t? ITTLE Marie Aknighito Peary,daughter of the famous explorer,

, otherywbite^child in the world, dur-^Ing one of her.father s expeditions to nnd\cthe pole.' Her: birthday occurred on Sep.ternber 12, 1S93, at Anniversary Lodge,then Lieutenant' Peary's headquarters InNorthern Greenland.

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•Twice since Marie has visited the coun-try of her birth.-once In'the'summer of1&97 and once again this year. It was onJuly 20 last that-Marie; and her: mothersailed from, St. Johns. N.F.,' on the.stanch ship the Windward.to join Lieu-tenant Peary in the frozen north. /

But-it. is principally with her visit In1897 -that:these ¦ few .lines are» concerned,

Her arrival was the signal of a great eel-ebration among the Eskimos, who bad

not seen her since she was 11 months old.An Eskimo named Keshu was the first

Marle In her arms. He recognized thehild at once, notwithstanding the changothat a few years had made in her appear-ance, and • he.danced "about her so vigor-ously in his excess of delight and kept upsuch a succession of shouts that Marie atnrst was somewhat alarmed. But perhapsmemories. Ion:; forgotten.-came back toher and soothed her feara.

Keshu was quickly followed by all theinhabitants of Cape York who were ablato jump along the ice, and .they gatheredIna ring around" Marie, their faces shin-ing with pleasure and all ejaculating Inchorus. "Na,na. nana. nana!" which Is anEskimo greeting of welcome and expres-slve of great delight.—Ledger Monthly. .

Little Hiss Peary Was Born Farther North ThanAny Other; White Child in the World.

Itlvely in the way of prolonging humanlife— the most valued, the only' thing ofreal worth In the who!e of our posses-sions.In a negative way science has done

something, for ithas conquered diseaseswhich interfered with life, but for thenormal body, healthy to begin with, fort-unate and without accident or disease,

fcience can do nothing, and is powerlessto arrest Its steady inarch to the grave.f It

-is well known that the' body has

the power of renewing Itself; that everyseven years each one of its molecules Isreplaced by a new one. Thus there Isno reason why an old body should notbe £s good as new. Sharks and someother Inhabitants of the tea. as far ubIs known, have no time limit set upontheir lives, but live and grow until fromv*ry bulk they become fco unwieldy -thatthey surpass all of their, prey In slzobo much that it can dodge and escapetheir clumsy motions.' Then, weakenedfrom lack of substance, they In turn ar«attacked by smaller but more vigorousenemies and destroyed.

Science ha* taught u« to feed ourselvesfor mu&cular strength, for warmth pro-ducing, for brain work, but for life pro-ducing there has -been found no food, be-

.cause we do not know what life Is.It Is a notable fact that migratory ani-

mals, and particularly, birds which rpendtheir summers in the north and wintersIn the south, seem never to give,evidences

d old a»c, and certainly no person bu

In the coarser cells of the Batrachosepsthe working of this force may be studied.Its true nature discovered, and In time Itmay be brought under control as steamand electricity have .been.

reality—merely that the energy has de-parted. So in the human body It is theunseen energy which has the, real strengthand does the work. .

ing box. Itcan be freely moved about lathe invisible vapor. According, then, toboth sight and feeling, there, la nothing:there In the boiler. Yet this tmfeelable.invisible something that we call steam,can move the lifeless parts of the enginew/vh " a. power which;will overcome allearthly resistance, crushing rocks andscaling mountains. Ayet more Intangibleforce is the electric current 'which ener-gizes the dynamo, doing Its work whenproperly adjusted and controlled withoutnoise, heat or any form of atmospherlodisturbance. Shut off the steam, stopthe electric current, and the engine anddynamo are both "dead." No moredead, though/ than;they were before- In

.'The engine itself;has no power. Thesteam in the' boiler Is Invisible. Ifa stir-ring rod is . introduced through a pack-

What adds more interest to the search,as far as the popular, mind ¦is concerned,- is the fact that the life principle Is nowsupposed - by the t most advanced scien-tists to be a ponderable agent— a thinghaving a concrete, existence capable ofbeing", measured .and possibly controlled.• ¦"According to these 'recent discoveries itla the 'potency of this life spirit thatmoves. our bodies and enables us to per-form our^ labor; that the. muscles are

,mere inert and powerless tools, Incapableof movement, in themselves except as

'. nToyr^ ¦•*;v"this "subtle fluid.- which is ln-

Vvislble and intangible. To illustrate this.the steam engine is taken as an example.

hypnotism and otAer mental forces, hasopened paths which may lead to resultsin regard to our knowledge of the won-derful lite principle within us that willbeaccounted .the

"most marvelous accom-

plishment of all. time.

the answer, and remember that each mis-doing will snap brie of the 'little fibers of'the none-too-sturdy thread of life."I."

Until the study of these large-celled lise-ards was commenced; it-had seemed asthough the search for tho essence of life,.Its nature or origin, was hopeless. :more 'the" subject was

'•Investigated '^the^

farther away it Beemed. as' difficulties]arose not singly but in' ever-broadeningvistas, plied on' each other as 'mountains,,range upon range, -where the .^traveler, i:

as ho accomplishes' the ascent of each

cmlnence, ;Is confronted: by.half a dozenhigher, and •more distant which were:allunsuspected .before.

So little,»in:fact. :Is known, of:life thatitris, not possible to even 5 Intelligently,theorize upon it.. -\" '• , ',,¦"¦It¦ Is difficult toIconceive how.little weknow,', for t so much has been" discoveredrecently that it seems as though"' sciencehad; every thing;In';its grasp, yet '¦ the "verysimple;question of.whether ,the 'earth is amolten globule.with, a ¦thin; crust ;on lit,or a solid suhere of moderate coolness, ia

:yet 'unsettled. .When such very plain and;material, problems as this are yet to besolved. It Is ,no wonder, that the impon-derable agency 'we. call, life,Is 'still In anunknown .realm •;' awaiting the 'i coming ofsome pioneer discoverer.*, 'With -next' spring.' when the Belgian sci-entist arrives ;here, will¦" begin ¦ the 'mostImportant: experiments: In;biology that

jbeen!'' made. ,.The -work;of ¦ re-cent*; years In chemistry of vegetable andanimal ,substances, in electricity of;therarer forms, and particularly in teleDathy.

Professor Le Brae of Ant-werp WillCome to Cal5=-

forela to Solve '.theFlystery of Life..

Next cut out numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5. Cuttwo of each Inorder to save time, as bothBides are exactly alike. Baste them upon1in order. If there is any extra length

Overcast strongly with buttonhole twist,as most of the Strain comes on the steel.The eleven-Inch strip is numbered 1.

First of all. make up your mind beforeyou start out to shop what color you wantyour corset to be. The girlat the ribbon

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.

Is not writtpn for the woman ofdross reform. It has no interest for

i her who prefers to wear a ;»otato

Back gathered about the neck. Forit's all about that bewitching little pick-pocket, the French corset, and how tokoop your money out of its hands.

You non-reformers who listen, howmany times have you seen your pursescollapse when the French corsrt hnd laidhold of them? Twfive or fifteen dollars isnothing to sper.d for that Lit of steel aii'jribbon and lace. And ifyou are one whosepurse flattens faster than itfillst then youhave seen the time when the cost of acorset left you hatless or bootless orEO-.-nJess. All because you must have theperfect Parisian outline.

Of course, you must. Who blames you?But did you know that you can have itfor the price of $2 35 and an afternoon'slabor?

"Tape," you say. No, not tape, by anymeans; but satin ribbon, the best on themarket. Tou may have ~uch a corset ssVan Ness avenue is- paying twelve ormore dollars for. and at such a price asmakes you think that something Is wrorp.But Just try and see. Come back on your

cour.tcr willnot be able to tell you wheth-er you prefer pink or blue. The ribbon is

to be a double-faced satin, two incheswide. Be sure itIs heavy to avoid stretch-ingout of shape. You willneed flve yards,

at a* cents.

Don't economize on your lacing cord, asa silk one costs only 25 cents, and the rib-bon demands good findings. Ten cents'

worth of whalebones Is enough Yourstf els need not be bought; take them fromRomn old corset, in which they havegrown to fit you. Eyelets will have to bepunched, at the cost of 23 cents. A leatherdealer will do the work neatly. Nowthen, IfJohn Insists upon seeing an item-ized account, ought this to shock him?Five yards ribbon at 33 cents $175One silk lace ~. 25"Whalebones ; 10For punching eyelets 25

Total X $2 35The chances are you have sewing silk

in the house. Get it out and you areready to begin.If your steels are too long, file them

down. Eleven Inches is the requiredlength. .

Cut ribbon to same length in half andcover the steel3, the corded edges Infront.

lap the top and bottom pieces or 2 and 5over the center ones. This makes theproper curves at the bottom.

The side piece or 6 comes next. Cut fourof this kind, as they are doubled to gainextra strength. Put together In the sameway as you did the front pieces, number6 lapping over 4 and 2 over 3.

There are only three pieces that formthe side back.

Baste 7, S and 9 to side. part 6. lapping7 and 9 over 8. -Now you are ready to usethe last and third large piece, or number10. Fit the, pieces upon 10 as they werefitted upon 6. The fullness, which is madeby the small pieces," form3 the necessaryfullness to flt over the hips.

After the side is well basted togetherstitch on the machine. '.This must be doneor else you willbe forever in a state ofripping.

At this stage of the manufacture thefront steels are the only stiff part of thegarment. Stitch the sides or number 6into five whalebone slips, about three-

fourths of a- Inch apart, and cut thewhalebones down to flt. Insert and. turnover edges.

*The back or 10 la divided Into four parts.

Be' sure and leave the second space fromthe back vacant. This must be used forthe eyelets.

The finishing' touch is ready. Makewhat is left of your ribbon into the mostchic bow that you know how to makeand catch itIna Frenchy, flyaway fash-ion in front. .Ifyou have any friend Inthe millinery business get her to makethe bow, for bowmaking Is an art thatfew amateurs ever master.Ifyou must have more frllla and fur-

belows, a yard of lace and baby ribbonmay be stitched at the top of the corset.Liace at 40 cent* will do very well andstill keep below the three dollar mark.

This corset will fltany waist from twen-ty to twenty-six inches. IfItshould provetoo large, number 6 may be trimmed off.

"Who says we can't copy Paris fashionsupon our home sewing machines?

¦jfte perfect as % (Jei?-

uii^e pari5iai7 Bit ofpollou// jfye^e Dir^etiops

a9d U/itl7 a i||i§|l||iYou <Sai) '5au?

7T\o9ey.

HERE! YOU CAN MAKE A FRENCH CORSET FOR $ 2.35

THE SUNDAY CALL. 5

ever seen one suffering from the feeble-ness of senility. In fact, they appear tohave no death except that of accidentalor Intentional violence.. 5 r,

Life, the dearest of all of our posses-sions. Is, for some unaccountable reason,the least prized. A man willalways riskhis life to save his hat and court apo-'plexy to -recover a collar button.

With certain death staring us all in theface, who is there that gives any. time tothe care of his body with the object ,ofpreserving its life and usefulness? Wopaint our houses, cover our guns withrust preventive, varnish the pictures.sheath our 'ships '. with copper.' and tartheir rigging—all. to the end that theirInanimate substance may bo preserved.But our bodies that have earned us., allwe have— the only home of our soul .onearth-rwe leave them.^ to.be preyed uponby weather and time, and seem to takedelight in-"torturing our-corporeal frameswith clothes Jkii&t Incommode and hinder,with foods that poison, or;at best 'half;nourish and corrupt;. with"drinks that ln-flamo and rasp, with numbing narcoticsthat short circuit the nerves, waste theirprecious life currents and wear out thehuman dynamo. --Nature Is indeed kindto us to"permit alf this and stlll^ workfaithfully trying to repair the damage;but she does take a. little satisfaction ingiving uk twinges of pain as a:reproof.Do not blame your luck, then, when some-thing hurts you, but say, rather, "Whathave Idone to bring on this deservedpunishment?" Think and you will find

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