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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-09
GROUP
NAMES new
OFFICERS
Women Of District Elect Mrs..
w. M. Stoner, Recently
Enjoined, President

At the regular; monthly meeting
Of the executive board of the Wom-
ans Welfare Association yester-
day election Of officers for the en-.
suing year occurred and Mrs. Wes-
ley Martin Stoner, recently enjoined
by Justice Hoehling from Interior
ing With the affairs OF the or
ganizat ion,- was elected its presi.
dent. Those voting at the. morning,
session, held at Hotel Hamilton
were Mrs. A. IL. Rheinstrom, Mrs.
Bird Robinson, Mrs. j erome Clark,
Mrs. William I'll. King, Mrs. Stoner.
and the proxies OF Mrs. John s.:
Barbour and Mrs. Charles Bough-
ton Wood.
After a careful sitting of the
names !. of the twenty-five board
members, it was found that thir-
teen automatically were dropped for
nonpayment,. Of dues or, in some
cases, resignation. This left a
board Of twelve and with the five
members present and the two
proxies, lawyers for Mrs. Stoner de.
claring quorum, ordered the cleo
ton to proceed.
The other officers elected were
Mrs. John s.. Barbour, first vice
pF6S1Q0If0S MFS. Dlfu hOU1uSOhs SCI
Eond vice president; Mrs. William n.
King, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
A. L. Rheinstron, recording secre-
tary, and Mrs. Jerome Clarke
treasurer.
New members elected to the exc
cutive board, but who took no part
In, the voting, were Judge Mary
OToole, Judge Katherine Sellers.
Miss Mary Easily Smith, Mrs. James
C.armalt, Mrs. Richard Yates, and
Mrs. William c. Sullivan.
On Wednesday afternoon, Mrs.
Mcpherson Crichton, president de
facto of the Welfare Association,
has called meeting of her execu::
tive board for annual election OF Of
ficers, and after these women have
been ushered into office Judge
HoehIing, with whom a writ of
supersedeas has been filed on be-
half of Mrs. Stoners will be called
upon to decide whose really who.
in the Woman's Welfare Association,
a Charitable organization holding
medical clinics daily at 1922 Eleventh
street.
. Doctor Truema.n Able. president
of the medical board OF the, asso-
citation, has received an official let
ter from Mrs. Crichton, and her as
sociation officers, advising him that
his services with regard to clinics
had been. dispensed with 1t is I'M
derstood that all other physicians
donating their services to the
clinics also have been let out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-09

!. A handsome speedster, with bum
headlight, running board, tenders, "
shield, motonneter,. locking steering W
extra wheel, horn, gear-shift lever
emergency brake, A toy.any boy will e
for days and days to come.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-09
BIRTH or GIRL BABY
BRINGS THREAT TO WIFE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9.-Her hus-
band was SO angry because she
gave birth to a daughter, when ne
wanted a son.. that he. obtained 2
gun. and threatened to shoot her
according to a suitefor divorce filed
here by Mrs. ,Irnna Scinin against
Barney Scimin. n
Evening star., 1924-01-17
Boutonniere Becomes Important
nv ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

The man who habitually wears 8
gardenia or carnation or rose in his
buttonhole is usually regarded with
measure of more or less tolerant
amusement in this land of the brave
and the free. What would be the gen.
eral attitude toward the man who
simplifed this trick by wearing an
artificial flower in his buttonhole? 1t
would really be quite as impossible as
wearing a celluloid collar or a made"
tie. wouldn't it?
And yet women have worn, and do
wear, and probably will continue to
wear, artificial flowers without the
slightest thought of criticism. And
these artificial flowers may be so
nearly like real flowers as to defy de-
lection, or they may be so frankly
different as to delude no one.
The fashion for wearing white gar
deniaS originated--or rather was re-
vived-in Paris in the autumn, and
straightway 1t was taken up in this
country by women of fashion. The
Eardenia was something of the sort
that one buys in the florist shop. but
oftener bought from the milliner or
specially shop.
Now there are other HoWers that
share the favor of the gardenia, and
the rainbow for the woman who has
grown tired of pure white. Quite a
new and clever trick is to select an
artificial flower to match or go with
cne's hat Some rather faddy young
women specialize on some one par
Evening star., 1924-01-17

Yestidday aftirnoon I had to stay
in to mind the house on account OF
nobody elts being home, and my cuz-
let's play this IL a Mystic Cassie and
you and me belong to. the Kloo Klux
klan, lots play.
G.. all rite. sed. And ] took .
sheets out Of the laundry packidge
like 2 ghoasts. me saying. Nobody can
get in the Mystic Cassie unless they
know the password. and the pass
word is Prooens.
Amen. pardner. Artie sed. And
started to wawk erround the house in
our sheets, tripping on the ends Of
them and humping into things on ac-
count OF not seeing ware we was go-
ing and singing, Hale Hale. the Gangs
All Heer, the Kloo klux Klans Is All
Rite.
Wich pritty soon the doorbell rang
and we snuck down to the vesterbule
and somebody was ringing the bell
and trying to make their key werk at
the same time, wich 1t wouldent on
account OF me having bolted the door
on tho inside, and i sed. Halt, whose
there?
Being my sister Gladdls ratteling
the doornob saying, Open this door.
watts the big ideer?
DO You know the pasSWerdI sea.
and Gladdis sed. Watts that, open this
door. watts this munkey bizniss?
Show no mercy. pardner. Artie sed.
And Jest then somebody elts wawked
UP the steps. being ma saying, Watts
a matter. GIaddis. and Gladdis sed.
Bennys got Artie in there and they've
got the door bolted.
Benny, open this door Immediately,
ma sed. and I sed. Do you know the
password? and she sed, know Ill box
your ears II this door remains bolted
another second. Wich jest then some
body elts wawked up the steps. being
pop saying. Watts all this. watts all
this?
Me thinking. G. heck. and Artie
saying. Pardner. the time has came
to beet 1t out the back way. Wich I
quick unbolted the door and me and
Artie ran through the house and out
the back gate leeving our sheets on
the floor in the frunt hall on account
of me not having time to fold them
up, mutch less put them back in the
laundry packidge. and stayed
GROUND at Arties house for suppir.
and wen I came home 1 got fearse
cracks from pops slipper enyways.
proving you can pospone things but
you cant stop them intirely.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

ups. yet they are near enough for
mother to have an, eye upon them.
1--WE haven't enough of an estab-
lishment to have a nursery or up
to eat in. and they have no nurse to
give them their meals" explained the
mother. my one maid must cook
and serve. and unless the little folks
had their breakfasts and dinners
either before or. after we had ours. it
was necessary to have them with US.
Their father would sadly miss them
II they had their meals separately,
"Yet little children are so much
in chairs so small that their feet can
reach the floor that we did not want
to have them at our table Besides
their chatter disturbs the grown-ups
less If they are at their own table.
So we turned our dining alcove into
a special dining room for them, and
there they sit at every meal. I can
watch their manners and see that
they eat just what they should, and
we are near enough to correct them
or converse with them II we wish.
"often during the day they use
their low table and little chairs for
playing games, giving parties to
neighboring children. cutting out doll
clothes, pasting pictures. and so on.
Their play muss is kept in the alcove.
fore another meal. II they don't
either my maid or myself attends
'This annex to the dining room
seems to me a much better scheme
for children than the use Of high
comfortable seats. where their legs
hang down unsupported in a way
that would make US older ones
wretchedly uncomfortable"
Evening star., 1924-01-17
Distorp of Dour Same.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN.
HOUSE..

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Voodus, w oods,
Luftus, Lofts.
RACIAL oRiGiN-Enellsh.
SOURcE-Piace Of residence,
The existence of the word house"
as family name Is paradoxical. It
is one OF the last words in the Eng
1ish language which one would expect
to develop into family name; for
family names of this class, originally
descriptive Of their first bearers
place Of residence, naturally were
selected from some unusual char
acteristic. Nothing, apparently, could
be more usual than residence in q.
house. How then. did the word de-
velop into d family name?
The answer lies in this; the word
mouse" was not used in the speech
of the medieval English. to denote an
what we would call today a mansion,
an unusually large building, an un-
usually important one or one devoted
to some special purpose.
The variations Of this family name
explain this further. The name Mall
thus, for instance. is simply a con-
Woodus is "wood-housa" Hewise ana tbe
name OF WOODS Is sometimes, though
not always. further contraction Of
this. LOTUS Is 'loft-house," and
LOFTS is merely a corrupted spelling
of LOTUS.
THE house." sthe malt:house"
etc, were just the sort of landmarks
which local populations would use for
Identification of individuals living In
and near them. In the early feudaI
days only the freeholders owned and
lived in houses. The nobility and
their followers were quartered in
castles, and the bulk Of the common
people were slaves of the soil and had
little better than huts
Evening star., 1924-01-17
BY
EDNA KENT FORBES

ing chair, for IT is covered almost en-
tirely with metal plates, and carries
at the side a set OF curved plates to
strap over the abdomen and chest
All these are connected with an cleo
trio switchboard.
The patient lies full length in the
chair. When the current is furned
on ne feels vibration and a tjnzIine
sensation In ali the muscles ~ his
body. Should another person nu+ his
fnger on any muscle he could fesI ~
working. The machine is so adiust.
ed that any plate not needed can he
disconnected. and a stronger maseage
given to any part specially needjng
1t. This system, by the way. Is Yn,,cI
used for reduction. but like any otber
system of reduction, its effect Is TEN
porary and no use If the patient roas
on overeating.
There is also electric massage nv
means of rollers: then there is mas
sage by hand and osteopatty. all or
which exercise the muscles OF those
who cannot or will not exercise for-
themselves. 1t is certainly cheaper
to take enough exercise while you
can to prevent such an expensive con
dition arising.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
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Evening star., 1924-01-17
HEALTH HINTS
BY Bernarr Macfadden.

= young man, on taking up ath-
1etics, goes through Il course of
training" for the purpose of adapt
Ing the heart to sustain violent phys
ical efforts. Under such exercises
the heart seems to grow, strengthen
and enlarge. Such an enlarged heart
is often spoken Of as the athletic
heart" This generally means that
1t is larger and stronger than the
heart of the ordinary man, but not
that it is abnormal or unhealthy. AS
a rule the athletes heart Is far
better heart than that of the non
athletic man, and extreme exertion
in the case of the man who has not
thus developed his heart may result
in a strain Of this organ. Remember.
that in long distance running and
other forms Of athletics it is really
the heart that bears the greater part
Of the strain. One should not at
tempt such efforts without preparing
for them FIRST, thus gradually accus-
toming the system, and the heart
especially, TO the work.
All this applies particularly to men
over fifty, when for a considerable part
OF their lives they have neglected to
take exercise. The heart never COM
pletely rests. 1t is at work every
minute of ones life, but an inactive
heart, as compared with the demands
Of vigorous muscular work or ath-
lettcs. When a man has done moth
ing more strenuous than dress him
self, feed himself and walk about a
little for a period of many years, his
heart is on vacation, so far as any
strenuous exertion is concerned. Wig
orous muscular work undertaken in
such a case will have little injurious
effect upon the muscles. 1t may
make them stiff and sore, but this is
OF no consequence. 1t may affect the
heart seriously.
Any plan of physical training that
one may adopt should be mapped out
with view to gradually increasing
the amount OF exercise taken. Don't
walk too far the first day. Don't re-
peat your exercises too many times.
Start in with easier movements and
leave the more difficult ones for a
. later period.
Because of this necessity for avoid
ing any strain of the heart, exercises
taken in a reclining position are
often to be recommended The mere
act of lying down has the immediate
effect of resting the heart.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
BEDTIME STORIES sE n 1ss;::s ss::::

nose in the opening through which
Danny had squeezed. Smelling Danny
as close as that made his mouth
water more than ever. Here was a
dinner within three inches OF his nose.
He must get 1t somehow.
Gray Fox sat down and studied that
old can. Perhaps he could get paw
in and pull Danny out So he tried
1t. But the edges of that opening
were sharp and the opening was so
his paw. Even when he had man.
aged to push it in a little ways he
couldn't move it around.
Wow yelped Gray Fox suddenly,
Danny Meadow Mouse had used his
sharp teeth. He had bitten that paw.
You should have seen Gray Fox try
to snatch his paw out of that can.
But it didn't come out. He simply
pulled that old can toward him. Again
he yelped. And this time he Jumped
back. The can went with him.
BY this time Gray Fox was fright
ened as well as hurt. That old can
was trap which had caught his paw.
ouch! Wow" he yelped again as
more. The pain made him shake his
paw. 1t sent the can flying. He was
free!
For a moment or two Gray Fox
thought of nothing but that paw. He
licked 1t tenderly where Danny had
bitten II and where the edges of that
can had cut it. Then rage filled him.
Yes, sir, rage filled him. Now that
he was free, he was no longer afraid
of that can. But he had lost his tenn
per completely. He blamed Danny
Meadow Mouse for that aching paw.
and he was more determined than
ever that he would catch Danny.
He went over to that old can to
make sure that Danny was still in It.
He was. Gray Fox turned the can
up on end, hoping that Danny would
drop out. But Danny didn't Then
Gray Fox picked the can up in his
teeth and shook it. My, my, my, how
he did shake. Poor Danny inside was
thrown from side to side until he
hadn't any breath left. But he wasn't
shaken out. The temper of Gray Fox
grew worse and worse. He pounced
on that old can and knocked it this
way and that way. Sometimes il
rolled and sometimes it went end
over end. But Danny Meadow Mouse
was still inside.
Copyright, 1924. by T. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1924-01-17
Onions au Gratin

Peel the thin outer skin from some
small regular size Spanish or Ber-
apuda onions and boil them in clear
water until tender. If the onions are
strong, change the water once during
the cooking, then drain and place
then in a baking dish. leaving enough
room around them for the sauce,
which is merely q well made, rather
rich, white sauce, to which is added,
Just as 1t is removed from the fire,
two or three tablespoonfuls of grated
s,heese. When this has melted, pour
the sauce over the onions and
sprinkle the surface of the dish with
fine dry bread crumbs that have been
Drowned delicately in butter. Scat
ter grated cheese and paprika also
over the dish and bake for about
twenty minutes in a rather hot oven.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
The Guide Post
By Henry Van Dyke.
The Growing Child.

And the child grew. and waxed
strong in spirt-Luke, 1880.
The child. coming into existence
not by its own choice and will. but
out OF life behind It. becomes aware
first OF it's physical being.
1t takes its place among tho crea.
lures that breathe and eat and sleep,
and adapts itself spontaneously to the
laws of that existence
A physical life has begun which
will be continually dependent upon
obedience to those laws.
But presently another life begins
to dawn within the first life.
The child becomes conscious Of
powers of observation, of COMPARE
son, of thought.
1t becomes. an animal who thinks,
and thus is subject to the higher law
of reason: and it is only by follow
lifted upward and grows Intelligent
and free.
And then comes the opening Of
another world-the spiritual world.
q disclosure SO secret and vital that
we cannot describe the order or man
ner of It.
But we know the three channels
through which it oomes-the afrec.
tions, the conscience and the re-
And we know tho signs and marks
Of 1t.
We can tell whom the child begins
to feel the ties Of love and duty
which binds 1t to humankind, the
laws Of right and wrong which arc
different from and superior to all
other laws, the sense of awe and
dependence and responsibility which
is the evidence of God unseen.
We know also that the growth OF
that child into liberty and nobility
will depend upon the recognition OF
these invisible things, and tho
allegiance to them.
It will rise, it will become a free
and beautiful soul. only as it lives in
love and duty and worship.
Copyright, 1824.)
Evening star., 1924-01-17
Your Home and
You
Children's Dining Room.
BY HELEN KENDALL

The sunny, cheerful breakfast nook
opening out OF a certain dining room
that / know Of Is utilized as a special
dining alcove for the children Of the
family. Originally intended as a sort
OF sunroom, conservatory or break
fast room, this alcove, which con-
meets with the dining room by large
arch, makes an ideal place for sister
and the twins to have their meals.
They are seated by themselves. away
from the large table Of the grown
Evening star., 1924-01-17

''Pile in. Betty. pile in before you
freeze your toes" called Mr.. Cutout
to his little daughter who was
patting a big gray horse and feed
ing him Jumps of sugar. 1t was the
horse that was going to draw their
sleigh from tho train to Bear Lake
to the skating tournament.
I'VE ought to keep snug and warm
under this big fur laprobe," cried
Betty, hopping in beside her mother.
Billy sat in front SO he could help
his father with the driving.
"GiddAp. Dobbin." yelled Billy
when they were settled. Listen"
Billy and Betty both screamed their
surprise when the cutters moved Oft
in the snow. for somewhere were
little sleighbells that tinkled mer-
rily.
IT'S the most FUN we ever had"
agreed the children.
Billy Cut-out wears the dandisst gloves on
the sleigh ride--leather on the palm side
and fur on the back. His coat and hose are
blue, his cap blue with red stripes.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-01-17
Special Apple Dumplings.

Make a rich biscuit dough the same
rs for baking powder biscuits, out
add little more shortening. Take
a piece of dough and roll 1t out on a
,nolding board almost as thin as pie
crust. then cut pieces large enough
TO cover an apple. Put into the mid
die of each piece two apple halves
sprinkle on a spoonful of sugar and
q little cinnamon. Turn the corners
over and lap them tight Sprinkle
sugar over them and pour over all a
cupful OF boiling water. Bake for
Hhree.fourths Of an hour in a mod
erate oven. Serve with pudding sauce
0G cream and sugar,
Evening star., 1924-01-17

catching Danny in just few jumps
IF ever there was a surprised Fox
IT was Gray Fox when Danny lodged
around the end of that old can and
disappeared.
OF course, 1t didn't take him but a
second to understand where Danny
had disappeared to. i've got him
now" said Gray Fox to himself. He
can't get away now. I'll have him
out of that old can in a fifty. Yes. sir,
a jiffy."
But 1t didn't take him. long to find
out that getting Danny out of that
old can would be no easy matter. He
could get no more than the end of his
Evening star., 1924-01-17
Luncheon Savory.

Take bits or slices of bread and
place them in layers in a buttered
glass baking dish, alternating them
with thin slices of cheese. Sprinkle
each layer with bits of minced sau
sage or ham. Beat one egg, add half
teaspoonful OF salt. a dash of cay
enne. a little mustard and one cupful
of milk. Mix thoroughly and pour
over the egg. The egg may have a
little moro milk If necessary. or the
bread should be well saturated and
should form the top layer. Bake in
good oven for about half an hour
or until the contents OF the dish are
puffed and brown and set The meat
may be omitted II you wish, and you
will find the dish equally delicious.
Serve cold slaw or a green salad
with this dish.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
BEAUTY CHATS
On Being Exercised.

some people are too lazy to take
exercises by themselves. and some are
too Ill or weak to give themselves the
exercise they need. Some people have
localized troubles which prevent GER
tain forms of exercise that other parts
or the body require. and some are SO
excessively fat that the strain of do
ing exercises with muscles far from
normal would bring on all sorts of
latent troubles. For all Of these there
are various ways OF being exercised.
There is an electric machine, for
instance: which exercises the muscles
broad back and seat, with wide arms
ano q sloptng rest for the legs and
feet 1t Is rather a formidable look
Evening star., 1924-01-17
Canned Crab Salad.

Pick over one can Of crab meat very
carefully, as there are so many small
flake-like pieces of tendon in it. Mari
nate 1t with French dressing and let
fore serving, so as to absorb the
dressing. Cut two cupfuls of celery
into dice and one dozen stuffed olives
into slices. Mix the celery with the
crab meat, turn onto a dish or into
a salad bowl lined with lettuce, ana
pour mayonna!se over all Garntsh
with olives ana cape11 Or chopped
gweet pickles.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
Tomato Salad With Mint.

Scald, chill and peel some ripe to-
matoes OF medium SIZE Cut in half
leaves. Scatter finely chopped mint
on each slice and serve simply with
salt, pepper and vinegar, with a little
sugar II liked.
Cucum Der and mint salad is made
in the same way, except that little
parsley Is chopped with the mint. and
tho salad Is eaten With . French
dresSinG.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
My Neighbor Says.

It very often happens that
new kid gloves are split the
very first time they are tried
on. This can be prevented by
placing them between the folds
of a damp towel for an hour or
so before they are worn. Tho
dampness stretches the kid so
that the glove will stretch to
the required shape.
Save tea leaves for washing
vanished paint. When suffi-
cient leaves have accumulated
steep them for thirty minutes
in a tin vessel and then strain
through a sieve. A washing in
this water will give vanished
paint a newer and fresher ap-
pearance than if soap and
water were used.
Have a bunch of chives and
parsley growing in pots in the
kitchen window during the
winter. Chives are a delicious
addition to potato or lettuce
salad, and fine for favoring
soup or hash. They must be
chopped fine. A teaspoonful is
enough for salad.
If draperies are set afire, do
not try to pull them down. Re-
move nearby objects and use a
wet broom to smother the
burning pieces as they fall.