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Fte.I. CURES KhotK KNEES.

of curse as a sturdy pair is blessing to
the owner.
Legs cannot be thoroughly strong unless
they can be made to touch completely all
the way up from the heels and show we'll
developed muscles everywhere.
Look at your legs as you try to hold them
in military misunderstanding their entire
length while the toes Of each foot form an
angle of sixty degrees. Are the knees ever
so little apart? Then you are bow-legged.
Do the knees touch while those parts of the
legs just above and below show light be-
tween them? Then you are knock-kneed
Does the foot fail to arch? Then you are
f1at-footed. If any or all of these things
are noticed, then your body is not normally
balance and poised. And l fear that If you
are an average man or woman, you Will
note one or more of these defects in your
legs when you give them careful scrutiny.
To get rid Of any deviation from the per-
feet Leg it is necessary to take up physical
culture. In this way classic legs can be at
tanned in short time. These mean, be-
sides a well-poised body and resultant good
health, attractive physical outlines, some
thing that knock-kneed or a bow-legged,
or a pigeon-toed, or fat-footed man or
woman doesn't possess.
Physical culture is the only hope for leg
deformed grown ups and older children, but
parents can overcome any abnormal ten
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Souls to Save.

think heaven will not shut forevermore,
Without a knocker left upon the door;
Lest some belated traveller should come
Heart broken asking just to die at home;
30 that the Father viii at last forgive,
And looking on his face that soul shall live.
think there will be watchmen through the night,
Lest any, far of, turn them to the light;
That He who loved rs into light must be
A Father infinitely fatherly.
And CROPPING for Him these shall find their way
From outer Clark. through twilight into day;
could not sing the song OF harvest home.
Thinking Of those poor souls that never come,
could not joy for harvest gathered in
II any souls, like tares and twftch OF sin,
Were flung out by the farmer to the fire.
Whose smoke of torment, rising higher and higher
Should fill the universe forevermore.
Dear God 1t seems to me that love must be
The missionary Of eternity!
Must still ind work. in worlds beyond the grave,
So long there's single soul to save;
Gather the Jewels that Hash God-ward In
The dark d0wn-trodden, toad-like head Of sin;
That all divergent lines at length Will meet
To make the clasping round of love complete:
The rift 'fwixt sense and spirit viii be healed
Before creations work 10 crowned and sealed:
The discords cease. and al their strife shall be
Resolved In one vast. peaceful harmony.
GERALD MASSEY.
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dency in the legs of young children. by a
little care on their part. They should see
to 1t that the youngster walks on the ball
and outside Of his foot. the toes and the
heel. A child made to walk in this fashion
can't be knock-kneed or fiat-footed. These
two deformities result only when child IL
permitted to walk on the inside of the foot.
But while insisting on the chiId's walking
on the outside Of its feet. care should be
taken not to let 1t run to an extreme, for
this will create a tendency to bow the legs.
See to 1t that the muscles on the inside of
the leg are as strong as those on the out
side, and then there win be no danger OF q
son or daughters becoming Ill shaped by
reason Of a pair of legs curvfng outward.
The following exercises will be beneficial
to the growing child as well as to the par
ent They should be taken up twice day,
preferably for fifteen minutes after rising
In the morning and before retiring for the
night. The more energetic the movements
are performed, the more benefit will they
confer and the sooner will they work their
transformations:
The exercises for bow legs do their work
by building up the inside muscles Of the
legs and those for knock. knees improve the
outer muscles. These movements. there
fore, are excellent for normal az well as
abnormal legs, for In either. case they
strengthen the foundations of the body
And, as with house. SO with the human
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the shoulders, with bucket hung to each
end.
In France found the cattle tied to stakes
to keep them from destroying the crops
next the pastures. Here in Holland moth
ing Is tethered or watched. There are but
few fences; little canals two or three
feet wide take their places. The gate to a
field is often a drawbridge. which is lei
down when the animals pass in or out, Dur
at other times remains up. Other bridges
have gates built upon them, and it looks
funny to see such gates standing mere ana
there alone in the fields.
They Are Thrifty.
The farmers are everywhere thrifty
Nothing goes to waste. The haystacks are
rooted with boards or matched in such
way that the thatch can be lowered as the
hay is fed out. All woodwork is painted,
and rot and rust are not to be seen. IN
deed, the only things that show signs OF
decay here are the windmlls, some vi
which are hundreds of years Old IN some
cases these have been replaced by steam or
oil engines, but they still do great deal OF
pumping and grinding You see them every
where upon the Dutch landscape; some are
huge affairs with arms thirty or more
feet long, and great stone or brick
towers rising high above the rest of the
landscape. Many furnish the power for
grist mills. Some saw lumber and others
grind flour food for the stock. 1t takes
expense of running is slight. am told that
a large mill costs one or two thousand dol
lars, and that the smaller ones are much
more expensive than the steel structures OF
a similar kind in America.
Money in Bulbs.
The Dutch make money out of gardening
and especially flower gardening. They
raise vegetables and fruits for England,
but their peaches and pears lack flavor,
though they are full Of juice. They taste
to me much like the fruits of Japan, which
has about the same climate.
There are parts of Holland, however,
which are just right for flowers. Take the
region about HARLEM, where more bulbs
are raised than at any place in the world
The soil there is mixture Of sand and loan
just fitted for the best Of tulips, hyacinths
and gladioluses. There are Syndicates and
individuals at HARLEM who do a big bust
ness in bulb raising. They have patches Of
tulips hyacinths and other bulbs acres in
extent. The hyacinths load the air with
their perfume and the fields are of such
colors that in passing through on the rail-
road at certain times of the year, you seem
to be travelling over crazy quilt more gor-
geouS than any ever put together in reality.
There are in all about 1000 different kinds
of tulips raised here; 1000 varieties OF
gladioluses and LEO hyacinths. The bulbs
are planted in trenches with the large
plants in the center and the small ones at
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with thick mop Of hair cut straight off
at the neck, richly embroidered shirt, a
roundabout with enormous silver buttons
and trousers of velveteen which look like
enormous bags tied in at the knee.
The Dutch are plain and simple in their
ways. They are sober looking, but they can
laugh upon occasions, and many of them
are hospitable.
A Land of Small Farms.
More than half Of the farmers of Holland
own the lands which they farm, but the
holdings are comparatively small. There
are not in the whole country two hundred
farms each containing more than two
hundred and fifty acres, and eighty thou
sand of the farms have each less than fif-
teen acres. Indeed. large part of Holland
Is tracts of heath or of swamp and
water, which are good for nothing.
There are two and one-half million acres
in pasture, and more than six hundred
thousand acres in forests, so that the land
actually cultivated does not comprise more
than one-third of the country.
The people are more devoted to stock
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Gifts to Fairs.
oston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
Gifts to fairs held in these times hold
their own very well with the note Of ex-
travagance that is sounded in about every
circumstance of civilization. Once upon
time dolls house, when presented to a
sale held for charitable object, was a
nine days wonder: then we adjusted our
selves to the condition and calmly asked
what next? What was next? 1t was
valuable dog, IL we are not mistaken; then
boats more or less expensive became part
Of the stock in trade of a fair quite as q
matter of course. Now, It's horse. q
saddle horse. that sets the pace for would
be donors to fashionable charities, and al
ready we are wondering who and what will
beat this record. But 1t Is going to require
a great deal Of backbone soon to present tc
the managers OF a fair just an ordinary
doll or a sachet affair, isn't 1T
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, the New York Tiznea

From the New York Times.
waiting in the bank directly In front OF
me was a charming woman of twenty or 20
who was having her first experience IN
banking" said the merchant as he lighted
his cigar after luncheon. '6he was asked
the questions usual for one who is opening
an account her name. address, whether
married or single, and her fathers and
mothers name. She got along all right
until the clerk asked:
Mothers maiden name, please
"I don't quite understand. I'm afraid
she said hesitatingly.
" L mean your mothers name when she
was a GIRL explained the clerk.
:. How should l know? don't IKE Inn
pertinence, sirl How should ] know? I
sidn't know her when she was q girl. The
deal Are you trying to make fun Of me.
sir?.''
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night. and the plates on the walls fairly
shone About the room were cupboarIs,
each containing bed, with the whitest OF
pillows and quilts beautifully embroidered
The kitchen utensils were copper, and TWO
brass candlesticks. which shone like gold,
stood on shelf under the plates.
A Dutch Farm House.
On my way to Marker 1 stopped at
Brock, little farming town in the midst
Of the meadows. to see cheese factory.
The factory was house, stable and cheese
making establishment combined. This is SO
throughout the dairy regions of Holland
The hay is slowed away In the garnet. and
one-half Of the house Is given up to- the
COWS. which are brought in doors during
che winter and kept there
The stable part Of the house had &C.
commodation for thirty cows, two for
each stall, and 1t was cleaner than
COWS were out during my visit. but walk
ed with clean feet from stall to stall, max
ing notes of the arrangements. The walls
OF the stalls are painted black to the
height of the cows and white above that
In front OF each stall there is window
with lace curtains over 1t, and at the back
a drain six inches deep. which is flooded
daily with water and kept so clean that
there Is little perceptible odor. But as for
that the Dutch say that COW smells are
healthfu and the farmers do not mind
them at all.
The Dutch Tie Up Their Cows Tails.
was interested In the arrangements to
keep the cows clean. Every cow is well
bedded and 1t has. in addition, rope the
size Of a clothes line with a strap loop at
Its end to hold up Its tall One end Of the
rope IL fastened to the rafters just over the
COW, 20 raising the tail that there Is no
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HOLLANDS BACKWOOD
HoWthe People Live and Dress
in the Country.
ON A DUTCH FARM
a VISIT TO THE QUEER OLD IS
LAND OF MARKEN.
Thriftiest and Quaintest of ALI Euro
pean Nations-Small Estates and
Low Wages.

Copyright, 1908, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
AMSTERDAM.
If you want to see the Dutch as they are
you must go to the backwoods of Holland.
You will find there districts where the peo-
pie dress the same from generation to gen
Grafton and where their customs are un-
changed by the ages. This is SO on some of
the islands of iceland, lying in the mouth
of the Scheldt and also in north Holland on
the edge of the German ocean.
Take for instance the Island of Marker,
In the Zuyder Zee, not far from this great
city of Amsterdam. 1t seems to be another
world. The people look down upon modern
clothing and dress as the Dutch did fifty
years ago. The men wear boomers so full
at the hips that you could make a dress
skirt out of one pair of trousers. They
have roundaboutS or shirt waists of black
wool, with big silver buttons running In
two rows down to the waist, where thu
trousers are fastened by buttons as large as
an after-dinner coffee cup saucer the
trousers stop at the root of the calf and
below are wooden stockings and clogs.
The women wear gorgeous red and white
caps red bodces and white skirts, which
fail to the knees and below have blue or
black stockings and clogs. Their caps
come down almost to the eyes, ending In a
fringe of banged hair, which covers the
edTst CQIl u lldlT uOHu edCH
cheek to the shoulder.
On the Island Of Marker.
went out to Marken one day and spent
the day photographing the people and
houses. had no trouble In getting good
pictures, for every man. woman and child
was ready to pose For a certain number of
pennies, and the little ones trotted along
as my heels IN their clogs begging me to
take their pictures and then asking for
money, Even the men demanded money
when plot ographed, and think the burgo-
master himself would have posed for less
than guilder. I usually paid cents a
person, and a little more when I photo
graphed in the houses,
The houses Of Marker are low, one and a
half-story buildings, with ridge roofs paint
ed black, built along narrow streets in
little villages here and there over the
island. I entered one at the Invitation Of
the owner. an old Dutchman, who wore a
pair of trousers each leg of which was as
big as two-bushel bag. His whole house
was OF more than twenty-four feet square,
but 1t was so clean that you could see your
face in everything in it. The floors were
scrubbed like a kitchen table on Saturday
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body-the foundation must be perfect 10 80
tain tho best results.
Exercise I-Gain the correct standing po-
sition. Clasp the hands at the middle OF the
back and cross the legs at the knees. with
the feet fat ON the floor Then rise on tip
toes, and, taking care not to fatten the
feet. bend the legs at the knees and assume
u. Hold the position until the toes ache.
then relax, and repeat every few moments.
The exercise can be varied and made
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A New Horror.
e New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
It is said that the drinking of kerosene is
such a growing evil in France that meas
ures against it are proposed. This vice has
long prevailed among the Indians of the
Southern Pacific To such an extent has 1t
sene for drinking is an important trade in
Peru aud Bolivia.
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Boulevard.
From the Philadelphia Lee

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The indfscriminate use Of the word
boulevard Is somewhat confusing and
quite unnecessary. The word itself, which
corresponds with our ':bulwark," indicates
a road constructed on the site Of demol-
ished Notifications. Such are the boule-
wards Of Paris. BY derivation, wide
street encircling q city may be called
boulevard.
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farming and dairying than to filling the soil'
The country raises excellent grass, and
there are now here something like million
and half cattle, chiefly Holsteins. There
are million and a quarter hogs, more
than half million horses, and seven hun
dred and fifty thousand sheep.
Alkmar and It's Dutch Cheeses.
Some of the chief dairy regions are in the
north, and at Alkmar Is famous cheese
market, to which the people from seventy
or eighty villages bring in their cheese for
sale. Each cheese is marked with the ini-
tials of its maker. The stock is spread out
on waxed cloths, and ID bought by whole
sale merchants, who ship 1t to all parts OF
the world Holland exported about s., OOO,-
600 worth Of cheese in 1900 the bulk of tho
product going to England, Belgium, Ger
many and France.
Thousands of tons of this are sold at Ak
mar, the stun being brought in In wagons
over the road, on barges up the canals and
by the small farmers In dog carts. The
price OF cheese makes good or bad times In
the dairy regions. and by the rise or fall Of
cent or SO pound the farmer is happy
or miserable. 49,
In Dutch Dairy Land.
I am surprised to see how well the Dutch
care for their cattle. They treat them like
children, and are CAREFUL that nothing is
done to excite or disturb them; On cold
day II in the fields they are blanketed, and
when hot the blankets are often kept on as
a protection from the flies. The cows are
fed In the fields, and the milking is done In
the pasture, the farmers claiming that the
animals should not be worried by being
driven into the STABLE On large farms the
milk Is collected by wagons. and on the
small ones the milkmaids often bring 1t In
themselves, using yoke which fits over
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girls told US. Miss c. spends most or
her time In Paris, making trips, however,
to Vienna and London, and coming four
times a year to New York. When she came
the last time, she had commission to
find two girls capable of filing this posi-
ton. l was already acting as 'manneouin'
with New York firm, and Jane. here, was
born to wear fine clothes. Both Of US were
eager to have a few years in one of the
swell Paris dressmaking establishments,
And here we are!'
rs. the pay good?"
I'VE get enough to live nicely while pick
Ing up IDEAS in Paris We are becoming
experts"
I'm what?''
"In Styles" answered one
Experts in Styles.
"In styles added the other, whose first
name is Jane. There is difference" she
explained. We told her that we knew 1t.
(Now, what is it0 "You see that very
pretty blonde girl, there?" she continued.
"She is one of us, mean one of the French
'mannequins' They get from $40 to $40
month and their meals We get more but
we bring bigger profits to the establish
ment. We receive Commissions too when
we have really brought about the sale of
gowns not originally contemplated by the
customers" afttE
II thought that was the prerogative of
the saleswoman?
"But we are in a position to make sug-
gestions. can say: Il like this corsa9e.
but it ought to be trimmed with real lace;
They call it selling silk for cotton. that is,
persuading the customer to take something
more expensive"
What is Necessary.
What are the requisites Of 'manne-
quin'?" nst
"A 'mannequin' Is a GIRL
"a pretty girl" we interrupted.
well, pretty girl. blessed with an es-
sentially fashionable-but not necessarily
good figure. She must be tall and slender,
like the fashion piates She may be
skinny
"Oh. janet
"Bony, and badly made; but being prop
erly corseted and snug in her 'scabbard,'
the splendid new costumes mold themselves
to her-and she to the costumes-with such
perfection that the customer comes to i'm
agine she, too, would look like that! She
may not be freely graceful, like the dane
ing girl; but she has the grace Of fashion,
able clothes. When she puts herself into
costume 1t becomes alive"
'.Such girls are born. not trained" spoke
up principal saleswoman, bringing forth.
to show her off-a dreamy-eyed and will
lowy blonde French 'mannequin.' Look
at Berthe. here. She looks well In anything
put on herr.
The two American girls proceeded to
make much OF the blonde Berthe, who
seemed frightened.
What is the .scabbard' you spoke of?''
we asked one OF them. She whispered to
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Written for The Evening Star by Prof. Anthony
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QUESTION OFTEN ASKED BY THOSE AT.
Jryrrn WITH

A QUESTION OFTEN ASKED BY THOSE AT
FLICTED WITH PILES.
Is a strained joint curable7 Is local infiamma
ton curablei OF course. II properly treated. So
is piles.
People often become aficted with piles and ask
some old "chrcnic' who has always persisted in
the wrong treatment. and naturally he discourages
them by telling them that their case is hopeless.
They in turn discourage others, and thus a dis
ease that in every be cured by careful
and skllful handling is allowed to sap the energy
Of thousands who might free themselves of the
trouble in a few days.
Pyramid Pile Cure will cure the most aggravated
case Of hemorrhoids in an astonishingy short time
1t relieves the congested parts reduces the tumors
instantly, matter how large. allays the infiam-
nation and stops the aching itching at once.
Thousands who had resorted to expensive surzi-
cal treatment have been cured by the Pyranid
Pile Cure-in a number Of instances persons who
had spent months in q hospital under pile spe.
cialist.
1t is a remedy that none need fear to apply even
to the most aggravated, swollen and infamed hem
orrhodial tumors.
II you are afflicted with this stubborn disease,
you can master 1t and master 1t quickly.
This remedy IL longer an experiment. but q
medical certainty, and is sold by druggists every
where for fifty cents q package.
Write Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall. Mich, for
their free book the cause and cure Of piles.
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Fairbanks Is the author Of a number Of
philosophical works, and during long 30.
Journ in Athens, a few years ago, he made
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Another delightful trip from Algeeiras is
down to the pillars of Hercules. where. at
the narrowest part Of the entrance to the
Mediterranean. stands the old Moorish town
of Tarifa. which was built by the Phoeni-
clans many centuries before the Christian
era, and is almost as old as Tyre and Sidon.
From this place we get our word tariff
not a pleasant association. because 1t had
an evil significance for many centuries. 1t
was the amiable custom of the Moors to
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cards for the first Of its series OF pubhc
lectures for the season. to be given oy
Prof. Arthur Fairbanks. Phi. D., OF the
state University Of Iowa on THE Eleusi-
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