THE SUNDAY CALL.

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HERE! YOU CAN MAKE A FRENCH CORSET FOR $ 2.35

pollou// jfye^e Dir^etiops ¦jfte perfect as % (Jei?-

a9d U/itl7 a i||i§|l||i
You <Sai) '5au ?
7T\o9ey.
Is not writtpn for the woman of cour.tcr willnot be able to tell you wheth-
dross reform. It has no interest for er you prefer pink or blue. The ribbon is
i her who prefers to wear a ;»otato to be a double-faced satin, two inches
Back gathered about the neck. For wide. Be sure itIs heavy to avoid stretch-
it's all about that bewitching little pick- ing out of shape. You willneed flve yards,
pocket, the French corset, and how to at a* cents.
koop your money out of its hands. Don't economize on your lacing cord, as
You non-reformers who listen, how a silk one costs only 25 cents, and the rib-
many times have you seen your purses bon demands good findings. Ten cents'
collapse when the French corsrt hnd laid worth of whalebones Is enough Your
hold of them? Twfive or fifteen dollars is need not be bought; take them from
stf els
nothing to sper.d for that Lit of steel aii'j Romn old corset, in which they have
ribbon and lace. And ifyou are one whose grown to fit you. Eyelets will have to be
purse flattens faster than itfillst then you punched, at the cost of 23 cents. A leather
have seen the time when the cost of a dealer will do the work neatly. Now
corset left you hatless or bootless or then, IfJohn Insists upon seeing an item-
EO-.-nJess. All because you must have the ized account, ought this to shock him?
perfect Parisian outline. Five yards ribbon at 33 cents $175
Of course, you must. Who blames you? One silk lace ~. 25
"Whalebones ; 10
But did you know that you can have it For punching eyelets
for the price of $2 35 and an afternoon's
labor? Total X $2 35
The chances are you have sewing silk
"Tape," you say. No, not tape, by any in the house. Get it out and you are
means; but satin ribbon, the best on the ready to begin.
market. Tou may have ~uch a corset ss If your steels are too long, file them
Van Ness avenue is- paying twelve or down. Eleven Inches is the required
more dollars for. and at such a price as length. .
makes you think that something Is wrorp. Cut ribbon to same length in half and
But Just try and see. Come back on your cover the steel3, the corded edges Infront.
uii^e pari5iai7 Bit of
lap the top and bottom pieces or 2 and 5 fourths of a- Inch apart, and cut the
over the center ones. This makes the whalebones down to flt. Insert and. turn
proper curves at the bottom. over edges.
The side piece or 6 comes next. Cut four *The back or 10 la divided Into four parts.
of this kind, as they are doubled to gain Be' sure and leave the second space from
extra strength. Put together In the same the back vacant. This must be used for
way as you did the front pieces, number the eyelets.
6 lapping over 4 and 2 over 3. The finishing' touch is ready. Make
There are only three pieces that form what is left of your ribbon into the most
the side back. chic bow that you know how to make
Baste 7, S and 9 to side. part 6. lapping and catch it In a Frenchy, flyaway fash-
7 and 9 over 8. -Now you are ready to use ion in front. . If you have any friend In
the last and third large piece, or number the millinery business get her to make
10. Fit the, pieces upon 10 as they were the bow, for bowmaking Is an art that
fitted upon 6. The fullness, which is made few amateurs ever master.
by the small pieces," form3 the necessary Ifyou must have more frllla and fur-
fullness to flt over the hips. belows, a yard of lace and baby ribbon
After the side is well basted together may be stitched at the top of the corset.
stitch on the machine. '.This must be done Liace at 40 cent* will do very well and
or else you willbe forever in a state of still keep below the three dollar mark.
25
ripping. This corset will flt any waist from twen-
At this stage of the manufacture the ty to twenty-six inches. IfItshould prove
front steels are the only stiff part of the too large, number 6 may be trimmed off.
garment. Stitch the sides or number 6 "Who says we can't copy Paris fashions
into five whalebone slips, about three- upon our home sewing machines?

ewn daftness for damages if,after read-
ing these directions, you can't produce a.
corset that any tailor In town willbe will-
ing to fit your next suit over.
First of all. make up your mind before
you start out to shop what color you want
your corset to be. The girl at the ribbon
Overcast strongly with buttonhole twist,
as most of the Strain comes on the steel.
The eleven-Inch strip is numbered 1.
Next cut out numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5. Cut
two of each Inorder to save time, as both
Bides are exactly alike. Baste them upon
1in order. If there is any extra length

Professor Le Brae of Ant-

werp Will Come to Cal5=- hypnotism and otAer mental forces, has ing box. It can be freely moved about la
fore la to Solve '.the opened paths which may lead to results the
in regard to our knowledge of the won- bothinvisible
derful lite principle
"
vapor. According, then, to
sight and feeling, there, la nothing:
within us that willbe there In the boiler. Yet this tmfeelable.

Flystery of Life..
Continued from Page 3.
accounted .the most marvelous accom- invisible something that we call steam,
plishment of all. time. can move the lifeless parts of the engine
What adds more interest to the search, w/vh " a. power which ;will overcome all
. ever seen one suffering from the feeble-
ness of senility. In fact, they appear to
- as far as the popular, mind is concerned, earthly resistance, crushing rocks and
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Itlvely in the way of prolonging human
life— the most valued, the only' thing of
real worth In the who!e of our posses-
sions.
In a way science
negative has
something, for it has conquered diseases
which interfered with life, but for the
normal body, healthy to begin with, fort-
unate and without accident or disease,
fcience can do nothing, and is powerless
-
to arrest Its steady inarch to the grave.
f It is well known that the' body has
the power of renewing Itself; that every
seven years each one of its molecules Is
replaced by a new one. Thus there Is
noreason why an old body should not
be £s good as new. Sharks and some Inanimate substance
other Inhabitants of the tea. as far ub
Is known, have no time limit set upon
their lives, but live and grow until from
v*ry bulk they become fco unwieldy -that
they surpass all of their, prey In slzo
bo much that it can dodge and escape
their clumsy motions.' Then, weakened
from lack of substance, they In turn ar«
attacked by smaller but more vigorous
enemies and destroyed.
Science ha* taught u« to feed ourselves precious life currents and wear out the Until the study of these large-celled lise-
for mu&cular strength, for warmth pro- human dynamo. --Nature Is indeed kind
is the fact that the life principle Is now scaling mountains. A yet more Intangible
-
supposed by the t most advanced scien-
have no death except that of accidental force is the electric current 'which ener-
tists to be a ponderable agent— a thing gizes the dynamo, doing Its work when
or Intentional violence.. 5 r, having a concrete, existence capable of properly adjusted and controlled without
Life, the dearest of
all of our posses- being ", measured . and possibly controlled. noise, heat or any form
sions. Is, for some unaccountable reason, • of atmospherlo
done ¦"According to these 'recent discoveries it
the least prized. A man willalways risk disturbance. Shut off the steam, stop
his life to save his hat and court apo-' la the 'potency of this life spirit that the electric current, and the engine and
plexy to -recover a collar button. moves. our bodies and enables us to per- dynamo are both "dead." No more
form our^ labor; that the. muscles are dead, though/ than ;
With certain death staring us all in the they were before- In
, mere inert and powerless tools, Incapable reality—merely that the energy has de-
face, who is there that gives any. time to parted. So in the human body It is the
of movement, in themselves except as
the care of his body with the object of , "
'. nToyr^ ¦•*;v this "subtle fluid.- which is ln- unseen energy which has the, real strength
preserving its life and usefulness? Wo Vvislble and intangible. To illustrate this and does the work. .
paint our houses, cover our guns with In the coarser cells of the Batrachoseps
rust preventive, varnish the pictures.
.the steam engine is taken as an example. the working of this force may be studied.
.'The engine itself ; has no power. The Its true nature discovered, and In time It
sheath our 'ships '. with copper.' and tar steam in the' boiler Is Invisible. Ifa stir- may be brought under control as steam
their rigging— all. to the end that their ring rod is . introduced through a pack- and electricity have .been.
may bo preserved.
But our bodies that have earned us., all
we have— the only home of our soul .on
earth-rwe leave them.^ to . be preyed upon Little Hiss Peary Was Born Farther North Than
by weather and time, and seem to
take
delight in-" torturing our-corporeal frames Any Other; White Child in the World.
with clothes Jkii&t Incommode and hinder, t? ITTLE Marie Aknighito Peary, not seen her since she was 11 months old.
with foods that poison, or; at best 'half; daughter of the famous explorer, An Eskimo named Keshu was the first
nourish and with"drinks that ln-
corrupt;.
the answer, and remember that each mis- cmlnence, ;Is confronted: by.half a dozen :yet
flamo and rasp,
with numbing narcotics 'unsettled. .When such very plain and , otherywbite^child in the world, dur-^ Marle In her arms. He recognized the
doing will snap brie of the 'little fibers of' higher, and •more distant which
that short circuit the nerves, waste their were :all ;material, problems as this are yet to be Ing one of her.father s expeditions to nnd\c hild at once, notwithstanding the chango
the none-too-sturdy thread of life."I." unsuspected .before.
solved. It Is , no wonder, that the impon- the pole.' Her: birthday occurred on Sep. that a few years had made in her appear-
So little, » in:fact. :Is known, of :life that ternber 12, 1S93, at Anniversary Lodge, ance, and • he.danced "about her so vigor-
derable agency 'we. call, life,Is 'still In an then Lieutenant' Peary's- headquarters In ously in his excess of delight and kept up

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ards was commenced; it-had seemed as itr is, not possible to even 5 Intelligently, unknown .realm •;' awaiting the 'i coming of Northern Greenland. ,;, such a succession of shouts that Marie at
ducing, for brain work, but for life pro- to us to" permit alf this and stlll^ work
ducing there has -been found no food, be- faithfully trying to repair the damage;
though the search for tho essence of life,. theorize upon it..
Its nature or origin, was hopeless.
,
-\" '• ',, some pioneer discoverer.
• Twice since Marie has visited the coun- nrst was somewhat alarmed. But perhaps
try of her birth.-once In'the'summer of memories. Ion:; forgotten.-came back to
: ¦"¦ ItIs difficult to conceive how. little we
. cause we do not know what life Is. more the" subject was '• Investigated
but she does take a. little satisfaction in '
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I 'With -next' spring.' when the Belgian sci-

*, 1&97 and once again this year. It was on her and soothed her feara.
It Is a notable fact that migratory ani- giving uk twinges of pain as a:reproof. '^the^
know,', for t so much has been" discovered
farther away it Beemed. as' difficulties] recently that it seems as though"' science
entist arrives ;here, will¦" begin the 'most
¦ July 20 last that-Marie; and her: mother
sailed from, St. Johns. N.F.,' on the
Keshu was quickly followed by all the
inhabitants of Cape York who were abla
mals, and particularly, birds which rpend Do not blame your luck, then, when some- arose not singly but in' ever-broadening Important: experiments: In;biology that stanch ship the Windward.to join Lieu-
had; every thing; In';its grasp, yet '¦ the "very jbeen!'' made. ,.The -work ;
to jump along the ice, and .they gathered
their summers in the north and winters thing hurts you, but say, rather, "What vistas, plied on' each other as 'mountains,, simple ;question of re- tenant Peary in the frozen north.
¦ / In a ring around" Marie, their faces shin-
- that:these few .lines are» concerned,
In the south, seem never to give, evidences have I
d old a»c, and certainly no person bu punishment?"
done to bring on this deserved range upon range, -where the .^traveler,
.of.whether ,the 'earth is a
i: molten globule with, a thin; crust ;on lit,
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Think and you will find as ho accomplishes' the ascent of each or a solid suhere of moderate coolness, ia
cent*; years In chemistry of vegetable and But-it.
animal ,substances, in electricity of ;the 1897
is
Her arrival
principally
was the
¦
with
signal of
her
a
visit
great
In ing with pleasure and all ejaculating In
chorus. "Na, na. nana. nana!" which Is an
eel- Eskimo greeting of welcome and expres-
rarer forms, and particularly in teleDathy. ebration among the Eskimos, who bad slve of great delight.—Ledger Monthly. .