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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
SOCIETY TO TAKE
FRESH LEASE ON
LIFE i'm SPRING
Country Clubs Soon.
Will Come Into
Their Own.

TODAY is Palm Sunday. next
Sunday win be Easter and
then society will take a fresh start.
Already there are over a half
dozen balls on the social calendars
and benefit fetes Of many sorts
which are always smart social
events. Then, there will come the
garden fetes-usually for sweet
charity-the horse show, polo,
and the country clubs will soon be
taking a new lease on life"
Social calendars are already begin
ming to fill up with dates for inn
portant dinners such as the two
which the Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Hughes are planning on April
and IA.
Mrs. Gardner Minot, who is al
ways one of our most active hos
tesses, is stirring again. Though
in unofficial life, her parties often
take on an official atmosphere, be-
cause Of her honor guest or her
guest list in general. She is the
granddaughter of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, which gives her a
tiny claim on official life, perhaps.
Mrs. Minot has only been in Wash.
ington about a month now, after
an absence of eight months or
more she Is looking bit thin and
tired, ! think-but seems hardly
more than a child. Among the
parties she has already announced
will be a dinner on April IL with
General Pershing as the guest Of
honor. She gave a dinner last
Tuesday evening too, before the
last of the Old Dancing Glass
parties of the season, and she is
planning a dance at her house in
honor of the members of the Hasty
Pudding Club, of Harvard, on
April II. The club will give a
performance at the Belasco Theater
that evening. Mrs. Charles Nc
Way will entertain the club at a
tea the same afternoon.
THIS week will be the dullest of
the year undoubtedly; Holy
week usually is. 1t will give So
ciety a chance to finish up it's
spring wardrobes and do a few odds
and ends before Easter. The D.
A. RS, however, who are pre-
pairing for battle when their Con.
gress meets here next month and
general elections are held, will
keep up their activities through
this week, 1 imagine. Mrs. Larz
Anderson, one of our social lead
ers, is figuring prominently in
these activities as she is running
for the office of librarian general
of the D. A. r. She has also been
the central figure at several parties
not d. A. r. She was the guest of
honor, for example, at the weekly
luncheon Of the National Women's
Press Club Monday when she told
us much about how she writes.
She deVotes every morning to
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caster, Miss Alta M. Smith, Mrs.
Margery Snyder, Mrs. Ruth B.
Tapke, Miss Emma Louise Thomp-
son and Miss Dorothy DeMuth Wat
son will act as hostesses on this
occasion. 1t is the first of a
series of benefit teas for the
scholarship fund which the
Alumnae Club hopes to offer this
year, through competitive ex-
animation, to an American for an
American musical education. A
delightful program of American
music will be given by the club
quartet, Miss Alta Smith, Mrs.
Margery Snyder, Mrs. Ruth
Tapke and Miss Alice Jones.
Mrs. Snyder and Mrs. Tapke will
be heard in violin duets and
Miss Alice Jones and Mrs. Green
in vocal solos.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Polo Again Comes
To the Fore

pOLO is in the air! With the
coming of suitable weather
the army polo enthusiasts are
trotting out their horses and put
ting them through the PAGES and
looking over their trusty nallets
preparatory to the spring polo
tournaments to- be staged in Po-
tomac Park. The field Is being
put in condition and. with reas-
enable amount OF dry weather pre-
vailing, there will be big game
before the polo ball to be given
April IL in the ballroom Of tie
Willard.
This ball. which is usually the
smartest event Of the spring sea-
son, promises to be even smart
er" this year. The list Of box
holders includes:
The Secretary Of War and Mrs.
Weeks, the Assistant Secretary Of
War and Mrs. Davis, Gen. John
j. Pershing, British embassy, Mrs.
Marshall Field, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Farwell. Mrs. King Car
ley, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
Senator, and Mrs. Medill McCor.
mick, Senator and Mrs. Walter
Edge. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Phillips,
Mrs. Gardner Minot, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sylvanus Stokes, jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Larz Anderson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis rockingham, Mrs.
Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. William
c. Eustis, Mrs. Borden Hartman,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey Parker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Lay, Mrs.
Charles Boughton Wood, William
Phelps Emo. Mr.. and Mrs. r. r.
Gown, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Den.
eyre, Franklin McVeagh. Col.
Robert M. Thompson, Col. and
Mrs. Howard c. Dickinson, COL
and Mrs. Morris e. Locke. Mrs.
w. J. Boardman, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ord Preston, Countess Gizycka
and Mrs. Thomas p. Walsh.
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book in which she jots down a
plot or suggestion Of a plot
which may come to her mind, for
future use. 1t is really remark
able, I think, that anyone whose
life is so full could possibly find
time to write at all, much less
do as much writing as Mrs.
Anderson has done. Mrs. VIII
Irwin, who as Inez Nayes Irwin,
is widely known as an authoress,
also talked to the club Monday
and told how she went about
writing and how differently her
husband does it. Each writer,
she claims, attacks his, or her,
task in different manner. Mrs.
Irwin also stated what some of
us know SO we'll, that all writing
10 very hard work.
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writing, it seems. She tries to
avoid interruption when writing.
but sometimes finds that impos-
sible. Even when travelling she
writes in the mornings, on train
or ship.
She told us she has brought
out sixteen books-not including
some she has written but not
published-and the publisher is
about to put another on the mar
ket, a Spanish story called "A
Kiss and the Queue" Mrs. An
derson, who has widely travelled.
says she always keeps jour
nal; has done SO since she was
sixteen, and from that journal
has taken the material for many
OF her, books. Also she keeps a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-25
Miss Garrison To
BE Guest at Tea
THE Washington Alumnae Club

THE Washington. Alumnae Club
of Mu Phi Epsilon, National
Honorary Musical Sorority, is en-
tertaining at tea this afternoon in
honor of Miss Mabel Garrison, at
the home of Mrs. Dorothy DeMuth
Watson, its president. Among
those assisting are Mrs. Clyde b.
Aitchison. Mrs. Paul Bleyden, Mrs.
Mitchell Carroll, Mrs. Hamlin
Cogswell, Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels,
Mrs. Louise N. Geldert, Mrs.
Edwin M. Hood, Mrs. Albert w.
Jefferis and Mrs. Nanette B.
Paul. Eight members of the
club, Miss Alice Douglas Jones,
Mrs. Augusta Bergman Greene,
Miss Margaret Caldwell Lam
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DF ALL the griSt of springtime benefits tho stand
y out as particularly interesting to smart society
Mrs. Walter Tuckerman, pictured below, is one Of.
the moving spirits in the Russian piage fete, which
lis to be given at Wudmar Park Hotel ON April 10;
and pretty Miss Anna Hamlin has an important role
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in the Cabaret Fantastique at the Hamilton Hotel,
on April 8, for Noel House, which has q gay and
festipe sound Miss Helen Marye is the daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. George T. Marye, and a popular mem
Der of the sub-deb set Pictures Of both. Baron de
Cartier, ambassador Of Belgium, and Baroness de
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Cartier are familiar to Washington, bit there's
rovelty in the photograph Of the tvo together he
Minister Of China and Nine SIC, also snapped
together, are returning to Washington after stx
months absence in China, and Al repeated YnOrs
that Or. Sze mas to be given post in the gopern1
n1ert at home. 4
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
Anchor Fence Posts
Against Frost Power
Method Illustrated Has Sew.
eral Advantages.

The accompanying diagram illus
trates a tested method of anchoring
fence posts in the ground against the
lifting power Of frost.
1T has the advantages" says the de.
siGner, 'Of being easier to set a post,
takes less material, and when the time
comes to reset the end post il will
take only a fraction of the time and
labor to remove the old post that IL
does To remove a post set with dead
man and cross anchors. With the
material on the ground and favorable
digging conditions. one man can set a
ten-foOt post in half a day that will
stand all the strains put on II in or
binary fencing. This method is espe-
cially suitable for gate posts.
I'm setting the post ii is best to dig
the hole so that the post sets firmly
against the front bank and then lamp
the dirt in up to the lower notch be
fore putting in the lower race. We
dig a trench two spades deep from
the front wall back to where the rear
wall will come In starting the hole,
This gives room To put In the rear
brace as well as making II easier to
dig the rest Of the post hole, which
need be only big enough to allow
tamping room.
THE brace block ear be either q
rock of a size such ms n man can
move, or better, IA cement block about
sixteen inches square by eight inches
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
Handling of Hogs
Causes Big Loss
Annual Waste That Is I'm
necessary and Most of 1t
Due to CareleSSnesS.

Prepared by the Unit "a States Department
OF Agricultural
Loss through injury to hogs in ship
ment TO market is an important item
affecting the profits of the farmer and
shipper. During the past year in a pc
riod of six months there were received
at nine of the principal stock yards OF
the country a total Of 2S,375 dead hogs
and 3S,TOS in a more or less crippled
condition, according to reports re-
ceived by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. These figures
indicate clearly a waste that is large
ly unnecessary, most of which can be
attributed TO carelessness on the part
Of those handling the animals at the
points Of origin of shipments.
Do Not Hurry Hogs.
Aside from the wrecks and extreme
weather conditions, there seems to be
no logical reason for so many hogs dy-
ing between points of origin and des-
tination. Much fault in this respect
is attributed TO improper handling of
swine just prior to shipment Quite
often hogs about to be shipped are
rushed to some small Enclosure,
penned up in a crowded way, and fed
a very heavy ration preparatory to
being hauled or driven TO a stock car.
In getting them t o a loading point
frequently the animals are prodded,
kicked, and hurried until worried into
a highly nervous condition. Such
hogs are often loaded in cars contain
ing sharp pieces Of broken timber,
nails sticking out of boards, and in
which the flooring is covered with mud
and rubbish, no ~precautiOn being taken
to remedy these dangerous conditions.
Often no bedding Of any kind is pro-
vided. Under such circumstances
many Of the animals reach the yards
badly crippled, the injuries commonly
involving the. hind quarters, resulting
in lowered quality of the most valua-
BILE cutS-the hams.
Avoid crowding Animals.
When ready for market, nogs should
be assembled a sufficient length of
time prior to the date of shipment TO
allow them TO become rested. They
should not be crowded into small pens
or houses nor fed heavy rations. If
they are driven to the loading point
they should not be rushed on the
way: if they are hauled too many hogs
should not be crowded into the truck
or wagon. The loading chutes should
not be too steep. should he made Sc
cure and should have the sides pro
tected so that the animals will 10
fall off. Crowding too many hogs in
a car, particularly in hot weather, is
likely 10 result In a number of them
dying in transit. Loading hogs after
a heavy feed is injurious to them. A
little hunger is far better for them on
the journey than Indigestion. There
is nothing to be gained in added
weight of the animals by forced feed
ing just before shipping. The aim
should be to get as nan hogs as pos
sible to the stock yards in good con-
dition,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
FROM GENERATION
TO GENERATION
Mothers Advise Their Daughters to
Rely upon Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to Keep
Them in Health

gave her Lydia E. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound and now she is .
healthy, happy, hearty, strong girl
and weighs 100 pounds. She has no
difficulty in doing her gym work,
and she works at home every night
and morning, too. / am a mother who
can certainly praise your medicine,
and if it will be of any benefit you
may use this letter as a reference"
Mrs. GEORGE Z. WHITACRE, 621 w.
Madison Ave-, Mahoningtown, Pa
Every girl wants to be healthy and
strong, and every mother wants her
daughter to do well in school and to
enjoy herself at all times.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is a splendid medicine for
younggirls just entering womanhood.
Mothers may depend uponit. Remem-
Der it is prepared from roots and
herbs, contains nothing that can in
jure, and tends to tone up and
strengthen the organs concerned,
so that they will work In q healthy
and normal manner
For nearly fifty years II has been
used by women of all ages, and
these women know its great value.
Let it help your daughter and
yourself.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
Rat PROBING Interest
Is Aroused in Oregon

The effect of anti-rat campaigns in
Oregon has been notable in the son
tinued interest taken in rat-preven-
ton and rat-proofing measures. One
Of the largest owners OF real estate
in the public market Of POrtls' "aS
so favorably impressed with
done last year under the | >
of the biological survey, United .,.ures
Department Of Agriculture, in destroy
Ing rats and In establishing rat-proOf
conditions that he has torn out the
entire interior OF two of the largest
buildings and is finishing them wholly
with concrete with a view to making
them completely rat-proof.
In Little Rock, Ark, as a result of
the anti-rat campaign which was
launched there, steps were taken for
the Inauguration of a general clean
up campaign in the city and for the
establishment OF more satisfactory
ordinances governing the construction
and repair OF buildings. the disposal
Of garbage and the screening Of food
products.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
Club Work Was Started
in Oklahoma in 1909

Fifty boys were pioneers In Okla
homa in the boys and girls club
work carried on by cooperative agri-
cultural extension agents, these boys
joining corn clubs in 1909 to learn
new and improved methods of produc-
ton. Now Oklahoma has more than
$4,000 of these young farmers and
home makers, according to reports to
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture, and in their club work they
are carrying on some $1,000 demon
STATIONS in crop, vegetable, and fruit
growing, live stock production, can
ming, sewing, food preservation, and
home management. These figures and
other interesting facts regarding club
work in that state were made the
basis of a pageant, shown at a short
curse given In August at the state
agricultural college, in which scenes
pnrtraying the main club activities
were followed in each case by lantern
slides giving information about that
line OF work.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
Tough Fowls Cut Prices
and DISCOURAGE Sales

Tough chicken is not only a dis
tasteful dish but 1t discourages the
consumption of both live and dressed
poultry in cities and towns where the
old-fashioned fattenlng coop has been
removed from the back yard by people
who now depend upon the farmer or
poultry plant owner to feed the birds
and put them in shape for the pot and
pan.
The skinny birds sen to tie market
not only get a "cOol reception" when
they are displayed on the table but
the family Is lot likely to request
chicken again Dor Repeat orders
IRE just as essential to the poultry
a as they are to other merchants.
In this field the flock owner can do
much to Increase his business and
revenue.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
Storing Sweet Potatoes,
Pumpkins and Squash

Pumpkins, squash and sweet pota-
toes should not be stored In the same
way as most other vegetables. They
must be taken in from the field before
freezing weather. A heavy frost or a
quick chill on any Of these crops Is
detrimental to their keeping qualities.
Pumpkins and squash may be har-
vested. placed in piles over the field
and covered with hay or other mate
rial. This will keep off the frost. AS
soon as cold weather comes they
should be taken into the storage and
kept at an even temperature Of IS to
20 degrees. Sweet potatoes. to be
well kept, must be dried at a temper
ature Of IS degrees for three weeks,
after that time the temperature may
be lowered to from 80 to 60 degrees.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
GOOD BUNGALOW
. FOR ANY PLACE
Substantial and Spacious Five
Room Frame House.
INTERIOR IS WELL LAID OUT
Structure Which Looks Well on Any
eirst-class Residential. Street,
Farm or Ranch-No Gew-
Gaws or Fancy Trimming.
By WILLIAM A, RADFORD

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
Questions and give advice FREE OF
COST OF all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building. for the readers OF
this paper. On account of his wide
experience as Editor. Author and
Manufacturer. he is. without doubt
the highest authority or all these sub
jects. Address all inquiries to William
A. Radford. No. 1927 Prairie avenue,
Chicago. Ill. and only inclose two-cent
stamp for reply.
This is a bungalow which would look
rs well on any ffrst-class residential
street as ii would On the farm or
ranch. The reasOn for this Is that II
meets with certain elemental require.
ments any good house should have; 1t
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08

looks well, there are no gewEaws or
fancy trimming. IL Is substantially
built. and Its interior is very convent
emily laid out.
To begin with, the ~overhanging roof
shelters and shades at the same time.
Perhaps this would make 1t appeal to
those living In the warmer sections OF
the country. The snubbed gables give a
coy look, but are excellent In the
places where winds become more
strong than agreeable. The framing
could be stained brown, w~eathered fin
ish, reducing upkeep in this respect to
a minimum.
The porch Is really an extension Of
the roof to a short distance above the
front door. This is like the window at
the left, really a French window. We
enter from the terrace into the living
room. 10 feet by q feet 6 inches, and
with a fireplace and windows at one
end, which, together with the windows
on the same wall as the entrance door,
leave q good expanse Of wall space
elsewhere for the proper hanging of
pictures and the convenient placing Of
furniture.
From the living room we enter the
dining room. II is 10 feet by Is feet
and has three windows. The kitchen
is right off the dining o and has a
sink by the window, with ample shelv-
ing on both sides of 1t, a pantry with
outside Icing and a rear porch of the
entrance vestibule which makes a good
place for the housewife to do her light
kitchen chores on a hot day.
There are two bedrooms of the din
ing room, reached through a short hall,
which also forms the connecting link
TO the bathroom. Both bedrooms are
II feet by IS feet and have light on
two sides. and ample closet room.
The family in this house would. we
feel, take proper pride in 1t. See how
the proper landscaping Of the lot. ac-
con,plished with very little effort. has
produced a pleasing front yard. We
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08

like those tall nollyhocks especially
and the jumpers.
One thing that should not be for
gotten in building this house. or any
other house, is that II will be the cer
ter Of the family life for many years
VIII Il be the kind OF a place where
friends will feel proud 10 come for a
call? VIII the neighbor children by
preference favor your children's yar6
more than their own? These are
things which will add to the pleasure
OF life, and ii will be insuring their
presence in their best aspects II you
build so that the house will become a
home as soon as you move. in and get
settled. All the fancy trimming Of the
usual house built for show becomes
nothing If we do not have a conforta.
BILE place, with rooms no too cramped
or too large, and with a little garden
at the side or the back supplying the
table, while one in the front supplies
flower beauty for the nse of sight
and smell.
In building, II Is usually best to let
the contract out to a single contractor
Of good reputation and let him have
the responsibility for the entire job.
This way the owner knows at the start
where he is at. Often separate con
tracts are made for the lighting, heat
ing and plumbing. but or most small
houses this can all be taken care of on
the one contract.
II does not pay to supervise the
building Of your house Yourself. unless
you are a builder by trade. The time
is gone and you find you have nothing
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
Royal Handshake Brings Trouble.

Running 100 yards In 8 AS seconds
at the Far East Olympic games got
Fortunate CatalOn into a peck Of trOu-
BILE. Following his remarkable race,
Prince Chichibu. second son Of the
emperor of Japan. bestowed a royal
handshake and congratulations. Now
everywhere Fortunate goes he is be
sieged by japanese who van to shake
the hand that shook the hand Of the
Jap p%rinceling, for by doing so, the
japanese believe that they are indi-
rectly shaking hands with the EN-.
perOr himself-an honor greatly GOV.
eted.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
Right Foundation Stock
for Production of Eggs

If your foundation stock Is from an
egg strain Of proven worth, then the
care of hens becomes a simple matter
OF providing well-ventilated, dry quar-
reward will be an abundance OF eggs
The best of care and attention will
avail little, however, in promoting
egg production in a flock which ma.
ture has limited in egg yield. Better
to discard birds Of the latter type
than to go on from season TO season
In an endeavor to develop them to a
basis where they will pay their keep
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
A Mothers Advice Prevents
Operation

Corona, N. VI had a terrible
pain in my left side and had to go to
bed every so often. Doctors had told
me | must be operated on, but ! do
not believe in the knife and would
rather suffer than go through it. My
mother also did not believe in it and
she made me take Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound because
it had helped her. 1t has also helped
me for l am better and able tn do all
my work. | recommend your medi-
cine and give you permission to use
my letter as a testimonial.'-Mrs.J
BUSCH, Jr., IL S. Railroad Avenue,
Corona, N. Y.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
Probably Convinced Now.

Two south Portland tMe.) asses
sors listened to she complaint of an
owner of a truck that $3.50 was too
high a valuation to be placed TN the
machine. why, that old boat isn't
worth $50" he told them. More to
test his veracity than anything else,
the assessors offered him $50 and to
their surprise the owner told then
that II was theirs. The officials were
game and bought the truck and dis
covered that there was only one thing
the matter with tit won't go.-Bos
ton Globe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-11-08
Little to Employ Labor
Unless Live Stock Kept

After the heavy fall work on crops
is completed there Is little t profit
ably employ the labor on a farm I'M
less live stock Ii kept. Cows, hogs
and chickens use time that would not
be otherwise occupied In the winter
and consume feeds that could not be
marketed otherwise. Returns for this
feed and labor Increase fhr net nrofl
&. the business By their amount.