The evening world. Newspaper, January 8, 1917, Page 13

Arhe Contest Will Begin Mon- « day, Jan, 22--For Twelve Weeks Contestants Will Follow Illustrated Lessons . Prepared by Miss Pauline .. Furlong and Published Daily “ in The Evening World. “Beery Woman Whose Weight Is Now Fifteen‘ or More sc Pounds Greater or Les: Than It Should Be for Her Height Is Eligible to Enter This Contest—No Names Will Be Published, / 0 ie A.M. and 6 P. M, to-d to me at once, Peanoree ruaonts As it takes-valuable time to open and read letters I Must request intending applicants to conform to the following model letter writing for appointments: «Dear Miss Furlong: ~ For the purpose of entering The Evening World's Perfect Fig- ure Contest please send me an appointment card for (day of the week) at (hour preferred) or (op- 4 tional day) at (optional hour). ‘ Mrs. A. B. BLANK, « Address........ on Weight —— pounds. Height, > inches. Age —— years. (Unless a certain day or hour le positively the only time you can * gall, instead of specifying day and hour say instead “any day” or “any morning” or “any after- a, Neon.” Upon recelving your application | wilt mall you an appointment card “telling you when to call on me, A Private suite of offices have been fitted up by The Evening World that G may weigh and measure all contest- ants in strict privacy. To determine your eligibility to enter the contest consult the follow- ing weight and measurement table. | If your present weight is fifteen or) more pounds greater or less than the! weight specified as correct for your height, and if you are not less than ‘twenty-one years of age, you may “*enter the contest. ® > = Fs Answers to Queries. GLOBS ON FACE-—G. 1: Too! much oll In the skin causea this and it) Faust the result of being in the open. Bata parts alcohol and witeh hazel wer the face will help to cor- The, lines from nose to re caused by relaxed muscles » at ises for the face will help strengthen the muscles and harden the flesh. The rubber chin satrap also helps go hold the mouth cfosed at night and thereby prevents further saggin~ of the muscles. ‘This loose flesh inay also be taken up by} ration similar to the one for double chin and crow’s feet. MUMPS—MRs. G. T. » {toms of mumps are swelling, fever, pain when swallowing sometimes earacho, Tho disease ts infectious and ¢ It is usually from one week to ten days running its course, « WALNUT STAIN—S. L.: should not pour water over the . nuts, Get the dried walnut shells REPLACING A KNOB ON AN ar eg KETTLE TOP, I’ the knob is broken from an a aluminum ket- le cover, a large} ragged hole is left| P~ the kettle practi- cally useless. If the By Pauline Furlong Copyright, 1917, by The Preas Publishing Co, (The N INTEST applicants with whom I have made enrolment appointments begin their calls at my office at 10 o'clock this morning, Because the majority of women who have asked for appointments have spect- fled @ pgference for afternoon ‘hours I must urge all women who can do so to give me an option on either morntngs or afternoons, Also I cin make appointments only between 10 8 my office is open to recelve appl!- cants only between these two hours, calendar already 1s filled for to-day, tomorrow and Wednesday, and as the contest begins two weeks from y those desiring appointments are urged to write the storm int mile in extent, in your langua, speak my tongue. me in it?" Snglish!’ he exclatmed in Eng- lish, dropping his head on one side, and’ peering at me with an ineredible air of amazement, “How came you You are not of our company? Let me sec “Lam a shipwrecked British mar- said I, “and have been east this ico, where I found here? sir. 1 filled @ pannikin with the melted wine, which he swallowed thirstily ne on the under | on the outside of | very obliging, cover, and the! knob fastened with| & small stove bolt, &3 shown in the illustration, the ket- ie wi) ‘will be as good ax new.-Popular Bclence Monthly. edges are filed | smooth and two tin | roofing caps are| ‘ used as washors, [if water, whic as he sat upon the mattress, and to it be fell, making @ rare meal. Yer To Make Perfectly Proportioned for Their Height Women Who Now Weigh Fifteen or More Pounds Over or Under Their Proper Weight. TRE AWARDS. $50.00 te the contestant whose weight and Measurements at the close of the contest most closely approximate those designated as “perfect” for her height. to the contestant $25.00 who shall rank second in perfect figure approxi- mation, $10.00 [2 the contestant who shall rank third at the conte: lose, $5.00 each to the THREE contestants who shall rank respectively fourth, fifth and sixth, York Evening World.) (eens ni and pour a pint of hot water over a half pound of them, strain and use on clean hair, wish to perfume and keep it add sev- eral drops of your favorite perfuine Soe oll) to several ounces al- coho! BUST MEASUREMENT—r, R: You should measure about thirty- ive inches for your hei7ht, which you say ts five feet two and a half, VANISHING CREAM-—RB, &.: It {s not possible to make vanishing cream inthe home, CHAPPED HANDS AND LIPS— B.: Cocoa butter is best fo condition, beh cs OLIVE OIL—r. F.—Olive off used as & massage wtll not bring color to ay encourage growth of hair if used tea Vel) Wholesome foods, eks. It on | SuPPOSE ULL HAVE To GET SONE > ADIATOR. My appointinent When cold If you @ satisfactory j often, exercises and deep breathing: are the best means you to get color, ale 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. ¥ HERE are few a things that give more tisfac- tion to the woman who has to dress on an allowance than the feeling which arises when she re- gards her possessions in clothing and knows that not one dollar has been fool- ishly spent. To buy few clothes, and those fow with care- ful planning to ex- actly sult one's op- portunities, tsa pretty sure guide to serene satisfaction of mind when the end of @ season arrives, Many women have found the one-piece frock which combines: dark blue serge with self color sattn or Georgette crepe to be of unusual utility, as they serve for such varied purposes, The dosign of to-day offers an opportunity for effective handling of these fabrics. The serge portion of the frock is cut in auc a way as to make possible its rejuven- ation from a last year's frock or suit. The front view shows the watst open 4 front to permit of @ panel of blue satin trimmed with sou- tache braid, or of blue Georgette crepe Sanly Yemen ‘The apron panel of serge, which is in one wa the waist, is jus around = the edges, but attached to the skirt where the centre panel of the contrasting fabric is inserted. An interesting fe ure of the frock is the soft crush belt, which begins and finishés in the silts at the side-fronts of the bodice. Of elegant emt..sed ribbon in vari- colors, this belt could be made to distinguish a Goorgette crepe frock, BEST NOVELS PUBLISHED ON THIS PAGE COMPLETE EVERY TWO WEEKS. SYNOISIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, The oud shiv Lavehing Mary ie wrecked in a a he finda himeet 1 rit ot food and. wf red by. the colds Ine CHAPTER XII, (Continued,) yO HIS sudden confrontmeat threw me into such confu- sion that | could not spe He moved his head from side to side, taking a view of the scene, with an expression of the most inimitable astonishment painted upon hls countenance, He then brought the flat of his hand dramatic blow to his forehead, the ry ‘ar on which showed black ag ink to the fire-elow, and sat erect, “Where have 1 been?” he exclaimed ch. nember, That memory 8 na lion, Gly Again I filled the pannikin, "Goo | there we wil pat togethe The broth being boiled, a good bowl of It along plate at bacon ‘and tongue, biseuit und a pannikingof hot brandy and T put ui oy, » boats! t ail the while that he ate he acted Uke & roi To the bostal Te tea ae @ man bewitched, aa well he staring at me and looking round and round him, knife to strike his brow, kind of blow activity of memory. hing wrong,” said atis it, sir? This How does it bap- tT am lying here?” him exactly how it was, add. ing that tf it had not been for his posture, which obliged in order to carry him, he would now be on deck with the others, awaiting the best funeral I coul Who are the others? “It is eighteen hundred and one," Lecried, and as I said this I recoiled @ y expecting him to le ready taken, would send him to steep, |, it quickened his spi » With no luck of life is the condition of Frenchman's vehew may and you also have may not in as if by that would quicken the tlons of horror and consternation the vessel?" I told him that she was still high , adding that during the night of change had happened, which I should presently go ou deck find means of Ane deed a light upon cunning expression black prospects of . the coolness of which was xpressibly surprising ve South Seas, aad of the crew only | Paul Htodney eaves tn the cole remaining bow: After four days at etrange cous, It in “command oF ‘thie ently grasping his “ thén put his hands to “Thing you,” soys he, is any chance of her ever being lib- ves to De at iceberg many Noduey diecorers a man froten ‘The figure is strangely his face and me to thaw hando Prado. For we pirates are re. thei; then very siowl visible effort, little with an air of weakness, proceeded to feel and strike himself 5 swinging his arma and using after which he sat down the clothes over his naked and fixing bis eyes on me a’ What do you say this y: but without . if the tee in breaking doesn’t ‘The summer season has distinctions save those we or conventence of working “There were We had come out counting yourself, sits frozen to death on the rocks, be a question for us to our disaster, whether we are to wait for tie four in all, rench crujsers which were sand others of our kind, and partly e ill-luek was against we could not find our account In those We sailed in December two jeavor to effect our escape by other from his pocket that I might tell the ” the “abiiy was A" pitue.cra't, MANY Seam tadore, In the " Aodyey carrion tne ls the other very) loavy aw a bit, | Rud 7 howe At Work emt in the man Having gyal and wine gruel, ious gleam of cunning He took tho watch in his hands and faction shone in his eyes as he me to bring the lantern closo. * sald he, and shook nis head ie atlens doza's--the captain's. ments, ipet th, $yough He took it for the sake of this letter dead on the rocks? but did not know 1. remember, Making the year?"—I interrupted started, and then grinned ag Ah, to be sure hundred and one; have been shipwre ; wreck shuffles dates as a hive dues Wo missed him, where he had gone.” them, raising his hand and tmpul- on the matttress, tapped his fore. “It has come back! Gluseppe ‘Trentarove wrong in famine, lonelines Le of good cheer, m All will return to you I may hear your adventures, and [ will relate mine.” “A Spaniard y Sir, sir, that let me call the year in w y starting up wa sailed for tho South Bea seven- was a pirate?” said L do you know that?’ and I were in le had fallen blind with Wo confronted On asudden he scream put my face in my a that pannikin, my Ww sununed up in what'T have o the glare of the ice, months in the South Sea number of ships. One was a privateer “Lam a British sailor ti be at @ loas--I related my adventures Ilo drew nearer to the fur man in the & had entered covering of clothes along with and held out his great hands to the South Sea by This fellow was full of Mno thes and had some silver | him leaning back from the tabie with his eyes fall from my fo wound him with the » cannot yet persuade hie » Pealities of the countenance: too languid to ri him awhile, and then the drowaines and my head and I remember no more." me with se ‘arce a wink with a ri nd at tho end of my t but were @ long time about It, nion on deck, and was to have followed but for ‘twixt San Carlos and Chiloe, “what matters the pannikin for more liquor, Sir," said T, speaking with the ut- most dittculty, “I do not unde Tam English, You Will you address ts a pirate. thundered ‘dewn upon us, of course, rummaged her, forcing us to fy tity by layin caused my flesh to Stand pose water, and he supped if it had been a thimbleful of wine, “By the holy cross,” this 1s very wonderful, long have you been here, sir? been better to rub me He poked up one foot up other to count his toes, iT you found” vith enough to excite Pitasry: Pg tf which drove our and then said: “go_clothed tn And I have been in a —never moving, the weather having er breathing?" ves surrounded ‘by ated ahead of us, ext Into the South. The gale ton to this coast haul the schooner to the wind, only chance lay in » bay where we might find Such a bay it was my good luck ° handfuls of gold my stocking: pect," sald [, hat Is this month?" to him, and he pulled them over his legs, noots and stood up, aps tumbling off him “I can stand,” the coats and interrupted with pre sious vehemence, "certainly, we are frozen 1 count on his fingers: > » fee and got locked In months of it Six months of tng hin face sound, fs she not? But in attempting to take a ste |, and would have “grasped his i It was formed of a x ep of ice jutting a long way slantingly Into the wea, the width he- and the main being as if to rise, but sat again cold is numbing; tt would me a hot driak, lect no more. And suppose the stupor be Impossible to be sure unil , patience!” he mory’ stops would about @ third nd then lay alo} shall not start and shouted to to be Imprisonec 1 hor tore!” cried he, “I seem to want mainsail that when I put the helm down wointed to the What Was the year in which you fell In with the tcc?” sald “The year?” he pects are black, sald he, fetching a sigh as side and the other|he returned. the veusel, "You ary r. If you have tovd stood «aping as tholr doom rush on top of @ hug e captain and f ‘swings ng with set teeth at the tiller. regarding the schooner a neluding that If she went to pieces what they regarded of what he had ale Into this bay did we ~ THE BLIND MAN'S EYES Jumping to my feet with terror at a By William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer Begins on This Page Monday, Jan. 1 “Do you know what year this his knees y chance to es- » luoked at me without answer- “The captain endeavored to bri them to their senses. He and I nd boat- the mate, and Joam Barros, th swain—a_ = Portuguese went among them pistols in hand, entreating, cursing, threatening, But reason as we would, the dogs refused to Iie ney had broached a spirit cask aft, and passed tho liquor along the decks while they hoisted the pinnace out fd and got the other bonts over. They would not walt to come of the at the treasure in the run—the fools 63 as who stood—but entered the astle and the officers’ cabins, and routed about for whatever m trinkets they might stuff in t# without loss of tim provisioning the boats, * called us to join them, but we said no, on which they ran the boats down to the water, tumbled into them and pulled away round the point of lee, ‘We lost alight of them, and I have lit- tle doubt) that thoy all perished shortly afterward.” He ceased, 1 waa anxious to hear more, “You had been six months on the ice whe n the stupor fell upon you? red about us and built us in, gath “But the cold was frightful. [t was not In flesh and blood to stand tt, One day—we had been locked up about five months Mendoza sald he would upon the rocks and take @ sea, Ho did not return, were half blind besides, U went, but the ten was full of caves and hollows, and the like, and I could not tind him, nor could I look for him long, the cold being the hand of death itself up there, “Time went by. ‘Trentanove by called to him, but he made no deply, I approached and looked at him, and found him frozen. ‘Then happened what I have told you. We were in the cabin, the mate seated at the table, waiting for me to lead and sup- port him to the ecook-room, for he was carry his welght. A sudden faintness seized so weak he could see me, and I sank down upon the bench osite him, letting my he: fall mmy arms, His ery I looked Up~saw him @ but the cabin turned black, my head then cried in French: his own!" and with that he fay back and burst into laughter, “And this,” said I, “was in seven- teen hundred and fifty-three?" he answered, “and this is n hundred and one elght and * years afterward, hed again, “TE said he, “that d've know, | thor nap will do moe good. oals have you found in the 1 told him. 1," he ried: "we can keep our- kelves warm for some time to come, anyhow.” And so saying he pulled a rug up to his nose and shut his eyes (To Be Continued) d the ship would tumble to , about six months. The ice ew of the others were too weak to seek him, and they ‘ame stone blind, and [ had to put food and drink Into his hands that he might} live. A week before the stupor came upon me T went on deck and saw) Joam Barros leaning at the rail. I] sank ,osaln, and I remember no are dead-—Jules no devil is loyal to AFTERNOON FROCK COMBINING SERGE AND SATIN. whose tucks through the skirt could be sown with chenille, as the back view suggests. The front panel and important lines in the bodice also should be outlined with chenille stitches, while the de- Mghtful contrast of fine lace for sleeves, and velvet for a collar com- pletes an afternoon frock of unusual charm, The summer days would find such @ frock euitable for many oc- casions, Answers to Queries Fashion Editor, Evening World: I have consider~ able trouble in get~ ting becoming styles for my cloth and come to you for ad- vice about a dress of enclosed material (dark blue silk and wool poplin), which I will want to wear in the street next spring. Am forty- two years old, weigh 168 pounds, have a large, high bust and am 5 feet 3 Inches tal, MRS, HT, Dark bhie velvet rivbon used as eug- gested will tend to lower your bust line, Hashion Bilitor, Evening World; Will you kindly Suggest an evening dress for me, my age being seven- teen years, height 5 feet 7 inches and welght 140 pounds, I wish to use 6% yards of silver lace and would like to combine it with satin, What color and style de you advise? ANNIE D, Nile green satin, silver ribbon belt, Fasuion Editor, © ng World Tam sixteen years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall, very siim and wear no corset, The high school is giving a cantata in which I sing In the cho- rus, I have no white dress and would like you to suggest the mate- rial, trimmings and style. [t must be simple, inex- ‘nsive and pret- ty. Thanking you, HELEN @. Batt with point d'esprit cape, collar and tiny ruffles: Either squares ingerted in skirt or @ plain five-inoh band, tL MARRIED BY TELEGRAPH, RIVATE B. J. LUNHART of a Mise P souri regiment at Laredd, Tex, and Miss Ruby Swarts at But- ler, Mo, were united in marriage by telegraph recently through the im- termediary of an operator and @ » at each office, says the trical Experimenter, After the ceremony the bridegroom was show- ered with rice by his brother Boats men, ~ | —_—————— TES |