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"A Week
Is the Autumn Girl 0 Dy NELL DRINKLEY
"Six weeks," cays the farmer, wading; through the grass beginning to golden, and cocking his head
to one side to listen well, "six weeks from the first locust Is the first katydid, and a week from the
first katydid is frost!" And frost meanB the wlnter-glrl a-comlng In furs and the floating skirts and
the soldiery little cape-dolman and the basque that creased round her waist, and the tiny cocked hat of
th Highlander, all In the latest mode! '
Six weeks from the first locust Is the first katydid, and a week from the first katydid Is the frost,
and the autumn-girl! I have already heard and seen all three and I can feel the wine In the air
and hear the dead golden leaves a-sklpplng! NELL BRINKLEY.
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By GARItETT P. 8ERV18S.
One of the greatest mysteries of life on
thl earth la the phenomenon of suspended
animation. An animal It may. be a man
or a woman -appears to be dead. Ita con
rtouaneaa 1a gone;
Ita bodily functions
rease their action;
It neither hears,
xtor saea, nor moves,
ror gives any evi
dence of feeling.
This la not the
State of sleep, la
(which eonaclous
riess alone la, mora
or leas, arrested,
while the bodily
activities are aim
ply slowed down.
It la rather a
mockery of death.
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and ao perfect la the Imitation, In many
esses, that only the failure of mortifica
tion to aet In gives an assurance that life
la not absolutely extinct, or excluded.
There are many different forms of sus
pended animation, some resulting from
accident, ilka drowning or freeslng, and
some due to a regularly recurring process
of nature. Ilka the hibernation, or winter
sleep, of many animals. Some animals
during hibernation ar smothered In close
packed mud at the bottom of ponds.
Ia tba August number of Hearst's Mag
azine soma recent experiments and sug
gestions concerning suspended animation
slts interestingly commented on by Dr.
IWllIlama. among others the remarkable
Investigations of the Russian physiologist.
Hnchmetieff. to which I have before called
attention here. Bachmetieff affirms that
lie has aucceeded In restoring to life small
animals, such as rata, after they had been
(rosea stiff for weeks.
Out of these experiments has grown the
startling suggestion that it might be poa
aibie to bring to Hit again persons who
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have perished of cold. Ilka Captain Scott
and hla Companions, and have remained
buried In the eternal snow of the polar
regions.
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The marvelous . preservative power of
cold Is shown in the fact that the bodies
of - ancient mammoths - which were en
gulfed ages ago have been found In re
cent yeara almost perfectly preserved In
the froaen awampa of northern Liberia.
Nobody knows how many tens of thou
sands or hundreds of thousands of years
those animals may have lain In their Icy
graves. How they got there we do not
know. Their long, thick hair shows that
they lived In a cold climate, but how It
was that their bodies became froaen ao
quickly aa to arrest mortification Is s
mystery.
The animal la there, but Ita Ufa ia gone.
Suppose there had been absolutely no
bodily decay, aa might be possible if the
cold did not vary, could we then affirm
that the mammoth waa simply In a atate
of auspended animation, and would It be
conceivable that, by some process of res
toration more elaborate than that applied
to a drowned person, but of a similar na
tures the ancient monster might be
brought back to UfeT That would be T-
peopllng the earth with prehistoric ant-
mala with a vengeance!
Ia truth, however, the preservation of
the bodily tissues la never perfect for
very long periods. Internal changes oc
cur which render the restoration of vital
action Impossible. A person who had been
froaen might be restored to life within a
brief period after the suspension of ani
mation began, but aa ia caaea of drown
ing too long a lapaa of time roust bring
about mortal alterattona in the cells and
organa of the body.
Hut a rresh Interest is added to this
subject when It Is suggested that the
principle of suspended animation may.
aome time, when science has advanced a
little further, be applied to the prolonga
tion of human Ufa through the destruc-
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tloo by cold of noxious germs which have
round a rirm lodgment In the system and
cannot otherwise be got rid of.
lr. Wllliama mentlona the fact that the
microbe . of , tuberculosis perishes at
temperature only six degree below the
reeling point. Thla looks like a very
promlalng subject for experiment. The at
tention of the leadera of medical artiu-
la only beginning to be concentrated upon
u The use or local anaeathesla, produced
by cold, for surgical and medical Durooaea
may be enormously extended, and In the
pussllng subject of suspended animation
may be found a clue ta an entirely new
method of combating disease.
Doctors now sometimes put us to sleep
In order that we may awake emancipated
from our 111; next, perhaps, they will sus
pend the swing of our life's pendulum In
order that when they set It going again
Its motion may be free from Impediment
Household Suggestions
Pickles may be kapt from becoming
mouldy by laying a little bag of mustard
on the top of the pickle Jar.
When Incandescent mantles break do
not throw them away. Crush them up
Into a Powder, store in a small box, and
use for cleaning Jewelry. It gives a
splendid polish and does not scratch the
surface of gold or silver.
Borne people have a difficulty In re
membering when pork ta really In season,
but if they will bear In mind that It la
out of season during alt the months that
are apelt without an "r" they will know
It la In from September till April.
To giro a rich, creamy flavor to cof
fee, before adding the water mis welt with
tha dry coffee aa much mustard powder as
will cover a three-penny-plece and tha
same quantity of aalt for every pint of
coffee required.
How a Submarine
The Success of the Deadly Smaller Vessel Depends in
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THK FinHT POSITION'.
The Krgllsh cruiser B'rmlnjtham
lures the Gcrmhn submarine U li
within effectlvr ramre about 2,010
yards and then smashes the only
visible portion, namely, Its peri
scope, which would be about four
Inches In diameter and sticking up
one foot above the surface.
The Danrrer of
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In a rough, choppy sea the battleship's crew have to bo much on their j?uard against Hie approach of submarines, for in such
weather the tell-tale streak of bubbles and wash ia less obvious, mingling as it does with the sliding loam upon the waves.
Woman Against Woman
Why the Sex Treats Its Sisters With Contumely Though
It Loves Them at Heart. "
By DOROTHY MX.
One of the most curious things In. the
world Is the latent antagonism that wo
men show toward members of their own
sex. .
Of course, this la
a matter of Inheri
tance and tradition,
b r d-ln-the-b one
sort of ferluig that
Is the result -of wo
man'a age-long
struggle for a hus
band. Her bread
and butter, her posi
tion In society, her
Interest in life de
pendsupon her
capturlneT some nutle
who would furnish
her with a home,
and throw the
glamor of his name
about her, and so
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every woman's hand
waa against . every
other woman's, and she regarded every
other woman who crossed her path with
jealouay and suspicion.
Now that woman has become self-eup-portlng,
and marriage has become less
alluring to her fancy than a career, she
still cannot rid herself of this prejudice
agatitft her own sex handed down to her
In her very blood from her foremothers.
It has become what Par win calls an ac
quired hereditary tendency.
We see thla distrust and dlallko of their
own sex exhibited by women in a thou
sand waya. No woman criminal would
be willing to b tried by s Jury of other
women. She knows that a woman Jury
would understand, as no man Jury ran,
the torturing Jealousy, the frantic fear of
losing . what ahe loved, the desperate
aense of her powerleasnesa to hold a man
who was tired of her, that may at last
have driven her to commit murder.
But ahe alao knows the old sex-antagonism,
that nine times out of ten, will
make a woman take a man's part agaiwtt
another woman, and condone a man's of
fences at the expenae of a woman, and
assume whatever he did that waa wrong
he was beguiled inlo.dolng by the woman.
Women do not like to work for other
women, and from the forclady In the
factory to the housekeeper, the woman
who must manage other women -has a
hard time of It Thta Is not because the
woman employer la any more difficult
to get along Willi, or any more of a slave
driver than a man ta, but because women
resent being bossed by ether women.
They are accustomed to yielding obedi
ence to men. They ara used to having
men crltloix them, and to taking meekly
men's reproofs, but when It comes to
having a sister woman call them down,
and hold them up to their work, they
simply can't atand for It. ,
If a woman and a man go Into a res
taurant where the serving la done by
waitresses. It Is at once amusing and
aggravating to aee the difference In the
way they are treated. Two or throe wait,
resses will rush forward to serve the man,
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THK .SECOND POSITION.
With Its eyes destroyed the un
fortunate lrmin Instantly dives
Krlow the surface, while its an
t)tonit?, well knowlnt; that in
llinc It would hae to resppear,
rHnjte themselves to await Its
cnmlnR.
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they will flutter about hla chair seeing
that he has every attention possible' to
give him, knd if there are any special
tidbits that It Is In their power to give
him, ho will get them.
But the woman patron will be left to
settle herself as best she can, and wait
the pleasure of Borne haughty damsel to
condescend to serve her, and when her
food Is brought her It will be banged
down on the table in any old way.
The explanation of this used to be that
men tipped and women didn't, but the
woman who goes to restaurants nowadays
no more withholds her gratuity than does
the man, and so the explanation of this
phenomenon goes back to woman's In
herited habit of serving man, and feeling
It an honor to minister to him.
Shop girls do exactly the same way.
When a man ventures Into a store tha
clerks vie with each other for tho priv
ilege of waiting on him, and show endless
Patience in hunting up snythlng ho may
wish, while they let women customers
stand and wat. That la why many
women drag their poor, protecting hus
bands shopping with them. They know
that husband will get an amount of at
tention that nobedy but a millionairess.
with a charge account, ever rw-a
from a saleswoman.
And. curiously enough, this woman-m,alnst-woman
feeling finds lis most
pronounced expression In the family
where the mother never treats hep rfniirh-
tera aa she does her sons. Of course.
mothers will deny this; but It Ij true,
nevertheless. Everv woman l
to get her daughtere married and off her
nanus, but it is the blt!met or. death
to her for her sons to .narry. At eveiy
wedding you will see the bride's mother
wreathed In smiles and tin brides
groom's mother In tears.
Where both sons and daughters go out
to work, the mother expects the girls to
turn In their wages toward the family
support, and she - accepts their earnings
without gratitude; but if her sort con
tributes anything to the family exchequer
she can never sufficiently praise Ma gen
erosity. Phe also expects the girls, after
their day's work ta over, U nelp at home
with the housework, but the warmest seat
by tho fire, the easiest chair, the cholcst
food. Is reserved for nee darling boy
when he comes home from his labor.
The queer part of thla woman against
woman antagonism is that It ns n-j base
in fact. Woman la always and invariably
woman'a best friend. It is to a sUter
that every woman must turn In hor hour
of need.
It is the woman who get up tha .etitlon
that aaves the murderess frcm the chair;
It Is women who havw gotten shoitor
hours and decent workfn conditlona for
the woman toller; It la her daughters nnd
not her boss who take in the poor old
mother apd make a hooM for her In hr
laat daa. It la only women who help
other women without expecting any re
turn. Queer, Isn't It. this antajmism cf
women to their own sex. It's a super
stition, an Inherited fea, but there are
einns that show that the sex Is grsdj.
ally beginning to ou'grjw it
Attacks a Warship
Great Part in Keeping Its Periscope, or "Eyes," Intact
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The submarine without Its. perl
arope la forced to come right to
the surface, so thnt the officer in
command cen look through the
glass ports In the tower and ob
serve his position. Ita wash la
observed by the enemy's gunner i.
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Scauiy Lesson
Hair Problems of Middle Age
Part III.
The explanation of the hair structure
given In a previous lesson shows the de
pendence of the hair on the nourishment
provided by the blood. Any condition of
111 health that Interrupts or depletes this
aupply means thinning, falling or break
ing hair. As a rule gocd health means
good, normal hair and ill health the re
verse. '
Theie are exceptatlons to this rule for
there are local and peculiar conditlona
that sometimes govern the growth of the
hair.' The oil supplied by tho sebaetous
glanda la a strong factor In hair health;
If this supply Is interrupted, the hair be
comes barKh, dull and Inclined to break;
If it Is over-abundant, the scalp becomes
oily, the pores close and dandruff of a
peculiarly unpleasant form Is apt to
result.
A thin, tight aealp means thin, Improv
erlshed hair. Luxuriant, glossy hair
grows from a fat, loose scalp for the rea
son that this cushion of flesh provides
room for a plentiful amount of blood vee
sels and oil glands. A tight scalp, that
ta one that adheres to the skull. Is an
abnormal condition that ahould be rem
edied by massage and friction as soon as
It is perceived, for It la a symptom of
approaching baldness.
You win note thla condition on most
baldheaded men. When the scalp la very
tight and slilny It is generally an Indica
tion that the hair follcles are completely
atrophied and that there Is little chance
that the hair will ever again grow from
them.
Aa a rule women have fatter, scalpa
than men. This la pointed out by some
writers aa a sex difference and the ex
planation as to why women have more
luxuriant hair and are less prone to bald
ness. My experience, however, leada me'
to. believe that this dlference In the scalp
la of comparatively recent date and due
to man's incurable, habit of over-washing
his head, drenching it with agreeably
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THK FOLT.TIC POSITION.
Instantly the gunners In the on
rushlng Birmingham reopen fire; a
shell hits the conning tower of the
I" 15 where It Joins the. deck and
wrenche the whole strurture
away, leaving a gaping hole,
through which pours tho wster.
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smelling nostrums and wearing a. stiff
hat th.t presses tightly on "the big ar
teries on tlie side of the head that feed
the scalp.
It Is only modern man that has little
hair. The ancient- Britons were extremely
proud of their abundant locks, and lux
uriant, flowing hair' has been highly
prized by men almost up to modern times.
We know that Caesar was bald, but he
wse so sensitive of this fart that he al
ways concealed it by wearing a wreath
of laurel.
Nervous, anaemic people are apt to have
scanty locks. Any gerlous Illness of an
eruptive nature or accompanied with high
fever Is a chumc for falling hair, although
this may lie followed toy a new crop of
hair more lgorous than the first. Neg
lect or Improper rare of tho aealp will re
sult In diminished lock. Climate even
hag an effect on the hair, both severe
cold and heat being Inimical to H- In
Wesson II I took up the effect of excessive
pt-rspirutlon on the hair and It must be
admitted that women Inhabiting a mild
climate have a better chance for beauti
ful hair than those exposed to excessive
heat or cold. (
Certain functional changes In a woman s
life which include cellular activity are
often accompanied with an Improvement
in the hair. A girl's hair begins to
thicken and grow longer at fourteen and
women between forty and fifty, if In good
physical health, are often gratified by a
distinct Improvement In tho hair. .
INSERT tJlGNATCRS CUT,
Advice to Lovelorn
T By XSATKICX TlliriZ '
Be Patient.
Dear Miss Fairfax: We. two girls of
16 years of age, who clerk In a confec
tionery store, are constantly wondering
how we should treat strangers. Quite
often young men will make love to us,
and we are at a loss to know what to
say. Won't you kindly advise us what
to say and do? We are both orphans.
Will you please tell ua If we should ac
cept one of the many proposals we have
had, or keep up thia.
TWO FAIR GIRLS.
Girls who serve the public in any
capacity must expect to meet with a cer
tain degree of Imperinent familiarity from
young men, who think It is smart to tees
them, or who fancy themselves to be of
so great attraction that they are doing
the girls a favor by noticing them. The
only safe way. to deal with such smart
alecka ie to quietly serva them and pay
no sttention to their flippant remarks.
It would be very unwise to accept a pro
posal of any kind from such a man. By
being quiet and dignified, you will not
only serve yourselves well, but will give,
your employer such service as will make
him loath to part with you. And the man
who really lovea you will try to protect
and not humiliate you.
Summer Ifetes' .
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