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type of beauty. the face fine oval in
which shine large, almond-shaped, dark
eyes overarched by dark brows; The chin
is rather larger, but is beautifully rounded
and firm and the neck is perfect, those
of the western women.
In spite of her profession Frau Friede
comes of the lower class of Russian arts
| tocracy, but no finer type of Russian beauty
exists.
The Eastern Type.
Cleo de Merode the French actress, who
rose from the ranks of the ''grizette,'' the
shop girl of Paris, and who has had France
at her feet for nearly ten years, typifies
French beauty. Her beauty is of the Ian
guorous, eastern type, the pure straight
lines of the profile are accentuated by the
method of hair dressing, but do not hide her
close likeness to the classic Russian beauty.
This is carried out in the beauty of Mrs.
Lily Langtry of the middle class, the
favorite of the English stage, whose charm
and physical perfection have made her
famous the world over.
The fourth of the group Of women who
bring out the international type so strongly,
is Lima Cavalier, the idol of beauty loving
Italy. Between her and Cleo de Merode lies
the resemblance of women of the southern
European countries, whether of the higher
or lower class. Her magnificent, large, dark
eyes, arched by delicate brows, the straight
nose, perfectly formed lips and the exqui-
sitely nodded chin, the long. firm and we'll
rounded neck, make her worthy fepreSen-
! tative of her country and attribute to the
| international type. Mile. Cavalieri is tall
! and graceful, has figure of exquisite lines
/ and is undoubtedly one of the most beauti-
| full women of today.
i And the last of this bevy of national
| beauties is Miss Nellie Whpple, New
! York girl, and the fairest of all American
| beauties. She is a member of New Yorks
-Four Hundred and her beauty is no less
! fine nor her features less patrician than
| those of Princess Henry of Pless. With her
purely classic features she has delighted
| many an artists eye, and her dignity and
| poise only add to the wonderful charm pos
sessed in her womanly loneliness
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Coal for 371 Years.

From the London st. James Gazette.
Such is the question discussed in the Lon
don Engineering Magazine for December
1t appears that there is coal in the united
kingdom to depth Of 1000 feet, sufficient.
at about the present rate of output, to suf-
flee for 81 years, but that this period Will
be considerably extended, seeing that there
is every probability that mining can be car
ried on to depth of 1000 feet, though at
this depth there will not be anything like
the area of coal that there is a the former
limit. 1t is also reasonable to expect that
this period of supply may be still further
extended by more economical use Of
fuel, due to the establishment of central
electrical supply stations and the utiliza-
ton of Mond and other gas-producing pro-
cesses and of gas-driven engines, as well as
other means of obtaining higher percent
age of the heat value of the fuel.
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French Agricultural Address.

From The London Telegraph.
How poor do British agricultural ad-
dresses, many of which are now being de-
livered, read when placed side by side with
the poetic science of southern fancy An
electrical expert, NJ. Guarini, recently dis
coursed before the Belgian Societe Sentrale
d Agriculture on the glorious things that
electricity is going to do for the farmer
The orator, reports the Revue Scentifique
foresaw the day when we should cultivate
plants without depending on solar heat or
light; when cultivation would go on in lay
ers one above another, like the hanging
gardens of luxurious Babylon-and then
of course, ii could proceed without stop
ping, independent of seasons-all this, and
more, being possibility demonstrated in
the laboratory. Many things alas, are per
formed in laboratories that do not get
themselves done in field and farm But NJ
Guarini was not content with mere specu-
latlon; he went on TO show that in the near
future the new form of power, applied to
agricultural machinery and TRANSPORT to
the production of wine, the alcohols and
OILS, the determination of noXious insects
the hygiene and comfort of farm houses
was capable of rendering invaluable sery-
Ices TO the tllers OF the soil
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The FAMOUS BEAUTIES
Show Distinct Resemblance
the World Over.
INTERN ATIONAL TYPES
WHO ARE KNOWN IN THE TITLE
ROLE.
Personal Charms Not Restricted to ANY
One Part of the
Globe.
INTERN TYPES


Written for The Evening Star.
While each nation is singing the praise of
its women as the most beautiful in the
world. keen-eyed artists. who are never de-
ceived. are waking to the fact that. though
there may be beauty Of one kind and of an
other. in the main those fair ones who are
the inspirations of patriotic lyrics bear a re-
scmblance in their most striking feature to
one another. showing that they have not
outgrown the family likeness inherited
from their earliest ancestor, Mother Eve.
Ii is a far cry from the beginning of the
world to the fourth year of the twentieth
century. Ammo Domini, but blood will tell,
and blood has told-or rather. a physical
likeness has told. until now the fact of an
international type of beauty is generally ac
cepted.
The typical beauty from each land from
the eastern coast of Asia around the globe
to the western coast of America shows in
certain features. and the most striking re-
semblauce To her sisters of the other coun-
tries that cannot be mistaken.
1t lies principally in the nose and chin and
IN the throat, the poise of the head. the fea-
ture of the real and perfect beauty, that is
never lacking.
The fayorite pictures and sculptures of
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Catholic Church is opposed to IT, as is every
one else. The socialist is a drone who
wishes TO feed on humanity. He says to
working labor and working capital, Go
ahead and labor; l will stand aside and
loaf and enjoy the results"
Speaking of the church, your eminence,
is there any change in Catholicism from
year to year. Have you a modern Catholi-
cism?"
''The Catholic Church never changes re-
piled Cardinal Gibbons. 1T is the same
now as II has always been IL may adopt
new methods of treatment of certain things
to correspond with certain conditions but
the church is ever and always the same"
The New Pope.
Tell me something about the pope, your
eminence.''
Il can tell you nothing about him that 1
have not said since 1 came back from Eu-
rope, replied Cardinal Gibbons. He Is a
man of ability and of great spirituality and
kindness. and his name is idolized in Venice
on account of his charities
rs he broad-gauge MANI" l asked.
Il think So replied his eminence. He
! has not been long in Office. but his encycli-
Gals have already shown that"
Does ne understand the conditions in the
United States?"
ITO large extent. yes" replied the
cardinal. But you must remember that he
has the whole world for his field of study
and work"
zone more word, your eminence.'' said /,
as l rose to leave. Tell me what yoI
think of Dowieism?'
THAT is insanity" replied the cardinal as
he said goodbye.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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CHAPTER XVI.


The more Nicholas pondered over his
friends cIse the more perturbed he grew.
Twas not merely that he had visited the
house of Loda the WITCH at night. in the
guise of a native; that was curious yet
might he legitimate; but when one added
The evidence of those mysterious meetings
and whisperings with natives which ac-
cOmpanied the visit-the ram, rams and
the stealthy glidings-the matter became
decidedly suspicious.
Since his talk with the surgeon general
he felt practically responsible to the head
of the medical department for his friend
and aside from that he was, of course
deeply concerned for his welfare personally.
The two men had been very intimate ever
since Allan came out from home, and
genuine affection had sprung up between
them, based on the sterling qualities of
both, so that Nicholas was prepared to go
a long way to help his friend if he might
yet it was most difficult 10 see what to do
He knew that the pressure of a penny
weight more or less on certain brain-gang-
liza made all the difference between sanity
and the reverse-yes, between morals and
the lack of them.
To allow that some such modifying infiu-
ences were at work as a result of his
friends fight. and to seek to remove them,
seemed simple till he recalled with added
alarm Adams own story just before he,
Nicholas. left for Poonah-of the peculiar
interview with the sweetmeat vender He
had been startled at the telling. but Mere
siith had been so sure of himself so conf
dent that the phenomenon was somnambu-
lstic and distinctly traceable to neurosis
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These were veritable sinks of iniquity, where
vice Haunted itself braZenly in the flare of
street lamps and to the din of harmonious
and tom-toms-whole streets thus, with
women everywhere languid Kashmir
beauties, Persians. tiny Japs and big
overweighted Hindus, Sidis, thick-lipped
sians-hanging over balconies lolling below
on divans at the edge of the sidewalk
chattering, screaming, laughing and quar-
rellng like so many nervous parrakeets-
painted and bedecked in seemingly every
mortal costume under the sun, from a
delicate cobweb lace, twisted with apparent
lack of care but indeed consummate skill
about slim young bayadere. to the heay-
lily draped sari and full stiff trowsers OF
the usual nauteh girl, and the modern de-
coliette evening gowns of the Eura slams.
Between the houses were little gambling
hells presided over by Hindu ruffians clad
in the homogeneous, half-European, half
native dress-stiff white shirt. collar and
tie, low-cut dress vest, all most proper and
then dhotee and a loin cloth, If you please
hanging about his naked brown legs-a
smooth rascal, plausible and, if necessary
murderous.
These streets, with their wonderful dis
play of life and light and ever-shiting
gorgeous colour, with the smell of flowers
and incense mixing with the acrid odors
OF narghyls, the noise of the tomtoms and
battered harmonious and the persistent
though subdued tinkle of anklets and ban
giles, silver bells and the thousand other
din of laughter and song, are bewildering,
weird, fascinating-what you will, but,
above all, horribly evil. And leading off
from them like drains are dark viIlainous
alleys, where shadows creep and vile whis-
pers float about; where if drunken sailor
strays, God help him! Doors open in
strange unexpected places and dim patches
of light fall out, together with gusts OF
ferocious revelry, and then they're gone
choked in the blackness-and If you're wise
you make a clean bolt back to the better
lighted ways, where you have at least a
lighting chance to get through safely
This was the place which Meredith made
up his mind to investigate in his search for
Aguf That it was a dangerous game he
realized, and in his regular character and
costume probably an impossible one. but
with his late facility in the use of the ma
tive costume and language he felt fairly
confident He saw that it would be neces-
sary to have an ally in the place to facfii-
tate his going and coming. Abdulla could
probably have rendered him considerable
service had he been trustworthy but as it
was he had to turn to Ben Alif; and, great
ly to his surprise that curious monkey
man entered into his scheme with avidity
and proved himself quite invaluable.
He informed the sahib that he was well
known to several Of the resident nautch
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Cham berlain at Work.
From the Booklovers Magazine.

From the Booklovers Magazine
Apart from his occasional attention 10
gardening Mr.. Chamberlain is probably a.
busy when at Highbury as during his
heaviest official work. His correspondence
and public duties have rather increased
than otherwise with his REIMBURSEMENT of
official life. Two hundred letters on an
average, are received by him each day All
are read and answered personally with the
aid of a private secretary and competent
shorthand writer's. This correspondence
has to be dealt with most carefully, for
artful opponents are forever laying cum
ming traps for the Birmingham statesman,
and too faithful friends are but little less
troublesome with their suggestions and
conundrums.
The house is beset with newspaper CORE
spondents, with whom Mr.. Chamberlain Is
always popular. He talks freely with them
and fully appreciates the power and infiu-
ence of the press; yet no correspondent has
ever extracted a secret from him. He
works far into the night, parliamentary life
having accustomed him to late hours Three
in the morning often finds him still at his
desk. His speeches are carefully prepared
and are privately acclaimed to his secre-
tary the day before delivery, the states
man meanwhile smoking a brier pipe or q
fat, black cigar.
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girls. as also were some of his near friends
to various other women, and he had no
doubt but that they coaid introduce the
Sahb between them, especially If he would
condescend to wear native dress and
pose lone from the north, Which
would account for the slight fairness of
skin and also for any little mistakes of
custom which might occur. He also suS-
gested that it might be advisable to hire a
room, away from his bung allow, where he
could keep a couple of native dresses and
make the necessary changes of costume
without attracting the attention of the SER
wants or others who m ght be watching his
own place.
Meredith thought SO well of this idea that
he Immediately authorized Ben -Alif to hire,
in his own name, such room, and also to
buy few odd dhotees and other native
garments which he judged might be neces-
sary.
The dwarf set out at once to fulfil these
commissions. On his way 10 a Parsee house
agent, as luck would have 1t, he passed the
stand of the little birri seller, SotOo Harlan
by name, who had inadvertently set the
pariah on Merediths track. He stopped
casually and lighted b.rri, and then sud-
denly bethinking that she might possibly
save him a walk. asked if she knew of a
vacant room anyway near. She replied In
stantly that there were rooms for hire In
the house above her stand, where she her
self lived.
Ben Alif thought quickly as to whether it
would be most useful or dangerous to have
the girl so near, and decided that it would
probably be advantageous. She had SEEM
ed, ever since the night of her unfortunate
speech to Aguf, morbidly anxious to do
something to atone for her mistake. Be
sides, she had already in the few weeks
Ben Alif had personally known her, proved
herself shrewd, willing and, above ALL capa-
BILE of holding her tongue. in one or two lit
tie matters which he had ventured to trust
her with; they certainly had not been of
much Importance, but that was his BUSH
ness, not hers.
So, having made his decision, he went to
the girls old Hindu landlord and got key
to the only room vacant in the house, which
appeared to be a regular old rookery, but
little modernized, and occupied entirely by
natives. The girl went up with him, leav-
ing her stand in care of a friend, and car
rying along lamp as the lighting of the
place was of the very poorest description.
The room proved to be little better than
q big oblong box, with closet at one end
and an apology for window at the other.
The thin lath walls were covered with a
cheap wall paper, which was duplicated in
the clothes closet. The girl entered this
closet and a moment later Ben Alif heard
her knocking, apparently on its walls. He
moved over and inquired what she was
about. She held her lamp aloft and an
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I that, recognizing his friend as an authority
on the subject, his anxiety lulled, and grad
ually he had let the matter slip from him.
Now the incident clamored for recognition
once more and complicated matters tremen-
dousy by showing that the conditions no.
| ticed since Allan's illness had been at least
| strongly suggested before it.
While he was still worrying over his
| quandary note from Allan cleared up part
| of the difficulty and relieved his mind con-
| siderably. 1t to the effect that his
| friend had forwarded to the surgeon gen
| erals Office an application for three months
| sick leave. and that as there was no posi-
| BILE doubt of ii being granted he had hired
| a little bungalow up in the Malabar sec
| ton, which happened 10 have been for rent
| by the month, furnished Here he intend
| ed to rest until Nicholas was ready to go
| TO Behar.
On the whole Nicholas decided that Allan
| had acted wisely, and built good deal on
what the change of scene and an open-air
| life would do for his friend. but he intend
| ed to watch him very carefully all the
same. Mex enzie had sent warm welcome in
answer to Nicholas letter and promised
| them all the shikarrie they wanted and as
good a time generally as he could bring
about.
Merediths new quarters were comfort
ably situated toward the top of the HILL
above the temple walls of Mahaluxmee
| the bungalow was a single-storied affair
with four rooms, surrounded by a great
trellised veranda, draped in vivid green
creepers and starred with brilliant flowers
Here Meredith ensconced himself with
his belongings, including AbdalIa Milk,
who. for a consideration, had given up his
hospital job In order to to the Sahib's
comfort and well-being generally Allan
had dealt very gently with the willy ABB
dula. and as a consequence the man had
dismissed most of his fears-but relaxed
none of his vigilance. While strongly
suspicious OF his man, Allan could not be
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certain of his turpitude; there was abso-
lutely nothing to connect him with the at
tack in the bazaar which had resulted so
Observation-Disclosures, indeed. the reverse
since had he been so connected he surely
would also have been chosen to point out
to the da coits Their victim, instead of leav-
Ing that important item to the chance in
discretion of a little birra -wallah. But in
the matter of the dog he was far from sat
isfied; for while he had failed to identify
the man on the veranda that night, the in
ference that it was Abdulla seemed almos.
beyond question. Stubs was decidedly in
tolerant of natives in general-Abdulla be-
ing the exception-and 1t did seem puerile
to imagine that any stranger could invade
the dogs particular sanctum late at night,
especially in these days when the animals
temper was so uncertain. On the other
hand. in the hamal's favor, there certainly
seemed total lack of motive. The man on
being detected had fed with a cry of I'M
doubted terror, which seemed strange and
uncalled for. If 1t were Abdulla, ne had
a right on the veranda with the dog-in
fact, he often slept there since Stubbs had
been turned out-and Meredith had nct
forgotten his own appearance at the time)
1t was, of course, just possible that the
hamal had failed to recognize him in time
to stop the brute's spring. This seemed
fairly plausible even in face of the mans
duplicity the following morning; for he
knew from experience that the workings of
the native mind are tortuous in the extreme
Yet back of all the pros and cons he
was intuitively certain that AbduIla was
a traitor to him. Instead of throwing him
out neck and crop, as he would have done
some three months ago, he played the man S
own game guilefully and with much skill;
but. SO far, the khansamah had avoided any
pitfalls in either a very consummate or a
very innocent manner
One of Meredith's chief reasons for laay-
ing the hospital was that he might devote
his time to vigorous search for the moon
crystal which had been lost OF stolen
probably the latter-during his late fight
sense of its tremendous Importance had
become impressed on his Inind-possibly
from Loda's mental suggestion, or again,
possibly from the subtle Hindu force which
was ebbing and flowing through his men,
tality-now potent, dominant, masterful
and then weak and uncertain as the Hindu
drew back to gain more power. At any
rate, he proposed to leave no stone unturn-
ed in his effort to recover the charm.
The wounded pariah had been removed
from the hospital to the Jail, where he
was waiting his trial ON charge of dacoity
(Which means, practically, highway rob-
berry with violence). He had been put
through the usual police inquisition while
still weak from the slashing the little
bayadere had given him. but struck OBJ
stinately to one line of defense-which was
considerably removed from the truth. He
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.rWaza Hal"

swered in a low tone "Derwaza Hal"
| He went in quickly and saw there was or
/ had been, she said a door, but IL was
\, now covered up very neatly by the wall
paper, and but for the most careful scru-
tiny would never have been discovered.
| Where does it lead, Beebi, and how didst
| thou find it?'
She seemed puzzled a few moments then
told him to wait there with the light, and
If he heard a knocking on the outer wall,
to Knock back gently. She left the room,
and few minutes later the dwarf heard
light footsteps running apparently up some
stairs beyond the covered door, then came
a smart rap little to his right, and he
| raped in answen directly the door.
The girl was soon back, triumphant at
her easy success, and she told Ben Alif
that there was a passage and stairway
from her stand connecting with a similar
closet in her room-that that was the rea-
son she had taken the room. The stairway
was narrow and dark, but she could al
ways Slip up to the closet and back d.
rectly instead of going around to the prin-
cipal entrance, which was on another street
She had often wondered IL there was any
other entrance to the passage as the
length of her room wall abutting 1t did
not account for the whole length of the
passage. She had made a chalk mark
where the dwarf had answered her ran.
and told him she did not believe any one
knew of the second door-not even the
landlord, who had bought the place within
the last two years, while she had been
there nearly three. She was also sure that
there was no other door, for the second
one accounted for all the space in the pas
sage.
Ben Alif hired the room for a month and
then later discussed its possibilities with
Meredith. Provided the girl We're thor
oughly trustworthy, that passage would
be invaluable, as otherwise 1t was bound
to be noticed If a sahib was often seen
entering the place by the front doors. But
IL he could slip past the little cigarette girl
and up to the room he could there trans
form himself into native and go out boldly
by the front way without attracting the
least attention from the floating population
who resided there. AS for the girl he be-
lieved that If the Sahib would condescend
he might easily win her favor by a little
kindness. She was young, and-if he might
make so bold as to judge-was in such a
state of mind toward the Sahib that she
would easily become very valuable friend
that was. of course, If Hazoor did not
think her too utterly beneath his notice.
Hazoor frowned at this, then laughed,
but later acted circumspectly, and little
Sotoo's attitude toward the new ledger GER
tainly justified the idea that the dwarf was
al very fair connoisseur in such matters,
despite his ape-like appearance.
(To be continued AondaUN