The evening world. Newspaper, February 14, 1918, Page 17

— \ Deep Coprright, 1018. by the Press Publishing Oo, (The Safeguarding Your Lung | HERE is no part of the body which suffers more from neglect and which is more Susceptible to improvement through systematic and intelligent exercis: than tho lungs, and they will slowly dot surely lose their elasticity, thus Preventing power to expand them, 4f they are not constantly used as mature intended they should be. Of course, most readers have noticed that singers seldom suffer from chronic throat and lung troubles, and while it Is true that they do suf- fer from minor ailments—mild at- tacks of bronchitis, &c.—these con- ditions are usually brought about by strain rather than by common Colds or serious throat troubles. The weather at this season of the Year is especially beneficial because the air is practically free from dust and disease germs, and it is a great mistake to believe that damp air ts {njurious, if it is fresh and stirring, Decause when you are properly clothed, with the feet dry and warm and the throat not too closely bundled, mouth tightly closed and nose wide open, you are properly} prepared to get the best out of your walk in the fresh air, no matter} what the weather. The only tnjur- fous damp air is the still, close air of a cellar or other dark, cold place, which never gets sunshine or ven- tiation. The picture to-day shows another mew chest and breathing exerciso eombined and I hope readers will) Answers to Health and Beauty Questions ASTRINGENT FOR DOUBLE, CHIN—MRSs, R. L, 2 Wear the rubber chin strap when possible, It| causes profuse perspiration and helps reduce superfluous fat from the ohin. Saturate a largo piece of absorbent cotton with strong, cold alum solu- tion and bind it on the chin with a large handkerchief or strip of gauze. Wet the cotton each time tt becomes @ry. This hardens the flesh beneath and around the chin, and also reduces} tt. Practise rolling head and bend- ing the head around on the shoulders, HARD CORNS—DAVID A.: Soak the feet in hot, soapy water, and then pare the ¢ closely with a sharp, sterilized knife. Then b: some of the following mixture on corn with a plece of cotton, Yellow two ounc sweet almond e, ohe oun spiritn of turpentine, ten drops. tly corked for F ard corns and callous spots | with mutton tallow HAIR TONIC—M. T.G of the following into the Rub some realp with te @ toothbrus Canthar one. quarter ounc two ounces; col ounce; rosew. Thin is ABOUT FLOUR—MRS, K. H, Gs} Whole wheat, entire wh and gras ham flour are about the same, or Should be. Gluten flour is whole| wheat flour which hay some starch | taken out of it, and is best for thos | trying to reduce or those suffering Health and Beauty By Pauline Furlong trom diabet. FRUITS FOR THE BLOOD—MKs. . LL. Ke: It you are follow: diet to purify the blood the mentioned, or $, app! &o,, should bo Included and raw f ontain mineral salts | necessary pure blood. Drink much wate breathe deep at all tines. | PERSPIRING FEET—NELLIE Pb. M ny pers from suffer as well feet in win In ‘ or dust ot the w n of th ttle heaps in the middle of the streets. A few magni nt buildings, atoning: tu Yo with this cond n,| thin-seattered among hundreds of straggling wooden hou and tumbie- Bhoes which do not permit proper | down huts, Ventilation and airing of the feet) Such was the city of Washington, D. C.—capital of the United States— néglec da sometimes a discase de-| in 1861, Valentine Day Once 7 South kept its slaves Pagan Festival ‘is 1ss1'tie capital city was writhing “roe “pine. and bubbling in precisely the same 4 . n he HE. observanve of St. Valentine's | throes of torment and painful achieve PORT, WOVE On Pee Day as a day 8 4d love ment asin 1917 and 1918, For then, as SPot in reat Se mann oe fall Ten 5 soon back |DOwW, our country was in peril, hnpy. te lo sh! Sod tender mistives goon, back POT Oe ery had travelled ewittiy: and b created equal” was a : to a period long before the ar tumultuously bumping axis since rt 80 long #0 oa @ra and the application of the name the primitive days when Abraham Lin- 80ld like catcle of the good saint to the festival. |ooln had read “Weems's Lite of Wash- ‘The South refused to give up its “ he ith | ton” by the flickering Nght of the slaves, The North demanded. tha Among the ancient Romans the |cabin frewood in the Indiana wilder- slavery be abolished. The South of February was celebrated as Me! poss of 1818, threatened to Y y from the yercalia, On (hat day the| Abraham Lincoin, on his fateful Union sooner this request. feast of Luy orca on fe we ey Be to New Orleaus ax a young man, Foresocin Ia the young Romans chose thor aweet- |i ig ween the first glint of a tiny North would pass laws abo ishing Dearts for the year Pergonal prefs |destructive spark, He had realized tty slavery, the South secretly set to erence did not figure in the choice, /presence and the holocaust it must work makin pr : which was carried out by moins of a/some time jead to, Font Bari ie open wes J men held a moet- | Centuries earlier (when the Wentern North, tf ne« lottery. J 8 ‘nadens of Hemisphere was sparsely populated The anti-slavery él fae and the names of the maiden n and when labor was hard to secure) candidate for 11 We neighborhood wero writtes ont. coionists had looked out on tho could bo counted u toy suppraga @ips of parchment, nd the millions of fertile acres all around them slavery and to hel Decl | Raoh in turn drow a name, and it and had known they could not cultivate Union together ee dy ae ee te ieee So much land without help, ‘There was They found such a man tn Abra. to & decree of fate and devote here no chance to hire enough white men ham Linco! ¢ me farmhane exolusively to the man, whethor for the work in the desolate New and raiis)!it fl , be Uked bim or 1 Wh t World, So @ Dutch trader hit on the — Lincoln Jucation and was overthrown by ( idea of importing African savages as for self-b 4 tually Testival of Luperculla farm laborers, ifted him praction of law Votontino’s Day, so named 'n honor) “‘phig seemed to solve the problem of and ther i states of a priest A martyr whe was X= labor, ‘Phe 4 of NoRTOeS were cap” mansh!D. uted on the Mth of F n African wilderness, were Thy tT " ted year 77) 1) he other Ike sand wero Prev >» Am s With ¢ \ 7 wat no & Min w eb ned Northern de AGA ‘ Jupo that alen abor Was plenil- secrecy was joverns Patron of lovers. , | ful, and it was abandoned. (At many ment arec 1 sand navy # ‘Arizona iy tho "Valentine 5 old homesteads in New Jersey and yards in Suton were Dp it wns admitted to the Untor fa res f w Fork you ail rey ba! the ram- selzed, onfe oy Wa, REO Ne ft Fo and i» celebrating its | shackle 0 ge that were once claimed. An unsuccessful plot Was United States fort 1 sae used as “aleve quartera”). qs made to murder Lincem ea his 6 °C. harbor, HOME Thursday, PAGE February 14 Breathing FOR w York Wrening World) | Assume illustrated, Take deep breath, slowly couht- ing ten, and bring arms back until finger tips meet in back ef the body. Hold, then slowly exhale and return to starting position. practise this along with some of the others previously shown in the fresh air when ft is convenient. Stand with feet together, fingers resting on the collar-bone. Take a deep breath, slowly counting ten and bring the arms back until the finger- tips meet at the back of the body. Hold this position and the breath a few seconds and then slowly exhale and return the fingers to starting position on the chest. This backward arm movement fs | the best all round one for removing | superfluous fat from shoulder blades and filling in hollows in the neck and collar-bone. Pending upon the lowered nerve tone | of the feet, poor circulation, and poor health cause it, Absolute cleanlinoss, | daily change of shoes and stockings, warm soap and water baths cach night, @ vigorous rub with alcohol and dusting with the following pow- der will bring relief: Powdered rice, cea; powdered orris root,| Powdered alum, one talcum powder, one ounce; ounce. Mix well and dust over the feet and between the toes. pure GOITRE—MRS, K. M. B.: Yes, this can be successfully removed throuch surgery, It may not be necessary, however, and you must consult your doctor, A series of dramatic film storie: lorgely on incidents in the duced by the Benjamin Chap A condensed version of Mr. Chapin's original stori By Albert Payson Terhune Lincoln Wins Power and That Threatens the Nation. (Coparigh ney, the wife 4 cle er ooo te an dually er ul A coneeites the ambition to again in defending Mlack Jim from use bull; nay witch he safely undersea Ua'of slavery and resclves that it’ must bs CHAPTER X. THE MAN IN POWER. RBARY astretehes of unpaved atreets—ankle deep In red mud in w and ankle p in red dust in summer. Rickety and squeaky and pked wooden sidewalks, except where there were no sidowulks at Washington to-day and Washington of Sixty years ego are as unlike in as- pect as a fashion plate ts like a anthro- poid ape. , But, beneath the surface, 1038, by Benfamin Chapin. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHA m Lapoota, dise and leaves hor suing be a. y bat alway Pies and other live stock wallowing in the mud pudk Coprrisht. 1918. ent Row 'Yor Ereurna sta) SuRE ! we CAN HELP CATCH SUBMARINES .- IT'S VERY SIMPLE LET S SEND OUR FIELD GLASSES To UNCLE SAM . THEY ARE EYES FoR THE NAVY . THEY NEED THEN To CATCH SUBMARINES rly life struggles of Abraham Lincoln. Pro bat 138 ‘amount Picture ciated novelized Grapples With a Peril All reserved.) TERS. 0 Abe facing the work) jn s de str But tn the South the demanded negro la where the sun wast man to work all dé § plantations specially ne “Ape straggling city of brought his family and personality nents in t couthness pers ¢ Lincoln” Even tn the in March, 9 South WIFEY, WE CAN. HELP UNCLE SAM CATCH SUBMARINES f nn and Washington 186) hington for bis inaugura- AN ANXIOUS GROUP QUICKL URF in the Cha was command ‘ LET'S SEND THEM Quick! 1AM SO GLAD WE CAN HELP ! By Benjamin Chapin way to Wa Major Anderson, L i- on Sumter's fate, a> SS Jent,”” reported I leration has arrive n seeing you" 3. A, who refused so’ THE CLUE OF THE TWISTED CANDLE bEST DETECTIVE STORY IN TEN YEARS Alt Begin It on 1his Page Monday, February 18 * the world hung breathless just then a 2 eS Ss: n looked up wearily from tae ! at en seeing me, hey?" he re CATCH SUBMARINES | SENO THEM To HON . FRANKUN D. ROOSEVELT Ass't.Secy of Navy NAVAL ORSERVATORY WASHINGTON D.c. Kiddie KI Conducted by letter man!" exclaimed May. "Wh the house Tor® opened the door before the postman rang, "N {a @ letter for you,” he called. “It is from daddy, Tom. Ue wishes mé to take you and May to apend tho week-end with him out of town.” “Will we ride in the trains, austy, dear?” inquired Ma “Yes, you will ‘ea long ride on the train,” answered Tom's mother, “Come, children, get ready, We will eatoh the night express,” “Bul where will we sleep?" asked May, “On the train, my dear,” wae the answer, Tom danced for joy. Two hours later the cousina were snug in their seats, May at the wine dow, ataring out at the fying scenery. They saw children atop on the anowy road to gaze at the train, just as they themselves did whenever @ train Dassed near thelr house. Then horses, wagons, housds, trees, poles, fences, barna, people few past at lightning specd. They turned aside, feeling is coming straight toward Y. “What are those little round things under tho seats, mother?” asked Tom. “They are the radiators used to hoat this car,” he replied, “What makes this train go #o fast? There are seven large cars, but wh: pulls them? I saw no locomotive, said Tom. “This is an electric train, It gets the electric power from a third rail running along the tracks. Do you understand?” “Yes,” replied Tom, “thank you.” Dear Cousins; HO will be our Valentine? 1 know a delightful rogue of a cherub. We have already taken him for our cousin, Now we take him for our Valentine and send him our big red hearts on this day o° love. They have a long way to travel, these hearts of ours, before they reach him at his home at Prat Pann en Logonna, France. The Valentine is chubby, bright- eyed Felix Diverres, age @ trifle over two years. Now, Lam cer’ ‘a you have guessed en Aue Felix Diverres is our newest French Orphan Cousin! You Kiddies have adopted him. Your do- nations buy his milk and crackers, How kind you are! Can't you see bis rod cheeks all stuffed out with them while he munches haon iv? | Of course, he does not know, @8 our Irn it over to the Confederates. half-com- ‘The latter had besieged the fort Linonin t had yet been fired at it, But lit homespun Lincoln well knew that the firing of His opp ch a shot could not fail to usher in i he horrora of civil war, It would orm the “overt act’ which would mmit the nation to bloodshed peated with @ smile tbat was half « wen. “Edwards, duwn in Gentryville ‘here used to be a bourding-hoise. It had sixteen boarders aid one negro to wait on ‘em all, There wasn't @ minute of the day or the night but What one or a dozen of ‘om was bol- loring orders at that poor fellow. hey were forever insisting on hia doing odd jobs for them, I used to feel sorry for that chap. I don’t any more. Ho had a nice, lazy time com- pared to me, who am tho hired aan of thirty-tvo million ‘insisting’ poo- o. All rigi Edwards, ll go town and see the delegation. It's the so Hi} enth to-day, IT suppose t have eome ious advice for me. ‘ Ho rose and stretched himself wearily, “Edwards,” he observed, as he started for the door, “You've been messenger to six Presidents of the United States, I believe, Haven't advice for me? gasped the scandaltaed Hd- ‘Lord, sir, no! 1 wouldn't said Lincoln, whims! cally, “I'm afraid we'll have to put you Im @ cage and exhibit you You're too rare a specimen to be left t large, The one man on earth who doesn't want to advise Abrauarn Lincoln!" In the broad hallwa gathered a group of wilting to sea the Pre freo and independent showed thelr free: ence by standing w and jabbering to top of their tur mu ar h thetr bats on, one another at (he eT Another egation was just ar riving, and Was ushered into the Kei Loom until Lincoln should have bad & chance to dispore of the frst Down the stairs ca he tall, black-clad President sight of him the loud talking of the delega tion in the hallway was mo: hecked, One dei wot himself to take off his hat, An- sther alipped the quid of tobucoo out of bis cheek and dropped it on th carpeiwd floor, Lut the rest legauion ghowed no a8 of cringing to power heir epokesman strode forward, as Lincoln paused on the bottom ptep of the etairway, ‘Howdy, Mr, President,” he said, feily. © ure aw committee from * oe ‘Maryland Anti. Wa / We bring you a message, stralg from the Almighty. “Yes? queried Lincoin, polite ow, that's real kind of you gan jemen.* But I reckon if the Almighty & measage for mo, He'll deliver it direct, and not through (he mouth» of a delegation,” ' bilious face such effete }, “I am pained that you can treat our sacred missfon @o fippanty!" reproved the spokesman, ‘Though tt is only what we ought to exp. from What we have heard about you Personally, | think a buffoon haa no right in the White House” “The door is wide open, then, In case you're in a burry to get out of 1" waa the President's suave sug- gestion, “1"— He got no further, The delegation waiting In the Red Room learned of | his presence in the hallway and ned out to accost him. In an instant a crowd of en froin both de yociferat- ations were ing noisily around Lincoln who} ij, smilingly unmoved, in the of the clamor, here, Mr. President!" bawled man, snatching at Lincoln's What are you going to do about relieving Fort Sumter?” one sleeve or, mother, here, { Cousin Eleanor’s Klub Kolumn } Sent pane npen RAMSAR ILA ee aes Evening World's ub Korner Eleanor Schorer Coprnaht, 1915, by the Prese Publishing Oo, (The New Yor Event nw i “Under-the-Sky” Stories } ? err look, Tom, here comes the | -—— = Then May's eyes fell on the Tack above. Finding out about it, she threw her hat upon it. When bedtime came May and Tom Were surprised to find nice soft bede, or “berths,” on the train, but they could not fall aslep for a long while, Next morning they awoke early to find the sun streaming through the window. They dreased, Five minutes more of fast riding and they would arrivo at their destination, Tom was first to get off the trad May followed close vpon his heels, and the boy's father hugged them tightly, one in each arm From JACK SPERANS, No. 91 Baat End Avenue, New York City. o other older French Cousins do, who bis guaniians are, But that dose not matter, We know, and that's what counts most. Our Klub has #o far been able to adopt six of “Papa” Joffre's orphans through the help of all the generous Kiddie Klub Cousins of America, We send our love and our spare pennies to them and im re turn receive their affectionate grati- tude and have the knowledge that we are doine a good work. Fellx is too wee @ lad to write his appreciation, but I have received de- Hghtful letters from our other ‘five French friends, J will print these from time to time. Here is one from the ester and brother who have become our cousins since the unfortunate death of their My Dear Americag Couslne ‘On the receipt of gate oe great. pieamte {heaten et gM Sa ipionibfe to "thas Sng "for my younger brithee ieee tell 391). ty dear coustna, that Roy. merica it ong ery scold: Bae UA Ae thie nope * to than winter, solitiory wi Hd or er bo wished’ mea bape ire on the ith of Uerobe ike ry "awich, to ‘play’ with muy ying brothers 1 Qa Bot helping mama to Tare very be membe: hing: eociste the “Kite hice it ae he Coes, Vacate Tt o son van We sed 1 en correspmodeace. And r, my des sie aR ‘ ND ibs, Oh, Kiddies, Kiddies, doesn’. it make you ull giad inside to know that you have brought comfort and all pos sible happiness to these dear oversex Cousins? Cousin Eleanor. MY VALENTINE. January Contest Award Winner, ee A! fp, } Wired / A v nd @ fleet there at onc second delegat vt Bend an shout- army!" corrected 40 elth er, in b pted the over “Pm afraid he's a coward! And it's the one time we need @ real MAN in| the White Hous | Gen. Beoott ja righ thundered | wet the ‘wa In peace L raphically tnto adicted four! a shrill voice. Let each be in- sted some one. 4 separate natic let us ower our hig by resorting to w fare tn any of the smite us | oke in Lincoln, his ringing out ke @ trum » plangent clamor anout atiemen, here ts my reply to A moment's hush followed, delegates craned thelr necks to h The geting n a dozen different direct! way « stralg tas ‘ path to the Pole Star. Tam tn to doubt as to which road we must fol w. For the signboard on ney road bears the simple, glorious — word ‘Union'! The Union forever! cost It must and shall be pre: ¥ (To Be Continued.) HAPPY VALENTINE. Two ttle children, Ko bright and gay, Sang to their merry ™ , On Vatenting Day. “Here ts a vale Bweeth “Here is a valen Dearie,” gaid SHUH, ag . 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