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Fa sed atime iar ea aaa HOME PAGE Evening World’s Figure , Improvement Contest H | pengfliadonnre Women Who Wish to Reduce and Thin Women Who Desire to Develop Their Figures. Conducted by Pauline Furlong. Coprright, 1916, by The I’ress Publishing Oo, (The New York Krening World), REDUCING EXERCISE—No. 2. See Description in To-Day's Lesson. Reducing Course. A class of siz stowt women Lesson II. who wish to reduce their weight NOTHER mat exercise, for be-| and one of siz thin women who A ginners, is illustrated to-day) $ desire to gain weight, for eight and this one 1s hardly more! } weeks are competing for two adyanced than! 3 prizes of $50 each, to be awarded the one shown IN| § the woman in each class who the first lessom.! § gocomplishes the greatest im- They must be 3 provement in her figure. They taken fn the, 3 wit follow the courses of diet order they are! 3 and ezercise lessons prepared riven, and other by Miss Furlong and published exercises should daily for the benesit of alt EVE- not be practised) 3 yyNG WORLD readers ® Derren with these until re Te. ad elastic| Wich improves hegith, figure, car- enough to permit you to proceed ene Rl Ween neeeee She See- 2 with the more advanced movements,| A tepid or cold shower should be FT which will be given later, without|t#ken in the morning, after the ex- ercises, and these followed by a rub- strain. {down with alcohol, by those who can To-day’s exercise is also for the/spare the ume. This treatment a he body an st the circulation and pre- lower portion of the body and trunk |! bedy ae au aelive uey muscles and improves the health, ne y hot bath, whieh is red {hirough stimulating the digestive|ing, should be taken just before snd eliminative organs. Practise this) Zine: If it na be fale ercise as described and combine ||., ft*with the one given in first lesson. | #1 : Hh sub with ) trong ca Never take hot bath to the street, and, w a TO-DAY'S EXERCISE \t n at night, and the bo FTVAKE your position flat on your | dR Naiee vanaptacen } back, legs extended and to- greater reduction will be notices i gether, hands folded ind a 2 aS the head, so that you can w and control the movements of the | Bend the left leg at the b s wideways, and drag the left foot the floo: git up until the soe & of the foot touches the inner side of| , 3 the calf of the right leg. Next drag | BEST NOVELS PUBLISHED along thet the left foot and left l« COMPLETE ON THIS PAGE floor until you have resumed original § EyERY TWO WEEKS. starting position, with the legs OUt~\ twee stretched. (Copyright, 1918, by Street a Smith.) To proceed with this ¢ pie DENG | ngig OF PRECEDING INBTALMENTS, he right leg at the knee, out side- eaay of Latta Cameron, once We posmnant ays, and drag right foot along the of « forum river, Penning oor, bringing it up in the same mans ton Tyler, & ~ — eer Wer until the sole of the right foot lator, simile Wat pene oaalapeticd Jouches inner side of the calf of tae eens ta work om the case, Kennedy af: H pit leg, Relax the entire body after firma that she was drowned, They bear } finch leg movement and repeat the that she hal teen facing from some myvterious \ b cise se | eae 6 » influence cal ye death thooght end lin) ‘ xercise ten times with h leg. Do me alone nels. He tealie & Sake his several times each day with ex No. cama, Thea Tyler dice car nitemwreting ¢ sly in @ tre CHAPTER Vv. The Still Hunt. iS hurried to the undertaker's, As Kennedy turned the body of the man over, there on the back of the neck one could srcise 1 the number of mes, TO-DAY'S MENU SUGGESTION. UNCHEON or breakfast—Grape- fruit, boif®d salt mackerel, m toast, black coffee, n apple as a same nilk for or butter ay bo taken substitute acheon when breakfast is tak possible violence to the old man in broad day- 4EALTH AND REDUCTION AIDS, ona Jed street car, More ‘ a reason so many pf who|' adh nr notch OMG rete try to reduce lo: bealthy | t80 fO8h oA i ra color and me haggard and | Ing the hote and being fou . he worn looking is because they do not|end of thé car line was just about ke the proper precautions to guard the average running thme of a sure heir health and renew the WOrN-OUt | ¢aog car, No one apparently had which are torn down through on with now and proper ma.|apoken to ‘lm; no one had paid j the upkeep of the body iny particular attention to him. He J is that so many people «eamed meraly to have gone forth on anxious to reduce superfluous | 944 purposeless excursions to " i eB) Weight in a great rush and overdo he exercises, causing the mus hecome stiff and sore, and f starvation diet for weeks at With the result that they become thor- Pee vigil oughly disgusted with the entire obes- | ™USt have hapr ity regime without really giving ita |The work of driving him to his death fi to prove the great benefits| which evidently had begun long be- which may be derived from following | tore, had been completed T withg@Btelligence, patience and per= dy was noting and examine wpe the fate which had been pure overtaken him suing and had nov Put in the mean cethe exercises which Tam giving here one thing, and there an- ueh day are followed just a ey are not willing to let any fact es. futiined by me, and no attempt i! capo novice, But it was the red ‘iradually become elastic and pilable, most. He bent over the dead hs nature intended they should be, and | man, loosened his collar and tie, and so difficulty will be found in perfor ng the more advanced ones | fam in hopes that my readers will ‘remember at all times the great bene fit to be derived from deep breath- ing exercises, and when you bave th time take them by an open window ach morning for at least twenty-five nhalations. Do not stand in a raught, and wear a warm bathrobe nd slippers. While walking, or therwise in the open air, make d reathing @ habit and stand and walk! the bead and chest well up, them gingerly in bis pocket to flit over his face, me. “Walter,” ts of tinfoil.” Caref Diet and Exercise Lessons in New Courses for Stou | Dinntr — Broiled lamb chops, ea huge red blotch, Was ashed turpips, spinach with ¢ it a wound? It seemed not, Had the salad with sliced man a skin disease? That might be , orange gelatine. determined by a microscople examina- Any sugar substitute such as! tion, Was ita burn? It looked more accharine or cellulose should be used | like that than anything else. to sweeten) And yet it seemed wanifestly tm- that amy one could have done time something What was tt? examined the mark more attentively, ‘Then a look of comprehension seemed He turned to he asked, “be so kind as to go across the street to that tobace conist’s I see over there, and get sev- ly Craig wrapped up the col- jar and tie in the tinfoil, and placed Can You HAVE HAN ano EG@as For BREAKFAST ‘TO NIGHT 2 (THE DEATH THOUGHT “L think we are on the trafl now at last,” he remarked, “Let us hurry to the laboratory, I don't want to carry is stuff with me any longer than 1 have to. I'll put it in @ glass jar, and then at my leisure I can sce whether my suspicions are correct. Just now we can postpone no longer following up that clue which Mrs, Me- Neill so fortunately suggested.” CHAPTER V. The Psychic. 'T was still early in the eve- ning when Kennedy made his discovery of the strange death of Pennington Tyler. A message awaiting us at our apartment seemed to gratify him, In a few lines Mrs, McNeill sald that she had succeeded in making an ap- pointment for us with Prof. Alterego, and added -that I was to bring my camera along, a8 the professor had agreed to let us take some flash light spirit photographs, “Next In order, then,” remarked Kennedy, “is this visit to Alterego, and as it is always better to ap- proach such people suspicion disarmed, let us Jump into & taxicab and ride down there, It there is any- thing that the mystics of New York like, it is @ long ine of gasoline en- wines racing in front of their doors, To them that is the outward and vis ible mark of success.’ Sure enough, whea we arrived at the address given by Mra, McNeill as that of Prof, Alterego, several taxi- cabs and and the drippines of ollen the asphalt pavement before the house proc the prosperity of the psychic and the high character of his clientele, The house was an old-fashioned three- story and basement brownstone near the corner of @ street running into Longacre Square and overshadowed by a@ tall hotel thut had been erected next to it, Confident that we were already ob- served, Kennedy ordered the taxicab driver to wait {cr us, on the theory, J with suppose, that every bit of extrava- gance helped to create a good Impres- sion, The door opened to us at once, and Craig «libly took advantage of the coaching of Mrs. McNeill to gain entran 6. ‘The room into which we were ad- mitted proved to be merely a waiting room, yet was sufficiently weird and impressive to give the right impetus to any wavering mind. Several peo- ple were already there, all of them, it appeared, by appointment. The house was elegantly furnished. The lights ip richly wrought eiectroliers burned WELL! pon'T LET THAT ITEEP US FROM THE MOvi€S . WHAT ARE THEY PLAYING private cars were waiting, Beat It! PLEASE ona piece OF PAPI REMEMBER. ("LL LOOK IN HE PAPER Craig Kennedy at His Best—Begin it To-Day pink and yellow and in nearly every eee, | CAN TELL You MAM. MONDAY. TUESDAY — TOMMY ROT IN_NEART THROBS AND SADIE ees Sayin ( IURSPAY . BILLY BOOB j IN SOAP SuDS ee Bonk | UBB IN TRASH PRODUCED Y TYPEWRIGHT AND acs Bre @ manner that discouraged conver- By Maurice Ketten a IHAVE A PooR MEMORY MAM SHE CAN'T REMEMBER ° HER OWN NAME fj SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THE Nowe / / BILLS WRITTEN ON A PIECE oF PAPER black disk, a small dry battery and other color in the hall, the reception sation. what looked ke a flat coll of wire room, and wherever we caught a She motioned us toward the long He placed the disk back of the books, glimps®. Mahogany showed every- table, and handed us each a sheet of with the battery and the flat coll of where, plain and carved. Our feet paper. wire, which he was careful to lay sank almost ankle-deep in heavy “If you will be so kind as to be horizontally, Then he closed the door ru A cory Oriental divan nestled seated and write out what It is that softly, crossed the floor and resumed, you wish about, it will and in one eorner, and deep chal: and cushions Invited repose. Yet in all the ease and quietude there was an air of mystery which was fostered, though not thrust upon the visitor, One by one the clients in the recep= tion room were summoned to see the velled prophet in his sanctum, with- out visibly reducing the number wait- Ing, for as often aa one disappeared the door opened and a new arrival was admitte idea what I not dn knew what to nfusion—perhaps misunderstanding, and will help you to concentrate,” atte directed Inasmuch as I had not the slightest © ask Kennedy for fear that the walls might have ears, | » The girl had noiselessly withdrawn, and we were alone, his writing, So far the whole thing seemed crude to me. In respect to the writing, it appeared to be no different from the other fakes which {t had been my rivilege to Wateh In the past, ex- cept that In this case only one sheet of paper was given to each of us in- stead of tho usual pad, The lead pen- . cily on the table, 1 observed, were of hard lead, and not any too shai All of these facts seamed to interest consult the professor save a good deal of time prevent a Was there for, and did to do with my T glanced about At last our turn came. A young inquiringly, but, not catching vny hint Kennedy as he sertbbled away indus- lady, trimly dressed, with a hand. {Pom Kennedy, 1 was content to jot "ously, composing @ hypothetical some face that even the enamel on 42 @ brief inquiry as to the bagt vase to set before the professor, And prospects 1 her countenance did not spoil, eon- monial way, ducted us silently in the general di- might have in # matri- t the more I thought of it the crude it seemed, Once the that being the last thing young rection of the presence of Alterego, 1 1 Was seriously considering in my looked in, but, seeing Kennedy gathered that this was Miss Brown. fd at the time, stilt at work, withdrew quickly, At low, one Of Alteregv's pupita, As'we Kennedy, however, was quite ua last he finished, and we waited pa passed dewn the hallway a youngish Str to Write as I was to make the “ently for her to return, Bhe took ian stopped for & moment to apeak Mont of tho few wordy 1 could think some thine, and evidently had not to her. ‘We could not catch his name, Of After he had written a few won I rving us from ®ny point a nd, without look. of vantage, for there wa: element but his face was that of a cool, crafty y met , | Wek OF Rernee up, tried to smift his cha ax if of Suspicion in her manner, , Sophistleated beyond his years ; ? 7‘ ‘ ; tO get into a more com I Now, gentlemen,” instructed Miss He, too, It appeared, was another of (0 FRY Mit mor : nice wap 1 Mae fi 4 r sition for writing, though the Sire w, “if you will fold up what Altorego's pupliy—the left bower, as {O'R if : it A s Brownlow was the right bower, Were Siready disponed in just written and put it in your A iy at oy ches right place. Not succeed) he ga veing careful not to let me ra evidently set both of them hoe ae ne A b esd : a quick glance at the floor, and fessor Alterego il be paddies worthy of much fu “t dently concluded that the chair was + moinent to read what you ‘ Exe Mine Mstened. He did not betray eith minds’ and answer your : pansed on, f wing * audible or visible surpri tthe d Brownlow. The room into which 8h® covery, Hut continued to wr Ken folded up hin sheet iducted us proved to be ANS” aleieicucit he Mahar ATER: Do Lea ites antes hamber to the at eanc Some five minutes must ay i wn lowe written lines am a one was there ; occupied in thia writing, during which He bad wri out a dream—or, On the floor, covering the re Of not a sound disturbed up. Surely this had, as 1 knew, composed @ the room was a large, thick rug, 1k® way the place to concentrate if any- dre and had asked the professor those In the reception room and the where. Kennedy paused, commenced to tell him what its significance was. runners down the hall, At one 8id@ piting his pencil as if in doubt to T Iream read something tm this was a long library table, with three go on, then began casting curious f r or four chairs about tt. There were widelong glances about ‘the 1 other chairs in the room, a couple of nen he rose, aw if he had been rnt eit a bookcases, and on the walls mystic cramped, and took a pace or two Fas * bud fomniliar signs and symbols of many sorts, the about, He was debating somet sa a mh, petiole winged sphere, the wheel and cross, hig mind, Craig was not the man to vom 7 a gent deal of me, Emus the serpent swallowing its photo- hes’ long, He made up his mind aut at oe 6 deal of hor, It kraphic enlargements of scenes in quickly, He toc 6 chan India, and on one wall an elaborate Opening the door of one of *! bookcases, he put his hand bac f ‘Ig this the room where thie school the row of books, There seemed to meets?” asked Craig, gazing about in mock awe, "Yes," purred our conductor, but in I could see be quite @ space between them and the back of the case. From his pocket that he bad drawn a little s he end all right melt away im anotin This dream thea | meined to be nent HANDICAPPED &% By Jackson Gregory The Story of a Tenderfoot Who Begins in The Evening World Oct. 30 arming a Bet trough the country as 1 had when - I was a boy catohing butterflies, My walt took emetery, when one of the a terfiles that 1 had ever seen fitted Made Good : ked up, ead on the headstone over the gre: where | bad caught (he butterfly I saw the name of the mother of « girl who loo very doar friend By Arthur B. Reeve Friday, October 20, 1916 Original Designs for The Home Dressmaker Advice in the Selection of Materials and Styles for All Types Furnished by The Evening World's Expert. By Mildred * Deserts tion, HE finding of ready - made clothes which are becoming and well . fitting te more of a prob- lem to the stout woman than the slim one, so that home = dressmak- ing with the former becomes as much @ matter of necessity as economy. The lengthenirer fashion line is im- portant tothe stout woman, and requires more consideration than in generally un- derstood, This ts because there are so many different types of stout women, such as the short-walsted, the long- waisted, the short-limbed, the hlgh-busted, the low - busted, the round #houl- dered, ete, each requiring spectal treatment. Where the lengthening line of @ low chemisette, reach- ing perhaps to the waistline, would be excellent for the short-waltsted person, It would be disastrous for the short-limbed one, it #0 any con- spleuous length. wise trimming on the walat, ale though good for a short-waisted per- son, would not do for the short- mbed person, no matter how stout she might be in the waist, The most Imposing line of length for suct®a type should be on the skirt. ‘The design shown to-day has many features admirably suited to over- come physical pecullarities of the stout woman, but the type with low bust, high shoulders, and ajim hips, | will find it particularly helpful. The back view suggests @ good use of two fabrics such as satin and serge \ AFTERNOON of mine, bot a Tt wan not the girl in my flirt @ream, | 4) person whom I really know, The is alive today and opposes my oult, In much shocked to find that thongh I knew T abould the mother wag dead, profit by her death, i There was no time to discuss this curtlous jumble, A curtain was pushed gently aside by Misa Brown- low, a dgor on the other side of tt opened, and the famous Alterego ap- proached—or, rather, floated over the carpet He was clad in a long, flowing, bro- caded robe, Around bis head, binding up bis long, shiny, raven hair, was ea purple turban, This gave bim a thor- oughly East Indian appearapoe, vhich his dark, sallow skin, thin | hose, Wide moyth, and deep brown | eyes served to heighten, He was, at! any rate, every inch @ mystic, whother at faking, fortune telling, or selling patent medicine, And yet as I studied the face it was crafty with @ craftiness that I had seen before. Not a word was sald as ‘Liss Krownlow withdrew, He advanced a little amd seemed to close his eyes momentarily, as if trying to get tn rapport with some bidden force, It| was done with that peculiar impres siveness that I had seen before, only not half so effectively, in other fakers, Of course, the man already knew our | names; that had been necesary to obtain the appointment, Yet when he pronounced them for the first ume even that came with w sort of shock, | ay though he were reading something in the minds of us, strangers to aim He continued to advance, now with @ hand outstretcaed to welcome = s. 1 am glad to meet you, Mr. Ken , and Mr. Jameson,” he began, in aw soft, insinuating voice. “I shall ins terpret. your dream in a moment, ne Lodewick FROCK OF TWO MATERIALS. SUITABLE FOR STOUT FIGURE. > Plain silk combined with plaid silk—the latter on the bias, foam, stripe or back of bodice and tunic also would achieve a pretty effect. Dark blue serge could be combined with blue silk plaided in green and dark red, and dark red velvet ribbon would look well pulled through the slits In the front of the waist, and dropped in back from under buckles at the belt line, The gollar could be made of plaid silk, also the cuffs, and trimming buttons from the red velvet ribbon, The front view suggests that the whole frock be made of one material, with double faced faille ribbon to form the distinguishing feature, Buttons made of the ribbon would Accentuate the lowest points of th tunte, which is a deta for the short person to take note of. » i Answers to Queries '} | Peshion Editor, Evening World: Will you . please Kgest a dtyle tu (dark green ook velour), and also @ becoming blouse to wear with it Am twenty-four years of age, rather stout through the bust and weigh 1Bh pounds. Sash stri on ekirt may be tipped with fur if any le used on coat or with self braiding, Blouse of green chiffon, Bead banding or embroidery tn dul blue and musta and bead ball button: WOMAN WEAK, DIZZY, NERVOUS /\ make my suit skirt ' A AN) |Health Restored by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. N. ¥ yal and with backache, wa Jamaica “1 suffered greatly with m weak, dize with nd felt very hot miserable, as twas irregul, for twe cars, One day when I was feeling unustally wy But first, while 1 am waiting for the sister-in-law came forces of niind to inspire me, let me in and said, ‘LE show some wonders that will con- H wish you weld try vince you skeptics of the univer-, i ferdla Biel hare sities” began taking it and Lam now good He had resumed his position In tha health and am cured, I took the Cons middle of the room, eyes half closed, | pound three times a da as if communing with @ spirit unseen aad on retiring at a ght to mortal eyes, He had d both Rayowe ae che , ing yet, but I fe instinctively hat N.Y he wags none of the old style faker; he Woman who reaver thelt be hake Wene ADOUE 1h td Bly ARERR renee Fe ly tell others what helped them, CAS WOUIR WSgIne ® EERUAS be ePh write and allow their names and thist would--if such @ Ching existed “All that I am going to do," he pur sued, 4s done in the open, If you are atill not convinced I may even make @ special appointment for a daylight seance, though | am not here ord ly then,’ But what [ do atn doi e daylight as well These forces you scientists deal with always the same, My work is as open as the wireless telegraph, the SyTOsCope, the X-ray (To Be Conunued) tographs to be published with testi+ wonials. Many more tell their friends, | If you need a medicine { - Wo- men's Ailments, try Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget orn peni Write Lydia E. P ‘s Medi« cine Co. (confid\* }) for anys thing you noed to kn\ bout these troubles.—Adyt. ‘ - ‘