PHYSICAL CULTURE. As Good For the Business Man as For the Soldier In Training. If physical culture is needed for those who bear arms in defense of the country why Should it not be applied als'> to the soldiers of the business and profes ional world, the men in the com mercial trench* s.' If a certa: ..umb<y of our citizei ; ;re cpmpeli 1 to pro through a rigid course 01 physical train Jll "JT, wh3' should not all others be called upon to follow yuitV The soft muscled clerk, the devital ized student, the overworked business man—they need awakening. Now, in r;any instances they are but little more than human ciphers, 2.">, 50 or T"> per cent men. With a little properly dire .ted exercise they could be fitted fur the ranks of tne 100 per centers. Six hours weekly, twd hours fo; three days each week, would put the average flabby ' muscled, sedentary worker in tine shape. It would square Ins shoulders, stiffen his backbone, put some energy and enthusiasm into his makeup. It would make a real man of him. Every man who is not in training * should begin now. If he cannot train with other men let him follow a system of home training. Hard muscles, strong, stable nerves, high grade en durance—in short, a physique as "hard as nails"—should be the ambition of every sensible man.—Physical Culture. BRIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS. The Head and Physical Marks of Intel ligence In Children. In summing up his conclusions on the relationship ol intelligence to the size and shape of t lie head Karl Pear son is quoted in the Journal of Hered ity as making these statements about the intelligence of children: •'To sum up, then, while no charac ters in school children so far dealt with show very high correlation, with intelli gence, we may yet say that Uie intelli gent boy is markedly conscientious, is moderately robust, athletic and popu lar; he tends rather to quick than to sullen temper. lie is more self con scious and quieter than the dull boy: he has a slightly bigger head and pos sibly lighter pigmentation than those of more mediocre intelligence. His hah has a larger percentage of curliness. "The intelligent girl is also markedly conscientious, moderately robust, ath letic and popular. She, too, tends to ■quick rather than sullen temper. She is less self conscious than the dull girl and noisier than the girl of mediocre intelligence. It is the slow girl who is <juiet and shy. The intelligent girl has a slightly bigger head than the dull girl, and her hair is more likely to be wavy and much less likely to be curly." t St. Sophia's Palimpsest. Travelers who have visited the great Mohammedan mosque of St. Sophia in Constantinople tell of the visibility of in scriptions made in the interior of the building when it was a Christian church. These had been painted over by the Moslem conquerors, but time defeated their purpose of total efface nient, says the Christian Herald. Over the entrance is the inscription in Latin, "I am the door; by me if any man en ter iu he shall be saved and shall go in and out, and he shall find pasture." The bricks in the great dome in the in terior reveal this inscription: "Peus in medio eius; non commovebitur. Adiu vabit earn Dens vultu suo." The trans lation may be found in PSalm xlvi, 5. These facts are of interest in view of the present tottering condition of the Moslem power. Presidential Golf. At the Columbia Country club links at Washington during one of the tensest days of the crisis with Ger many President. Wilson came up to drive from one of the most ditlicult tees. Two members of the club stood aside to let the president "go through." That's a way they have at Washington. Mr. Wilson drove, and his ball shot off into precisely the place where he didn't want it to go. Experiences of that sort come even to chief magistrates; golf is no respecter of persons. The president turned to the two and remarked, "You see even out here I can't keep out of trouble."—Argonaut Homely Philosophy. No hustler wants Time to wait for toim. He's on time to meet Time when the train rolls into the station. Trouble likes company, in order to exercise his voice in telling how it hap pened. We'll all need rest when we get where rest is, and the good thing about it is there'll be room enough for all.— -Atlanta Constitution. First Principles. "Do you think that new recruit will ever learn to be a soldier?" asked the commanding officer. ' "Well, he's acquiring the founda tions," responded the drill sergeant. •"He had not been in camp a day be fore he was putting up a howl about 'the food."—Richmond Times-Dispatch. Taking Steps. Kedd—He's taking steps to reduce his flesh. Greene—What sfeps is he taking? "What do you mean—what steps' He's walking."--Tonkers Statesman. Old Fashioned. "He's very old fashioned." "That so?" "Yes. He still shines his own shoes smd spits on the dauber when he does it."—Detroit Free Press. The man who is always trying tc t*ave himself trouble is likely to save a lot more than he Oi»u take care of — Youth's ramfaabui ONE WAY TO WOO SLEEP. Travel In Memory Some Road You Knew Well In Childhood. It is bard for me to remember now that my knowledge <>f tbe sleepy road, gained so many years ago. ame only through tbe chame I>lr of advice drop ped by a \visc, kind, weary old doctor as he shuflled :;t midnight d »wn the corridor of the silent bospit 1. says the Atlantic Monthly. Whatever was the errand <>f lift? oi death that had called him in such haste, he bad time to stop and give me a friendly word, although 1. a small and incorrigibly sleepless patient, wa> sitting bolt upright among the pillows in defiance of all his orders and was staring wide eyed into the hot. pah: haunted dark. "You think you are never going to be able to sleep again, don't you:" he ob served. "Well, shut your eyes and do just what I tell you. Think of some road that you know well, a good long road that winds and turns and show yon water and woods and hills. Keep your eyes tight shut and travel along it in memory. Go as slowly as yon can, recall every sight and sound and perfume as you pass by. "I have such a road of my own, the one I used to walk to school when 1 was eight years old. I have started out on it a hundred times when I thought I could not sleep, but I never get very far. I come just about to the old stone bridge over Damon's creek or perhaps to the swimming hole, where the willows dip into the brown water, but I never reach the end." FACING THE CAMERA. Don't Dress Up and Don't Pose When Having a Picture Taken. "There are many things I would like to say to the woman who intends hav ing her picture taken," said a famous photographer the other day. "Many women come to me and say: 'Of course you prefer taking actresses. They must have many advantages over those women who never have time but to give an occasional glance in their mirrors.' This is entirely a mistake. The conscious pose never makes a sat isfactory portrait. I would say en» phatically to the woman who goes to have her photograph made not to re hearse her pose and facial expression beforehand. "I always find it difficult to impress on the woman coming to my studio that clothes and jewels are of abso lutely no account in a photograph. If*u woman comes to be photographed in the clothes she is used to wearing she will feel at ease and therefore look her best. "One of the curses of our present day civilization is the ever changing ques tion of fashion. How much more civ ilized were the Japanese, who realized that the kimono was perhaps the most perfect dress for women at all times— who only varied it with different bro cades and girdles. The photograph that concerns itself with clothes is soon out of fashion, and no matter how good a likeness of the face has been obtained, the picture is grotesque in a few years because the clothes are passe." The Professor Worried. The absent minded professor from the university town was in Indianap olis attending a convention. While in the city he took a tour of the larger de partment stores. In one of them he was much perplexed. He read the sign over the door of the elevator: "This car express to fifth and sixth floors. Up only." Absently he read the sign again. Then the car door opened. "I would like to know," be asked the elevator boy, "if this elevator goes only up, how on earth did you get down here?" The elevator boy grinned, frowned, scrutinized the man closely and then said in a dignified voice. "Oh, 1 just came down."—lndianapolis News. • Putting the Cat Out at Night. , The practice of turning the <. at out of doors at night is as cruel as it is un necessary. No animal is fonder of warmth and comfort, and the pet's hap piness certainly is not increased by a night spent outside in cold and damp ness. If as much energy was exhausted in keeping the cat indoors as too often is expended in putting her out, how great would be the boon to human nerves and unfortunate wild things! All fe lines are normally nocturnal, and it is at night, if ever, that a curb on their activities is needed.—Lee S. Crandall. in "Pets." True Economy. There are great joys in practicing true economy in the right spirit. True economy, you see, is not abstinence from necessary things—not at all. The joys of true economy are for those who make the most of what they have; who. finding what may be theirs, pro ceed to the extraction of the greatest benefit from what is within reach. Too Much Flirting. First Co-ed—Why, Doris, how tired your eyes iook! Tired One—Yes, my dear; I rolled them too much this evening.—Syracuse Orange Peel. No Time For Her. Physician—Your case is such, mad am, that time alone will effect a cure Mrs. Randall—Then it is hopeless, for I never have even five minutes.—Life. He Knew Har. Mrs. Gabble—l met Mr Brown to dl while I was shopping Hus tond—'That so? What did you have to •ay?— Boston Transcript.. FACED DAGGERS TO REGISTER Oil Man Walked Hicvep Miles ana Sv.jm Fiooc'ccf Streams. Ellswortk. Kan.—Heav" rains and swollen s* reams almost compelled Carl Holt of this « ity t > miss register ing. Holt is a tool dresser for the Shamrock-Cushing oil drill, eleven , miles southeast of Ellsworth. lie was required to register here. When Holt, late in the afternoon, started to drive into Ellsworth with his car he found himself cut off by streams which had flooded and wash ed out the bridges. He promptly discarded the car. swam the creek and started to walk the eleven miles to Ellsworth. In the course of his wal'i he found it neces sary to navigate other streams in a lite manner. Fifteen minutes before 9. wet, muddy and tired, he rushed into the registration hall and signed hi? name to the card. TOWN KEEPS UNTO ITSELF. Loudville, Me., Seceded From Union In '6l and Never Came Back. Augusta, Me.—Loudville, the home of 150 persons living on Loud's island, enjoys an anomalous distinction as an American town. Loudville is legally part of Maine and the United States, but it won't ad mit it. Loudville seceded from the United States when the south did and never came back. When a federal officer went to Lojidvllle to enforce the civil war draft he was met with a shower of hot pota toes. He went away. Loudville pays no taxes, ha 9 no streets, no sewers, no lights, no boat landings and pays for no mail. It merely permits mail to be thrown ashore twice a week. Loudville claims it is neutral in the war. WILL PROTECT TENANTS. Way Found to Keep Tradesmen Away From Apartment Dwellers. Milwaukee. Tradesmen, including the butcher, the baker and the candle stick maker, will not swarm about apartment houses to the annoyance of tenants if the recommendations de vised by the management of one of Milwaukee's most modern establish ments are generally adopted. In brief, patrons are urged to do their trading with but one grocer, one milkman, one iceman, one lauudryman and the like. The quality of service rendered is expected to,determine the selection of favorites. By this means the leaseholder, it is expected, will not be awakened at an unseemly hour by the merry rattle of cans or clink of bottles as squad after squad of milk men go trooping over the premises. SOLDIERS ABOARD VATERLAND German Infantry, Artillery and Cavalry Found on Big Steamship. Hoboken, N. J.—Twenty-five German soldiers in full uniform were found on the big liner Vaterland in Ho boken. They were discovered by a cus toms guard in a cabin of the liner. Some of them were infantrymen, oth ers artillerymen and a few cavalry men. But—they were made of tin. The box of them, which had appar ently been left behind by a youthful passenger on the liner's last trip here and put aside by a steward to delight some future small passenger, was taken to the pier with other articles, and Col lector Malone was notified. The collector decided to present them to Commodore Hans Ruser, Jr., son of the Vaterland's captain, who is living with his mother in Hoboken. Young Commodore Hans was delighted with the gift. When he opened the box he vsked if it was Christina*. Made a Lock For the Key. An old and curious key and lock arc attached to the door of Temple church In Eleet street, London. The key weighs seven pounds, is eighteen inches Ion;, and, unlike other keys, it was not made for the lock. On the contrary, the lock was made for it. Both key and lock have been in use since the crusades, the church itself having been built by the Knights Templars in 1485. —London Spectat^- Got Through. Among other startling statements Iti her composition on "A Railway Jour ney" the following was made by a lit tle girl: "You must get a ticket, which Is a piece of paper, and you give it to a man, who cuts a hole in 1t and lets yoc pass through." Perfectly Natural. "Why does that young man reach la his pocket and draw out a package of papers as soon as he begins to talk to any one?" "That's a mere matter of habit. You see, he is a life insurance agent."— Exchange. Revised. "Did he tell you all the bright things ols youngsters have been saying?" "Yes." "What did you sayT* "I told him children should be sees and not heard from."—Detroit Free Press. Welcome Trouble. Miss Newitt—May's in trouble. She's had proposals from two men and can't choose between them. Miss Passay— Heavens! And does she call that trou ble? A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but caD Qot receive great ones.—Chesterfield, I Bret Harte and the West. The west is still au indefinite term, and many things have been called Tv -stem which more strictly were far western. The efflorescence of Cell* r a in the brilliant satire, o? Bret Harte. to name Mm only who was firnt of the Californians, was an effect of the east in the new conditions of the Pacific sloi>e. It had no root in the soil, and none of the poets who formed the San Francisco school of Ilarte's day. were of California birth, much less culture. They were only western by sojourn. Ilarte himself, who was first of them, had greater originality in his verse than in his prose, but he was born in and grew up in Albany. The literary atmosphere which he breathed in tin west was, as it were, piped from tbi east, and his ambition was. as the gen erous expectation of his fellow exiles was for him. to suggest in his prose the literary art of Dr. Holmes.—William Dean Howells in Harper's Magazine. Toothbrushes. The toothbrush, now au indispensa ble article of toilet, is but little older than the American republic ifself. X< r even Lord Chesterfield used one, for, writing to his son in 1734, he said: "I hope you take great care of your mouth and teeth and that you clean them every morning with a sponge and tepid water with a few drops of arquebusade water dropped into it. I do insist upon your never using those sticks or any hard substance whatever which always rub away the gums and destroy the varnish of the teeth." In "Henry Esmond" Thackeray made Lord Castlewood spend "a tenth part of his day in the brushing of his teeth and the oiling of his hair," and in doing so the novelist committed, a double an achronism. Not only was the tooth brush unknown, but during the first half of the eighteenth century all fine gentlemen wore wigs and had no use for oil on their hair.—New York Sun. Strange Proof of Heredity. So far as his work is concerned we remember a rascally poet named Rich ard Savage for one solitary line—that in which he speaks of the "tenth trans mitter of a foolish face." It catchily conveys the notion of heredity and sug gests the sort of wonderful family like ness of which one has just been told to the. Royal Society of Medicine. The first Earl of Shrewsbury, who died in 1453, was born with a physica' peculiarity—the little finger and the finger adjoining on each hand had only one joint, the first two bones being united. The same abnormality affected all the toes except the big ones. To day in a direct masculine descendant of the first earl the same extraordinary formation persists. It was transmitted to him by his father and to his father from his grandfather and has come down unchanged through nearly 500 years, passing through fourteen gener ations.—London Standard. Defining a Wife. The pretty schoolteacher had asked her class for the best original defini tion of "wife," and the boy in the cor ner promptly responded, "A rib." She locked at him reproachfully and nodded to the boy with dreamy eyes, who seemed anxious to say something. "Man's guiding star and guardian an gel," he said in response to the nod. "A helpmeet," put in a little flaxen haired girl. "One who soothes man in adversity," suggested a demure little girl. "One who makes a man hustle," was the next suggestion. "And keeps him from making a fool of himself." put in another girl. "Some one for a man to find fault with when things go wrong," said a sorrowful little maiden. "Stop there." said the schoolteacher. "That's the best definition." Pitts burgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Antiquity. Antiquity! Thou wondrous charm, what art thou, that, being nothing, art everything? When • thou wert thou wert not antiquity—then thou wert nothing, but hadst a remoter antiquity, as thou calledst it, to look back to with blind veneration, thou thyself being to thyself flat, jejune, modern! What mys tery lurks hi this retroversion, or what half Januses are we that cannot look forward with the same idolatry with which we forever revert! The mighty future is as nothing, being everything; the past is everything, being nothing!— Charles Lamb. Trying Experience. "How was the play?" "Rather dull." "You didn't have any tense moments during the performance?" "Oh. yes. A man weighing not less than 250 pounds climbed over me twice to go out and pull himself together for the next act."—Exchange. Watermelons. Small scales or blisters on the rind of • watermelon are said to indicate that the seeds within are turning black and the flesh maturing. As the ripening process advances the blisters increase In size and number until they cover the surface of the fruit Mother. Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds—plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and sisters, aunts and cousins, but only one mother hi all the wide world.—Kate Douglas Wiggin. Strong One Way. Wife —My husband is not well. I'm afraid he'll'give out. Wife's Mother- Well, he may give out. He certainly never gives in. The highest liberty is harmonj with the highest laws—Gllea. ALFONSO'S PLIGHT King of Spain has Overplayed His Popularity. ONCE STOOD WELL WITH ALL His Youth, Physical Energy and Gen uine Interest In We'fare of His Coun try Made a Great Appeal to the Pop ular Imagination, but Recent Events Have Changed Opinion. Barcelona. Spain.— Five years aero a Spanish roj ufolic was tut a wild dream In the minds of a few irreconcilable extremists. The Republican leaders had no prestige whatever in the coun try at large, and their following was foeing reduced to a mere handful. The causes of this were, of many, but everybody agreed that among them the personal influence of the king was paramount. That young sovereign | seemed to be chosen by fate or Provi- i deuce to gather around him all sections of his people and lead them united to great destinies. Today things have alt together changed. This is no exagger ation. but the naked truth plainly stated. A little retrospect is necessary for j the better understanding of the present KING ALFONSO OK BPAI.N. situation. As soon as he was able to move about unfettered King Alfonso appeared and to a certain extent proved himself to be a ruler with an open mind, a keen perception ot" realities, u genuine interest in the welfare of th > j country and an earnest desire to pro mote it by all means in his power. His youth and physical energy appealed to the popular imagination as symbols of hope and power, but his achievements as a polo player and a crack shot and his undeniable qualities as an all round sportsman were perhaps more praised abroad than appreciated at home. The high water mark of popularity was reached when, two years before the breaking out of the war, King Al fonso called to counsel several promi nent men of the Spanish political Left Among other representative personali ties there went to the royal palace Pro fessor Azcarate. Although no publicity was given to the interviews, both these men admitted privately that the kinn had made on them the best of impres sions. Simultaneously with this royal move the right wing of the Republican party detached itself from the old fold, made clear its acceptance of the mo narchical regime and formed a new po litical party, which was styled the Re formist party. Everything then seemed to point toward a future of close co operation and understanding between the crown and the democracy. The king, however, if not unwilling, was at any rate unable to follow energetically the path of liberalism and reform, and as far back as three years ago the disappointment of the Spanish people had already begun. Then came the war and the sharp divisiou of the country into pro-Germans and pro-al lies. The king was credited with pro ally leanings. lie devoted himself to the relief of prisoners of war of all na tionalities and did very good work, particularly in locating prisoners be lieved to have been killed. He has been in personal communication with thousands of families in all belligerent countries. But when all is said it must foe recognized that kind heartedness and willingness to oblige are poor substi tutes for statesmanship. GIVES A DRIED LUNCHEON. Mrs. Lasing Demonstrates Palata bility of Evaporated Food. Washington.—The "dried luncheon" made its appearance among the house hold war economies of official life when Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the secretary of state, served to her lunch eon guests a six course meal composed entirely of dried foods. Dried vegetable bouillon, dried chick en. dried vegetables of many kinds, dried salad, dried fruit and dried mint were on the menu, and the guests said afterward that the combination was unusually appetizing. It more than demonstrated, they said, that the de partment of agriculture experts were right in advocating the use of more dried food. Those present were Mrs. Josephus Mrs. William C. Redtield. Mrs. Champ Clark, Mrs. Atlee Pomerene and Mrs. Hugh L Scott. I The Danger of Lying In Bed. Lack of muscular exercise is the first result of lying in bed. As a result the appetite is weakened. the digestive ac tion slows down and the muscles of the stomach aiul abdomen loa -o to act upon the intestinal mass. When th • body is in a recumbent p* sition the heart works with the least expendi ture of effort and the least fatigue and the circulation and the functional activ ity are decreased. But unless the sub ject is exceptionally vigorous all the leuetits are counterbalanced by dan gers. In bed the subject is shut away j from fresh air and sunlight. The re sult of that deprivation is a condition similar to anaemia. Hut the supreme menace to the weak or the aged con fined to bet! is the clogging of the pul monary circulation, an action which frequently results in passive conges tion of both sides of the lungs. For this reason the simple fracture of a bone may be the cause of death, be cause when the patient lies in bed there is no movement of the muscles to act as an incentive to deep breathing. Writers and Artists Too. George Du Maurier was an artist, who turned author after making a J European fame with the pencil as a satirist of society. He suddenly star tied the world with "Trilby' and set two continents comparing feet. With him nove.' writing seemed his tru« forte, buf ne had started too late. 11 • j enjoyed his new fame only a few years. Even Thackeray tried art before he found his true vocation, and he illus ■ trated several of his own books even then. That is a very, piquant story which tells of Thackeray calling on Charles Dickens to see if he could get the commission to illustrate one of his earlier novels. He had not written "Vanity Fair" then. I A very distinguished artist-author was Dante Gabriel RossettL He was supreme in both arts. He was one of the greatest poets and certainly one of the greatest artists of the last century. No Harm In Cucumbers. The cucumber Is not, in any sense, a poison nor an injurious vegetable. Sprinkling the sliced eucumber with salt is unnecessary. It does not "draw out" any poison. It only wilts the veg etable and renders it less appetizing. The harm resulting from eating cu cumbers is due to the neglect to thor oughly chew the cucumber slices be fore swallowing them. All foods, green ones in particular, need to be most thoroughly masticated before they are swallowed. The cucumber gives, zest to a meal, especially If it be served cold and crisp. In preparing the cu cumber first peel it and then slice it in very thin slices and place these In ; plain ice water to soak and become crisp. It requires an hour for this usually/ Philadelphia Record. Paraguay's "Spider Lace." Missionaries in Paraguay more than 200 years ago taught the native In dians to make lace by band. "Since that day the art has greatly developed, and in certain of the towns lace in a king is the chief occupation. Almost all the women, many children and not a few men are engaged in this industry. A curious fact with reference to the Par aguayan laces is that the designs were borrowed from the strange webs wov en by the semltropical spiders that abound in that country. Accordingly this lace is. by the natives called nan duti, which means "spider web."—Ex change. • Would Rather Not Go. "So you were late to school, Bessie?" "Yes, mamma." "Why didn't you run, dear?" "Because you told me never to de ceive, mamma." "But how would that deceive, my child?" "It might give some one «vho saw me running an idea that I was anxious to get there, and I wasn't."—Yonkers Statesman. Time For the Lecture. "You're not going so early?" "Yes, indeed! I have had a fine time at your party, but if I am to get any sleep at all tonight I've got to go now to give my wife a chance to tell all the breaks I have made while here."— Detroit Free I'ress. The Retort Courteous. He—This bargain hunting shows your character. You are always looking out for something cheap. She—Too true. That is how I came to marry you.—Baltimore American. Sarcastic Pop. Sbe—l told papa you wanted to see him the next time you called, ne— What did he say? She—He said for you to come on; he wasn't afraid of you.—Boston Transcript. $> ♦ l> PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. <# t 4> •> Varicose Veins. Operation is necessary in very <$ <§> severe cases. in simple early cases treatment consists of ap- ♦<* plying suitable bandages and paying attention to regularity of the bowels and general health. Q> The bandage, which should be <s> of flannel, about two inches wide and a yard or so long, is wrapped 4- ♦ spirally round the limb affect- Q ♦ ed, commencing well below the Q? ♦ prominent veins and taken well <s> <3> above them. It should be adjust ♦ Ed firmly, but not too tightly, <?> and each layer should slightly overlap the last. It should be <3> <§> put on while lying in bed in the ♦ momimr and not taken off again ❖ till lying down In bed at ni&bt. <9> ♦ Never massage or rub the parts. ♦ ♦
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