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erfect Figure Contest Conducted by Pauline Furlong | chest, neck and arms. than a few seconds. Joints become stiff merely through breathing exercises this week I want to make clear them, Most of these movements com- pel those who stretch the mus- cles of the waist, back, arms and sides and these mild exercises are beneficial for beginners, elderly ramen who ere round shouldered caanet and do not breathe properly, and this faulty position of the body events the proper action of the and vital organ For this reason deep breathing exercises are the nrost valuable ones in the entire series because they eventually force erect ‘standing position and theroby he important organs of the body | erform their functions properly. Stive circulation and @ normally |), ped and strong heart are abso- lutely essential to health and power of resistance to diseases, and both of these can be obtained through the conwtant practice of deep breathing. ‘The fires of the muscles degenera and All the cella of the body and walls po Md arteries lose their elasticity when their work ts mi ‘no heart also works at @ de- e “disadvantage in the constant tary posture, and women who ly understand these things Id wet aside a few moments cach | day for breathing exercises, even though they may not have time, In- olination or desire to practise the more strenuous ones, rep ROUGH HANDS—HARRIET ‘Weer rubber gloves when keeping le hands in water and rub cocoa batter on them at night, This will protect them. Always wear gloves when in the street. Indigestion may cause this condition of the hands, fie ey tight clothing, collars, corsets and shoes, which interfere with th ciroulation, Lemon juince will remove the stains, ‘LARGE ABDOMEN—MRS. KATP C.: Trunk raising and body bending twisting will correct this. Eat less foots of all kinds and only those al- lowed in the obesity diet, T—MRS, L. G.: Cold e result of poor circulation. water and veral times oh day massage them ith. olive ofl to promote the circul tiv) Qf the blood to them, Heel and tow raising and foot circling, from the ankies, will also help overcome this condition, DARK BREAD—MRS.E.T.R: All dark breaiis are allowed in the obesity diat éxce)t Boston brown bread, Ail treads 5) ould be eaten sparingly by fat women and no white nor hot (reads indulged in at all, TO DEVELOP BUST—NINA: fo- called. flesh foods are beneficial only in @o far as they lubricate the flesh | during massage, and the real value tn them after all is massa draws the blood to th glands, foods and develops them. The suction method also docs this even quicker. All arm movements, back- ‘and foreward, and chest raising | jo help. Remember that the ted woman {s not in really health, though she may not fe@ Ill, and St is necessary to attain » the highest degree of health and pure righ blood in order to bring about a} normal breast development LIGHT EVEBROWS—MARY F.; en them, Dyes will be toost un factory for this purpuse. sage tea the body, head and chest and force the elbows backward until the shoul- meet in the back. Inhale slowly and deeply as you bring the © Bedy forward. Hold this upright position and the breath a few seconds and then return to the starting position, relaxing all muscles before start- ing the exercising and breathing again. Do this ten times with the others at least ten minutes once or twice each day. Do not hold the breath more Readers must be made to belfeve that there can be no health without Droper breathing and any and all exercises cause an increased demand | for more oxygen by the tissues and (his extra breathing power and In- creased heart action benefit all parts of the body. Benile decay ts not by any means a matter of old age, but the manner of life, and many persons in carly middle life fall into a condition of senile decay, the muscles in the face and body relax and fall and the ‘Old age could ve delayed and the prime of life extended if every one con- tinued to take an active mental and physical interest in life. Lesson Talks and Answers to Queries. HILE I am giving a series of | would not answer at all, ag it rubs off to readers that many parte) brows with a narrow brush dipped in of the body are} vaseline. Alum solution may help benefited through | Slightly to reduce the but an astringent, Strenuous ai practise them to| and thore who are not robust. | |1t showed him as she had never seen | head were his; he was younger In the which | eried to him rved breast | an eye pencil on the brows to} "0 Make Perfectly Proportioned for Their Height Women Now 16 or More Pounds Over or Under Their Proper Weight. Gvorright, 1911, by The Prem Publishing Oo. (The New York Prening World.) rm Reducing—Lesson VI. A Stretching and Breathing Exercise. Mlustration for this lesson shows another entirely new breathing exercise, which also includes stretching and benefits shoulders, Y Take your position with the hands clasped behind the neck, feet nearly together, body and elbows bent slightly forward. Gradually raise der ‘biad insufficient and shallow breathing. the hair, Have the thick part of the brows removed by the electric needle. It 1s the only way. Brush the top of are better for this purpose and bag punching one of the very best. SOAP FOR DRY 8KIN—MRS, | KATE R.: Use pure castile soap, if | any. Do not use hot water on tender, | dry skin, It would be better for you to cleanse the skin with a pure, thin cleansing cream and omit the use of soap altogether, until the skin b comes less sensitive. By Maurice Ketten. oy Trea (The New York Bri HAS MR JOHN DON'T LET ARS Jc LET ARS JOHN BEEN IN Hanoy 2? W THAVE BEEN E «IF SHE ASKS —————</ AND HE HAS HIDDEN [AH PosiTWE VERY SIMPLE HAN Wout Poe LACE CENTER PIECE WRONG SIDE UP. TREY € |. WHAT HOLD THis LACE CENTER D1 Tewyou PIECE WHILE | RAISE THe TABLE CoveR. IT 7 ott tae ote a ee a nn ne ne nal BEST NOVELS PUBLISHED ON THIS PAGE COMPLETE EVERY TWO WEEKS. ¢ te: (Copyright by Paget Newapaper Service.) SYNOPSIS OF PRK Pilly Paton, finds howe ot Haail sanioin fe is ‘su lawyer ut ie ba aecolne, comes fc"R, Biss mone fe aie eal “iy " ian aehe Hd. S mn. Ure men hay put ‘pamuit beging mediately. Kaloo. to noe. Sree Hoe na see. BteteN ows, 'inaliy’ ner father eouda tor ber, CHAPTER XX. HE day had grown toward ] dusk when a servant brought } her word that her father wished to see her, Harriet went up to him fearfully. The blind man scemed calm and quiet, A thin, square packet lay on the bed beside him, He held it out to her without speaking. Bhe snatched it In dread, The shape of the packet and the manner in which it was fastened told her It must be @ photograph, “Open tt,” her father directed. She snapped the string and tore off the paper. The photograph was of Hugh, but or known him; the even, direct eyes, the good brow, the little lift of the picture—she was seeing him when he was hardly more than a boy. was a boy to whom something etart- ling, amazing, horrible had happened, | numbing and dazing him so that he could only stare out from the picture lin frightened, helpless defiance, That | oppressien which she had felt tn him jhad just come upon him, He was |not yet used to ring what had | happened, It seemed incredible and unbearable to him, he felt instinct- ively that he had en facing, when this picture was tal... that Injustice which had changed him into the self~ controlled, watchful man that he had known, Father, what does this mean?” she “TL know Who lets now,” her father sald calmly, “I will tell you when I can,” “When you can?" "Yos," he sald. He was atill an instant; she waited “Where is Avery?’ he asked her, as though hia r ind had gone to another subject in G “r I y. » haw not been in, T belteve, ince nd for him, Tell him I wish to 8 im here at the house. He Is to remain within the house until I have seen him May | tak ushed dily, had just told her wes bhe shrank away from them. pd hands went to her face and hid “Do whatever you want her father answered quietly. And so she took it with ber. She servant of whom she in- He had not re- pul over one particular stroke 1 was sure he knew the game very The number of men tn this country who've played polo at all isn't very large and those wh polo are very few. bolo annuals for a few yeurs ba t wanted came to the iis picture is In the group Spring Meadows Cluvt ho layed ‘back’ for them five years ego, is name was under the picture, of 4808 Lrom Lhe OF 1OLOWIug Kua’ Lik refractions from the other showed him to her, He was sitting, . or was bein So this was that unknown thing which had stood between herself and Hugh—that somethin seen @ hundred epeech upon his lips and chill his manner toward her! Her hands dropped from her face. ®he threw her head back proudly and triumphantly as she faced both Avery and her father. “He, the murderer of Mr, Latron!” she cried, quietly. Tho blind man was very pale. He was fully dressed. Vill you wait for me outaide, Har- “I shall not be She hesitated. Then sho felt sudden- ly the futility of opposing him and went out into the hall. Bhe had watted almost half an hour, but the library doer had not been opened again. The closeness of the hall seemed choking her. went to the front door and threw it ‘The evening was olear Bhe ran down the steps and stood on the lawn. ‘The vague noises of the house no longer were audil She stood in the silence of the e ning, strained and fearfully At first there seemed to be no sound outdoors other than the gentle rush of waves on the beach at the foot of the bluff behind her, Then, in the opposite direction, she defined the undertone of some faraway oon- quired for Avery. turned, 80 she sent for him, and went the deserted watied there with Hugh in her hand. unretouched ‘print photographers emboss signature; and printed with the plic- ture, were four plain, distinct nu- merale—8263, what they meant or if they had any real significance, but somehow now she was more afraid for Hugh than she had been. She turned, Some one had come in from the hall. He was in riding clothes and was disheveled and dusty from leading the men on horseback through the could not see whether they were tied The light did not whine so as to let her see his face clearly; hia dearing was which she had Bo I sent for the Itbrary and times check the the picture of ‘The picture was calm; he held his She looked for his hurts. ‘There eeemed to be bandages on his head, but some one had large cap, which waa pulled down #0 48 to conceal the bandages, Plainly there had been no other capture. oitement was all centred upon him. Harriet heard le telling her name "You didn't tell Pred however, that “1 y ” yund y It tan't eo! found it uis °° apie “No; to be sure of him bestdes, Harriet had geen It a@ well as 1; 1 supposed sho before 1 spoke; ut, pushed back interfere with her the second machine. isregarded them and every he who had seen her ateadily upon Bhe stopped neemed to be all al those who would he said to her. one, had come “I understand. I am glad to know One leas certain of your Tam might have put an- ‘onstruction on your silence. moment Bantoine The man across from him Santotne's intuition told if suddenly together ; The blind man hat Avery was watching him » questioning, e@ald Santoine, “| - ing who Paton ty gives us no Hah determining who the men were that one else but H and had kept hi at the #ide of the oar where he was and put her hand on the edge of the ‘You have been hurt agein, Hugh?” toad! he said es constrain- A'blinding flare and an explosion It was @ flashlight tired by one of the newspaper photograph- fidelity than he picture and then up at her, “Were did you get this, him—drew h uinst some sho “Where did you “Are you ashamed to say ed? “Father gave it to me!” Avery started; but tf anything had caused him appre- hension it instantly disappeared, “Then didn’t he tell you who this man Eaton ts?" His tone terrified her, made her “Your father!" Harriet opened the door to the ton- neau, Two men occupied the seats in the middle of the car; large, seven pamenger machine. will take this seat, please” to the man nearer, she sat down, Bhe put her hand on his. His fin- gers closed upon it, but after his first response to her grasp he made was tho calm It gives none to me, Mr Bantoine,” y wald steadily, gives none to ," Bantoine re. Very pecullar be r of the #tock exchange to-day, that gives you All day they have been going Avery nodded again toward the photograph on the table, “Yes, Harry; have you never seen a,picture with the numbers printed that? Can't you guess yet where your father must bave sent for that plo- you know what those numbers mean?” “What do they mean?” “They are figures of his number in what 1s called ‘The Rogues’ Gallery’; now have you heard of it?” He got out and th below lke Utne noise came nearer and clearer —a confusion of motor explosions and now one sound clat- and louder and leaped bonds of the wn as the Latron properties. Tho very seourities which five years ago stood staunch againat even the shock man Whose coarse nearer rapi¢ ness of exhaustion, bound tightly to his side, dim and blank with pain and weart stared dazedly around, The car etarted. and she sat silent, with her hand still upon his, as they went to her father's house. CHAPTER XX1. ANTOINE, aftor Harriet had left the brary, stood walt- Ing until he heard the ser- vant go out and clowe the of & powerful motor car racing with “cut-out” open, She saw the glare of 1 through the trees past a road, Bhe ran on and the bi the car's headlight stralghtened and glared down the road directly upon The car leaped at her, on toward !t, arms tn the alr, clatter of the car became deafening machine was nearly upon her when tho driver recognized that road was heedless and herself before him un- He brought his car “What te itr ' of the death ¢ hew Latron's “And they mean he has committed crime and been tried and convicted ean in this case that ted a murder!" “For which he was convicted and Tam going to consult as you know, Avery; have Just found out that for several years—for about Ave years to be ex 's, for about the length of tima 1 have been with mo sed by @ cert “Bentenced!”" “Yes, and he {s alive now only be- the sentence could be the girl In the might throw less he stopped up short and skidding. he cried, as he muffled the engine, cause before 1 carried Ca Mey oe the man and another with him to re- main tn the hall. “When did you learn that Eaton was Hugh Overton, Avery?" he asked Hugh Overton, “Hugh Overton! I found It out us and terrible injustice to an inno- Except for my blindness Avery, this injustice ver could have been carried on, 4 find a certain amount of bitterness my tone tt is due to that ‘ve got him!" the man arted. ve got him!” m! Hugh Overton! Baton, Miss He's Hugh Overton; hadn't And we've got him!" she asked them. “How did you discover it? ept for that “It was plain from the first thers was something wrong with the man Avery replie no way of p Was coming to tell your father, Matthew Latron! Harriet fought herself free. revolt stormed in her. i him until he ga himeelf away at polo the other day “At polo? Then you knew about it the other day?" Avery denied. “Il saw that he was pretending not to know * @ game which he did know; when he “Where ia he? p being a little se They did not tell her, but reply was Other# eyes pointed He was In the back second machine with two on each slde of him. The sitive In regard to you in regard to this?” “Of course I am at your service, M. ntoin Avery's voice was har unnecessary. his name is Hugh, but he is Ponecusety. Mr, Warden said had been greatly terribly wronged, Mr. War- tried to help Hugh even at the < of his own life. not Hugh Overton ry. biind man wae stlent for an tn- He would not Jy would bave tried to help f the man a n mounting swiftly and he gave tt TOO MUCH EFFICIENCY ‘+ By E. J. Rath | The Funniest Story in Years—Be Sure to Read It. Begins on This Page February 5. behind her and must go back then, | Original Designs for The Home Dressmaker Advice in the Selection of Materiais and i Furnished by The Evening World’ yles for Ali Lypes Expert, By Mildred Lodewick Congright. i911, by The Pree Publishing Co, (Tue New York Evenioe World.) Description. t HE fickleness of women's hearts 1s demonstrated f fashions more than anything else, No | sooner do they choose from the fashions of- fered them each sea- | son those which they think they will love and cherish for at least three months, jthan they begin to look around for some- |thing new to please thelr fickle fancy | Just now they find delight in the guimpe | dress, which ts such & pretty and besom- ing atfle that it is likely to break prece- dents and remain tn favor through the summer. A black velvet frock com pleted with a sheer white gulmpe would be very pretty for Present wear. Such trock could also be | utilized in the sum- mer when it would |appear more distine- |tlve with high white kid boots and a white hat to complete the | toilet, Of course, only a simple design would ‘do for such a pur- pose, and the one whown to-day ts par- | ticularly gultable, Hand embroidery ts |the only elaboration | upon the frock which is allowed that is | effective in relleving the plainness of the front of the straight jneck Ine, also in | bringing to notice the two patch pockets, Bilk and satin | both being adaptable for this design, chiffon in self color could be used for the gulmpe, and bead embroidery and bead banding the trimmings, as the | front view suggests, | If black velvet was used for such [a frock to be worn with a white | gulmpe tn the summer, the embrotd ery had best be of black, while the narrow sash belt could supply a touch \ of color, beine made of beads or col- | (oil) is very shabby, Kindly set m know how to renovate it, Latron himself became convinced that confinement for the rest of his lift then fate effectively ervened to end all bis troubles body, charred and almost con sumed by flames—but nevertheless the identified body of Matthew Latron--was found in the smoking ruins of his shooting lodge which burned to the ground two days be- fore bis trial f have stated cor- Vecpetd these particula bave I not, ve os “A young man was shown to have followed Latron Lo the shooting lod, A witness appeared who had » this young man shoot Latron, A sec- ond witness had seen him set fire to the lodge, The yo man-—Hugh Overton—-was put on trial for his Life, 1, myself, as 4 witness at the trial, bupplied the motive for the crime; for, though I had never met Overton, I knew that he had lost the whole of 4 large fortune through investinents recommended to nim by Latron. Overton was convicted, sentenced to death, He escaped before the sen- was curried out—became a fu- me, who if he ever reappeared would be handed over for execution, Por the evidence had been perfect aplete; he had shot La- tron purely for revenge, For there Was no doubt Latron was dead, was there, Avery?” Santolne waited for reply, Wheat?" Avery sald husktly, “L way there was no doubt Latron ead 2 ne." That was the time you came into my employ, Avery, recommended to me by one of the men who had been closest to Latron, I was not con- nected with the Latron properties ox cept 4s 4n adviser; bit many papers relating to them must go tnevitably through my hands, 1 was rather on the tnaide In all that concerned tho properties, But I could not my MODISH INTERPRETATION OF THE GUIMPE DRE are all equally suitable. Fashion Editor, Brening | ored ribbon. A persoh may have any number of different aash belts to wear with this frock, giving it the char: Of variety, ‘The back view of the design shows ® pretty combination of satin striped taffeta, plain satin and chiffon. Answers to Queries, Veshion Editor of The Evening Worla lam making over a net dress made ke one of your designs, but t! K. A. W ‘Silke net will become mp and noth ing will restore the life, but to sew « stiff ribbon or cording around th edges will help give it the origina) | fare. Feahion Editor, Evening World I have 6 yards of purple atlk pop In and would like your advice for « one-piece § after noon dress tha: will make me loo! taller, Am fori years of age wetgh 188 pound« height 5 feet inches, dark com plexton. MRS. M. EL @. White oa ventee laced wit» purple velve: atrin Purp: velvet girdle anc buttons, Fashion Bititor, Brening World Will you please tell me what | should use as a foundation for @ ai! ce wal MISS H {fon cloth, chiffon, mousseline orld Will you + kindly J ( suggest an evening Gress for me to be mado of white so! if ree? I am 2% years of age, have dark complexion, alight G color, brown eyes and hatr I welgh [i 128 pounds, but look |} a slim see the papers; I was blind; there ION 1 fore, | had to have others serve as HARON ae \wag for me, And from the firat,| Silver lace, rasp- -{ FP) Pisa) you served as My eyes in Con-| pe, vet bach ren ven {p cons! perry velvet ribbon, tsa the Lutron properties, If anythin ever appeared in those papers wh might have led me to suspect that any injustice had been done in the punishment of Latron's m rer, it could reach me only throu, 4 Nothing of that sort ever did reach me Avery. You mus’ have made quite a good thing out of it” “I don't understand; I beg your pardon, Mr, Bantoine, but I do not follow what you are talking about,” “No? nw ust BO @ little further, This last year a minor re- organization became necessary in some of the Latron properti My friend, Gabriel Warden—who was an honest man, Avery—had re greatly {noreased his intereat In those properties, It was t{nevitable that the reorganization should be largely in his hands, I remember now th there Was oppoattion to his share tn 1. ‘The fact made no tapression on me at the time. Opposition te com mon fn all things. During his work with the Latron properties, War t nest man, Avery—dis ' Injustice of wi speak. (fo Be Concluded.) paper, Jan. 26, would To F. W.—The design in Friday's require 41-2 Tepe de chine, &4 yard of * yards of band trimming, Passion itor, Ereaiog Workt I Lave a dark blue sult from last year BA which T would Ike i to make tnto a drese for street wear this ‘ spring. I am thirty yoars of age, 6 feet "7 @ inches tall, ‘The 1 coat was attached \ to @ gathered lower @ portion at the waistline, It opened \ in front and was | held at tho waist | line with two but tons, MISS K. A Black satin veet black braiding, nov - ety buttons. sinha