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THE PROFESSORS MYSTERY
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iTot. iroaoy. Mil ne at a suburban
station for a trolley car to take him to
tho Alnslles, where be had a social en
gagement, encountered Miss Tabor, whom
ho- had met at a Christmas party the
winter before Bho, too. Is Invited by tho
Alnslles. When the belated trolley comes,
they stan. off together, to meet 'with a
wreck. Mies Tabor Is stunned and Crosby,
assisted by a strange woman passenger,
restores her, finding all her thlngB save
a slender golden chain. Crosby searches
for this and finds it holds a wedding
ring. Together they go to the Tabors',
where father and mother welcome tho
daughter, calling her "Lady," and give
Crosby a rather strained greeting. Cir
cumstances suggest he stay over night,
and he awakens to find himself locked in
his room, Before he can determine the
cause he Is called and required to leavo
the house. Miss Tabor letting him out
and telling him she cannot see him again.
At the Inn where be puts up he notices
Tabor In an argument with a strange
Italian sailor, Crosby protects the sailor
from the crowd at the Inn and goes on
to the Alnslles, where ho again encoun
ters Miss Tabor, who .has told her hosts
nothing of her former meeting with tho
professor. The twb are getting along very
Well, when Dr. Walter Held, Miss Tabor'B
half-brother, appears and bears her away.
Crosby) returns to the Inn and demands
to see Mies Tabor. Reld refuses, but
Crosby declines to go until she tells him
herself. Miss Tabor greets him In a
strained way and tells him It Is her wish
he leave and never try to see her again.
Ho. says he will not unless she send for
him. That night she calls him to join
In a hurried trip by auto to New York.
The chauffeur docs not appear to relish
the Journey, but Crosby fixes the ma
chine and they are driven Into a crowded
tnnement district of the city. Hero they
ascended several flights of stairs, and
found the door at the top blocked. Forc
ing It Open, they discovered the body of
Sheila, Miss Tabor's nurse, bleeding from
many wounds, but with sighs of llf.
Caruccl, tho. strange Italian,- who Is also
Sheila's husband, Is In a drunken stupor
lrt the next room. The chauffeur
weakens, but Crosby carries tho Injured
woman down to the car, and prepares to
drive it himself. .Crosby succeeds in elud
ing tho police, but the timid chauffeur
. escapes. With no further adventure the
party reaches .the Tabor home. Here
".Crosby learns that Dr.,ReId Is married to
Lady Tabor's sister. The details of tho
adventure are discussed, and the prospect
of Its getting Into the papers: Crosby !s
Informed that his former ejectment from
the Tabor homo had been a bluff. Tabor
explains how Sheila came to be the wife
- of Caruccl, and the. trouble the Italian
hod made for the family. The newspapers
come with sensatlonnl accounts of the
affair of the night before, but no names
. of the persons who carried off Mrs.
Caruccl. Crosby and Mr. Tabor talk over
the situation, and Lady Is called to the
door, where ahe meets a prying and ln
ciulcltive. young man named Maclean..
C'UAPTEB XI.
Nrrxprcnlonn of the Fnmll)- and Im
' f presslona of the Press.
(Continued.)
VI only mean," he hurried on, "that I
found your .telegram on the floor. 'Corn
Iris tor yoii.in the c,ar,' you said. Hon
; estly, don't- you think we're wastln"
tme?"
Lady gave a little try( and 'with two
strides I was' at the door and Jerked
aside the curtain. "If this fellow is an
noying you" I began.
Tho two were standing before me, Lady
leaning back against the table as if at
bay. The man was-taller than I, and thin
with vibrant energy. He turned half about
at my voice.
"Jumping June bugs!" he" cried airily.
"Jt's Crosby!"
"No other, Mac," I laughed. "What In
the world are you ragging Miss Tabor
about?"
Maclean blushed. "See here, Laurie," he
stammered, "I'm-a newspaper man, you
see? What's- more, I'm thought by some
to' ho a go'od one. I've got the goods- on
this story, and you peoplo ought to come
across, it won't .hurt you any. Were
you the cheese that lugged the murdered
sorubess down three flights of stairs?"
Lady looked at me Imploringly, But
tho cat was so far out of the bag by
now that I had to use my Judgment. "I
was," I answered. "Vha,t are you going
to make out of It?"
. "Now you'ro talkln'. Tell me tho
story."
t'Not for publication," said I, with a
glance at Lady, ""because there's no story
to publish. In the first place, you'ro
barking up the right tree, but It's a
.mighty littlq one. In the second place,
I've fallen so low as to be an assistant
professor with a dignified reputation.
Neither Miss Tabor nor I Is going to be
head-lined to make a Journalistic holi
day; and if we were, you wouldn't wrlto
it."
Maclean gnawed a bony knuckle, and
pondered. ''Darn you,' he said. "Bos
your pardon, Miss Tabor I s'pose I can't,
after that- But you'll admit I had the
goods, I don't see how I can go back
with nothing. They send me out on
these things because I generally make
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"Your Imagination always was your
greatest charm. (Jet to work and use It.
Miss Tabor, this human gimlet is 'Stride'
Maclean. Let me give him a decent In
troduction: he probably slighted the mat
ter. This gentleman, for he was a gen
tleman before he became a star reporter,
had the honor to belong to my class, and
he sings a beautiful tenor. Naturally he
was popular; he may even havo friends
yet. We'll tell him all about it, and then
perhaps we'll drown him. One crime
more or less matters little to people of
our dye."
Macleari scowled at me and laughed.
"Well, It all amounts to this. First,
nobody has been murdered es yet!" and
I frowned at him. "Secondly, nobody
has been kidnaped: lastly, It Isn't a
story, unless you' are on tho comic sup
plement. This Mrs. Caruccl used to be
Miss Tabor's nurse, and when Antonio
beats her up too frequent, she comes up
here for a vacation. Well, we were late
going for her because the car broke down;
so when we got there, he hod Just smit
ten her over the brow and retired to a
well earned slumber. Then the neighbors
got Inquisitive, and we ran away tS
escape proclsely that Immediate fame
you were planning to give Us. That's all.
I will only add that branderlno revived
this washlady and we can prove It."
"Oh, fudge," said Maclean, "I can't
wrlto anything out of that at all. We
had It before, all but yu people. I hate
to go back without a story, too."
The front door clicked, and I heard Mr
Tabor's voice in the hall.
"Wait a minute," I said, with a sudden
Inspiration, "perhaps I can dig up an
other story for you. But I'll havo to see
Mr. Tabor first."
I found Mr. Tabor In his study, gloom
ing over a paper. "What Is It?" he asked,
half rising. "Is anything the matter?"
"I don't know," I said. "I opened a
letter of yours by mistake, and it looked
as If I had better bring It to you your
self." He took the dirty envelope, gingerly,
and drew out the enclosure. Across the
top was a badly drawn human hand
smudged In with lead pencil. Below this
ran an almost illegible scrawl.
"If yu dont giv her back she wil be
taken."
"What on earth does that mean?" I
asked.
Mr. Tabor knit his white brows. "It
begins to look as- though Caruccl had been
let out of Jail for want of proof against'
him. Evidently he Is going into the black
hand business. I suppose a demand for
money will come next."
"But who Is 'her' his wife?"
"Of course," he answered quickly.
"Who else could It possibly be?" Then,
more thoughtfully, "I don't like that fel
low around, but I hardly see how to get
rid of him. We can't appear in court
against him.; and money "Would only make"
him want more."
"Mr. Tabor," I said, "there's a man
named Maclean In the other room' who
-went to" rollege-'with" meT He' Is a' re
porter "
"A what?"
"A reporter. Ho found Miss Tabor's
telegram we were careless not to havo
looked for It and that gave him enough
to work on until he found us. However,
you needn't have any uneasiness about
him. He has promised me not to use the
story."
"Good, Crosby, very good. Well, what
about him?"
"I only thought, Blr, that If he would
help me, we might be able to find Ca
ruccl, and scare tho life out of him so
that he will keep away. He can't, be cer
tain that he hasn't killed his wife, and
we can threaten him with that. If he'.s
out of Jail, you certainly don't want him
about. And' Maclean would help, I think,
for the story in It. I'm sure that we
could trust him pot to bring us In." 1
"Very well. Suppose that you try your
hand at It. Only you mustn't go to mak
Ine Inquiries that will mix us up in tho
matttr."
"I'll be careful, sir," I answered. .
When I spread tho note out before
Mao he sniffed and wrinkled his nose.
"Well?" I said.
"Nothln. There ain't any black hand.
It's all dope. Just a slgnaturo that any
dago uses, like 'unknown friend.' "
"You ought to know," said r, "but here
we are with this man hanging around.
Take it or leave It. I should think there
might be a story In It merely from his
side, now that you can really connect
him with the assault. Anyhow, I'm going
after him."
"All right," Mac said. "I'm with you.
Good afternoon, Miss Tabor.'.'
Qoodby," she called after us; and I
thought that she watched us from the
window.
We pursued a trolley car and settled
down panting on the rear seat. Maclean
lay 'back In meditative silence, his hands
thrust deep into his trousers pockets, hU
shoulders hunched forward and his hat
on tho back of his head, staring before
him where his feet loomed up In the dis
tance. At the Inn ho suddenly straight
ened himself and slid off the car,
"I thought we were going up to town?"
I said as I followed.
He glowered hollowly at me above a
cavernous grin. "We are. But not in
those flannels or that nice new college
rah-rah shirt. We'd have tho whole place
wonderln' what you wanted, and the
mothers showln' their little ones how a
real gentleman ought to look,"
"But you'ro respectable enough," I
protested, laughing. , "Are we both going
to be disguised?"
"Disguise nothln'. You Just want to
cut out the comedy-chorus-man, you see?
Put on a Jersey, or anyhow a collar that
don't meet In the middle, -an' old shoes.
Me, I look low-life anyway,"
I rebelled when he rolled my gray suit
Ipto a ball and Jumped on It, In the in
terest of realism. But at last we got
started- On the car, Mac unfolded his
plan of campaign.
"This guinea didn't put the cops on,
because he wanted to get you himself,
you see? He's out for the money the
mazumc. So he beats it up here and
drops Tabor a love letter. But, he's Just
out of the Jug, you see? An' he knows
the force'U watch out for him. So he'll
mix up with a lot of other dagoes, an'
maybe get a Job daytimes, so's to have
an excuse for beln here. Well, he don't
love work, but h does love booze; an' he
gets through at 5 p. m. with an awful
thirst. So we'll hunt for him first where
they sell tho demon rum,"
(Continued Tomorrow.)
Afternoon frocks of whlto chiffon taf
feta arc. sponsored by Paris. The ne
wa show you today In tho extreme left
Is worn by Mile. Darmody, ono of the
prettiest of the younger actresses.
The bodice Is a kimono, with long-
fitted sleeves fastened at the wrist by
four olives of the taffeta. The neck has
a coqullle collar standing In a fulled ruff
at the back and extending down In two
revera crossed over a wee vest of white
tulle.
The draped girdle Is of white taffeta.
with a huge butterfly bow at tho back.
In front It Is trimmed by two palmotto
leaves In bright green.
The skirt has an apron tunic slightly
gathered at the waist and finished by a
long shaped floUnce cut In V in front.
How
v.
By DOROTHY DIX
A young woman writes me a letter In
which she says that sho Is In love with
a young man who does not caro for her,
or even notice her, beyond Bhowlng her
ordinary civility
when they meet.
and she wants to
know how she may
attract thjs young
man and win hlo
affections.
Goodness. gra
cious! If I could
answer that ques
tion I shouldn't bo
digging away on a
newspaper. I would
ba established In the
soothsaying busi
ness, with money
rolling to me by
the trucklbad.
Why a man falls
In love with some
particular woman
notody knows he, least of all. There Is
a certain something about her that at
tracts him to -her, but he can no more
explain It than the needle can tell why
It points to the north. Underlying all
love between man and woman Is the
mystery of sex attraction that is still the
great unsolved problem of the universe.
No woman can really make a man rail
In love with her. wnen it comes to
winning love a man has a better oppor
tunity than a woman, because women
havo a greater faculty for falling In love
than men have, they are easier pleased,
and altogether; more- responsive to tho
tender passion than men. Also, they are
flattered at the palpable efforts that men
make to win them, whilst most men are
disgusted at the efforts that women make
to capture them.
This puts the woman who Ls In love
with a man who Is not In love with her
at a terrible disadvantage. There Is lit
erally almost nothing that she can do
towards capturing him. Tho most that Is
permitted her ls, as our good Methodist
friends say, to put herself In tho atti
tude to receive the blessing.
Undoubtedly there are many pretty, In
telligent and really charming girls who
do not attract men, and who never have
a beau because of the manner that they
assume toward men. They are either too
anxious, or they overplay and appear too
Indifferent.
Unless a man Is already head over
heels In love with a girl nothing drives
him away so quickly as for her to throw
herself -at his head. No man wants to
be run after or at least to perceive that
he is being run after. It hurts his mas
culine vanity to think that any woman ls
clever enough to outwit him and marry
him, and so the minute a woman shows
her hand and lets him perceive that she
Is after him, It's all over with hlra.
This ls a truism old as th hills, and
yet there are girls who are fools enough
to let a man see that they are flattered
to death at his attentions, who are for
ever calling him up on the telephone and
reproaching him for not having been to
see them, and who deluge him with forty
page letters when, perhaps, he hasn't
written anything but ono measly little
note.
All of this Is fatal to any girl's chance
of catching a man, There Is no sport In
shooting the tame bird, that come and
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Tho lower part la one piece, slightly llftod
In drapery at tho front (
Charmcuso Is one of those perennially
popular materials that flourish from
season and from year to year. In tho
next gown wo Illustrate tho greatest
charm Is the softness of fold In which
tho wheat-colored charmcuso drapes It
self. The peplum bodice Is sleeveless and
gathered full over the shoulder. ,Go!d
laco forms a straight collar and follows
the V-shaped decolletage. A bead rose
of blended rose and green and Iridescent
yellow holds tho fullness at the waist.
A short tunic falls In slightly gathered
fullness from tho waist, and a rose trims
tho horn of this little "lanpshade."
Tho skirt Is draped ,ln a swirling move
ment that crosses at tho left tmder a
to Attract
rests on your gun barrel, No man opens
his mouth to catch the over-ripe peach
that is ready to drop-Into It. It Is over
the unattainable, tho difficult or the fire
fly that dances Just before a man's eyes
and Just out of his reach that lures hfm
on.
On tho other hand, It Is equally fatal
to a girl's chances of attracting a man
for her to adopt a North Polo attitude
There are girls whose Idea of playing
coy Is to be repellent, and sarcastic, and
to say cutting things about, the masculine
sex They affect to be man-haters, and
to despise matrimony, and to pine for
single blessedness, and tho majority of
men ta'ko them at their word and leave
them to hang on the parent stem.
Tills Is the silliest sort of a pose, be
cause to be desired a woman must show
herself desirable. Only In novels aro men
found sighing at tho feet of haughty and
contemptuous damsels. Nor ta there any
thing In the lady with a disposition with
as many sharp points to It as a porcu
pine that makes any man 'feel that he
would like to take her home for a nice
household pet.
Between these (wo extremes, however,
is the golden mean wherein a girl who
likes a. man should show herself pleased
at his attentions, but not tickled to
death; where she should welcome his
visits with cordiality but not with ef
fusion; where she should answer 'some
of his letters but refrain from answer-
The Manicure Lady
By WILLJAM P, KIRK.
"There ain't no getting around the fact
that the romantic days of spring Is full
of romance," said the Manicure Lady,
"I don't know why it Is, but it seems ai
If as soon as the sap starts ln the trees
all the young girls gets to dreaming of
the prince they are going to marry, and
the older girls, like me, gets to thinking
of the bets that they have overlooked
and th offers of marriage that they
have gave the cold shoulder to,
"Mayme was saying this morning that
she Is looking forward kind of anxious
to the day that I will leave single blessed
ne;s and embark on that dear double
voyage from which nobody over returns,
but to tell you the truth, George, I ain't
very feverish about doing the lockstep
up the aisle."
"You've got a lot of time yet to look
them over," said the Head Barber.
"Just because It's spring ain't no sign
that you've got to spring at the first
chance that comes along. My wife Is so
much better than me that I often wonder
If she didn't pick mo right off the reel,
being afraid that she might not get an
other chance, That's tho only way I can
dope It out why she picked me when I
look In the glass."
"You don't need to worry. Geqrge,"
fold, the Manicure Lady, "I ain't going
to take no lover's leap just yet, I'm go
ing to wait till this tango craze has died
away and the people go back to the old
waltz. I wouldn't trust the truest looking
husband that ever lived if I knew he was
going to them tango teas,"
"You might as well make up your mind
third rose, and Is rounded at tho bottom
to show the gold-colored tllk stockings.
Picturo No. 3 shows' an evening gown
of azalea-colored satin but tho founda
tions are lost In tho wealth of trimming.
Tho robo Itsolf Is a simple affair, pret
tily drawn up' at tho front with a contor
silt and a long pointed train. Over this
slips a wonderful tunto of gold and tubu
lar beads In violet and Iridescent colorod
trimming with Just a suggestion of tho
foundation color of azalea. This tunic
has a suggestion of tho popular cutaway
In front. A fringe of these beads sketches
a bolero effect ut the bodlco and this Is
held up at tho shpuldor by a broad strap
of gold net.Ht over a drapery of white
net that forms the oddly draped angel
sleeve and outlines the neck, Ithlnestpno
Men
Ins them all even It she should havo to
throw away her Ink bottle and sit with
gloves on her hands to prevent herself
from penning ong effusions, if. sho ls
foxy sho will contrlye to ensnare, some
other man Into paying her attentions, and
she won't always bo at home whenever
tho man thinks that he would like to
drop In nnd see her, having nothing else
to do
Any girl la a fit candidate far the
feeble-minded homo who ever permits
any man to monopolize her until after
the wedding day Is named, for men aro
llko sheep. They always follow the lead-,
er, and to tho girl whojias many bcaus,
many other bcaus shall bo given, but
to her who has but ono beau, even that
one shall be taken away.
It Is also true that a discreet girl who
wishes to attract a man may holp her
cause by throwing herself adroitly In his
way. If ho Is fond of books he will lie
drawn to her by finding out, accidentally
special emphasis on accidentally that
sho has tho same Bernard Bnaw taste -he
has. If ho Is a golf fiend he may notice
her for tho first time when he stumbles
upon her on the links. If he is a base
ball fan he may take her for tho sake
of heart-to-heart talks about the major
league, but all of this requlros discretion,
and the moral of It, as Captain Cuttlu
would say, ls In the application of it.
A girl's mother may also help along tho
game but that Is another chapter.
to like It." said the Head Barbor. "Tho
people of New York aro going to tango
If a hundred homes arc bioken up. Thoy
are going to tango If It turns the head of
every young married woman that ever
learned tho dance."
"I think it Is a nice enough dance If
It Is Just danced right." said tho Mani
cure Lady.
'"That's proof enough that It shouldn't
be danced," declared the Head Barber.
"You never heard anybody say that tho
waltz or the lancers or the two.step or
the old quadrilles was nice dances It they
was danced Just right. Nobody ever said
It because thoy were always danced
right. A dance that you can't dunce
pioper without watching your step all
the time ain't much of a thing to go mad
about.''
"I aaln't going to spend wo time dan
cing )t, now that spring has came," said
the Manicure Lady, "Every time that I
get a chance to get out of doors I am go
ing out In the country somewhere and
pick flowers, the way I used to when I
was a little kid. Wilfred always gets
kind of looney when spring comes, the
way most of them poets gets, I. even
noticed him paying a bill at tho cigar
store the other day, and he ls wearing
a flowing red tie, the same kind that hn
wore last April, Bo I guess I will have
to humor him and go out botanizing
with him, because he Is the only brother
I've got, and 1 don't want to see him fly
clean off ttio handle. Oh, dear, I wish
somebody would come In to have his
nails did. I get so tired of talking all
the time to a barber and one that don't
lUten, halt of the time.''
bracelet confine thrso sleeves at the el
bow. A high fringe of ostrich feathers In
white and toto de negro odgos .the decol
letago In front and edges tho .tunl.q un
der a frlngo of crystal and rhinestono
beads, '
Tho notable feature ..In spring tailor
mndes Is tho diversity- In- tho length of
coats. From Paris comes tho verdict:
Coats aro cither distinctly long ordls
tlnctly short. .Tho, model, Illustrated by
this picture on ,tho extreme right ls,of
the latter sort. It Is an aftornoon .cos
tume for summer wear, and It Is devel
oped In our old friend, pique.
The coat has a flaring, waist-length
front ' and n swallowtail back', sfltbjied
.bands extend, up to .front and lfl' to
Noted Physician
By GARRETT P. 8ERVISS.
In glancing over on article on the rela
tion of diseases, by Dr.'Charlos K. Wood
ruff, I hit upon this, statement!
"There ls no Incontrovertible evidence
that an adult ever acquires tuberculosis."
Then why, I said
to mysolf, aro the
doctors contlnUnlly
warning us against
tho danger "of be
coming Infected
with tho germs of
consumption? If no
adult over' acquires
tuberculosis (con
sumption) then all
grown-up people
can snap their
fingers at its germs
and defy them.
I did not havo
to read very , far,
however,. Jjefore I found tho explanation,
and It Is a thing of so much Merest to
every human being that assuming that
Dr. Wood Is sure of he facts I pel that
It ought to be brought to everybody's
attention. . . .
The essence of tho explanation Is
found In the following sn tenets:
"Babies are born free of tuberculosis,
but begin to. acquire It as soon as. they,
can crawl around,- pick up the bacilli with
dust and dirt, and 'Immediately - convey'
them to tho mouth "after the manner of
all babies.
These germs are weakened or attenu
ated by sunlight, drying, etc.', and aro not
able to spread actively., 4 though thoy
establish themsolves. Those which Are
taken In by the phagqeytes have the soma
effect as vaccination and causo the pro
duction of antibodies, which make us
more or less Immune to Infection by
virulent badllo. If a baby Is Infected by
fresh, virulent bacilli from a nurse be
fore Its Immunity l produced It dies of
(rapidly disseminated tuberculosis, but
an adult ls not harmed by tho virulent
bacilli he takes In,"
Ho, If alt this Ih correct, 1 rtnil I am
not competent to dispute It, consumption
always plants Its first seeds In babies
and never In adults, and If tho baby can
manage, by early exercise of tho art of
crawling, to Infect itself with weakened
bacilli, and thus become Immune, It can
defy the later attacks of virulent con
sumptive germs In the same way that its
elders do.
Moreover, If it were not for the baby's
fcablt of crawling and of tasting, every,
thing it .pJcHs up, It would . not )ecomc
Immune, and the proteotlvo "antibodies"
of which Dr. Wpodrull .speaks would. not
establish in our -blood and free us hence
forth from tho danger of acquiring tuber
oulosis. But now the reader may ask, In his
turn, "How docs It happen, then, that
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Y -A1 Meal Hotel
form a, rolling collar, which Is lined with
bluo linen dottod In white. ' This Unen
faces the front of the coat' and lines the
turned back cuffs. An olive of blus
crystal fastens tho' .front of the coat.
Bluo and whlto crystal and agate but
tons trim tho cuffs and extension of tho
stitched band trimmings on tho coat.
Tho skirt opens In front and is rather
scant at tho' knees nnd decidedly ''full at
tho bottom. It Is mado in two parts,
the front section overlapping tho back;
In tho form of a stitched tab. Under this
tho materials fulls at the back' to give
plonty of walking room. There Is-a short
isllt on either Mdo-of this fulness, and n
,cryatnl and agoto button -with the- color
ing reversed Is used to fasten, this.
. OLiVETTE.
Declarer That No Adult
Ever Acquires Tuberculosis
anybody excopt- a. young baby that has
never 'crawled over dies of cpnsumptloii?"
Tho Unswer Is as Interesting as" any
thing that has preceded nnd Is perhaps
of greater Importance;
"If an adult develops active tubercu
losis It ls not a new Infection, but an
activation, of Intent lesions that he has
been carrying since childhood.
Something has happened to him which
. has caused a temporary lessening of his
.antibodies and allowed tho latent .tuber
culosis to spread, and nothing ls mora
j potent In doing this than Infections like
meiislcs, whoQPlng, .cough .and, typhoid
fever. Without theso. Activating causes
n ipan may loso immunity Very slowly
by Improper food, mental and 'physical
exhaustion, living Ih badly ventilated
i rooms, a.cjc of t outdoor c.xcrtlso,'' and a
inousanu oiner ways or ipwonng general
health, but. If pno.ln such a condition
,docB acquire another. Infection like pneu
monia, typhoid foyer or Influenza his
ohonces of becoming actively tubercular
later are very large,"
And then read this;
"Postmortems o( children almost 'al
ways reveal .tubercle, mijiiatter' what the
dlscaso was which caused death. Pqst
mortems of adults always show Healed
lesions, proving that ut somo tlmp in our
lives each of us lost resistance JUXfl
clehtly to allow the lesions to betomb
acttve, though wo were" later cared by a
re-cstabllshment of the Immunity. One
eighth or ono-terith of ris are unaol to
re-establish it and. perish from tubercu
losis." Long, -life, then, to tho antibodies and
b'lesslngs on tho crawling' baby that picks
-them up nnd nourishes them. In Its blood
until, they' become as a shield and a
sword of defense for adult humanity!
' I have no 'thought 'ot treating this sub
ject lightly. If what Dr. Woodruff says
'Is correct, he ls undoubtedly right In de
claring that tho facts he sets "fdr(h are
bound ' most profoundly to njodtfy the
.anti-tuberculosis crusade. One of the
new weapons of defonse against con
sumption will be purification of tho water
supply, which strikes, at the- universal
enemy over tho shoulders at Its ally, ty
phoid fever.
Advice to the Loyeldra
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX'
It la Not Kind. '
Dear Miss Fairfax: Is It proper for a
man who is married' to keep pictures1- of
other girls and tokens from them, and do
you think that his- wjfe should be vexed?
ANXIOUS.
Such mementoes of past loves are a
source, of torment and should .bo de
ttrtjyed. A man may return such me-.
mentoB long after" he has forgotten the
girl who gave them, and nis keeping
I hem moaps nothing. Women arc vexed
f1 such things YieeMieesiy. '
wjth an Ideal Situation;