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ome — . : — ae ~ Fvening: World Daily Evening World’s Figure Improvement Contest and Exercise Lessons in New Courses for Stout , Women Who Wish to Reduce and Thin Women Who Desire to Develop Their Figures. By Pauline Furlong » Ovorright, 1916. by The Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Brening World) " « How Figure Improvement |; ' May Be Continued. ‘The names of the two award | | Pleasing Christmas -Gifts | Easily Made at Home =: Attractive and Useful Articles Employing Rilbon as a | Medium Which May Be Fashioned by the Wontcn, | Who Likes to Make the Presents She Gives, By Mildred Lodewick [Such Is Life! == | MUL SEE WHAT \'Lt GO OUT ano ' CAN Oo To GET Deseription, OR the last min is one of the most #@tisfactory mediums with which to work on account of Its neat finished edges, and the pretty decora- tive patterns = it comes in, which takes the place of hand elaboration, At the upper left ts @ knitting bag made from two straight widths gathered over featherbon- ing at the top. At os cing. winnere In The Evening Hihiltey World's Figure Improvement is my earnest hope that the con-| } Contest will be published in testants and all of my readers, next Monday's Evening Who have followed tha present World, .together with their course and made! { photographs taken at start progress, will and finish of the contest and stick closely to tables showing weight and the hygioenio measurement changes of all mode of living,| 3 contestants, which I have tried to outline) ¢w wrens or ¢o thoroughly to bring them to Progress, Names and addresses of | readers are never published, normal figure} and health. It is ' MORTGAGED THE HOUSE CARINE FURL Dot much trouble Answers to Queries. “to live properly, especially when you begin to see improvements from | 4. @ame, and, as vight short weeks are) “Barely enough to show results, I feel “sure that most women who have followed the course will continue ‘fits work until they have attained ired results. A rigid diet and strenuous daily) *@Rercises are not at all necessary for the woman trying to reduce and this has been amply proved by the won- @erful progress made by the con-— testants for the prizes, even before the final measurements have been ,taken and published. Intelligent Itv- ing and fatelligent eating must be the watchword and the sane, sensible, Persistent regimen followed, rather ‘Gian spasmodic, cancerous methods, which are often resorted to by so ny stout persons who know abso- Yutely nothing about the wonderful machinery of the human body. | *\ THE CAUSE OF OBESITY. Fs: of all you must be made to| understand that obesity Is a dangerous disease and must be treated as such, for it frequently leads to many serious complications and indeed, even death, Vital organs crowded out of their| Hightful places by heavy rolls of tat} @annot pousibly be expected to do th work intended for them by nature! and this ts another more essential! motive for reducing weight and k take off weight purely as a mat v vanity. y 4-—-The treatment for obesity must be ‘eth local and constitutional, with complete change of former habits of living, eliminating all of the cause: of it, and patient effo ‘ected to igprease the ac y of the dep ° organs so that the depos: CHILBLAINS—MRS, F, J,; Bathe chilblaing in a cold solution of hy- »chioric acid. Do not use this, how- er, If the chilblains break, as it will be very painful. Instead use the fol- lowing: Olive oll, one ounce; lard, one ounce; ofl turpentine, one ounce; beeswax, one ounce. Mix ofls together over warm water and then add tur- pentine, EVES FADED—ROSE 8.: It Is hardly possible that the cold cream you mention you used to encourage the growth of the eyelashes and brows made your eyes @ lighter color brown, nor caused them to become feverish and glassy. It 1s probable that the ammonia which you used to clean the bathroom inflamed them, Gasoline or coal of] will quickly clean enamel ware in bathrooms and kitchen sinks. | BORIC ACID SOLUTION AND LAVENDER WATER—MIts, G. H.: | Borie acid solution 1s made by pour- ing about one t of bolling water over one tablespoontul of powdered borax. Let stand twenty-four hours, shaking often. Stra the clear| portion, which has by this time ab-| sorbed t possiblly can. It ts much | more iomical than buying the so- lution from the druggists, ‘o make lavender water, put about three handfuls of lavender flowers in @ pint of pure white wine vinegar. After standing in a well-corked bot- tle for a week, strain, GREASY, LIFELESS HAIR—G, L. I; Over-stin ulated condition of the scalp causes (ie halr to appear greasy several days after washing It. Do not | *|brush nor massage the scalp and wash tag normal even though many per- it with the following: Two raw eggs 4nd several tablespoons of Ime water. | Wet the hair thoroughly with hot water from @ strong spray and then shampoo with the above. Then re- move all traces of the egg with more hot water and finish the ehampoo| with a spray of cold water, IF YOUSOLD THE HOUSE WE DON'T NEED THE CO, ayes Gooo! Get SOME FRESH RIGHT You | SOLO THE RY Cc S Are V a E VERY the right @ hand- some work - basket made from plain straight lengths of mbbon sewn over embroidery hoops and trimmed with rosebude. Quite the newest and original sift is the ribbon Slip for the edges of the coverlots, all of which are slipped into the one ehield.| Ribbon bow knots and Tosebuda, to- ‘Two straight lengths of five or six-| gether with white rabbit fur, com- inch wide ribbon are sewn together, | pose the trimming of the albatross and on the lower edge of the one to| bed jacket, The pillow in baok ts of be used for the top, a tiny ruffe lends | black eatin ribbon centred with. a further daintiness, Ribbons tle the| padded pink rose, Boudoir elippers open edges together and help to se- | of ribbon are easily made from a two- cure the coveriets, while @ decorative | 20h wi ane powser bag com bi wi wreath of rosebuds trima the top. but effective manner” “= ® simple eee al | The J One Heart May Warm Another. The Yule Log Radlates No More Com- forting Glow Than the True Chrtetmas Spirit Burning tn Some Warm Heart That Seeks to Share It!—Anonymous, ‘ AM going to send a Christmas) those whem the reaper eo Mv dinner to the Y—— tamtly.|ratt of @ merry Gtot rth eed Those poor ohildren will not} “Why, 1 never thought of ft in that have much of & Christmas now that/way, Sae-ay, would you mind tf tho father has been taken away.” tucked a few gifts into the bottom I turned in my seat on the train tol ot your Christmas basket? get a look at the speaker, when her | there's poor Dot—her husband died companion remarked, “f should think | month ago, X think I will cheer he you had children enough of your ewn | up a pit, T never gave her a gift, bi to buy for.” M 10 different now. Her husband a\- “That's just ft," replied the kind-| ways made Christmas eo pleasant for faced woman. “I know what it would her, and I can fust about imagine mean to my dear kiddies if they had/ how she will feel. I am #o glad | no father, and my heart goes out to/ met you! You've given me a nei’ view of the Christmas epirit. I hav» | Rever before realized the full mean- ing of the Christmas motto: ‘Good will to all men,’ I have always had ample Christmas cheer and good w!!!. rous and unsightly adipose mie already in the tissues are Moved. This cannot be accomplis? in a few ks, espectally when know that this fat has been By Charles Neville Buck [ ns feighied to ores family Ne end lende @ .) but years accumulating, so reader: ™ hor @ of wistfulness place at last from which as one upart burg and pursue you to London or not going to love you unless you make oF ought to. He's the present day| {1d year I wit shave tm wn Bigalow: the cou T eueT NOVEL® PUBLIGHRD) to the curve of her fips. Belf-anulys she could took up at the ‘stare “and Parla, but each time business matters me, Come, lets o back Othetic, culking Decnuse Oe can't S¥t| those’ wnoes elreuatetacens” Seve te follow the Lidpabe ‘ t, bad intruded down at the dancers. She was begin- Inte: i a ci ito. bare! ‘them last two mont ON THIS PAGE COMPLETE iis caret te Aad pag Ring to feel the solace of her escape "Do you by aay miresie of chanc CHAPTER VII. concelvable that ho's not aching to ers , a hg « Gore enters EVERY TWO WEEKS, Perhups the silent volces of the when she became conscious of a white remember an injunction 1 jald. upon toave ft rubbed tn. This reonlle 6 recy ents ee mountaing were in part responsible ad figure approaching her, It was you one afternoon by the roadside” HILE Mary was spending an Cun't get @ dance?” repeated the only yesterday: ‘We are not plan. “. LOST FORTY-FIVE POUNDS. | . the Frank A, Munsey Co, Haverly Lodge lay in acres not only only when he was Sawer Spee Bee ary Hee aoaet tae aat reas hour with her reflections font area youth perplexedly. ning ‘anything for Christmas. this 7 tte: 7 LOP: , tely beautilied, that she stood visible in the depth of swered w n . "De . “Why? He following letter from 8) SrwOPSIs OF PABCEDING CMAPrans, f the estate met and the shadow, He halted ihe and any Women over Soege her rst cone and while Jefferson 1d- vrhayre snorted. "What chance bas Tor rock char a pee working & PERM er, OED ne CO Ee tet teauiy ake out a had cine, um: merged with nature's ragged fringe. bowed bis apology. piiment?” Se erat eames B® hoor any one ele when Ham Bur-| 404 [ham ster montns Sony? should prove interesting to "here iis family ekew state aera, teas te Metalled roads ran out in lumber — "f beg your pardon,” said @ voice ‘What was it? * bills several miles away, @ ton's yified pomeranian eequesters other stout wor ~Dear Miss Furlone: 1 did not 2 I had lost Now thi or in Wall 8 His trails where the Adirondacks reared which struck a vaguely familiar chord ‘Wield tentently the dangerous gift gmail group of unattached men lin- hor In some shaded nook and whiapers| Nw po another basket Santa Molnar Paul tine aut te bee mutes turrete of granite and primal for- of memory. “I didn't, mean to intrude, of your witcheraft—the'—- she ab- e musical nonsense into her coral ear?” . Why, my fae dilettante, Mary, alster of O8tS Twas just huntjog for @ spot whers ruptly broke off in the quotation and S¢red near the punch bow! and clgara ‘)iVicl! Honmense tt a? Diltties are expanding and I can 909 the lettante, Mary, alater . an Paul Burton? Gifted wh alter your contest bec: cate et dim. ‘This Adirondack “camp” was one T could watch things without having found herself coloring like a achool- !m the living room of the lodge. pomoranian fita him nicely ¢ © © ore a ye pod dorty-five pounds since your health re Ee ead i, of H. A. Harrison's favorite play- to talk to any one.” irl no emerson Edwardes took up One of (..:9 refugees from the gone but why should any man be jealous| f ‘Gulp telhess tae olla — tiga to ks we {wo clash over bi assumption of *h9 things, ‘There alone the nervous test- — Mary Hurton laughed, the injunction where she had left {t o¢ dancing activities was of striking of—bim? osition te the keynote of the Tesi Baticies first started to appear, and, ee ee ae eee Horse’ Jessness that drove him gave place “You don't have to talk to me,” she Incomplete, "The freakish beauty. of bd Mi “A man may be jealous of any| Ont! epirtt. There's 4 awd had only cighteen pound alone and Harrison, to D6 to womething like peace. assured him, “because, as it happens, your perfect, unmatched eyes,” he appearance. When he stood he tow- creature that all women pet. Paul Se ng and f ean sew unde © to lose to bring me to normal ® sioaaclal world, when they cail Wo "among the guests now gathered that's why I'm here myself.” prompted, and she heard him saying ered and even when he sat, as now, Burton can pmy to them until their stand kat tie —— meant wh- 4 ‘that I could nor win. cot against one of bis nada, there was Mary Burton, She sat in The dismissal is unmistakable in again as he said once before, morosely lounging and taciturn, golden souls come eoaring out to be! ine sala to me the other 1 wore in hips and at : | —_ her room overlooking the terraces and tts terms,” he answered, “Yet, since T "You are aa beautiful as starlight on bulked iarge and wore a countenance playmates with Mis golden soul. You aven't Clarence to buy for ‘iy taking more flesh off ast, | SHAPTER VY. lens at the aide of the mansion. have come a long way, may I not ait water.” of such strength and determination and I, having no wives, may be able but there are so many unfortunaie where I ain none too stout? My| CH. ab . ‘ust outside her window was a small here for a moment to rest—provided I Mary Burton turned and faced him, as suited his giant body, Notwith- to laugh at such things—but Has- children right around ue that I ant “health Is much improved since losing (Continued,) \e: over whose wide coping am very silent?” er voice standing his present detachment and wel! has a devilish pretty one—and ea! gallery Hi trembled, e Di P ing to do all I can to make thei| Weight.” j KNOW that the market clambered @ profusion of flowering Mary «miled and then quite unpre- “Why did 1 bave to meet you to- @ seriuusness that verged on milen- e devilish tocluh one. pte Fay » fue es wenla Practise roiling and body bending | ¥ opened quiet and that later vi ‘Through half-drawn cu jreditatediy sho found herself tnqulr- night? It ten't fair! They have fed ness, the face seemed more patterned . have done for ce had he been yand follow a not too rigid dict and daedynad as she lay in a long reclining chair ing, “A long way? Where do you come my selfishness until {t has etrangled by nature for the broad arin of good- ‘The garde epared to ua’ The dear woman ty you will lose in these parts only, Coal Tars broke and there she could see the purple voll of the from then?” my heart. All afternoon Uve been alt- fellowship and clean mirthfulness. —orly Ledge. ¥ probably finding pleasure in plannin, f thank you for your kind letter, You is a flurry, It doesn't sur- young summer draped along the dis- "From St. Petersburg,” he enlight- ting alone—hating myself.” Obviously, Len Haswell would have terrain as bost sulta the ambuscadt: a marrd Chretien for those 35 en *have certainly been persistent to have ” tance where rosy fires burned in tue ened in a casual fashion, and after a | yRquen referred being elsewhere: o a with th nai P prise me.’ Jem n Edwardes smiled in the DP: warfare of the small god th 8) real joy is an unknown quantity, and wade such wonderful improvement} 5. 1 Mee stalone regarded bis Wake of day—or she could turn het moment he Aded, “to geo you! dark, but spoke gravely. “The Big Follow's having « Rrouah, bow and darts, in the happiness whe le st aikers r figure and health, Fo Lebeutey eyes inward and havo the other pto- — “You just said you were seeking a ““iyiy,,¢ eh, what? He's getting a bit squ ‘aewoll thin! Bae Saure ond tee former protege across the table. ture which the mirror offered. Ser Place to be nlone, and why should you wae tid Fon nee Nice, een aah cant’ gutusaied hore ecuatlon. chine mort Leite TEM Be, 17 etree i Rane mecionies. Readers are invited to write me| “Woe have taken steps to support slender hands lay quiet in her lup, look for me whom you never saw be- that! Thayre to the group centred where with Paul Burton away from the| this very Sttemacon wed have Gem wiee after the present course, | Goa) vr, aia. holding an envelope. fore and whom you can’t seo now, for 1 the punch bow! was belng adminis- a thet! tination to for ‘a D Coal Tar he sald, “but the times a) ee Pa rye b Mary Burton questioned him, a little Pp’ 1 « dancers, lsaving their destination sent around to you, I shall buy a Bah asd * Parlo @ Instat 08 fo Ol ° ecupan m ike voice. A grouc! had ever had A when he bracketed the namo of this| eat their Christmas dim oft tae dla Us I8to a dual upon the Aoor Of th® the room—her ald. Foe your pardon, Miss Burton“ why-—will—you—anmume this role?” grouch he had kept his secret well, An slender "and arecetey wit en ae new cloth, And lets oover the basket — ' Teena meron Buag conn: Julie,” she sald, “you may go. there, you sen {know your name, T phy, will rou—anmume thing asa American by adoption, he was still broker with that of Mary| with holly, #o the Christmas sprecd Ru ian Pre mie r ens e may be ata xugt bgt ‘ail t Come pane k in bale an ee ta nat HAYE 6 very definite t beg eee ray ate chemistry of souls. Life i* a labora- segrenaively Fritish tn apeech, dress 7 as the two most beautiful will be complete.” SSli the end wo shall bea ef “eput, mademo' dinni ot like, Not being a} raid | tory where Destiny expe: nents with and eccentricity women fn society 4 > us will ha rd ourselves 1n @0 far off’ and you ure not yet dressed.” can't put It into words” “ {yy 7 oy 4 % Will ha r in ure n d "ean i test-tubes and re-agents. Powerful in- nd." went on Mr. Thayra amia- ‘They were oppostte types: Where (EE cA ate. 8 CO! © thoughts were elsewhere after n spee hecame for an ins! sult because they hold in common no the last chap tn the world to intrude 4 golden morning tn ) Sees oo n ong ourselves kid i mon n'a ,aeitation Julio wen ate chievously Pg al of Soares, element of reaction. Other ingredi- on his meditations, 1 folly welt ken t Loraine with hea yi] A sowly fe) LEXANDRE TREPOY, the new 1 Dat & wi me "S and closed the door quietly behind yo mu ® lante yoy ents at the Instant of mingling turn myself what it meana to hang e8 of softly spun Jot colled above||| @ Russian Premier, is widely] M1" ily 4 thing for you to court, her. The pearia lying near the mirror you--cr @ match—I gUPDOse YOU Solel Gr erin np feunlode co bute: cariously on the fringe of pinthom: brow, looking out from eyes uggested Subways In short,” Burton's words came caught the light and echoed it In might into flame—beoause they were meant with only a beastly wh'sper of an in we yools of darkness, might an Known 46 a progressive and a! with a snap, “you charge this flurry their soft shimmer, fa ‘The man drew a small oase from 4) taingle to that end. Nature anys come—and by the Lord Harry I'm a uoen of night. But reformer, He 1 fifty-four yeara old, | to «y authorship, You come areing “Hamilton Burton's collar," she ha socket and struck @ wax match, 59. "Doeg the reason matter?” hamsland (diveeaee adiion aaa: 5 carmina blossom, HE first great underwater tunne! > righ men of| peace preats 4 ntle- murmured: holding it close, it nderatandine, but a tal Mra, Haswe | Ran wae ope Of the righthand mon of) Ti Ou tempt me to do West aca Tune ots slowly drew'tro the anc she met his gaze and he stood mo- salalot wecaueelane car earee ites Sout aaa Meine lana aie spoke jow With a’ oki) eeu was built beneath the Thames Count Witte. | avian 9 mo with doing, ‘Threata have velope in her lap a letter. Its writer tionless until’ the tiny. lave tea vented b a you t king blond hatr ie 103 iwi ua rill | at London by Sir Mark Isain seen, ‘Trepov, dis father, was as cor-| 1 over’ ssamed to me a persuasive are abscribed himself with many ador- down the length of the shaft and O78 tlde against which tt was a use Geer toh ete he ea ; {ity to-night? Your | band Brunel, Brunel was.one of the a a4 by Je py a Ss he Es subseribed P< any a, wow 6 length of n I less thing to struggle. claim, “I am looking, but T see not. reature in captivity to-night? Your nel, Ny hated by the Russian masses! gument for pow Ho paused and jng Hae eth e cinta hs Turned, tie Gogert, His agen never “Mo ofalg clamlstey le eng of the wan teen Mai ae ns 4 over loveliness t# to a man's Imagination | most prolifo inventors of his timo, » the son 1s loved and respected. It] then Jaughed. "Go back to your that was an abbreviated signa Ure. In lett her face, things they didn't teach ma much and dropped into a nt Haswell'a what Wilde sald white hyacinths are| ang he was @ pioneer in many lines after the Bloody Sunday riots. |sanctums of righteousness and you will Andalusia, where his estates lay, 18 ‘In the brief and Itmited {umtnation t te: Brabalie baoktee man tar t worth going withoue when ynarmed mobs of strikers and | see that this tide will soon turn, It prerogative was to sign himself Juan she had recognized him, too, and she P Can you put {t in words of ono dancing much this event br but the Thames Tunnel ie his greatest their families -were shot down by the! is not in my plans that tos Gay shall carlos Matisto y Carolla, Duke de bent fmpulsively toward him, ” Kirk by way ‘ but {nto her mirth) memortal. ‘troops, that the elder Trepoy became | eo down in Exchange history as a Metuan, “Then you didn't die? You won He was standing close, but ing conversation yr was Injected as the| It was @ wort ch suggested to detator and the real ruler of Mussia, | fay. The rumor of an attack In a few days, unless she forbade your fight with your even ohance? no pent ne . and his oe filled and iol The reply urt » & note of wistfulnesa Trunel the p lity of @ tunnel ii.< the liberal and enlightened | by me is absurd. My brokers will he it, the duke would arrive, this note On. T namo eieal® amplified the brevity of his mono- ‘I've heen wanting to dance with captivity,” d slowly, /under the T While passing q Rept neMIPAK, During the Trepdy | fund De fhe Taare The NSE: from’ his New Term Dovel announoad, You" angworel Jofferson gyiahies, ‘tn threa, T love you your wife,” persisted the othar, "but through a d 9 noticed a j » whole empire was tn a state | tine t TAY Pnawer BS ELVEN IN PenteO Ce eee en tice ns Edwardes gravely, “That's worth re- "anton he camahe both hoy nerds and Pie wifey. perslated the othe nT left you, | piece of whip timber perforated by a Gh wlgeaval. Peasants attacked the) mot fst By TAY 0, Le en ee ee et tae fusing to die for! spoke with tense engern his time Haswell did not vouch nd ad my ¢ Teredo Na- manof houses, policomen were assas vant ad anarily torn into wmall bite. | "ve strange, Mr. dy fore ehe knew It had kis safe even a monosylinble In r ‘king of n the worm's ainated and (irand Duke Sergius was}! ll, Good day Sha me fe sehe ae ere Deen fi > Spoke almost dream|ly a dozen times, the tactleas Kirk ass me all that rn ug Into the iain in Moscow é 5 that she horself had hot procisely because I've been. liste She drew herself up and ta burden of the conve try to w “3 mind The Czar was soon convinced that CHAPTER VI. eunceramed w eu ie r a tod voice of the hills, but Th B\t- with a nervousness that border “T call it rough t boetr t on shield, der measures were ARY BURTON had not long rather comfortably {nto tho artificial LS /here| alone—hiding while the hysterical, two truly beaut! 5 ly auger by put into effe : from Burope lita sho had been living, whion sho EV® been here I've becn thinking of — “I wonder,” she gala hrokenly: and Sone ta nay pr 4 nea screws, famued a decree est: FESR UFO Ee BAe Ae begun to question, As YouWondering where you were.” paused only to repeat again; "I won- nts and purposes, to evaporate na was cul meh Oakes vay satarnnincat en sealed windows and ore looked back she could not recat "FOr that, too, T thank ‘whatever fer whether it's the great adventure Siler Mutt, ere meth ato suanorate. bon 1ld be at band ous kinds. Trepoy was dismisse boarded entrances began OS, ROS ne crus Nek repel S there be" ho assured her. “It ve dreamod of—or just moon-maa- » thin alr. What's tha ie wreh J and Count Witte given the posit to give a aepulchral bia ane Aesth has been a long tt since we met neas? Ought I to he very ang? If use of struggling to keep up with r Thames tunnel |) Prime Minister ses of the. roh.. Bem cape guitare. nd, with a and I was afraid you had forgotten. f'de come'to love. your? think W will ue steps?’ : 6 que ; eneed in 1888, and, atten man Pore new Premier, Alexandre Trepov ‘ ing town, and for Mary somewhat weary step, Mary Burton Of course, I'v andi knew be heaven or hell to me I'm not Len Haswell rose stiffly from hia very cently. “You What T goto Son NaRees In 2 dents. it eee B'asaor the disinisscd dictator, wae-one nain when her set had crossed the teow mid aary @urton that my prophecy was t fulfilled, gotng to be angry until I've thought chair, and, tossing hia clear through thoy us ma Bat go 1 1848, When Brunel wae Vitte's ablest assistants, and sug . ike re fe Int pr when t Twtce T planned to ten Peters- about !t—and thought hard, and I'm open window, stalked astlent! pra . me of Witte's a B- |g ve been ke reigning maid. At dinner ater when tha P ps : ria, Brunel zested a number of reforms inspired & ah New York had moon had risen and the guests danced rom the room, The blond young man ,_ er aaa f make shoes by the new constitution, "ty ASH he | rand onapitulated. on the smocth mosale floor of an out EEE — . getieemianiis ed nor Dee Ie kee NA Ie cinlee . Maat touncil, Bince the ouwsren Burion should. have. bean nthe acmblance of a Greak thea ht 4 Story of the Alaskan Wilde ner he — ae y he has bi M ar of W py young won ttin ey were p x of la ater 1 ne: , 4 her gratuitous, fon. wasn't it?" 1 € a t " i h life S80) eT- jones e earne > act wi the re 4 pe “4 » you mear arry Kirk “ tae Emperor. 1g harassment of uurest to 9 Aan sh 1 t 1 weed areas rot ogra ee ee t that Know Lon

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