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slbtng FRIDAY, FEBR -WomenShould Have Incomes 5 UARY 20, 1920 _ For Housekeeping and for Taking Care ot Children The Philosophy of St. John Ervine, British Novelist. Marguerite Mooers Marshall. | VES should have incomes for | housekeeping—fixed sums, re- ceived at regular intervals, which should be “their own money” and not a mere gratuity from their husbands. That is the newest contribu- tion to the vexed problem of house- hold economics; perhaps — who eg - knows?—it is the LP” ghinon newest solution of ‘ “ane the servant prob- lem! It was offered to me by a man, | amd a delightfully elever one—st, Jom Ervine, British novelist and @ramatict, whose plays vie in effec- tivenées and popularity with his humorous and realistic fiction. The impressive thing about nearly ail of Mr, Ervine's work—aside from its wit and literary distinction—is the dominance of the female of the spe- | eles. Whether she be a shrewd and | managing cockney girl, as in “Alice | and a Family;" or self-respecting, steadfast mother, as in “Jane Clegg,” the play soon to succeed “John Fer- guson” in New York; or courtesan of the purple, as in Mr. Ervine’s most important novel, “Changing Winds” -salways she holds in her slender hands the happiness and the destiny | of men. 50 when I met the playwright- novelist, I asked him if—to para- Phrase an epigram of his own—men really are lumps of dough that the ‘woman-baker punches into any shape ‘she likes, “Women,” he summed up, “have on 4, Men an absolutely incafculable inftu- ence, so long as they are content to remain women, All history shows * that—look at the long and bloody war tought for ten years about the beauty of Helen of Troy; look at Cleopatra! ‘Women are the conseryers of civili- Health and Beauty Queries By Pauline Furlong. FRECKLES — Ellen are beneath the skin and it is neces- J.— Freckles sary to remove the outer layer or cuticle iu order to banish them com- faded pletely. However, they may br out with various’ harmless pre: tions, such as lemon juice or pi of hydrogen, both of which are dry- following if The out freckles ing to the skin. formula will bleach used faithfully: Boiled water, grams; acetate of lead, 2 grams: eulphate of zinc, 2 grams. A mask mage of lemon juice and the white of an egg is also another good remedy for tan and freckles. Apply this to the neck also and leave on as Jong as convenient. When removing the paste use lukewarm water. COLON FLUSHING—Harriet F.— Once or twice each week should be sufficient for flushing th@,colon when} one is in perfect health. ‘The water should be neither too hot nor too eeold. Eat bran products, fruits, yealads and green vegetables and drink a great deal of water between meals. RED FACE—Frano G H— Heavy greasy foods, starches and sweets may cause this. Indigestion, constipation and tight lacing are other causes. If your skin is tender the cold winds may irritate the skin and make your face red. You will have to find the cause in order to overcome this disfigurement. OILY SCALP—Mildred G.—Shav- ing the hair would not remedy this condition, Uso tar or sulphur soap in the shampoo. THICK LIP—Madge R.—I know of nothing to reduce thick lips and most certainly the use of a lip stick would make them appear thicker. Do not chew or bite the lips. BLEACHED HAIR—Chicago— Nothing but time and nature will darken your bleached hair. Of course some chemical dyes would do so, but they are risky and liable to make the hair most any shade but the one you desire. HARD, CALLOUS HANDS—Mrs, Grace D.—Kubbing the hands with cocoa butter should remedy this. ‘Wear gloves when the hands are in water or when you ure using a broom or mop. FAT FACE-N. J. K-—If the bony contour of your face*is broad, noth- ing that I know of will make it smaller. Of course, reducing the flesh all over the body should have some effect on making the face look smaller and thinner. Cold water and astringent lotions will make the skin hard and firm k TO LENGTHEN THE EYE- LASHES—WNirs. Daniel D.— White Vaseline brushed along the lashes will| stimulate growth 1 know of! nothing to make (he lashes curl it| “nature neglected to do so. BURNING FEET—Nrs. Rena G, Tathe the fect in cold water to which} has been added several blespoon~ fuls of powdered alum Then rub them with aleohol and ar clean} stockings and different each | day If possible PIMPLES — Margaret you state, your dir irect, th pimples may be ca infection and in this case an antiseptic soap) and salve should be applied. 1 would| a good skin j savin you to con ation, Without women, ‘men would relapse to a state of barbarism much more quickly than a society of women would relapse without men. “That was brought home to me during the war,” added Mr, Ervine, | He served with distinction, and was severely wounded in the campaign of 1918, “I/enlisted as a private, and I could not help noticing how quickly, | when removed from’ women's society, | the men slurred off every trace of refmament, of delicacy,’ of manners. Then, when I went into the officers’ mess, at first we had men waiters, And the tablecloths were always crooked, the table was not set neatly, Later, when the demand for men be- came more acute, the waiters were women, At once, one noticed the change—the elevation of standards of behavior in little things, the straight- ening of the tablecloths! “Women are the conservera, just as men are the creators. Which means that. the influence of women on men has both good and bad aspects, for while women make men supremely comfortable, by conserving what is old and good, their influence is to dis- courage What is new. In theory, women atimire the hero, the adven- turer. In practice, eaéh women wants her own man not to adventure but to stay safe at home. fi “What seems to me the vital thing, however”’—and here a deeper note of arnestness lifted, like a ground- swell, through Mr. Irvine's soft yet clear articulation—“is that men and women should not get their jobs mixed, that they should accept the difference in their qu@lities, It goes back to the very beginning of civill- zation, when women stayed at home and took care of the wigwam and men went out to hunt, I do not want to revive the wigwam woman, but if We cannot maintain the principle of wigwam life, what will become of us all? “Lido, not see why any woman should look down on housekeeping. It is a noble, a dignified, a: most neces- sary occupation. What ean be finer than to conserve the home, to care for babjes? \1.believe wormen should have incomes for housekeeping, and for taking care of children, based on an arrangement like that of the sepa-~ ration allowances during the war, when a fixed, sum was paid to every married woman partly by her a and partly by the state. Ewvery house- keeping woman should have this in- come, which she earns, which is truly ‘her own money,’ If her husband absconds or is otherwise unable to pay his share, the state should make up the difference, as it gives a pen- sion to the widow of the soldier.” “Then you don't believe in the neipated woman?” I questioned. I believe in woman's freedom,” re- plied Mr. Ervine, “but not in her illusions about freedom, Is ft freedom for any girl to get up.at six o'clock in the morning, ride downtown in the subway, take letters from a man's dictation, write them out on her type- write, ride home on the subway at six o'clock at night? Is th: in and day out, freedom? Is it free~ dom, is it a noble career, for a girl to work all day long as a manicurist? Surely, compared with much work, the occupation of housekeeper in a hom of one's own is free and fine. By all means, let the married woman ex- herself—if she has anything to In that case, she had better an intelligentiy stupid man, versa. Most of the troubles ry persons have been caused because two temperaments married each other—there Is room in a famil; for not more than one clever person. But in nine cases out of ten the work for which a young woman is meant is. to marry some young man whom she loves, to keep ‘their house, to rear their children.” Although I am a feminist, I believe, with Mr. Ervine, that few women have to choose between being a wife and being a genius; that it usually is a choice between being a stenog- rapher and being a housekeeper. Even in that case, I personally should vote for Pittman and a typewriter; be- cause to me housekeeping is worse than degrading—it is stupid! How- ever, T asked him if he thought. the young couple could afford ge and parenthood, they cannot,” he argued, “it is ause the girl wants too much— wants to begin with a limousine. m amazed by the many marriages ween young girly and elderly men. Let the Young marry and work up irom small beginnings, the wife con- serving, the husband adventuring in new fields, And let the woman of to-day find her power where it always has lain—not in imitating men but in being feminine, in being most com- pietely un!" 2 ee Concerning the Bad Habits of Insects HIE role of insects in the trans- mission of disease is becoming prominent each year, ac- ding to the Journal of the Ameri- can Modical Associatgn. The fly, the mosquito, the flen and the have come to represent not offensive nuisances to man, routine, day marry and vic of liters she “eootie’ merely but also positive menaces to his health. The habits of these insects have therefore beeome of interest to the medic: Vvestigat 1 the si s than to the It has been determined that th named of these disease carriers ig sensitive to temperatures that approach the body temperature of man. Owing to the high tempera- ture of the body in summer, they wander out on ordinary garments For the same reason they wander away from persons in fever. It is re- corded that persona leaving temper- ate climates for the tropics may be- come freed from these pests It has also been found that black clothing may repel them, for the rea- son that It absorbs more heat rays than lighter colors. Perspiration in- duced by warm clothing will also hasten the exodus, eince the “cootie” does not tolerate excessive moisture. A THINK | NEED Beat It! SOHN HERE ISA DANDY CHAIR. BOUGHT FoR You (The New York Evening World.) 1920, ublishing Ca, by The Orme EASY CHAIR . FoR NY Lucile the Waitress By Dide Dudley ay Copyright, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Myening World.) ey No Chiropodist Shall Make Her a Cinderella, Says the Lady in White. said Lacile, as the Friendly |to think this chump should be dis- oe Patron pushed her a plugged dime his predecessor had left on the lunch counter, “did you ever $0 to a chiprodist “You mean v chiropodist, don't you” asked. “1 guess 1 do,” she replied, “but | always get my syntax mixed up when it comes to pronouncing those medi- cal words. I mean one of those fel- tows who remonstrate with your corns to make your feet laugh.” es, I've visited them in my time.” “Well, a fellow came in here this morning who was one of those foot-| dlogists. No sooner does he get un- comfortable on a stool at the counter than he says to me: ‘You got a limp, ain't you? “It gets me riled a little, you know, AT DoYou Know? Copyright, 1020, by The Pres Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World) 1. To what country dues the Island of Guam belong’ 2. Who commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Jutland? 3. Who was the mythological ruler of the under-world? 4, Who destroyed Jerusalem dur- ng the first centur 5. in what country is ng’s “Kim” tai What is the birthstone for July? 7. What ocean stream is noted for its deep blue color? % In what South try ix Montevideo? 9. What is the sacred mountain of Japan? 10. What is the highest war honor given by the English Government? 11, What is generally considered a normal barometric reading at sea level? 12, Of what element is chiefly composed ? ANSWERS TO YESTERDAY'S QUESTIONS. 1, 240,000 miles; 2, Joshua; 3, Suez; 4, South America; 6, San Marino; 6, Secretary of State; 1, : & fiweden “Les Miserables: 10, Ontario; Li, Petain; 1 the plot of American coun- graphite cussing about by personal locomotion and grace. So I just give him ong look, “What's tt to you?’ I says. “Oh, nothing,’ he says, ‘except that 1 seo you're favorin’ your left toot. Wha the matter—callu “Well, sir, it sounds like he's calling | me cureless, Later I learn he don't mean less at all and naturally I'm 4 little graceful about excusing hin But for the time being I'm quite sore “‘No, 1 says, ‘I ain't careless, Kindly police your own game, my friend.’ “Then he explains that he means callus and tells me it's @ spot on my foot that hurts and spoils my happ! ness, I have to admit I got it. “‘Well,) he says, ‘if you'll come around to my office I'll fix your feet so good you'll sing.’ ‘Listen, Mister,’ I says. ‘I don't sing with my feet. My vocal chords are in my Adam's apple and when I sing—ob, boy, how the cider does fy!" “He laughs a couple of ‘ha ha’s' and orders beans, When 1 come back from the old kitchie-kitehle he says: “'Come over to my office and I'll fix your {ct up so good you'll be a regu- lar Cinderella,’ “I'm quick with my answer, ‘Not me!’ I suys ‘No furnace stuff for fait “ ‘All right,’ he says, ‘but you got awful feot.' “It starts my goat to leaping. If gee this person needs a jolt so I just up and remark Well, you certainly got your Go to your office and fix ub your own feet and while you're at it trim your braln a little so’s tt won't be running over and making an idjot out of you than you « “He just gives. me sort of a foolis and out he goes, leaving m Lucile went to the Ieitehem, retumn- tng quickly, “Say,' she said, “Where's the Boley Building? “Two blocks east and ono block north,” replied the Friendly Pat “Is that where the chiropodist “Yep,” replied Lucile, “and | guess I'll drop him, I’ might take a chance on a couple of toes I've got to be Queen of the Rogue at the Chauffeur’s Costume Ball and nothing can make mv act less royal than 4 couple of bum toes, bultieve me s 5) The Jar By Roy L. The Eternal Feminine 66T\D you get a good dressmaker | yet, and how are you going | to have your tuffeta goods made up?” asked Mrs, Rangle “I don't think UM have it made up t all, now that spring 1s nearly bere,” aid Mrs. Jarr. “The styles are bound » change for next fall, and if | am wetting an expensive dress made up 1 might 4» well get it made up in what's the latest.” ©8, it is best to do that,” sald Mrs, Rungle, “because the iniluence of @ style always lasts two seasons at least, and people of modest means do not have many good dresses,” “I could have it made over, though, you know!" said Mra. Jarr, ignoring the thrust in the supreme satisfacuoa of teeling that if she wouid nave but one expensive dress Mrs, tangle would save none at all. “That's why I not going to have it made up Ull next ail,” she conunued. “My dressmaker ng to make over @ couple of iny ses. She told me that the way ome I had mide by another woman was just the ruin of the materials,” “Phey all say thal!” remarked Mrs. tangle. “I've never heard whem say ind word of another woman'y work, they will admit an imported dress ooks nice, but to show one native jreasmaker’s drew: to another pauve NOTES OF SCIENCE. For signalling either between aero- planes or submarines an eminent in ventor has patented device that light ters the peed of their pro- pellers and chai their sound, It s been discovered b Frengt. jentist that the colored spots ‘which ppear on the leaves of books art aused by microscopic fung!, whic he hag been able to transplant A full sized bath tub, with a water attachment using gaa or oil, n invented that can be on one end and rolled on casters to any room where it i des Offic sin the Phil vestigating the possiln ing large quantities of a high grad: lubricating ol from vine that grows wild throughout the islands ITS T00 NICE A CHAIR To Copyright, 1920, by The Prem Publishing Co Up and to Dress Other People Down. CAN YOu } BEAT I7/ r Family McCardell (Tue New York Evening World.) Is to Dress themselves ww dressmaker Ix just like waving a red} | tag at @ bull” “My dressmaker won't inake over a dress for anybody under any circum- stances,” said Mrs. Jarr. pt YOU, of course, and not so tinuch because she likes you, but because it is a sin and a shame for any woman to have fine goods vutchered that Way,” sald Drs. ane “Who told you?" asked Mrs. Jarr. hey all tell me,” replied M tangle. “Lt the sume old way. They | pretend they never make a dress vver, but If they can’t get you to let them make you @ new dress they'll make over the old one, all right. Mave you a good dressmaker now?" ‘Oh, fia y good,” waid Mrs. Jar, carelessly, “but L'find the, best way is not to stick to on hange aroun “They'd drive you to distraction,” said Mrs, Rangle, with a sigh, for she intended that Mrs. Jarr sheulda’t outdo her in the gentle fletion that +a complete change of costume was {mo rarity In the Rangle hougebeld either 1 "Have you now dressmaker?" “I wish you'd teil a Jarr who she lasked Mrs. | me ls and what she charges ‘Oh, no, the old one L have guits me,” si Mrs, Rangle langutdly l'She's y dear, but then she sews ton best people, und #0 many of them don't pay her that she has to charge high prices; go I don't think he w hange. Wor, though what | 74 ty I true about each drewe- | nia expressing a Certain tndivid- | sality in the dresses shi makes, still have the comfort of kdowing that duality of my dressmaker } is n what is smart and is what I wanted you to tell said Mrs. Jarre, “I understood | Mrs. Kittingly that you had a| find!" “I phink 1 told her 1 wus trying al find # ‘fnd’” suid Mrs. Rangle, And after tt more discussion on dress j the two parted | ‘Ax if I'd be foot enough to ttt att | I know!" sald Mrs. Rangle to hersalf 4 whe departed | Let her find b ese Nak or She's ulwaye ng copy me bought Mn. cr That afternoon beth ladies met at their new dressmakers. It was th ome ong. How pleased they were \S*\X/ really FRIDAY, By Fay Stevenson. Copyright. 1 by The Prem Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World) HAT shall we do with tittle Harry when he stamps his foot and says ‘I won't?’ “What shall we do with tantrum ‘Tommy and saucy Satly and sulky Susie? “Should they be spanked, sent to bed, reasoned with, cajoled or deprived of some intended pleasure? Should we spare the rod ant spoil the child, or should we administer the rod and prodbce cowards and rebels?" These are the questions I asked Dr, Felix Adler of the Society for Ethicai Culture at the conchuston of Nis address yesterday on “Discipline” before the Federation of Child Study at No, 2 West 64th Street. “Ab! It all depends upon the cir- cumstance!” exclaimed Prof, Adler. “Oliver Wendel) Holmes once gave some very good advice along the sub-| Ject of rods, switches and slippers to the effect that if a child was ugly in the morning—whip him—it is bis stubborn, wilful nature breaking out; but if he cries and is ugly at night- fall, put bim to bed and remember that he is tired and worn out. “In disciplining the child,” contin- ued Prof. Adler, “discipline should be | defined as oncerned with ail things desirable and undesirable. For in- stance, in dividing up the faults of ehildhood I would classify them in three ways, anti-social, neutral and social, “The anti-social traits are the on which require great discipline because you can see they are going to hurt FEBRUARY 20, —_—_—_—— If a Child Has: Tantrums mi In the Morning---Spank Him; If at Night---Put Him to Bed 1920 “Do you think it well to use absolute authoritative methods of times or the stop-and-reason tem of the present day?” I Prof. Adler. “The child respects authority,” @e- clared the professor, “but commande or advice must never be gi in a petulant, nervous manner. vice must not be given which cannot be confirmed as the child grows Remember that some day the going to . ch up to the instructor! If, when he grows: he can weigh this advice and, commands and they: hold, th done much toward forming his acter, but If he & om it up them mentally and theif previ vice does not hold and is their authority ond the for which they have been trying topples over. “Discipline,” concluded Prof, Ad@- ler, “should be a: matter of ing out the undesirable traits DR, FEI ADL BER - the desirable traits. And above all it should be given with the ci one who looks ahead. Possibly very qualities which might not be’ desir- socle' They are the fighting in| abie fora small child might be most stinct, the domineering, cock -pt-tly desiraple for an adult, and Foost spirit, cruelty, tale-bearigg, aly) timewethe little, hings “we seatle at and term as ‘cute’ in young child ness, falsehoods, lying, petty stealing Geveldp into + te (rember trate and such misdemeanors which, {| in ¢he adult. Therefore the greatest given large range, might develop into very serious offenses, “Now, under neutral traits I would quality for & parent or instructor to possess is foresight" . ° place intellectual curiosity which C h d miei tum wrod reve meena COUTEShip an who has intellectual curiosity might use it in breaking up watches, house- hold afticles or to pry Into #ex life, On the other hand he might use tt to good advantage and become a great scientist or inventor. “Imagination |s another neutral trait In many caves child who is accused of fibbiag imagination ho tells to be so. Therefore do not be too quick to discipline the child who draws and dreams for you be- cause he may be # future afuist or which needs watching. tho has a wonderful the and actually thin; wild picture: novelist. “Concerning the social sympathy, ness are the principal traits.” “All of these qualities are to be cultivated, 1 ishment this clever bis head, “The child with too much sympathy he re- sympathy has in the and all that from sym- ed to ld who]tme she will propose, and yet I miss io too unselfish needs to be guided. is so pitiable a creature as the the fair sex, > un- no needs to be guided carefully,” piled. “Too much caused a great dea! of troubi world; divorce, scanda sort of thing often ar pathy, Unselfishness ie su be a good quality, but the Whi unselfish wife? I nam but it will apply eith selfish wife has no way 7 charac tendencies: sociability and unselfish- in children suppose,” L @uid to Prof. Adler, but to my aston- educator shoo Marriage By Betty Vincent Coprrisht,_ 1000, by, Fhe Press Publishing Co. FEW days ago several letters A were printed from young ladies asking advice about leap year praposais, Here are two equally in- teresting ones from young men. “I have ‘been going about with o young lady for six montbs,” writes W. L. L, “and while I have shown her a great deal of attention in the way of flowers, candy and theatre engagements, I never have breathed a word of love. I have always. con- sidered her a good pal rather than « sweetheart, but now since the new year she has changed her attitude toward me; in fact, to be frank, Miss Vineent, she has practically told me° that she loves me. 1 never wish to be anything but a good friend to her, I appreciate her as a good friend and enjoy her company, but now if she is going to spoil all our good comrade- ship aud turn it into sentimental love Tum at a loss just what to do, I am afraid to ask her to go anywhere for fear the next time she is alone with the good times we used to have. What shall 1 do?" If you do not care for this you lady 4s a sweetheart, perhaps you better give up any society with her. force. Her husband and her children | It ts perfectly evident that she cares walk right over her. Children should] for you, and therefore, stnce your be taught to have self-respect for] feclings are those of a friend and not themselves and their rights. Unsel- fishness should not be allowed to run ‘Therefore the proud parents who announce how un- selfish their child ls might do well to investigate and prevent this unselfish- into lc 3 of dignity. @ lover it would be very well for you to end the friendship and save her the embarrassment of a proposal, Lf you merely wanted to be the girl's friend you should not have sent flow= ers and candy, for they are the tov- ness from getting to a stage where | er's gifts, od thing.” GOING DOWN! Y Dear Thinkers—There {s} something very distasteful We are horritied when we he ‘that some high official, running! has bribed or attempted to bribe] his way into the Senate and yet— jay ater day go on, bribing the'r! children, “Johnnie, if you'll be lcandy when we get home,” Is there any reason why John- sake? When a child is bribed in his) along with bim and use it in two} ways, to bribe others or to ex-| himself. | ‘There should be no inducement ng what ts right Hopefully yours, it may not be a x M one about that word “bribe.”) for Senator or some. public office. There are many parents who |good, I'll give you a pleco of| jnie should not be good for good's| outh, he is apt to carry the ideal |pect something for nothing for} joffered to us to this world for do ALFALFA SMITH. Walter H. writes: “I have known & young lady for two years and been her constant steady, but I have not Popped the question yet because I have to support my mother. It will be at least another year before can do this. Now, Miss Vimeent, the young, lady believes I am bashful and does bot know that I have to support my mot! i have heard from an intimake friend of hers that she is going to propose ta me and it will break my heart if she does this. I believe that part of the game be- longs to the man." It certainly does, Walter, and the only way for you to keep the pres- tige up and also prove that you are not bashful is to propose at once and ask ber to wait for you THE SAFE SHOOTER. T was a typical west of Ireland es- [x and the Sassenach landlord was just driving his newly arrived English guest through the lodge gates. when a bullet zipped by his ear. “Good heavens!" exclaimed the | guest. “What was that?" | “Oh, only one of my men having @ pot shot ne," replied the landlord. "I rather fancy it was my lodge« | keeper. | “Great Scott!" again ejaculated the | guest will you do with the | fellow: him arrested for ate | tempted murder?” | “Do with him!" repeated the lame rd. “Nothing, of course.” Not even discharge him” peraigte ae = ed guest Good gracious, net” replied jlandiord. “Why, I woulda’t lose fellow for a fortune, He's one of worst shotg I've ever had on the tate!"