The evening world. Newspaper, December 28, 1916, Page 15

r ° 4 t Ke Diet and Ex For Beauty ercise Rules. and Health| y! Through This Column The Evening World’s Physical Culture Expert Will Answer Readers’ Queries Regarding Diet and Exercise Required for Im- Bhi proving the Figure and Bettering Health. By Pauline Furlong Copyrieht, 1916. by The Prem Publishing Ob, (The New York Drening Wort.) ECENTLY I told my readers that we can make ourselves just as old as we think we are or desire removed. of the body will with the condition high, dry, mountain air causes middle-aged persons to become doints, sagging cheeks and sallow com to be, and it is @ grave mistake for fled to the thought that stiff epledion cannot be overcome and Inactivity of the important organs and functions do more to bring on old age than almost anything else, and dally exercises and proper foods will make and put into active circulation many new red blood corpuscles. Late in life these red blood corpuscles are working without any care or supervision and their development and rejuvenation can be readily brought about through right living generally, especially deep breathing practice dally, The bodily environments have everything to do of the blood, as we all know, because great decrease in atmospheric pressure on | the dody’s surface, which brings into general circulation many dlood corpuscles which were pressed and under the pressure of low altitude. Pressure of fat causes an unequal) Gtetribution of red corpuscles and also ‘weak diaphragm, and this important breathing muscle is greatly hindered} ig {ts freedom of movement by the obese abdomen. Thave told readers that whea the fmportant organs are crowded to- ‘gettier and out of their rightful place in the body through excess fat or im- Proper sitting or standing position they cannot do the work intended for them by nature, and it is the same with the red corpuscles, for when they are jammed together and pushed aside into blind alleys they cannot obtain the oxygen they need to thrive “wpom and therefore the cells die and eave this cast off dead waste which forms poison in the body, causing! oa pei and other unpleasant eigns | , af old age. Answers to Queries, 7 BRAN BREAD—MRS. C. F. T.: Bran bread is not fattening, but all! While You Wait For the Doctor | What to Do for Rheumatism {JD BEUMATISM ts muoh more prev- @lent in winter than it is in 5 @ummer. Now doctors tell us ‘this is because most cases of the disease are due to an excess of * urle acid in the system, and any sharp lowering of the circulation caused by @ sudden obill or exposure to severe, eed throws this acid out of solution im the blood and deposits it in the form | of minute orystals in the tissues and Joints to make mischief there. The cause of this acid is almost invariably | intestinal poisoning induced by mal- assimilation of food and the retention @oxio material in the system. | you do not believe that your) Fheematio attacks are due in a large) to errors of diet all you have ds to eat heartily of thick juicy | of roast beef for several days ny ion and wash it down with p> the dbeavy ale or strong tea or ome with this tendency, and you can! it to your own satisfaction by | the attack that will probably | @ visit to the doctor before it . if you want to fight off your during it whene chooses to show there are a good many things emirely eliminate beef from the eat very lightly of sugar and not that you know tax your di, ‘tem, Hat plenty of butter—if you oll and plenty of green vege- 4 fm fact physicians eay that ground, caulifiower, cabbage, celery, Weuosr @pinach, onions, etc, are good j keop the pores of the skin ac- tive with frequent baths. Lemon julce rheumatism. The juice of half should be taken every day physician recommends mak- Ii @ sort of soda water of it by te of soda (cooking soda) in a sine, pouring the lemon juice on| ‘make it palatable. A good many peovle have been helped by taking whioh is almost as bad for any up @ very Interesting little | rheumatism instead of meekly en- Ei yes can do and ono of the first starchy food and cut out afford it at the present price— vegetables that grow abo | tor Drink'a great deal of water and ig particularly beneficial for sufferers fae glass of water without sugar. A half a teaspoonful of ‘bicar- and then adding water enough | simple dose every day. Lemon e is different from most acids In it turns immediately to acid on | entering the system | The u of @ good iintment will | often soothe, even if it does not cure, | many cases of rheumatism. One of | the commonest forms of this disease | {se the kind that is made much worse by stooping. This pain often aris simply from the stiffening of the mus- cles of the back and of t ints be: tween the vertebrae. Often a ten or| fifteen minute night and morning | massage along the spine with warm olive oil will work wonders in such a| ease, The oil can be warmed very | easily by pouring a little In a large| spoon and holdi:< for a moment over | a ges bureer. application of @ vibrator also this form of} rheumatism. WATCHFUL WAITING, Tit man getting his hair out no- helps tleed that the barber's dog, which was lying on the floor be- aide the chair, had his eyes fixed on) master at work. sald the oustomer, very fond of watching ‘out hal it. ain't that, sir,” explained the “You , sometimes 1 make Sa ke and snip off a little bit of ma —People's Home crowded together in small arteries breads should be eaten aparingly by those trying to reduce, TO DARKEN HAIR—MRS. L. H.: Use two ounces dried walnut shells and one pint hot water, When cold strain and brush on clean hair. This is a stain and not a dye and will wear off shortly. BUTTERMILK AND SKIM MILK —EDITH R.: Buttermilk and skim milk are allowed in the obesity diet. PUFFS UNDER EYES—M. B. L.: Puffs under the eyes come from low- ered vitality, kidney~trouble, tnsom- nia and sometimes heart trouble The cause must be known before they can be removed. They may be also removed through operation, PALE—A. EB. R.: No creams or lotions will put color in the cheeks and only pur, rich blood will do so. Fat green vegetables, fruits and drink much water and breathe deeply, Take @ daily bath and deep breathing exercises when In the fresh Sn Do not allow constipation to © ACIDITY—MURIBL T.: A diet of vegetables and fruits copious water drinking, with little or no meats, will correct this condition most every time, GAS IN STOMACH—MR&. FRANK F.: Overeating or the presence of waste and poisons in the system cause this, CORN BREAD FOR CON - TION—=MRS, WILLLAM meres bread 1s a wholesome food, but bran 1s better to encourage intestinal ac- tivity. A Your FRIEND MRS PICKLE OT (TAS A PREMIUM With A Pound oF TEA Such Is Life! Mrs PICKLE LET ME INTRODUCE MY FRIEND MRS PRUNE Y STUNG = 1 GAVE THAT Bia TONRS SPRUCE. 1 Gor IT'S A PRESENT ARS HE DIDN'T CARE oR Cit A TRADES HER ‘OR IT. BEST oF N ODYSSEY OF THE NORTH | | dened with fin: to the unpacked surface an Darkness was coming on, but there ‘The dogs had been fagged out early in the afternoon, but they now began to show new vigor, Among the more astute there was a certain restiessness—an impatience at the restraint of the traces, an indecisive quickness of movement a sniffing of snouts and pricking of cars, These became incensed at their more phleg- matle brothers, urging them on with numerous sly nips on thelr hinder- quarters, ‘Those, thus chidden, also contracted and helped spread the contagion, At last, the leader of the foremost #led uttered a sharp whine of satisfaction, crouching lower in the snow and throwing himself against the collar, The rest followed suit, There was an ingathering of back-bands, « Ughtening of traces; the eds leaped forward, and the men clung to the gee-poles, violent- ly accelerating the uplift of their feet that they might escape going under the runners. The weariness of the day fell from them, and they whooped encouragement to the dogs, The animals responded with joyous yelpy They were swinging through the gathering darkness at @ rattling gallop, Then oame @ hundred-yard dash to the Hghted parchment window, which told its own story of the home cabin, the roaring Yukon stove, and the steaming pots of tea, But the home cabin had been invaded. Three- score huskies chorused deflance, and @s many furry forms precipitated themselves upon the dogg which drew the first sled. The door was flung open, and a man, clad in the scarlet tunte of the Northwest Police, waded knee-deep among the furious brutes, calmly and impartially dispensing soothing justice with the butt end of a dog-whip, After that, the men shook hands; and in this wise was Malemute Kid welcomed to his own cabin by @ stranger. Stanley Prince, who mhould ha’ welcomed him, and who was respo: sible for the Yukon stove and hot tea aforementioned, was busy with his guests. There were @ dozen or so of them, a8 nondescript a crowd as ever served the Queen in the en- forcement of her laws or the delivery of her mails, When conversation dropped and the travellers filled the last pipes and unlashed thelr tight-rolled sleeping- furs, Prince fell back upon his com- rade for further information, 1, you know what the cowboy s," Malemute Kid answered, degin= ning to unlace his moccasins; “and {t's not hard to guess the British blood in his bed-partner. Ag for the they're all children of the coureurs du bois, mingled with God knows how many other bloods. The two turning in by the door are the regulation ‘breeds’ or bois brules That lad with the worsted breech scarf—notice his eyebrows and turn of his Jaw-—shows a Scotchman the (Courright, 1800, by Jeok Loudom, All Rights Reserved.) HE sleds were singing their owrnal lament to the creaking of the harnesses and the tinkling bells of the leaders; but the men and dogs were tired and made no sound, The trail was heavy with new fallen snow, and they had come far, and the runners, bur- ke quarters of frozen moose, clung tenaciously id held back with a stubbornness almost human. was no camp to pite! y enow fell gently through the pulseless air, Ta vekea Gutta aman crystals of delicate design. It was very warm—burely ten below zero—and the men did not mind. Meyers and Bettles Malemute Kid had even taken off his mittens, not in flakes, but fn tiny frost had raised their ear Naps, while CS wept in his mother’s amoky And that handsome-looking fellow putting the oapote under his head 1s 4 French half-breed—you heard him talking; he doesn’t like the two In- dians turning in next to him. You see, when (he ‘breeds’ rose under Rell the full-bloods kept the peace, and they've not lost much love for one another since.” “But I say, what's that glum-look- ing fellow by the stove? I'll swear he can't talk English. He hasn't opened his mouth all night.” “You're wrong. He knows English well enough, Did you follow his eyes when he listened? I did. But he's neither kith nor kin to the others, When they talked their own patois you could see he didn't understand, I've been wondering myself what he is, Let's find out.” “Fire @ couple of sticks into the stove!” Malemute Kid commanded, raising bis voice and looking equarely a@t the man in question. He obeyed at once “Had discipline knocked tmto him somewhere,” Prince commented in a low tone Malemute Kid nodded, took off his socks, and picked his way among the recumbent men to the stove. There he hung his damp footgoar among a score or so of mates. “When do you expect to get to Daw- eon?” he asked tentatively, The man studied him a moment before replying. "They say seventy- five mile. So? Maybe two days,” ‘The very slightest accent was per- ceptible, while there was no awk- ‘d hesitanoy or groping for words. en in the country before?” Zorn there?” “Well, where the devil were you born? You're none of these.” “I know you,” he trrelevantly re- i164, at once turning the drift of Malemute Kid's questions, Where? Ever eee me?” “No; your partner, him priest, Pastillk, long time ago. Him ask me if I see you, Malemute Kid, Him give me grub. I no stop long. You hear him speak ‘bout mo?" “Oh! you're the fellow that traded the otter skins for the dogs?" ‘The man nodded, knocked out his pipe, and signified his disinclination for conversation by rolling up in bis furs, Malemute Kid blew out tho slush Jamp and crawled under the blankets with Princ “Well, w is he? “Don't ki —turned me off, some- how, and then shut up like a clam But he's a fellow to whet your curi ostty, I've heard of him, All the Coast wondered about him eight ine. ago. Sort of mysteri you now, He came down out of the North, in the dead of winter, many a thousand miles from here, skirting Bering Sea and travelling as though the devi! were after him. No one ever learned where he came from, but he must have come far, He was badly travel-worn when he got food from the Swedish missionary on Gol- vina Bay and asked the way south Wo heard of this afterward Then he abandoned the shore-line, heading right across Norton Sound. ‘Terrible wekther, snowstorms and high winds, but he pulled through where @ thou- sand other men would have died, missing St, Michael's and making the land at Pastilik. He'd lost all but two dogs, and was nearly gone with starvation, “He was so anxious to go on that Father Roubeau fitted him out with grub; but he couldn't let him have any dogs, for he was only waiting my arrival to go on @ trip himself. r. Ulysses knew too much to start on without animals, and fretted around for several days. He had on his sled a bunch of beautifully cured otter skins, eea-otters, you know, worth their weight in ‘gold. ‘There was also at Pastilik an old Bhylock of @ Russian trader, who had dogs to Kill, Well, they didn't dioker very long, but’ when the Strange One headed gouth again, {t was in the rear of @ spanking dog-team, Mr, Shylock, by the way, had the otter skins. I saw them, und they were magnificent, We figured it up and found the dogs brourht him at least five hundred apiece, And it wasn't as if the Strange One didn’t know the value of sea-otter; he was an Indi- an of some sort, and what little he talked showed he'd been emong white men, 4 “After the foe pasted out of the nea, word came up from Nunlvak Is}- and that he'd gone in there for grub, Then he dropped frm sigh’, and this is the first heard of him in etght years. Now where did he come from? and what was he 4 there? and why. did he come from there? He's Indian, he's been nobody knows where, and he's had discipline, which Je unusual for an Indian. Another mystery of the North for you to solve, Prince” “Thanks, awfully; but I've got too many on hand as It he replied. next morning um before daylight, the dog drivers and poltce- men pulled out for Dawson. But the powers that saw to lier Masesty's interests and ruled the destinies of her leswer creatures, give the matl- men little rest; for a week later they appea et Btuart heavily bumened with letters f Water The men had expect 18 Hort of a layover in wich to re besides, this Klondike was a new section of the Northland, and they had wished to se@ @ little something of the Golden City where the dust flowed like water and dence halls rang with never end- ing revelry. He of the Otter Skins seemed very restless, though he took little Inter- THE FROZEN PIRATB Here Is the Strangest Romance of Mystery Ever W ritten __Begins on This Page Tuesday, Jan. %.__ est in the discussion, and at last he drew Malemute Kid to one side and talked for some time in low tones. Prince cast curious eyes in their direotion, and the mystery deepened when they put on caps and mittens and went outside, When th re- turned, Malemute Kid placed his gold ecales on the table, weighed out the matter of sixty ounces, and transferred them to the Strange One's sack. Then the chief of the dog-drivers joined the conclave, and certain business was with him, The next day the gang went up the river, but He of the Otter Skins took several pounds of grub and turned @tops back toward Dawson, “Didn't know what to make of it,” said Malemute Kid in response Prince's queries; “but the poor be- gar wanted to quit of the service for geome reason or other—at least it seemed a most important one to him, though he wouldn't let on what, You see, it's Just like the army; he algned for two years, and the only way to ket free was to buy himself out, He couldn't desert and then stay here, and he was just wild to remain in the country, Made up his mind when he got to Dawson, he said; but no one knew him, hadn't a cent, and I was the only one he'd spoken two words with. So he talked it over with the Lieutenant-Governor, and mado ar- rangements in conse he could get the money from me—loan, you know, Palavered around like @ orasy man. Swore he'd worked to this very end for years and years and couldn't bear to be disappointed now, Asked him what end, but he wouldn't eay. Said they might keep him on the other half of the tral! and he would not get to Dawson in two years, and then It would be too late, ever saw a man take on so in my life. And when I sald I'd let him have it had to yank him out of the snow again, Told him to consider it in the light ot @ grub stake, Think he'd have It? No, sir! Swore he'd give me all he found, make me rich beyond the dreams of avarice and all such atuff. Now, a man who puts his life and time against a grub stake ordinarily finds it hard enough to turn over halt of what he find Bomething behind all this, Prince; just. you make a note of it. We'll hear of him if he stays in the country’—— ‘And if he doesn't?” Then my good nature geta a shook and I'm sixty some odd ounces Heyy The cota weather had come on with the long nights and the sun had be- gun to play his anctent game of pesk- aboo along the southern snow line ere aught was heard of Malemute Kid's grub etake, And then, one bleak morning in early January, @ heavily laden dog train pulled into hia cabin below Stuart River, He o' the Otter &kins was there and with him walked @ man such as the gods have almost forgotten how to fashion, Full seven feet he towered in his plo- turésque costume which marked @ king of Eldorado. His chest, neck and limba were those of a giant. To bear By W. Clark Russell to derson and Axel Gui The Price That One Man Paid for Another’s Bride in the Stern Northland. thie $00 pounds of bone and musole, bi snowshoes wore greater by @ generou: than those of other men. Rou ) with rugged brow and massive jaw and unflinching eyes of palest lue, his face told the tale of one wuo knew but the law of might. Of the yellow of ripe corn silk, his frost-in- Crusted hair swept like day across the night and fell far down his coat of bearskin. Prince bared his womanly arms and kneaded sour dough bread, casting, as he did #o, many @ glance at the three sucste—throe guesta the like of which might never come under a man's voot in @ lifetime, The Strange One, whom Malemute Kid had surnamed Ulysses, Still fascinated him, but his intersst chiefly gravitated between Axel Gun- inderson's wife, She felt tho day's journey, for #he had softened in comfortable cabing during the many days since her husband mastered the wealth of frozen pay- streaks, and sho was tired. She rust- od against his great breast like a slen- ler Mower against a wall, replying lazily to Malemute Kid's good natured banter, and stirring Prince's blood strangely with an occasional eweep of her deep, dark eyes. This, then, was the wife of Axel Gunderson, & woman whose name aud fame bad travelled with her hus- band’s, hand in hand, through all the Northland. At table, Malemute Kid baited her with the assurance of an old friend, and Prince shook off the shyness of first acquaintance and Joined in, But she held her own tn the unequal contest, while her hus- hand, slower in wit, ventured naught but applause. And he was very proud of her; hia evary look and action re- vealed the magnitude of the place she occupied In his life, He of the Otter Skins ate in silence, forgotten in the merry battle; and long ere the others were done ho pushed back from the table @nd went out among the dogs. Yet all too soon hia fellow travellers drew on their mittens and parkas, and followed him, There had been no enow for many days, and the sleds slipped along the hard-packed Yukon tral! as easily as if it had been giare toe, Ulysses led the first eled; with the second came Prince and Axel Gunderson's wife; while Malemuta Kid and the yellow-hatred giant brought up the third, “It'a only @ ‘hunch,’ Kid," he sata; “but J think it's straight. He's never been there, but he tells a good story, and shows @ map I heard of when ft was in the Kootenay country, years ago, I'd like to have you go along: but he's @ strange one, and swore point-blank to throw it up If any one was brought in, But when [ come back you'll get first tip, and I'll stake you next to me, and give you « half share in the town atte beside.” One night, many weeks later, Ma- lemute Kid and Prinoe fell to solvin chess problems from the torn p. of an ancient magazine, The had just returned from his Bonansa properties, and Was resting up pre- paratory to a long moose hunt. Prince too had been on creok and trail nearly all winter, and had «rown hungry for @ blissful week of cabin life. It was very interesting. Somebody knocked at the door a second time be- fore Malemute Kid said: “Come in!" ‘The door swung open, Something 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. ¢% B all admit that charm fe personal magnetism, but do we all appreciate how much it de- pends on dress? A woman who Is at- tired fAttingly, be. comingly, ap pro- priately, cannot but express charm, for her clothes are in harmony with her. self and everything about her. But how many women there are Who conceal thelr gharm by thoughtless attire, not giving this en- viable attribute, which we all pos- #088 in ome degree or other, @ chance to show forth, This ts the reason I consider time, no matter how much it might be, well spent by the mother who conscientiously superintends her daughters ward. robe, The girl tn school or college, while of an age to have good judgment in clothes, has not the time to give to them, @o the re- sponsibility falls on her mother, A frook of simple, youthful Mnoa, yet distinotive and suit. ably dressy for af- ternoon occasions, fe piotured to-day, Hither satin or vel. vot may be used for the bodice and skirt band, as the front View sumgests, white oreo OF georgette crepe could be used to complete the frock. The bodice 1s| b: slashed over the shoulders to show the guimpe underneath. A ribbon bow at the neck, ribbon bands around the sleeves and a beaded strap front jand back of the bodice, at the walst- Tne, are effective detatis, taggered in. Prince oat one square look and sprang to his feet. The horror in his eyes caused Male- mute Kid to whirl about, and he too Was startled, though he had seen bad things before, ‘The thing tottered blindly toward them. Prince eiged away till he reached the nail from which hung hie Smith & Wesson. The thing advanced to the table, The bright flame of the slush-lamp caught Ite eye, It was amused, and gave voloe to eldritch oackies which betokened mirth. Then, suddenly, he By Jack London Li ——— wi ve BK SO 2 = Kae 5 _ <7 > SS SOS KSA oH 4 eae Ls rae ATTRACTIVE COMBINATION OF TWO MATERIALS, Plaid material would be pretty com- ined with plain satin, serge or vetvet for the bodice and squares of some color tn the plaid embroidered om the etraps, Answere to Quertes, - Feshion Bittor Rvening Wort: kind of matertal woul you one to combine with goods like wample, pale lavender eatin, for an e ? Do reste gown ok eave Soe aver ~for It was @ man—swayed back, with @ hitch to his skin trousers, and be- n to sing @ chanty, euch as men lift when they swing around the capstan circle and the norta in thelr ears: “Yan-kee ship come down de ri-b-er, Pull! my bully boys! Pull! D'yeh want—to know de captain ru-uns her? gol ull}, my bully boys! Pull lon-@-than Jones ob South Ci po Pull my bully" Cahert-tn-e, A small does of whiskey atrength- ened him eo that he could 44 @ spoon into the sugar caddy which Malemute petite had Prince, shuddering aa he did passed him @ mug of weak beef tea. “Who—are—you?" slowly and dis tnotly enunciated the Kid. The man paid no heed, “Where do you come from? “Bhe laughed at me—eo—with the hate in her eyes and she—would—not come.” His votoe diet # and he was einking back when falamute Kid atipped him by the wrist, and shout- ed, “Who? “She, Unga, She laughed, and struck at m #0, and @o, And then" “And then what?” “And then he lay etl, in the snow, a long time, He le—stil! in—the—snow,” ‘The two men looked at each other help !emsly. Who 1s in the «now? ‘She, U 6bo looked at me with the hate in her eya, and then” “Yes, yes.” “And then #he took the knife, #0; | and once, twice—she was weak. || traveled very slow. And there ta| much gold in that place, very much gold.” “Go on!" ‘The Kid was pressing hie wrist cruelly. “So—-I—would—be—in—the snow— but—-I—had--a-—debt—to—pay. It— was—heavy—I—had—a—debt—to—pay —a—debt—to~ pay—I—had” The faltering monosyllables ceased, ai fumbled in his pouch and dre a buckskin aack. “A—debt—to—pay five — pounds -~ of—gold — grub— stake—Ma)—e—mute—Kid—I"—— The exhausted head dropped upon the) table; nor could Malemute Kid rouse again, “It's Ulysses," he #ald quietly, tos ing the bag of dust on the tabi “Guess tt's all day with Axel Gun- derson ami the woman, Come on lat'a get him between the blankets. He's Indian; he'll pull through, and | toll a tale besides.” | As they cut his garments from him, near his right breast could be seen two unhealed, hard-lipped knife Fration Béttor Brentng World: Kid placed before him. After his ap-| What kind of evening dress would been somewhat cloyed, | you advise for @ young girl of tweaty, 0, | somewhat on the brunette type, dark hair and eyes, well butt and 8 fest § inches tall? WU appreciate your advice, CONSTANT READER. See atwwer to Syivia F. tor Turquoiee blue ailk, silver lace, ribbon. 0 would not come?" |® design for am evening dress for mo? Am 18 years old, B foot 7 tm- ches tall, tnclined to be stout, brun= ette type, I preferably in Pale changeab) eile, Silver ¢ I have 4 ya thrusts.» (To Be Continued) something «imple, © soiree chiffon rose with wish one ribbon he. dded pink stiver leaves, Fashion Baltor Evening World: mis of enclosed matertal, blue and green diagonal plaid, eflk and wool texture. Have some blue charmeuse to com- bine with {t, but will get anything you s . Aal am = the dress myself, ask your advice for a simple style. Am 6 feet 2 inches, ine clined to be stout, and would lke @ very long !ine. A R ONSTANT FADER, Blue charmeuse, green braid motife, Plaid is always apt to make a woman look stouter and vborter, Plain @F etripe @oods 4a better for you,