The evening world. Newspaper, November 1, 1919, Page 15

1919 by ‘The Prese Publishing Co (The New York Evening World.) Eczema May Often Arise From Internal Causes CZEMA ts one of the commonest | because the most painstaking investi- skin conditions of infancy and| s®tion must be made as to the under- early childhood. Although usu- | '¥}2€ cause and this removed. In children over one year of age ally associated with unhygienic con-|there are usually three dietetic errors ditions it also occurs in infants who | —overfeedin; too much solid food, *reoelve the most painstaking care,|t0o much starch. The diet must then but In these instances it arises from be carefully regulated. When constt- pation exists milk of magnesia should internal causes, intestinal in origin; |be added to the feedings of artifictal- thus when a baby's feedings irritate |ly fed bables; in older cnitdren single the intestinal anal there is very|Morning doses of sodium phosphate likely to occur an eczematous erup- Alon. is advised, To soften the so-called “crusts” on the scalp of tender infants apply th Teething children sometimes euffer | following: Olive oll, one-half ounce: from eczema. T have so often called t castor oil, one-half oun salicylic acid, 4 per cent. This will loosen the attention | crusts, which can then be very care- ot my readers to the far-reaching ef-|fully removed with an tnfant comb, fects of constipation in ittle children. Lotion for Treatment. A condition of toxemia ts thereby eet! ‘The question is often asked, “Should ‘up that may very wet! cause an ecee-| water be u matoua eruption {n babios. We all | tons know that it causes pimples and ed on ecsematous erup- " and the answer is, “Not in the "Soaps are extremely irritating, while water often renews other ekin blemishes in adults.|the outbreak. Furthermore, lotions Kerema may he due to hereditary and ointments are more cleansing and tendoncies, as it is seen in children of |@t the same time are soothing and gouty and nenrotie ancestry, Fat Dubies are lable to a form of eczema healing. A lotion of this description consists of: Zine oxide, powdered calamine, of each two drachms; lime that dow not scom to ve connected] Water, eight ounces, To be mopped with lack of proper nourishment (malnutrition), but in the course ol time the nervous system becomes ef- fected by the constant itchi discomfort to which the child jected, and this natural its appetite and axsimilative powors, A Stubbora Disease, sub- ‘and {acid may be add reacts upon | P on the parts every hour or two and jallowed to dry in. If there is much itching one-half drachm of carboli¢ . Sometimes it Is cessary to employ @ face mask to the skin from the child's scratching. “One seratch will set a case of eczema back at least a month” (Dunn), The mask is anointed with |n Eczema of the scalp and face is the|the healing ointment and is removed Most common form in early infancy. |for treatment and renewal about four It is so stubborn that every precau-|times daily. Ointment for use in tion should be taken to prevent the|/eczema: Bismuth subnitrate, lime development. The treatment will be water, vaseline, agnine, of cach one useless if directed only to the skin, (ounce, HIS handsome blouses that are! red being shown this season are really irresistible and, of course, this nesessitates the separate skirt. | Never have these skirts becn made tones and the yellows are par- ticularly attractive and $6.50 will purchase one. are the plain silk in rich colorings « in such pretty fabrics as they are) with an elaborate floral border. When now. The fancy skirts are in the| 4@d up the knot is in the plain ilk. Yough-weave novelty silks, To be| et sure, the prices are high, but these materials will be just as fashionable The deep ostrich collars for eve- |ning wear are exceedingly pretty and are being shown tn all the pastel next season as they are now, 80 you | tones. One in jade green is much will get ample wear out of one of |*dmired, while another in laurel pink these skirts to pay for the cost Velvet promises to be the favorite material for both afternoon and eve- Was, pronounced “just too dear for anything” by an adimiring shopper. These cape collars ure $4) PPO Monkey fur seems to be a popu- ning dresses. A simple model that is|lar hat trimming. It is seen in doth much admired is nade up im straight| black and white and is used quite as lines and has a cord girdle, It is fin- jahed off with pleated collar and cuffs. |the velvets. One black velvet hat had much on duvetyn hate as it on the brim outlined with black monkey ‘The new georgettes are prettier fur, and a band of it encircled the than ever. Bright colors are in de- top of the soft crown, giving a de- | mand and the embroidered effects are cidedly smart effoct. Popular, A pretty ong in rose has the daisy design tn a matching tone com- bined with a pattern in gold thread. Another in robin-egg blue has white! few years ago. @aisies and silver threads. These Georgettes are $9.50 a yard. ‘With the arrival of the fancy girdle artificial flowers are again in demand ar just one large flower where the girdle Meets and those in velvet seem to be . The shops are carrying large assortments of them, Burnt orange is prominent and these are lar because they give such & suiking finish to the fashionable ‘Dlack evening gown. A pretty roso in asa finish, It is customary to w referr this color is $3. Then there are ex lilies in velvet. The various c by The Pros Publishing Co, Cop te “York evening World.) 1, In what country is the Tower of Pisa? 2. What parasitic plant has a ro- mantic connection with kissing? 8. By what name were the people known who were described in Long- fellow's Evangeline? 4. In what city are most automobile tires made? a.F secured? 6, What is a person called who has white hair and pink eyes? Andersen write? 8 What is the favorite musical instrument of the Scottish High- Jander? 9, How many legs does an insect usually have? 10, Of what country was Marie ‘Antoinette once queen? rom what animal is ambergris Copyright. 119, by George H. Doran Company. Copyright, 1918-1910, by Iniecnauonael Magasine Company. hand moved!—very ently—acarcely stirring A drop of “icy water p limestone on Mount ‘Terrible; CHAPTER XL (Concluded, ) {4 T is virtually finished, years ago the Boche planned a huge of the earth, pass deep under the Nancy and Verdun, “Forty-eight y repeated Mc- the earth's surfa 11. What is the correct name of|everything now working, all rolling- an alligator pear? 12. In what State is the Hood River Valley? TERDAY'S tracks carry troops; tw ANSWERS TO YES munition and munitions. A highway 3, 640; 4, Call- |® hundred feet wide runs between. QUESTIONS. 4, Armada; 2, Alcott fornia; 5, typhu ,. putte Bhackleton; 8 M reh; 9, adob ammonia; 11, South America; Culebra. (The Heritage of The Desert By Zane Grey A Weatern oasis, set where high mountain ranges look down upon the sands of the Painted Desert—such is the scene of Zane Grey's gripping story, This famous author has told a story of the old days in the great Southwest, the brave days of high adventure and romance, weaving through its thrilling colorful pages the love ofa man fora maid, 1 ‘This story will be run in serial form on this page, the first in- stalment appearing Monday. carry am- “Ten miles from the Rhine, under thi a garrison of sixty thousand men! There must be shafts!" mid Reck- low hoarsely. on Recklow," he said, “in 1914 that | finished according to pla de surface of French soll behind the bar- in half an hour's time. | years the Boche had been pr te seize France and crush Europe, business.” showing his discolored teeth, | “So the Archduke died according to plan; and there was war—according resrenenicenemnnonr enna" to vlan. And then. Recklow. God's f Among the newest cravats for men| SECONDS AFTER The newest vests and blouses show | the eide frill which was so popular a| somewhere in daylight—where there was gun and where atara were... . low's m It was like a thick dream, Recklow, great The stars seemed very fur... In This Thrilling Story of Love and War, Evelyn Erith and Kay McKay Solve the Great Secret, Preventing German Domination of the World German asylum? had killed two landwehr on where Staubbach. That was @ year gro! ago last August. and I undressed the swine and tovl uniforms, . . . After a long It while—privations had made us both light-headed, I think—we saw & as pretty and cainp of the insane in the woods watercourse can be with the bowlders relay {rom Mulhaus. We bleaching with their guards—being Jn things beginning to grow in what had! Landwehr uniform it was easy, ‘The insane were clothed like miners. Lato ror, night we exchar two poor, demented creatures joy who retained sufficient reason, ha to realize that ow meant freedom, ‘ into the forest. We remained » . » And marched into the Jaws of th Recklow had remained at the tel phone unui dawn, And now Belfort was through with him and Verdun understood, and laris had relayed to Headquarters and Headquarters had instructed John Re: next morning slightly—indol- roolated the peated MeKay in his tone- less, unaccented voice which carried such terrible convic- tion to the other man. “Forty-eigiit ps @ thin stream crept downward in the earth along the limestone fis- washing aw ad lodged there since time be-~ ye leaned forward and underground highway carrying four his brilliant, | lines of railroad tracks, It was to begin east of the Rhine in the neigh- borhood of Zell, slant into the bowels bach has fallen into th earth and the Boche has been fighting it miles under the earth's suriacc “They can't operate from the gla- cler on the white Shoulder of Thusis; whenever they calk it with tons of reinforeed - whenever on » of the world they dam it Rhine, deep under the Swiss frontier, deep, deep under Mount Terrible and under the French frontier, ang emerge 7. What kind. of stories did Hans|in France behind Belfort, ‘Toul, evades thein. Recklow kerbockers, his shoes for heavier ones, picked up @ rifle, a pair of Meld through—as though every stratum in underground tunnel to carry the water from the Glacier of Thusis Into it! He clenched his wast struck the table without “God blocks them, damn them! said jn his ghost of Kay—"and the work of the Boche is nearly done—a wide highway under ce flanked by four lines of ralls—broad-gauge tracke— 1 hands and vont out into the atrect, Six Alpinists awaited him. ‘Thi were pecul or carrying, beside rifle, haversack !nm stock and electric engines moving smoothly and swiftly, . . . Two twisting his fingers together: bach fighting for right of way; saw the Boche fighting the Staub: ainst the Most High! miles under the earth's crust, Do you believe in God?” arth, there is a Boche city, with . » There are other cities along 9 | the lin + » » We saw Him at work that young girl asleep there, and T month after Him check and dismay the Pharaoh—we watched him counter- mine the Nibelungen and mock thelr filthy Gott! Recklow said: vast enterprise was scheduled to be With the laration of war in August the Boche was to have blasted his way to the at times, like snow in At dawn they were afield, running “Did they harm— everywhere over the rocks, searching And McKay looked up at that, baring his teeth in a swift snarl: “No—you see her clipped hair—and In her blouse ravines, and always fo torrent. which dashed through its limestone canon. ‘And they continued to swarm ov the Alpine landscape at their own convenience; on the Calvary of him. Mount Terrible they erected a dwarf station; @ hundred men attached from Delle with radi menta; six American airmen arrived; American planes circled over the northern border, driving off the on squadrilla of Count von Dresstin ‘On the early morning of the third airplanes circling like hawk day Recklow discovered what he had to signalled Terrible from the jrier forts! Ie was prepared to do it the thin body she pAssed for a boy, ‘unquestioned, unnoticed, There were thousands of Some of the In- sane women were badly treated—i younger ones, and were together. . in reserve—for reserve—always “Do you understand? Do you see jhow it was planned? Mor forty-eight ring “When the Boche was ready he mur- dered tho Austrian archduke—the }most convenient solution of thi crisis! always | problem for the Boche Kalser, who |presented himself with the pretext for war by getting rid of the only Austrian with whom he couldn't do McKay went on: And all through months of autumn and winter no chance for under ground It was like a dark, thick dream, tried to realize that war was going on, oyer our heads, up above us Again McKay laughed, silently, s HOME PAGE ATURDAY,NOVEMBER 1, 1919) can BS Ppt my! How THEY Comnrignt 1019, by The Brew Mutt By Maurice Ketten ONLY WA T KEEP CREEPING THE FAIRIES. The Evening : Kiddie Klub Korner Copyright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York Kvening World.) World's _ Three dear little fairies, playing ‘mong the flowers, Playing in the moonlight, with no thought of showers, Buddenly came falling many drops pt rain, Causing the dear fairies much surprise ead pain. “O! you happy mortala!” in despair they cried, “For you have umbrellas!" whereupon they sighed. All but pretty Elfine, who thought for a while, Which made her friends wonder (it was not her style). While the fairies wondored, Elfine thought and thought, But they waited, silent, patience they'd been taught. Finally she told them what waa in her mind, Said, “A better idea would be hard to find! With my new invention 1 have lots of fun, And get home to our home ‘ttl out comes the sun!” “What is it? Oh, what ts 1 “Groat big toadstool, pull up breathlessly they cried, and all get inside.” ‘This they did, and although now they could not fy, Rest assured the fairies came home safe and dry! —By TILLIB WHINSTRIN, Aged twelve years, Coney Island. Cousin Eleanor’s Klub Kolumn My Dear Cousins—Some Kiddies have been asking that their Kiddio Klub pina be made into rings and sent to them. We have none in the form of rings, #0 you see we cannot do that, Wo really think they are nicer as pina, but those who want rings may have the pins made into rings after they receive them, if they wish. Sin- corely, Cousin Eleanor. MY LATEST TRIP IN AN AUTO- MOBILE. ‘The air was very sweet smelling. The wild flowers grew most abund- antly and beautifully, These were the things we saw as we glided along the smooth road in an automobile on our way to Long Branch, N. J. After passing at least one mil nature's most beautiful work, we de- clded to get off and piok wild asters, pretty ieaves and wild cherries which krew on trees, We spent about fifteen had passed as inmates of px d clothes uniforms dawn—straight Great Secret!” ow. rly accoutred, every and blanket, a flat tank strapped on sideways, k like a knapsack 0 ere the Swiss wire bars the “The frontier no sentinels paced that noon, ‘Their This was odd, Stranger still, a gap wire, cut in the wire him the de And into this gap strode Recklow, *iXty yards; and behind him trotted the nimble end blue devils, single Mle; and they and whistle their leader took the ascending path which leads to the Calvary on Mount swarme Terrible. They slept that night in their blan- wore kets so close to the Staubbach that silvery dust powdered them, line probing chasms, creeping Kis or exchanged flag signala with They had with of cylinders, curloys-looking come out, 6 to the Fret nformed whether camions or cavalry And whether indeed any thing emerged from tunnel near Zell aude we are gassing the tun- from this ravine, the dirty vermin oud trains, wire When _ the up to the ravine immediately And I think My little comrade very busy with the hosepipes and other instruments, plane appeared overhead and talked to Recklow: “One railroad train came out. it Waa manned by dead men, I think, ashed into the rear ma where Recklow pleturesque ax a dry jecnuse It « and green Decause It en the rushing stream, ive this ravine the water taubbach poured its full, othing else, living or dead, came citement at Zell, Troops at the tun- mouth wear gaas-masks, od them and raked them. planes took the rest turn: no living creatun Nl end of the tunnel?” the bowels of the earth with a hollow, thundering soun hey crept stream now the blue devils were unreeling wire and plumbing this chasm which the Staubbach thundered, the end of the wire Recklow watche wire unfeeling, Tecklow turned to the group of of- rod, pluinbing the dark burrow down under the guers they're bout 10 o'clork earth changed his clothes to , And, when they were ready, guided », they lowered the hosepipe, down, down, ever down, at- glasses and a gas mask, slung a ‘aching reol after reel to the length. ie aa AE A la Me pal and them and turned to watch the feeding the wire into the Lut keep the tunnel pumped by the rations ¢ning nurse opened who stood roaring chasm, Suddenly, as he watched, back into the slim girl with hair curling all over her was jerked out of the It seemed unnecessary, too, because they shouted, lows sufficient for each i ung girl should prefer to pillow her curly upon the shoulder pipe ran out then Recklow cheeked it a rather gaunt putrid the ahoulder, presumably, alone could explain perhaps The young man did not a hose attached, terles while he spoke “From here to connections he was say- Re struck Klow raised his right arm, then “and from B aris to London, fort to Paris; nd from London to , and from Strathlone lowing Whistling into the hitely At the same time an unmasked fig- the cliff abov nark Clifty to Lala Water, and from began talking planes half a iile in the spoke naturally, ¢ nsmitter to which no wires were 4 think of that?” atr parson's house on t immoral, Kay.” impedi- He was still talking when Recklow e off hix gas mask and put have some cloth ‘Then spoke to the three yew in Paris?” and not become "Yes, if you'll Impatient for Kay, U simply unt English, oulder of "Tw Two hours later a full bat- sald of Alpinists crossed Mount underground Terrible by the Neck ¢ Woods and+Zell, continuing under Mount Ter- t Zell watched you,” he murmured in lazy n continued our ride beside felds, Then we pasred the residential sec- tion, for we were then in Long “I care tor you more. I've cared} for you longer, too." How long, Yellow-hatr?* ver-—ever since your head lay on my knees in my car a year ago inst winter. You know it, too,” she added, “You are @ spoiled young man, I shall not tell you again how much I © for you!” “Say ‘love,’ —-Yellow-hair,” he coaxed, Don't your" Don't T what?” Love me?" Yes,” “Then won't you my itt She laughed contentedly, ‘Then ber warm head moved a little on his shoulder; he looked down; lightly thelr lips joined, “Kay my dear—dear Kay,” ahe whispered, “There's somebody opening the garden door,” she said under her breath, and aut bolt upright. McKay also at up on bis steamer chair, “Oh! he cried guyly, “hello, Reck- low! Where on earth have you been for three duy Kecklow came tito the rose arboi The blossoms were gone from the Med but it was a fragrant, golden ple filtered. Ho lifted Miss Erith's band and Kissed it gravely, "How are you?" he inquired, “Perfectly well, and ready for Paris!" sho. sald | amilingly Kecklow shook hands with MeKay You'll want # furlough, too, ° remarked, “Ul fix it. How do you feel, McKay?" “All right. Has anything come out of our report on the Great Secret Recklow seated *hiaself and they listened in strained silence to his careful report. Once Evelyn caught her breath and Recklow paused and turned to look at her. here were thousands sands of insane down th nd thou- under the earth,” she said pitifully. Yos,” “Did 1 die? ne not better d asked calmly, © * * And continued his recital That evening there was a full moon “are garden, Kecklow lingered with them after dinner for a while. discussi:g the beginning of the end of the struggle. Kor Foch was striking at last; Pershing was mov- ing; Haig, Gouraud, Petain, all were marching toward the field of Arma- weddon, They conversed for a while, the men smoking. Then Recklow went away across the dewy grass, followed by two frisky and factious cate, But when MeKay took Mies Erith's head into his arms the girl's eyes were wet ‘Tho way they died down there—I can't help it, Kay," she faltered, “Oh, Kay, , You must love me enough to make me forgut-forget"—— And she clasped his neck tightly in both her arms. (The End.) tes picking all we wanted, and) @ into which the September sun, Branch. Each house had: the most beautiful garden in front or it, which consisted of beds of dowers, such as snowballs, carnations, roses and other flowers which helped decorate the street very prettily, Finally we reached the hotel. It had taken us two hours to get there, We were all bungry, so bad our lunch and went for a swim to the beach which was only @ block awa: When we started for home it was 10.30 P, M., and wu were all too tired to laugh, joke or be interested in scenery, but we were all able to say we had enjoyed the day. By MILDRED PORT, age twelve, HOW | CAME TO WRITE THI . POEM. One Tuesday evening As I was ready for bed, My Daddy bought The Evening World And about the Kiddie Klub I read. bil parcagy oo nice ‘ ‘o see other children's poems, So [ thought I'd write one, too, And now I'm sending it to By ESTHER 8C ‘AR’ ten years, Brooklyn, N, ¥. OUR KLUB. There is an, one Klub For kiddies, big and small; it is not for certain ones, But for every one and all, By MARGUERITE FEENEY, Dear Cousin Eleanor: You can im~ aging my surprise and joy when I recatved my Kiddie Klub pin Satur- ay. It gives me muoh joy to kno Tam a Kiddie Klub ors in. taboos T shall gertainly try to be a soot and true Kiddie Klub member, for cannot think too highly of the Your loving Ki aged CONTEST WINNER FOR SEP- TEMBER. - “Hopes of a Young Writer,” My Latest Dream. I was sitting in my stud over my ma; ines Teoking’ tonaae certain article, when my attention was attracted by a heading in large type, “How to Write.” This was what T was interested in—lterature— for my ambition was in that line, I conUnued reading and found there Was @ certain “Hoosier Institute,” whowe course could enable you to be come a writer. In a short time the letter was writ- ten and mailed and I anxiously awaited the reply, At last it camet And I excitedly rend its contents, Time elapsed and I was now deter- mined to stand on my own feet and after much labor my,stories were ao cepted. I as now in the senith of fame and received a letter from the fore- most wrjter of the day congratulat- ing mo $n my last book. It was delightful ¢ ¢ © Suddenly I felt a tugging atm: covers, IT sat up in bewildermen' rubbed my eyos, then smiled as I realized it had all been a dream, By LILLIAN SCHLACHMAN, aged 14, OCTOBER DRAWING AND PAINT- ING CONTEST. Subject: “Autumn Flowers.” EN prizes of four Thrift Stamps will be awarded ten Kiddie Klub members, ages from six to fifteen, inclusive, who make the best. color drawings or paintings of autumn flowers. A certificate from the parent or guardian saying that the work Is original and has not been copled must accompany each drawing or painting. Pictures may be done with 7 . oll paints or water testants must state name, age, ss and certificate number, Address Cousin Eleanor, Evening World Kiddie Klub, No. 63 Park Row, New York Clty. Contest closes Nov. 1. HOW TO JOIN THE KLUB AND OBTAIN YOUR PIN, Beeinning with any number cut out atx ef! oupoha, like 84 541—849 —~ 543 — to R08 Bar “ in” No. 03, Park Row Klub Pin Pen city with 83 in which you must state your NAMB, AGE AND ADDRESS. All children up to sixteen years of: age may Locome members. Baca meme ter ‘lg “oreaented with 8 silver wrey Klup Pin and membership certificate, couronnoe, §40 ec ee sit hed ila Bc