poky. 1t Is the
same with the young married ones.
You hear about them for while from
mutual friends, and then you meet
them. You make bow and say:
''How do you do, Mrs. Kawsup." She
does not resent it the first time. But
the fourth time you meet her Mrs
Kawsup remarks: ut sounds so silly
for you to call me that. Why don't
you say Lucretia and I'll call you Aga
memnon?" And it's done.
1t is pretty hard on the novelist
Messrs. Dickens and Thackeray used to
fill a couple of hundred excellent pages
with working up the hero to the Dora
and Clara point, and in the mild ven
lures of Anthony Trollope into the
eternal triangle-his villains were per
| feet gentlemen and always wore stiff
white shirts-he consumed much space
wherein the Tertium Quid was negoti.
| ating to call the restless married lady
| by her first name. The reading public
| is too wise for that now, and the long
winded authors lie unread on the
| shelves of the library. One must start
the book briskly; on page / the hero
inc is Dora to the hero, and on page 16
the home-wrecker Is squeezing the mar.
/ ried lady's' hand and calling her Esmer.
aida.
Thus the fifth Georgian-Wilsonian
period of life and literature as con-
trasted with the Victorian. And per-
haps 1t makes no great amount of diff
ference. Certainly It saves white pa.
per and makes the serial stories short
er-two results Of real value In this
hungry, hurried age.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
THE CAPTAIN FORCES MALCOLM DUNN SOMEWHAT UN-
WILLINGLY, TO ACT A MANS PART

South Dens
to Caught terrific
Capn Warren by accident and
Warren
died
children, Caroline twenty
will
whether he will
arsocratc friends The captain
he with
The decides his
brothers Sylvester but
dismay
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
Chasing the CaIory.

The first step toward spreading the
mysterious cult of the calory has been
taken at an opportune time. Unhappy
man, deprived Of his daily beefsteak
and forced to subsist on corn mullins
In which many alien hands have ex-
perimented, may derive modicum of
comfort from the chase Of the calory.
Formerly sequestered In domestic SCI
ence schools, or the exclusive property
of those sybarites Of the tenement
houses, who have proverbially many
advantages Of which humdrum uptown
knows nothing, the calorie has at last
emerged into relations with the ordi-
nary hungry, quick-lunch-eating popu-
lace. On our menu cards now the
calorie rides hand in hand with the
cost of each dish.-New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
ANY WOMAN TO ANY MAN

I cannot use the bayonet or sword.
Nor take the life that it Is mine to give;
My spirit dares-but, ah, my flesh is weak,
And you-you would not have 1t other
wise.
A woman's strength lies not in force OF
arms;
In loving me. you love my weakness, too.
That challenges manhood of the race
To fierce protection Of its womankind.
So you must go, and I must stay. For
The mighty exultation of the fight,
The wild exhilaration of the fray;
For me, to ply the task that once was
yours,
And fill your place as best can. at home.
But, now that you are gone, all men
should go
All, all! My heart is filled with bitter
hate
To see a man, still young enough to fight,
Doing the work that women well might
do.
Away, away, and let us drive the car.
And run the engine-yes, and mine the
coal!
Think not that when white Peace shall
come again,
Like morning after nightmare, we shall
To keep the places only held for you.
All, never, never shall our homes AFFORD
A sweeter shelter than when war shall
cease;
The household tasks. once tiresome. then
shall be
AS altar service in a sanctuary.
Where you and I, and many more, please
God,
Shall break the bread Of life with tremu-
lous hands.
And taste the wine of life with tremu-
lous lips,
Remembering those who left home like
And now have gone to the great Home Of
ALL
SO speed you, speed you, hero OF my heart.
Upon the. mightiest quest the world has
known;
And I, IL be cold or hungry here,
Shall smile to think share the loaf with
you,
And warm your body with my meager fre.
Florence Van Cleve, In New YORK
Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
Much in Little.

Nearly all Of the principal cit
les of England have policewom-
en-.
The French "horizon blue" is
said to be the best color for a
military uniform.
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
California and South Carolina
are the leading states in rice
production.
The Dominican republic con-
tains a greater amount of vir-
gin land than any other island
in the West Indies.
Little children of Montenegro
attend small f1Ocks of sheep
while the older folks are busy
with war work.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
II Sometimes Happens.

"What does that trascible man mean
by asking if this is a cattle cara"
"I presume some other passenger
has stepped on his foot, jabbed an ell
bow into his waistband and poked
corner of a newspaper in his eye with
what appeared to be one and the same
motion"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-05-03
Sense Of Fitness.

Having just learned over the phone
that he could not get an ounce of coal.
Bangs. the terrible tempered, went into
the parlor utterfng the most awful i'm
precautions.
"William," exclaimed his wife, '1f
YOU must swear, for mercy don't do.
1t standing on the prayer ru%-Bosr
ton Transcript