The evening world. Newspaper, January 5, 1917, Page 19

PAGE ‘ Evening World’s New Perfect Figure Contest To Make Perfectly Proportioned for Their Height Women Who Now Weigh Fifteen or More Pounds Over or Under Their Proper Weight. The Contest Will Begin Mon- day, Jan. 22—For Twelve Weeks Con‘estantes Will Follow Miustrated Lessons Prepared by Mise Pauline Furlong and Published Daily tn The Evening World. Every Woman Whose Weight Ie Now Fifteen or More Pounde Greater or Less Than It Should Be for Her Height Is Eligible to Enter This Contest—No Names Will Be Published, oT AWARDS $50.00 to the contestant whoee weight and urements at the close of the contest most closely approximate those designated as “perfect” for her height. to the contestant $25.00 who ehall rank eecond In perfect figure approx: Imation. to the contestant $10.00 who shall rank third at the contest’s close, $5.00 each to the THREE contestants who ehall rank respectively fourth, fifth Py and elxth. By Pauline Furlong Copyright, 1917, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). EOAUSB I am sure you will be interested in knowing, today 1 am going to tell you just how the idea of The Evening World’s new “Perfect Figure Contest” germinated, Gt will bo remembered that just before the holidays another physical clusion the stout culture competition, The Evening World's Figure Im- Provement Contest, terminated, six thin women entered that contest, and at ite con- Six etout women and women who won it had reduced her weight thirty-nine pounds end the thin woman winner had increased her weight twenty pounds. In both cases figure measurements had been changed to an equally marked extent. These wondorful results had been accomplished solely by following from day to day ¥ for eight weeks two courses of diet and exercise lessone Peuwre ruatow® prepared iby me and published in The Evening World, But while the results of this contest were truly remarkable, they merely accomplished reduction and development without any more definite object. Then occurred the thought: If figure reduction and development oan be achieved In euch a marked degree, why could not the same system be employed to @ more definite end—for instance, to produce, by reduction or development, @ perfect figure? ‘The idea was feasible, Many con- teats have selected women with “ready made" perfect figures. But for every woman who has a perfect figure there are hundreds who, be- cause of excessive overweight or underweight, are proportioned inoor- rectly for their height, And every one of these women would be highly Pleased to possess perfect propor- tions. So it was decided to present to all such women readers of The Evening World the opportunity to Derfect their figures. Weight <nd figure reduction and development being a proved possibility to the extent of many pounde and inches when the proper methods of diet and exer- cise are pursued, | have set about Preparing a course of lessons so arranged that a definite point In either development or reduction may be reached. These lessons will constitute the means by which the women who ‘epter this now Perfect Figure Con- fast may remold their figures to lines 2@ least approximating perfect pro- portions for thetr height. velop must reduce them will be published, flustrated, on alternating days for twelve weeks beginning Monday, Jen. 92. One hundred dollars In awards for quocessful accomplishment will be given as explained in the bex at the head of thie column. ‘The lessons will be printed In book form after the contest, and fa eepy of thie book will be pre- gented to every woman who com- pletes the contest course and reports her results, Every contestant will be given a “personal chart,” showing both what her present weight and measure- ments are and what they should be for her height. She will then pursue the lesson course according to the figure improvement needs indicated by the chart, How to Join the Contest. If you weigh fifteen or more pounds more or less than you should at your height and are not less than twenty- one years old you are eligible to enter this contest. No other conditions are imposed. You may determine your eligibility by roferring to the follow- ing table, which gives the proper weight at every height from 6 feet to 5 fect 10 inches: § fee Ibe. | ‘ Bag? “ 6 “3% “ ‘ Bug « “ 6 «4% « “ B “5” « “ 6 “5% “ ‘ BR <b « r B “7” « « 5 “7% “ & 6 “a” « “ 8 “By, « “ Bag? « “ “ “ “ Baie . Lessons for those who must de-| their figures and for those who || ‘de If you find that you aro eligtble to enter the contest write me a note stating your height and weight, the hour of the day it will be most con- Penient for you to call at my office to register, and signing your name end address. I will then mail you an appointment card. Adressme “Paul- ime Furlong, Perfect Figure Contest, —— Evening World, No, 63 Park Row, New York City." The Evening World has fitted up a private office for the ex- Press purpose of affording you absolute privacy when you call on me. And under no ciroum- will your name be pub- the paper or be divulged who contemplate ente: ing the contest to mail their @pplica- Coes to me a8 soon as possible in order to be assured of gettti - polntments at preferred hours, Mean. while read this column every day f all details of the contest, le fh lished in to oth | | Role CONE UP . lal ( SAE TALKING TO THE WOMAN WH WAS WITH SYou | BEST NOVELS PUBLISHED ON THIS PAGE COMPLETE EVERY TWO WEEKS, SYNOPSIS OF ‘The poor ship L fore uth ‘again in his “boat nh he had moored it h ready beyond hie reac: aboard schooner remecls weve be fads tee it an stores ut toot and wine, Sti 0 vat "Gemmarred bythe cold, * CHAPTER IX, (Continued) ME suspicion that the watches ] and jewelry I had discov- ered on the bodies of the men had excited was now confirmed, and I was satis- fled that this schooner had been @ pirate or buccaneer, Of what nation~ ality I could not yet divino—propably Spanish, judging from the costume of the first figure I had encountered. And I was also convinced by the brief lance 1 directed at the things in the cabin, particularly the wearing ap- parel'and the make and appearance of the firearms, that she must have been in this position for upward of fifty years, Tho thought awed me greatly. Twenty years before | was born those two men were altting dead in tho cabin! The man on deck was keeping his blind and silent lookout; he on the rocks, with his hands locked upon his knees, sat sunk in blank and frozen contemplation! Livery cabin had Its port, and there were ports in the vessel's side op- posite; but on reflection I considered that the cabin would be the warmer for their remaining closed, and #0 I ne aWay and entered ‘the great ca esh, bent on exploring the forward part, I must teil you that the mainmast, piercing the upper deck, came down close against’ the bulkhead that formed the forward wall of the cabin and on approaching this partition, the daydight being broad enough now that the hatch lay open on top, I remarked a sliding door on the larboard atde of the mast, 1 put my shoulder to It and very easily ran it along fte grooves, and then found myself in the way of a direct communication with all the fore portion of the schooner, nent, indeed, was so odd ted @ piratical device in, uncommon method of opening out at will the whole range of deck, ‘The atr here was a# vilo as in the cabins, and I had to wait a bit, On entering 1 discovered a Ittle compartment with racks upon either hand filled with small arms, I after- ward counted 118 muskets, blunder- busses and fustls, all of an antique 1, while the sid hung with great and litte; boarding pikes, cutlasses, hang- ers and other sorts of sword. This armory was a sight to set mo walking very cautiously, for 1t was not likely that powder should be wanting in @ suip thus equipped; and where was it stored? There was another sliding door in the forward partition; it stood open, and 1 passed through tnto what | immediately saw was the cook house, 1 turned the lantern about and di covered every convenience for drest ing food. The furnaces were of brick, and the oven was @ great one—great, mean, for the size of the vessel. I wre There were pots, pans and kettles in plenty, @ dresser with drawers, dishes % of tia And earthenware, a Dutah clock —in short, such an equipment of kitchen furniture @s you would not expect to find in the galley of an Indiaman built to carry two or three hundred passengers, About half @ caldron of small coal lay heaped in 4 wooden angular fence fitted to the ehip's side, for the sight of which I thanked God, I held the lantern tq the furnace and observed a crooked chimney rising to the deck and pass- ing through it. The mouth or head of it was no doubt covered by the snow, for I had not noticed any such object In the survey I had taken of the vessel above, Strange, 1 thought, that those men should have frozen to death with the material in the ship for keeping a fire going. Hut then, my whole discovery I regarded as one of those secrets of the deep which defy the tmagination nd experience of man to explain, inough that here was a schooner which had been interred in a sepul- chre of ice, as I might rationally con- clude, for nearly half a century; that there were dead men in her who looked to have been frozen to death; that she was apparently stored with miscellaneous booty; that she was powerfully armed for a craft of her size, and had manifestly gone crowd- ed with men, Ali this was plain, and I say it was enough for me. i thrust back another sliding door and entered the ship's forecastle. The ceiling, aa I choose to call the upper deck, was lined with hammocks, and the floor was covered with chests, bedding, clothes, and I know not what I stood in the doorway, not hav- ing the courage to venture farther, For all I knew, many of those ham- mocks might be tenanted, T came away in @ fright, sliding the door to in my hurry with a bang that fetched a groaning echo out of the hold, If this ship were haunted, the forecastle would be the abode of the spirits! Before I ould make a fire the ohim- ney must We cleared, Among tho furniture tu the arms room were a number of spade-hended spears, the spade as wide as the length of a man's thumb and about a foot long mounted on light, thin wood, Armed with one of these weapons, the like of which ts to be met with among certain South American tribes, I passed Into the cabin to proceed on deck, The brilliance of the snow was vary striking after the dusk of the intertor, I speedily spied the chimney, which showed a head of two feet above the deck, and made short work of the snow that was frozen in {t, as nothing could have been fitter to cut tee with then the spade-shaped weapon I car- ried. This done, I returned to the cook room, and with a butcher's axe ATCH Th rae 1 SHE IS A aly Rarer RISEN coe LOOKING os. REB RPSL ON NENTUCKY ‘Ou WRETCH | HAD oF AAT SO! The lOTED For IT's EAUTIFUL WONEN SHE WAS WITH BILL. 1 DIDN'T even SEE He NAL WAIT Te |GET HOLD oF oO Qos: Friday, January 5, 1917 Description. PORTS clothes have oontin- ued to be Just ae popular thip winter as they were tn sum- mer, Bome women fool that they must look aportive, whether they are or not. But ase matter of fact, a @reat many more women are inter- o ested in sports nowadays than ever before, It ts @ now ora Wo are entering upon in which women ap- Preciate that @o- tive interest In sports fe @ valu- able aid tn retain- ing youth It quickena the spirit, the brain and the atop. This winter it is a common thing to see wom- en old enough to be grandmothers gilding around the indoor skating rinks, and even doing fancy steps that many youth- ful skaters would not attempt. The separate coat I am showing to-day te eapecial- ly smart for skating, tte novel touches making !t more suitable for eport wear than whon used as an or- dinary top coat. The waistcoat, which will be @ prominent feature of beta clothes, is here exploited in @ nove way. Wide straps are attached inside the coat, in the arm-holes, and cross each other in front to form a walst- coat effect. Continuing, they slip through the aide seams of the coat to appear in the back as @ pelt. Worthy of note are the tiny straps which but- ton on to the coat and waistcoat to complete a trim and distinctive effect in the front. The slceves make use of the straps as @ pretty trimming on the plain, deep cuffs. Velveteen or wool velour is good for this model for winter wear, though, if desired, for that hung against the bulkhead | Knocked @Way one of the boards that confined the coal, split it into emall pieces, and in a ehort time had kin- died a good tire, One does not need the experience of being cast away upon icebers to understand the comfort of a fire, T had a mind to be prodigal and threw good deal of coals into the furnace, and presently had a@ noble bi Tha heat was exquisite. I pulled @ little bench, after the pattern of those on which the men sat in the cabin, to the fire, and, with outstretched legs and arms, thawed out of me the frost that had lain taut in my flesh ever since the wreck of the Laughing Mary. When I was thoroughly warm and comforted I took the lantern and went aft to the steward's room and brought thence a cheese, a ham, some Discult and one of the jars of spirits, all of which I carried to the cook room and placed the wholo of them tn the oven, I was extremely hungry and thirsty, and the warmth and cheerfulness o' the fire set me yearning for @ hot meal, In all ships it 1s the custom to carry ‘one or more casks, called scuttlebutts, on deck, into which fresh water 1s pumped for the use of the crew. I stepped along, looking earnestly, but percetved nothing that answered to the shape of a cask. At last I came to the well tm the head, and on look- ing down spied among other shapes three bulged and bulky forms. I seemed by instinct to know that these ere the scuttlebutts, and went for the chopper, with which I returned and got into this hollow, that was four or five feet deep, The snow had the hardness of tro: it took me a quarter of an hour of severe labor to make sure of the character of the bulky thing I wrought at, and then it proved to be a cask. Whatever might be its eontents, it was not empty, but I was pretty nigh spent by the time I had knocked off the fron bands and beaten out staves enough to enable me to get at the frozen body within. There were three-quarters of a cask full. It was sparkiing, clear tee, and, chipping off a plece and sucking {ty I found tt to he sweet, fresh water, I cut off as much as, when dis- solved, would make a couple of gal- lons, but stayed a minute to regain my breath and take a view of this well or hollow before going aft. Well, I clambered on the forecastie deck and returned to the cook room with my plece of tce, struck as I went Mong by the” sudden. comfortable quality of life the gushing of the dlack smoke out of the chimney put into the #hip and how, indeed, ft seemed to soften as If by magto the savage wilderness and haggard aus. terlty of the white rocks and peaks. The fire burned brightly, and its ruddy glow was sweet as human com. panionship, I put the fee into a saucepan and set tt upon the fire, and then pulling the cheese and ham out of the oven, found them warm and thawed. On smeliing the mouth of the Jar I discovered ts contents to be brandy, Only about an inch deep of it was melted. I poured this into @ Pannikin and took @ sup, and a finer drop of spirits 1 never swallowed in my life, Its elegant perfume proved it amazingly choice and old. I fetched @ lemon and eomg sugar and speedily prepared @ smoking bow! of punch, The ham out readily. 1 fried a cow! of stout rashers, and foil to the heartiest and most delicious repast I ever fat down to, At any time there {s something fragrant and appetizing in the amell of fried ham. Conoetve, then, the relish that the appetite of @ starved, halt-frozen shipwrecked man would find in it! The cheese was ex- tremely good and was as sound as if it had been made a week ago. Indeed, the preservative virtues of the cold struck me with astonishment, Here Was T making @ fine meal off stores which {n all probability had lain tn this ship fifty years, and they ate as chotcely as Ike food of @ similar quality ashore, CHAPTER X, HAD a pipe of my own tn my pocket; so I got @ small dlock of the black tobacco in the pantry and with some trouble, for It was a. hard and dry as glass, chipped off a bowlful and fell a-puffing with all the satisfaction of @ lover of tobacco wha has long been denied his favorite relish, It was melancholy to be without time, #o I pulled out the fine big gold watch I had taken from the man of the rocks and wound tt up and, guess- ing at the hour, set the hands at half- past four, The watch ticked bravely My pipe being emptied, I threw more coals into the furnace and, put- ting a candle in the lantern, went aft to take another view of the little 1 one of which I resolved to though the oook room served me best while the fire burned, I reckoned upon jt mak- ing habitation when the fur- nace was black than those small com- partments in the stern, The cold on dock gushed down so bitingly through open companion hatch that I was ain to close It, P mounted the and with much ado shipped the cover and shut the door, by which the great cabin was plunged in darkness; but the parcels of candles in the larder rendered me indifferent to the gloom. On entering the passage In which were the doors of the berths I noticed an object that had before escaped my observation—I mean @ small trap- hatch, no bigger than a manhole, with @ ring for lifting it, midway down tha lane, I suspected this to be the en trance to the lazarette and, putting both hands to the ring, pulled the hatch up. T sniffed cautiously, fearing fou! atr; then, sinking the lantern by the length of my arm, I peered down and ob- ~ THE BLIND MAN'S EYES By William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer Begins on This Page Monday, Jan. 15 served the outlines of casks, bales, cases of white wood, chests and #0 forth. | dropped through the hole on to @ cask, which left my head and shoulders above the deck, and then with the utmost caution stooped and threw the lantern light around moe, But the casks were not powder bar- rels, which perheps a little reflection might have led me to suspect, since it Was not to be supposed that any man would stow his powder in the | arette, As I wanted to settle my misgivings touching the sock of food tn the schooner, I resolved to push through with this business at onoe, and, fetch- ing the chopper, went to work upon the barrels and chests. First I dealt with @ tlerce that proved full of salt beef. There was a whole row of thes tlereem, and one sufficed to express the nature of the rest. There were upward of thirty barrels of pork. One canvas bale I ripped open was full of hams, and of these bales I counted half @ score, The white cases held biscuit, There were several eacks of peus, @ number of barrela of flour, eases of candles, cheeses, a quantity of tobacco, not to mention a variety of jars of several shapes, #ome of which I afterward found to contain marmalade, On knocking the hea off one cask I found it held a frozen body that by the light of the lantern looked ax black as ink. I chipped off @ bit, sucked tt and found tt wine, I was so transported by the aight of this wonderful plenty that I fell upon my knees tn an outburst of gratitude and gave hearty thanks to God for His mercy, There was no further need for me to dismally wonder whether I was to starve or not. Here was food enough to Inst me three or four years, I was #o overjoyed and withal curfous that I forgot all about the time, and made the round of th lazarette, sampling Its freight ‘by tn- dividual tances, 0, that by the time I was tired I had enlarged the st I have given by discoveries of brandy, beer, oatmeal, ofl, lemons, tongues, vinegar, rum ‘and elght or ten other matters, all stowed very bunglingly and in #0 many different kinds of casks, casos, Jars and other vossels as disposed me to believe that several plratical rummagings must have gone to the creation of this handsome and plentiful stock of good things. I replaced the hatch ing resolved on the a four cabins as my bed it to nee what kind of accommodation t would yield T hung up the lan tern and looked tnto the cot that wag slung athwartship, and sy over and, hav. most of the m, entered ed a couple of rugs or blankets, which I pulled out, having no faney to Me under them. The deck waa Itke an old clothes shop, or the wardrobe of a traveling troop of actors, From tha sonfuaton in this and the adjoining cabinag 1 concluded that there had been a rush at the leat, a wild over hauling and flngin for articles of me among them. But just as not the disorder merely ind slovenly indifference of plunderera to the frutts of a pillage that had over stocked them. The first garment I picked up was a cloak of a sort of afl matertal, richly furred and Itned; all the but- tons but one had been out off, and W. Clark Russell that which remained was silver, epread ft in the cot, as it was a soft thing to Ne upon, ‘Then I picked up @ coat of the fashion you will eee in Hogarth's engravings; the coat collar, a broad fold, and the cuffs to the el- bow. Thig was as good as a rug, and I put tt into the oot. with the other. I inspected the articles on the deck ‘and among them recoHect a gold- laced waistcoat of green velvet, two or three pairs of high-heeled shoes, a woman's yellow gacque, 6 tri zied wigs, silk stockings, pumpe—in fine, the contents of the trunks of some dandy passengers, long since gathered to thelr forefathers, no doubt. I swept the huddle of things with my foot into a corner and, lifting the Nds of the boxes, saw more clothes, some books, a collection of small arms, & couple of quadrants and su dry rolls of paper which proved to charts of the Islands of the Antilles and the Western South American coant, very ill-digested. There wera no papers of any kind to determine the vessel's oharacter nor journal to acquaint me with her story, I was tired rather than sleepy and went to the cook room to warm my- velf nt the fire and get some supper, meaning to sit there till the fire died out and then go to rest. But when I put my knife to the ham I found tt as hard frozen aa when Lhad first met with it; #o with the cheese; the brandy was solld, too, and this though t had been a fire burning for hours! put the things Into the oven to thaw as before and, altting down, fell very pensive over this severity of cold, which had power to freeze within a yard or two of the furnace, To be the fire had shrunk, and the & door, being open, admitted the cold of t abin; but the considera- tion was, how was I to resist the phere? I had slept in # true, and was none the w I was under shelter, of plentiful meat and ne. But tf wine and froze In an alr in been burning, why », when there was no fo beat weakly, as It does Hquor to warm ham and in wlurmnby Having a pint ¢ heartily supped, I brewed unch and sat smoking, with ny feet against the furnace, It was after 8 o'clock by the fine watch I! was wearing. I knew by the hum- ming nolse that It was blowing a gale of wind outside, and from time to time the decks rattled to @ heavy dis- harge of hall I left the lantern burning while I made sure my bed was all right, and lay musing, feeling extremely ‘mel- ancholy, ‘The b st part was the thought of those two men watching in the cabin, The most fantastic alarms possessed me. Suppose their whosts came to the ship at midn entering their bodies, qui! Into walking? T caught myself lis. ' was enough to with the subdued roaring of the wind, the splintering of the occasional creakings—not un- like a eavy booted tread—of the fabric of the schooner—to t} blasts of the gale against her masts, or to nt Original Designs for Advice in the Selection of Materials and Styles for All Types Furnished by The Evening World’s Expert. By Mildred Lodewick DISTINCTIVE ved | eyes, not mugh color, My Imagination | | SPORT COAT FOR 8KATING. SUITA! ORR Ree indoor skating, and @ epring and aum- Mer sport coat, it could be made of serge, gabardine or light weight velours, either with or without « lining. Red, sea green, rose, mustard, French blue or emerald green would be suit- able colors, with a waistooat and cuffs of white flannel or serge. Questions and Answers. Fashion Diitor, Rvening World: I am desirous of re- modelling a gray char- meuse dress from last year; gkirt medium full, plain waist with pointed yoke and white georgette collar, Would like to have a little color mm i this time. Am twenty-one years old, rather short- Nght hair, good color, blue eyes, q Mies A. V. Use Co mag | sleev waist, - ming with bright blue velvet, Hobon, Blue bead embroidery on pointe of jrevers, cuffs and narrow belt. Pedhion Dititor, Brening World: I have one and one-quarter yards of black silk velvet one yard wide whioh I would like to use with something else In developing @ pret- ty evening gown, Will you suggest a atyle, also materials to use? Am forty years of age, five feet five inches tall, welgh 150 pounds, hi grey bair buy youthful looking, good color, and brown eyes. MRS. A. A. 7. Black lace, black chiffon, head- Panding of Jet, steet and bright blue wuggestion modelling « velvet skirt? Ie is of beautiful material, but the back ts pressed. How could I use eome other goods and make it stylah looking? Would itke it fuller than it ts now, as it measures 1% yards around and {9 In two H. G. W. Pieces, Set in a tunto of black satin, and use the good part of the black skirt to piece out bottom to fuller propor: Fashion Wititor, Brening World Wil you please @wugcest some way to make up five yards of | dark blue serge op | the style of @ coat x | dress, Would like it Wf for school wear, Am | nineteen yeare old, 5 feot 2 inches tall, weigh 125 pounds, have Hght hair, blue DOROTHY C, A collar of dark | blue velvet could be supplanted with one | of white broadetoth fl | when desired, Blue velvet buttons Tie a movement tn the bed on which she | of white eatin or broadcloth wi reposed. (To Be Continued) ’ , lar is blue, and of blue velvet when collar ia white, ee re Be ‘