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\ + Parisons obtained last Saturday. HOME PAGE Evening Wo Improvement Contest Stout Women Competing Marked Progress—Comparison of Figures Made on Tenth Day of Contest Gives “Mrs. D.’’ Lead in General Reduction. By Pauline Furlong. Copsright, 1916, ty The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World), * REDUCING EXERCISE—NO. VII. For Description Read To-Day’s Lesson MIRGT POSITION THIRD POSITION ODAY I have an interesting report to make to Evening World readers who, follow- ing the courses of Developing and Re-| ducing lessons have been wondering | what progress {8 being made by the six stout and the six thin women who entered the Figure Improve- nate ruaiomt ment contest. Saturday | weighed and measured four of the six stout women, and the} results which tape and scales showed me bad been gained by only ten days of exercise and diet were high- ly satisfactory, One woman, “Mrs. Cc.” had lost eleven pounds; “Mrs. D.” had effected a reduction of six rld’s Figure in Reducing Class Show SECOND POSITION lax the body between each set of clreles. SUGGESTED MENU, REAKFAST or luncheon: Grape- frult, brolled tomatoes, bran muffins, coffee. Dinner: Roast beef, cauliflower, green vegetable salad with bolied diet dressing, orange ice, HEALTH AND REDUCTION AIDS. HE muscles feed on the blood, and thelr growth and develop- ment naturally depends upon its condition, and the amount sup- plied Contracting the muscles squeezes the blood out of them, and relaxing causes the blood to flow rap- Idly back again, The dally contract- ing and relaxing of the muscies, through increased physical activity, causes the blood to flow with renewed energy through the entire body. When the circulation is quickened the mus- cles are increased in size and strength and immediately begin to throw off Inert tissue, unhealthy, superfluous fat, or take on the nec y layer of and one-half inches at the thighs. | padding of bealthy fat which the body “Mrs, E Inches. 4 reduced hor hips four requires. Thus we Understand (aati daily prace Two of the stout women |tice of physical culture exercises is were unable to come and be meas-|JUSt 45 Necessary to those who would ured. galn weight as to the obese, because healthy muscles will not take on inert A comparison test of the six thin] tissue or superfluous fat, nor remain women will bo m and the results will be published in next Tuesday's Evening World. The following tables give the com- Re-} ductions in weight and In measure- | mente at walst, hips, neck, upper arm! and thighs ure those which ordinarily may be expected to yleld noticeable | Yesults. Therefore only these will be charted in the contest. Also I will} explain the methed of cemparison by! which contest results will be judged, As the aim is toward general redue- tion, e#th pound lost will count one} point, and each inch of reduction at the five measurement points will count one point. In the following tables these “points” are given os the contestants rank to-day, “Mrs. PD." leading with nineteen: MRS. D. At start. Now, 203 197 84 31 | .47 44.4 | Neck . . ie 1 | Upper arm.. 15!2 a Thigh sees. 31 24/4 | Totakreduction points...... MRS. A, Ro- At start. Now. duced. 225 218 Total reduction points MRS. C. Re- At start, Now. duced, Weight .....218 9 207,11 . 38 36 1 49 47 15 142 14 14 a7 26 Total reduction points... 16 MISS E. | Re | At start, Now. duced, 190 187 3 30 2 48 44 k 13! 13 Unper arm.. 122 © 12> Thigh . 28 252 | Total reduction points Reducing Course. Lesson VII. OST women who bh M followed the exer fatihfully ‘se shown the first week of the serles are now in condition to master the log vireling exercise, whith is not so dit. | ts the ficult as best one for reducing thighs and loins and| giving classic contour ta the lege be- low the hips TO-DAY'S EXERCISE: 1K flat on your back, hands foid- ed behind the head, xo that you may wateh and control the keg Movements, Raise the right leg, keep- ing the knee rigid and toe poloted downward, and make several small ciréles with the log. Keturn right leg te starting position and do the sume with the left leg, and then relax Pro- coed with this exercise by making the circles larger each time until you c make ten or more large circles » pach leg without becoming tired, le- it is tiring: trudged forward, “what are you Je this Saturday | Stripped of the padding of healthy fat with which nature intended ‘they should be covered. Beginners with the exercises should take great care not to become too enthusiastic and overdo the movements, which causes strain and soreness of the muscles and often more serious results. Five minutes twice a day will be sufficient, and the movements should be slow and deliberate, with continued con- cegtration of mind, Fvenind World Daily Magazine Can You Beat It! xetstena, zon | HELPED OU TO BUY A HAT Now HELP NE PLEASE Cone To THIS HIRRAR AND SEG HOw WELL (IT LOOKS ON You 5 —— IT'S AN IMPoRTED HAT - IT'S NoT MARKED BUT I'LL LET You HAVE 1T FOR Forty-NINE DotcarRs HANDICAPPED * Deaneeamamessnaeen BEST NOVELS PUBLISHED ON THIS PAGE COMPLETE EVERY TWO WEEKS. (Copyrigitt, 1018, by the Frank A, Mutsey Co.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, Greek Conniston, rich man’s gon, and Roger Haygood, dilettante, eiart West ou $400. whioh Conpiston gave Greek with inatrue- aod delicate Greck ts big. and inay, They woo < prety off at her station vem in a froutier town, They follow ber toa far aay raseb, CHAPTER IV, Continued) HE looked up at him, a little 4 puzaled frown in ber eyes. “We? You have friends with you?” “One friend, Roger Hap- good, He was pretty well tuckered out, and the red-headed gentleman who calls himself Lonesome Pete is e him along in Ms buck. Then the buckboard drove up, and Greek Connision devoutly wished that he had left Roger Hapgood behind him in New York. “I say, Greek," he growled as he to do next? Just because that little country girl of yours" Ho stopped suddenly, in his sure prise forgert to shut his mouth ‘The same eyes » hod laughed up into his when she offered him ten cents as a Up were laughing ) 1 now He dragged bis hat stammering from his head, 1-1 bea your pardon! J didn't know"-—— He looked to Connistun to finish for him Miss Crawford—for you are Miss ‘ rd, aren't began Cone n nodded, T should have T know, fam Wil son of William Con might guoss. ‘This is Hapgood.” Mr. Hapgood bowed and murmured the expected ¢ ntionality. The girl inclined her head very slightly and turned toward Connis- ton “If you have come all the way from the hills this morning,” she was say- ing, “and if you plan on going to Crawfordsville, you will want to rest until the rol of the eveniny We have 11 o'clock luncheon jn summer, and have already eaten, But if you will come in L think we can find something. And, you can rest until not in a hur A flight wide vera with its hammock: cushions 1 t 1 doora, and within a long, high « inged room whose appointment in that of m to comt every detail tast she left them to go, she said, to see if there Was anything to eat. And while they marveled at finding the splendid comfort of Fifth Avenue here on the far rim of the desert a spoke, of wealth and you can telephone your message from here.” When he t Central in Craw- fordaville, Miss Grawinre, told the girl for him to charge all coate to her father, and that Mr. Conniston would pay her for tho service. sank into a chair, “I—l'm a bit upse' grandly. "Ir made aul t wasn't your father?” “That's the trouble. little Japanese boy in snowy linen eco a Be i and tele. refuses to send @ cent, And he's owed himself in and invited them to Phoned to th» Western Union Fi Le him. sles “You will rush it, will you, pleas eens ‘o-morrow for @ year in They went down a long hallway asiad Conniston, after his pattering footsteps, and — “Certainly, and the answer? Shall ¢,.4 coming toward them through the smoke. were shown into a large, airy bath- We FPP ENS Ht OCE Me Tee deville yard from the corner of the house. A "The ol’ man said I was to show room, with a glinpse beyond of a . iO. tt i oment.” jddle-aged man, heavy and broad- you your bunk” remarked Jones. CORY MUG FOR es pad To Miss Crawford: “We may stay ®Houldered and white-haired, was with aC i bees EPA ane 88 Peed room Was Immuculate in white Uling, Mere until evening?” Me aoe Met . hho. tub ehope neanienaen uy ute) to tine of riding.” °Mr, Conniston,” she said, ®this te wand 90 Connisian rap tetronuess 0 rr Wark hi ni hla ai teen, ceiver: “Lf you should gvt an answer Hapgood.” : ” 7 Wather chair'with w tabla clogs 4 before § o'clock please telephone it crawford came up the steps, giving PR. a unewern| with ® Joyous oath its elbow, decorated sunply but ef. t,me here.’ thin hand in a hearty grip to Ue two enat te certainly looked like tt, fectively with @ decanter Of WIUKY «isn and found Chaire in ine ghade Ton tno came forward to meet him, {e's puttin’ Brayley tn on thi and a silver box containing cigarettes, leaned back, enjoying himself and the sound of the splashing in the bathe ers a wiicome little breeze made for cool comfort. And there the Jap- anese found them some Ume later. yed over room. “Most honorable sir, looking 1 My “Bat'il have nigh ona hundred men How do you like the West, Roger?” doubttully from onn of them to the i grect ati bas ny ined roe down shere workin’ overtime before he palled, banieringly, uther, "the telephone would mpg en ay A ee wome money,” Cons ; iui” Something like, eh, Greek?’ Hap- with you. p al, ay,’ have bis paws full without tryin’ to " 7 ' n laughed. “I wired to my father eae full good laughed buck. “Do you know, | nniston sprang to his feet. a piston laughed. (if wired 10 my terme Tun the cow en,’ too, believe Lil stay. And the dame—ish't message from dad already,” he erted ‘An’ I reekon," continued Jones ‘There {s nothing doing!" to Hapgood, “The old gent is prompt as the very deuce—God bless him!” she some class, eb?" He finished hia bath finally and at last emerged, hulf dressed, to lounge He said, The hint Ghee ‘o Y {ed after the boy into the ly. ‘that he would not send moa dol- i. . eo hair while his friend took ness, hurried Mbersthe bor thio, hh. MSU Gee, he eranice mie tor ae big bunoh of punchers. | Huh . n door opened "Mr. Conniston,” the telephone girl Something for myself, And”--with @ sini the cook pit ab ruefal grin niston, trouse ad hare was asking. Y in hand, standing the doorwa: . I'm Conniston, Yi event th the men, dragging thelr chairs r as ous t so e, 0 ge from my father? 1 haven't ten cents > y a ‘ Fionn a8 heli peer taae rare, yee Shall I read it to you?” Mr. awford laughed with him een waited no other tnvitation “Welt old mane’ Hapgood amited "Phrase." “We won't worry about the dollar St ee | ; Rah nan the olin It’s rather long,” she laughed into just now, Mr, Conniston. But what wen an he saw that there were three fer, my bor! You the telephone, “But he pald for it. are you going to do?" ee Ia Ie ea Le ‘ tas P It runs: Conniaton scratched his hea init Se CRM Aca hat seven dollars and USBI a esau our eine 3a i : own chair and at down i net ceived, Sorry you misunderstood “T don't mean to he personal, but: rhe fame reat eo 1 m lont it me, Bo that you will maki» no are you used to working” Mia Ieft helped himasit I mistakes in the future I shall be “"T never did day’ ‘ork in AOE ROOD HE Ve TATEERS | pie nat Hapgood was upon bis pee Ai moe Bre wee. lee » day's wor! ™Y and dragging 11, dripping faring, “Have you looked send you one ® dollar for at WEben what cancveude?? edge of the platter and ento his own ugh all your pockete?” foant one year dave TEAC cP RRR UME Can Fou OT an: plate. ery one aK aNd the end of that time you have know anybody who wanta a good Then he shoved the platter toward MRR iicwusoaa tenn on done something for yourwlt man Conniston without looking to see jole! chuckled Co: may help you. | leave for Europa - fj whether or not it arrived at its proper “What the slevil are ww going to tommorrow, to be gone for a year cAdittia,Mlekor of a amie shot crows Terination, and gave his. Undivited exclaimoc er, on my first vaeation, It w 0 Je attention to the dish of bolled po: con niston " at Pavgnit ned ne good you to teltarmeh tna teen Bit t for pee mien ell the which the man upon his left had Haven't you any money?” GEN waik if you ean, fT cannot sow spunehey weet Sow: Do! 78h a ee cL sainiunsan CAEARIte About seven dollars,” snapped L rou ishing yo ant to try * '; hare : “About seven dollars,” snapped Hap- help you beyond wishing you ‘onnlaton'siglanee at the girs eager BA, AbDeaRRA, Chey roe Into conver © Japanese boy came to summon “WILLIAM GCONNISTON SR.” face decided him. FaAEe mations of whith Conniston une ind they followed hin ance Meath sadS, alwaye had a curtoalty to know TARE mater Ot ne t h ; , hen they punched the almoat nothin mor anid feeling rexnectahle, CHAPTER V. gpa eae nd. _ Evidently the cowboys were premwed rhe it badteen war wamcrtee EN Conniston’s sanguine {Wat dollar T owe You, mich werk Roth on the ATE Moon ang kame a temperament was not qunet ae tes rorurned Mr, MAR, Brayley, was 1 son mor Nd Mere ese frutts against the shock of IS Crawford, crisply “Thirty dellara e men and sparing no one th carrying H 4 and fresh mak Con- father's message. He knew month and found. ll have one of the OU! the orders wh ame from head~ Bie laughed with them oven piste his father too well to hope that he boys show you where the bunk-house Wartere | unt of the winning of the two Would change hia mind, relent, His pet 1 begin work In the morne eee eugton had been foreman horses and keomed dxposed to take eyes showed @ troubled anxicty when One of the men employed by John Over the ranges tH Mr. Crawford Dia roles vile. he Fae whole episode he went slowly back to confront W. Crawford, 1 man whom Conniaton j to tako command of rattan than apgood's pessimistic yangood, came to know luter ns Rawhide Jones, fon work in Rattlesnake Val- outlon ye - conduete: y tu the bunk-house “Uy al! right, L suppose, alnee Con Weil, what's the good newat Conducted him tu the Dunk -loune ch tho meat five more men niston haw rich futher Roger ad- eried Hapgood, the trees for the eighth of a. mite and with a word of rows wasn't the old gent to eall on, I'd like i heined A to know what w do!" > 7 aniet f one of After a little the girl maid THE BRASS CHECK +b By George Allan England 3 fy! Coen yg eee ot “If you wish to wire for money" “J re he hod eon meet M Criwte snd there Was just the faintest A Modern Mystery Story With a Real Plot feanee Grenke Anotioe wie toy f seorn in her voice “vou + * it * , ’ oe ‘ete Connisto Wie atifie ¢ wait until you get ta Craw Begins in The Evening World Nov, 13 Hee re a eod Nae statins ile, We bave a telephone and @ apd said @ quiet “Howdy,” Alone in the Big West, a Tenderfoot Finds Himself and Makes Good Conniston shook hig head as * he answered mistake, that’s It wi Then Conniston saw Miss Craw- them that he was glad they ’ t his home, “Argyl tells me,” he sald to Connis- ton as they sat down, “that you are Mr. Crawford lifted his eyebro: went on Conniston } “Tam in debt to you for a dollar to pay for my message—and JOHN You MUST TAKE OFF YouR HAT iy A LADIES SHoP ——_ SAR RES ais By Maurice Ketten | NEVER SAW That HAT BEFORE IT MUST HAVE COME iN THE LAST SHIPMENT SEARCH ME | he way into a hollow cleared of trees. Here was @ long, rambRn building--a stable, no doubt, At each end of the stable was a at And at the edge of the ¢ another building, long and ory square window truded from the and from it rose a thin spiral A. stovepipe Spud went on: sleep all the time up here! steak, piled high, upon the ta By Jackson Gregory leaving the benchiand and finding its corral, low, with one singlé door and several little pro- r end of this house, 1 of an’ takin‘ ol’ Bat Truxton ciean off'a it to throw him Into the Rattlesnake.” thoughtfully, “as how Brayley wont He'll bo wome busy if he don’t take on another t this 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 Lodewick Description. LONG with the too apt negleot reckoning the expenso of a hat in consider- Ing an outfit, so that it ls always @ target for economy, Many women are clever enough to make thelr own hata, which, once tried, is found to be not nearly @o difficult a task as it seoms, Tf one cannot make the whole hat, there are nu- merous ways of varying the un- trimmed shape velvet, My sketch of the model at the top shows how the regular crown has been removed and @ tam crown of sult material made to replace it, This may be braided in the same oolor or black, matching two brushes, ex- tending one from each side of the brim. Thus « hat of elegance and distinction may be had for the price of & poor specimen, ! ‘A pretty suggestion for softening °”t-leather bottoms, could be worn? Many thanks. MRS. W. H. im of @ hat ts shown in th the PTI fatrow | bton plaiter Cream net for a petite type of girl, finely, forms the main trimming and China atlk for demure type. Boot is very dressy, The lower sketch Could be worn, but patent leather shows ellk plaited over the brim, |*!PPere are in better taste. Answers to Que i Fashion Diiter, Brening World: What material do you consider pret- tlest for a party dress for a young girl fourteen years of ago? Also, will you atate if cloth-top shoes, with pat- THREE DISTINCTIVE HATS THAT CAN B MADE AT HOME Wort: Tam @ woman forty years of age and dosire to have made a dress of dark blue satin. Have 42-inch bust, 40-inch hip, MRS. D. V. R. Dull gold cord or narrow band- ing to outline neck, finished with a flat taa- eel, Fine tracery in gold threads where = indicated, Chiffon eleeves, The last man to come in was Bray- ley. He was a big man, a trifle y shorter than Conniston, but heavier, with broader shoulders, rounded from Fashion Ptite, Brening World years in the saddle, and evidently Will you kindly advise me if a hat very powerful. He was a man of should be worn at a home wedding + forly, perhaps, and as active of foot by @ woman who has previously been¢, asa boy. His heavy, belligerent Jaw, | divorce@? A B.C. the sharp, blackness of his eyes, the yes whole alert air of him bespoke the; formnan, | Renae’ {Coniston Py, conscious ot the nan oie cima arcing black eyes as they swept the young table ‘and rented on hiin. ;Olgbteen and a half He noticed that Brayley alone of years old, have the men who had entered late had no brown hair and blue word of greeting for tho others, re- £¥8. medium built, word froin them, @nd considered pret- stopped suddenly, '¥. I have five yards his eyes burning tnto Conntston’ er BAY plue sorne ‘Who might you be, stranger ye | for whic wou snapped, his words coming Orth aine| ae you to suggest pleasant, almost metallic sharpness. |*& design for busi. Conniston caught the unveiled new ree yet suit- threat in the foreman's tones, saw ile for Sunday afte that he had come fn in the mood of a/*noons when out man ready to find fault, and took an| Walking. Instinctive dislike for the man froin| , MISS A. B. whom he was to take orders at a|, T&rnished — silver dolar a day pres tor totaling, He returned Brayley’s glance stead ollay can be over- tly. And staring at him steadily, laid with a white made no answer. satin one for Sun- g talk?” cried Brayley, 4ay#. n't u angrily: you deaf and dumb? — T sald, who might you be? | Peshlon Alter, Evening World "I heard you," replied Conniston,! 1 am making a long covert cloth quietly, And to the man upon in| coat, What sort of lining would be Jett: “Will you kindly pass me the | prettiest? Would cherry red be ade | visable since I intend it wear? for MISS C. H. nan grinned tn rare enjoyment, ice he kept his eyes upon Bray-| Black satin would be more effect! wering face It was hatdly/and practical. You would soon tire strange that he handed Conntston &| of the red, plate of stewed prunes tnatead enema’ Conniston sald to} Yasblon Editor ‘The Brwaing World Brayley . t Kindly tell me what fashion {s best for a girl of nineteen who has auburn hair, blue eyes and white complexion, and ts of medium height, Ma- terial to be used is white taffeta and tulle. It ts to be worn to a fashion- ablo wedding. MISS R. B. I have designed a aastyle which ts suit- Je panniers of taffeta are foundation of taffeta. ar, Silver ribbon at front Evening World t what color to em- « dark lavender dress to more youthful, Have brown MISS B, ng step fo! shed his onesome his chair f "Connia w, ON th O longer ts the festive jack rabbit nsidered a nuisance in Australia where he formerly hed upon as 4 national plague ere were so many of sovernment has decreed skins obtained in the pul | country be made into bi despised rabbit uns| headgear, and t —.. io favor again, al as to im that all /