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tight restrict the circulation. Shoes,
especially, should be bought for COM
fort and health. for aching feet are \
severe tax on the nerves.
"A sanitary condition OF body. home
ana surroundings. it goes without say
ing. is an essential of good health.
Cleanliness costs, but it's worth the
price is good old maxim. Exercise in
the open every day is necessary to keen
up physical condition, and women
should not allow themselves to slump
either in body or mind. but should re-
member that a correct position of body
IS essential to health as well as to ap-
pearance. Rest, even in war time, Is
necessary for good health. and resist
ance to disease should not be weakened
by lack of sleep. From seven to nine
hours sleep should be taken each night
on porch or in a well ventilated room
women of this age have to learn to
relax and SO conserve strength This
is the time to control the nerves:
hysteria never helped a cause. And,
lastly. / would say to women, don't
worry over things you cannot help:
instead-help them. II they cannot
be helped. endure them Above all.
cultivate cheerfulness. A merry heart
doeth good like medicine
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Mystic Gives STARTLING Exhibitions of ~Occwlt Trts


photograph OF the astral body OF ore
of his most skeptical auditors.
He asked this hearer to stand and
place his hand on his chest. so that the
astral fluid about it would be espe-
cially conspicuous on the photograph.
He employed an ordinary camera. and
then drew forth and developed the
negative. On this negative he con
centrated." touching what he termed
the astral aura about the hand with a
nitrate of silver pencil.
Now. in about an hour" he told the
original of the astral photograph. you
will find a mark on your hand. just as
though it were touched with nitrate of
silver. You a chemist. Test it. 1t
will have all the properties of nitrate
of silver, 1t will not be a large mark,
because1 do not wish to injure you. In
a few days it will disappear"
The mark developed. Witnesses and
the original of the experiment in astral
photography testified that DR.. Sarak
had not touched him during the even
ing.
Telephone experiments have long
been a field of investigation for DR..
Sarak. Many persons credit him with
remarkable success in telling what they
did, said and thought at appointed
times when they went alone to rooms,
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permits insects to destroy flour, meal.
etc; also by the improper storing of
bread. resulting in souring and mold
ing, and by discarding leftover bis
cults. mullins. ends of loaves. etc. All
should be utilized today.
Waste in meats by careless storing,
leaving trimmings at market. by dis
carding leftovers, juices and broths
and by providing too much in the diet
should be scrupulously avoided at this
time. One meatless day each week
will help to conserve the supply of
meat as well as improve health. Sub
stitutes. such as dried and salt fish.
cheese and nuts, are a saving. At this
time no fats should be wasted. If not
available for cooking. soap may be
made. Fats other than butter should
be used in cooking.
Vegetables should be saved by cook
ing in their jackets; sometimes 90 per
cent of the edible portion is lost by
taking thick parings. Waste in milk
should be avoided by using skim milk
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and Dr. Sarak, somewhere far removed
went into state of concentration"
during which the inner vision" super
seeded the normal sensory sensations.
only he would substitute the word
usual" for normal" for he decries the
description of any supernatural powers
to himself.
He also essays adventures into the
realm of prophecy. Back in 1898 he
wrote book, "Occultism and Doubt"
he states, in which he predicted that be-
fore his death the world would be torn
with an international strife like that
in which the nations are now engaged.
On April 80 he wrote, in French. a
prophecy and placed it in a sealed en-
velope, to be opened when he advised.
He requested that the holder open 1t
on August 2, and the translation of
the prophecies he made for the inter-
vening period follows:
81. A nation shall soon change it's al
legiance and terrible difficulties shall
arise.
40 A great fire shall break out in
the United States. claiming several
victims.
.3. A talented woman who has been
much talked of shall disappear from
this world.
"a. Great troubles for South Amer
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The Only Way.
esTHE Carnegie Foundations

essrHE Carnegie Foundations recent
resolution to the effect that the
only way to insure a permanent world
peace is to crush Germany" said Capt.
W. E. Dame of the Rough Riders in
his New York office. reminds me OF
the stocky, well dressed chap in the
police station.
"A big burly drunk had been brought
in on stretcher. and the sergeant said
to the stocky chap rather sternly:
What have you got to say for
yourself?'
Sergeant said the stocky chap, r
have merely been acting the part of
peacemaker
but good gracious said the SER
geant, you broke six of this mans
ribs
1T was the only way said the
stocky chap, to get peace"
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lean nation. which shall force it to
intervene in war or to declare martial
law. or both.
"5. Death of a crowned head of Eu-
rope and of prominent American.
80. A great connection, initiated in
the orient. shall have results I'M
dreamed of.
a. Appearance of a heavenly or me-
neurological phenomena.
IS. A great discovery shall be made.
which will be welcome in the United
States.
80. A great ship shall be sunk.
10. Death of a president of a so
called scientific and humanitarian So
ciety."
The reader may make his own eff
cheney chart of the correctness of these
prophecies.
When DIR. Sarak was here before he
organized a group. which kept in touch
with him: from this group has been
taken the nucleus around whom are
now being formed the Order of Orie1tal
Initiation.
His circular regarding this order is
addressed ITO those who think, to
those who desire, to those who are
determined to arrive" The escutcheon
of the order bears the motto, He who
feels his heart beat in peace, he shall
have. peace"
The circular contains this explana-
ton:
I'VE are not Theosophists. but
Hierosophists: though we worship God
we do not profess TO be in direct per
sonal communication with Him. We
are seeking for peace by means of the
Divine Wisdom. by our aspirations,
which are sincere and elevated and
through direct communication with the
venerable masters of the sacred HER
archy. who give themselves to the in
struction of our humanity in religion
and true holiness. They lead us unto
knowledge. truth, happiness and the
elevation of our souls"
Just now DIR. Sarak is in Atlantic
City. When he returns he will form
his order of those who will pray with
him. "Om Mani Pad me Haun," the
universal Llama prayer. which is to
say: 'Qh. God, the Jewel in the Lotus"
And by way of an introduction to the
delicate subtleties and nuances of orr
entail thought he will form classes
in Sanscrit. language in which the
Tibetan prophets have written their
conceptions of the Para -Brahm, or the
Great God.
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A Hit.

A NOVELIST said at tea In Bar
~ Harbor:
81 attended last Fourth of July an
American luncheon in France. A
young French colonel. his breast gleam-
ing with decorations. was called on to
give us a speech. He rose, and, leaning
on his stick, he began:
Gam not entitled to address you on
this splendid occasion? Haven't cause
to address you--haven't I cause to love
you-since l am part American my
self?
Murray" we shouted. Murray!
Bully"
And then a lady asked:
American wife. perhaps
THE young colonel smiled and shook
his head.
IAN American parent?
mo He smiled and shook his head
again.
american sister-in-law?
But we were wrong once more.
How, then. are you part American"
an old banker wondered. and the colonel
said with chuckle:
by my wooden leg of excellent
American manufacture"
He struck the limb a resounding
rap with his stick. and for two minutes
the laughter and applause were SO
hearty that he could not go on.
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awful fracas. send the stakes and
barbed wire flying; big mines hurting
through the air from tromblonS kick up
walls of flying debris when they crash
down on the. dirt and rocks like strokes
of lightning, and machine-gun rifles.
sustained by machine guns. crapouil-
lots and toad mortars make such an
Internal. deafening cracking and
of all things that Il thnk) a thousand
men could not get through it. And
hundred men-a single hundred men
produce that pandemonium and fill the
earth and air with smoke and flashes,
phospherescences and flying rocks. like
hell itself.
A hundred men defend themselves
today where five hundred could not
have held their own yesterday. But
these men have to be coached especial
". A grenadier.' to throw his iron
apples" always a little further. must
train and learn. despite his natural
the compressed-air cannon) is COM
school? The French poilus are equally
So Each week. selected thousands of
the French and British. seasoned old
hands. are fetched from the front. back
what for? Why. for periods of instruc-
ton in repose." Just that
Everybody is at school in this war.
What did you do yesterday, George
I asked.
"Self-instructiop." answered George.
1T learned to dodge a-e-ri-al torpedoes.
They're the sportingest machines in
vented. They give you chance, be-
cause you see them coming. But that
French coach says they're poison. Do
you know what he calls lodging them?
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in cooking, in the making of cheese,
and sour milk and buttermilk should
be used in cookery and In beverages.
Separated milk and buttermilk have
good food values. Conservation in fuel
can be effected by heating the cook
stove less often and by cooking more
dishes at a time. The oven should be
filled when 1t Is heated. A poor cook
stove, and particularly a poor oven. is
a waste of fuel, and much fuel may
be saved by the use Of the fireless
cooker.
"At this season a variety may be
made in meals by the use of different
vegetables. planning summer meals
with reference to garden supplies. and,
of course. it is the duty of every house,
wife today to can or dry or otherwise
preserve surplus products which might
be wasted. This is also the time to
study such details of serving family
and guests as will avoid waste of food,
and elaborate menus for entertaining
are entirely out Of the scheme of things
today. The time, strength and money
used in extravagant entertaining are
needed for more important things.
TT is the duty Of every housewife
today to study thrift. From one-quar-
ter to one-third the average income
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The German Way.

ss1T HE Germans. with their talk
about exacting a war indemnity
from their French and Belgian agrees
sors. remind me of Smythe."
The speaker was Maj. Spender Clay.
the son-in-law of Baron William Wal
dorf Aston. who recently spent some
time in New York as a member of the
English mission. Maj. Spender Clay
continued:
''Smythe, you know, had a COW that
was a great nuisance. One day the COW
got into Jones' garden and ate all his
grass. Jones asked Smythe what he
was going to do about it. And what do
you suppose Smythe did"'
Mai. Spender Clay laughed grimly.
He sent Jones a BILL" he said. FOR
using his cow as lawn mower"
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Dive underground when the watcher
calls out, Ware mines"
Later. in the twilight, an old hand of
the French sat on the burnt grass with
him, and told Gin good English) how
he and his. when the war was younger,
got habituated, little by little. to 1.-The
sportingest machine
The poilus call them aerial torpe-
does he said. because the name Is
handy and the French variety is shaped
something like a submarine torpedo
and has tail fins to steady its flight;
but the boche variety is just a section
of stovepipe closed at both ends, filed
with 100 pounds or more of high ex-
plosive."
During the first six months of trench
warfare they were unknown. Artillery
shells. mostly IT'S and 210s (the birger
calibers came later. Were the chief
dangers, and subterranean refugees
scarcely existed.
We had no idea of aerial Mines" he
said. for that's the right name for
them. But after while, in the sector
adjoining ours (and doubtless in others),
the arsenals and museums certain anti
quated. little, old mortars from the
time of Napoleon, or earlier They
threw large bombs at short distance
Next we had the Cellerier, made from
the cutoff butt of a IS cannon which
tossed cylindrical mine charged with
cheddite, say, distance of ESQ wards
These were the real crapouillots, but
the poilus kept the name for ali inn
provements''
They made their improvements two
years ago.
The Germans beat US with improve
ments," he admits. But we soon fol-
lowed them, and the watching of the
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ICURE drawing room rather bar
III rem, hung with few portraits OF
strange, far eastern figures. in con-
4. trast to modern upholstered fur
niture. Seated about. dozen or so per-
sons. Some lean forward expectantly.
Others try to look unconcerned, frankly
skeptical. A man of science watches the
proceedings closely disciple of the
cult. to be explained later, is frankly
rapturous All fix their gaze on a lean,
haggard, slight figure, who moves with
. quick. easy grace. suggestive. how
ever. of latent strength and vitality.
s An this by way of introducing DR..
card: general inspector of the Order of
-Orfental Initiation, by way of added
title The setting is at 1431 Rhode
Island avenue. which. in the past few
nersons who would learn of the mystic.
esoteric and subliminal and also for
3hose who seek to explain and Eek
Dose apostles in these fields.
8 Returning to the scene-Dr. Sarak
masses around two Jewels. a ruby and
An emerald. He bares his arms, has
some one hold each one, wraps the
Jewels in little wad of cotton. reaches
Tor a saucer and glass of water In
the saucer he deposits the wrapped
Jewels. He drinks half the glass of
Kater. by way of proof that it con-
fains no powerful chemical; the scien-
fist takes a sip. and then the doctor
seiZes a poinard from a desk and
touches the tip of it lightly to the cot
ton
His eyes roll up. his eyelids close.
Every muscle seems tense. Occasion
ally his frame quivers, as with some
violent inward effort.
He is in a state Of concentration"
whispers a devotee to a newcomer.
A minute passes. then another. and
perhaps three, though it seems like
ten. when a sudden flash of light
bursts from the small packet. The
the ashes of the burned cotton, picks
out single jewel of yellowish hue.
and examines it with a well, that
BASES me-"
See Row faint he is: he always is
exhausted like that; the flow of the
Magnetic fluid from his body saps his
vitality" whispers the devotee.
Some stunt" bluntly comments the
sfs'a' visitor Wonder how he does
For. several months now DIR. Sarak
has been giving occasional exhibitions
Ike this He rather deprecates dwell
Ilaces of the oriental philosophy he
8aches. he will tell you: manifesto
Tors rather than the fundamentals of
fhe faith he processes. Many of them
&re known of old. centuries old, to
he high priests of Tibet This one,
he asserts. demonstrates the power of
the will. exerted as magnetic animal
fiuid. to cause the disintegration Of
matter.
Some accept the explanation; others
say that more is revealed to him who
Becomes an adept in the oriental order
Bttll others call il a trick, and add that
1t is a good one.
DIR. Sarak is not new to Washington.
He was here back in 1902, two years
after he first came to this country. and
founded a center for the study of ORR
entail philosophy. He came here then
Just after New York and Newport had
been set by the ears with gossip OF
Ibis teachings and his demonstrations
He was heraIded by some as the teach
err of new religion: but he Will
sIile deprecatingly and tell you that
his teaching is not religion and not
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Detroiter. THE French and English
had to learn them from the Germans.
Now were taking post graduate courses
from the French and English
He is right. In every case German
science invented the specialty-and
profited by it hloodily until the harassed
adversary had to initiate. in self-de-
Tense. but now. as David sings in the
Psalm, were wiser than our teachers.
Our companies are divided into spe-
cialists. viz:
Machine gun specialists. in great
numbers. always more and more.
Machine-guu rifle specialists, that re-
marka BILE new arm, almost as light as
common army rife. which one man can
operate. but three. for feeding, get
more. execution.
Specialists. also. those boys whom we
saw oached to shoot grenades from
blunderbuss- mouthed army rifles
Specialists. equally. the throwers Of
grenades by hand.
* ::
More specialties, the varied arsenal
of trench artillery, the tromblons, era
pouillots and mortars- And specialists.
again. the squirters of gas and those
strange new soldiers who look like peace
able firemen with chemical extinguishers
on their backs. but who project on the
enemy the liquid fire which the enemy
invented. You do not want our men TO
be helpless against them. do you? King
George. the other day, on the British
front. examined the gas machines
with open approval. and the agencies
ca bled it as everyday news.
The arm of greater output" re-
places the classic rife.
1t permits economy of men to such
an extent that a group of thirty-four
French specialists" in a recent affair.
stopped the assault of an entire Ger
man battalion, which hesitated then
broke and retired in disorder. as if con-
WINGED that they had strong French
forces against them. defending the
spot
The first they showed u.s." says
"Sammie" from Chicago. was the diff
ference between two attacks. old style
and new. Maybe we amt there with
the goods. It's self-defense stuff and 1
burned an ear off listening in on EN-"
Each new American contingent wit
nesses such demonstrations" Two
parties of equal mum bers defend home
position or attack supposed enemy
position (but, of course, there/is no
enemy to fall or reply. in either case).
The first group is armed with Lebel
rifles, such as the French had at the
beginning of the war. Their fusillade
is a serious squa1l. but makes no strik-
ing impression. But how describe the
pandemonium made by the other bunch
of specialists? The earth rocks. the
landscape shivers: the grenades. in
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After three hours. when you've lodged
800 Of them, you'll be IN a frazzle. No,
there's just one thing to do. When you
hear the watcher cry. WARE mine
dash for the subterranean refuge In
the French army it's orders, and I
think you'll find the same in your
American instructions"
improvements continue. French can
mons (5Ss and S0s) send tail-hnned tor
pedoes farther than German minewer-
fers. and great Gattard mines which
make craters deeper than the heaviest
known artillery shells. As for tho
Germans, they reply with improve
ments the stovepipe holding 22S
pounds to 300 pounds OF trinitrotoloul.
The coach tried TO put caution into
these American hearts.
Il saw a man standing ten yards from
where such an aerial mine exploded.
he said. Nothing could he found Of
him afterward. Yet, considerably
farther off. you get no harm but risk
shell scraps flying. The explosive mass
is contained In thin sheetiron. and IL
operates entirely by the violence of the
explosion of the mass"
whats It forc" inquired the Texan.
mildly chastened.
The aerial torpedo is not intended.
primarily. to kill men. but to blow
away barDed wire defenses. destroy
trenches (fill them up in spots and
make their sides cave in) and, IL pos
sible. to even bury subterranean ref
uges under masses of dirt and rocks
which the explosion kicks up. 1t IL
essentially destructive. It destroys
the works of the enemy. But IL also
destroys men. (He looked the Texan
in the eyes.) There is no infantry in
the world-do you hear me.-which
can remain underline serious lombard
ment of aerial mines. except in subter-
ranean refugees thirty-three yards
deep"
"A hundred feet underground"
Yes"
What do we do there?"
Smoke cigarettes. When the watch
er calls out: Ware mines- you all dive
to safety. Soldiers don't sit around in
trenches nowadays in lively sectors.
Only the watchers-and they've got to
stay there. The mass OF the troop IL
supposed to be in its deep refugees"
And the machine-gun men,
are in deep refugees, all ready Also
trench artillery. Let your trench ar
tillery answer. When the Boche has
had enough of it he'll knock on for
the day. He's got the habit"
So the evening ended.
But the Texan murmured: II know Z
can dodge 'em!"
STERLING HELLO,
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A PeSsimiSt PacifiSt.

TIM LARKIN. the Irish agitator and
~ pacifist. was talking to New York
reporter, previous to his arrest, about
modern conditions
you've got to be a crook to succeed
nowadays" he said II told one of your
millionaire blokes that the other evening
and he gave kind of modest cough and
said:
IAN honest man. Mr.. Larkin. never
blows his own horn
"'You bet he don't said i. In these
rotten times an honest man is too poor
to own a horn to blow"
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sky became a constant care. as bad
for the boche as for us. and worse!
The aerial mine, you know, is more
honest than the artillery shell in that
you can see it coming
It's the sportingest machine there
is murmured George, the Texan. Il
like to dodge 'em,"
The crack of the depart is scarcely
noticed" continued the F'renchman.
Then you see rise slowly in the sky,
behind the enemy's lines. what looks
like a black bottle or section of stove
pipe, gyrating or webbing drunkenly
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IN LAUNCHING

from side to side. up. up, high in the
air. and always nearer. Arriving at
the summit of its trajectory, 1t hesi-
tates, then plunges down upon you rap
idly"
"Oh. boy. you can dodge 'emw whis-
pered the Texan. hoarsely.
If you keep cool you can dodge
them" said the other: but it takes
more lodging when there're two or
three in the air at once. Also it gets
on your nerves-by the force of the ex-
plosion, which is enormous, and by the
very fact that you can dodge them