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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-19

ing them fat against tho lead. In
time the ears will be less nrotruding.
AS for the figure, 1t is so easy TO make
il good and il is such a simple matter
to stratghten the shoulders, make ths
hipS slender and make the chest full.
that ore cannot help wondering why
there are any poor figures in the world
a stout woman stood the other day
III the door Of q fashionable shop She
nearly filed mp the door Her weight
was enormous and her face. which
might have been pretty once, had lose
all expression. It was one great mass
of fat. cheek and jowI. Her figure was
perfectly round front and back She
had no shape whatever. and had 1t not
been for her belt you would never have
guessed where her wajstiine lay.
Now, a woman with & figure like that
should get 70 work upon it She can
reduce Il wonderfully In a very short
time. and in six months she can bring
herself back 10 normal. She can make
the awful roll of fat melt away from ner
chm. from her cheeks and from her neck
She can strafg3lten her shoulders ard she
can make her hips and hee a bdomen
nice. She can III short, become giriisf
again It does not take long. And Il
IS not hard work
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-19
Gather Die Than Be Ugly"

The maid testified that during this
time her mistress was very irritable, but
not once did she give up her grand pur-
pose of being beautiful. Il would rather
die, said she, than be ugly. If ] die it
viii be in a noble cause
That her health did not suffer was due
to her ambition and the power of the
mind over the body. She was deter
mined to be handsome. and 10 become
such was the greatest desire OF her life
Il vEEsIIa- 20 be beautiful: / want to be
beautiful she would say when tired
and longing to get up walk, or TO lie IN
q. comfortable soft bed.
But che perseVered. And at the enc
of six months she rose. took a beauty
bath. put on her clothes, which, by the
way, had to be made specially to fit her
and was beautiful. There was no deny
ing the fact that she had improved her
appearance a hundred-foId. From being
q pudgy. scraggiy. round-shouIdered
pug-nosed duckling she had been chang
ed into a beautiful swan. wv oT.derful.
Wonderful" her friends exclaimed
Now the moral of all this is that you
can be beautiful II you want to be. And
1t isn't necessary to suffer nlartyrdom,
either. Few persons are born as full OF
defects as this French woman, and on
this account ii is easier for them TO ac-
Quire beauty. 1t isn't necessary to be
strapped to a board for six months
You can exercise and become straight
and pretty.
Instead of the paraffin treatment.
which is not always feasible, there is
the massage treatment, which any wo-
man can perform upon her wrinkles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-19
Fiattened Her Ears.

The young womans ears, which had
been round and rather protruding, were
laid fiat to the head and held IN place
by bandages. Then the lobes were pull
led down to make the ears long enough.
This required six months steady treat
ment MS the ears were thick and obstt-
nate and inclined TO resist being made
over.
Not content With these improvements
to the face 1t was required that the
wrinkles be taken out OF the forehead.
This was done by Sitting the skin along
tina line Of the hair and drawing 1t up
tightly II was then secured with stick
ing plaster and kept in place by band
ages until IL had healed. When well
the forehead was as smooth as the
forehead of q child
This young French woman. s7ho want
ed, by the way, 10 go on the stage, was
far from satisfied with the appearance
of the bridge of her nose and the por-
ton of the nose between the eyebrows.
II was too depressed. Like Miss Gladys
Parker Deacon, she wanted classic
profile.
So there was nothing to be done ex-
ciaI surgeons were called in for the
job. 1t is not at all difficult, but it
takes time and patience. The para
I'm which is made up with canphor and
wax and an antiseptic is put over d
little fame, and Is made liauid. The
needle, too, is heated It Is then filled
with the wazy mixture which is quick
~ injected under the skin.
The operation must De quickly per-
formed or the parafIin will be cool and
will refuse to flow along the line of
the needle. And this requires some
art AS soon as ii is under the skin
Is is nodded with the finger tips. And
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-19
By MARIAN MARTINEAU.

y interesting case came up be
~ fore the French courts the other
~ day. A maid sued for her serv-
ices, claiming that they had
been very arduous. and that she was
entitled to double pay. My mistress,
said she, compelled me 10 assist her
night and day. She often told me that
IL she succeeded In becoming beautiful
she would pay me anything I asked"
The French woman. who, by the way.
IS beautiful now, was formerly very
ugly. She had certain defects which
she wanted cured. And she went to he
roic ends to accomplish her purpose.
ton martyr for six months. with the
result that she became lovely. She con-
sidered the time we'll spz-nt, for all
agreed that she had worked great
transformation
According to the maid, these are the
things she did:
She underwent face skinning. Her
face was first rubbed with a. kind of
sn1arting a.ntiseptie. and plasters were
applied to it These were allowed to
remain on several days until the flesh
sundeTneath them became very sore.
Gradually the piasters fell of, bringing
the skin with them. The pain during
tress did not complain, She wanted to
be beautiful at any cost.
When the French woman began her
treatment her nose was imperfect. It was
inclined to turn up, and one nostrtl was
too thin. It made her nose ugly. To
stuffed with cotton { nd was kept stuffed
for months. This rnssde it the same size
as the other. Meanwhile the nose was
massas.e0 into place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-19
The Para!mn Operation.

IIse E.arahin operation has been per-
formed upon many society women and
in most cases successfully. It all lies
the right temperature. It must be very
soft. yet 1t must harden almost instant
~. 1t must harden SO that it will be as
firm as the skin, impossible TO melt
again or TO dissolve. Indeed it must be
8 part Of ones very flesh after a few
weeks.
After getting her nose fixed with
around the sides of her nose and the
temples filed iii after the same fashion
this very vain French beauty-for she
had begun TO be beauttfui-turned her
attention TO her figure, which was too
heavy and too short
With a devotion to beauty worthy a
better cause she allowed herself TO lie
board Here she lay--if the story Of the
maid is to be believed-for six months
with scarcely any let up. She wanted
the fguTe OF a sylph and she got 1t.
She was fed through straws and she ate
as little as possible. Indeed she could
not move her muscles at all for she had
plasters on her face, paraff3n on her fore
She took just enough food to keep life
going.
Each day the maid lifted her to a high
stool and here she sat for hours sway
Ing back and forth, This was to reduce
her waist which was too large for the
waist OF a sylpa. She swayed and she
swayed and she did exercises and exfr-
back down upon the floor and was strap
ped TO the board again. This was to
make her back straight and fiat and to
Improve her waist line
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With her finger tips she can smooth
them away She can go at them with
cold cream and rub them out Of her
forehead. She can succeed in driving
them away from her brow entirely, and
the same way with the crows feet
around her eyes.
AS for the nose. it can also be mas
saged. But not a great deal can be
This has been shaped In childhood and
must remain as IL Is. It can be i'm
proved q little by massage and manipu-
Iation. but not materially changed.
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carbolic. She used fully a gallon of
water, while the drops of carbono num-
bsred only eight or ten. The druggist
is the best authority on this matter
Face steaming viii renew the skin,
but it makes II very tender and one
can scarcely go out the same day. But
If one wants to try it the best way Is
to take hot cloths and apply them to the
skin. They should not be hot enough
to burn, but only to make the skin hot
through and through.
When the face Is thoroughly steamed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-02-19
She Made Over All Her Features and
Altered Her Figure From Short
Stubbiness Into a Tall
Svet-LiI<e Form
SveIt-Like Form.

1t is covered with q 1ather of soap Jelly.
which is washed off with soft water
and borax- And. then a little good
face cream is rubbed in. This can be
done once week with the very best
results.
The face can be made better as to its
texture by going over il with the finger
tips wet IN a benzoinated bath. Take
quart of water and drop IN enough
benzoln to make it milky. Dash il on
the face. Then ma ssage it with the
finger tips. The result will be a hard
ening of the muscles and a contraction
OF the open pores of the skin.
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The face skim
without the II
face. With a
skin can be TIA.
put on. There
ing this and the
the ways at on
work together a
sired result.
a woman who's,
formed the habit c
night with a carlo.
poured out a BASH
this she dropped q
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Night Caps for the Ears.

The treatment of the ears is a thing
that should be done in childhood. But
If one has neglected it. a great deal
can be accomplished By pinning them
back. as 1t Is called. and by keeping
them pinned back. There can be made
a little nfghtcap. all of bandages which
are applied TO the ears SO as 20 hold
them In place. They are straps that
hold back the Iobes Of the ears, keep
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can be managed
u of peeling the
satment the cid
ina "a new skin
al ways Of do
Y Is TO try all
,at they may
plish the de-
as not good
yer it every
wash. She
Z and into
drops OF
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An Interesting Case Before the French
Courts Of a Woman Who in Six Months
Transformed Herself Into a
Great Beauty.
Great Beauty.

more is put in This is continued un-
I'll the bridge Of the nose is the right
shape. It takes some time and a great
deal OF patience.
Gilpin observer., 1905-06-22
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
ANDREWS AND ARNOLD HANGED
Murderers of Mrs. YoungbIood at Den
yer Expiate Their Crime on
the ScatfoId.

Canon City, Colo, June 17.-Fred
Arnold and Newton Andrews were
hanged last night in the execution
house of the Colorado State Peniten-
tiary In the presence of thirteen wit
nesses. The execution was quiet and
successful in every detail.
At 1922 O'Clock Newton Andrews
mounted the scaffold, dressed in a
plain black suit and wearing a button
hole bouquet Of roses gathered from
the penitentiary garden.
Although somewhat weak and trem-
bling, he stepped upon the platform
without faltering.
When asked if he had any statement
to make, he replied that he had, and in
a low but distinct voice, slightly trem-
bling with emotion, he said:
"Gentlemen-This is my last state
ment. l expect to die any moment.
What say you can put down as abso-
lutely true. On the occasion Of the
death Oh Mrs. Youngblood, Arnold, Pc
ters and l went to dance at Peters
burg. / was drunk that night and lay
in the bottom of the buggy in a stupid
condition.
"When we got to the Youngblood
house the other boys pulled me out
and we went into the house. 1 did not
realize what was going on, but soon
1 heard shots fired. l pulled my gun
and fired once through the ceiling.
That was the only shot i fired. After
ward Arnold told me that he had laid
out in the Youngblood yard close to
the house with gun, waiting for the
woman to come out, and that he ex-
pected to kill her.
After making this statement he added
that he had nothing further to say.
Immediately the black cap was
placed the moose was adjusted and
while the chaplain commended the soul
Of Andrews to his Maker, in an adjoin-
ing room the water was already trick
ling from a bucket which in another
minute would release the great weight
which would jerk the body of Andrews
into eternity.
When the weight dropSed the boys
body shot three feet into the air and
his neck was instantly broken.
Aft& hanging for thirty minutes life
was pronounced extinct by the three
attending physicians. and the body was
cut down.
About ten minutes after the body Of
Andrews was cut down. Arnold was led
out. He strobe upon the platform
WIN dldcrlty, never ioSin6 his Hei'S
for an instant.
When asked if he had any statement
to make he said NO. and positively
refused to say anything further.
At 9:07 o'clock Arnold was launched
into eternity in exactly the same man
ner as his partner.
His neck was instantly broken and
his body was allowed to hang fifty
minutes when life being pronounced
extinct, it was cut down and removed
to the penitentiary morgue, where the
body of Andrews had preceded it,
Gilpin observer., 1905-06-22
Royal Areanum Rates.

New York, June 19.-Plans are be
ing perfected to have a great mass
meeting in New York the latter part OF
this week or early next week, to en-
phasi.e the protest of many members
OF the Royal Arcanum against the new
rates adopted by the Supreme Council
at Atlantic City in May.
Although officers of the organiza-
tions assert that the agitation will
blow over. the opposition appears to be
growing, especially in New York and
Brooklyn. In the official organ of the
organization, which has just ap-
peared, members are told that under
no circumstances will there be any
revocation or even modification of the
decision of the supreme council.
1t is asserted that unless such a de-
cided increase in the premium as was
ordered had been made, 1t would only
have been a short time before the or
der would have had to go out OF busi-
ness.
Gilpin observer., 1905-06-22
Wedding Of Royalty.

Windsor, Eng, June 17.-Windsor.
the scene of many historic events. par
ticularly during the reign of the late
Queen Victoria, was in holiday attire
Thursday for the wedding of Princess
Margaret of Connaught, eldest daugh.
ter of the duke of Connaugkt. 10
Prince Augustus Adolphus, eldest son
of Crown Prince Gustave of Sweden.
all the arrangements for which were
made under the personal direction CT
King Edward.
The scene in St. Georges chapel,
which was not decorated. with the ex-
ception of scattered flowers, was ex.
ceedingly brilliant, being a blaze OF
uniforms and decorations, and brilliant
ladies in full court dress, with coronets
OF tiaras and wearing many jewels.
The bride and bridegroom left Wind.
sor for Cheshire. They will spend the
first part of the honeymoon at Saigh'
ton grange, the seat of Countess Gros-
venor. afterward proceeding to Ire
land.
Gilpin observer., 1905-06-22
Colorado state Institutions.

Denver, June 17.-Secretary Hagar
OF the State Board Of Charities and
Corrections. in discussing the recent
visit of the board to the state institu-
tions. said yesterday that the thing
that most impressed them was the In
ability of the state to take care OF its
insane. The last two legislatures have
been generous and the new buildings
at the institution are only recently
completed, but they are not enough.
The day the board was there there
were 761 inmates, of whom more than
700 are declared to be incurable. The
place is worked to its capacity right
now and the county hospitals are full
of persons who should be at the asy-
lum.
The condition at the State Peniten-
tiary, was satisfactory. in SO far as the
management is concerned. There are
721 prisoners. But two were in the
hospital the day the board visited;
these had some slight ailments. This
is remarkable. considering that the
men have to be confined SO closely.
Gilpin observer., 1905-06-22
Strawberry Day at eIenwood.

Denver, June 1S-A Glenwood
Springs dispatch last night says:
Glenwood Springs today celebrated
her eighth annual strawberry festival
and the event was pronounced by all
to be a grand success. Leadville. AS
pen, Grand Junction, New Castle. Rifle
and Carbondale contributed literally
to the number of visitors present
The musical program was excellent,
bands from Aspen. Redstone. Grand
Junction and Leadville entertaining
the people. A big free strawberry
feast at the Opera House was one of
the leading features of the program,
and scarcely less popular than this
was the swim in the big pool, this be-
ing free fer all visitors from O'Clock
to 6.
A ball game this afternoon between
the Aspen and Glenwood clubs re-
suited in a victory for the former by a
score of fifteen to eight.
An excursion OF Iowa school teachers
on their way to Portland arrived
about o'clock and the entire party
was piloted to the headquarters at
Odd Fellows hall, where they wero
served with strawberries and cream.
The exercises closed tonight with
dance in the open air..
Gilpin observer., 1905-06-22
STATE LABOR OFFICE
LABOR COMMISSIONERS WORK.
Many Complaints satisfactorily Set
tled-Conditions Good in West
ern Colorado.

Denver, June 19.-Since he became
state labor commissioner two months
ago E. V. Brake has had 112 COM
plants filed in his office, which have
nearly all been adjusted satisfactorily.
The law only requires that where COM
plants are made by laboring people
that they have been defrauded or un-
Justly kept out of their wages the COM
missioner may investigate. 1t does
not give him power to act, but the
commissioner is a great moral force
and usually very soon after a case is
reported it Is speedily adjusted, be-
cause the employer is not counting
trouble. The cases are of great va
riety and the claims presented run
from 81 to several hundred.
Women are the greatest offenders,
strange as it may seem. They become
angry and discharge a servant or q
dressmaker. refusing to adjust the
wages until the end of the month, or
when they feel like it, and frequently
setting up a counter-claim for poor
work or broken dishes. A poor person
cannot wait. nor can he or she afford
to sue, setting forth the justice or In
justice of the claim against them.
There is much trouble, also. with en-
ployment agents, since, unhappily, a
good many unworthy persons go into
that business because it offers excel
lent opportunities for preying upon
the labor of others. Recently Mr..
Brake had very aggravated claim OF
this kind. An agent attempted to ship
twenty-three men on train to job
of work on a ticket that called for
twenty-one fares. The extra men were
put off, and one of them made his way
back to the city. He was out his com.
mission to the agent, lost his blankets
and was generally a sufferer. The
commissioner was able to adjust the
claim without trouble
Commissioner Brake has no fund to
work with, but he has managed to Sc
cure legal services in a manner of his
own. He has made an arrangement
with r. l. Gregg, preceptor at the law
school of the Denver University, to
handle the cases. Mr.. Gregg has
good many young law students who
are looking for experience, and they
take up the petty cases and handle
them for nothing.
Mr.. Brake has recently returned
from trip over the western part of
the state, looking up labor statistics.
He reports that conditions are salts
factory in almost every section and
few complaints were made to him.
Gilpin observer., 1905-06-22
Death Of General Gomez.

Havana, June 1S.-Gen. Maxine
Gomez died at 6 o'clock last evening.
The end came quietly in the beauti.
full temporary ZONE at the suburb Of
Vadado, to which General Gomez was
taken on his return from Santiago.
President Palma. accompanied by Gen.
eral Andrade, arrived about a quarter
of an hour previous to the death OF
the general.
General Gomez leaves a wirow. five
sons and one daughter. Only yester-
day the secretary Of the treasury de-
liversd to one Of General Gomez's
SONS q check for 100000. which had
been voted by Congress for the gen.
erals benefit and approved by Presi-
dent Palma. This was in addition to
the $4,000 previously voted by Con-
gress
Gilpin observer., 1905-06-22
WHY EYESIGHT FAILS
INFERIOR ARTIFICIAL LIGHT FIRE.
QUENTLY THE CAUSE.
IIIuminants Of the Past, One and All,
Have Serious Defects-AcetyIen
Gas, with Its Clear, Unwavering, Yet
Soft Flame Cannot Hurt the Eyes.

Chicago, June 20.-No one can
go into our schools or meet q
group of children on the street
without noticing how large a number
OF them wear spectacles. The proper
tion seems to increase yearly, and
there are many more who ought to
wear glasses. The experience of one
teacher might be duplicated by the
score. She knew Alice was inatten-
tive and she thought she was unusual
ly stupid. She said so to the principal
and sent note to the mother, re-
questing that the child be helped at
home If she wished her to keep up
with her class. One day after black
board explanation, the teacher called
upon the child and found that she
had not seen what had been written.
She was kept after school and by dint
Of much sympathetic questioning Miss
c. found that Alice had never been
able to see what was put on the board
and that her head had ached so often
and SO hard that she frequently failed
to hear what was said.
Such a condition may be caused by
lack of proper food, but in our Ameri-
can homes it is usually due to the
poor quality of the artificial light. The
yellow, insufficient light of the ordi-
nary kerosene lamp, with its smoky
chimney, is about as bad for the eyes
as can be imagined. The fiickering
light from a coal gas jet is but little
better, and even the electric light,
brilliant as it usually is, has an un-
steadiness due to variations in power,
and a glare peculiarly trying to the
delicate nerves of sight. The compar-
atively new illuminant acetylene gas
produces as nearly perfect an artificial
light as has yet been found. 1t gives
a clear white, unwavering light, very
brilliant yet perfectly soft, and so
nearly like the rays Of the sun that
even colors appear as in daylight.
Fortunately, acetylene is very easily
and cheaply produced, and the simple
apparatus necessary can be purchased
and installed in any home at very
moderate cost, and the acetylene can
be piped to convenient points in the
house where light is needed. 1t is
then lighted and extinguished and used
exactly like common city gas.
Acetylene is rapidly coming into
common use in homes, churches,
schools and institutions of all kinds,
and it is reasonable to expect that as
its use in the home increases, there
will be fewer defective eyes, particu-
larly among children. Poor eyesight
and the many ills resulting therefrom
will undoubtedly be much reduced by
the use of this new illuminant.
Gilpin observer., 1905-06-22
r.klna Of 1estlmony End..

Topeka, Kas.. June 17.-Rebuttal
evidence In the Arkansas river case
closed to-day with the testimony OF
four witnesses. They were: Cyrus
Anderson. secretary of the State Board
Of Railway Commissioners: Thomas j..
Anderson, Topeka; w. II. Mitchell.
Beloit. and A. NJ. Campbell OF Salina.
The testimony. like that of the wit
nesses Of Thursday, showed that the
cause OF the drouth in irrigation times
was because the water was DETECTED
in Colorado and that 1t was not Q
failure Of Kansas tributaries at all
Gilpin observer., 1905-06-22
Pension Office Reforms.

Washington. June 1S. Commits
sioner of Pensions Warner has de-
cided that after July 1st all orders for
the medical examination of pension
claims shall emanate from the medical
branch OF the bureau, under direction
OF the medical referee. The proposed
change will dispense with the use Of
more than 200 rosters OF examining
surgeons.
The commissioner also contemplates
changing the present method of keep
ing the records OF claimants for pen
sion on large. cumbersome books to
the card system.