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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
Helen Rowland
What a Woman Wants to Know.
WHY is 1t that a man is never
2" SIRE of his love for a

What a Woman Wants to Know.
WHY is 1t that a man is never
w sure of his love for a
woman until he ceases to be sure
of the woman?
Why is it that man always
feels more immodest and self
conscious in his golf.knickers
than he does in his bathing suit?
Why is it that man always
seems in such hurry to turn
love from a pleasure into a bore
and from a privilege into duty?
Why Is it that a man feels that
he owes it to his masculine rep
utation to go TO a prize fight
coca sionally. no matter how sick
it makes, him to watch it?
Why is it that a man is in
dignant if a woman takes him
seriously before marriage-and
insulted if she doesn't take him
seriously after marriage?
Why is it that a man never
discovers that his wife's hat is
1.-The most becoming thing she
ever wore" until it has gone
completely out of style and she is
talking Of getting another?
Why is 1t that man always
selects a wife who Is the exact
opposite of his mother-and then
spends the rest of his life trying
to break her into his mothers
ways?
Why Is it that, just after a
man has bought his first motor
car, he abandons the straight and
narrow path and feels that he
could make even heaven ION
high?" a.
Why Is 1t so hard for a girl
tt, find a man who will make love
to her without either shocking
her with his suddenness and
audacity or wearing her out with
his procrastination and inertia?
Why is it that a man will
worry more intensely over throw
ing away an old piece of lead
pipe that might have come in
handy" or an old tomato can that
Knight have been used for bait,
than over throwing away a hun
bred dollars at poker?
Why is it that the lover who
kissed the little cut on a girls
finger so often turns into the
husband who exclaims: What
the deuce is the matter, NOW?"
when she spills the kettle Of hot
carrots on her foot2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17
By ELSIE ROBINSON

pie hours stepping on her corns
in some cabaret?
"Life is real and life is ear.
nest" but you've got to forget it
once in while or you'll become
just about as popular as poul-
tice. Youth Is merriment time.
Youth is a time for careless a6ven-
turing. And unless you are play
full and careless and adventur-
some when you're young you're
going to be an awful drug on the
market when you're old.
This fact has always been
warmly recognized by the male
fraternity. Are young men no.
torious for the deep, warm, self
sacrificing heart interest they
take in every pretty girl they
sentertain? Are they spending
their money simply that another
struggling human may be cheered
and comforted,. or are they keen
on giving Himself a handsome
time? Don't yell the answer
/ know it already. Then why be
so outraged because the girl
responds in kind?
This is a serious article, though
you may not have guessed it.
mendous readjustment between
men and women. 1t Is concerned
with a more vital principle of
equal right" than even suffrage.
1t means that the girl of today
has as much right to keep her
self free from Sentimental Slants
as the boy-that she is no longer
to be regarded as a preordained
servant to masculine moods
that she, as we'll as he. can be
free, white and flippant for a
little while before she shoulders
her load. Which is a most ex-
cellent thing for the whole human
race. For free folks have ever
been a prouder, heartier breed
than those that crawled
All of which is something to
think about the next time you
get peeVed at Flossie. And here's
something more. Answer me this
If they treat you so bad, boys,
why do you step 'em out? No
ones chloroforming you, are,
they? And If these Frivolous Fios.
sizes are so repulsive to you, why
do you avoid the Earnest Yearners
as though they were the plague?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17
Cemetery Apartments

new luxury into the world-a cemetery apart
ment house The French amazed when they
going to the grave by automobile thirty miles
hour sometimes after they get outside Of the city limits
What they say about the apartment house buyng
eround gigantic mausoleum the apartment house
You buy your little compartment and there nicely sealed up
in pure white material you packed away foreve-or
least long apartment house lasts Longer probably
than graveyard
you prefer you be burned and have your ashes
put away in nice white Wisdom would prefer the
burning It must be lonesome and sufy to be sealed
up even in pure white; and in beautiful buryng
apartment house.
What will Gabriel think when he blows his horn outside
Of that building and the bodies much relieved coming
of the windows? Or will he perhaps have open those
sealed up recepacles with sublimated opener
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17

young man whose kale is being
spent for her amusement? No
indeedy. She's out for fun, that's
all. And it's time the Young
Men of America awoke to the
situation and did something about
it.
Since Bill and Harry and Don
are backed in this protest by
several thousand gentlemen Of all
ages we might as we'll stage the
court-martial herewith.
IS OR rs NOT THE MODERN
GIRL "A SELF -CENTERED,
MERCENARY YOUNG PERSON.
WHO PERSISTS IN TAKING
AN ABSOLUTELY SELFISH
AND FRIVOLOUS VIEW OF
HER ESCORT AND THE GOOD
TIME HE PROVIDES FOR
HER?
Straightway rises an indignant
chorus OF Ayes"
She's cold hearted gold-dig-
ger!' they yelp. "A9 hard-bolled
egotist. Doesn't. care darn
can get out of you. Goes out
other fellow the next night
oIA AAoS StAOIiSs IClLCNC i'N'
Boy, she's a 45-minute egg, that
Modern Girl"'
- earnest are these gentlemen
in their Peeve that the whole
World has stopped to listen. At
present writing it looks very
much as If History were chalking
up black mark against Flossie
the Flapper. So stands the
charge against her Now, how
true is it?
AS her self-appsinted defense,
let me spike your guns at once,
gentlemen, by acknowledging that
THE CHARGE Is TRUE.
Does the young lady think only
of the good time she's having
when she toddles forth into the
bright lights with her sweetie of
the hour?
SHE DOES.
Does she care two boots f)r
the heart throbs of the Jim or
Jake or Jerry that's paying the
evenings bills?
SHE DOES NOT.
Does her maiden soul culver at
this contact with a Male, and 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17
ONCE-OVERS
YOUR DAUGHTERS HAPPINESS.

YOUR DAUGHTERS HAPPINESS.
Mothers, you fostering your daughter the desire
marry money rather than follow the dictates of her
heart in the matter?
DO you inst the thought that money is the aimporant
thing?
DO you advise her to discourage the attentions of cean
worthy young whose only assets integrity and in
dustry9
Because you have pnched and saved all your ife you
may consider parental duty protect daughter
from such experience?
Think back the time when you had to make choice be-
the poor for whom you truly cared and the young
man who much better fixed, financially.
daughter has the natural desire to love and to
be loved that influenced your decision.
Money does not make kind a consderate husband,
Money may buy position and material comforts, but money
does not make up for true love.
The girl who procure husband who is manly and
loves her and who also provide for her literally
unusually fortunate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17
By Garrett P. Serviss,
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest.

NOte0 ASGFOnOAMeF anu WFAbCE Uu
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest.
CAMILLE ELIMINATION, the
" French astronomer, who died
recently at the age OF eighty
three, sitting alone at his tele-
scope in a. June night, where his
wife found him lifeless, wrapped
in his observers mantle. with his
face turned starward; was one of
three men to whose memory
amateurs of astronomy owe
monument. The two others are
Elijah Burritt, whose Geography
of the Heavens" was, a genera
ton OF two ago, the most fascinat.
ing of all popularizations OF
astronomy, and later Richard A.
Proctor, whose "Other worlds
Than Ours" carried the magma
ton of the public by storm, and,
together with his many later
books, gave a. great impetus to
the study of astronomy as sci
ence for amateurs no less than
for professionals.
These men were all great "pop-
ularizers." They brought knowl-
edge to the door of the public. in
a form that laymen could relish.
They were not professional as
tronomers, although Proctor, in
particular, made many valuable
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17

throw another pebble upon the
endless seashore. where. the vast
unknown meets and surrounds
this little islet Of human compre-
hension. He felt and rejoiced in,
and was forever calling attention
to, the restorative air that I'M
ceasingly comes to all open minds
from the breathing deep of the
infinite from the ''gulfs enchant.
ed" of the ''unshadowed main."
He had his detractors, mostly
men who, however busily they
may have added pebbles to the
strand that Newton found so
pitifully small. were not broad
minded enough to understand the
immense value OF the work that
Flammarion was doing or to
appreciate its absolute necessity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17

suggestions by which the profess
sionals in the observatories and
the official bureaus were stimu-
lated and guided. Flammarion
had by far the most active mag
nation. He mingled romance and
prose poetry" sometimes of
very sentimental cast, with the
wonderful facts and imposing laws
Of science. But when he dealt
with facts from the standpoint of
the technician he knew what he
was writing about.
Spread knowledge.
His mind, however. had too
much freedom OF sweep to he
confined to the severely limited
lines, OF the pure researcher
whose highest ambition is to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17
German Alcohol

Watch for methan6l the German synthetic alcohol
made from water passed catalyst and imported
into this country the Of 100000 gallons month and
the price Of IT gallon This new discovery of
chemists heraded perfect substitute for al
coho stated that unlike its brother methy alcohol
this product nonpoisonous Experts Yale cha
lenged the statement Their analysis indicates methano to be
about deadly as the splitting COBRA just housed glass
cage the Bronx Zoo The splitting cobra throw spray
fifteen feet and put out your eye
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17
LISTEN, WORLD!

she awed and In
spired by the
beautiful respon-
sibility which Is
hers?
NOT ON YOUR
LIFE.
AND WHY IN
HECK SHOULD
SHE?
Why should she
actt as If an eve
ning's merriment
were a m a ] or
operation on her
c are er? Why
should she take
a three days fast
every time the
cashier asks her
to share a hot
dog? Why burst
forth In wild wal.
lops of emotion
just because Ger.
al .1A~IA 1AtI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-17
DILL and Harry
and Don have

formed a. Mutual
Offensive ar ty
against the Mod
ern Girl. In a
red-hot letter they
inform me that
they have come
to the conclusion
that 1.-The girl of
today is not in
terested in the
companionship Of
the young man
with whom she
goes out. but Is
merely looking for
a good time in
her own egotistic
way with a COM
plete disregard for
the other party
Does she feel any
deep friendly sym
1a1fhu e.. 49,
Evening star., 1925-11-02
DorothyDix
Why We Hut'
Du m b
| HBS bands
AdUdnces
SeUerdl
Theories for
Mans Silence
At Home
"Perhaps If Wives Were Better Listeners Hus
bands Would Be More Fluent Takers; Perhaps
the Silence of Man Is Sef-Proteetion. -

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Of husbands in
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without a ssns M s gs s an he 'a ssn a
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they e: r::s$ :ss: n: f = = e.:
% 4 s The: lent friend who
had taken an old
dnnel
ated sr o
and and this
nuts crimp n
to
doesn't
tribute of
half
do would
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to 10
shows that's she s
Perhap hpte mo
Perhap Of is sepr
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home
Evening star., 1925-11-02

Raffia weaving is one of many EN-
hroideries that grow increasingly in
terestinC. 1t can be done on any wide.
nSshed fabric. such as strong. coarse
net. filet net. etc. and on woven hemr
bags such as come for schoolbookS
and some other styles of basketry
with open interstices that are regular.
The foundation must be firm. strong
and even in weave.
4 large. blunt crewel needle is the
only implement required. II is thread
ed with the desired color and the work
Is started similarly to lace work: that
Is the first stitches are taken over a
short end of the raffia To prevent its
pulling ont. and no knots are used
Patterns can lie brought out by the
ala Mt of the evenly interviewer stitches
forming GeometriC designs. Or such
weave may he a background for 4
pattern done in huttonhnle or some
regular embroidery stitch.
Raffia Woven Purse.
Let me describe the work ON one
Ntrap purse shown in an exclusive
London shop on Bond street The
foundation is a hand-knotted eight
inch linen mesh fabric of a -rayiSh
tone. The embroidery is done by
weaving horizontal rows across the
width of the purse. which iS large.
The f1ap. which nearly covers the first
turning of the founda ton which forms
the pocket portion. has the weaving
done in santing lines of perfect reg
ularity. This forms = background
for a smart design of fiat poses and
Evening star., 1925-11-02
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
n. BURGESS

seen the expression on Peters face as
he discovered Danny Meadow Mouse
peeping out from beneath an old board
on the ground why. Danny
Meadow Mouse" he cried What
under the sun are YOU doing here?''
Trying TO find out where that bla ok
rascal has gone" squeaked Danny.
Forest" said Peter. You needn't
worry about him any more Was he
trying to catch you?"
'Of course" replied Danny Who
did You suppose he was trying to
catch?"
II hadn't the least idea" replied
Peter. but didn't think it was YOU.
Where's Nanny"
Here. squeaked anoth her voice and
Nanny Meadow Mouse poked her head
out beside Danny.
Well, well. Well" cried Peter. do
tell me what you are doing way over
here"
We're travelling" said Danny.
this year were travelling on our feet :
But where are you travelling and
what for cried Peter
We are preparing for Winter
spoke up Nanny.
This was too much for Peter. Pre-
pairing for Winter said he. How
under the sun are YOU prepa ring for
Winter by travelling? ] should think
that If you want TO prepare for Winter
You would be laying up a stock Of food
the way YOU always have done"
Danny Mouse chuckled. Then
Nanny Mouse chuckled Then thev
both chuckled together until Peter
thought he was being laughed at.
What's the joke?" he ldema nded. 1T
isn't polite to laugh in the presence
of others and not tell them what you
are laughing at
Excuse me. Peter" said Danny
The joke Is that all our supplies ire
laid up for us, but nobody knows IL
Somebody has done all the work for
us
Peter looked ALL around. Il don't see
any supplies" said he.
The fat sides of Danny and Nanny
Meadow Mouse shook with laughter
We haven't got there yet said
Danny
tCopyriKht. 1921
Evening star., 1925-11-02

could have started for the Sunny
South in the sa me way again. Then
remembered that if the great Man
bird had been around he would have
seen it. Had it not been for what
Sammy jay had said about seeing
Danny long way from home. Peter
would have thought that Danny and
. Nanny might have been caught by
Zone of their enemies. AS it was. he
decided that they must have moved OF
their own accord. But why they
should have moved he couldn't under
aand OF course. right away he was
very curious about it. He looked
everywhere he could think of for
them. and he asked every one II they
had seen Danny and Nanny. But his
search was all in vain and finally he
gave ii UP.
Then. very early one morning, Peter
saw Blacky the Crow sitting on 4
fence post down near the lower end of
the Lons Lane watching very sharply
something below. Two or three times
Rlackv flew down to the ground and
then flew back again to the post.
Peters curiosity sent him over there,
rty-lipperty-lip as fast as his legs
could 60 He was curious to know
what Blacky was doing. However. he
was too wisp to go right UP close to
BIacky When he got near enough
he saw that Blacky was trying to
catch some one. So at safe distance
Peter sat down to watch. BY and by
Farmer Browns boy appeared in the
distance Blacky didn't wait for him
10 get close As soon as he saw he
was headed down the Long Lane
Rlacky took to his wings. = Y. cav.
cav" he shouted and away he flew.
At once Peter scanned over To that
poat on which Blacky had been sitting.
At first he saw no one. Then q
gsoueaky little voice. which was very
~ rniliar, cried: Hello, Peter Rabbit,
Where has that black rascal goneT
You would have laughed to have
Evening star., 1925-11-02
THERE ARE MANY INTERESTING
EMBROIDERY Is ADAPTED.

leaves done in huttonhole stitch. These
stitches form outlines for the motifs.
The whole effect is one of charm, not
only because of the interesting work
itself. but because of the harmony
of colors that is exquisite indeed
There is something about the very
nature of raffia that gives dyes artis
tic hueS. or so il would seem. for
there are seldom inartistiC colors in
1t. Moreover those who delight in
raffia work seem to have a fine color
sense. since Comhina tions almost with
out exception please the eye.
Foundations and Work.
This same raffia weaving work ca n
be employed on bags fashioned at
home from filet mesh fabric. or on
ordinary iute handba gs. which cost
but trif1e. The design may he done
in regular embroidery stitches which
raise the flowers and leaves high.
Instead Of stuffing the motifs. how
ever. the embroidery is APT to he done
in overlaid stitches of the same color
Petals are distinguished by the way
the stitches run as we'll as by differ
ing hueS as. for instance. when centers
are deeper or lighter. One word more
about the foundation materials. The
woman who CroChetS can make filet
mesh IN any desired color and then do
the weaving and embroidery on il.
thus ,eSSenin- cost To the minimum.
While there is time TO get ready for
Christmas leiSurely. remember this
type Of raffia work and include it in
gifts. for these cannot fail to plea Sc
the woman with esthetic taste
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Ny Neighbor Says:

If parchment shades are shell
lacked and vanished they may
be washed with white soap
and water Brighten with lit
tie furniture polish.
II water refuses to flow freely
from your sink, attach a small
piece of rubber hose TO the cold
water faucet. put the other end
Of the hose down the sink spout,
turn the water on full force,
flush the pipes and in a few
minutes the water will flow
freely from the sink
Make soup or broth the day
before 1t is to be served and
have II SKINNED. strained and
ready to heat in minute.
When you make custards save
A glass of the mixture for egg
nogs. Vary the favoring of
your custards and eggnogs.
When ironing. screw the
piano stool just high enough so
that you can sit at the ironing
board. When using an electric
iron this Is very convenient.
Empty talcum powder boxes
make handy salt and Pepper
shakers for the kitchen.
Never forget to add a little
baking soda to fiaxseed poul,
tice. 1t makes the poltice as
light as feather.
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Care of Blankets.

When blankets show signs Of wear.
they should be neatly darned with
wool OF the same color Holes NAV be
patched with piece Of old blanket
LII the sides are ragged. trim them
with pair Of scissors and work the
edges over with a blanket stitch Us
Ing wool the same color AZ the ends
Of the blanket. Old blankets may be
utilized in many ways. Large ones
can be cut down to make coverings
for smaller beds or mattress blankets
II they have become very thin, the-
can be folded double. and the two
edges should then be buttonholed to
sether. Several pieces Of the same
size. no matter how thin and worn
II tackled together covered with Gre
tonne and quilted will make warm cot
covers. Odd lengths are useful for
washing paint and for making floor
cloths. and some should be set aside
for patching purposes.
Evening star., 1925-11-02

detachable. You wear the coat with
no lining on warlnish days. with the
lining when the wind blows cold Or
YOU may have two Innings. one for
warmer days and one for real Winter
weather.
The woman who turns her needle 70
account in the making Of her own
clothes may find right here an oppor-
tunity worth taking. : length Of at
tractive and colorful material that you
have picked UP here, there or some.
where else and may not seem quite
suitable for frock or negIigee may
give just the needed touch 10 line a
coat or cape.
Evening star., 1925-11-02
HOW 1T STARTED
The Hatband.
BY JEAN NEWTON.

Hatba nds are growing narrower
each year. and in the light of their
absence they have suddenly become
conspicuous. We now find that they
have TO tell most interesting story
of a curious fashion of bygone day.
During the Plantagenet period in
England the head covering for men
was a hood; from which was sus-
pended the liripipe or long tippet.
Picture our men with sashes on their
hats. But. though they may not
know il, In their hatba nds they wear
the next thing to il.
In the reign Of Henry VIII The hat
superseded the hood. and the long
tippet took the for mof the hatba nd
The bands which men in mourning
sometimes wear on their hats today
are Identical with these first hatba nds
Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Sweet Pancakes.

One pint milk. two teaspoons pow
dered sugar. one cup of -four contain
ing baking powder to make thin bat.
ter, four eggs, two tablespoons of
melted butter. Beat whites and yokes
separately. Stir butter. sugar and
one cup of -four. containing baking
powder, into yolks. then add milk and
whites of eggs. If needed more flour.
Bake in small cakes. butter each and
pile with any kind Of sweet jelly be-
tween powdered sugar on top.
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Nursery Rugs.

A square Of sand -colored felt with
applioued motifs in bright coIors
sewed or embroidered on II makes an
inexpensive and attra ctive rug for the
nursery. A conventional design rep.
resenting animals and birds. with the
initial letter Of each TO correspond
placed beside each, appeals to the
small child. Another rug could he
made with design of flowers and
fruit. with their corresponding initial
letters.
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Banana Frtters.

Three bananas, one cup -four, one
and a half teaspoons baking powder,
two tablespoons sugar, quarter tea
spoon salt. one-third cup milk, one
teaspoon lemon juice. one egg. Mash
the bananas fine, mix the -four and
seasonines. combine with the bananas,
alternating with milk: add lemon Juice
and lastly the egg beaten light. Drop
BY spoonfuls into deep fat and fry.
Drain on paper and sprinkle with
powdered sugar.
Evening star., 1925-11-02
Molasses Cakes.

Cream one-half a cupful of butter
or margarine and add one.half a cup
full of brown sugar gradually. Add
two eggs beaten and then one cupful
of boiling water mixed with one cup
full of molasses and two teaspoonfuls
of soda. Add one-half teaspoonful
of salt. three cupfuls Of pastry f1our.
one teaspoonful OF cinnamon. two
tablespoonfuls OF ginger, all sifted,
then add one .teaspoonful Of cloves.
Bake in mufin tins in moderate
oven. Chocolate icing In Gooa on
I<his