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to the Queen, was to make her muscles
move. They were contracted and relaxed
ar the amazing rate OF 100 times minute
She was to ali intents and purposes tax
ing violent exercise while sitting in the
chair. but without any voluntary exertion
on her part and without any fatigue at the
conclusion OF the seance.
Queen Mary showed immediate and
gratifying results. Flesh was Jared off at
the rate OF from two to ten ounces at each
treatment. When her sittings were gradu-
ated from fifteen minutes up to a half
hour, she found she was dropping flesh at
the rate of three and a half pounds week
The Queen. ii may be said without fear or
contradiction was jubilant.
Lest the Queen should be bored while
she reclned so long in the chair, Professor
Bergonie entertained her with the record
o. his achievements such as he recently
laid before the Academic des Sciences In
Paris. He made Queen Mary laugh when
he told her that, with her special diet or
fruit and salad along with the treatment.
she cate herseif--and little salad with it! "
81 am opposed to violent exercise for
sodentary folk" he informed tho Queen
while the current twittered her muscles
rapidly. 1.-THE more an individual becomes
adapted for the cerebral lie. the more he
becomes untitled for other diversions We
inoderns no longer can hope to produce
the phlosopher-athlete of ancient times
Yet the muscles must burn completely th'
materials furnished by digestion, II not
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dante OF any acquaintance who might have
helped her.
Queen Mary had consulted the royal
physician. Sir Bertrand Dawson, and he
had frowned upon most anti-fat remedies.
Practically useless was his term for. Tur-
kish and radianthcat baths; drugs such
as thyroid and iodine he abhorreG; while
he was also skeptical concerning other
methods of which Queen Mary had vaguely
heard.
Diet and massage Sir Bertrand recon-
mcnded But the Queen despaired She
had tried them both, and the more she
tried the plumpcr she seemed to grow.
licr gain WAS slow, sure and appalling,
and here was the wedding coming on in
just few months and apparently no help
FOR it but to 20 to il stoutly or not at all.
In her constant anxiety the Queen took
counsel with other portly ladies' Among
them was Mrs. Lloyd George, who had
also run the gamut of obesity specialists
with discouraging results-that is, no re-
suits at all. Mrs. Lloyd George suggested
tennis. which she had vigorously taken III.
Bat Queen Mary shook her head. The game
had been n favortc of Queen E!izabeths,
hut she simply didn't see how she could
arrange 1t.
Mrs. Lloyd George regarded her friend
and ruler and cudEccd her brains. Sud-
denly her face Frightened She recalled
something She had heard on her last trip
u Paris. and now she lost no time telling
Queen Mary MI she knew about Professor
Ecrcone. the famous French crgothcra-
pist. and his marvellous electric chair.
which is said to jar fat IRON the human
frame with the ease and almost the rapid
ity OF a man pec!ng tangernc
Queen Mary sent 10 Professor Borgo
MES home in Bordeaux forthwith. The
price OF the chair she was informed. was
40 pounds sterling, which included the
electric tion-transiormcr. Il marble
switchboard, the rhythmic timing device
and a full set Of electrodes and cords
Extra fittings cost G2 pounds, and another
} - pounds was charged for n twclve.switci
screen for heating the patient.
1t was . blinking lricc- more thar
$1,000 IN American money. For n roya
household allowed only 10000 pounds
%oar from the nation. II was stiffsh Blu
Queen Mary. the wedding and her grow
= ing poundagc uppcrmost in her thoughts
I did not stick ~ II. She ordered the who'll
) works. and Bcrgonie himself ran owe
from Bordeaux TO install the elcctri
/ chair in one OF the houdoirs Of Ruc,:nt
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l<oluOI,
1rtIE topic discussed most frequently
and furiously by London society,
L anent the brilliant wedding OF
Princess Mary and Lord Lasceilcs, was
neither the beauty OF the bride nor the
dazzling gowns OF her attendants but the
extraordinarily attractive appearance of
the brides mother, Victoria Mary. Queen
Of England
Queen Mary has been wife for exactly
twcniy-cight years and mother for
twcntysevcn, but there was scarcely
lady OF her age present AT the wedding
who seemed more youthful. This was all
the more unusual because for some time
past il has been no secret that Queen
Mary was worried recently over her per-
sistent tendency to get stout. But her
figure vas slender graceful, positively
lirlish again.
More than one dowager gaspcd with
envy Since then every tea gable in
Mayfair drawing rooms has buzzed chiefly
about Queen Marys surprising flesh re-
auction her radiant complexion, her glow
ing good health and the puZZ!ing secret Of
how she accomplished these things.
Now. through confidential and authori-
tatiye sources at buckingham Palace, the
correspondent is able for the first time TO
explain the mystery. For months Queen
Mary has been talin anti.tat treatment in
az electric chair. the invention OF Il
Frcnchinan. which Jared OFF her surplus
plumpage at the rate OF three and one
half pounds a week.
Mrs Lloyd George wife OF the Prime
Minister, tipped Her Majesty 10 the
unique method Now that the fat is in
the fire Gas it were), there is reason &c
believe every rich stout woman in England
viii follow the royal fashion. Already
lades-n- waiting to Her Majesty are be
ing Dos eyed with inquiries. and bCior,
many weeks are past, Channel boats ar,
likely TO be doing rushing business il
CargOcs Of antfat chairs
When Queen Mary began 10 get fleshy
she faced a graycr problem than the aver
age womans The latter has no limit 1
her search or her choice of remedies Sh
may roll" in her boudoir. walk golf die'
20 20 q sanitarium, take mud baths. an
receive the cOnmserati0n and advice {
a legion OF friends
But the dignity Of her position do
mauicd more reserve on tho part % Fms
lands Queen. She could not exercise !
Iublic. she could not seek the mud bath
":heneyer shed mind TO; she was eve
denied the privilege OF making q conf
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ham Palace and to give Queen Mary her
first treatments.
1t would be indiscreet, perhaps. 10 delve
into the anti-fat ordeal of queen, were
u not for the laudable purpose of explain
ing the exact operation of the Bergonie
invention. II is known that before
Queen Mary would try it, Mrs. Lloyd
George had 10 submit to an experimental
Test nj an interesting seance at the Pal
ace. The Prime Minister'S wife was com
rlctely captured by the process. She
urged the Queen 10 take chance. and
the Queen, not without some trepidation,
sat down
The chair had been previously covered
with warm. wet towels. Queen Mary, clad
only III dressing gown worn back to
front, reclined at full length in order TO
give as wide and perfect contact as pos
siblc with the metal plates. Electrodes
We're then clamped on the upper surfaces
OF her arms and legs, and across her alb
domen, with sheets Of warm wet lint be-
tween the flesh and the metal.
Each clectrodc bore Il heavy bag OF
silver sand, especially shaped to fit snngly
to the body. Tho bags varied IN weight
from seven pounds to twenty-eight pounds
fol the first treatment. Gradually this
weight was increased. until at last treat
mcnts Queen Mary was loaded down with
more than 112 pounds Of sand.
Then the juice was turned on. What the
electricity did, without any shock or pain
q,
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The Queen obcyed him Ike lamb. say
the palace attendants. She is now salts
fled with the most meagrc fare-a platetul
or salad in the morning and another In
the evening, and only few cups of tea.
That is all. Her Spartan meal was in
creased only at the near approach OF the
wedding. for on salad and tea Princess
Mary feared her mother would not be
able to stand the strain of the great Abbey
function.
But. the wedding over. Queen Mary has
gone back TO her chair and her starvation
diet with the enthusiasm Of an ardent CON
vert. Her dressmakcrs are authority for
the statement that the Queen will not rest
now until she has achieved girlish
silhouette as slim as that Of any maid in
the empire.
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there is slackening OF the vital
processes which shows itself by govt,
rheumatism and obesity.
Therefore We must produce muscn-
lar contraction and stimulus without
the fatigue or output Of nervous energy
and psycho.motOr effort In w9rd
our true panacca is muscular exercise
electrically provoked. so as To give
mechanical Drk and heat without any
strain upon the nervc-centers of voli
ton. II is for this reason, Your Ma
jesty. / cover you with this so quaint
aTmor."
AT the end OF the first week Queen
Mary told the professor that. far from
feeling any fatigue, she was ircshel
and stronger. with increased appetite
sounder sleep and improved digcs-
tiontion. She was so completely
enamored of her new machine That
she urged Brrgonie 10 Sill create.
efforts But he shook his head.
1T is possible to jarr off your
flesh at n faster rate" he said. but
where there is great rapidity 1t has
a tendency to return. The slower
the rate, the more permanent the
effect. And let me warn You that
passive ergotherapy will not work
miracles without tho most rigorous
restriction OF diet"
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Queen Mary
as She
Appeared
in 1897, a
Slim and
Graceful Girl,
Just Four
Years After
Her Marriage.
She Is Shown
with Her
Husband,
King George,
THIN the
Duke Of York
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Mrs. Lloyd George Enduring
Tennis to Reduce. The Primo
Minister'S Wife Tipped Off
Her Majesty to Professor
Bergonie's Chair After the
Queen Had Declined TO Undergo
Course of Tennis Anti-Fat
Treatment.
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1-1tIE topic discussed most frequently
and furiously by London society,
!. L anent the brilliant wedding of
prinrnr. Mnrv nnh Lord Inscellns. Ma3
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-02-17
BELFAST RIOT IS
FATAL TO FIVE
EIGHT ARE WOUNDED AND Six
MISSING AS RESULT OF AT
TACK ON OFFICERS
OFFICERS ARE KIDNAPPED
Ulster Special Constabies Are Attack
ed BY A Force OF 100 Men Equip
ped With Machine Guns,
According To Report.

Belfast.-The total casualties in tht
affray at the railway station at Clone.
recently, when party of Ulster con
| stables was attacked, were four spec
| ial constables killed, eight wounda,
and six missing Matthew Fitzpaa
rick, leader of the Sim Feiners, was
shot dead.
There are many versions OF the az
fair current, but inquiries among the
civilian passengers of the train from
which the special constables alightcd
show that the constables had 30
minute wait on the platform for the
Dublin train, during which they pa.
raded quietly up and down the pia.
form, on which there also were many
civilians. There was no sign Of an
impending attack.
When the Dublin train arrived AMI
the constables moved toward it, firing
began from two machine guns posted
on wooden bridge spanning the rail
way track, and then from a motor on
the station premises. A large body Of
armed men rushed upon the train, a2d
after some revolver firing ordered the
frightened civilian passengers, who
were covering on the floors of the
coaches and under the seats, to get
out
All the occupants of the train then
were marched to the station platform
and drawn up in two bodies-civilian
on one side and the special constables
on the other. Everyone was searched
for arms. The civilians were ordered
back into the train, while the unwound-
ed constables were taken away to an
unknown destination.
Meantime, the dead and wounded
who fell at the first onslaught had
been laid in rows on the platform.
Only few of the special constables
had time to draw their revolvers be-
fore they were overpowered.
In the exchange of shots, Fitzpatrick
who apparently was in command of
the attacking party, was shot dead
A peculiar feature of the affray is that
a couple of regular Irish constabulary
men on the train who were unarned
were allowed to proceed unmolested
with the civilians. 1t is estimated that
about 100 men participated in the at
ack.
Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier,
tonight issued the following state
ment:
THE government Of Northern Ire
Land have been in constant communi-
cation with Downing street during
the weekend, and have received infoT-
nation that Arthur Griffith has dis
patched emissaries to County Mona
CHAN with instructions to arrange for
the release OF the kidnapped loyalists.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-02-17
MANY KILLED And
INJURED In FIRE
DISASTROUS CONFEDERATION
TAKES TOLL OF MANY
HOTEL GUESTS.

Richmond, Va.-Six known dead, 33
2S known injured, IA of whom are be-
| heVed to be fatally hurt, is the toll of
fire which swept over an area of
half a city block here, destroying the
Lexington hotel and several other
buildings and entailing a loss various
ly estimated at $25O,O0O to $50O,O00.
SeVenty-two guests were registered
at the hotel. A roll of smoke from
the stairs of the basement, where the
barber snop and boiler room were To-
Gated, gave the first warning to T. ID.
Frey, night clerk of the hotel. Frey
screamed an alarm and rushed to the
fire box on the opposite corner.
Summoning the fire apparatus, he
returned to the hotel and aroused the
guests as fast as he could. Improve
ments and renovation were going on
in the building. The interior tele-
phone switchboard had been discon-
nected to permit new installations.
The elevator had not been operated in
several weeks. There was no oppor-
tunity to warn those occupying rooms
on the upper floors
With incredible rapidity the flames
flew upward. The lobby was filled
with smoke when Frey returned from
turning in the alarm He yelled to
the guests on the second floor, and
succeeded in arousing a few. Their
cries awoke others.
Famed by the draft in the elevator
shaft, the mass of fire leaped toward
the roof. In moment the five ave-
nues of escape-a front, center and
rear staircase, and two fire escapes
at front and rear-were cut off.
Guests rushed from their rooms to
find the dimly lighted Railways and
corridors filled with smoke. The
stairs were pits of flame roaring up-
ward through the semi-darkness.
A few found time to seize blankets
and other wraps, but the majority were
clad only in night clothing. Windows
were filled with frenzied guests climb.
ing outward on the sills to escape
the creep of the flames, and crying
for help. Silhouetted against the blaze
of the furnace behind them, shrieking
wildly, half a hundred clamored for
rescue.
Sheets were made hastily into rope
ladders, which were made fast to furn-
iture inside the rooms and flung out
over the window ledges to the streets
below. Down these improvised lad
ders slid the guests, scantily clad In
night clothes or hastily grabbed wraps.
Several guests jumped from upper
floors to the roof of the Anderson VIII
son Paper Company, Immediately in
the rear of the Lexington, suffering
with slight hurts
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-02-17
RADICALS PLAN
ANOTHER REVOLT
BoLSHEVul LEADERS HOPE TO
OVERTHROW GERMAN Gov
EMINENT.

Berlin.-As the national railroad
! strike becomes worse and Berlin's
water, gas, electric and street car
strikes have completely tied up the
capitol, the BolsheVik leaders, who
hitherto have been awaiting develop
ments quietly, are attempting to turn
the strike at least into partial rev.
olution. Storming on the Hanau
railroad station and disorders in Sax
ony, especially in Halle and Dresden:
We're the first violent manifestations.
Most important was secret meet
ing of the Berlin's Workers Council,
for the purpose of directing gen.
eral strike. 1t is learned from the
government Department of Security,
the highest police organization, that
should the workers council declare
a general strike, it is likely that the
communists will attempt to seize the
Berlin government Inasmuch as the
present strike is nearly general it is
probable that the other unions will
call their members out.
Communist leaders hope if they sue
coed in establishing a workers gov
ernment, the members of which al
ready have been listed, to turn the
German governmnt into Soviet. AT
the same time it is said they hope to
call out the Soviets in Leipzig, res
den, Halle, and other Red centers.
Chancellor Wirth discussed the sit
uation with Commissioner Weissmann
head of the Department of Public Sc
curity. The Communist headquarters
is being watched, but the police be.
lieve that the Reds will hold their
conferences in some secret place.
Some officials believe that Carl Redek,
a Moscow leader, arranged the Com |
munist activity here under the assum-
ed name of Carl Reimer before he
disappeared from Berlin a few days
ago.
The Workers Council, in whose
hands the general strike with the
Red aftermath lies, is composed of all |
shades of opinion. Many of the mem
bers are pink, but it. is said these |
have joined with the darkest Reds |
in opposing the government because |
Of the government action in outlaw
ing the strikers
Chancellor Wirth vas forced to hold |
his conferences by candle light, while
the foreign office used candles and
kerosene lamps. The de luxe hotels |
and restaurants were dimly lit. The
cafes, lit by candles, looked like low
wharf dives, with their clientele
grouped like conspirators aroung
single candles which hardly. illumi-
mated the food
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-02-17

supplies, p,lt the situation before him
plainly, as meaning his own welfare,
and your own salvation. Refuse cred
it to those who in a mistaken sense Of
independence refuse to use common
sense in farming. That will bring them
around. Don't mind IL your rival in
business grants them credit He will
be sorrier than you before the sea-
son is over.
ITO assist you in presenting the
matter to your customers we will
forward pledge cards which you can
get them to sign, and hold for future
reference, and some circulars which
you can distribute You would find the
movement greatly helped if you could
get few of the leading farmers to
hold q meeting and discuss the mat
ter"
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-02-17
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS FIGHT
PROPOSAL TO CUT PER-
SONNEL
OFFICERS ARE HELD DOWN
Will Ask Harding's Aid AS 1t Is De-
cIared King Bill Wousd Grip
Pile Service That ls AS-
tually Needed.

Wasfington.-The Navy Depart
ment has determined to enlist the aid
of President Harding in determined
resistance to the movement in Cong
| ress for reducing the enlisted person
mel of the navy to $4,000.
Such a reduction would not only
force the United States navy out of
proportion in the scheme OF relativity
worked out in the naval treaty, but
would cripple the service actually
needed for peace time activities to
say nothing of actually endangering
national defense in emergencies.
President Harding has assured
Secretary DENLY and chiefs of the
navy bureaus that he would regard
a reduction of enlisted personnel be-
low $4,000 as a serious mistake and
neglect of the national defense. The
King bill would make it $4,000.
1t can be said, however, that the
American navy at the moment is
topheavy in commissioned personnel,
particularly in higher grades. Unless
the classes at the naval academy soon
are cut down, the top-heaviness will
apply to the subordinate grades as
well.
The Navy Department is holding
down even now in the number of high
ranking officers. For example there
is provision by law for forty eight rear
admirals, but only "a had been COM
missioned on January 1. There is
provision for 220 captains as against
only 163 commissioned; 3S5 con-
manders against 2S5 commissioned;
ITO lieutenant-commander against
$40 commissioned, and 1878 lieuten-
ants against 1882 commissioned
Naval authorities take the position
that the fleet and the shore stations
need practically all the trained enlisted
men now in the service, if the ships
which are to be kept in service, should
the naval treaty be ratified, are to be
manned.
An impression has spread that the
scrapping that number of the older
battleships will release large num-
Der of enlisted men, Department Of |
ficials showed that this is not true. |
Only about 800 men will be released |
by scrapping the ships on the confer
ence list. Most of these vessels now
are tied up with a mere handful of
aboard each.
All the men released in that direc-
ton and many times more will be
needed to man the new ships which
are to be completed under the limita-
ton program
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-02-17
MAY Honor Architect

London-The name of Thomas
Hastings New York architect. is to be
submitted to King George with the
suggestion that he would be fit
recipient of the royal gold medal for
architecture sor the current year.
Loan Is Refused
Washington.-The Atlanta Birming-
ham & Atlantic railway has been de-
MED by the Interstate Commerce
Commission a government loan of
s615,592, which it sought to pay off
Indebtedness. The company is being
operated by receiver.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-02-17
Auree unon conferenee

Santiago, Chile-The government
has been advised that Beltram Math-
leu, Chilean ambassador to the United
States, and Federico A Pezet, the
Peruvian minister at Washington, have
agreed upon the second week of March
as the time for the opening of the con-
ference in Washington, looking to a
settlement of the Tacna-Arica ques-
ton as affected by the untitled pro-
visions of the Ancon treaty.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1922-02-17
New Revolt Is Feared.

Mexico City.-Gen. Carlos r. Greene,
former governor of the state of Ia
basco, who has been under surveil-
lance here for several months follow
ing his acquittal on charges of mur-
der, has quietly departed from the cap
ital. 1t is reported that he has re-
turned to Tabasco with the intention
of fomenting a revolution.