The evening world. Newspaper, January 21, 1903, Page 11

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ey Bot + BYNOPSIs OF PRECPEDING CHAPTERS. ieave, a Hawatian, buys a magic bottle who posseasor may have every wish he exprésves, N. an, however, on peri! of losing his soul, may Gio with the ‘bottle In hia ponseaston, Alxo it must always be sold lower price (and in for It, After en- 7 and selling tt, nd joves a tl named Kokua. v awe becomes ‘a inper To. cure himecit he buys beck the bottle. Its price has fallen no Jow he is obliged to purchase it for two cen + He carrion, Kokua, ut the tear leat, he Rever get rid of the bottle, mal & arable. He conden In Konus, who, tele him emailer coins than oi £0 to 8 French settlement, wher used, hoping thus to sell ihe bot timen are CHAPTER Ill. The Love of a Woman. 2 © they fared to Tahiti. where they x S lived {n much splendor, as Kokua Jhad no scruples about, asking. the Bottle Imp for all the “money she wished. But they found no purchasers for the | bottle. For all to whom they, offered it either laughed in disbellef or cursed them as emissaries of the devil. Bo it came to pass at last that Keawe Idst hope and felt he must die without getting rid of the bottle. And Kokua, who loved him, suffered more at the grief. of her husband ‘than bad the sor- Pow been her own. As is the way with Women who love. Till at last she hit on a plan. Saying mo word to Keawe, she searched the #, .etreets at night until she found an aged beggarman, to whom she told her story, Bo earnest and so beautiful was she that she won his sympathy. She gave , him four centimes and sent him to Keawe to buy the bottle, promising to await the beggar’s return and buy it » * Wack trom him for three. This she did, £-rewarding thé beggar richly for his @ task. ~ And now the. bottle was Kokua's, As phe hurried back h?ome with the bottle hidden under her cloak, she murmured: “Now, at least, I take up my soul in both the hands of my affection; now I say farewell to the white steps of thepven and the walting faces of my friends. A love for @ love, and let * mite be equalied with Keawe's! A soul 7 @ soul, and let it ibe mine to peris AWhen ghe reached home Keawe slum > berea ike a child. Kokua stood and ~ @isea upon his face. “Now, my husband,” sald she, “It 1s your turn to sleep. When you wake it 4 Will be your turn to sing and laugh. But for poot Kokua, alas! that meant fio’ evil—for poor Kokua no. more sleep, fio» more ‘singing, no more delight, Whether in earth or heaven,” y Next morning Keawe awakened her to tell how an old fool of a beggar had bought the bottle, and how the curse ‘was now lifted. And he bade her re- ¥ Joice, But she could not be gay. So red, and swore she did not Jove him, and went to a tavern to drink, leaving her to weep alone. > “Now, Keawé knew in his heart he had’ misjudged his wife; so he drank ‘ the harder to drown remorse. tee Now, there was an old prutal white ’ man drinking with him—one that had .) © Ween a boatswain of a whaler, a runa- ° way, a digger in gold ménes, a convict * in prisons, He had a low mind and a foul mouth; he loved to drink and to see others drunk, and he pressed tho glass upon Keawe. 80on there was no more money in the company. « oftHere, you," says the boatswat: fre rich, you have been always You have a bottle or some foolishness. Yes," says seawo, “1 am Yeh. 1 . will go back and get some money from my wife, who keeps It.” _ Accordingly, when they were back in towm, Keawe bid the boatewain wait for him at the corner by the old cala- + Boose,.and went forward up the avenud @ione to the door of his house. ‘The i . plat had come again; there was a within, but never a sound; and * crept about the corner, opened the back door softly and looked tn. y There. was Kokua on the floor, the famp at her side; before her was a milk-wilte bottle with a long neck, Pd 28 sho viewed it Kokua wrung her & Bands, , yA long time Keawe stood and looked Yi ine doorway. And then he had a thought, and jt was a strange ono, that 4 |. made his cheeks burn. “Bo the closed the door and went softly found the corner again, and then came , molafly in as though he were but now Returned. And jo! by the time he opened the front door no bottle was to be sean, and (90 the Béitor of The Evening World: - ted is the shortest day in the year FRED. Eligible tf Born in v, Ly ie, Editor of The Wrening World: * Wap born in Russia swore his alle- ; to this country as an American > gitinen. Is bis son eligible to become a Peeaident oF civ OR, Dirty streets, We.the Biltor of The weesing Wort » South and West streets are not proper- Jy cleaned soon enough after @ fall of » suow. They are among the principal streets in New York, and all enow and must be carted across them tor Roce dumps. JERSEY MAN. To Warm the Cars, the Baitor of The Hventng Works: have found, elthough the weather i Cold, the car oorapeniee often sup- or _ ROBERT Louis STEVENSON. A Wonder Story in Which Ambition, Love and Other Human Passions Are Combined with the Supernatural. “Knowing how to fill ttle imp every moment of one’s life is the vital require- Are Women's Best Aids to Health and Beauty. ment.” Yesterday Mrs, Ayer’s article dealt with the five-minute gymnastic” exercises practised every morning by Mrs. Langtry, pronounced by Eng- lish artiste the most beautiful woman of the nineteenth century, to pre- serve the suppleness of her figure. These exercises are independent of dumb-bells, elastic exercises or any artificial contrivance, and consist of several simple movements of Kokua sat in @ chair and started up| the arme and lege. jeep. = Sr have’ Deon drinking ait aay. and THE SECOND 1ALK. making merry," said Keawe, ‘I haye ee eee BY HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. I only come back for money and return to drink and carouse with them again.” 6 Y= eco,” sald Mrs. Langtry, comtinuing her toilet, and stopping oocas- Both his face and voice were stern lonally to demonstrate her views (for this was a woman's heart-to- i Bisset but Kokua was too trou- heart health and beauty talk at their first meeting after many yeare), yon aa ehh ‘to use your own, my “you see, we are in one way the most fortunate women since the days of the husband,” said she, and her words k health and beauty specking epoch, ia ci . ever, I euppose, since that golden era when the nation made the health "Oh, I do well in ail things,” saja/@8d the beauty of tts race and its perpetuation of the highest mportance thas 90 Keawe, and he went stralght for the| uch intelligence, so much positive genius been devoted to the ways and means Gheataind ‘took out thovey, of attaining perpetual youth—which is the synonym for pérpetual beauty, “tt wan what I <eaced ‘. he thought. “} don't care what a woman's circumstances are, she cannot look her best ‘Tt ts she who has bought rr ‘uhless she thas learned to breathe correctly. The importance of correct breathing can't be over-eetimated. ah seat th ete anene “Adter ell, when you really reflect on what {¢ means phystologically, respira- rose up, tion és tho most Important Function in Iife."” his yee ries as the rain and as cold} “wea, yee,” I sald, “to use an Americanism, ‘there's nothing doing’ without it.” as the well water. Mrs, peri never uses slang, but she could not help smiling at the aptness Kokua,” said he, “I'said to you to-| oe that useful, it overworked, expression. day what Ill became me, Now I return| “ «eenoyely,” she continued, “until a woman has learned that her spirits, her to house with my jolly compantons," | neath, her amiability and her good looks depend upon her using her It and at that he laughed @ little quletly. | tneie fullest extent, she has not learned her most !mportant Ite prey alg? ‘Twill take more pleasure in the Cup 1f] "re qoeen't make any difference as to the woman's condftion, her environment, you forgive me. her social posttion or her daily obligatkms. Withowt money and without price she She clasped his knees In & moment, | can jearn the surest way to acquiro a clear skin, bright eyes and a youthful fac she Kissed his knees, with flowing tears. “She can make a strong woman out of 8 weak one; a fascinating and compan- “On!" sheveried, “I asked but @ kIN4}ionable wife or sweetheart out of a tived, Ustless, nervous, unhappy creature, word!” a “No matter what a woman's ambition may be, she can reach the goal of her “Let us never think hanily of the Hopes more quickly if she brings to hor efforts superb physical strength. other,” sald Keawe, and was gone-out) «we can all do without food for days, but no one of us oan do without the of the house. ‘Dreath that means lifo @ few mimutes, Now, the money Keawe had taken| «7 pelteva in the importance of pure food simply cooked. But pure fresh air was only some of that storé of centiine|m unlimited quantitice and knowing how to fill the lungs with oxygen, not only pices they had lald in at thelr arrival. | while doing breathing exercises, but.every moment of one's life, waking or sleep- It was very sure he had no mind to be/eng, i the vital acquirement. drinking. His wife had given her soul “Of course, no woman can breathe properly in a tightly laced corset. I am for him, now he must give his for hers: | norrifed when I think of the way I used to compress my waist before I learned no other thought was in the world with |now to use my lungs. him, “I look bacis on my pictures snowing my hour-glass figure, with positive At the corner of thé old calaboose | amazement. there was the old boatswain waiting. “How could I ever have thought I was getting my share of life in thore prison “My wife has the bottle,” sald Keawe, | cotseta! The greatest difficulty the woman who has worn the old-fashioned, tight- “and unless you help me to recover {t|jy laced corset encounters in her effort to breathe correctly (¢ through the im- there can be ho more money and no} pairmen of the waist and abdominal muscles which have been for years unused, more liquor to-night. “Tt ‘takes persistent practise in correct breathing to bring these weakened “You do not mean to say you are|muscles back again to a normal state, serious about that bottle?’ cried the “Of course, correct breathing dooms the tight corset forevermore. Fortunately boatswain. @mart women all wear the straight-front, which leaves absolute freedom to the “There 1s the lamp," said Keawe, “Do | diaphragm, end tiny waists ure not regartied as ‘good form.’ T look as if I were josting?”" “Deep breathing should not be a matter of five minutés‘a day. It should be “That {s 80," said the boatswain. “You|continuous. But until one hes learned how, it ts better to make a practise of look as serious as a ghost! regularly go'ng through several deep-breathing movements two or three times a “Well, then,” said Keawe, “here are|day. three centimes; you must go to my wife| ‘Fortunately the habit of deep breathing is easily forme4 and once you are In the house and offer her those for tho|a deep breather you need give the subject no further concern, so far as your own bottle, which (if I am not much mis-|case goes. taken) she will give you Instantly. Bring “Once @ correct breather always a correct breather, because the ‘lunge, once {t'to me here, and I will buy it ack] used to plenty of frevh air, febel at the slightest restriction and the discomfort from you fortwo; for that is the law|o¢ not being ‘able to breathe’ brings its own remedy, with this bottle, that it must be sold ‘We just show you one or two exercises—of course you know many more. for a less sum, But whatever you do, | Beginners should practise in perfectly loore clothing, not even a band or girdle never breathe a word to her that you] around the waist, and the throat ¢ree also.” have come from me. . “And if you doubt me,” added Keawo, san tonare your poret «alot nerer:| TAREE WONDGERFUOb SHIRTWAISTS FROM PARIS ete ee ee WHICH WIkb GhLADDEN NEXT SEASON’S SUMMER GIRE. So the whaleman went off up the ave- nue, and Keawe stood and waited. Daw Fr It seemed a long time he had to wait vefore he heard a votce singing in the ¥ darkness of the avenue. He knew the ay, voice to be the boatewain's, but ft was strange how drunken it appeared upon ‘a sudden, ‘ Next the man himself came stumbling into the light of the lamp. He had the devil's bottle buttoned in his coat, an- other bottle was in his hand, and even as he came in view he raised it to his mouth and drank, “You have it,” sald Keawe, “I see that.” “Hands off! cried the boatswain, jumping back. ‘Take a step near me and I'll smash your mouth! You thought you could make @ catspaw of me, did you?" “What do you mean?” oried Keawe, “Mean?” cried the boatewain, “This is @ pretty good bottle, this is, that's what I mean. How I got tt for three cen- times, I can’t make out; but I'm sure] you shant have it for tw “T tell you," said Keawe, ‘the man who has that bottle goes to hell.” “I reckon I'm going, anywa: turned the sailor, “and this bottle’s the best thing to go with ruck yet, No, sir,” he cried again, “this 1s my bot- dle now, and you can go and fish for an- other." So off he went down the avenue, to- ward town, and there goes the bottle out of the story. But Keawe ran to Kokua light as the wind; and great was thelr joy that night, and great, since then, has been the pence of all their days in the Bright House. The End, to them the company might accept from passenge: ‘Kketful of wood and coal aliernately, id of the five cents for fare. I think that they would not be t the losers by it, considering the price HOLD three wonderful ahirtw and a half to make a ehirtwaist. | of both coal and wood at present, It of Paris, models evolved by the| For the new sleeves are already of might be worth while trying, and <hus French arbiters of faghion for |immense proportions, and they are We would be able to ride with comfort |Bext sessen'a summer xirt, growing larger with every newly promui- when compelled to Nae oars. For a long time Paris, and, indeed, | gated style. Of course this change from) » M. | gurope in general, refused to have any-| the Light sleeve is not as sudden a thing to do with the plebelan garment} will seam to many who will look which, originating in America aome ten ' marvel at The Evening World pictures. Where can I complain about a prute| years ago, #00n became the most oher-, Abrupt reversions to typo aro as in ot @ policeman who beat @ young man, | ished sartorial possession of the Amert-| frequent in fashions as they are in na- splitting bis Up and bruising his ear? can girl, But within the last few yeara|ture, The bellows sleeve of 1908 te a A BPECTATOR, |the French dresemakers have not only of the leg-ot- Romer jes case, ane, together wi with Hi the adopted the ryt shirtwaiet have taken it to thelr very hear very general family resemblan: {Greene, No, 30 "Mulberry street having given {t the benefit of a Contt-| remote ancestor, ' “What's in ao ge mental sojourn, now sénd it back to us| Two of the sleeves illustrated seem {We the Rditor of The & properly “finished,” like a girl graduat merely exaggerations of the fashionabie ‘While people are i ae thous the] The first glance at these exclusive J¢-| mandolin variety of the presen, s¢a- sirie named Kate let us discuss the ; , » shows the name Henry, I find people named Henry, Aaa aa ite glory, The ehirtwaist which it ornaments fe of white linen, elaborately plaited atitehed, with the broad military: Which will be universal next To the Rditor of The Evening Worl to ite original posture. In & loose negligee, oreathing. slowly and gently. “This ts anoth deep breath throu, “This ts the best attitude,” the lungs with oxygen Mrs. Langtry Says Fresh Air and Free Lungs should not be @ While taking a deep breath with the mouth closed, turn the head slowly over the shoulder. Here Mrs. Langtry threw a window wile open and, clad demonstrated her views on correct she continued. “You see, stand erect, chest out, abdomen well in, heels together, alms meet at the hands on hips. Wiile taking a deep breath through the nos.||Dack, taking aA lONg }|aeparagm: take a long, slow, deep breath through ry trils I turn the head slowly to one side as far as possible over || hreath during the | | le. The great point is to do this stowly, the shoulder, hold a few seconds and exhale while resuming ; Repeat and alternate, my twenty times, movement. “See what beautiful rhythm I can keep by breathing very “Deep breathing mat -] ter of five minutes : day. It should be tinuous.”” eed ‘Drop the chin. Then slo it, taking a long deep through the nostrils at the sé Stretch thearmsout||{time. Hold the breath a few at full length and try to .make ‘the open letting the head drop alte laxed upon the chest. “A Jong deep Inbreath, then hold the breath mentally count seven, then let the breath slowly just as slowly and evenly as possible. This to one 84 Wast Indian exeroisen for acquiring self-control, by the bye. A exercise; Drop the shin, then slowly lift it, taking # long “Another good breathing exercise is taken standing. henostt {ls at the same tims. Hold the breath a few seconds.|.\.: “It 4s important to stand erect—head up and back, chest out, arms at, u Exhale while slowly letting the head drop quite relaxed upon the chest. Breathe in slowly, mouth closed until the lungs are full—hold a “Here is another: Stretch the arms out at full length—try to make the open|exhale always slowly: Naturally there is no imitation to the palms meet at the back—taking long, deep breath plowly during the movement. ‘exercises ono can arringé, bectusé one’ should practive deep searon. ‘The waist is simply triemmed | with horizontal bands of the same ma-| terial, ‘The sleeves are cut wide enough at the top to make a number of nar- row box plaits, which are fastened down Ull @ little above the elbow, when they fall loore, forming blouse over the wrist, further emphasized “by the much-gath- linen frill around the edae, the huge bellows whore size ts ‘Then there are the lying-down exercises, which are particularly good for | nientof one's life, The woraen who Will léam to breathe correctly women who have weakened the waist muscles by wearing coreets—one should Ile | ally flat on the back upon a level surface to take them. 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