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The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-21

pertinent Of estting over the ground by foot
you viii soon grow fond OF this mode OF
locomotion-
An English society woman who has
very neat waist line declares that she pre-
fers to let her carriage follow her on the
street to driving. She walks and the carri-
age comes after. II is. quoting these ladies.
more q matter OF habit this walking busi-
ness. than anything else. and the street
squares will grow shorter and shorter as
you get used to treading them
In dieting be careful not to drink too
much at your meals. The tissues are
greedy and they absorb readily the moisture
that is put IN the stomach. The woman
who drinks two cups OF coffee at her break
fast and who takes two cups OF chocolate
at her noon meal, finishing with two cups
Of chocolate. tea or COFFEE at night. VIII
never reduce her weight. never in the world
Better BY far 10 eat inteupe-a;eiy than
to drink intemperately. Drinking makes
you fat much quicker than eating. and you
can add pound to your weight every three
days. bv drinking all your stomach Graves.
while by eating all you want the tat Will
come much more SLOWLY.
In the great reduction hospitals. where
wealthy patients go to have their waist
lines reduced the physicians In charge VIII
tell the ratient 20 eat everything th'y
| want. They will place baskets of the most
tempting fruit near at hand. But when IL
comes TO the matter OF getting so simple a
thing as a drink OF water Il is ATTENDED
with a degree Of red tape that makes water
| a very difficult commodity to obtain.
RE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DRINK
The idea is that water fa;tens. and that
ALI mineral waters tend 10 this also. Tea.
| coffee and every kind of liquid. sour or
sweet. feeds the hungry tissues an1 the
| weight increases
| Women who practice in gymnasium an
| hour and then rush on 10 drink a glass OF
| cold water will never grow thin Water Is
necessary. and the stomach should have
| pint at least OF Il a day. or OF some o'her
| LIQUID that answers the purpose But tne
| woman who IL too fat Is IN the haoh ot
! dr,nkine two glasses Of water every few
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dr;ving through the courts and tnlNing IN
all parts OF the house. This 10 considers
BILE when you understand that the palace
has many wings and that TO walk entirely
around it takes the best part of an hour.
going In and cut all Of the entrances and
traversing the courts that divide the house
from its ponderous wingA
Her Grace attends the chapel at one end
OF the palace daily. and she oversees her
gardeners. for her ross show Il one OF the
features OF London. she encourages her
vegetable growers. The tenantry, the deer
all under pretty personal supervision:
and. 30. & happens that when the morn
ings work is done our Consuelo Is tired and
that her outing in the air has made her
cheeks bloom and her eyes glisten.
The American woman. who would not be
sallow and who would not be thick in fig
ure can, IN q way. copy this American
English woman. Her Grace walks In the
air and keeps her waist lines; she rides and
keeps her color: her figure is charming and
she has no hips.
Now the woman who IL getting fat In the
stomach cannot do better than take heed.
She must at once get rid OF her fat and
begin 10 get thick waist and 20 find that
her belt line is creeping up
The Duchess OF Marlborough. when asked
by Queen Alexandra what she ate TO keep
her weight down repIied tnat sne ATE notn-
ing that was bad for the stomach.
WHAT HER GRACE EATS
'T eat" said she. mo sweets that dis
tress me: and no sours that in1ure my skin.
partake Of English roast beef and Of the
finest OF vegetables that grow In the sun" :"
better diet than this could hardly be
imagined. Good roast beef will certainly
help the skin te grow clear and II wfh al
most as certainly tend to reduce the weight
II you are plump IN the abdomen you
must begin by getting out OF the habit
of taking the street cars Walk whenever
you can The walk may seem too long FOR
you to take. but Il Is really short one
Half an hour will carry you great distance
on your feet and II you will try the ex'
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-21
Big Price for Old Stumps.

Old walnut stumps are on a boom through
out Tennessee. Stumps that have remained
unnoticed for years and were regarded as
worthless are now eagerly sought after at
prices that seem almost fabulous. An In
diana concern has had men travelling over
the country buying every old walnut stump
that could be found. At first the prices paid
were small. but as the eyes Of the stick
timber folks began to open the prices went
higher ana higher. until now they are OUT
Of sight. and the funny part Of It Is that
the uslier. knottier and more unsightly the
stump the moro money 1t will bring. The
stump OF . walnut tree that was cut down
several years ago brought more than the
whole of the tree. 1t is stated that the
stumps are made into veneering material
and used In the manufacture of high-grads
furniture.
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stomach. Nft yourself gradually BY your
hands until you are almost free from the
table Hold yourself up while you count
ten. Lower yourself again. and keep on
doing this until you have had sufficient ex-
ercise for your back and stomach You
can ascertain this by the tired feeling which
you will have and by the out-of-oSeatn
pants which you win give
There are three good exercises for reduo-
ting the abdomen. and II you follow them
carefully and patiently. taking them at
least twice q day. you win surely lose
weight and get q nat, straight front. and
that Is the figure now so much desired
LETTERS FROM READERS.
Dear Miss Martineau: What can DO for
r~d nose7 Ny nose 10 90 bright that II dis
figures me- and am not happy In my hfe At
, all i feel this very keenly and sometimes !
wish to cie because I have always this rea
no-e. No matter how well dress myself or how
becoming my clothes are TO me nothing looks
FAITHFUL ADMIRER-
Try Dear girl these things Do net By any
mean, massage the nose but apply cucumber
cream to it every night. made after the recipe
which I gave few weeks ago. Then. II the
morning. use hot water en- The nose very senuy
Do not rub II vigorously with the towel ever.
Take every day a dose OF EPSON salts. or every
other day. and eat no fruit at all FOR awhile
The red may be one kind OF eruption caused
by the taking OF acids Eat no ptSAies- H.spSAN
pear Miss Mar1ineau: wha, can do for red
hands? Ny hands are hvid as though they
had been pounded and the veins stand out
LITTLE MARY J.
Do not wear tight sleeves Your hands are
what Is known as cut OF condition Hold them
In hot water in which there few drops ot
ammosia When they are soiled do not wash
then, In hot water but use vassiine Hot water
will do very little for hands that are reddened
and chapped as yours seem TO Be- When they
are washed with vaselire soak them In hot
water, dry lightly and dust with the finest OF
face powder II this does not help them write
and I Will give yci a skin bleach
Dear Miss Nartirsau: I am working girl
and all day I am obliged to have my hands IN
no, chocolate and hot sugar. They are always
rough and red. Is there any remedy for 10?
A WORKING GIRL
am .orry you are obliged to keep your hands
In hot chocolate. When you have finished with
your work wash your hands yery gently and put
q, gloves before YOU 20 IN the street Cotton
gloves will do. This Is TO protect your hands
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-21
Getting an Egg in China.

An English traveller who has visited every
nation In the world il authority for the
statement that one food Is universal
throughout all couatries- There Il net q
part Of the world" he says. where you
cannot get an egg" While IN Western
China, however. he at first had some difii-
Guilty In getting even eggs. The natives
could not understand him and refused to
recognize the pictures he drew as pictures
OF eggs. The way I got out Of the difi-
Guilty.. he adds. was that squatted down
on my launches. tapped my wings and
cock-a-doodle-doo'd until the entire nation
grasped what 1 wanted. and ] was simply
provided with hundreds OF eggs"
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norton OF -four Is much greater than that
Of the butter, II Is impossible to cook the
-four perfectly without scorching and Jumps.
unless liquid is added to the butter. Hence
the suggestion to rub butter and nour To-
gether.
Tartar sauce IL msyonnaise. with when
chopped olives and gherkins have oeen ,
mixed. For tomato sauce. thicken = cupIS
~ strained tomato juice with n tablespoon
full each OF butter and -four and season with
salt, paprika and chopped parsley: In place
of the last a dash OF curry may be used.
OYSTERS PANNED IN THE SHE'LL
Scrub the shells and dry them Put them
In q pan with the round SIDE down Fiace
In a hot oven. When the shells open remove
and take of the upper shell. Put two or
three oysters In each shell. sprinkle with
salt and pepper and dabs OF butter ana
cover with buttered crumbs. Replace in the
oven and brown.
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minutes in the day. And when she goes
out into the street she gets an Ice cream
soda. and winds up her shopping tour with
q phosphate or two.
These things are supposed to be bad for
the stomach. but experience viii prove that
they are not really harmful. There 10 moth
ing about ice cream soda that Injuries the
digestive organs. The only objection to II.
for the woman who is reducing, II that it
makes her fat
Try not TO drink too much. and you win
certainly reduce your weight II. at the same
time. you will take the proper exercise.
The Duchess OF Marlborough. she OF the
ideal figures. takes no actual beauty treat
ment. but the matter Of her Lfe Is such
that she gets sufficient exercise. IL you
were a letter carrier you would not need
TO practice in a gymnasium to deveiope
your limbs and reduce your abdomen
And 50. II you are a lady living upon a
country estate and running IL for yourself.
you will not need TO go into gymnasium
every day and practice with the wand with
the idea OF making your abdomen smaller.
You will get natural exercise.
Here are three things that afaict the
woman who Is 4 little too fat:
LITTLE TOO FAT.
Her waist is too big.
Her abdomen IS too prominent
Her hips are too rounding.
To this might be added the defect OF q
short waist. a high stomach and very
much padded back.
Begin with the abdomen. for this Is the
feature that VIII disturb you most. Do not
stop your efforts until Il is Fat and looks
nice. The new corsets VIII help out. or
course. but they cannot DO everything. They
can hatten you out a little. but they cannot
make you over. nor can they slice a piece
OF your too abundant front.
II you are fat. and know IL. begin by
lying fat on your face on the floor. This
will completely upset you. for the fat vom-
an cannot lie on her face But II IA one
Of the exercises that must be taken
Lift the feet behind you. throwing them
J up by bending backward the knees
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-21

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
The Duchess of Marlborough boasts the
finest figure In the United Kingdom Of
Great Britain and the prettiest one in the
United States
Such is the opinion. candid and studied,
OF all who have seen her since she touched
the shores OF her native land.
She IS tail, taller than the average, but
absolutely slender. There 10 not heavy
line about her; not = coarse tracery. She is
the elegant dame from the very crown OK
her head TO the tips Of her slender feet
Here are the characteristics Of this beau
tiful woman Her head is small and Is set
upon a long, swanlike neck. Her throat Il
very round, so that her neck looks smaller
than It is Her shoulders are sloping and
her eyes have the droop that is 50 much
q mark of distinction Her limbs are long
and her waist is slender. and she carries
herself with an easy grace that IL adrnira-
BILE.
In face she Is less beautiful than Mrs.
Clarence Mackay and she has little OF the
dainty sweetness which Is such an Amer
lean characteristic. But her strong point is
her aristocratic bearing and her figure. and
both of these are far beyond reproach or
approach. She has no beat in the wide
world for form and few equals In the uni
verse.
The Duchess, since she went to live
abroad seven years ego-for all are inter-
ested In the daily life OF so famous beauty
H-has lived the existence Of an English
iwoman-
DUCHESS WHO WORKS
Though blessed with great riches. she has
not carried out the American ideal Of en-
tire luxury and ease. but has done much
strenuous work. after the manner OF Eng
lsh matronS
Her daily routine, as given by one OF her
ladies OF honor. for her Grace holds a small
court OF her own. Is quite remarkable.
AT Woodstock, where her country home Is
located. Bhe rises very early; and with the
English girls who are continually visiting
her-end whom she jokingly calls her
'-maids Of honor'-she inspects her homa
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fss, some one hand you q wand. Take Il
In both your hands.
Still lying on your face and stomach. take
the wand and throw It over the feet. Pull
upon the wand and the feet will be drawn
up toward your waist line. You will thus
make q sort of hoop OF yourself. and your
figure Will get easy, graceful line that
will be Of benefit to you when you stand
upon your feet again
The second exercise for the reducing OF
the abdomen looks much easier. but IL Is
really more tiresome-
Take an ottoman and place IL in the mid
die of>the foor. Let IL be 4 heavy square
one. rather tall and capable OF holding your
weight.
Lie backward over II and 70 on tipping
yourself back until you swing suspended.
Your feet will extend over one end OF the
ottoman and your head over the other.
Take the wand In your hand. by way OF
balance. and lie In that way with the wand
swinging back Of your head.
This brings a strain upon the muscles OF
the abdomen. and you must not keep 1t
up too long. But try Il often. for 1t is easy.
Lie your back on any round stool. or
even on a table. and you will get the same
exercise. But your head and feet must be
unsupported.
Can you lift>yourseif by your hands? Have
you ever tried the experiment?
, Place q tall footstool or a low table In
the middle OF the floor and lie upon your
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[lI[J[IIlNLIINIENDNlL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


, from ne street dust when you get home van
your hands well In this mixture: To an ou1os
Tie and keep for your hands. Use IT though
it were soap, going over and over them II
would bs well II you ecuid draw on an old PAL,
Of kid gloves for half an hour before washtn8
OF this. hand iotica. When you not going
cut keep On the gloves all night
Dear Miss MartineauI How can I get hd -
big pores IN the noser MRS. A
Follow the directions r,ven not long ago. n
you have lost them you may write to me again
for them and I VIII repeat them with . Ersaa
deal Of pleasure.
Dear Miss Msrtineaui I wrote and asksd yuu
some questions and was much benefited BY yoaP
advice Now. friend OF mine wishes to write
TO you She is not q subscriber 70 the pap0.
Nay shs vrits tust the sameT
YOUR ADMIRINo FRrEsn
Certainly. she may write tust the sanA. -
viii very gladly answer her eusstions.
Dear Miss Martineau: VIII you pleas TIN
about The getting Of q good skinf
Dear Miss Aartineau: Il there any vay ~
which get strongerf am q school teachaP
and ind that the work e1hausts me- rnis 10
my frst attempt and fear shall noe b alb
70 stand II YOUR SCHOOL TEACHER
II Is q pity that your work tires you Have
you tried IA. experiment Of tsktns a nshs
luncheon At II o'clock In the morning and an
other in the middle OF the afternoonf II 20
would do you a great dssl of good I am sure.
The gas ehahng dishes or Q simple little gaD
stove might aid YOU in making the chocolate,
which now comes 50 that it can be Prepared h
q minute
Dear Mis-. Martineau; I have . baby . msuSAs
old He IS weak. cries a great deal and doso
appear TO grow. I am much worried anSuA
him What is your advice regarding himf
YOUNG MOTHER
Ny advice Is TO give the 3-nonths-old baby -
food once In two hours, using the GREATEST rsGa-
larity. I would give him . teaspoon of vAAD
every half hour oftener. II he .seemel -
Ike IL. I would boiled water cooled -
the ice. but not with ice IN It would nsvO
let him look at the bright sunlight Do -
place him where he will hear loud noises a. ahrf0
music and make effort amuss hiro. Whaa
he needs II rest. sernidarkness and quiet. 0avo
him rattles. but do not endeavor to strakn hto
eyes his his faculties until he shOUu
signs Of picking up . little. Are yoa also -
II cot wearing too many naaneisf
Dear Miss Martinsau: How nsAA0 -
hairr
FOLLOW directions recently given q this -.
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natures reserves On this Continent She
vas determined TO study the habits and se-
cure snapshots Of animals and birds not
~ most people see thena-unhappy csptives
behind cages and gias8 cases In some TO-
oiogical garden-but remaining free IN their
native haunts; and she does not seem TO
by q close contact with rattlesnakes, and
other yeacmous reptiles. are enough to
mako her friends shrdder. But she only
laughs at the dangers she went through.
accompanied by her athletic husband and q
trusty guide.
Women, even In tie most exclusive cir
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-21
LLOW HER HUSBAND

remnant Of the Seminole Indians stili roam
there and are the most successful hunters
Of aIligators: but even these aborigines will
tell you there are parts into which they
have never ventured- Deer In abundance
are found on the larger islands. and the
swift running streams are full OF FISH, But
both land and water are infested with rep
tiles OF the most venomous breeds II -
the home Of the rattlesnake. the copper
head and the moccasins~
Mr.. ard Mrs. Drexei-Biddle saw these
snakes By the hundreds The 1argest-they
could net tell To what species II belonged
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-09-21

WRITTEN roR THE SUNDAY REPuBl1c
Mira A J. Drexel-B -Biddle. one Of Phiiedel-
phia's young society leaders, who recently
showed her extraordinary courass BY pene-
trating the Businesses Of ths Evergiades OF
Florida and photographiES the Wild and
dangerous creatures that fnfest that terra
incognita. has just had her unique eoi-
lection Of snapshots neatly mounted on
brownish cardboard and bound together
Ike book
The pictures. enabling one. as they Do. to
realize the per3ls Mrs. Drexel-Btddle brayed
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WOMAN SHOOTS WILD
ANIMALS WITH A CAMERA.

I cle. II seems. crave at times some variety
from the routine OF social duties and pleas
ures however attractive. and seek at inter-
vals some unconventional recreation
Mrs Drexel- Biddle sought hers m some
Of the widest and most unfreQuented or
have hesitated at any danger TO secure ner
pr!zed collection of notes and photographs
FULL OF vENoMoUS REPTILES
The Everglades-a vast marshy district
many miles in extent. covered with Erowths
Of vegetation so thick, that they are prac-
tically impenetrable-have never been thor
oughly explored BY the white man. A
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-15

Miss Kate Brown, Recording Secre-
tary Of the l.. Q. II. Association, Of
Kansas. In letter from Cos N. Seventh
ST.. Kansas City, Kan, says:
"For seven years Ihave not kno,cn
,chat IL ,cas to spend a ,UeA day.
I caught severe cold, which I neg
lected. II was at the time of menstru-
alton. and inflammation set in and
prostrated me. Catarrh of the kidneys
and bladder followed, my digestive or
gans gave way; In fact, the cold disar-
ranged my whole system.
az spent hundreds Of dollars Wfth
doctors and medicine, but derfUed
but little benefit until I began treat
ment ,ctth Peruna. kept taking 1t for
nearly nine months before l was com
pletely cured, but kept growing bet.
ter gradually so that felt encouraged
to continue taking Peruna until my
health was restored. send my thanks
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-15

Coal oil is sure death to every louise
IL touches, but does not always kill
the eggs, and must be used with eau
tion to prevent blistering the skin of
the hog. When a large drove is treat
ed the work can be done very quick
ly by using a spray pump having an
attachment for mixing the oil and
water, and the pump should Ire so that
it will use about FIVE parts of water
to one part OF oil. when such a mix
ture is thrown over the hogs In a fine
spray, only little of the oil is used
to cover the whole animal, and If the
spraying is done in the evening near
ly all the Oil will have evaporated by
morning and there will be no blister
ing of the skin when the hogs are ex-
posed to the hot sun on the following
day. So little oil is used in the spray
ing that few of the eggs will be killed,
and the work should be repeated at
the end of the week and again at the
end of second week. If the work Is
thoroughly done three sprayings will
be sufficient.
Lice never infest clean hogs when
they are not brought from an infested
drove, and the hog raiser who has
clean herd cannot be too careful to
keep 1t SO. No stray hog should be
allowed on the premises, and any
which are purchased should be exam
ined very carefully before they are
to run with the others. The oil mix
ture should always be kept where it
can be used Immediately. II any indi-
cations of lice are seen.-U. s. Depart
ment Of Agriculture. Bulletin, No. 100.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-15
Thorough Orchard Culture.

To give the best results an orchard
needs both moisture and fertilizers,
and while the latter may be applied
at will. the same does not hold so true
in regard to the former. The fact Is
the heaviest rains usually occur when
they are the least needed. The only
thing the orchardist can do is to put
forth every effort to preserve this
moisture or future use: Accordingly he
should select a location and soil
adapted to the fruits he desires to
grow, and then put it in proper condi-
tion before setting by thoroughly
plowlng and narrowing.
II must be remembered that a fine
ly divided soil is capable of holding
an immense amount of water. whereas
II left in its natural condition the
moisture soon passes off. Hence the
soil should be plowed deeply In spring
at the earliest possible date; then
sllrred thereafter with springtooth
harrow smoothing harrow, clod-
crusher or any implement which will
work well in that particular soil.
Weeds certainly should not be al
lowed to get established, and to pre-
vent, the whole surface will need stir
ring thoroughly to the depth of about
inches every fortnight; II the season
is dry one oftener than this. 1t is
important that the whole surface of
the orchard be titled in order to send
the roots deeper, where they will in
time come to escape the injury Of or
dinary drouths. The ploughing should
be kept up for the first few years. A
careful man can plow within 2 feet
of an apple tree and not injure it.
Catch crops are good to grow in a
young orchard, but they should be
ploughed under early in the spring
that they may decay as soon as posi-
BILE; their chief purpose is for fall and
winter protection, humus, etc, but not
for spring growth. Thorough tillage
should not be continued longer than
midsummer, for about that time or.
chard trees stop growing; If stimulat-
ed with further cultivation their new
growth will not ripen sufficiently to
withstand cold weather. If hoed
crops are raised in a young orchard
they should not be planted too close
to the trees, and less so with every
succeeding year. Vigorous cropping
with heavy manuring may be contin-
ued for seven or eight years, but af.
ter that it should cease altogether
Fred o. Sibley in the Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-10-15
Holding Up the Dress.

Il have discovered at last the prop.
er way to hold up dress with train
attached" remarked a woman the
other evening. 1T is the simplest
thing in the world when once you get
into the way of it. l call it the ser
pentine twist. | take my skirt by the
middle back seam, draw it toward the
right and, if it is a full skirt, cross the
front so that the seam makes a SER
pentine curve. 1t raises the skirt all
around, so that / do not have one side
trailing in the street, and the effect is
very good when you have learned to
do 1t correctly.
Il thought of it when | wanted to
wear a very full black nuns yelling
skirt on a stormy day. practised
1t before the mirrow until could do
1t gracefully, and l wouldn't miss
knowing it for anything. g."-Philadel-
phia Record.