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Evening star., 1906-03-25
THE YELLOW DANGER
THE STORY OF THE WORLDS GREATEST WAR
BY VI. P. Sf1IEL.
Copyugh by R F. Feno& Col

BY vi. P. SHIEL
Copyright 1893. by R. F. Fenno Co.,

the fortfications. Near IEtoile, stretching
right across the breadth Of the avenue. and
also across the Boulevard de Berthier, there
were barTicades of the Garde Municipale
and street lighting. and massacre and
mounds OF trampled yellow corpses But
the flood behind swept onward the food
before with the inevitableness of the ocean
tide. Within a few hours all that length
OF the thoroughfare which the Parisians
called the "boulevards exterieurs" was oc-
cupied; and the inhabitants were driven
inward like wild horses within ring Of
prairie fire.
Another host had entered south by the
Porte dIYry into the thirteenth arron-
basement. another from Montrouse
by the Porte d'Orleans into the 18th; and
now, swarminS in their millions, they in
tested the ways and byways of the city. It's
squares and its bed rooms, its stables and
its pubic buildings with glad rage, with
prying Bacche stare, with gaping mouth.
Here was the new Peking.
The bony visage of the yo.low man in
moments OF unbridled lust and mad excite
ment, is a brutal spectacle. The counten-
ance IS q travesty; the divine Image be-
comes mask of heifsh farce 1t is as
though painting skeleton played a COM
edy. There all IS seen-the Dakedness of
the passions, ;he bare rampant hideousneSs;
the face becomes an indecency. What add
ed 10 the frenzy of these riots was the fact
that among the invaders were sweating
women, crazy with heat and dust, and the
instinct OF blood and the ultimate wanton-
ness of crime.
on the night of the entry on each of the
iron railings in the wide space of the Place
de la Coneorde glared an impaled head Al
the Invalides in the circular pit where lies
the tomb of Napoleon, there lay compact
mass of bodies reaching to the level of the
ratings and on this bed of mortality lay
score OF Chinese men and women in ex-
hausted sseep.
Here. too, was subterranean massacre IN
catacomb and egout. On the Quai St
Michel body of fifty Quarter Latin stu
dents stood waiting In proud. pale, silent
patience, holding hands, ana died smiling
While the city from La Nfllette to Bou-
fogne was still one shrielxing Sodom Yen
| How arrived in Paris.
Though eager to be away TO the coast, he
lad come hither TO inaugufate a ceremony
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from wrinkIing about the body, but her
waist is small and the lines Of her figure
are superb, because she is perfectly de-
veloped and holds herself spiendidly.
worIan's carriage is aueenly or siovenly
according to the way she holds her chest
Her waist Is small or large, as she keeps
up the chest box or sinks down into the
waist, relaxing the muscles which grow
faceid. II she breathes correctly her chest
will be well developed and high The lazy,
fndolent woman breathes as superfleialiy as
she can and looks it. She takes In as little
of the life-giving energy or force as she
can with comfort. and consequently she has
dress herself properly. She fs the woman
to keep herself clean. tie her shoestrings
or to do her hair UP properly. She needs
more life. more breath.
The indolent woman. like the sick woman,
needs to practice deep breathing to rouse
her sluggish circulation and awaken her
dormant mental and physical faculties. The
nervous woman will find In the rythmic
breathing printed below an exercise which
will soothe her nerves and eventually In
duce sleep. Deep breathing is necessary
for the girl whose complexion is mottled.
A bad complexion Is an Indication of bad
blood. which is purified by inducing a fresh
supply Of oxygen into the system. after
cutting off part of the food supply ard
cleansing the system with water.
There are a great many different ways of
inhafing the life-giving oxygen, and after
deep breathing has been mastered and be-
comes habit the subject can try some OF
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which was to be memorable. This was on
the Tuesday of the sunless week,
He lost no time. He summoned 10 him
at the EIysee captains and generals of bri-
gades and commanded them to make ready
the people for the predetermined rit-
uaI
Today he was no more Yen How the gem
eral, he was Yen How the prophet-priest.
He had with him the Cham the heredi-
tary high priest. counting an Aaronic an
cestry of Tthcusaud years; he had with him
q gorgeous retinue of bouzfS, he had WIN
him the idol of Quanheim, the Chinese Vir-
gin, sitting among cushions in rich robes
the idol of Matsoa, who swan from far
country to China through many seas in one
night-the idol of Quonin, virgin of the
north-the idol of Fee the eagle-hea joss
the Idol of MinIto - the idol of many
hanGed Puffa-many idols; he had with him
the books of Confucius and the books OF
Tansin, and he dTaped himself in the robes
and solemn Sauds of the arch-priest, that he
might inaugurate and set up in one central
temple OF the west the religion of the east.
He ckose Notre Dame.
And the work of torture and infamy and
slaughter, now nearly over ceased, and on
that day the people fiocked toward the
Cite and the ancient church of Christ
Never was assembled such multitude
within a city. To lend the last impressive
ness to the ceremony, Yen How had or
dained that these should be the sole public
idols for the time being, brought over from
China A Chinaman without idols IS like
an opium smoker without opium. This gor-
a;eous ritual therefore, was IN itself quite
sufficient, once for all, to fix and establish
Paris as the center of the new empire In
the earlier hours of the day messages were
everywhere flashed over the continent and
to China stating the exact hour OF the IN
aUguration and at that hour. account hav-
ing been taken of differences of Longitude
by far the greater portion of the yellow
race bowed its muttering head, Frustrated
itself and turned a jaundiced eye TO heaven
Yen How, with thick ivory ring on thumb,
arrayed in a blaze of color, was borne in
open palanquin of gold all along the Rue
dc Rivoli and by the Pont dc pArcole
through the kneeling throng, preceded by
thousands of bouzis, bearing the majestic
god Fo and the huge-helIied, broad-faced
Can.
The line OF route was illuminated with the
| myriad variegation of lanterns, as was also
| the interior of Notre Dame. While every
where, from Montmartre to Montrouge, a
/ noise OF jangling bells rang through the
| somber air. At the hour of the sacrifice.
steaming human heads offered 10
| Matsoa. as variation on the usual boiled
heads of the pig.
In the tiny shrines which, on three sides,
| surround the nave where pricket candle
| sticks and rich, religious decor had long
| represented the rather foppish religiosity
| OF the Partisan devote were set up the
statues of grotesque and grinning josses.
The Crucified gave place to Fo, and the
| Immaculate 10 Quanheim.
The studied pomp of this memorable
| hegira was overwhelming in its effect the
PROSTATE multitndes groaned in inward
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results have been obtained by practicins
them. Anything that will impress yonla n
with the vital necessity OF making real use
of the life force which is all about MS an0
which We iRifaie with every breath ,ts 70
be acclaimed with joy II means not only
health to this generation. but freedom from
disease for the next.
How to Learn Deep Breathing.
On getting up in the morning. while stjil
clad IN your night dress. stand firmly with
the back against the wall touching the
wall with the back of the head Inhale
through the nostrfis with sensation that
the air is going TO the bottom of the lungs
first, and slowly filling up the space until
you can take in no more. The ches. lifts
up of itself, and you should retain this
position with the air In the lungs, while
mentally slowly counting three. Now ex-
pei the breath through the nose, keeping
the chest high and pressing the breath out
of the bottom of the lungs first. The chest
sinks down last. Repeat this breathing ex-
ercise ten times, DO not try TO hold the
breath too long or count too slowly. If you
feel a. choking sensation while retaining
the breath, begin TO exhale at once, but al
ways exhale slowly.
Another breathing exercise for the morn
Ing Is done while standing upright be-
fore. Place one hand at the side on the
lower ribs, the other hand In the soft part
of the back. Draw In deep breath, fore
ing the air down, so that you feel the hands
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SEEING SICILY.
Not to Know This Island Is Not tn
Know Greece
From the Century Magazine.

From the Century Magazine
There are some lands which have aT,.,,s
laid a spell upon the mind upon the i'm
agination, upon the heart. Greece, above
all other countries, has entranced the
mind The imagination has ever loved the
east-Egypt the Indies forgotten Asia. th.
almost as mysterious Asia of TODAY. For
most OF US, the home land is the country
OF the heart for many, it may be. il is
Palestine, where was lighted the fire at
which the hearts of incalcuIabIe millions
are still warmed. Others are content TO
say, with Emerson in the fine essay or,
"Heroism, THAT country is the fairest
which is inhabited by the noblest minds"
But above all other lands, there is ore
which has at once impressed the mind. The
imagination and the heart OF western neo-
pies. When famous poet declared that
on his heart would be found eng1,avaf, The
word Italy. the words voiced the emotion
of a multitude in every country Of Eurone
and In the great northern continent over
sea.
To Sicily-the old Garden or the
SUM-, as the poets have loved to call it
is not to see Italy; though there may be a
measure OF truth in Goethes remark that
not to know Sicily is not to know Italy.
In sense one might more truly say OF
Sicily, that not to know 1t is not to know
Greece. In another sense, however we
have In this most beautiful of islands the
intensifcation of Italy; whatever is most
Italian is in evidence here, though if ia
Italian of the south and not of the north.
What gulf divides them is known only to
those familiar vita the whole peninsula
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agonies of veneration; and the god of their
veneration was, in reality, Yen How.
When the sacred books We're opened ana
sclemniy presented it was not forgotten
that Confucius, who wrote them, was mys-
teriously there, in carnal presence, before
their favored eyes.
He, for his part. the little doctor-even
In that grandiose hour of his triumph
smiled inwardly, as usual In all the sun
and earth there was hardly heat to melt
that ice.
Only where the focused rays of self
touched the secret spot he warmed, and
flowed, and felt.
The pageant of Inauguration was at two.
BY four the broken Paris-Calas railway
was repaired. and Yen How with his reti-
nue. set off westward.
Already Paris presented a strange sight,
apart from the heaps of dead in the streets
and the bodiless heads and arms with
which the screaming Chinese played ball.
She looked Chinese. The MongoIan race,
like tne English, can adapt itself readily.
All the winding length of the Rue du Fau-
pourg St Honore was, in two days, bright
with gaudS and hues. Shops had been ap
propriated by individuals, who made haste
to find pigments to daub the legend in
characters which seemed to grin Lanterns
were hung out. The gay city assumed an
other tone of gayety; vermillion on her
houses and vermillion in her streets
The work of blood recommenced.
AT battered Marseilles, the Chinese en-
terfng by the Boulevard de la Medicine
found a deserted city filled with the roar
of the furnishing animals at the zoologicaI
gardens. Their only prey was the very
aged, and number of nuns medical men
and invalds, collected chiefly at the new
hospital. In their squeeze to get at these
a number OF Chinese were crushed to death
At Lyons an incredible melee, made up
OF the madmen Of the hospital of Anti
quailie, of Chinese and of Soeurs de la
Charite, ragged for an hour through the
vast, struggling building. Beneath the Pont
, Q9 Ia MulatlGre there occurred q hlnrE
corpses which spread gradually upward be-
tween the banks of the Saone: and this
within two days, aided by the sitting heat
OF the stagnant and sunless air, resulted
in pestilence among the invaders AT
once the dying men were seized with the
Instinct TO rush northward toward Parts
the home of the gods; and 1t was only the
promptness of Yen How, who ordered the
clearage of the river. and the instant shoot
ing of every sick Chinaman, which prevent
ed more widespread disaster,
At old Valence, where some failure OF
commissariat-eaused by the deportatia
southwark OF provisions and the voluntary
destruction of the yineyards-had occurred
there was scarcity for a day. and food il,
plenty the next. The low hedge that d.
vides the yellow man from omnivorousness
was in Europe found to be very low In
deed-where the flesh of men is not yellow
but pink, like the newborn mouse AT
the first spur OF hunger the hedge was
leapt with an easy bound.
For day hard scarcity; the next. flesh
in plenty--roast and sodden, bake and stew
Meanwhile, II there was man in Europe
who had strong viii neither to be eaten
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CHAPTER xxx-Continued.

Even while The war was raging round
sou;horn forts they came screaming
through ,Ee Porte de St Cloud. and went
swarmiug into the Bois ~ the alice de
Longchamp. making for the Porte Maillot
which gives direct access TO the cities.
The iro1-harrcd gate was closed, and the
foremost pressed forward by the now dis
organized mob beblnd, tainted and perished
iu the block. Stiu onward surged the
crowd. tramplinE itself in frantic, blind
rage into a ghastness Of bcaped-Up death,
while the gendarmerie which lined the walls
sent whistliug gusts Of lead through the
trees upon the ever advancing hosts. Then
q stream of Chinese extricated themselves
sideways. and with haif-run to The right
sough; to make through the trees fer the
fossc. and so for the "fortidcation. And
as they turned. they fell: and others fol-
lowing. turned and fell. And now, the
whole current began TO tend in the way Of
those pioneers. Forward they are pressed,
and press, and fall: but they fall ever near
er to the fosse and now they are falling
into IT, and down through the wide ever
filing ditch they press. treading upon
carpet Of dead flesh only, and now there
Is no more a fosse. but level floor of
bodies; and across this they rush, and at
tempt to climb and fall; and the level hOor
is no more level, but slants upward 30 the
parapet: and along the sure ganRway OF
sofJ and sinking luxury this vast snaxe
nest OF intermixing pigtais, they press;
they run now they cannot fail; they gain
the Darapet; they screamed, and Paris is
Gomurrah.
The mystery of license to which. during
all that week OF black horror, the chief OF
the cities of men was a prey, can only be
hinted here Il was well understood that
Paris wss 10 be the capital of the new Chi
nese world: and il was therefore with a
certain feeling OF old propretorship that
the Ch:ltse entered it. They dealt with the
Inhabitants as man, returning from a long
journey, makes short work OF an accumula-
tion of rats in his chief cellar.
They stormed in a solid body up the wide
Avenue de Ia GTande Armee, and also in
two solid bodies, right and left just within
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The Ideal Camera.
From Outdoors.

=
The ideal camera for naturalist purposes
is one of the reflex type. in which the
photographer can see his object, the size Of
it will be reproduced on his plate. the right
way up, and can see it until the moment Of
exposure Such camera with a long bel
lows and lens which is intended for g.
plate at least one size larger than the plate
he Is using in his camera. and also provided
with curtain shutter, which works Just in
front of the plate. with speeds varying
from time exposure up TO one two-s6o,,-
sandth part OF second, is the knd ri
instrument used by men like Cayin. Dug
more and most of the naturalist photoy.
raphers whose work appears in print.
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when dead, nor tortured alive at slow fires,
nor shot with arrows, nor pierced with bull
lets, nor puiped with the clubs which the
Chinese use for pounding rice-that man
was the duelist Edrapol.
Thrice he had been caught, and
thrice he had escaped. He reached
Dieppe, and for the second time within
two days, he had no sooner reached his
point of aim than the interruption came
He ran at the first breathless news down
to the basins; and, with a crowd of hunted
men and women, saw the last little boat
making her way, thronged with people, out
of the mouth Of the outer basin.
He had forgotten, In his mad haste, both
sword and pistols; and as he saw hope cut
off by way of the sea, his first instinct was
to rush back, and get what was like life to
hin-a weapon in his hand.
Even as he ran through the street. along
which men and women were rushing in
wild-eyed distraction, he heard the scream.
1t had reached Dieppe.
Edrapol stopped and gaZed crazily about.
His big soft felt hat was pressed back hard
on his hesd; the long hanging ends of his
white musaache shook. 1t was not a mus
tache-it was a drapery.
Here was a stern end to an existence, of
pleasure: here an absence of all punctilio
intruding Itself upon life which had made
punctilio its bride. The Chinese slew with
out Seconds or ceremony; though the ag
gressors. they chose their own weap pons.
The trifer's heart sank within him.
Round he leered, standing a moment in
thrust--his hat pressed hard back on his
head.
The scream came from a side street; 1t
was very near: his inn was before him; he
few forward.
He reached the deserted house, rushed up
the stairs to room, and dropped to his
knees before portmantean. From his
arsenal of weapons he chose a six-cham-
bered revolver and dainty rapier With
these in his hand he felt better.
He stood and listened, his beard, his
whole body, shaking.
In about a minute the place was filled
with noise, shouted gibberish, shrill laugh.
Edrapol bolted his door.
But Ii was soon discovered and battered
in with clubs. About ten Chinese hot.
crazy, bent upon blood, rushed in upon
him, screaming.
But this time they reckoned without their
host. A man does not acquire European
reputation forsnothing.
Edrapol put his legs into the exact pose
of elegance suited to the occasion, and
with the revolver In his left hand and the
rapier in his right, ne began to kill scien-
tifically Every shot entered the middle OF
a heart or brain, and every stroke failed
not to sever the intended artery. The last
pigtail dropped upon the writhing cerpses
OF his fellows, and Edrapol leant a little on
the handle of his dripping rapier. the model
of grace.
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THE GIRL YOU
WOULD LIKE TO BE
BY KATHERINE MORTON.

chest fail slightly This is normal breath
ing This muscular action takes place every
time the child freathes, and should occur
with every inhalation of the grown person,
but for various reasons 1t does not with
a woman the first excuse for insufficient
breath is her fashionable clothing, which is
usually too tight TO allow for any expan-
sion at all Many women believe that q
stylish figure depends on a good corset. 1t
does to a certain extent; but even more
than that does the illusive quality of that
name depend upon the carriage of the body.
A good corset need not be tight one, and
corsets cut on fashionable lines can be
made with plenty of breathing space.
a snugly drawn wa4st line does less harm
to the woman than a bodice which fits her
too tightly across the chest and does not
permit of any action of the ribs. This is
the fashionable figure. which destroys both
physique and mentality and against which
doctors and scientists have waged war for
years. because it is impossible for a woman
tightly laced and so compressed in bodice
TO draw one real breath of air. But she
can have a magnificent and modish figure
and yet not be laced. or even wear corsets.
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1t was near sunset then. about two weeks

before the dark time
He crept from the chamber. The house
was empty. He found recess in wine
cellar. in which he hid till three the next
morning
The house was then full of other Chinese,
and the corpses of white women; but the
living We're as unconscious as the dead,
drunk with the orgy of the day. Edrapol
passed through them, and made his es
cape from the town eastward and south
ward.
For a week he lurked In a little empty
farmhouse between Dieppe and St. Valery
and then some Chinese came to the farm
house; but Edrapol escaped.
For another week he seems to have
lodged and lurked about in that neighbor-
hood, near the shore, in the vain hope OF
somehow getting away In a ship. But no
ship came.
He was carrying about with him piece
OF cheese which he found at the farm
house, and this, with occasional autumn
hedge fruit, appeased his hunger. He re-
membered the bonbons of Moissier with re-
gret.
along the beach, he came upon broken
hut, and near 1t a small seamy skff, con-
tanning half an oar He was Just able to
move her; and after three hours work got
her to the waters edge.
He put off in her and as the water oozed
in he baled ii with his voluminous hat
When he was not bailing. he padded
His notion of reaching England In this
fashion was hopeless; but the old duellist,
the luxurious boulevardier clung to life
with the desperation of pampered wonl-
an. And he fell upon his feet where an
other would have failed.
On the third morning he was picked up.
half dead by small barque, almost In
mid-channel. She was the Conrad which
had borne Hardy to Nagasaki; she was
then, for the first time on her way TO
England So that late that night Edra-
poPs glittering fingers pulled the patriarcfal
tassels of his mustache on NewhaHen's
broken wharf And there he examined the
edge of ds rusted rapier.
(To be continued tomorrow
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~ REATH is life. Breathing Is the
- most important function of the
body. a proper supply of air and
49, a properly controlled breath mean
health. vitality. magnetism and
beauty Breath control is the greatest
means of spiritual development, according
to the Hindoo and people of the west are
awakening 70 the fact that physical and
mental health depends largely on correct
habits OF breathing. II every woman in this
country knew how to use her lungs fully
nerve sanitariums would have to shut up
and the rest cures would be things of the
past In their normal state men and wo-
men needed no instructions in breathing.
They continued 10 use their respiratory or
gans naturally and correctly, just chill
dren and animals do. but with the strain of
modern life. tight and heavy clothing. only
about one person in a thousand really en-
Joys the fun use Of his lungs. Unnatural
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Envious Canada.
from the Canadian Magazine

There Is a great deal of gush about the
charming and alI-conquering American girl.
What is the truth about this much-lauded
damsel? The most attractive American is
she who Is educated abroad. who initiates
the voice of the Englishwoman and the
dress OF the Frenchwoman. and who uses
the money accruing from Chicago pork or
New York stocks to buy, so far as such
things may be bought, the old world graces
OF speech and attire.