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' THE ' WASHINGTON HERAllD. SATURDAY, JUEY 10, 1915.
WOMAN'S
HERALD
Devoted to tho Household, the Fashions
and the Activities.
of Women.
SIARV MARSHALL, Edltsr.
DAILY DEPARTMENT OK THE
WASHINGTON HERALD.
&nQ?WgTy--
By JULIA CHANDLER MANZ.
A MATTER OF GRAVITATION.
tar-Correspondence ts Invited. Address
til communications iu mc .. -Editor
of The Washington Herald.
SATUllDAY. JULY 10. 1315.
Will Tkey SoWe the Problem?
Many inquiries are coming to this
countrv every day from women in
the war rone concerning the wages of
domestics and their conditions of er
olovnent. And the women of Ainer
rrir are soon to be confronted with
the problem of providing employment
for the enormous number of women
from the war zone who will surely
flock to our ports. Six million lives
vas the toll of the first year of the
-ir and these lives were all those
of men. Six million women are, as a
result, thrown on their own responsi
bility. Authorities on the servant problem
say that the tide of women sure to
come from Europe ought to do much
to solve the servant problem. With
in the last fifteen years the percent
age of women employed in domestic
service had dropped from thirty-two
to thirty-nine of the total number of
women gainfully employed. That 7
per cent falling off indicates, not that
there has been a decrease in the de
mand for women domestics, but that
American girls have chosen to work
in the factories and that many a place
available for domestics has gone beg
ging. Mayhap some of these turo
oean refugees will come to our res
cue, and come thankfully.
What a delightful piece of bencvo-
fllfcce is that of Senora Iturbe, the
" Beautiful wife of the Mexican com-
ymandeV. It was discovered quite Dy
accident when our government offi
cials rounded up one of her agents
chareed with smuggling diamonds
into this country. It all came out that
khese agents were simply negotiating
le sale of the diamonds of benora
turbe so that she might finance an
Iphan asylum at Caliacan where 400
ntherless and fatherless children
snd entirely on the beautiful lady s
lunty for their support ana com-
rt.
Mile. Helene Dutrieu, an unofficial
Imber of the French aviation corps.
has. been doing big things as a
war scout, :s noi a. tvu ..fiai. " -
"she laughs at the idea of votes for
women.
"1 thinl. that a woman has. all she
can do, and all she should do.if she
is a home maker and a good mother.
Ami the 1 rench hu-band think-. o.
to? As for voting, that would be an
. f ... i- T1..1
u?i;Oi-iblc situation in rrancc 1 nc
'rench women arc too emotional and
excitable."
, et Mile Dutrieu does not stay at
home I-ar froi.i it. She docs not con
fine her energies to the old-time con
ventional feminine sphere. And one
Wonders whether the act of voting
would be more of a tax on' feminine
emotions and cxcitabilities than scout
ing the clouds for hostile aeroplanes.
(CbpnUM. ISIS.)
If you don't get life it will get you. '
This is a fable of two women, bereft, and what gravitated
toward each in consequence of their respective attitudes toward
life.
Two women were left bereft.
When The First Woman saw the grave close over the man she loved,
and who had provided well for her creature comforts, as well as furnished
her with congenial companionship, her senses were swept with a panic of
fear. The future loomed before her an impossible thing to meet, and so
great was her suffering through her unutterable loss that she shut herself
in her room and for a spell refused herself to her friends.
At first people commended her grief, andsaid it was a fitting thing,
but when the months went by and The First Woman made no effort to
take the threads of her life into her own hands and weave them into a
beautiful fabric, doubt of her wisdom was expressed by even those whose
lives touched hers most vitally.
One day her lawyer told her quite' plainly that his final settlement of
her husband's financial affairs left her very little upon which to live, and
that it would be quite necessary for her to do something for herself and
for the children who depended upon her.
Whereupon The First Woman looked at him vaguely, her thought in
no way upon his words, and the lawyer left her murmuring something
about the helplessness of women, and their inability to grasp serious situ
ations. Which in no way explained the matter.
In fact. The First Woman had splendid mentality. During her hus
bandand's earth-life she had been noted for her cleverness and wit, and her
advice in his business affairs had always been a help to him.
But she laid her one-time clear, sweet vision of life away with her heart
in his narrow grave. She spent her days in retrospection and in tears,
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EYE EXERCISE
HOROSCOPE.
The stars incline, but do not compel."
Satnulnj. Jnly l.. ID13.
ConOictlns influences prevail today, ac
cording to astrclogv While Jupiter and
Uranus are adverse. Neptune, V-.nus and
Jte'ci'ry arc in m-tulio ,irct.
Bankers and broKers should be cau
tious under this rule. A seere Mumr
In stocks will affect th- markets In a
few days, the seeis J- lare
Lanjers and all I'tisatio" ar subject
to :ir unlucky suay. Sensational legal
entanglements will br'nc scanoai to per
Bm of prominence, it is prophesied.
Woolen merchants hnie a sinister
omen betokenlns loss, probablv in for
eign orders or from shipnrevks.
It is not a fortunate rule for plillan-.
throplc or charitable organizations.
Criticism of managers and financial
matters will cause lack of public con
fidence. Suffering, illness nd povertv In crowd
ed cities nill prevail during the Jast
weeks ofvsummer. Again the need of
extraordinary precautions to safeguard
health is emphasized ! those vho rrad
the stars.
A sign read as threatening calamity to
the city of New York has been men
tioned from time to time by fori ign as
trologers. Danger will coir.; fiom the
sea or will be due to the sea it is rrcg-
uostlcated.
The. stars give warning of Internal
, troubles In the United State., lice dlf
I faculties will menace the country. It la
gain prognosticated.
Mexico has come under a planetary
sway said to be prophetic of better times
with a ruler who will cstvu'ish peare
Diplomatic regotlations with tne United
States will tie successfully can led on
and, a cessation of the will be
brought about shortly, astrologer.! de
clare. Large orders for aircraft will he given
by tho United States i-my. If tho mes
sage from Uranus Is reaa triglit.
Persons wlt.se bhthdate 11 shoul-1 '.
care'Jl 'n thcl' attitude towaid friends
of opposite fsyx. Thev havM tho augurv
of at busy jur that bring,- many anxi
eties 1
Children born on this day probablv
will be great favorites. Both boys and
girls may be inclined to pend money
t rccKlessly. Thea subjects i.r Cancer
often have great artistic talent
h (Cbrorteht. 15.)
(Oocjifcht. IMS.)
A woman remarked to me the .other
day that she should think that there
would be some form of remedial ex
ercises for the eyes and the vision;
that, while most congenital defects
were remedied by some form of nat
ural exercising, the eye muscles were
never trained or strengthened In this
way.
My friend was wrong. Those who
have made a study of the nerves and
the muscles of the body have under
stood for a lone: time that the vision
may be strengthened by proper eye
exercises. Exercises for preserving:
and increasing the range of vision are
very slmDle and alone natural lines.
I Some of these are done instinctively
by men whose occupations demand ac
curate and long vision, such as engi
neers and seamen. It is quite common
to find a man who has followed such
occupations for fifty years possessing
remarkable vision without the aid of
glasses
Eje specialists are making exten
sive use of this theory, especially In
the case of joung people, not only
to Increase the vision, but to remedy
conditions where there is lack of co
ordination in the eye muscles or an
inability properly to focus the eyes.
I saw recently an interesting treat
ment in the ofllce of a celebrated
oculist who was treating a boy of fir
teen who was suffering from an In
herited condition of the eyes that In
cluded astigmatism, myopia and lack
of co-ordination ot the muscles.
Three times a day the boy went
through the following exercise: He
held a pencil vertically at arms length
directly in front of the eyes and very
slowly brought it toward him as close
to the eyes as possible without tne
pencil appearing as two. Once a week,
under the oculist's direction, the pa
tient put on specially-constructed
glasses that would throw the object
out of focus. Increasing the strength
of the glasses by degrees so as to in'
crease the focusing power of the
eyes.
I am citing these two exercises be
cause in the case in mind the result
was excellent. Exercises of this sort
must, of cdurse. be adapted to suit
different conditions. The point I wish
to make, however, is that any abnor
mal, condition of the eyes due to de
fects in the muscles or In the action
of the muscles is susceptible of im
provement by exercises.
The percentage of children suffer
ing from myopia In one form or an
other Is astonishingly large In the
public schools of our large cities. I
believe that this could be remedied
and that the vision of the normal eye
could be very much improved by some
general eye exercises. The physical
growth of city-bred children is ham
pered in many ways and most of their
work and their play calls for only a
limited range of vision. You will not
find shortsightedness so common
among country children or those. who
live among the hills or near the sea
where the dally life makes length or
vision necessary.
Now that the vacation time Is upon
us and we have our children away
from school, and, I hope, in the coun
try in uie camp or oesiae some Dig
body of water. It would be
them clean by dally washing and to
strengthen the vision by looking out.
You will soon be convinced that Im
provement can be effected along; these
lines.
Answers to Correspondents.
Miss Cocroft will endeavor to an
swer all questions relating to her de
partment as promptly as possible. As
it will not be practicable to print an
answer to every Inquiry, a, stamped
envelope should accompany each let
ter. All letters should be addressed to
Miss Susanna Cocroft, care of this pa
per. Parasites.
Anonymous asks me to "please pub
lish a good cure for ridding an old
servant of Insects Something strong:,
please."
You did not tell me whether the
parasites are on her body or In the
hair. For body lice, steam, bake or
wash the clothes In gasoline. Do this
very thoroughly once a week; two
weeks should be sufficient time to rid
herself. Have her bathe dally and use
a little carbolic acid in the water. For
head lice, there are several things that
are good. A simple remedy Is kerosene.
Saturate the hair and do not attempt
to wash it off: let the oil evaporate:
repeat until all the nits are killed
This will taks many treatments as
the nits are not easily killed. A 2
per cent carbolic acid solution Is'also
effective.
HOUSE --WIVES
MILY
ECONOMY
CALENDAR
MIDSUMMER REFURNISHING.
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At 314 Seventh St. N. W.
CONTINUES WITH GREATER VALUES
These original models are the ones from which the lines are selected
At 9 A. M. Today
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Models at
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Saturday,
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Just about this time of the summer.
or at any rate a little later than this,
the frocks and hats and shoes that look
ed so fresh when they were bought or
made, begin to need refurbishing. Often
He become discouraged, and decide that
for the rest of the summer we cannot
look smart and fresh; we must be con
tent with a certain worn and faded char
acteristic that haunts our wardrobe.
A little time and trouble will put the
summer-worn wardrobe Into good conditio-
aaln.
To begin with, get plenty ot the right
sort of agents for restoring Its fresh
ness. The v hltener that comes for shoes
is not expensive, and If jours Is soiled,
buy a fresh box or can of it. Before
cleaning any shoes with It, rub them
clean with a damp cloth, with soap, if
necessary. Then dry them thoroughly
on shoe trees, and give them a good
coat of the whltcner. If the bows are
ragged or soiled, replace them with new
ones, that can be made from stiff, twll-
D1B led ribbon, or that can be,bougbt for 10
good centa a p-ir.
pian 10 test me normal eyesigni. t.n- 1 Ths Pame whltcner can be Tubbed on
couraging the eyes to rest on objects 1 .niled whit straw nf h Hrt white
at a distance and then to Increase the ,arjet-. shabby black straw hats should
siBni oy( looKing jariner anu men be cleaned with a damp cloth, then dried,
farther is most excellent exercise for Bn then treated tn . mat nf llnuld shoa
And the Invrjrr left her murmuring something about the helplessness ot women.
beating out her strength in bitter protest against the thing she could in no
vay avert, and her thought traveled the vears of their happiness together while
the home she should have made lovely for her children showed a pitiable lack of
care.
Persistent grief sapped The First Woman's strength even while she
refused to reach out a hand to help herself, and all the while she blamed
Cod, and refused to be comforted, until, in the end, her health broke; her
once sweet and comfortable home went to ruin, and the young lives which
Cod had given into her keeping were warped.
The midyear review of the copper sit
uation by B. S. Butler, of the United
"States Geological Survey, records a gen-
IC cral betterment In the six months pe-
rtnd.
f.
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ine,-eren-nunareaui pan 01 a grain
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01 wut na cwuo Kntin 10 jrow wun
crest rapidity. Where this experiment
been tried it lias been noticed that
ail the leaves become very dark. Rad-
1,5. Janes and carrots raised in this soil crow
t to six timsitfleu- usual -weight.
When The Second Woman saw the grave close over the man she
loved and who had always shielded her from life's rougher places, she felt
that she had come up against a blank wall which she could neither see over
nor penetrate, and so great was her suffering that she refused herself to
her friends, and took counsel with licrsclf in the recesses of her own
chamber.
But one day" she came forth again, and quietly examined into the
affairs of her husband, to find them somewhat involved. When they were
straightened out she gathered about Jier the children whom God had given
into her keeping, and gently told them that there would not be enough for
her comfort and theirs as things stood, but she smiled courageously into
their questioning young eyes and told them that she had no fear in fact,
she felt that the necessity to work would prove a blessing in disguise.
So The Second Woman denied herself retrospection, put away the mem
ory of the dear years of her protected life, and took up the threads
wherever she found them raveling, bravely weaving them into a fabric that
would endure.
At first The Second Woman shrank from the world of commerce, but
little by little its strangeness wore off. She even gained a sense of exhilara
tion in feeling herself a portion of its success, and when at last she looked
upon the stronghold of home with which she was providing her children,
and saw their young lives unfolding like beautiful flowers into helpful man
hood and womanhood, her laughter rang out gladly, for a great happiness
had gravitated to her in consequence of her attitude toward the life she -had
gotten in preference to letting it get her.
the normal eye and should result In
Improvement.
The eye should not be strained to
the point of fatigue, neither should
squinting be encouraged. The prover
bial squint ot the sailor is -due to his
instinctively protecting the eyes from
sun or wind. Don't let the children
expose their eyes to the glare of tne
sun; this Is abuse, not use. Teach
them to protect their eyes from all
undue conditions of climate, to keep
PRINCESS FROCK
FOR THE AUTUMN
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My 16 Afra Beka.
The first woman who turned to litera
ture as a means of self-support was
Afra Behn, who was born July 10, 1CM.
Her name Is some times also spelled Aph
r. Aphara or Ayfara. Of Aphra's early
life little can be known with accuracy,
owing to her lifelong tendency to embel
lish the truth with fact. She. was born
.of humble parents named Johnson
and seems to have been taken to the
West Indies by a family by whom she
was adopted. On her return to Eng
land, when Jtlll In her teens, she was
uimkivw w ul.hiiiii uksito senn,
who, however, died In 1996 leaving lier
a pennllesa'wldow.
Aphra had-been at court, where he
appear to have been very auch admired
for jier sprightly manners and her good
looks: and her first adventuae In self
support was as a spy for the English
King Charles 11 who sent her to 'Ant
werp. She used all her feminine charms
In order to gain the information she
wished and laid bare an Important plan
of naval action by making one of the
commanders fall In love with- her and
forcing his secret In a moment of In
discretion. Later she became engaged
to a Dutchman named 'Van der Aalbert
and would have married him but for
his untimely death. r ,
Back In England she turned to liter
ature, as a means of self-support. She
became the George Sand of her day. In
order to succeed as a writer aha felt
that she must be Intimate, even famil
iar, with the writers of the day and In
order to make her1 writings successful
she. did not hesitate in "is Mm them a
coarse and vuhjar as the other writings
in vogue at the time. There l little
among her plays or romances that would
be worth reading at the present time.
Aphra Behn was Interesting chiefly aathe
pioneer 'professional woman writer. iSn
was long remembered at the FtU
cuuri on .jniroaucer Of nun
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blacking. Flowers on hats should be
brushed, pinched into shape with the fin
Not More Than Two Pairs to a Customer
Sizes Stamped in Plain Figures. You are Sure of a Fit.
THE REGULAR STOCK CONTINUES TO GO
Choice of
Any Low
Shoe in
the House
Stamped
$2.50 or $3
Choice of
Any Low
Shoe in
the House
Stamped
$3.50, $4
or $5 . . . .
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gers, and then touched up with water
color paints It they are badly faded.
Taffeta skirts or frocks can be dipped
In gasoline and aired until the next day.
then pressed. If the skirts are worn
about the bottom turn a new hem. put
on a facing, or else cut the hem open at
the bottom, turn under both raw edges,
together, and hem the inside one neat
ly on the outside one.
Chiffon that Is badly wrinkled should
be held over a big pan or tub of boiling
watr. The steam should be allowed to
penetrate every wrinkle, and then the
frock or blouse should be hung on a
hanger to dry. When It Is dry the wrin
kles will be gone.
Many spots can be removed with
French chalk. This should be thickly
rubbed on the spots, and left tbero for
twenty-four or forty-eight hours, then
thoroughly brushed oft.
If a muslin frock or blouse Is so badly
faded that it Is an unattractive color,
boil It in water strong with washing soda
until It is pure white. Then have It
nicely laundered.
(Oonjrijht, tail)
Salt Rising Bread.
Manassas, Va.
K, F. D.. No. 3.
Miss Mary Marshall,
Washington. D. C.
Dear Miss Marshall: In reply to letter
In the Woman's Herald of July 6, signed
P. A. I. II., I would say that we can
furnish the old-fashioned sall-rlslnc
bread, by parcel post, for 10 cents a loaf
and postage. We are In the fifty-mile
zone near Manasas, Va., and can mail
bread baked this morning at noon. P.
A. I. H. receiving It In first mall tomor
row a. m. Samples mailed upon request.
We would like to work up a mall order
busiress In this line, and will be glad to
hear from P. A. I. H.
Tours truly.
MRS S. a SWART.
Manassas. Va.
R. F. D., No. 3.
After remaining practically unused In
the belfry of the Phoenix hall In Fair
haven for seventy years the bell which
was placed there In 1792 Is to bo moved
to a schoolhouse In North Falrhaven.
and there used for both the school and
the fire alarm system. It was the first
Bell in the town, and was made by
Paul Revere.
Eater the new princess frock of bine
era-e'and black satin, embellished
with Iridescent ben embroideries. '
The princess frock, with" the long
walsted front panel and a normal line
across the sides. Is Introduced lnv an
early fall model ..which" promises con
siderable vogue later 'on.
The gown Is made of dark blue
serge of a very fine wale, generally
denominated French' serge.-"The grace
ful curve from hip to front is empha
sised by bead trimming.-' which also
appears across the back.- Down the
front there are embroideries of. red
and black silk Interspersed with- bead
ed decorations.'
By the way .of contrast, black satin
Is used for the Ions;- sleeves, and these
repeat the trimming or the front The
wide collar across the back is atso of
satin.- supplemented by, one of organ
die. Organdie cuffs are fall pped on the
under aid of the flarlnsr wriat and
serve not only, to embellish the sleeve.
but to. protect, the Hands from contact
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Corby Cake is a real Qonfectioii scientifically baked; uniformly
.rich; unvaryingly pure; always fresh.
Your grocer has all4 five of the dainty
varieties Chocobte, Citron, Plain Pound,
Lady's Cake, and Rabin.
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