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the Famous Diva Fsoribes, Her (ageing Youth to a Worryless, Methodical Life—She Has No Usé for C@osmeties or Beauty Cures, but Finds Fresh Air and €xercise the Best Blood Purifiers and Come plexion Aehpravers—iter Daily Routine of Living. (MME. PATTI INTERVIEWED She looks thirty-five. 1A She does not worry, She eats what she pleases. She drinks tea, coffee and wine, exercise. ‘side and'those to which ito reply is ‘ish or meat of some kind, At 2 b’clock luncheon is served. lat 10 o’¢lock. DELINA PATTI is over sixty. BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH. She does not believe in cosmetics nor in face steaming, nor ‘massage, nor any other beautifying processes. aX and water. She walks three hours daily and believes in plenty of fresh air and She rises at 8 A. M., takes her bath, and goes back to bed, whera she reads her morning mail, placing the letters she must answer on one necessary on the other, She breakfasts at 9 o'clock, eating heartily of tea, bread and butter, After breakfast she writes letters’ and walks for an hour and a half. The afternoon is devoted to walking and driving. -Dinner is served at 8 o'clock and whenéver possible she goes to bed If there are many guests in the house ‘and it iS impossible to leave them so early, Mme. Patti, or the Baroness Cedarstrom as she is known \ Laie the above brief summary are in- [: the chief rules of diet and @aily regimen which have made of ie world's greatest elnger, who ap- ‘peared for the first time in New York @orty-four years ago, and who has \Dassed the score mark, the mar- lwel and aid ict women forty years “wer Junior. When on Mondey night Mme, Patti Wwtood before an expectant audience and jamased her oldest admirers and the new rtends born of her first-gracious bow aorops the footlights, by her unimpaired mestery of her art, critics and music ‘Yovets marvelled by what methods she fms preserved her wonderful voice. But to women in the audience several jmore int ing problems presented themselve: gikied looked at the diva’e forme @leaming shoulders, at the unbroken line from chin to collar- boring and they asked themselves, and ‘wagited to ask her, what combined thagic of cosmetics ani diet and exer- ‘dise had preserved these charms. I asked Mme, Patti to tel me for m yesterday, as we sat in her, apart- lments at the Savoy Hotel, mide faint too much sweet of rodes, violéts and ‘orchids, sent by admiring friends, and ‘ehe-great singer smiled with that in- ‘tone, desire to charm, which {s the power, and shrugged her fine shoulders in private life, does not retire till 12 P. M. But it is a inviolable rule at Craig-y-Nos, he: castle in Wales, that every member of the household shall be in bed at midnight. if I do not advocate face steaming, massage or any other artificial beauti-|° fying processes. They ask if I do tot bathe. in milk or mineral waters. One wo asked me if I did not bathe in champagne. I told her I never had used anything but plain water and that I thought champagne would smart and ‘de very unpleasant. “As a matter of fact, I ‘put potting on my face, ‘absolutely nothing, . fr do} not. belleve in ateaming or massage, :& have never used either method, : “I live a simple, healthy, method life at my place in Wales, and take plenty of exercine, walking thrée houts every day, “I believe in walking. It 1s the most beneficial form of exercise known—far better than the more artificial athletics learned in a eymnasium. “T eat in moderation, but of anything my appetite sumxests, “I drink tea. coffee and a little wine and water when { need It. I do not care for coffe’, and only take it occastonally. as a stimulant when my voice is tired from singing. “You want me to give you an idea of my life at Cratg-y-Nos? By the way, the name of my wlace, contrary té-ali traditions in regard to ‘Welsh words, is pronounced exactly as it is spelled. it means Castle of Night. When I fi bought it it was suggested that I change the name to Craiger-y-Nos. which ‘and looked toward her husband,~ Baron ‘Cedarstrom, yw do I preserve my beauty,” she little beauty that God |happy. very happ: -thought—"I walk three liqurs a reg Happiness and exercise are the {only means I know of keeping one's youth, Together they: are almost In- ‘dallible, though one without the other ts ‘of little value. “People ask me daily when they look at my face without a wrinkle—for I haye not a wrinkle as vou see—what I do to keep so young. I tell them that ‘Whenever I have felt a wrink!e coming have laughed it away, “They can scarcely belleye me. Wom- ‘en ask tf I do not use certain creams, (@ermission of George Munro's Sons.) ‘SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. rich American named Drebber is found dog in a deserted nsecen houses De- Lestrade and 1 Sherlock omen in consultation to clear a the Rein Holmes deduces the theory: th ‘tae was poisoned by a tall, torld men ond to interview the Mr anes ‘who found ne peliogman anys 2 Wing’ Betwots ta nee ing. person ‘was Sater ‘aranken. she a cuban. if i ee thee mes declares ieee! Yea dered. ; CHAPTER III, The Capture. 66 HAVE just come from Stanger- | eon's lodging,” went on Lestrade. “He was found dead in bed. No |enerks were on the body. He seems to leave died as Drebber died—by some (| ayetarious poison. On the wall, above {\ Sto head, ‘was the word ‘Rache’ in let- ‘teré of blood. A ladder stood outside ithe window of the room. The man’ ‘valuables were untouched, just as Dreb- ber's were. So robbery was not the mo- tie. “Among his papers was a tolegram, Tt was unsigned and read H, ia in Burope.’” | ‘Was there nothing else ¢hat bore on "he case?” asked Holmes. | Pip Sait at Except poswibly a small are, Saplalsine @ couple.of gills, Here hos examined the oills carefully, each, Prats ee these two pellets is per- hour harmless,” he said at last. “The one of the most déadly _ @pick polsons known to sclanct. of thin letter wort killed Dreyder | Ste ‘There really is. not ich mystery about this case after Gregaon, who had jistened to. with considerable impatien tain himself no,longer. fi! means Nightingale, but I preferred the 01d Castle of Niatst meaning, “All my life I have been a in eatly rising. At Craig-y-Nop Iyget up promptly at $ o'clock ant my bath, which is of neither vety, cold. nor very warm water, * “Then { go back to bed and my mall 16. brought to me—o!, xo many Jéitets on all sorts of sudjects, written oe raul kinds ot ‘people, from all over the world. 1 read it, sorting the letters’ #hich must be answered on one side and thi whfch do fot require a réply on the other, “At 9 o'clock I am ready for break- fast, which is a substantia) Engiixh ‘meal, not the French mouthful of rolls and co! I eat tea bread and butter, fish or sometimes a chop or e bit of diver Lestrade went after Stangerson, and it appears that he was wrong too. You have thrown out hints here and hints there and seem to know more than we do, but the time has come when we feel b-| that we have a right to ask you straight "how much you do know of the business. ‘Cai,you name the man who did it?” “There will be no more murders," said Holmes, at last, stopping abruptly and facing us. ‘You can put that considera- tion out of the question. You have asked me if I know the name of the assassin. I do. The mere knowing of his name is @ small thing, however, compared with the power of laying our hands upon him. This I expect very shortly to do. I have good hopes of managing it through my own arrange- ments; but dt is @ thing which needs delicate handling, for we have a shrewd and desperate man to deal with, who is supported, I have had occasion to prove, by another who is as clever as himeet. “As Jong as thiy man has no {dea that any one can ha lew, there is some chance of seouring ‘him; but if he had the slightest suspicion, he would change his name, ang vanish in an instant among the four million inhabitants of this great city, Without meaning to hurt elther of vour feelingy, I. am bound to say that I consider these men to be moré than ‘Match for the official force, and that is why I-have not asked your assistance, If I fal I shall of course inour all the blame due to this omission; byt that I.am prepared for. At present Iam ready’ to promise that the inghent.that I een communioate with you without endangering my. own combinations, I shall do pe. Gregson andLestrade seomed to “be far from satisfied by this. assurance, or ‘by the depreciating allusiqn to the de- tective nollee.:The fornier had fushedl “i! up to the roots of his flaxen hair, while the other's beady) ayes ‘xllsténea’ with curiosity and -nesent ment. “Neither of them had time to speak, however, be- fore there was ‘a tap atthe “door and) ® ragged lttleiboy introduced his in- unsavory param Holmea| tion h ian anche BS, = Thai in 1861 steak. “After brenkfast I am ready for walk-and for an“hour and a balf traenp over che estate with Baron Codarstrotia or any fflends who happen to be visi ing us. My time until} luncheon is spedt in various ways, reading, -writing.or en}, tertalning my.guests. “E ‘always lunch at @ o'clock, and a eat anything 1 please.” . Then-Mme, Pat laughed. “No," she confessed, “not quite efery- thing. Perhaps 1 am false’ to New Yori in saying so, but I can't eat lodator, It Goesn‘t agree with me. Fagter luncheon we walk for, another hour and a half and Jater the carrinwe is’ ordered and P take-a drive. At one time I use to ride dh@rseback, but since the injury to my knee -edme tim I have given It up. Ridifig is, however, @ most beneficial exercise—after watk- ing, perhaps, the best, - “At dinner 1 take @ little wine water, and after dinner I amuse m in yarious ways until bedtime. Wut {s my bed time? Why, 19 o'clock, whon- ever that is’ possfble, and no mat what happens I am never up later th 12. At midnight everybody in Oraig- Nos is in bed. “phat is my, gaily life. It isvery sim- ples it mot? I have lived simply al- ‘ways, and I have always tried to be happy. and hot .to worry about any- thing. Some’ one asked me last. waek if 1 was not a Christian Sotentist and itd | fhad not preserved nry youth’ and’ Foire! by Christian Science. Such “en “Abr! surdity! 1 am.a good Occholic dud CFR, given me, That Js ail, “My advice to the wonran who wants to remain young is: Be happy—don't worry—wallc! “I don't know why you should think mo: qualified to advise them, but I am pleased that my audlenc young—~'Did. they really Patti smiled charmingly, affectionately. “The dears!" “What did I think of my Mudience? Why, it was an American audience, I to tae advantage of the gifts God’ last dont think any erpater pra “know T was born ii tT cae there rs old and ‘my tte: LAST REQUES a calf for q deéy afd t! breathing its last. “T-tcll mother,gf gasped marty: Addressing the sheep, O-stovod srear by, that I died game." ovér.—Chicago News! i ae -HONM Be sg MAGAZINE eS WEDNESDAY EVEN 7 NOVEMBER 4, 19 oe SES OE 7 years Of Age Ine coxa be T count myself in Mev t when Owe art is Mere Bet An ameteur spdttgnan bad mistaken he? calf, was tha dying sympathetic “t-tell mother Another struggle and the agony was for him. He had told menothing of its nature. The boy looked significantly at Holmes. “Plea: sir.” he said, touching his| forelock, “I have the cab downstairs."'| f “Good boy,’ sald Holmes, biandly. “Why don't you introduce this pattern| at Scotland Yard?” he continued, tak- ing a pair of steel handcuffs from a drawer. ‘See how beautifully the spring| works, Thay fastén in an instant." “The old pattern is good enough,” re- marked Lestrade, “if we can only find the man to put them on." “Very good, very good, said Holmes, me with my boxes. Just ask him to step up, Wiggins." I was surprised to find my companion out on a journey, since he had not said anything to me about it. There was a! smiling. ‘Zhe cabman may as well help |} the. four of GUL loss Of blood had Toinishing hie resist until Ly hand ur oc pinioned fy feot™ as hands lees ind panting. sa. to you He to m speaking as though he were about to set | °78™ small portmanteau in the room, and this ho pulled out and began to strap, , Ho was busily engaged at it when the cab- man entered the room. “Just give me-a help with this buckle, | cabman," ho sald, kneeling over his tas! and never turning hig head, ‘The fellaw came forward with a some- What sullen, dofant air and put dow: | fs Hand tb Assist. “At that instant there | was @ sharp elick, the angling of metal, and Sherlock Holmes sprang to hls feet again. “Gentlemen, hé orted,: with flushing oyes, ‘let me Intiodues you“ to Mry Jefferson Hope, the marderar of ‘Enoole Drepbervani of Joseph Stangersdn.’’ ‘The whole’ thing occurred Inu mo-| mento quickly that I had no time to| realize {t. oI have a vivid redolléction of! that. instant, of, Holmes's tfumpltinnt! expréstfon and the ring of his valce. of th cabmat's dazed, savagd’Yqacd ashe Rlated at the glittering handeutts, which apveartd ts if by magic tipott his B agcond of, $wo we might havo Geen! & group of siniues. n, with: an inarticulate roar of fury the prisoner Pionched himuelt free from Holmos's Grasp and hurled hlmaglf: through the Wooatrork. Bnd glass Rave way bef hums re, he. wot auto eons ic Holm ‘Sed 11 ented othe room, a grade and so many, and Excellence poe Ere sled by the passage through tt er that (wi For Thirty, Years the Standard of Purity Sherlock Holmes. @ * 4 conan none § A Study in Scarlet. us were shaken off aguin and again, He appeared to have t ponvulal trengta of a man in an pti fi MBs, taco. anil litte wero’ t erribly, rs well as. Nis That done, we Fose to our feet, breatt- Ja. Shervodis | take him ¢o} ne now, And, AL 10 NREL = i they aro fifteen! 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