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How Much One Should Eat.

One of the much discussed questions
of the day on which there are almost
as many opinions as individuals Is the
quantity of food one should eat. Doc
tors all agree that the majority OF peo-
ple eat too much. Babies from the
day of their birth are forced to eat
too much, and they grow up with this
artificial appetite. The most reasonable
estimate yet made is probably that
which fixes one-twentieth of the average
weight of the body as the average daily
quantity required. If you weigh 40
pounds you should consume seven
pounds of food. This includes drink as
well as solid food. But tit is ridiculous to
set down a hard and fast rule. Such a
quantity might kill some, and there is q
case on record of a man wasting away on
a diet of seven or eight pounds of food
a day. He cut down his diet to three
quarters of a pound of liquid and the
same of solid food and as a result he
grew stout and lived to ripe old age.
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Natures Inventions.

There is probably no human inven-
ton which nature has not already
worked out beforehand for the con-
venience of some of her creatures:
Take, for instance, the hypodermic
syringe, which was invented only the
other day, and was heralded with q
flourish of trumpets. Its exact coun-
terpart is found in the sting Of the
scorpion, almost the earliest creature
Of the rocks. The electric light Is q
great boon, but it is not new thing.
The deep sea lines of the Challenger
brought up fish which. swimming in
ocean darkness 5000 fathoms below,
have a row of lamps fitted along each
side to light them in the pursuit of
food. There is spider which makes
4 balloon and KNOWS how to manage it
perfectly. And one of the builders Of
great lighthouses confesses that he
got his most valuable suggestion from
the bole OF tree.
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MRS. G. w. FAIRBANKS
SIZE Is THE MENTOR OF THE
VICE PREsIDENT-ELECT.
His Speeches Are Submitted to Her
Before Being Given to the Pub
lie and Changed ~ She
Suggests.

Indianapolis, Ind.-The election of
Senator Fairbanks to the vice presi-
dency has not only created great pub
lie interest in him, but also in Mrs.
Fairbanks, who played an important
part in influencing the senator to &C.
cept the nomination. At no time did
she attempt to conceal her delight that
the honor should come to him.
OF the two, indeed, Mrs. Fairbanks
is the more ambitious for honor and
power. She is fond of society. and
she recognized the fact that 1t would
be distinct social gain to her to re-
turn to Washington as the wife OF the
vice president. A close friend of the
family said some time ago that she
was very anxious for the senator to
accept the party nomination, and that
he was governed largely by her wishes
when. though not seeking the nomina-
ton, he gave his friends to under
stand that he would not refuse it.
Mrs. Fairbanks has long been known
here for her freedom from ostentation
and at the same time for her fondness
for elegance, says an Indianapolis
correspondent of the New York Her.
aid. She treats all persons with cour-
tesy and consideration. While pos
sessing fine instinct for the best In
human nature and q certain shrewd-
ness in her judgments Of men and
women, Mrs. Fairbanks has an art
lessness and q childlike naivette that
render her especially charming In her
home and among her children. She
enjoys their full confidence to an I'M
usual degree.
While democratic In Q rare degre
In her manners, she Ia always careful
and dignifled. but her dignity Is soft
ened by q tact which is always at her
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Directs Enormous Interests.


To be one Of the richest women In the
world Is not such pleasant experience
as might be imagined. To an earnest,
conscientious person like Helen Miller
Gould the weight of responsibility 10
heavy. However, the burden In Miss
Gould's case is lightened by the services
of Q remarkable young woman, Eliza
beth Altman. Strong enough to carry
enormous interests, tactful enough to
turn aside the human current directed
toward her principal without wounding.
so seize fiacing that her personality
never obtrudes, keen and firm, but kind
". Miss Altman is the directing agency
in Miss Gould's charities and philan-
thropies. It is through her that anyone
who attempts to enlist Miss Gould's
sympathies succeeds or fails, and shs
seldom, If ever, makes mistake In her
Judgment on human nature and human
tvs needs. She is called on not only to
be Judge, but also an executive, for 1t
is her genius that carries Miss Gould's
benedceuces into EJECT
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FRONT VIEW OF HAGUE PALACE.
It Is to Be Modelled After the Brussels
Palace of Justice.

FRONT VIEW OF HAGUE PALACE.
It Is to Be Modelled After the Brussels
Palace of Justice.
of justice. Mr.. Carnegies original oner,
on April %, 1903, was 81, 100000. Doubt
less he will supply the rest. The general
appearance of the palace now about to
be erected will be that of a capitol. The
style of the building will be classical, OF
Greco Roman, as it is called here.
The edifice will consist Of . main
building, flanked at each end by fore
part, and with spacious central portico
as the principal entrance. A double row
of columns will rise to the right and LETT
of this portico, and behind them large
monumental staircase leading to the
principal audience room, where tho
court of arbitration will hold its SIT
tings. This audience chamber is to COW
or $4,000 square feet, being 27O feet long
by 12O feet wide. with enormous pilasters
Of white marble. Beyond this main
chamber will be the principal committee
room, modelled after the court OF assizes
of the Brussels palace. with facings OF
variegated marbles. At each end OF this
committee room will be subcommittee
rooms.
Above, on the second floor, will be two
spacious rooms, one reserved for the
president and the other for the secretary
of the permanent court Of arbitration.
The first of these rooms is to be orna-
mented with marbles Of various colors;
the second will have pillars Of pink stuc-
co, with pedestals of gilded bronze.
The dome which will surmount the
palace, and will, it is expected, give
majestic aspect to the structure, will be
supported by two superposed galleries,
the lower being square shaped, the other
round, flanked by enormous bronze stat
ues Of Clemency. Justice, Law and
Strength.
1t is generally agreed by architects
and leading authorities on public art
here that no more suitable building
could have been chosen as a model for
the arbitration palace than the Brussels
palace of justice, noted for it's harmon!-
GUS proportions and beauty of lines. The
palace of Justice was designed by the
Belgian architect, Joseph Poelaert 1t
took II years to build. and was formally
opened in April, 1883.
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KING ALFONSO.
It 10 Reported He VIII Make IN English
Princess His Queen.
says q copyrighted special to the New
York World. Photographs Of the young
princess have been secured In England
and are to be seen here and there in the
shops of the city, where the probable
selection of an English princess as the
future queen Of Spain has met with
great favor.
The only difhculty in the way was tho
religious belief Of the princess. who
was born and ed as a member of the
Church Of England. The vatican au-
thorities were consulted In the matter,
and it was agreed that because OF long
standing traditions the wife @sof the
Spanish king should be always Cath
Ollie. It is not expected that any ob5ec-
tons will be made by King Edward or
the ducal family to the conversion OF tho
young princess, as such proceeding Is
not unusual when princesses OF roya
blood marry the heir to tho throne ofan-
other nation.
The reigning czarina, who embraced
the orthodox religion just before her
marriage, and the conversion TO tho
Catholic church of Queen Helena OF
Italy are recent instances. In fact, ar
rangements have been already made to
have the young princess instructed
about the tenets of the church here IN
Madrid II her visit should be prolonged
a sufficient length of time.
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dERh HUH WIN A<A1Ens
Chief Engineer of the Simplon Tunnel Now
Nearing Completion.
forward from each side, and there now
remain only 2S0 yards to be excavated
before the headings meet. The workers
in the Swiss boring have suffered Sc
verely from springs, the amount OF
water which had to be dealt with (partiy
arising from natural infiltrations and
in part comprising that introduced artl-
ficially for refrigeration, rock boring.
etc., amounted at length to 1872 gal"
Ions a minute; but even this would not
have sufticed to stop work, as has now
been found necessary, but for the alb
normally hot thermal springs which
have been encountered at intervals.
The men IAN and do work in cold water;
but hot water is another matter, and
although the issuing springs are cooled
by jets of cold water being directed into
their midst, the temperature of the
workings became unbearable. This.
combined with an impending landslip,
has necessitated work being abandoned
for q time, at least, on the Swiss side,
and the tunnels are closed with two
trDn gates which weigh about eight
tons, and are built to resist a pressure
of lat pounds per square inch Of sur
face. On the Italian side work still
progresses in spite of encountering .
spring hotter than any yet tapped which
discharges $50 gallons a minute, and
the work will probably be completed
from this side. It is feared, though,
that grave difficulties may be encoun-
tered when the Italian heading has ad-
vanced sufficiently far to blast an en-
trance into the submerged heading.
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ODD WOMAN'S CLUB.
DOMINATING SOCIAL FORCES
WITHIN ARCTIC CIRCLES.
Has Membership Of Nearly One Hun
bred Women and Exerts an In
duence for Great Good
Throughout Alaska.

Nome, Alaska.-The farthest north
woman's club in the world is the Kegoa-
yah Kozga club of Alaska. 1t is unique
in other ways besides being the only
woman's club within the arctic circle.
From q nucleus Of two indomintable
spirits, the Kegoayah Kozga has grown
to q strength Of nearly 100, and has
now an influence for great good in the
aountry of snow and ice. 1t was started
for the purpose of promoting social life
and greater intellectual development
among the intrepid women from all
parts of the states and foreign countries
who bravely followed their husbands or
fathers into the land 1t the midnight sun
to share their trials and hardships in
the search for wealth. Under the mis-
sionary spirit, however, 1t has grown
into one of greater usefulness, q real
benefit to the poor savages Of the north.
Wives and daughters of judges, physi-
clans, mining experts and gold kings
are the members of this organization.
Women, many of whom during their
short sojourn in the north, have had
innumerable novel and thrilling expert
ences, more in a few months than their
sisters, living in luxury in the states,
have in q lifetime.
The members of this club during the
winter, which is the long season in
Alaska, have their reindeer and dog
teams, where their sisters Of the warmer
south have their carriages. Instead OF
whirling up to the door of their friends
palatian mansion with Victoria on a
bright, crisp winters morn, the Aurora
club members, on snow shoes, "mush'
to the more humble habitation OF sis
ter member.
The club was organized in 1901 under
the leadership Of Mrs. Josephine
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direction. She exercises command
ing influence in her home, and this in
fluence extends to her husband in all
matters political. He has great re-
spect for her judgment, and she Is q
counsellor as well as wife.
All of his public speeches, it is said.
are first submitted to her, and her adj
vice is asked on important points.
Nor do the criticisms fall heedlessly.
Manuscripts are revised II Mrs. Fair
banks so advises. The senator makes
it a practice to read his speeches to
his wife in the quiet of the home
library, and If passed upon favorably
they are delivered to the larged audi
ences in the senate or on the political
platform.
Mrs. Fairbanks cannot be called a
domestic woman in the sense of per-
sonally experimenting her home, but
she is brimful of hospitality. A house.
keeper is in charge, and she is made
responsible for the corps Of well
trained servants, after the fashion OBJ
served in large English establish
ments. Mrs. Fairbanks Is q very
busy woman, her large mail making
heavy demands on her time, aside
from multitudinous social duties.
The question of dress cannot be said
to be an all absorbing one for Mrs.
Fairbanks. Always dressed in excel
lent taste, Mrs. Fairbanks renders her
gowns in keeping with her position
rather than as q matter of superlative
Importance. New modes and the lat
est wrinkles of fashion trouble her not
at all, nor will she consent to being
made uncomfortable. Certain limita-
tons she sets for her dressmakers;
otherwise they are at full liberty to
make her gowns as handsome and be-
coming as their ability permits. White
is her favorite color.
Mrs. Fairbanks is the mother OF i've
children, Mrs. John w. Timmens'
Warren c., Frederick c., Richard NJ.
and Robert. No society desiand upon
her was ever sufficient to cause her to
take one moment from her children
when they needed her attention, and
they have grown up remarkably like
the mother, kind, affable and popular.
One of the striking char acteristics OF
the family circle is the respect for one
another that is manifested IN q thou
sand ways.
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scroees. a minister's wife; Miss 8. r.
Barnard, a government teacher, and
Mary E. Hart, traveller and explorer.
Kegoayah xKozga, or Northern Lights,
as it is translated from the Eskimo
tongue, was chosen as an appropriate
name because of the peculiar environ
ments of the club. AS club home
a small, unpretentious hall was hired
at Nome, and the members made 1t coy
and attractive with rugs, hangings and
curios. This was soon outgrown, and
through a plan proposed by wealthy
mine owners wife, funds were raised
to build a permanent home. To-day
the club is the chief social factor In the
life of Alaska.
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THE HAGUE PEACE PALACE.
Plans for Andrew Carnegie's Nag
nihcent Gift to the World Have
Been Decided On.

The Hague.-Final decision has 1t last
been reached concerning the Carnegie
peace palace. The announcement was
made the other day that the Dutch gov
eminent. had purchased plot of ground
situated at the eastern end of The Hague,
behind the botanical gardens, to be
given to the Carnegie committee, says
special from this place to the New York
Tribune. Following that it was Official
ly announced that the future palace OF
arbitration would be built on the plan
of the Brussels palace of justice, OF
which it will be an exact copy on
smaller scale.
The estimated cost of the peace palace
is $1,640,OO0, or about one-ifth the
amount expended on the Brussels palace
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OLDEST NEW YORK VOTER.
Has Voted at Every Presidential Elec-
ton Since the Days Of An
drew Jackson.

Clyde, N. Wharton county. West
Virginia. has laid claim to have, In the
person of Hezekiah Roby, who was born
in 1911, and when Fl years old voted for
Andrew Jackson, the Oldest democratic
voter in the United States, but that
honor belongs to Wayne county, New
York.
Peter Waldorf, of this town, has lived
under the administration of every pres
ident except Washington and Adams.
He was 81 years old on January 13 last,
and cast his first vote for Andrew jack
son in 1928. Without a single skip he
has voted at every election since-tow1,
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GEN. LEW WALLACE.
HEALTH OF VETERAN AUTHOR
NOT AS BAD AS REPORTED.
His Unique Workroom at His craw-
louisville Home How He Got
the idea and Characters
for "Ben Hur."

Charlottesville, Ind.-Gen. Lew WAL
lace. who, according to the press dis
patches is in imminent danger of dying.
Is in not nearly such poor health as
many of the correspondents would nave
the public believe. He is Is years old,
and these years, together with an az
gravated case of dyspepsia, accounts for
his present i'll health, but he Is not SUI
fering from the effects Of a surgical
operation for cancer of the stomach as
the correspondents have repeatedly re-
ported.
As the author of Ben Hur' Gen. Wal
lace is known in practically every coun-
try of the globe. No other book since
the days of Pilgrims Progress" has
been so widely read. An estimate indi-
Gates that from the total number of edi-
lions of the book that have been sold
at least 1900, 900 people have read and
enjoyed the Hoosier soldiers beautiful
tale of the lowly Nazarene. The drama
tization of the work, which was COM
pleted III 1901, further extended the gen.
eral knowledge of the story and added
largely as we'll to the fame and profit
of the author.
The home of Gen. and Mrs. Wallace
Is comfortable appearing. Set well back
in a tract OF four acres close to the cen
ter of the city, it is surrounded by spa
cious grounds. Trees, many OF which
MEDIATE the coming of the Elston fam
lily to Charlottesville in 1923, give ample
shade. To the rear Of the house Gen.
Wallace had built several years ago his
famous studio or library. It is perhaps
the most remarkable literary workshop
in the United States. A one story struc-
ture of red brick and white stone, It has
no windows on its sides. Light is OBJ
tanned through glass roof. The con-
struction of the building is such that its
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Late Beginning.

Sir Walter Scott began to write his
celebrated novels at 40. Milton began
"ParadIse Lost" at so. When East
LYNNE" appeared its author, Mrs. Henry
wood, was As. Cromwell was Al when
he began his public career. The year
of the Hegira was the fift1 third Of Mo-
manned, and Marlborough reached his
independent command at the same age.
In spiritual examples Abraham was Is
when called out Of Charan. and Moses
was 80 when he stood before Pharaoh
40 the champion Of Israel.
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GREAT SYMPTOM TUNNEL.
It 70 at Last Being Completed, But IN
der Almost 1nsurmount-
able Difficulties.

Paris.-Herr Hugo Won Kager Is tho
chief engineer of the Simplon tunnel,
the work on which is being prosecuted
in the face of such terrible difficulty.
The contractors for the tunnel are .
Hamburg firm, who employ . certain
number of German engineers and FORE
men, but the unskilled labor is mainly
Italian. Work has been carried on from
the Swiss and Italian sides simultane-
ously, two parallel headings with nu~
merous cross connections being pushed
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state and national-and always the
straight democratic ticket, just as he did
on November this year. He believes
he is the champion voter Of the Empire
State and doubtless entitled to the "rec-
ord" for the United States.
Mr.. Waldorf is remarkable for his fine
memorv. keenness of intellect and I'M
usual bodily agility and sprightliness.
He has worked this year on his farm
three miles east of Clyde. He loves out
door life, and often walks to this village
and occasionally to Rose, five miles fur
Their. to visit his son. His wife died 20
wears ago, but he has eight children, all
of whom are living.
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Chess in the Curriculum.

The Russian ministry has issued a cir
cular that the study of chess should be
added to the curriculum of the schools.
DR.. Tarrasch, of Nuremberg, in one Of
the German papers declares that chess
ia of the greatest use in forming char
acter. in intoxicating prudence and judy
ment, in awakening thoughtfulness and
the imagination and in adding clearness
and consistency to thought He urges
teaching chess and giving prizes for pro-
6ciency In it
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IL
spondents Would Have Us Believe.
OCCUPANT can shut himself entirely
apart from the outer world and pursue
his literary labors unmolested by the
slightest sound. 1t is in this workshop
that Gen. Wallace has done much of his
best work. What has not been accom-
plished there has been done beneath
the shade of an aged beech tree which
stands beside the library. 1t was under
this favorite tree that most Of the chap
tiers of ben Hur" were written. The
tree has come to be known historically
as the Ben Hur beech.
OF the writing of ben Hur" Gen.
Wallace TOLD an interesting story to q
Chicago Chronicle correspondent. 1t
has been told that the inspiration for
the tale of the Christ was given to Gen.
Wallace by the famous agnostic, Robert
G. Ingersoll. Gen. Wallace denies that
q reputed conversation with Col. 1nger-
soil had anything to do with the be-
ginning Of ben Hur." 1t was, however,
due to a conversation between Gen.
Wallace and Col. Ingersoll that the re-
search which made the book the mar
vel of it's age in all lands began.
This conversation occurred during
the course of the journey from Cinein-
natl to Indianapolis. 1ngersoll had
made the speech which nominated
James G. Blaine for the presidency. In
the car on which both were returning
Col. Ingersoll occupied the stateroom.
He invited Gen. Wallace to join him
and have a talk. Gen. Wallace replied
that he would do so on the condition
that he be permitted to fix the topic Of
conversation. To this Ingersoll assent
ed, asking him:
What is your text?''
Gen. Wallace replied: rs there q
God?"
Il don't know. Do you?" was 1nger-
soils reply.
rs there q hell?" asked Wallace.
Il don't know. Do your"
''Was Jesus Christ the son of God?"
Il don't know. Do you?" 1ngersoll
answered in the same tone.
1ngersoll then took up the entire SUBJ
feet of the Bible and displayed such a
thorough knowledge of the book, it's
characters and scenes that Gen. Wal
lace became deeply interested. He
studied the new testament and the life
and sayings of Christ with the result
that he came to believe absolutely in
the Bible. He gave up all doubt Of the
existence of a God and accepted the
story of the divine origin OF jesus
Christ. His conception of the Nazarene
and the almost perfect portrayal Of
scenes in Palestine, which he had not
yet visited. were the result Of this con-
versation. Had it not been for Bob
Ingersoll it is doubtful whether the
world would have had the Ben Hur'
as it is known to people Of all lands.
Certain it is that Gen. Wallace would
have lost much Of the fame and wealth
which the book brought him. For
without the awakening produced by the
conversation of 1ngersoll Gen. Wallace
would never have studied 20 deeply into
the subject Is hs did.
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MAY WE'D EDWARDS NIECE.
Duke Of Connaught's Daughter, Vic.
toria, Nay Become the Queen
Of Spain.

Madrid.-The announcement IN the
New York Woold several weeks ago that
negotiations were pending for the mar
rage Of King Alfonso with the Princess
Victoria Patricia, daughter Of the duke
Of Connaught and niece Of King Edward.
received confirmation here when the Of
fetal announcement was recently made
that the duke is shortly to pay visit to
Madrid accompanied by his daughter,
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some of the most artistic effects to be
found in the world.
One Of the striking examples of Amer
lean skill in this respect is the ship bell
presented by the citizens of Cleveland to
the United States battleship bearing tha
name of that city. Upon the surface OF
the bell is depicted the surrender OF
Capt. Barclay to Capt. Perry in the bat
tie of Lake Erie, and among the inscrip'
lions is the famous dispatch which
Perry wrote in pencil on the back Of q
letter to Gen. Harrison: Eve have met
the enemy and they are ours"