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The Washington times., 1918-04-28
The Halfway Habit


What DO you suggest a. the
cure?" he was asked.
Very simple" he laughed. lust
change her point OF view. that's all
I guess that type OF business woman
81 the ane who hasn't learned 70
take business seriously A man who
goes to business knows that he
must sink or swim. and he tries
anything and everything. pursuing
II to the end. Sometimes failure
meets him there. but a finished fail
ure teaches you more than a half
Job. the result OF which you never
really can determine.
There really are business women
who have a definite map before
them. They have their little mental
maps and get their route fixed be-
fore they take one step. When you
ask them to prepare an important
statement they don't rush wildly TO
the files In . mad scramble TO col
,ect data. They are most likely
slow about Il. They may sit down
awhile and think and plan the
method OF obtaining and collecting
the information YOU want before
they present Il to you
Il don't get any value out Of half
way work or halfway thinking.
What I want 70 see is the finished
result-even II IL be unsuccessful.
providing only that e. is the best
obtainable in the circumstances
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
By William f. Kirk.

7 HAD a swell drsem last mite.
Esd Pa TO Ma L me this morning
A. N. Pa was Getting his brek-
fust in a hurry beekaus he had TO
Get Il msatIess r whestless.
What was the EloruS Yishun you
had. Esd Ma.
/ dreemed that a army cain here
from Mars to go & tell the Kiser
WHARF to git of. sed Pa. Thars
was ten milyun OF them. thay calm
in air ships ten miles long, sed
Pa. Thay was about fifteen feet
tall. them EoljerS. Sc Pa. l
6reemed thay was looking for
President Wilson 10 con-Eratu-lait
him. Esd Pa l dreemed 1 showed
them the way TO Washington.
That was sum vishun. Sed Ma
motifs you got yourself into the
dresm pritty strong. sed Ma.
Jsst happened TO be in the
drssm. Ged Pa. Thly- lissend TO me
vary careful. SEQ "a. may Seehea
TO know all about our langwidEs (
they ssd I speak It vary eorrsek.
Esd Pa
what do you IuppOIS that drsen
IL a sine OF. sed Ma
I doant know. ssd Pa wuddent
It be funny Il We did git a visit
from the peepul on that far planet.
ssd Pa. I understand thay have
been trying to talk TO US for a
long time. Ged Pa Maybe a =aft
OF them are on thArs way here now.
! Shuddent wonder. sed Pa shud-
dent wonder much at anything that
mite cum on these here days. But
10 thay do cum. Ssd Pa. Jest rec
member that toAld you 30. Maybe
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
By Eleanor Gilbert.

(INYEARLY right" and L al
most discovered it'-thsss
are the particular buEa-
boos Of one fussy downtown bust
ness man.
The woman who gives me the
most trouble is not the incapable
woman. Sooner or later she is dis
charged. What takes up my time
Is the habits OF the business woman.
who IL only smart enough to go half
way In all the things she does. She
oeems ever 30 capable. She gets a
bright idea. perhaps, follows IT up
brfIlIautly-half way. Suddenly she
seems to drop in energy or brain
power and everything is neglected.
.-Or 1 give her some facts TO in
vestiRate. She starts on at a high
pace. IS bright and Eelf-conhdent
and seems 20 know all about Il. But
instead OF finishing the job she
winds up with a long tale, sprinkled
with inhnltesimaI descriptions and
the uHual closing. nearly found
IT
THAT kind OF girl Is particularly
trying to my soul because she's a
win o. the wisp. She's continually
raising false hopes. You feel GER
tain that she's about TO perform a
SpIendid stroke, but she ESts -
hSit-EAy Sc1aSVhars"
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
What Is the Real Cause?

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am nineteen and in love with
a man whose mother always says
something TO hurt my feelings
she does not want him to marry.
know II ! do marry him. I would
have to live with his parents. His
father does not speak TO anyone
in my family except me, and that
Is very little. Should marry
him: MAY.
Your letter does not give me
enough information on which to
base a careful judgment. II the
whole cause OF the trouble Is that
this young mans parents selfishly
desire to keep from marriage, then
most decidedly advise against
your letting this attitude weaken a
real affection. But IL they need his
support or feel that your two fami-
lies can never be reconciled to each
other or actually have a logical dis
like to you. then you must stop and
think carefully before you take
your happiness at the price Of their
pain. In any event. do you care
enough for each other TO triumph
over barriers and misunderStGnd-
inGs and objections and family
quaTrels? You must weigh your
feelings in the balance and see il
they are real enough and fine
enough to outweigh the reasons for
sacrificing them
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Advice to the LOvelOrn

desire a companIon who thinks
for herself; who is progressive.
and who longs TO leave humanity
little further along the road OF
universal happiness because OF
her having lived upon the earth.
". +. b.
Ny near Boy: Your problem is
Jus; the problem OF hundreds OF
other young men in Washington,
and all over the United States. You
have ideals that are fine and worth
while. and you meet n great many
foolish young girls who think that
paint and powder and pretty
clothes appeal to a man more than
ideas and ideals. But when you
meet fine girls who have not paint
ed on a little beauty YOU probably
pass them by. Now don't be lazy
and talk about time" and "incli-
nation" Most OF us are in a hurry
and demand the things OF life which
life intends TO force us to earn.
Co on studying, developing your
mind and believing in the splendid
truth that each or us can do his or
her share toward lettering tho
world. DON'T grow so oplnionated
and have so much respect for your
own superiority that you blind your
SELF 10 the fact that "a while
woman may have views that differ
IN many respects from your own.
Just go on enjoying the friendships
that come your way and studying
the people you meet. ands presently
YOU will find yourself learning TO
admire fine people and winning
their admire And the lOneIi-
ness and desire for eomradeship and
loIs which now torture you Will
ind their answer.
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Little BObbie's Pa

# was Fate that had that ViIhuA,
sed Pa.
Maybe Il was Fate, sed Ma. =
maybe It was them hot bIsticks you
ate for supper last mite. I toad
you TO be careful about them bis
ticks
Maybe I will talk a run oaver to
Washington & tell the President
about that dresm. sed Pa.
Maybe you better rite him a letter
& Saiv the carsRre. sed Ma. You
mite get took in for a harmless
crank oaver thare. sed Ma. That
vishun sounds kind OF vishun-Gry,
Ma ssd.
Well. sed Pa, II that IS all you
care about my dreems I will not
tell you any moa-. To me that was
a wonderful thing. that dreem.
woak up shivering. sed Pa. I was
almost afrade. It was so real. that
dreem.
You must stop Getting them hot
bisticks at mite. seq Ma. can see
that. Il Wud be awful TO have you
around here with dis-pepsy.
Dreemers OF dreems have always
had a hard time OF Il. sed Pa. tell
Ing the wurld what Il was that they
dreemed. I guess I will newer
menshun # agEeun wen I have .
Wunderful dreem.
Maybe you better not, ssd Ma, but
think II wud be still mOar better
~ you wud be careful what you ate
for supper. Hot bistlcks was never
made TO Get Jest befoar retiring.
sed Ma. The next time you want to
eet them for supper. think OF them
gallant gents from Mars & lay on
on the bis..CSs. sed Ma.
Then Pa got up & took his hat &
overcots & went down 10 'as OTIS.
I will be jest in time Or the rush
In the subway. SEQ Ia. s that isSnt
any dreem-
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
TheFOOd Bondage Habit
IT REQUIRES SOME EFFORT TO FREE ONESELF
"But," Says LOrettO Lynch, ''This
Is the Time to Do 1t and to
Benefit Physically, Too.

their families to become slaves to
a certain food habit. They had
depended on FISH so long to supply
their tissue building material that
they became desperate when the
price OF this made it prohibitiye.
There are a comparatively few
families whose diet has been so
varied that they can eat and would
enjoy anything at an And the
time to begin a varied diet is in
ones youth. The mother who al
lows her child to set aside his
breakfast cereal just because-well.
he doesn't want its helping him
to experience certain hardshipB By
and by.
The chow II all right" morS
than one soldier and sailor has told
me. 1T nils you up and makes
you feel 1T, but when a fellow was
as carefully brought up as ! was
it's pretty hard when he only gets
what he likes once in a WHILE
Yet. most OF US have had TO culti-
vate a taste for olives. Isn't it just
possible that we can cultivate a
taste for other foods:
Your child needs the bOne-build-
ing material OF well-cooked cereals"
said a physician~to a mother who
desired to. know why sevenyear-
old Willie looked about four.
But, he won't eat cereal for me-"
she replied.
"starvs him out = few days and
when you have disciplined him,
bring him back and then I'll begin
to treat him" CrueI? Not at all
Come day Willie grown to manhood.
will thank the man who helped him
build the hns body his college fell
low athletes so admire.
Even in these high cost days a
woman who has not allowed her
family to beconns slaves TO food
habits can find lots Of things in the
Spring market which are nOur!sh-
ing, palatable and not BhockinEiy
expensive.
People who are slaves TO food
habits. especially il they all drift
into the habit OF eating a few va
risties of food, help to keep the
market price high Each day buy
some less expensive vegetable that
you have never presented to your
family before.
Prepare and serve Il nicely. n
out OF twelve YOU get them liking
only three or four new ones. that
will help some. There are very few
foods that really disagree with peo-
pie.
Take a arm stand and don't let
your family be crushed under the ,
Bondage OF Food Habits.
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Learn Real Religion.
Dear Miss Fairfax

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am a very orthodox JeweSs.
During the stay OF a soldier in
this city, just before he left for
France. was introduced to him
and soon found myself enjoying
his companionship. and soon
learned to love him dearly. Now
he has no one in this wide world,
is self-made man, and is not
orthodox. and, in fact. I have my
doubts that he is even Jewish or
been reared in Jewish faith,
though ! am not narrow minded.
Yet / have a beautiful dear moth
eT. the kind that girl wants TO
obey, and I am sure she will new
er agree to let me marry him,
when he comes back. and love
him dearly. / feel that ] cannot
give him up. ! know you can
surely help me. you give such
good advice and ENCOURAGEMENT
TO the girls that ! am sure that
! would follow your advice when
you give IL 10 me. You can see
l am torn between two duties.
one the love and honor owe 10
the dearest mother on earth. who
has gone TO the gates Of death
and back again who hasn't yet
once thought the price too great
she paid for me, and the other
the love and faith / have for this
dear good man in France who is
fighting for me and our country,
He is anxious To learn and do all
he can to be fit TO be received by
my mother. Won't you please tell
me what to dO?N
AN ADMIRER.
Do you mean TO say that YOU
actually feel that q religious diff
ference makes this man unfit to
be received by your mother? II
you think that. my girl, you are
not broadminded or modern in Your
viewpoints. While ] fully recog-
nize the fact that orthodox Jews
consider marriage between their
children and GeutiIes as raising a
barrier as great as death itself,
still ! cannot justify your attitude
in the light OF the fact that you
never took the trouble to discuss
this question with the man YOU
claim to love dearly. Has he de-
Clared his love and his desire TO
please your mother. and are you
really quite unaware OF what his
faith is? IL seems to me that you
can afford to let the matter rest
temporarily. to give him the joy OF
your comforting letters while he Is
oyer in the battlefields and TO
raise no questions that will hurt
him, worry him. or lower his cf-
ficiency as q soldier. federation
and breadth OF vision are some OF
the things VIC are going TO gain
out OF the hideous losses this war
Imposes on Us. The great Catholic
drive held a meeting in New
York theater. Religion and the
thcater meeting together. And on
the stage. sitting together and
working together for the aid OF
our suffering and wounded were a
The Washington times., 1918-04-28

In view Of the fact that Slam is
taking part with the great Powers
An the world war. it has been
thought right TO add a color to the
nag, namely dark blue. The ma
tlonaI nag Will have DARK blue in
IN. centre occupying one-third OF
the ground. and on either side
white ard . red stripe. each OF these
stripes occupying one-six'h Of the
ground
Only very youthful KIDS are avail
able for the best ard finest Kind OF
KID gloves. Once they begin 10 eat
eraEs their skins Altsr IN texture,
becoming coarse IN grain and losing
% some extent tie valuable quality
o. elasticity.
The original Inventor OF the
spa=xinE plug was Lsaoi-. The type
OF plug which he designed for use
in connection with his ignition
scheme in 1850 had all the features
OF the modern plug.
Nearly every kind OF glass. SspS-
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Five Years Is A Long Time!

Dear Miss Fairfax:
have been going about with
a very nice young EIrl. she IS
seventeen and am eighteen.
During the time her father and
mother have upprs we'd OF us doing
20. Now her mother thinks she
should so about with all her men
friends Instead Of just la". I
gave up a jCb which paid IN" nice
~ and took an apprentice. machin-
lat job. 50 that wHen / would DO
twenty three ] would have "A trade
u support us both. Our intentions
are THAI we marry when we are
twenty three, and not before.
When ! told her mother / had
taken another Job she was very
much ploascu that J did SEQ. The
next day she wanted TO know
n Ecr daughter must wait fUr.Iue
while was learning i trade.
". \. :.
suppose the mother instinct to
protect the daughter is what IL at
stake in this ease. Tie mother
fears that five years will bring you
growth and change and may carry
you out OF her daughters life and
leave her lonely and disappointed.
il might happen, however YOU doubt
il now. Youth cannot know what
the years are going to bring and
with greater maturity IL is possible
that your ideal OF wumanhuod will
change. II you two might he GOOD
friends and see other people all
would be well, but really YOU ara
making a great blundcr when at
seventeen ar eighteen You cut
yourselves Off from tho broadening
influence OF other friendships and
limit yourselves to each other. ]
thoroughly disappTov" OF that. The
way to work out your problems in
fairness to fathor. mother. aud
your two selves Is 10 keep uD other
friendships and not 10 think about
being Swccthearts. when YOU both
need TO think about is your work
ana growth and how you are going
to work out fine futures for YOUR
selves. You are just children.
Please don't take yourselves and
your emotions so seriously. Play,
work. have n good time, and grow
toward what tn" years will bring
you instead OF trying 80 solemuIy To
decide what you want TO force them
TO bring.
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Safety and Our Girls
HOW ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY
Prof. McKeever Advises Fathers
to Watch Over His Own. and
the Daughters of Others.

. home-breakinE calamitiss hiled tbs
biographical accounts Of these
bright. young Nictims.
II Is also significant that the
school which these girls are forced
to attend Is a better one than We
can AFFORD 10 offer our children who
pursue the normal course OF life
Study. play. work. recreation. de-
mestic practice. regular meals. fun
quota Of sleep. physical exercise.
Sunday school attendance. and -
on-all these arranged IN a care
fully balanced programme for the
week constitute an almost ideal
schedule OF training.
And. In spite OF the very bad be-
ginning which an unprotecting So
ciety has given them. the majority
OF the Industrial school girls are
finally placed permanently ION thsiT
feet" and become good women. Bas
the.sad fact remains that these are
only few OF the many thousands Z
Of their class. the greater number
OF whom are free to mingls vita
society.
MenI shame on our rascsIly sex.
This mistreatment OF Innocent
SounE girls is worse than any other
crime, and deserves the punishmens 4
accorded 10 the SPY. Why not re-
solve right now to be hanged rather
than contribute to the delinquency
OF one OF these innocent daughters
OF men? Let US make our Safe !
for-democracy' idea reach ~home 50
that It will also mean safe for girlA 3
Just now there is a bIg-coUntry-
wide drive Intended 20 roundup
questionable women. some OF these
are being interned for the period Of
the war. But how about the male
offender IN this line. the man whO
insinuatSs that every girl has be-
price.
All good fathers should form
themselves into a league to drive
this poisonmonger out OF the coun-
try or into the prison camp Ana
this fatherly protection should sx-
tend equally to the girl who has ~
father and who Is too young -
know how to protect herself
Help make the world safs-fog
democracy and for girls
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
By LOrettO c. Lynch,
SAstruetoT Wartime Cookery \. I
Eve. High school for Women

EfT YUH, these people that imzE-
1ne they are addicted TO
drink - drugs or tobacco
or any other had habit make me
tired" said a stout and prosperous
looking man to me the other day.
~Ita all a matter Of will power.
Tell a fellows he's a weak brother
and he'll play that for all time
And then because I know this
man a long. long time. and because
! like his wife SO much, I ventured,
hut sam Brown. you're a slave TO a
= habit-you are a slave to food
babits you formed when you were
a youngster."
Needless to say, Sam had never
before thought OF himself as a
slave to anything. He was an In
telliHsnt man, and. as men 90. de-
eidedly reasonable.
ssE he was causing his wife (Who
Incidentally acted as eOmmisary de-
YartmenD no end OF worry since
the advent Of Mr.. Hoover into our
national life. Cereals - bosh! My
mother did not bring me up on
muih. and I'm not going 10 begin
20 eat that stun now" he would
gently though firmly say each time
Mrs.. Sam thought she might try
serving oatmeal mush with cream
instead OF the breakfast bacon "our
soldiers and allies need"
but, sam" she would find herself
saying, as'bacon and hams must be
shipped, and so am trying to give
you some new breakfast"
And always, with a smile. Sam
would say, We'll, the little eat
Of those things will never be missed.
There are only a Few things / eat.
That's one OF them. and II It's a
dollar a pound I must have It for
.breakfaSt."'
It Is the observation Of the
fhouEhtful that the lower the type
Of humanity the greater the degree
Of slavery to food habits.
Very recently in an American city
having a large Russian-Jewish sec
tIon. the police had TO put down
food riots in the public markets.
The price OF fish had suddenly risen
TO almost double.
Buy soy beans suEgested a
calm soul By cheese, or more
milk"
But these women had allowed
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
By William A. McKeever,

One 81 the Matters Foremost A.
thSSItiss On socisIoEIeaI ProbIens.
"THILE we are continuing with
w the terrific campaign to
" make the world safe for de-
mocracy We cannot AFFORD to dis
continue our efforts to make the
community safe for girls. have
Just now been shown 1850 concrete
evidences Of the fact that we have
not get completed this lesser at
tempt-1sO girls confined in a So
called Industrial school and every
one OF them placed there because OF
delinquency.
In they came In doubls nis,
happy company Of hsaIthy-IookinE
girls to attend the assembly. All
but a few were dressed in spotIess
white. and the entire place, within
and without. was clean enough to
match the garments. The ages
ranged from thirteen to eighteen.
Their singing was beautiful and in
spring. Led by a well-trained choir.
they all Joined Justify In the ma
tional air closing with:
Long may eur land be bright
with freedoms holy liEht"-
And why are these beautiful
girls all here I asked. "Delin-
quency. Some OF them have become
mothers Nearly all were in jeop-
ardy." Such was the substance Of
the reply.
Mem What n travesty upon this
diEnihed term! We pirate loud and
long about democracy. but We for
get that its guarantee OF safety.
security and justice" should reach
W. here at home. We haggled for a
hundred years over the problem OF
= protective tran on wool and ala
not think to apply the principle Of
protection adequately TO the threat
sned virtue OF our little girls.
1t Is-siEnlhcant that not one OF
these 100 girls came from what We
call a good Christian homG In
ether words. the good home Is the
best protection Of young feminine
virtus. Separations. divorces. death
Of one or both parents and other
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Patience A Little -

Dear Miss Fairfax: This is my
problem: ] am twenty-eight. and
] passionately long for n little
homs~ a cOngenial wife and a
family.
am 4 nationalist. Socialist,
Suffragist, Darwinian. etc, and
feel that / could not tolerate and
be happy with a companion whose
opinions were "Sot' and so dia-
metrb.aIly opposed 10 mine as
thosg Of The average girl are. l
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
War Time Recipes
REPRINTED FROM, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
Rice and Olive Croquets
az4o Total Galleries
zos Protein Galleries

one-half cupfuI rice. = cupfuI
boiling water II cupfuls milk.
egg. beaten; 4 cupful stuffed
olives. Il ,teaspoonfuI salt. ~ cup
fuls white sauce. finch crumbs. l
cupfUi grated cheese.
Place the boiling water in
double boiler. add the rice and cook
until water Is absorbed: then add
the milk and cook until the milk
has been absorbed. Add salt and the
stuffed olives. coarsely chopped.
Spread on a plate 10 cool. shape
into croQuets, dip in crumbs and
then egg and crumbs. Fry in deep
fat Serve with white sauce in
which the grated cheese has been
melted
The Washington times., 1918-04-28

~ all things strange the strangest is this
that roman, trho bears so large a burden
Of the cords effort, should in the Council
of Nations hare so small roice. To enumerdte
her sacrifices, her trials, the innumcrdbIe bur
dens she bears, is unnecessary. 1t IS a sslf-eri-
The Washington times., 1918-04-28

dent injustice that her counsel should be disre-
gOrdsd, that her refinement and high moral in
stHctS should be barred from the halls of govern
mcHt. II IS mans loss as tCeI as her oUH that
a tcOmdn s influence is unused. There is no
Where more glazing instance Of the tCdSts Of
natural resources.
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Scalloped Potatoes
and Hominy
1909 Total Galleries
256 Protein Galleries

Six medium-sIzed cooked pota-
toes. l cupful cooked homIny. sea-
soninE. l cupful grated cheese. 1
cupful milk. = cupful dried btead-
crumbs.
Put the potatoes through a potato
ricer or meat chopper. Butter a
baking dish and arrange a LAYER
OF potatoes in the bottom and a Law
er OF hominy, grated cheese and sea
soning. Repeat this until the mix
ture is used up. Pour heated milk
over all, sprinkle with crumbs. and
bake in a moderate oven for 20
minutes or until all the CheeGs 4
melted
The Washington times., 1918-04-28
Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

Jewish Rabbi, cardinal Of the
Catholic church, and AN EpiscO-
palian minister. Think over your
problem and your declaration that
you are not narrow minded IN the
light OF these facts.