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at the afflicted area. the surface
may become broken and irritated.
and the second Of the dermato.
logical Handy Andys" may ap.
pear This latter is eczema.
The good old Biblical custom
Of solemnly loading the sins of
an entire people upon the head
Of one unsuspecting goat, which
was then sent careering out
across the deserts to its doom,
has few closer parallels than the
way In which eczema has been
made to bear the responsibility
for a host Of evils.
"Oh. eczema, what itches are
permitted in thy name!" Almost
any reaction to external irritants,
causing a tangible and visible
eruption on the skin before itch.
ing begins is followed by oozing
and scaling, is enrolled beneath
its banner, even az the other in.
ternally caused types, without
visible eruption, find refuge be.
meath the outspread wings Of
pruritus.
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for another grievance. and keep
ing right on at the old stand.
Eczema, pruritus and, above all.
the hives, rank high among Ma,
ture's storm signals: indeed. she
uses them so literally that our
chief trouble Is not in perceiving
that something is out of order.
but in discovering Just which ono
of a score Of suspects Is causing
tho trouble.
High among these red lanterns
and "detour" signals stands pru-
ritus. Like Charity. 1t covers a
multitude OF sins: for its name
simply means itching" and un-
der its banner are grouped almost
every type Of skin trouble which
possesses the one simple admission
requirement. and which cannot be
ascribed to any obvious and visible
cause. Simply a vagabond itch
without visible means Of support.
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Types of Eczema.

Eczema, popularity known as
"satl rheum," "tetter" and
"prickly heat" marked by thick
ening tiny blisters and crusts,
might be broadly described as tho
commonest inflammatory erup.
ton OF the skin; and in contrast
to pruritus, most largely occurs
as a result Of outside irritation.
Almost every manufacturing trade
or calling has its particular type
of eczema, especially when work.
ing conditions involve the pres.
ence Of irritating dusts on the
hands and in the air.
Workers in coal yards or boiler
rooms and in some of the me-
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the disorder and weakened state to
which it reduces the skin renders
it much more susceptible to outside
septic infections.
This danger is greatly increased
by the almost irresistible desire to
scratch the afflicted area, thereby
making confusion worse con-
founded.
For more gateways are open TO
infection, and any germs which
may be lurking upon the surface
or beneath the nails Of the scratch.
ing hand are given an ideal oppor.
tunity to take root and prosper.
This is also true, to a lesser de-
gree, OF pruritus: in both cases.
the natural impulse to rub and
claw at the source Of irritation
must be sternly repressed.
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"Beanpole" Variety.

The "beanpole" variety will
often get a worse case Of 1t than
the "hayrick" type; for his skin.
being more or less tightly fitted
to his bony framework, does not
have the elasticity nor the depth
of cushioning and freedom Of
movement possessed by his better
padded opposite.
The treatment of both forms is
comparatively simple. "The guam
tity of talcum is not strained. but
falleth like the gentle rain from
Heaven" upon the afflicted reg
ions OF pruritus in the overstout,
In busting powders OF boracic acid.
starch, menthol, soda, etc.
While, In the opposite condi.
tion, the liberal use of salves and
creams Of similar composition,
plus two to five per cent OF cam
phor, resorcin, ichthyol or salicy.
lates. are advisable as q tempor.
ary measure.
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were fully restored I was on the
deck of the salvage ship once
more, having escaped from a ter
rible death.
I had been over two hours
down there after having lost con-
tact. and had I been pulled up a
minute later than was, 1t would
have been the end of my diving
days.
BROTHER FOUND.
What is the strangest coinci.
dence | have known in deep-sea
diving is another question I have
been asked. ! think it occurred
when ] was in charge of the salv-
ing operations on the Pewabic
on Lake Huron five years ago.
With me was one OF my assist
ants, who had a brother from
whom he had not heard for some
years. We were roaming about
the deck within the limits OF our
lamps when my companion be-
trayed obvious signs of excitement
of the dead men in one Of the
cabins.
1t was impossible. of course, for
us to carry on conversation at
that depth; could only gather
that we were in face of some.
thing unusually grim. My com.
panion was pulled up in response
to his signal, and later / heard
the secret.
The body that he had found in
that Of all places was the brother
he had not seen for years. Later
he was able to go down again,
and we brought the body up for
decent burial.
The papers. still intact, showed
that his recognition was correct,
but ! think that must be the
first occasion on which two broth
crs who had lost trace of each
other should have met after
death of one in this strange place.
What the dead brother had been
doing on the ship we never found
out.
Captain Leavitt is fifty-one
years of age and has been a deep
sea diver for twenty.three years
of that time. He says he would
not change his occupa ton for
anything, as he finds 1t the most
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chanical trades. where machine
grease is present in quantity,
are not quite as liable to attacks
Of eczema as are those in flour.
ing mills and bakeries; for in.
stance.
Because in the former trades
the dust or dirt which adheres to
the skin IS so strikingly visible
that 1t is generally washed off be.
fore 1t can start any trouble.
In the latter occupation. how
ever, the particles are much less
self-evident, and may remain
upon the surface and mix and
ferment with the waste products
Of perspiration until the skin
can stand the annoyance no Ion.
ger. and bursts into. eruption.
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By CAPTAIN LEAVITT.

To reach the Lusitania we shall
have to dive 1856 feet and for the
Arabic 315 feet, which Is just
twice as FAR as any diver has
ever gone In the ordinary rubber
suit.
l have spent six years working
out the plans for this expedition,
most of the time being given to
perfecting the diving suit that
would enable us to go down deep
enough.
In my first test with the suit
I established a record by going
down 3S6 feet and staying there
long enough to prove that my
outfit is good enough for the job
we have on hand. Altogether I
have had eight diving suits made
at a cost of $500 each.
DOWN 500 FEET.
The suits are made Of mangan-
ese bronze, a quarter inch thick,
the torso and breastplate solid,
and the legs made of ribbons Of
bronze encased in rubber, with
ball bearings at the shoulders.
Salvage work has never yet
been possible lower than one hun
dred and fifty feet, because the
pressure is too great. Air lines
get tangled and no diver can
work even at that depth for
moro than twenty minutes at a
time with an hour and quarter
10 lower and pull up.
Il takes nearly all the twenty
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The Best Cure.

The best way to aid In such alb
stention Is to cover the inf1amed
area with a bandage. beneath
which is spread some soothing
dressing. OF these perhaps the
most generally useful Is a small
amount 40 per cent or rs per cent?
OF boracic acid mixed with any
good cold cream.
This combination Is quite harm
less and has a marked quieting
effect upon the skin eruptions Of
most varieties. as also does boric
acid dissolved IN a lotion or made
into a poultice with boiled starch,
or mixed with dry starch and a
little soda into a busting powder.
Witch hazel Is another admirable
"stand.up by" as one distinguished
foreigner expressed It. and Is good
for a host Of other minor house.
hold afflictions as we'll.
Next to these comes the ooa,.tar
product, resourcin, generally sp-
piled as a salve e 10 per cent?,
and which almost equals boracic
acid in the extent of it's useful
ness; while in severe cases. a coat.
ing Of ichthyol will often bring
great relief: then zinc oxide saive.
and later weak lotions Of TAR
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exciting and interesting any man
could ask for. Apart from the
thrill he describes above he has
had no accidents in his perilous
calling.
FATE OF TITANIC.
Not long ago the idea Of re-
claiming another giant liner, the
ill.fated Titanic, the loss of which
caused such a world sensation,
was given up as hopeless.
After her collision with a nam.
moth iceberg on Sunday evening,
April IA. 1912, this mighty ves-
sci took her last plunge and car.
ried $500 people to grave
beneath the sea in the cold gray
hours of the following morning.
As the Titantic went down with
tremendous amount of bullion
and wealth in the shape of pas
sengers' private belongings. many
salvage companies were attracted
by the richness of the prize.
But the silent sea has refused
TO give up its secret hoard, and
wealth that went down with this
great ship has added another
fraction to the untold treasure
that lies under water.
What is the Titanics location
today? No one knows. It Is this
fact above all which has made
salvage here an impossibility.
Many theories have been ad.
vanced as to the fate of the YES.
sci. There are some experts who
state that the ship could not
reach the seabed. It was sunk
in the deepest ocean in the world,
the North Atlantic.
They consider it is drifting
about under the surface, midway
between the surface and the bot
tom, at the will of undercurrents,
Slowly being eaten away BY
sea action. it may one day drift
into shallow waters. where II
may become a menace to ship
ping, or where 1t may, by
lucky chance, be discovered and
forced to yield up its rich hoard.
Some there are who declare
that she dived right down to the
bottom. despite the terrific water
resistance at that spot. Again
there are others who believe that
pressure Of water has long since
burst her into atoms.
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As had been down for some two
hours, you can imagine the state
Of mind was in. I waited in
tently, listening for the slightest
sound. but nothing save the noise
OF the in-pressing water disturbed
the silence. Minutes passed-they
seemed hours.
BY now pressure had forced me
up close against the terrible figure
OF the dead man have before re-
ferred to. There was an unspeak.
ably horrible grin on the face, as
though he would mock this intrud-
er who was paying the price for
daring to pry into the secrets OF
the sea.bed.
I shut my eyes, being unable to
stand the sight any longer. and
thanked heaven that my suit saved
me from the sense of contact with
that ghastly figure. AS the min
utes passed my anxiety increased.
for there was no sign Of life above.
I had visions OF the ship going
off and leaving me there in the bed
OF the ocean. unable to get up
again. and compelled TO submit TO
slow asphyxiation under the sea.
As yet I had not felt the slightest
discomfort, but now 1t began to
oppress me. and I felt was sure
to go mad If obliged to stay here
any longer.
Then the oppression grew on me,
and had difficulty in breathing.
felt something Of what people
must feel when being suffocatcd.
was losing consciousness. and
save for the head noises and op-
preston, it was like being over.
come by gas fumes.
For a time-I cannot say how
long-consciousnes left me alto.
gether. Then l awoke with the
sense that I was climbing up step
by step, and when my senses
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its return prevented thereafter by
diet and exercise.
This form 10 due to the back
ing up" Of certain toxic materials
in the blood, which promptly reg
listers an objection through its
ally and spokesman, the nervous
system. and keeps right on object
ing until a return to normalcy has
not only been promised but at.
tained.
In the corpulent type there is a
tendency to over-perspiration and
the formation of hostile sectors"
between rolls Of fat or at points
Of friction: in the thin and spare
the skin tends to become dry and
harsh and to crack and split wher.
ever there is any considerable
tension.
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whic hhe deals, and the sucking
up of dusts by fans, have done
much to decrease the frequency
of eczema in this and similar
trades.
Even more credit is due, how.
ever. to the increasing available
ity Of soap and hot water. which
make frequent and thorough alb
lutions a pleasure and not an or
deal as heretofore.
A clean skin is next to a clear
conscience in the furtherance Of
our material well-being, and a
lather of soapsuds is one Of the
best poison gases vet devised
against the onslaught Of bellig-
erent bacilli.
The other, or internal causes
of eczema are much the same as
those of pruritus-namely. toxic
"pile-ups," digestive upsets (which
often amount to the same thing),
kidney troubles, gout, diabetes
and nervous disturbances.
The treatment follows similar
lines-soothing busting powders,
lotions and poultices to alleviate
immediate discomfort, followed by
a physiological overhauling to
locate and correct the cause Of
the trouble.
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SUNKEN TREASURE
VESSELS

LUSITANIA, sunk in 1915 with $7500000 worth of
gold and ewelry ship and cargo worth $18,000,000.
ARABIC, sunk in 1916 with $6,250,000 in gold.
YASAKA MARU, sunk in Mediterranean last December
with $15,750,000.
oCEANA sunk in 1912 with $5,6oOOOO.
MERIDA sunk off Cape Charles in 1911 with 81 625 900
in silver bars and $125,000 in cash and jewery.
GEELONG, sunk in Mediterranean with $5,000000 in
jewels belonging to the Maharajah Of Kaparthala.
ANCONA, sunk with $2500000 cargo.
GENERAL GRANT sunk off Auckland Islands in 1866
with $18, O00 900 in gold bars and bullion.
LIZARD sunk off Cromwell with gold estimated at
$90000000
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Sim Fein Methods

On the other hand, the lesser
explosions announce their pres.
ence in no uncertain manner;
their mission In life is to attract
attention, and they adopt Sim
Fein methods of doing so.
Very appropriately, these ply.
siologic ccoimunists often appear
in a costume OF glowing red: the
chief difference between ther,
and some Of their human proto-
types Is that, once the trouble
which they herald has been
righted. they disappear peacefully
and promptly. instead Of looking
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IA Clear Skim is Next Clear Conscience i'm the Fur
therance of OUR Material Well-Being.
When Neglected. Has the Disconcertir1g
Habit of Becoming Chronic"

In both cases, the really cur
ative treatment Is begun by en-.
couraging the patient to take
literally of milk and articles con-
tanning vegetable salts, such as
oranges, lemons. grapes, apples
and green vegetables.
This tends to flush out the sys-
TEN, relieve acidosis or other tox-
ic conditions, and build up any
parts Of the bodily structure
which are under-nourished. and
very often Is sufficient to
straighten out the metabolic kink
which caused all the trouble.
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staring at you at the end Of deep
sea light, and confess felt very
creepy indeed and in no way dis.
posed to go nearer to 1t than | was
forced to do. But the days thrills
were not over.
Suddenly / became conscious that
electrical contact with the ship
above had ceased. and I was seized
with an uneasy feeling that some
thing serious had gone wrong I
made the agreed signal, but the
expected response did not come.
GRIN on DEAD FACE.
There I was at the bed OF the
sea. with no means OF communicate
ing with my friends, and with
fear that In some strange way we
had been cut off for good. At that
time had not proved the full IA.
pacity Of my suit. and besides.
there was always the possibility
that the accident that had cut us
off might cut short my air supply.
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~ often goes much farther
IN, even TO the bone
Tho recent Red" outburst
which has spread all over the
world Is, according to cynics.
nks a rash. very irritating and
widespread, but not particularly
serious
10 this the enthusiastic radical
might retort that both conditions
had another point in common;
they showed that all was not well
beneath the surface. For the sur
face Of the body is tho only part
that we can readily see. and the
change which takes place upon 1t
are often simply the reflections
Of similar alterations occurring
in the interior.
The skin is the mirror Of the
body. or moro precisely its bulle-
tin board or photo film. A strik.
ing example Of this Is the extraor-
dinary bronzing Of the skin in
Addison's Disease, which is dus
to an affection Of the adrenal
gland, usually tuberculous. While
Addison's Disease results in
steady darkening of the skin, 1t
does not create any local disease
of the skin or couse any discom-
fort.
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minutes getting used to ones sur
roundings, without locating the
wreckage. With my suit a novice
can go down from three hundred
to five hundred feet and remain
down for four hours at least.
The only line that connects the
diver with the ship above will
be a half.inch non-twisting cable
Inside this will be a telephone
wire connecting with a trans.
mitter and receivers within the
headpiece. The suit weighs three
hundred and fifty pounds. but tho
enormous water pressure reduces
this to only seventy-five pounds
on the ocean bed.
To aid me in the task l shall
have another invention Of my
own-one that will revolutionise
the diving art. This is a deep
sea light, a glass globe half an
inch thick. containing a three
hundred candle power bulb. A
series of these will be dropped on
weights, enabling the diver - see
perfectly over a radius of sevsn
feet.
$4,000, 900 RECOVERED.
The salvage ship will be held
over the sunken ship by six five
ton anchors, and by electric de.
tonation dynamite charges will
be used to force open the strong
rooms of the Lusitania and
Arabic, 30 that We can get at the
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bar gold and other portable treas.
ure therein.
The deepest salvaging done in
seeking war treasure was 126
feet. at the mouth of the st.
Lawrence, from the Empress OF
Ireland. Last summer littl.
over five million dollars was saw
ed from the wreckage OF the
Alurentic in seventy-six feet off
the Irish coast. Altogether
treasure to the value Of ten bill
lion dollars lies at the bottom Of
the sea as the result Of wartime
losses, and l shall be after the
greater part OF that II live.
Nine-tenths of the sunken
treasure 10 at depths Of less than
five hundred feet. just within the
range Of my suit. I am going
to make the first trip myself to
the Lusitania, and take a good
Hook around before letting any Of
my subordinates take the risk.
There are no lack Of thrills In
the divers calling, and you want
strong nerves before you can take
il up. I have been asked what
was my most exciting adventure
under the sea.
GRISLY GREETING.
/ think that was some years ago
when l was off the American
coast searching for steamer that
had gone down with some valuable
documents Of importance to a we'll
known business man.
1t was the first occasion on
which l had tried my outfit and
had the telephone working salts
factorily. / had reached the deck
Of the ship and was proceeding as
cautiously as / could when / sud
denly came in sight Of the body
Of a man standing quite upright,
It seemed to me, as though still on
the lookout from the doomed ship.
was expecting to be hailed
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GRINNING CORPSE
FACED CAPTAIN ON
SUNKEN SHIPS DECK

Weird Figure Seemed to Speak to Adventurer
IntO Realms of Neptune Brothers Were
Reunited i'm a Grimm Tragedy After MANY
Years-Many Vessels Carrying Gold andx
Jewels Lie on Oceans BOttom.
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AIN LEAVITT SUCCEED i'm REACHING LUSITANIA?
us DEEPSEA DIVER WILL TRY TO RECOVER TREASUR
HOARD OF GOLD LIES
BURIED i'm ATLANTIC
MANY FATFiOMS DEEP

with New Diving Suits, Even NoVices Are Able
to Descend 300 Feet Into Ocean Without
Much Danger, butt Thrills Are Nevertheless
am ImSeparable Part of the Divers Life-Why
Titanic Cannot BE SalVaged.
By CAPTAIN LEAV1TT.
(Bucked by big Syndicate Capt. Benjamin F. Leavitt Aneri
,oorlds daring ,oay
British territorial wates begin his task Of hunting the
for tho millions sunk during the the Lania and other ships
IN this article he tells his story)
TN the future hope to dig at least 100000
of the bed of the off the Irish Coast.
This represents roughly the amount that went down
with the Lustana and the Arabic but that will only be the
beginning Of my task, for at the present time there
reposng the bed Of the beside which
the abed treasures Of the past fade into nsgnficance
intend to devote the rest of life to the task of raising
the great that lie buried fahoms Deep The
dion in its first stages will 100000 and there
than 600 shareholders in the company behind
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~ EAUTY may b only skin
deep-but the reverse Of It
often eoes much farther
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Lending a Personal Touch.

If the intense personal touch is de-
sired, home designed gifts may be
made. A wide hat basket, painted or
dyed at home, together with a stout
pair Of gardeners shears, and a pair
of garden gloves will be appropriate
There are no handler small tools for
the garden than a steel-tined kitchen
fork, and long tin spoon. Two such
"orks, one spoon, and q small water
ing pot, the sprinkler and tie fork and
the spoon handles to be painted a gay
fGvorite color, would make n set both
useful and acceptable.
Another home made gift might be
a dozen round stakes foot long, and
dozen fiat ones, four inches long, all
painted pleasant gay green. The
first would be used to tie up budding
plants, while the others could have
pasted on them, the names of seeds
sown and would be used as markers
A still different type of gift might
consist Of colored prints old gardens
designed for framing, or, what would
also please q Jealous gardener scrap
book for garden snap shots and treas
ured newspaper clippings on such in
formation as most appeals to the re-
cipient's heart.
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glass one in its place. This officer
was assigned to superintend the erec-
tion of a postoffice in a rural district.
The inhabitants had long been delin-
qucnt in tax payments and consequent
ly each male adult was required to
meet his civil obligations by putting in
weeks labor on the new government
building.
One day while the native laborers
were industriously at work under his
vigilant watch, the lieutenant colonel
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was temporarily called away On leav-
ing the building, he took out the glass
eye, placed it on one of the walls, and
announced to the workers: Look
here, my men. l must go pow, but l
am leaving my eye to keep tab on you
and to see that you keep working
while 1 am away" 1t was with con-
siderable self satisfaction that he re-
turned to find his gang hard at work.
Next day the lieutenant colonel, had
another summons to leave his post.
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Beating the Boss at His Own Game

East African superstition and in
gcnuity arc amusingly illustrated in an
incident related by the German colonel,
Dr. E. Nigmann, in his memoirs of the
days when he was in charge Of colonial
administration in that part Of the
world.
One of his most reliable aides, he
says, was a native reutenant-colonel
who had lost an eye during one of
the local expeditions, and wore a
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Perhaps the recipient Of the Christ
mas gift only rents her house, yet
finds the garden necessary to her hap
piness. To such an one, send a COL
lection Of The seeds, of the less COM
monty used ANIMALS. Grandmothers
garden knew some Of these as Painted
Tongue, Mourning Bride, Butterfly
Flower. Seedmen sell them as Sal
piglosis, Schizanthus, Scabiosa. To
these add single annual chrysanthe-
NUNS, sweet sultan, bush morning
gIories. varieties of the gloritied PhloX
Drummondi and the splendid improved
petunias. Even if these ere not en-
tircly new to her, the garden lady will
be pleased.