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I day. And we were no more than back
| in our own hotel than the papers an
| nounced the holding up of the Eastern
/ Transport Co.'S convoy by .Bedouins
| the day before, about halfway across
| the desert. and the killing of the wife
| of the French vice consul to Bagdad.
| Our first fine flame of enthusiast SIN
! began to flicker; our faith in the magic
! carpet TO die. A thrce-day jaunJ to
| the Euphrates and the TiEris was one
thing, tight between groups of muir
dering Arabs was quite another.
But, in the end, we went. crossing
the SueZ Canal at night at Kantara,
the Gateway of the Desert, where
begins the great caravan route across
the Desert of Sinai to the site of old
Babylon
We were ferried across the canal,
in the moonlight, TO expose the
private contents of our two suit cases
in the customhouse, and in due time
to settle ourselves into a waiting train
on the other side.
We closed the windows. locked the
compartment door and looked about
us. Three seats on either side, the
lifting of the arms provided us with
two narrow. slippery leather divans,
and on these couches. scantily pro-
vided with bedding, we. spent the
night.
WE got some sleep, now and then
w. arising to gather the bedding
from the floor. and at 5 in the
morning we were put off at Judd.
We had no notice: we were summarily
elected with most Of our clothing in
our arms. And in the cold gray dawn
we finished our dressing on the sta
ton platform and waited for train
to Haifa, while the one we had left
remained % minutes longer.
We had travelled in one night over
the desert which it had taken the
British army a year to cross.
There was no railroad from Haifa
in Palestine to Beirut in Syria We
engaged a car with a chauffeur who
spoke only Arabic and a guide who
slept all the way, and made the trip
in six hours. At dusk we drew into
Beirut and went to the Grand Hotel.
That evening, Saturday, I wrote a
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Detailed suggestions for each diet
are given as follows:
Diet l. Containing but moderate
amounts of milk, eggs, fruits. vege-
tables and meat and using practically
all grain products Of less highly
milled varieties.
Diet 2. Containing but moderate
amounts of milk, eggs, fruits and
meat, a liberal amount of vegetables
and at least half or all grain prod
ucts of less highly milled varieties.
Diet 3. Containing but moderate
amounts of milk, eggs, vegetables
and meat, a liberal amount of fruit
and practically all grain products of
less highly milled varieties.
Diet 4. Containing but moderate
amounts Of milk, eggs and meat,
liberal amounts of fruit and vege-
tables and about one-half Of it's
grain products of less highly milled
varieties.
Diet S. Containing liberal amounts
of milk, eggs. fruit and vegetables.
reduced amount of meat and all
grain products of less highly milled
varieties.
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and the moron type, who live by imi.
tation. accomplish their reduction by
intensive smoking before meals to de-
stroy appetite and by voluntarily re-
gurgitating their food after eating.
How is one to explain such mutilation
except on the basis of a nationwide
craze such as was the dancing mania
of the Middle Ages?
y X X
TT is interesting to speculate whether
- the change in dress is responsible
for the craze in weight reduction or
vice versa. Unquestionably the fad
for Standardization is not wholly de-
pendent on the change in fashions.
BY 1890 or 1900 women were begin
ming to seek release from the absurd
fashion of that time. The corset was a
terrible armor, planned to produce un.
natural constructions of the body.
The clothing worn was a concession
to false modesty. Text books Of n.y.
giene Of that period had much to say
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staggers along. They do not live
long, these men.
X X
THERE came a day when heat.
sparrows. flies. mosquitoes, and
scents from the river bank We're too
much for Us; when the servants, eat
ing broken food in the courtyard.
revolted US.
So once more we set out, in a small
car. driven by a temperamental Sy-
rian. More people apparently wished
to leave Bagdad than to get there. and
so there were two cars of passengers,
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nothing else to do. except to go to the
movies. We tried that only once, sit
ting In the box Of small and almost
empty theater. and seeing dirnly pro-
jected without music an ancient
French picture. AS in all the Orient,
the titles were not in one language,
but in three. They ran to the left
of the picture on a separate roll, and
rs the action of the two machines was
not always synchronous, the result
was pure confusion.
l sat for hours on a stone bench in
side the entrance arch. watching that
strange procession which is Bagdad:
Kurdish coolies, in rags and skins:
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Experiences on camel journey
into the Libyan Desert have been
related by Mrs. Rinehart. She re-
counted her attempt at fishing in
q desert lake with the most print
ave equipment. and told of being
caught in the midst of riot be-
between two Arab villages.
Her love for little-known places
and cities off the beaten track
led her to make the dash from
Cairo to Bagdad, which sometimes
takes two months ,by camel cara
van. In this article she tells of the
discomfort and the adventures of
the trip, on which she was accom-
panied by DIR. Stanley NJ. Rinehart.
her husband, to whom she refers as
The Head"
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THE GRAVITY SKATE.

remain on the ground. so that there is
no great weight to lirt; but when the
weight of the bod. Is put on that foot
it drives the motor screw down through
the propelling mechanism. which op-
crates the rear wheel of the skate by
bevel gear. The skate is provided
with a reverse lever and brake, the
latter operated by the heel. The skate
is attached to the foot like an ordinary
skate, and in addition to that a metal
piece extends as high as the calf of
the leg and is held in place by strap.
The frame Is constructed of alu-
minum, as are the wheels; the other
parts are of steel. Solid rubber tires
are used ON the wheels.
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by MARY ROBERTS RINEHART.

~ AGDAD really happened 10 US
l. like toOthache or a pune
tured tire or burglars. We
IL were comfortable. clean and
civilized in Cairo.
On the terrace at Shepherds one
day we met two English aviators.
They had, it developed, just flown over
from Bagdad, and they surveyed Cairo
from the tea table with eyes at once
disillusioned and condescending.
Civilized they said. might be
Paris. Might be anywhere. Why don't
you come to Bagdad?"
Where is Bagdad?" we inquired.
"And how do you get there?"
They said that all one had to do was
to go to Beirut in Syria. and start
from there. The rest took care of it
self. Some brave soul. Is months be-
fore. had decided it would be possible
to take an automobile along one of the
old camel caravan routes. and more
over had gone ahead and done it.
Now it went regularly, convoy of
two or three cars, and it made in
three days across the Syrian Desert
and northern Arabia what had for
merly taken three weeks by sea and
river to Bagdad.
Three days. And the camel cara
vans take from one month to two!
Moreover. it was new country to the
tourist-virgtn country. A new world,
infinitely old.
Five minutes later we were in Cooks
office in Cairo sending a telegram to
the Eastern Transport Co., at Beirut.
for reservations for the following Mon
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Editor of the Journal of the American
Medical Association and Of Hy0eid.
w YOMEN are not the same the
\N , world over a. at least s,b phys
gist collected photographs
typical of all races in a
German encyclodepic compilation. The
photographs in his book and the aver
age measurements indicated for wom-
en- of different countries showed the
utter hopelessness of attempting to
bring all women to one standard of
weight. height and body form. The
German and Scandinavian women are
usually comfortably cushioned with
body fat and sometimes tall enough
to carry the weight and still appear
stately. The English girl portrayed
in the novels of the day is a long.
limbed, slim flanked, easy striding,
giriish model. The American girl Is
an end product of mixture of races,
predominently Anglo-Saxon. She is
usually somewhat thin. often rather
angular and not infrequently awk-
ward.
In the natural differentiation that &C.
ours in the bodies of boys and girls
after passing IL to IA years of age a
certain distribution of fat beneath
the skin becomes characteristic of the
bodies of all women. This distribution
obviously represents the attempt of
nature to provide for definite femi-
nine functions. A woman without this
fat, reduced as some have reduced al
most to a point of malnutrition, is at
tractive only as anything that is a
departure from the normal may be
attractive.
The structure of the body Of a
feminine" woman is obviously an at
tempt of nature to provide for the
definite functions that have been men,
toned. The fat about her body is an
attempt by nature to store material
against the needs Of Childbirth. In the
child bearing period she must provide
nourishment from her own body for a
new and rapidly growing human be.
ing, After the collaborating period
she must continue for almost a year
TO nourish the child and to carry the
unusual burdens accompanied by its
rearing.
Many observers are inclined to urge
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that the fad for slenderization is the
result of the rise of feminism and the
passing of some 100000 of women
out of the home and into industries
and occupations which were formerly
the prerogatives of men. The binding
of the breasts, the bohbing of the hair
and the attempts to reduce the figure
to male-like slenderness are perhaps
the result of a desire for a greater
ease of movement required by
change in the nature of women 9
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JAPANESE SAUSAGE.

WHEN Occidentals speak of "sau.
sages," they have in mind frank
furters, bologna or liver sausage. But
when the natives of Java think of
sausage they usually have in mind
peculiar concoction all their own. The
Oriental apparently can hardly think
of food without having the idea of rice
come to mind. Therefore, in making
sausage, rice Is the chief, indeed the
only ingredient of the preparation.
The rice is thoroughly boiled In water,
or more rarely in milk. until 1t has as
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stunned a thick consistency. whereby
the grains of rice have lost their iden-
tity. 1t is then. after cooling. nodded
into lengths by being rolled with the
ringers. Finally the whole is incased
In OIL paper. which takes the place of
the skin employed in this country. II
is then ready to serve. In appearance
the rice sausage somewhat resembles
a cigarette, and may be served whole
or cut into sections and eaten with
other delicacies which appeal to the
appetite OF the little brown Javanese.
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pirates on it's pontoon bridge. had
Arab tea and broiled meat cakes
cooked on a charcoal grill in the open
street of Felluja, at the end of the
bridge. and at last the golden domes
and miharets Of the mosque at Kadni
main came into view.
RAGDAD'
~ Apparently millions of palm
trees; n road congested with traffic Of
all sorts: a bridge toll-keeper at a
table beside the road, the toll paid in
Indian money, for We were in the land
of the rupee now; then the pontoon
bridge itself, and under it the Tigris-
that was our first view Of Bagdad.
We drove down the main street
turned into a dirty courtyard, stiffiy
got out of the car, left our luggage for
the customs officers, and started for
our hotel.
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BREAKFAST.
One medium wing cereal one-quarter cup
whole milk. little sugar.
One graham muffin one tablespoon butter
One small serving orange narmalade
Coffee one-half cup hot milk. little sugar
LUNCH OR SUPPER.
One toasted graham bread and cheese sand.
wich (using two slices bread, one and
oneshalf tablespoons butter and one ounce
cheese or six eight graham crackers
and q bowl of milk
Fruit and one molasses cookie.
DINNER.
Two small or one large meat ball or other
meat.
One large baked potato Zone tablespoon.
One large serving spinach. butter.
One graham roll. one tablespoon butter.
Lemon milk sherbet tone-auarter cup
milk.
One bran wafer
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BREAKFAST
One slice whole wheat toast, one-half table
spoon butter.
One piece crisp bacon. one scrambled egg.
Coffee. one-half cup hot milk. little sugar.
LUNCH OR SUPPER.
Potato and onion or tomato cream soup
tonethlrd cup potato. one-half cup milk
one-half cup potato water)
Two slices bread. one tablespoon butter.
One lelhed apple. one small piece simple
DINNER
One medium serving pot roast or other meat
with gravy.
One medium sized boiled potato.
One large serving string beans or string bean
salad.
One TABLESPOON oil dressing
One slice bread one-half tablespoon butter
One-half cup Indian pudding.
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the horizon to the right a camel came
into sight. It was followed by an
other and another, until in a long
row the entire corps was Silhouetted
against the sky.
We turned off she track. and across
the hard desert drove toward IT. Po-
litely its officers halted the line, ana,
the camels having knelt. dismounted
They had found the murderers, or
at least three of them. What ia more,
they were there. on camels and Sc
curely handcuffed. And with us was
Brown,
At our request. they took the men
from their animals and brought them
forward
x 4 X
TT was dramatic meeting, there In
- the heart of the Syrian desert in
northern Arabia, of the three
wretches protesting their innocence,
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unless the murderers were surren
dered.
as we started out.
Damascus at 10 o'clock. coffee, the
customs house, picking up the French
mail for Bagdad. and Off again. We
had been Joined by a small truck, or
camionette, and another passenger
car, a pilot car, carrying a guard with
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Members ohnsnaC
| O. O. Pp Menus
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A GORGEOUS INDIVIDUAL IN
A WHITE SILK TURBAN AND
BRILLIANT ABA, WITH HIS
EYES HEAVILY MADE UP WITH
KOHL, EVIDENTLY CONSIDERED
US HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS.
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BY DIR. NORRIS FIsHBEIN.

bA DIV MOItFNHS THSEHbNH4Ns
Editor Of the Journal of the American
Medical Association and of Hy0eid.
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Tybe Menus Selected from Diet List.

No More Total Food Than amounts Givcn Should Be Included
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06
7. " (. 4. NOTES
Girl Reserves

The schedule governing clubs of the Girl Reserve department of the local Y. W. C. A., has been announc- ed as follows:
 Mondoy-Sunset club at the Hun ter Road mission at o'clock: bus mess meeting with election of off cers; Junior Golden Eagles at the Y. w. c. A., at 4 o'clock: sports with Miss Ruth Flagg.
 Tuesday Sunshine club at 400 o'clock, play practice.
 Wednesday-Owakiya club at 400 o'clock. initiation of new members and finishing of handcraft work Po- cahontas club meeting will be omit ted this week. Watch for announce ments of summer activities.
 Thursday-U. P D. club at 400 o'clock. sports in Walnut Hill park.
 F'riday-Senior Golden Eagles at o'clock, program to be announced later; Tahwkiga club at o'clock: Cluga club play practice at o'clock.
 On Wednesday. starting at 11:0O o'clock and continuing through the afternoon, there will be a food sale at the Y. w. c. A. This is being given by the Tahwiga club for the conference fund.
 Elections of the Owakiya club re- suited in the following officers: Miss Katherine Wacker. president: Miss Doris Barber. ce-president: Miss Airline Powell, secretary: Miss Mary Mautner. treasurer. The club is planning a weekend canoeing trip to Camp Aya-Po to take place some time in July.
 Physical Department
 Miss Gertrude Fossett, physical d. rector at the Y. W. C. A., has an- nounced the following program for the coming week:
 Monday-Swimming classes, to 9 o'clock.
 Tuesday-2 to 2:S0 o'clock, swim ming classes; 2:30 to 1 o'clock, sen for plunges: 4:15 to 5 o'clock, junior plunges; to o'clock, tennis; 6 to |9 o'clock senior plunges.
 Wednesday-3 to 5:30 o'clock, tennis.
 Thursday-s to o'clock, tennis: to o'clock. senior plunges Friday-6 to o'clock. swimming classes.
 Saturday-9:15 to 10 o'clock, jun for plunges; 10 to II o'clock. junior classes.
 There will be meeting of the board at the I w. C. A. Wednesday morning at i0:30 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06

New York, June R1The two nonstop crossings of the Atlantic prove that commercial transporta- ton of passengers and freight across the Atlantic is near at hand, Giusep- ee M. Bellanca, designer of the Bel ,anca monoplane Columbia, predict cd todak.
 Tri-motored planes of type to make landings in water will be used, the designer said.
 A first essential of the planes to be used in commercial trans Atlantic flights. Mir. Bellanca said, will be that they fly in perfect ballast and full load using less than fifty per cent of the total horsepower of three motors.
 The endurance of the pilot can- not be questioned" Mr. Ia.lanca said in speaking of the flight of the Columbia. He flew under all kinds of weather, much of which was ad- verse and he ought to be command ed. I am highly pleased at his great work.
 Now is Americas great oppor- tunity with it's great resources, its immense coats line. financial and in dustrial facilities to become leader of all the aviation movement"
 Mr. BeIianca withdrew his con- nection with the Columbia Aircraft Corporation, sponsors of the Colum- bia voyage, following protracted de- lays on the projected flight to Paris, Bellanca vainly attempted to make
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06
ON POLICE BI,OTTER

Thomas Sullivan of 51 Kenslng- ton avenue reported the theft of his bicycle on Main street, in front of Woolworth's store.
 John McGuire of lO2 Linwood street complained that his son was bitten by a dog owned by Peter Perakos of 6l Madison street.
 Two dogs were caught killing rab- bits at 51S Allen street, the police were notified at TAO Saturday night.
 William A. skene Of IA Fremont street reported that his automobile killed a dog at the corner of North and T1"r!l streets.
 Lucian Niksa of 343 High street rsy,Iteu at lu:30 last night that a tire. rim and tube were stolen off his car on Lake street near High street.
 Leo LaFlamme of 666 Main street reported at 7:05 last evening that his automobile killed a dog on Cot tag" Place
 1gnatz Polkowski of 11s Broad str. r. porled that his Wife left last Wednesday and he suspects she had a male companion.
 A Yellow Cab killed a dog on East Main street near Stanley, the police were notified yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06
Gotham Enthuses.

London, June 6 R1Sir Alan Cob- ham, Great Britain's famous long distance aviator. was most enthusi- astic upon hearing the news of the successful flight of the Bellanca plane Columbia from New York to Germany.
 "A wonderful flight" he exclaim- ed. Not only is it that because of the great distance flown but by req son of the fact that for the first time a passenger has been piloted across the Atlaptic seated in cabin and not in a cockpit.
 There Is a hint of prophecy in that, although I am of the opinion that the day is distant when we shall have a regular transatlantic pas- senger service.
 Still, Bleroit in 1909 flew the Straits of Dover. and today We have a cross-channel time table for air. planes.
 "Chamberlin and his friend were in the air longer than 70 hours and flew through two night. That meant good navigating and a very good en- zine.
 "Of course, Captain Lindbergh Con his New York-Paris hop) was
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06
NEGRO CONFESSES MURDER

Jackson. Miss, June 6 tPt-Walter Burley. Jackson negro. confessed yesterday afternoon to Jackson po- lice officers at the Forrest county jail at Hattiesburg that he had slain Miss Artha Reese, 19, and Mrs. o. s. Reese at Jackson, Friday morn ing. Burley. former employe of the Reese dairy farm, was hurried from the Hattiesburg jail for an un- named destination after making his confession.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06
RO7ARIANS HEAR
 KINGS WELCOME
Albert of Belgium Extends
 Formal Greetings

Ostend, Belgium. June tP' = Belgiums leading Rotarian. King Albert. welcomed visiting delegates In an address today before the 18th annual convention of Rotary International.
 The king addressed himself par ticularly to the more than 5000 American delegates, whose cross ing of the Atlantic-the Atlantic which your heroic fellow country man. Captain Lindbergh. crossed alone in some 30 hours-is indeed an important event." he said. 'It proves the strength Of Rotarian feeling and cooperative spirit.
 ?. "A Rotarian myself" he contin- ued. T feel how sound and trust worthy your movement is. I am sincerely convinced of the increas- ing influence of your remarkable organization.
 The application of the golden rule to personal business and to community life" he declared. "stim- ulates the development of that sense of citizenship which is so diff ficult and yet so imperatively es- sential to cultivate. A live. active civic spirit is the root of all gov ernment.
 The great Rotarian Ideal Is es- sentially a humanitarian ideal of brotherhood and may have an eff eient application in the broad sphere of international relation ships. Friendliness in international relations can be fostered by friend Illness in international trade"
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06

Miss Louise G. Cashman Of Hart ford, formerly Of this city. taught im Oxford, Connecticut. before accept ing her New Britain appointment She entered upon her duties in Sep tember, 1925. and is at present oc- cupying a position as instructor of the first grade.
 Born in New Britain. she lived In Waterbury during the time she was attending high school and is a grad uate of the Crosby High school of that place. She attended New Brit ain Normal school and last year took summer course at Yale sum mer school.
New Britain herald., 1927-06-06

(Continued From First Page) town fire trucks were driven pell nell up and down the streets.
 Early in the evening crowds of Chamberlin's old friends gathered about the streets. As Associated Press reports indicated he was near ing his goal, the clamor increased.
 The telephone rang almost con- stantly and anxious voices asked Where is Clarence"
 Some queried Where did Clar- ence."
 Plans for the greatest celebration in the history of Denison were being arranged today by the chamber of commerce. American Legion and Kiwanis club
 Mayor \. I. Hunt declared Everything goes boys and Sheriff Art Green chimed in The lids off. '
 Teterboro, N J., June P - John Strunck, acting mayor, today called a special meeting of the borough council to make plans for celebrating the success of Recorder Chamberlin in his flight to Berlin.
 This little community of 19 voters, on the Hackensack meadows below Hasbrouck Heights, has been electing Chamberlin recorder, an office similar to that of police judge. for the last five years, but he has never tried a case.
 An American flag was run up at the squat borough hall in the rear of which Mir. and Mrs. Chamberlin have had their quarters for several years, and Edward Reed, manager of the Teterboro Golf club. has of- fered the use of grounds and club house for the celebration.
 There are more airplanes than houses in Teterboro. The plant of the Atlantic Aircraft corporation. with which Anthony Fokker is as- sociated. an hangar of the Wright corporation, for which Chamberlin is chief test pilot, Borough hall and two or three with the golf club. com prise the borough, exclusive of air planes.
 Nearly every male resident of the place flies and owns his own plane.