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XE VEQENG, A NUARY bay Ee HOME one of the most fashionable congrega- tions of Philadelphia, stantled society of the Quaker City by denouncing the play- ing of bridge and poker for money by fashionable women. Society functions, he declared, flowed with wine, which the young women drank as freely as the young men. Stook gambling among women was common, and there were brokerage establishments exclusively for women (patrons, In 'the game week a number of soctety women of St. Louls interviewed on the subject of the Rev. Mr, Richardson's charges admitted ithat the conditions he Mescribed existed in St. Louls socioty also, and one ef them declared that she Imew women who were accustomed to losing $300 a week at bridge or poker. Less recently the Rev. Dr. William Hamilton in a sermon before the New England Soclety of Grace Church de- nounced the playing of cards for money by New York fash{onables, and asked: “What avails a crusade against policy shops if behind doors which no detec- tive dares to ei such practices as these go on?’ At the same time Dr. William 8. Rainsford, of St. George's, told in an , By NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH, IHRCE and frequent has been recent denunciation of the women of Amer- {gan society. In the last month press address of a young woman who hail poasted to him of winning $500 at bridge, and strongly censured the habits of gambling, smoking and drinking of American women. The Rev. Braddin Hamilton, pastor of Newport's most fashlonable church, pro- claimed én a sensational sermon bridge whist as the greatest evil of the day, and denounced divoree, intemperance, gambling and extravagance of his mill- fonaire pewbolders. Harsh oriticism of the American Woman has not been confined to ‘her na- tive shores. In England especially, in the press and in society, criticizm of American ways and speech has been ever outspoken and condemnatory. Yet American society, once shrugged ‘wud pulpit have thundered against their fxtravagance, their cigarette emoking, eit drinking of cocktatls, their playing “bridge, and poker for money. Byery one remembers the powerful (ndeabs of Henry Watterson against the women of America's “Smart Set,” {yo which he declared that tn drinking, famoking, firting end other fast prac- e3 there wag little to choose between New York matron and her foreign Only tast-week the Rev. William C. jon, pastor of St. James's Prot- Bplscopal Church, which boasts A ROMANCE OF LOVE AND HONOR. OR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE By MARCUS CLARKE. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTDRS. jand finding the “spirit” not yet Rieti wine, Englishman, teay-| “broken,” ordered that he should be Some, taken tho a ame, of “Ruf Dawes." | put to grind maize, Dawes declined to i fugly sumpeoted of maunier and te trata | 0% Frere gave him Afty more lashes, and eent him the next day to grind cayenne pepper. This was a pun- 1shment more dreaded by the convicts than any other, The pungent dust flilsa their eyes and lungs, causing them the most excruciating torment. Fet a man Viakers 938 Richant's ousio, Maurice rere. With, Vickera are hits tle daughter, Sylvia. Me tenes ‘work au the chain gang , atra. Vickers and ‘priv sae the party fro1 wath ‘Through | with a raw back the work was one con- 6 duplicity 1H again. rina. to Sylvia, jtimued @gony. In four days Rufus Fig he is in Jove, An flIness hi Dawes, emaciated, biistered, blinded, from her mind all recollection of him. broke down, —_——_ mei’ CHAPTER VIL i Two Loves, ma 1H party at tho house had finished + their wine, and, sitting on the { broad veranda, were Ustening to pairie) gentle dulness of the clergyman, mm there broke upon their ears @ ery. \ewhat's that?” ald Vickers, {i on, telp, Maurice, help!” orled 6ylvia ‘When hé was in the hospital Worth visited him. “I would have come to see you be- fore,” said the clergyman, ‘but I have ‘been very ill," In truth he looked so, He had had a fever, it seemed, and they had shaved duis beard and cropped his hair. Dawes could see that the haggard, wasted man had passed through some agony almost Qs great as his own, , North was laboring under ter- Into the Gace of Rufus Dawes came BP /ynie distros. The story in brief i aa Of horror-stricken bewider- | was this: He had been made a wel- come guest at the Frere home and had there seen how, littie there was in Brere's. brytal, nature to respond to Sylvia's higher, more delicate soul, Syl- via and North read, walked and talker together much, Frere openly noglectiag ‘his wife by this time. At lengih it dawned on North that he ‘as growing to depend too much on the soclety of ‘his vommandant's wife and that he looked forward too eagerly to aeelng her. Being a qinister of the Gospel and a man of honor, he ceased calling at Frere's house, and to Sylvia's amazement avoided her society, One morning he was forced to call at Frore's on business on his way to the prison Sylvia laughingly stuck @ rosabud tn his buttonhole. He resolved to treasure this token as long as he lived, He went there to visit Dawes, As he entered the cell Dawes, guessing whence the rosebud came, sald; . North, will you give me that rosebud?’ North paused trregolutely, and finally, ag if after a struggle with himself, took it carefully from his but- tonhole and placed tt tn the prisoner's brown, scarred hand. In another instant Dawes, believing the chaplain gone, himself alone, pressed the gift to his lips, North returned ab- ruptly and the eyes of the pair met. Dawes flushed crimson, but North turned white as death. ither spoke but each was drawn closer to the other, ‘ince both had kissed the rosebud ee sa deomned caste to €y- ! A profound sigh escaped him, and he i Weld owt his hands to be bound. /% > Rufus Dawes was duly transported Port Arthur -and» once more ‘pp is horgible dife in the chain- 7 5 thene, Phe new prison chaplain, Mr. (North, heard tis story and took an interest in Khe luckless man's welfare, But Dawes and Worth were to be even more closely associated. Sylvia had become the wife of Maurice “Brere, Thelr’ married Ute was less happy elther hed hoped, > Meuly, Brere was not getting the bliss Which he had wrecked Dawes's life. At length tis skill at handling con- ded to his transferral to the most lous convict settlement of all that Ne, what of Dawos himself? dangerous did he become that, in the course of time, he was transferred flto Nontolk Island, the barren rock where the incorrigibles of all the other penal settlements were sent, there to beherd- waves the ‘chief jailer, who had tn w@tructions drom Frere to break Dawes's gtubbom spintt, eougl, ut somo excuse Pips il the desperado. ie se ment to solltary conflnement aye; was Soames, an got over and now smiled at by the matrons of tho other s eannot in all dts an- nals ng to equal the tights- wearing revel of London's most exctu- sive dames, as told by cable despatches from London, It might examine {ts consclence fer a week, going back over the pleasing peccadilloes of the tast twenty-five years of glare and tinsel and recalling its doll-walking exploits, its fountain-wading damsels, {ts vegetable parties, tts looking-backward dances even, only to reach the sorrowful con- cluston that while we may in tho mad- dening search for novelty turn our clothes wrong side out, and even wrong side before, at a social function, we do not take them off. And though we now hatve the example of three aunts of the Duke of Marl- borough, and the Princess of Pless be- sides, it {s not Nkely that we will do so. But when the very pillars of London society, that proudest product of Eng Ugh clvitization, the bulwark of the Em pire—the British matron, in short—not singly, but all together, gladden a Christmas house party by appearing in tights, one inquires, as proper in such cases, what the world 1a" coming to any- how. ; From Lonfon yestertlay came an ex- hilarating account of a Christmas fancy dress iall, given by Lord and Lady Howe at their coumtry place, Gopsatl, at which the ladies appeared in mascu- Une attire, At this remarkable function we are told that the hostess figured as a Knight Templar, with a long black cloak, a white cross, a two-handed sword, bright steel armor and a helmet, Her more daring sister, Lady Sarah Wilson, ap- peared as Prince Charlle in kilts, her rosy Knees bare as Aurora's or a street urchin's; and we are told she made an exceedingly shapely young man. _ Princess dienry of Pless, the beaut!- ful daughter of Mrs, Cornwallis West, who divided with Mrs, Langtry the title of England's most beautiful wom- fin, ‘appeared as Romeo, and when her very shapely nether extremities were revealed by the unconventional costume none Was tempted to ask with Jullet, “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?” for they all knew wherefore. ‘The success of the evening was, how- ever, Mrs, George Cornwallis West, bet- ter known ag Lady Randolph Churehill. This famous society loader, who might LONDON SMART WOMEN WHO SHOCKED. ENGLAND BY DANCING IN TIGHTS AT A SELECT FUNCTION. Faincess OF FIESS be but is not a grandmother, went as a roystering Spanish cavalier, She wore black silk tights, a doublet and hose, a dark erlmson velvet cloak trimmed with gold, a sword, a diamond blazing in her great sombrero trimmed with drooping feathers, and a black mustache waxed and ferociously curled like the Kaiser's. The ladies were inclined at first, says the vivacious chronicler of the occasion, fto hide ‘behind the skirts of their Jess daringly attired sisters, and even to show signs of running away, But reassured by the admiration she ex- cited, the Spanish cavaler stood In her retreat, and, encouraged by her, the rest followed her example and mingled dn the dance, Even in the EngNst-loving sanks of the Four Hundred this tatest diversion of London exclusives may not find favor, The American woman, proud of her beauty, conaclous of her curves, has that of ‘her British sister who sought certainly a temptation at least equal to masculine admiration {n the ballroom. But unconventional, free and easy, as her oritice find her, ehe has not, she never will have, the nerve. eed Rooseveli’s Teacher od Mr. Frawley's Lesson To:Day Explains the Breathing Egercise—How the Lungs May Be Made fo Assist the Athlete. TT man who taught President Roosevelt to box and to build up the great constitution needful for the real ‘‘strenuous life’’ is James L. Frav- ley. Mr, Frawley knows the human system as if it were an open book. He has written a series of articles for The Evening World based on the same lines as those he adopted in training the President. These lessons tell busy men how to become strong, hod to build up faded constitutions and to take on mus- cle without the use of apparatus or of long hours spent th a gymnastum. The first of these lessons appeared yesterday and descrihed certain sterling and yet simple rules for the preserva- tion of health, the best method of breathing and walking, and primary steps toward the building up of muscle. Letters of inquiry addressed to “James L, Frawley, Athletic Instruc- tor, The Evening World,”’ will be an- swered as far as possible in these col- plemental alr’ remains, In addition to this about 9 Inches of “tidal alr” fh and out. Now if you breathe you Increase tremendously this quan- INHALING umns, SECOND LESSON. The Value of Rreathing and How to Hreathe Correetly. il; it 1s the most dmportant lesson tn the series. I cannot emphasize tts fs not merely an exercise. It is a tonic, It is health, It means long iife, and T in the fresh\air, so that you will note the benefits you derive from it, I will weakling simply through the medium of deep breathing, and I am willing to self to the habit you will never give it up. {t will become gecond nature to I have had pupil after pupil declare to me that thelr chief regret was that they ness hours 80 as to get out in the open and get the full benefit of tho exercise. blood and drives out aj] the remnants of carbonic acid gas that linger in the always 76 per cent, cubic inches of alr in the Iungs. After an ordinary expira- By James L. Frawley. HIS lesson ts on deep breathing, and importance too much. Deep breathing want you to-day to begin the practice guarantee to make a strong man of a wager that when you accustom your- you, could not leave thelr Sffices during busi- The fresh alr oxidizes and purifies the unused portions of ‘the lungs. There is tion an equal amount of so-called: “‘sup- THE POST-HO T|T about this time of ths yoar the Pl wall of the eltin-amicted girl ane woman fs heard fn the land. “My face 1s usually smooth, and I can- not understand why !t should be in such a perfectly horrid state ag if 1s—dreadful red dlotches and pimples, Please send me something at once to cure 1 ‘And the little woman who doesn't un- derstand why fever says one word about the liberties she has been takieg with her good little stomach and all her other vital organs during the holiday éeason. Did you ever stop to inquire why you are affiioted with pimples? We all of us eat too much most of the time. We eat @ great deal more during the season of feasting than any other time, and usually we glve ourselves over to much spiced dishes and innumerable sweets during the fortnight of general g°stronomie license, which we call the holidays, When the Gigestive organs have boen overtaxed; when the liver has been given more work than it can do; when the stomach has been treated to one in- sult after another, the department of the interlor goes on a strike. ‘The re- sult 1s pimples, The old-fashioned theory of driving had blood out by way of skin eruptions has, happily, been abandoned. Pimples themselves may be treated with falr success externally, but no girl or woman who ts assiduously courting a bad skin by her manner of life need expect a satiny Mly-and-white complex. fon, I shall give my readers a number of formulas for pimple Jotions and olnt- ments, They are very useful in curing the troublesome blemishes that are already making Hfe a burden to their possessors, But it may as well be understood be- twoen us, dear friends, that so long as we defy nature in our mode of life we may expect to reap the consequences, ‘The most important factor in a treat- ment for the cure of the pimple habit is diet. It 4s common to hear aMicted girls say: “My complexion 4s something frightful, 1 suppose At’s the ‘buckwheat cakes and sausages." But she continues to eat griddle cakes soaked In butter and ewimming in syrup, and 3 floating in pig's fat. You nead oot expect clear skins on such a dle The general treatment for ordinary eruptions consists in attention to the principles of health, Cleanliness, exe: else, including correct or deep breathi wholesome, simple and properly selected food, Ueht and suffictent clothing, ventt- LIDAY GOMPL lation and, by no means least of all. a contented, cheerful spirit are necessary to the perfect circulation of the blood, without which one may not enjoy the Scrupulous cleanliness is the best pre. ventiye of ordinary skin diseases. comfort and beauty of @ fair and lovely skin, ‘The effect of ill-advised ¢ood upon the complexion we all know. The disastrous results of poorly ventilated living rooms on the personal appearance has been much discussed ne consequences of the habit of low and a tendency to “hope for the is always to Interfere with the cireulation of the blood. Where the blood has been over-stimu lated by a diet too rich and stimulating, occasional doses of mild saline aperlents such as cream of tartar or phosphate of soda or sulphur combined with cream of tartar will be very bendficial. The woman with a disordered skin whould never touch stimulants of any kind and should live principally on vego- tables, ripe fruits and externally to maintain your highest pos- sibilities for health and beauty. One of thé best for general usage is the fol- lowing lotion. Pimple lotion: Carbollc acid, 15 drops; graing; glycerine, 4 fluid drams; tannin, 29 grains; alcohol, 1 Sula ounce; rose 2% fluid ounces, Mix and dis- ‘Apply aight and morning, borax, # In some cases an olntment will cause the pimple to dry up and Misappear. Fos- Sati creum hws enjoyed a well-earned reputation in this particular treatmen as hundreds of Evening World readts | _ have testified. Here's the Fossut! croam for pimples Lanoline, 6 grams; sweet almond oll, 5 grams; sulphuric oxide of sinc, 2% grams; extract violet, 10 drops. precipitate, 6 grams: of A @ very little of the cream to each pimple; wait until the pimples are cured before using the face brush, which might irritate them, An ointment of the plaster nature tx also effective. Following ts @ carbolated ointment for pimples or eruptions Melt together 6 ounces pure lard and Lemonade {» an excellent beverage for the pimply subject, Don't ve afraid of water either for drinking or bathing purposes. 2% ounces white wax; add % ounce bal- sam of Gr, and when {ft begins to coo), stir in 4% ounce carbolic acid. The addi- | thon of balsam of fir to this preparation ‘You need lots of water internally and | corrects the disagrorable odor of the Amusements Sueno fe 't Moa.), Me, Anysomente Amusements, F : Pigott SSI zi NG ALERY, py Ww tity of tidal air and thus add to the supply of oxygen in your lungs. And let me insist on {t in capital letters— THIS ADDITIONAL OXYGEN OB- TAINED THROUGH DPEP BREATH- ING WILL MAK® A NEW MAN OF You, And here is the right way to breathe: 1-Breathe always through the nos trils; never through the mouth, 2—Take. your time about breathing. Breathe slowly, regularly and natural- ly. Do not take short or unequal breaths. They throw the eystem out of gear. 3—Fill the lunge completely, Retain the breath fcr a few seconds, then slowly exhale the alr from the lungs, Dut do this latter thoroughly, Breathe as deeply as possible, sending the air to the abdomen and then filling the ap- per lunge to thelr lim{t, You may com- press your hand against the lower DO FOR IT. BY MRS. AYER. acid, and renders it slightly adhesive, whioh ts desirable. When there is a great deal of ttching this lotion 1s very grateful and quickly allaye the irritation. Boracie acid, 1 dram; distilled witch hazel, 2 ounces; glycerine, 2 ounce: Apply as a waal Do not forget that, vigorous dally ex- ¢roise so as to produce natural perspire. tion is an actlye curative agent in all akin diseases. HARRIPT HUBBARD AYER, Knocks Out Grease from every kind of linen, woollen, cotton, silk and satin fabrics, takes stains off carpets, gloves, felt hats, vel- vet collars, hat bands, &c, frasee mca Works like magic, Nothing like it before known, A few teaspoonfuls in wash boiler will, with half the usual rubbing, make the clothes white and clean. Itdoes not injure the material, For sale everywhere, Amusements. OLITAN. OPERA «| HOUSE. 902-1908. etlog of Mit, MAURICE UieAv. t 8.20......DA8 RURINGOLD ected Price) Doudey BIN) OP GRAND OPEKA SEASON Under the D Sun. Ev'g, J 18, at $20. 1 METROPOLITAN fe RA + HOUSE. DUSE ,,tu8sir"2*, MAGDA, _Matines To- = iW, Ri, Bote eu" 4 Gr and Galleoti Dearne TAJESTIC *Atus dat OPEN Bt" WI 7ARD OF OF ‘Comp'y a 100, in sT, BROADWAY Pm aim Me e PA hig bie we bus) ale Sige a miRD IN THE’ CAGE, LD | Reveningy ot 8 Mu bust wt ituivs |aredually expands when | Therefore do not defy nature, and draw | Remember, TeLLs BUSY MEN How Jo BUILD MUSCLE. Increase rapidly, that muscles will beconie ston will abdominal lungs to squeese out the alr, 4—In breathing, do not throw out the chest draw jn the abdomen, how-| and that you will be frée from cold Hy drawing in the stomach into | any kind. And after a week or t “t cavity the free action of | ———— ngs is cramped. You will note EXHALING. you breathe naturally from the line and not from the chest. notice that your walst line | you breathe, You will in your stomach when you breathe, then, stand erect and breathe from the waist line up. You will get splendid results In this exer- else by holding your arms akmbo, and also by breathing deeply with arms fully extended. At first this deep breathing will tire you; will make you dizzy, perhaps. But persist and that fecling will very soon, disappear. It will be followed by a de- lclous sense of exhilaration. You wilh be amazeg at the strength this breath- FILLING LUNGS. practice you will want to breathe. all the time and you will enjoy walks tremendously just becatse nt to breathe the fresh air, | may seem enthusiastic, but after = experience of thirty-four years serving the results of. these 41 tlons I have the right to speak tively. . So once more, now, breathe If you do not intend to you had be not waste any time in» “| of these articles. But if you care 6 in 6 Deh EXTERD THE ARMS AND increasing your working capaclty BRUATHING SLOWLY FILL, 60 per cent. do as I have #ugi THELONGS COMPURTELY, nas ing will Fay you and the suddenness with which this strength will come to you. You will note that your chest expan- To-morrow I will give you exercine—just oue—which, witht deep breathing, ought to w of you, leet Forsythe’ S\igr PaOGTOR'S #2 THIS WEEK oa Siti } ection, ts 10 and 12 yard Sth We. 3 Dress Lengths su 1 Sy Ie Price. inst 8 Pe gee Scotch Madras, French Lawns, HULU Tie. Lex. ay A wt, Fancy Batistes, ” Maan iy wreck oS 35Cents perYard "ieee Camille Brion oat J, B ot Favoriten Vint ly i Hundredsof patterns. Never beforeof- PASTOR'S biaf dee ; fered at less than Goc, to $1.00 per yd, SHERMAN peronnnet ae John Forsythe, DALY’S THE WAIST HOUSE, 865 Broadway, 17th and 18th Sts pee a SS i THR MUSICAL Ui 3 ail ‘and Burl hegve. aK Tu STICKINESS OF 6 6 BIA Wallach ds Ee Ser “Et: Amusements, EMPIRE THEATRE, Broadwa, TONIGHT, 820. 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