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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

Pingree's potato patches are not the only instances of their kind in this country, said a Quaker City man the other day. "In Philadelphia there are 632 gardens, operating on what were formerly vacant lots, by people who Esed to be unable to earn their own liv- ing. Five years ago the Philadelphia Vacant Lot Association was organized Twenty-seven acres altogether were se- cured and 100 gardens started The of ficers of the society found big de- mand for the lots by the poor people and they have gradually increased their holdings until now over 600 gardens are in operation The first year products to the value of S6,000 were raised. Last year the value of the products amount ed to over $3O0oo. It is an excellent movement and one which I believe should be adopted ill other cities
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

There is some fun in Paris over the big Newfoundland dogs bought by the police department for the purpose of rescuing people from drowning in the Seine. The other day the Matin news paper, with view to demonstrating the usefulness of this service, directed one of it's reporters to jump from a boat into the Seine in the presence of the dogs and see what the animals would do about it. The result of the experi- ment was just what the Matin had claimed. The dogs simply looked on and saw the reporter making an appar- ently desperate and hopeless struggle to save himself, but they did not volun- teer to assist him. The police authori- ties say their dogs are wonderfully in telligent animals, and that they knew this reporter represented a newspaper that had been ridiculing them. So they concluded to let him drown.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

The Empress of Japan takes great from the rice crops upward. Her majesty is said to have a special talent for literature and writes beautiful poetry. A poem of hers, set to music is sung in the schools all over the land She is an adept performer on the koto, kind of large zither. It is an instru 1nent which is much played and very popular in Japan.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

A Berlin writer states that wives are still obtained by purchase in parts of Russian Europe. In the district of kamyscfin, on the Volga, for example, this is practically the only way in which marriages are brought about. The price of a pretty girl from we'll to-do family ranges from $50 to $1OO, and in special cases'a much higher sum Is obtained. In the villages the lowest pr1ce is about $25. It is customary for the fathers of the intending bride and Bridegroom to haggle for long time over the price to be paid for the lady. A young farmer whose father cannot afford to pay for a wife for him need not think of getting married.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

Queer things happen. A young wo- man lost a gold necklace last summer when visiting her uncle, who owns a farm near Goshen, New York. The hired man was suspected of the theft and discharged. Nothing occurred to free him from suspicion until the other day, when the necklace was found in the stomach of COW that was killed for beef. The theory is that the trinket was lost when it's owner, with others, was on straw-rde and that afterward the COW had swallowed it when munch- used in the wagon
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

IHE WEEKLY URNAL, Issued Thursdsys, One Dollar Year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

V. Cecil Rhodes originally went to South Africa for his health. The story is told that when he returned to England, several years after, he called upon the specialist who had advised him, only to find him dead and his son practicing in his place, The son, learning who he thers books, and found that the lat ter had made this note after the Rhodes memorandum: Cannot live more than six months''
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04

I and the woman who will try them, and who
will measure herself before and after. will
| lind the results more than satisfactory
1t Is highly possible that there may be
scientific stretchings of the muscles to give
height. But these should always be in
duiged in with the aid of physician. for
| there is no telling what might happen If, in
her enthusiasm to improve her appearance
| woman were to tempt her own length
ening.
Sleep is powerful factor in the grow
Ing process. and you will find that you are
taller in the morning than at night. But
here again it is a muscular popularity
The muscles are rested then, stretchy and
elastic and you walk with much greater
buoyancy.
Exercise-exercise of one sort or another
Is the key TO grace. That is generally
acknowledged.
But how should one exercise? That is the
important question. and in the answering of
ii physical c'Ilturists differ. Upon one thing
all are agreed, namely. that exercise should
never be taken in n way or TO an extent
that will tire the one who is exercising.
Again. in performing any physical feat
that is out of the ordinary. one should have
pure air. Unless the air In the room is Of
the best. unless there is plenty of it. and
unless the supply be of the sort that gives
more fresh air even as the old air Is car
ried away, the seeker after physical beauty
will harm herself more than she will bene-
fit.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04
Theory That Centrifugal Force
Threw Particles From Center.

"I hold the theory that in the early forma-
nation of the earth. as the composing mat
ter became more solidified and heavy and
the earth began to rotate on its axis. the
centrifugal force threw the heavy particles
from the center out TO where they were
met and equaled by the inward force to-
ward the earth. or centrioetal force, pro-
duced by the suns rotation-this last at
present being understood as the force of
gravitation. These two forces solidiffed
certain molecular masses of the earth's
composition in the form of a globular shell.
The conditions under which this would
obtain would also leave this shell or crust
open at the Poles as the centrifugal force
at this point. for the reason of the speed
being produced. would be equalled by the
inward or gravirating force much nearer
the axis of rotation. For the reason of the
shell lacking the fullness OF a true circle
at the Poles-the centrifugal force being
less in these directions-there would be no
dead spot where this last force would not
act.
For this reason there should be an open
ing which would have a gradual curvature
until forming a unit with the inner surface
OF this shell or eartt's crust. These two op-
posing forces would cause heat of great in
tensity at the center of the crust.
'Such a globular shell rotating on an
axial line at the tremendous sped OF that
of our earth, would be much closer
of dynamo than solid ball
and would have a more dynamic reason TO
create an electric current, the presence of
which we are positive exists. than if ITS
center were a highly heated mass
This electric current, too, would create a
luminosity such as by passing an electric
current through a glass tube having most
Of the air withdrawn. as the conditions
wiuld be Identical. only on larger scale,
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04
Windows Should Be
Open for Ventilation.

| window open top and bottom for ven
| tilation. Will keei the room clear. Better
! still to open two windows and. IL the GYM
/ nasium be of a sort through which the air
| will sweep. in imitation of outdoor supply
| then there Is nothing more to be desired
Never practice until you are tired. and
! do not strain the muscles. There are few
] women who can throw themselves back
ward until they rest upon the hands and
| feet with the head suspended between the
hands. But there are many women who
! can bend backward n little, and. with daily
practice, they will soon acquire the arts
| that now look like those of the gyrnnast
In the exercise rooms of the bellies of So
ciety-for all professional beauties have
their gymnasiums. of one sort or another
there are bars and rings. hoops and jump
ing ropes. But you will find the young gym
lying upon the floor. doing little tricks of
body bending and body poising that are
worth thousand times much in point
of exercising the muscles as any work uion
the bars and the rings.
A correspondent has this complaint to
make regarding her own appearances:
/ am reading your beauty talks with
much interest, and now l, want to ask
your help in making me more beautiful
VIII you please tell me how to get rid CT
too much flesh on my face? 1t is perfect
full moon. and my cheeks bulge out hor-
TioiS "heh iaush' Until nate 10 lndulse
in a smile even.
1 cannot seem TO lose any flesh from
my face, however much l lose from my
body. and II / gain flesh nay face shows
the increase first. Is there any system OF
massage or exercise of the facial muscles
which will make my face thinner? Please
tell me. end I'll be forever grateful.
Yours in the pursuit of beauty.
ANXIOUS.
Let your face alone, dear Anxious II
your body is thin. 90 not complain because
your face is plump You can make 1t ap-
pear thinner by dressing the neck plainly.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04
French Doctor Tells
How to Become Taller.

A certain French doctor has discovered
that you can make yourself taller, and he
claims that you can actually add to your
height by taking certain stretching move
ments daily.
Doubtless the doctor means well, and
doubtless you really can add TO your
inches, but there is chance that you will
do It in a different way from that which he
fmagines.
A homely illustration of this will suffice.
Take that of piano player. At first II 4.
impossible for her to stretch an octave. The
muscles will not yield. After a time the
playing Of an octave is no feat
So with any other movement that involves
the stretching of the muscles
You can really make yourself taller or
apparently so. by certain foot movements
by leg exercises. by shoulder fittings by
Strengthening the back and. better still by
getting the digestion in good working order
and the lungs strong.
Have you ever noticed e-foot man bent
until he measured less. His lungs may have
been weak, and he stopped his shoulders
TO favor them: his digestion may have been
poor, and he found that he could rest the
stomach better in certain attitudes by
which its folds were doubled.
Whatever may have been the physical
cause. his stature decreased and. instead
of being his full height, he measured much
under It.
Now. that is one OF the secrets of max
ing yourself taller. 1t is the main one,
though it sounds less scientific than many
that are given. Yet 1t appeals to common
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04

huge pole, probably 500 miles in circurn-
ference He presents scientific argument TO
prove that this is the opening of a hollow
interior which will be found TO be made
up of sea and land, mountains and valleys,
rivers and undulating meadows. just as
the outer surface of the earth is consti-
tuted
Here he expects to enter and find the in
ner surface inhabited by u civilized race of
people. He is firm in the belief that it is
inside this sphere upon which we dwell that
Andree and his party will be found. May
hap they are living Robinson Crusoe lives.
but this he doubts
His argument on this subject does not
differ very materially from some that have
been advanced by scientists in the past, ex-
cept that he goes further and gives some
logical reasons for the faith that he has.
Talking of the hollow-shell idea Mr.. Nc
ponnell said in a recent Interview:
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04
ZHE A1zEH2cHY CI6Z Is >soNE zDzES -SEEn
LN CLASSIC TYPE ~SZZALL OF HHz
And 5R041 OF SHoUZzER

the upper lp, providing IT has not beer
shaved or in any other way encouraged t"
grow.
\ very beautiful society girl of New York.
who must be Hameless, is troubled with d
growth upon her upper lip. Each day with
tweezers she pulls out the longest of the
hairs and in this way they are not noticed.
1 read your directions for washing the
face: it has improved the color of my face
wonderfully. But find my face so chapped
after the treatment | cannot use powder.
All the articles you mentioned: ! bought OF
TIE drug store and received the best. When
convenient kindly tell me what 1 can do to
get my skin SO 1 can use powder. and
oblige, y. V.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04
I Any You z7E OW YoLLR RAcK ANUZZET
HoH9 FEET 70GEZHER ExAczZr LINE THIS

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
1t Is related that Queen Cleopatra was so
extremely graceful that you forgot her
short stature.
Historians for several centuries wrote OF
her as tall and 1.-the. Then manuscripts.
hitherto unsearched. revealed the fact that
:iie great woman Of history was scarcely 5
feet tall and that this shortness was all
the more apparent from her habit of sur
rounding herself with tall people.
Yet she was graceful, yes and beautiful
and much admired.
Years afterwards certain school of
beauty made the discovery that IT was DOS
sible for short woman TO appear tall II
she understood the art of SO doing II she
knew how TO walk SO that her toe touched
the floor first. before the heel giving an
elastic movement; II she could move by the
knees without waggling the hips, and IL
she, more than all, could walk with the
chin erect
There are several really short women
upon the stage to-day who appear much
taller from the fact that they understand
the art of looking tall.
Mrs. Fiske is one. You would never call
her dumpy. Her movements are 1.-THE, al
most athletic. and she appears in such per-
feet harmonies of poise and her gestures
are such actual lines OF beauty always that
one does not know she is short.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04

Rub Your face with pure almond oil and
let it remain on an hour. This will remove
chap. You went out in the air too soon.
Am glad of the wonderful improvement.
have read Of the art of how to be beau
tiful in many of the newspapers but yours
seems 10 be the most sensible and reason
able of all. Now. l am going to venture
TO ask question or two if You will kindly
answer them.
l have very fine silky hair and n great
deal of dandruff. also a quantity Of short
hair around my forehead and neck that
four or five years ago used to be bangs
and they do not grow. Can you tell me Of
something that will make them grow and
cure the dandruff. Sincerely yours.
IVEEN.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04

I WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Huge sirships. TO the number of three.
will constitute fleet that will sail from
Chicago this summer in search of Andree's
party of Arctic explorers. Patrick EneaS
Mcdonnell is the genius in whose brain the
plans of these mighty vessels found FORM
and he is building them now at a shop
in a remote section of that city. He and
his sons ara the mechanics. and all the
work is being carried on in the strictest Sc
crecy. He has no doubt Of the successful
operation of his vessels, for a test with
50-foot model proved all that is claimed for
the larger machines.
But the rescue of the balloon party is only
a small part of what this inventor hopes to
accomplish. He believes that where the
North Pole is supposed to be will be found
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04

I think the bangs grow. but that YOU
burn them off. A case of this kind baffed
a beauty specialist until she discovered that
the young lady used the tongs on the short
hair at the back of the neck, and this kept
IL from growing. There is nothing to do
but have patience and wait.
For dandruf there are many remedies.
Do not sleep with hairpins in your hair.
Avoid a comb with sharp teeth. Do not
use stiff brush. Shampoo the head and
wash off all the soap. Then rub white
vaseline into the roots. using for the whole
head a bit no bigger than a fat pea.
An accident befel one of the letters sent
for beauty advice and will the writer kind
" on this account pardon the fact that it
Is not answered?
MARIAN MARTINEAU, ,
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04
Partitions Formed of Cables
Padded With Light Material

Inc rest Of the space is set apart for the
motors and other equipment. The partitions
are formed of cables padded with light
material, which carry the cabin floors. as
wen as make the divisions. The outer walls
ot ,he caoin are of the same material
The combination of the cabin and Frame
"otk Is such as to do away with the net
,ing heretofore used on dirigible and other
balloons The framework, with its gas
tisht cover. constitutes the buoyant body,
having 100000 cubic feet of space. 1t is
divided by gastight partitions every TWEEN
ty-hve feet of its length, forming eighteen
compartments, sixteen of which are used
for gas.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04

| which I desire to get rid of. Thanking you
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04
Keep the Shoulders Erect
When Ont Walking.

Keep the shoulders erect; hold the chin
high; train the body to bend very slightly
backward at the waist line; practice walk
ing movements so that the feet are supple
and can bear the body lightly along, and
teach the hips to support the abdomen so
that II does not protrude nor loUk ungrace-
ful TO give an unsightly bearing.
These exercises will really add height,
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04
McDonnells Idea Not Altogether
Product of Minds Fancy.

This idea of the North Pole being tho
beginning of a new continent is not alto
gether the product of the minds fancy.
Sergeant Julius r Frederick. of Indianapo-
lis. Ind, with Lieutenant Lockwood and
Sergeant Brainard. of the Greedy, furthest
north expedition, reached the eighty-fiIst
parallel and found evidences of a former
civilization go recent in character as to
lend to the belief that the people whoever
they might be, had in a recent century
evacuated their land for one of a milder
climate.
Each vessel will have a speed of sixty
miles an hour in calm. it is claimed. and
Will be able to sustain itself at the full
power of its motors for at least six days
without replenishment.
Each airship. wher complete, will be 40
feet long and fifty-five feet in diameter
composed of 4 tubular bridged framework
having metal cones on each end the whole
covered with a Eas-tight envelope and suffi-
ciently rugged to resist the pressure of the
air at 100 miles an hour speed. A cabin.
fifty feet long, twenty feet wide and four
teen feet high. having an upper and lower
compartment, Is rigidly attached to and
part Of this framework and wiIt-be water
and air tight when the ports and doors are
closed.
The upper or storage compartment of the
cabin will be six feet high. The lower CON-
partment VIII be eight feet high and will be-
used Tor the crew, motors and other ma
chinery. 1t will be divided into six sleen-
ins-roon1s one dining-room, with kitchen
one ONCE or captains stateroom, and a
pilot and engineers space in frort
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04
Answers to Correspondents in
Regard to Beauty Quest.

II is too bad that the many interesting
letters from readers cannot all he
answered. Here are few that may assist
those tha. are III Ike uncertainty:
Noticing your talk concerning the remov-
ing of superfiUuus hair. | would be obliged
tn ycu il you would tell me something
that is safe to use on the face, and if the
removal will be permanent. There is a
slight growth of hair on my upper lip,
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-04

This light and current would afford suffi-
cient heat and energy for planet and animal
life. The existance OF this electric force is
explained by the dipping OF the compass
needle about one thousand miles this sida
of the Poles. on the outer surface
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-29
GLIDING AWAY.

The news which comes from Kauai is
most encouraging. The leaders Of VIII
coxism upon that Island are not having
the walk-over Which they had two
years ago. The Organization Of the
Republican party on the Garden Island
is now thoroughly complete, and the
voters have had the meaning of Will
coxism and the meaning of true Re-
publicanism set before them. The
false statements, the lurid pictures, the
yeritable lies which are set forth by
the Delegate are now met and correct
ed. The Republicans are awake and
are in an aggressive mood,
The Star has always maintained that
Kauai was lost to the Republican par
ty at last election, through the apathy
of the Republican leaders on that ISL
and. There is no apathy shown in the
preparation for this election. Like
many an. Their lesson it has been learn
ed at heavy price, and the conserva-
tive Republicans do not propose to pay
the price twice oyer Kauai is by
rights a Republican stronghold. 1t
was so regarded until last election.
That is to say Kauai was regarded as
a conservative stronghold during the
monarchy and the indie pendent repub-
lie, and the Republican parity is the
natural heir of Island conservatism.
That Kauai should go radical was de-
cidedly Unexpected by it's own leaders,
but such things do occur in politics,
and a whole constituency goes off at a
tangent at times However the voters
on Kauai nave seen the mistake they
made and veibegun to value Wilcox
ism at its proper figure. viz: hot air.
The prospects Of the Republican par
ty in the House and in the Senate are
very much brighter than they were al
last election All over the group tht
reactionary feeling has set in. This i.
but natural. People. cannot go on liv'
ing forever upon promises. Wilcox
promises have proved like the pro
verbal pie crust, made to be broken
The Hawaiian voter sees no resul
from the Wilcox campaign of two year
ago. He sees no advantage that ha
Como to rim from the last Legislature
He has come to me conclusion that h
has been fooled, and that Wilcox an,
his hangers-on have been selling him
gold brick. This does not mean that tn
reaction is sweeping, or that the Re
publicans will have a walk-over, out
does mean that ;here,is a rift With
the Lutte, and that by hard work tn
Republicans will make substantia
gains. This is encouraging and Shout
call forth every effort