The Washington times., 1920-05-24


~ have to award prizes-trou'
BILE Is, I'D nke TO give dozens OF
prizes where 1 can only give one.
The letters were unusually In
teresting and helpful. Washington
and its environs are full of the sort
OF women who make a sturdy and
successful nation. In these critical
days they are not only doing won
ders In economy, but are actually
adding to the family income. the
while they are housewife. mother
and all-round helpmate TO their
husbands. These are the wives one
never hears about. These are the
women who never get into the pub
lie print (eXcept, perhaps. In Eliza
beth Lattimer's humble column
And when the cynics tell US that
American women are eNtravagant
and vain and helpless, I'm going to
point TO the women who read my
column and enter the contests for
my prizes.
At the last moment I've decided
to take the second weeks Ten Dol
lar Prize and split into five extra
Two Dollar Prizes for letters 50
attractive | could not dismiss them
from my mind. This weeks contest
uhe letters which were due today.
may 22) will therefore be extended
one more week, giving new con-
testants another week. or until May
20 TO try for another prize.
The first prize of $40 goes to
woman who has solved her prob
lem by caring for other women's
babies, the while she cares for her
own. l give this first place be-
cause it is something aY woman
can do, something a womhn handi-
capped with children can do and
something a woman can do without
a cents worth of capital.
The largest number OF letters
dealt with sewing at home. and
while this work is most admirable
and lucrative, ii is not every woman
who has either the special talent or
training for it. Still ! decided to
give the idea one of the smaller
prizes and selected the letter which
bore the earliest postmark.
Many women who rent rooms also
sent in their ideas. This plan did
not win a prize for the simple rea-
son that not every one (especially
families who have to rent their
homes), are blessed with spare
rooms" Moreover this contest was
primarily intended for the house
wife and mother with young child
rem, since it is admittedly most diff
ficult for such a woman to earn an
independent income. Some letters
could not be considered because
they offered plans which necessita-
ted the woman leaving the home
and the rules of the contest express
ly stated that it must be money
earned in the home. Others which
told of many ways woman could
earn money in the home were OBJ
viously not personal experiences.
and / preferred to give considera-
tion to women who are actually
solving this problem in fact rather
than in theory.
The prize winners are:
$40 Prize-Mrs. Morris, 1885 Lin
coin road northeast.
First 81 Prize-Mrs. Hazel ii.
BOchm, Brnndyysine, Md.
Second 81 Prize-Mrs. Mabel IL
J;edmiIes. 3SO5 Baker street, Mt.
Rainier. Md.
Third 81 Prize-EIOise Keen, 1907
NJ avenue northwest.
Fourth 81 Prize-Mrs. X. Il. I.u-
SenbceI, Mt. Dome, Randle Heig hts,
ID. &.
Fifth-Mrs. Mary Smith, 1929
Thirteenth street northwest.
Contestants for the next $40
prize now have until May 30 to
end in their letters. In every case
where more than one person sends
in the same idea, precedence will be
given call other things being equaI)
to the letter bearing the earliest
postmark. Better hurry-first come,
first served. you know. In this lot,
for instance, there were several let
ters on the home baking plan and
the prize goes for that idea to
Eloise Keen because her letter
came in first.
The prize-winning letters follow:
Ten-Dollar
Prize Letter.
DEAR ELIZABETH LATTIMER:
AS baby has his bath about o'clock
and is put into his crib for his nap on
rainy days or in the carriage on the porch
when the weather permits I am able to
do baby's wash and attend to my house
hold duties (small six-room house Just
for three-daddy. baby and myself. As
] am near very good stores l do my
marketing while baby is still asleep and
have time to prepare my vegetables for
supper and eat my own lunch, this takes
me until IL o'clock, when baby wakes to
be fed. Ny afternoons were left open
for his amusement. AS help is scarce
and ii IL 30 hard to get away from small
children | started caring for a few of the
neighbor children from ] O'clock until
r or O'Clock for so cents and 1t was no
time until every afternoon except Satur-
day and sunday | had about four little
ones to care for along with my own lit
tie fellow. Having n nice yard for them
In N M a1 nj hah
have a very pleasant afternoon
and also 81, and 1t is very rare that
do not add $40 to the weekly budget and
help with the II. c. OF l.. 1t is $50 be-
fore my husband returns from work and
l have ample time to have supper ready
for him. MRS. MORRIS,
1885 Lincoln road n. Il.