The evening world. Newspaper, February 11, 1918, Page 9

iT) URP air and lots of it is the r" first essential of healthful liv- ing, and the vain woman who ‘wears tight corsets, high, tight stocks nd collars is not only ruining her health and lowering her mental ca- ity but slowly and actually com- tting suicide. We all know that /iife begins with a first breath and ende with a last one, and the nature of the many breaths which are taken during Mfe determine the length of life and the pleasure or pain enjoyed and endured meanwhile, ‘Tight corsets cause compression of the breathing organs and prevent them from being used as nature tnhended, and, like all other muscles and parts of the body which are not constantly used, the respiratory or- pans lose their power to perform thetr rightful duties and gradually ‘waate away, doteriorate and finally become almost useless if not exer- ceed. It is not necessary to state to most readers that euch a de- ploreble condition existing would te life hardly worth living and @fioourage disease and early Many regular readers will no doubt pall that I have written about the Ho cartilages which fasten the of the breastbone and ribs to- , thereby allowing freedom of n for the upper body. How of ther realize that the corset or otherwise—causes this car- to become stiff and rigid, which dition prevents proper expansion | ' GGESTIVE DIET FOR RED : Re oScLES uns. HON. Al olesome foods, in right quantity, enrich the blood. Exercises to the digestive organs, copious ter drinking and frean alr breath- ntial ie ere also 6 ATING FEET—MAUDD R.: Wee “aiulation: anemia, leather foes, too much ‘standing, &o, may . se this, Bathe the feet in Bet ht water and then cold water, rub ith alcohol and then dust with tal- borax, soda, equal parts. Wear ifferent shoes and stockings each /day and air the feet whenever possl- ‘ble, | \ LIGHT HAIR GETTING DARK— \WHLLIE Ru: Use henna paato to lighten the hair. It will give 't a| bright, reddish-golden tint Do not use borax or ainmonta, as these are too drying INES FATTENING—H. T. G: Liyedibes are not fattening and are very healthful. Wash and then soak hem all night in water, The next Jay simmer them very slowly for everal hours in the same water in vhioh they were soaked. ACHING FEET — MRS.) bana: Mix the following and ub into the fect: Witch hazel, two| Plan Gardens Now | } IBRUARY ts the best month for | iF garden planning. Before March fs out we must be up and doing, nd be who has no woll-formulated epring campaign, is the observation | ef @ writer in (iood Housekceping | Jot us consider the need of the situa. | tion, The war garden that fulflis tts | milesion shouid supply vegetable fuod | for the family during the sumer @nd @ eurplus to can, and should) Produce many varieties for #torag over the winter. Heretofore in ¢ {ng up our s¢ ebly allowed of choice. ven | the hikt he devious a emults from every seed, w grow enous! Vegetables to uj family for a w 1 of produ # apply our wits ! s whould be \ tea to-da this year out of order | good winter sp ne fruit tree | t emul- | 6 under | * syringing | and do not repeat require it Bt the plan: plana will surely be a laggard in the | 4 FOR Health and Beauty By Pauline Furlong Copyright, 1018, te the Prem Publishing Go, (The New York Evening World), Why. Tight Collars and Corsets Ruin Health Blowly bend baekward from waist-line and raise one arm, as shown, meanwhile inhaling. Hold for @ count of five, then exhale and resume starting position. of the chest and filling of the lungs to their utmost capacity? You owe it to yourselves and to members of your families to make a careful study of these things and aim to correct all conditions which are not oon- ducive to perfect health. To-day we have another new back- bending exercise, which helps offset evil effects of tight corsets which have been worn many hours of the day: Stand with feet apart, arms folded behind the back. Slowly bend backward from the watst-lino and raise the left arm, as shown, taking @ deep inhalation of air meanwhile. Hold the stretching position and breathe and slowly count five. Ex- hale and resume etarting position and repeat the movment five times with cach arm. Answers to Health and Beauty Questions. ounces; alcohol, one-quarter pint; lycerine, two ounces; camphor spirits, one ounce; chloroform, one ounce, Dust the feet with taloum before putting the shoes on and rest the feet and air them when conven- fent. Bathe feet {pn wann @o, wator eaoh night. ai SYMPTOMS OF GALL STONES— FREDERICK R.: If you have cay doubt on this subject you should oon. sult @ doctor at once and follow his instructions, Chills and fever, dull pain in the liver, which frequently ex- tends to the ah vulders, vomiting and sometimes sovera pains | the stomach ara some of the y- | toms of gall stones. THe - HOME PAGE Monday, February ii | WAS Not SPEEDING. PERCY IS Lost A series of dramatic fil A condensed version of Mr. Chapin's origin HAVE ~Ou SEEN Percy ? m stories of America in the making, founded largely on incidents in the early life struggles of Abraham Lincoln. duced by the Benjamin Chapin Studios, A Paramount Picture series, stories novelizod By Albert Payson Terhune Abe Lincoln Arrives at Manhood and Foretells the Day of Liberty for All. (Copyright, 1918, by Benjamin SYNOPSIS OF PREC ‘fe of Lncol Tee elder Lit for by ‘Chaptn, G CHAPTER a All rights reserred.) CHAPTER VIL.-DOWN THE RIVER. HE Over lounged in the shade of @ r eéIsh yellow river crept lazily between tte | ewl blazed an August sun, A group of a sing ta tde rest, Two of the threa sprawied on their backs, sin The third sat, cross-legged, reading vspaper, The paper was rumpled and m Was of three weeks back. The read river as it floated by, tangled in a the Southern Miinols rural districts w The man with the crumpled news piper was reading its contents aloud to his t low-workers, To a casual onlooker the reader bore lit- tle enough resemblance to the spind- ling ttle chap who had read “Pit giitn's Progress” and “"Weems's Life ¢ Washington” In the Lincoln cabin the Indiana wilderness fifteen ed unchanged in whose f-melan- expression as coln'a fragile t of a stature powerfu fellow-men ‘ an ape—an¢ u as well, Mut he had ways had—the te 1 art of @ little child—a n to hold the sorrows ind to throb in hot ice or oppression, ago he had quitted Gentey- had drifted to liinots, Here ine out a bare living by his cousin Dennis Hank ored at tho river bank, al- t ready for its first journey down New Orleans, with a so of in, It was @ primitive scow, be- nly a huge log-raft with a lit- g cabin amidships and propelled ng sweep-ours nnis and Johnson gr iy t pald secant ‘ 1 reading aloud } we boosting plumb to sky!" commented Abe, looking up Grom his paper, “At any rate, tho rh par wre fully wreck high cost of cago market qu He read 4 sively bggs, 10 ¢ t () 1 flour, $1.08 | 0) eid uh) a dumb re yerside tree for the brief h animal PERCY KAS OISAPPEARED | COME ON TEW IT IS THE JUDGE E SON OF DEMOCRACY, By Maurice Ketten of Rest tora eon, VTHINK | SAw AIM CLOING Rar way O one will deny an ¢xoelinnt thing in clothe: as well an anything olen but when ft te ob. tained at the enort- flos of some other «s- sential quality it loses {te oharm. In alothas, for inetnea, quality ta often eacrificed for the sake of quantity. White there may be & forgivable reason ones in @ while for « woman to mako use of a medioore or oheap fabric, she who makes @ continual practtioe of tt can never hope to appear well dressed. With eohoo! «trie the quality of material te most important al- ways, for the band usage thor frocks re- osive soon would show up a cheap fab- rio, making both time and money expended on it of iittle or no account. Iam showtne amart design for a @ohool frock which would be pretty in army blue or lent brown woollen mate- rial, It hae the ef- fect of the watet and tunto being tm one piece, but inasmuch as the tunio ts olait- ed and the waist is Shur uP wT WHERE CAN DoUARs PERCY Be >, HERE ARE 1s GOING 2 not, they are out sep Look ouT! Good Paice OOR DEAR!] Jarately and then SOU ARE Running | | FOR THAT OL FOO Ht yer] | Joined invisibly. The OVER MY CHICKEN NE RADIATOR wuede belt conceals the method of foin- ing, at the same time forcing the waist to blouse all the way around. The buttons buttons be self-color. girl of short stature who would not care to have her length of Une brok- on by @ beit would naturally tonke Sa. Ss By Benjamin Chapin Sbucks!" interrupted Johnson. coy yellow phin, whe's 06 Gacnue and ro. ‘There's noth to get 80 het up pelt-re spocting 4s any white wornan PPO" gpgah pal hat hose coun ie ilioo, Sues tnt, bateed ded + THE CLUE OF THE TWISTED CANDLE on for years Every one knows that.” Jo orphan boy, Kastus; and keeps It's damnad cried Lincotn, bis rcabin as Neat av a pin. Yo eyes ablare. ‘The day will come any sneak of @ trader can steal b: when there shail be no ‘Free States’ if he gets @ chance, as if she was a and ‘Slave States,’ but where a man, stray sheep, and eell her to ——" black or white, will be free; from ona Abe!” shrilled @ scared end of our dear country to the other. from the road above the Mark what I aay! That day will “Marae Abel" BEST DETECTIVE STORY IN TEN YEARS Begin It on This Page Monday, February 18 calnt Ketoh mo fer @ slave, I oome deuh to ask you has you seen my pa anywhere? She wtulited hone Ir “Nope,” denied Roswell. “I haven't soon any one like that passing along hers. Have you, boya?” ‘The four men of bis crew returned river negative answers as they went on * piling up the empty casks n Marso Siniffa two hours age. de stunted bome along Kk. An’ no one ain't » For The Evening World's Home Dressmakers By Mildred Lodewick Crarrsiahs, WAS. ty the Prem Puniening Go, (The New Tork Evening Ward) r Dainty Frock for the Schoolgirl SEE DESCRIPTION TO COPY THIS DE. SIGN AT SMALL COST. which #o attractively olone the frock|the belt of the dress fabri, or at may be of the dreas fabric or of a| least novelty sort in eolf or contrasting | color color, but if the belt be of a contrast-|could be uved as a means of tmutro- tng color I @hould adviee that the}ducing an effective color note tn a However, & most becoming way, to add length of have it to match her dress In this instance the buttons line, ‘The underskirt t¢ of @ lining fabric, with the woollen materia! forming the lower portion, White pique or washable satin collar and cuffs are attractive and youthful complements. Answers to Queries Pashion Eititor, The Brening World I would Iike your advice about an afternoon dreae of a dressy character, primarily to weer to a home wed- ding, Dut of @ sort which I eball be able to wear this eummer, Am for- ty-one years old, but look younger. Have red brown batr, blue eyes and a fairly light com- plexion, Pt ° help me out with a atyle. MRS, N. R. W. Copenhagen blue in soft satin Kimono blouse of same color ahiffon or Geofgette beaded in rich rose, green and brown. Ecru. chiffon chemlsette and sleave cuffs Pashion FAitor, The Evening World I would like to have & coat-dress for spring. I waw the dress you de- ( signed in the paper for spring wear, but I do not want a vest or chemixotte in mine, al- wvina World | have @ red erepe ress that I would "ke to make over, Siirt 2 yarde wide with @-inch welvet band «at bottom. Velvet cuffe on waist, Over » t wore a vel- jacket, hip igth with V neck, ) two pleces, Am shor with good | figure. Would buy | new goods to put with the dress, MRB, G, P, H, \ Have suggested wonomical way sith the chemiser:e eal f new material tucked cream color ~ aN vn PA us You all see "Maytoe she passed while we were The threa men shook their heads, busy,” suggested Roswell, “She might jn no ial dnterent, ‘Chen, on swift easily have done that without our impulse, Lolncoln star ‘ seving hor, These niggers aro forever eae woraan rene eer * running away though. Goodby, see 0) r ou on the river.” green banks, Aud you know what ¢lsa on) 79%. 8H Ing mon talking atone gdb ‘} At dawn, next day, Lincoln, with arrears bie mublecta Anopent |. Ma two helpers, shoved their own ar of freckon Fire grain-laden flatboat out Into the cur- . , na Offut. Yor 1 rent and began thelr long, slow jour- half-asloep. phoat. Anothe ney to New Orleans, A mile or so ft @ Chicago iob, and we ahead of them Noated Roswell's larger lis date the grain sacks bef bye , ie Ought to let us start for N 5 The trip was usually uneventful. ar by daybreak, to-morrow To-duy it was not t P You ne R0uh as find Emn Hefore the boat had travelled four ae Hut he didn’t find Mmma, Prom hours Dennis Hanks left his place at ; the mont the pratt Mate he ours to reach in Ms coat for a us all to left hoe employer'e house that on « of tobac The coat Iny on 4 Just after cooking and serving » of grain-wacks on the deck, As ium the Chie 1 handy brogkrast Mant t out hin hand toward it a had been found. it was known two s sacks began to wriggle, spres had set vut on tho half-mile waik I wed in bewilderment at Kor along thet ' the nenon, ‘Then he broke Into prime I ho had not + ! 1 ffuw. From between tha ng ation. A round Uttle black head r ach the first fow minutos of emerged—the head of Rastua Offut Lincoln's acarch taught | Then "What in blue blazes? began 4 b r ! the river roy r Ha chuckling, ; clue to the missing ner: si epishly an- red to the bank, 4 Y now pine ¥ * bin, wae a at An’ to a rum trader named | a! we pe ge it ans it “ing to do tho t alos ruin and Ne ohnson, "His ¢ ¢ vasea from juit scared ati von a eee P rposed Abe, “Don't S enory Rotwatt nie ng'# ained by acold- t ireased man—suy Hee, Breront Nth cee ee me to turn back, 4 . mpty rum \, to come along as , toi y re golng to put In at mith i te aR Sineola: § trader Harding's Wharf, anyhow, for dinner b and nodded aleun | is , boon fi st A wh “ "| ante ' pies? a eee landing known as Hard TH TRANGELY AOTHER ru fa cargo of grain 2 Pee can on oe Bardiog‘s RASTUS TELLS LINCOLN ABOU MISSING MOT Pict Mir’ Henkin Wy Whart, where a fat Creole, sheriff of , ; . SF ll rhe county, ran an eating house fo n the looks Came! Maybe not A tiny negro bo: laing dow x. Have you’ C ut ‘or r> Son vho not in our foward “tne Aiea tvoune rry YOU can't go with us, river boatmen, At the dock Ros. ae inal! Most Of the she ar the poet s R Thowe gorit) woll's fatboat was already moored. » 8p And our law says usedly and hatled b w re In handy an woe scenes Hie Set , e i Whats a e kegs, We'll pr y nea mooring, close along the riv aflor f Rasta Ds ; k Look, Ma Onut t ! A in orazy excit and cooks tor Suith's gang of lab “ Diped up the child, "Ts peekens 20%! She's fragile and delicate, But, tf Tae tree, I is, Nobody » Ga Be Continued.) t ' chiffon, The shaped irdle can be out Om the sso | Sa EE ee —<————<_—___ ee