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Deep Breathing Health and Beauty BY PAULINE FURLONG FOR Coprriaht, 10) Seep breathing and shoulde: the back. ‘Stand with abdominal m Gp and expanded, which fs nati ‘watrained position. ‘bows sharply bent as shown, shoulders. Gradually force the betkward; holding the watst m ‘at fast adout on a line with the tutn to starting position and Sand ret @nd one-half pound of figs. and add two cups of hot water. simmer until {t forms a stiff then pour on olled paper. Whe: glass jar until wanted. Take @ square inch of the paste each before retiring. ‘The following foods aro m laxatives: whole wheat, brown, bren; crushed wheat, oatmeal, ‘ties of all kinds, lemons, or peaches, apples, grapefruit, p: figs, rhubarb, honey, nuts, milk, cider, koomiss. coffee, milk, cream and alco! Dring @ glass or two of hot o: water before breakfast and retiring. % cup wheat bran, powder, 1 teaspoo: Add ~nough sweet milk to m: soft dough. Roll out and bake oven. .G.: Take two alum and pour over ours v ‘will not reduce the breast. and hardens the ABOUT SOAP—HARRY A.: not tell you about the mention as IT do not know w! coptains. Pure castile soap baneficial in cleansing th not cause excessive dr: ag many strong soaps do. Gl Wives, Pleas Take Note B HOLD these facta That no husband Seance his wife to call on him ‘upon hia tnvitation, That no wife can possibly yhow sho upsets his routine, dis the mental processes that go or Ing those hours, and subjects herself} 8 office mate to the gossip of » ‘movement to follow the instructions Tam outlining to prevent strain on 4 @rmiy contracted and the chest high Do not bend the ‘bolly too far backward, eapecially if ‘you ere @ beginner at the exercises, ‘Decguse the great force necessary to | ‘property accomplish this exercise May cause strain on the Joints. ‘The body must be bent backward, Up Bigh from under the shoulder ‘Blades and not at the emall of the Stand straight, weight for- ward. Slowly raise the head upward until the eyes look toward the cell- ing, and at the same time raise the is (palms outward) and arms, el- the bands are on a level with the firm and bending the body higher up, ‘Age of shoulder blades, Take a long, deep inhalation of fresh air as you assume the upright and backward position and then slowly exhale, Ro- butte Avold meats, eggs, cheese, condiments, spices, te. " After twenty-four the clear portion. r-back uscles urally unttl hands juscles lower . by the Press Publishing Oo, (The New York Drening World), Exercise for Correcting Round Shoulders POWERFUL exercise ts illus trated today and I want all readers who practise this relax @ few seconds, breathing Answers to Health and Beauty Questions. FIG PASTE—MRS. B. T. C. Request): Take one pound of prunes (by Btone thé prunes and chop the fruits fine, Pet them in a saucepan with one ounce of senna powder (not henna) Let mass, n cold ‘Wrap in ofled paper and place in a about night atural All dark breads, ginger, graham and hom- gay. all coarse cereals, corn and tur- ‘mips, green vegetables and watery aalads and fruits, cooked or raw ber-| ange: runes, holies, white flour products and bananas. r cold before CAMPHOR ICE FOR THE FACE— ARGE! RY T.: Camphor ice is some- vhat astringent, It helps tighten flabby flesh and the grease in it pre- venta drying the skin too much. I know many women who use this | about once each week to smooth | nd harden the flesh. ‘AN BISCUITS FOR CONSTI- P, TONERS. . C. Dt Bift to- gether % cup} jpoonful baking ram in 1 teaspoonful melted butter. ake a in hot | | UM S6OLUTION—wRs. WaL- tublespoontuls | it one It ts flabby $esh around neck and double chin, Tean- soap you hat it i4 a 6 face yness, erine, e to be proved, says the Irish World. ever at his office during business hours except know orders » dur- That there is no easy way to make | a@ wife see this, y & few observations. A lovely creature breezes in husband's office just Lecaus y Dappens to be passing, ‘ busy, Dearie, what good dc desk light do you at that Don't you know you will ruly eyes? What a mess your desk it ts, Well, let Just me stic’ We proceed from these trulsms to to her © she She says, “Now, don't let me dis- turb you @ minute—I know you are s that angle? 1 your ts int Look at Mr, Officemate's, how neat « thie Mttle package in your lower drawer ‘an@ you bring {t home with you whoa In desoription) this exercive (see lo not bend the too far backward, espe- if you are a beginner. eaetising bod: cially easily through the nostrils mean- while, No person can continue to stand in @ round-shouldered position who practises this exercise daily at inter vals for several weeks. Women’ not accustomed to exerets- {ng may find that this movement, causes etiffness and soreness around the shoulder blades and probably at the waist line also. In that event dis- continue @ny muscular movements for several days and proceed with the deep breathing exercises untt! the muscles have become normal again. tar or sulphur soap are best for black- heads and olly skin. se - HAIR DARK AT ROOTS-nEsB: : Touch the hatr at the roots mith some peroxide of hydrogen on a puff of cotton tied around a emall tooth- brush. Then roll the strands and fasten on top of the head to prevent the bleach from dripping and making the ends darker, This {3 the only w po keep bleached hair one color, 4! e strands remain rolled uy 7 til they are quite dry, sie FERMENTATION AND GAS—w. H. (a man reader): The follow- foods should he avoided: White ad, cakes, pastries, all acid fruita, ® jugar, coffee, tea, condiments, fatty foods, heavy, rich gravies; cream, alcoholics and stimulanta. L Seek the where in France, women, must bi working and—waiting!) Stacy Garth cen tren 'N silence and stooping low, that our earth-brown clothes might the better blend with the muddy earth around us, we stole, side by side, toward the American front line trench, My night's adventures promised to have a tame enough ending. ‘We came at last to the Ip of the first trench. T found a ladder head and threw one leg over to deacend marvelling that no sentinel challenged me. “Watt till I get down and find a Nght,” I whispered to Adele. “Then I'll help you down. I’— I got no further, I “found a light” with no trouble at all at the very mo- ment I was speaking. And [ found it without searching, An are of white fire shot out of the darkness beside me. It stabbed my eyeballs, Yet, lurching Instinctively to one side out of ita blinding radi- ance, I could see what caused it, There, on an upper rung of the lad. der stood an overcoated man, a flash- light in his hand, I could make out the silhouette of his body against the slowly paling sky. Not only that, but I could see some- thing else about him—in that brief in- stant before the flashlight rays could gearch me out @fd play upon me again, I could seo that he wore a helmet, A spiked helmet. A helmet such as no soldier on earth ROW Wears, except 4 German, ‘ Waue I stood there, gaping, the man j you come, O—O, dearle, I Just}/eound me again with bis accursed ‘al a opened that drawer fo slip this pack- |eearchlight, and at once, with a grum- ” fn it and I couldn't help seeing pied apology, he shifted the light's ) ss that bill from Smith's me it was paid.” and you told g re from me, at the samo time bring- Ing up ‘bis other band in salute, Comoright. 10918, by the Prewe Publishing Co, (The New York Wrening World.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, b. New York boy, tp France, writes to bls mother the true story of why it A girl named Adele ry 4, Addgle ) Way Out (Being the letters of Stacy Garth, formerly a plain civilian In New York and now a buck private of the Rainbow Div ion, “Some- I! loving who, the sharpest burden of the war, here at home, wan ky from the ranks b ate sl ee i He Aalgnatitiy dinnlaed eretfy. bovine that ur tik. Uhloktog nt hia fi wy tae Gorman of! iver. who etalk nue, fea Cigcih knocks the ‘wan out, Ko Mitn's asd raringe pur fees anilorm, © hen she, tumbles into, § ia a macro narnt for the Vremchs "they trebate' Go reeala theif oow uae pet ES Bok ead CHAPTER IX. Once more I had cause to bless that CHECKMATED! Gorman Infantry Captain whose coat I still wore. But, just then, I had scant brain to bless anything, I stood aghast. I was certain we had not gone in the wrong direction this time. We had moved due west from the crater lp, Moreover, I recognised a doxen fa- miliar things about this trench that had been my home for wooks, Then how in the name of all that Was unbelievable, did thts German happen to be standing so unconcern- edly on Its edge? Why, too, did he show a flashlight so brazenly when tts rays might well bring a perfect shower of bullets from tho opposite Ine of trenches? I might still be standing, biinking, if {t had not been for Adele Speak- ing to the man in perfect German, even to the guttural Prussian intona- tion, she asked sharply “What does this mean? you—we—doing in the trenches? Speak up, man She could not have addressed him with more imperious authority If sha had been a Major General, As she spoke, she caught my arm and leaned on St, close to me, with an ostenta- tious alr of possession The German—be seemed to be a non- commissioner officer—was visibly tin- pressed. “Gnedige Fraulein,” But she cut him short ‘e returned to camp, the Herr Gap- —my husband— and [to hearour men have taken these Aliied trenches We heard no particulars, We heard no firing beyond the handful of ar- tillery salvoes. What does tt mean Sho spoke as if she and I regarded the move as a personal slight and de- What are Yankee — he began. VLG A MEWHER se >, BY ALBERT..--. PAYSON ‘Hemmed In on All Sides by the Foe, A Lone Soldier and a Girl manded the reason for such a thing. Lord, but I admired her as she atood there bullying the machine-like Prus- sian, in her assumed capacity of of- ficer’s wife, I admired her, for I know she must be at heart as nonplussed and sick with fear as I. But unlike myself ehe had had the wit to take advantage of the man’s belief that I was a Prussian Captain. (I sometimes think, in an emergency, + @ woman is twice as resourceful and ten times us clever as we men, for all our boast of superior intellect. I know Adele has ten times my clever- ness. But then, so have you, mother of mine.) The soldier, with humble respect, be- gan to answer her questions. But T noticed hoe addressed himself to mo not to Adele, evidently regarding hor as her husband's mere mouthpiece, or else not daring to address a mero woman In the presence of @ superlor officer, “We had word an hour ago,” sald he, “that the Americans who were training here had been ordered to fall back to the trenches a mile to west- ward and to desert these, Woe Were moved across—three regiments of us. That ts all I know, woblge- boren Herr Richter.” I grunted,-unintelligibly, Then, obey- ing @ sharp pressure of Adele's hand on my arm, I moved rapidly awav with ber in the direction in which we had come. My brain was in a whirl. Adele seemed to realize my perplexity, For she said as soon as we were out of earshot: “Don't you see? Don't you under- and what has happened?” “Only that the Americans are in ro- troa' I answered. My heart was in my heels, “Retreat?” she echoed In scorn, “What nonsense! It is nothing of tha kind, they were put Into those front ne trenches on a wholly unimportant sector, to train, not to plungo at once into the active warfare. When they are ready for that they wil! be shifted to some vital point on the line where thelr prowess will count. They wero put here to train, You can be certain ; they won't be permitted to fight unt! thelr Generals think the training ts complete, Now that the Boches are beginning to try ralding tactics your man have been moved back a mile ‘That th’all!’ The trenches tiey aban- doned are of no atratégic value; the Gern.ans know that, as well as France does. But as soon as some apy re- ported the move of the Americans they threw @ regiment or two into the Hor Toody INSTEAD OF ICE: WATER, |, 3 . i) empty trenches so they could report at Berlin the capture of an enemy trench ‘after desperate resistance.’ It ia the old story. No, my friend, your Americans are not in retreat. They could have held thia line of trench until doomsday, if it had been worth while, And their officers know they could, 80 don't look eo heartbroken.” She apoke as a mother soothing an unhappy child, and I was grateful to her, for I had been sick of soul at thought of our losing ground. More- over, I saw now that she was riglit And my first shock of chagrin passed, leaving me time to consider our own present desperate plight Adele's and mine And, when the full etgnificance of that plight dawned upon me, I don’ mind saying It gave mo a flourishing set of cold shivers down my back. Not for my own peril I'm glad to eay. But for hers Here wo were—she @ French Secret | Service Agent, and I a Yankee soldier ~in tho very middle of the enemy's | country, between two seta of trenches, both of which swarmed with Germans Three regimente of the enemy filled our own old trenches, and these la between us and the present America camp. | How were we to get through the German lines and to our own? It seemed we could go neither forward nor ty nor could I hope to dodge recognit much longer, on the ngth of a German Captain's coat nd lege Day would goon break, Then the first oficer who should get a good look at me ust detect the Imposition. Aa tor Ade aught in broad day Maht je the nan | r fa might be that of Edith Cavelie. It might be that of a thousand oth Frenohwomen who had been caught between the merciless tron teeth of the Prussian Hnow. I turned to her dlegy with appre hension for her safety. She amiled up at me, bi co ng brave a calm and hopeful in the murky half ght “It ts lucky for us that T know this country #0 we mented, seem |, my friend,” she | ag to read my thoughts 1 I know every foot of tt aw I t Don't be downhearted, With good we may get throug rt h trenches but arc 1 A mile or @o to the northwest » is @ gap, Another No Man's Land. 1 and Infant will be thick with Uhians y Videttos, In daytime, of 4 Wwe cannot get through and to the hew American lincs before dawn.” Then, what?” “It the cottage of old Maltre Lesol fs atill standing,” she said, “and if he is‘altve--well, he would do much for ime Cor old timed dake And imucht moore for Fravice. We ean hide there! until nightfall, And then we must také our chances dnd make for your new lt For my tidings to G Furouche will not bear much de Your lines even by the roundabout| route we shail take are scarcely five) A HOT WATER: B45: REG 5 Bieta THE ROAD OF AMBITION HOW SUCCBSS LED A MAN BY STRANGE PATHS Begin It on This Page, Monday, January 21 miles from here. Com Nhe get off, briskly, over the uneven ground, 1 at her heels, Sha took a northward course paralicling both trench lines and midway between them Again T thrilled at her cleverness and brave resources. 1 felt loam Ike an Independent grown man than like « meek pupil with an all-wise toachor. Tt is not well for a man to feel that way toward & woman, To restore my own self esteem I began to whistle softly, Adele halted, “T wouldn't do that If I were you,” Every Surname OMETIMDS there ts more in & S name than tn the person who beare {t, for names were not originally the mere tities that dis Ungulshed one man or woman from anether, When first adopted they all ad some well understood moaning For centuries nobody had but one name, and even this first or proper name a8 we call it signified eome personal quality or occupation scoording to most authorit Thus which Is derived from th Hebrew, eons wise and mere Gu from the Greek, means a farmer Henry, from the Latin, means no! snd honorable. Mary in Hebrew alg- nifles broken hearted, and Emo f nm the n 8 @ nurse or @ t Emily simply little Emma wid 80 On, As the world's population {nore Nd men began to gather togetn munities there were ¢ ‘ { Johns or Simons or Marys in one plu This made o atinuance of th. single tom @n Impossibility, for whut hid worked Weil enovgh when the e ata was sparce populated was now*k source of sreatest confusion. tn sending 4 message to anyone, writing iim OF even ring to him in con verwmtion It be« necessary to add nome description to bis which he could be distinguimiod.. This was done In several: ways, Imes by describing higria the wen of # and #9, sometines by adding the name of his elty or country, or by ref # to his occupath We a of these plans natantiy used In the Bible. In the English language the com- vaexr* hy What's in a Name? By Eleanor Clapp Original Fashion Designs For The Evening World’s Home Dressmakers By Mildred Lodewick Copright. 1918, by the Press Pubiishiog Go, (The New Yors Grening Word the New Frock in © nnnnnnnnn Smart Mode HE reason dR that styles always have been more easily launched in Paris | than elsewhere is that the French- | woman adores nothing #o muoh aa to appear in a costume that has no sister any where. Here in America a woman may have the de- sire and go as far along the path a» she dares, but for some reason the average American loses her courage AB 800N As Bhe sens berseolf dressed anilke other wom- en. It is only re- cently, since our women have come to know that most ot the atyles wo see are originated and made by Americans, that hoy have gained confidence enourh in themeelves to wear what they like whether any one else docs or not. This ts the reason that at the present time there in suoh @ diversity of styles that are legitimately “in the mode.” ee Although the slim etlhouotte feemn universally liked, ft ts accom. pitahed tn many Ways, both the full and the nar- row akirt beng used, We also find long and ehort |\design, which with the trimming used sleeves, long and short waists and long |upon It achieves a dressiness that is and short skirts, unusual for frocks of such severely My design of to-day favors the long |#!mple lines. watstline, which a person of good| The sleeves also ald in thia renpeot, helght and proportions will find ex-|>eing three-quarters length and flar- Racaiiaty ing. Any lightweiht |!ng, and elaborated with « trimming ailk and woollen mixture or satin|>and and an undercuff. This trim- @ould be editable diums for this ™ing in the form of bands, which is |seen upon the front of the frock also, \may be worked on by hand with chenille and silver threads, if one has the time and tnclination to do #0. A color contrasting to the frock or the same color aa the frock in a darker jshade may be chosen. The neck is fin- ished with & white cording and white satin forms the undercuffs. Dark blue, rose red, green or brown are smart colore for the frock. HOW TO COPY THIS DISTINCTIVE STYLE TOLD IN DESCRIPTION, Answers to Queries Weahion Editor, The Brening World : I am con my last yea: epring sult into @ dreas, using only the coat, as the skirt 1s worn out, Whi material would you suggest to put with it (ht brown velour) to com- plete the skirt? The coat had a tunic gathered from the waistline, so ain leaving It as it is, for the top of the ekirt. Miss F A heavy satin or charmouse, either self-color, dark brown or black. sho urged. “Some one might hear and » Investigate.” of that?” f made a bragging y zi Gor- U I'm tn pe niform of a Gi {t alno for al 6 cuffs. i” * whe assented, adding, Ee “but perhaps ‘you don't know the | Maden Baler, The Being werig Kalacr has issued an order inflicting ving bough: a death penalty on any foreigner or remnant of 3 1.7 clviiian who Is found impersonating yards é @ German officer, It has been men- of tan vel veteen for a dress, am at @ loss what style to choose to make it up, Desire something — simple yet amart, Will you please help me out? Am twenty years of . regular tloned tn all the newspapers. No, my friend, if [ were you I should not whistle—just yet." (To Be Continued.) Rk Has a Meaning This design may Peper ea eBe wurpames came be cut in one piece frat nelent occupation e et reason the Smith family ia at present from the neck, Col- ko Dumarous is because In the Middle lar and cuffs of Agen the word “smith” was used for black satin, Gold or aciety of trades than at self color , he man who worked In embroidery. copper, gold, silver, brass, even the section may be of arrowinaker and Inter the unmaker tho velveteen or wan a amit well ast self color satin put shoes o = these occupations some wort | Fashion aitor The © “8 used. As an ancient Will you please de t sign a simple frock, Smith, be ho|to be made of tan Juvetyn, for practical emith that turgeth at | oye yr ane three 7 a 4, 5 ne hes de. that In Great Britain | Yards 54 inches wide, » more than 6,000,000 | Will it be enough? *. and how many there are in | Am twenty-four years is country hax never nit (aka @ 16 alee @ descended trom Wulam | MARS > 1 John are numerous. Krom the| This model would her We ket Wisiamson, williams, | be smart with tan bible vain Wille Jand white gingham | r gh, comes J we rorember that th Mar and cuffawhich | joun was Jon nay be replacea with course, | white satin ones for en f un as well as variation Joins, while easy to sea that . | Richardson was tt mn of Richard Mrs, KR. 8. and Misa i | and Kobe H tho son of Robert and| K. M See above de : 4 "| 80 on | sign, K. M, use black \ It was not until well along in the! velvet collar and cuffs | | fifteenth century that the custom of| and green tucked taf. pe wdopling one su ne for all the | feta stion. — members of the family beca > -——- common, Hefote this it changed with OUR NICKNAME fpr, BeneraUiGn. Tale WAR Rca URS HE criginal ¢ it was formod by adding the father's | ey d name to the son's, In an old Engtish | sometimes applied to New ¥ i ent da e read of a dis. ~was a village near Nottlag pensation Kr ne “Richard |ham, tn England, Jonson, son Richardson of |puted home of Pishlake,” | Gotham.” i i j : | and was the re the “wise meno of