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Show UTAH STATESMAN Do MfValeniim ' A Wifes SHE WENT FROU Transformation tun Tha sf dit CoWb of s Woeai By Mary Culbertfon MDJOWORSE Miller Down to 98 Pounds Finally Restored to Health by Lydia E.Pinkhame Vegetable Compound INSTALLMENT XV. Improved Standing Position. UQTAKDINQ is not a matter of throwing buck the shoulders, holding your head up and keeping the lower part of your body as Hut as possible," raid the rhythm In structor. This may be true, but you never will stand properly until your whole body learns the lesson of relaxation and of a perfect control. When you get the feeling of Individual rhythms that underlie their every movement, then It will be us natural for you to stand correctly as It Is for you to stand at all." "I think I've slouched all my life," Helen responded. Well, you appear to have been doing It for some little time," ttie Instructor smiled. However, the Idea Is, Mrs. Crane, to stand as comfortably erect as you can without making conscious effort for a correct posture. I'd like you t try to vision cool slim reeds. From them a lesson may be learned. Whnt la your Idea of them, Mrs. Crune?" The InstrucThey are straight. " tor noddl'd encouragingly. Helen hesitated. They are straight, but not stiff they nre unbroken nnd whole," the inAnd the sap structor announced. flows up through them unimpeded by crooks nnd bends. I want the feeling bf those slim reeds to permeate your, being I want your body to be relaxed nnd under control. That is the only miulilhin, Mrs. Crane, under which It will properly obey. You must, that Is lose that the bane of human beings. It Is that St Gaudens Status of Lincoln, In Grant Park, Chicago. that makes our bodies awkward and our fingers clumsy." I've been conscious of my bulk for the Imagination of the world. There so long. It will lie difficult to forget Is no more romantic figure In the annals o( statecraft than this tall and about my liody." Helen suilled. Hut you must. Grace can be acstrangely sorrowful, sometimes humorous and always burdened, child of quired only after you hove learned how to manage your body, and then the clearings and the prairies. have forgotten about It," catne the Dignity and honesty, strength and emphatic rejoinder. generosity, charity and understandiHelen's Ungainly Attitude. ng, were the hammers under which Here was a ridiculous slounch. She he welded a broken nation. Such with one hip sagging, the oppo-slt- e The centenary of Abraham Lincoln's qualities are always needed In public stood shoulder drooped, tier stomach birth was celebrated on February 12, life. The mnn who lias them Is a ns well as her neck forward thrust statesman. 1909, with an even deeper Interest Lacking them he can and head. Her body was thrown out than such events usunlly amuse In a never rise to greatness. Philadelphia of Hs natural line and made the innation. Since then the Lincoln legend Ledger. ternal organs lubur at a disadvantage. has grown. Memorials to the Great Here ts a caterpillar look at It Emancipator have multiplied. Each well, please. You'll note that he hns his birth of succeeding anniversary bis been mnrkr-- by what has come jjj What constitutes the bulwark J no spinal column such as we have. Hut since ours la In snuill sections to be the usual Impressive and nationSi of our liberty aad iadepend- we can at least try to Imitate Ills wide observance. jjj enca? It is not our frowning jjj A graceful curling and uncurling. Abraham Lincoln has been dead for battlement, our briitling sen- worm the nnd received small maid e years. Few who jjj coasts, our army aad our navy. j nearly sixty-threcarrird It off after Helen had careremember hltn remain alive. The IsOur ralianca is iu tha lova of IL sues he raised have long since passed. ife libarty which God has planted S fully examined he stretched out yon lies Where In many ways the thought nnd the in u. Our defsnsa is in the jjj must stand. On you both the lint sun of nation the have very feelings liberty ns e heats down. Can't you feel the beat Jjjj spirit which ofprized y all men in all jjj cbnnged, and yet no figure In Its the heritage seeping through the soft Imlrs? And has ever so completely raptured lands averywhere. Destroy this liow drowsy and hot you feel. oh, and held Its Imagination ns lias this Si spirit and yon hava planted the jjj very slowly you begin to Slowly sorrowful son of the frontier. jjj seeds of despotism at your own jjj curl, segment hy segment. Your head Here was a mun who came of a Si doors. Lincoln. si drops over first. th-the next section Si wandering and Illiterate, sometimes nnd Hie next. The hut sun Is still shiftless nnd always shifting ami footbeating down on ynj and you grow loose stock. They knew little of drowsier nnd sleepier. At last you It books. He had little are one Idg curl. Are you bent over In a new was a family of tmre folks" from the waist ns far as you can and pore" country. liend?" Helen managed nn affirmaIn that "half-faretive mod. rump" In the Now It Is the cool of the evening Indiana woods Ills mother taught him . Ills letters" from Ihe old hlae-bacSection nnd Helen begins to I.y by section straight cns. starting from speller" of American tradition. t he spelled out sentences the Ihe base, until she Is as straight us from the statutes of Imihina. she had been, whh-l- i was not symmetrical, as we know. Lincolns Library." It tMik many such movements be. In raw that Somehow country fore she felt Hie spirit of tbe thing the Aialiian Nights'' c:m:r Into tils Tbe vertebrae In her the rhythm. huml-i- . He rttiid the I'.llile Shakeso were neck tight und unyielding PilAesop's Fahles aid speare, from bolding her bend In that thrust-nu- t knew the Life lie grim's Progress." side position for years that even of Washington hy olj Parxiti Weems. wlii'ii she tried to I msen them nnd He dipped a quill pen made from the hold her head erect she could turkey buzzard's wing feather in a not nceoinplish It. The caterpillar home-madInk cniiiimmdcd of roots exercise did much fur Helen; each of the hlurklHTry briar and copperas, time she mine to a more erect posilie wrote with the tip of a hiiiut stick tion of the bend than the time before. nr dead coal from the fireplace on Kite forgot the specific reasons for her fresh-spli- t rlaphouril. movements In the Interest nf feeling One hook had s profound Influence of the caterpillar and umn him nnd possibly upon Americnn so unconsciously straightened nnd fi tally political history. The t.im-oln surprising deher neck llmliered to He read In his wer Iienim-rats- . gree. She loved being a caterpillar, The Sieeehes nf Henry Flay," It made her feel so warm, so cosy, und stiff with the strong uml pungent oh so sleepy. Whig doctrine of u century tun. Learn From Turtle. (lay hvenme to Lincoln "(lie heuu recall "Cun turtle orfoctly. you When Lincoln Ideal of n statesman." Mrs. Crane?" I entered Illinois MilitIcs in .".2 he was Not perfectly hut I've a hazy a Whig. The torch of ("ay Inn lightIdea of Its size nml movements." In Hie Sniigaiiinn ed s greater flame Helen was standing erect. Try to valley, hilt Clay, dying In s.",j with feel on your hack the hard shell of his life work of compromise d Hinted the turtle. Can you do it? the Into ruin, did not live to see the glory asked after a moment. structor fire. new of this e I'm trying." The Instructor nodded Greet by InstincL and went on In a droning voice. Out of the raw. rough nnd remly Your neck si retches wuy down to school of miilcs and frontier the base of your spine. It Is confined umims law Lincoln somcl-.obrought the hy that hard shell, so Hint yonr head lem-nml for needed the (tower expel Tha national capital Is often called hnngs over. The hot sun Is beating down on you nnd liecins to crack yout. nation'll grenlest emergency. And as The City of Beautiful Dlstancea," , lie hrnu.ld somethe years nroiinil and thia photograph, mads from atop shell. You fed it The word himiaiilty thing greater. tha Post Office department In down your neck first, then It dnqis off. Drop It. fails to town Washington, tends to prove IL your head a little, Mrs. ('rune. More It Included n deep understanding, a Through the arch It ahown tha Waah-ingto- n nnd more It cracks mid drops to the floor. Further and further your head monumenL great generosity nnd an niter Hhscnce and long neck droop over. Now tho of imilh-c- . nml vimlh live-liesshell has nil dropped off nnd nil the Somewhere he foiim n trail no Books on Lincoln neck has licon freed and liniigs from am no Many trnlneil diplo-imThe Publisher's Weekly snys that the base horn to the pa: pie ev-- r excelled, lie l 1(9 hr th Syndics!, Ina.) owned n tesied Mii-- gtli tried ns by as far ns American records of new luim fur Hie past fifty years (nililh-u- t fin mill IIS sure IIS steel. Till-rwits Immune In him nl-- o ii sir;: eg- arc concerned, there la scarcely any In this expen-lv- e, It's getting describable luMlnei for the right. doubt Hint more tomes have been It was by the Win n lie con written on Lincoln than on Hiiy oilier playing golf. Yes, yes, but after the first few power of truth. That may he why no hlstorieul chnrucler, excepting t'hrlst i ullier Anicrli'iin h.i left so Prior to 1S70 Napoleon apparently tboufcuuds you don't miicU care." deep nn Impress upon the thought and held the record In this reif-cc- Cleveland, Ohio. Vegetable to St. Valentine If for Nothing Else Than the Establishment of Pretty Custom. sweetheart the marriage was sure to take place during the year. As the celebration of St. Vhlentlne comes down to (lie present generation It la one of purely sentimental remembrance, emphasizing the modern tendency to sweep away the cobwebs of antiquity and retain the sociable cos-totof merit. It Is a fur cry from the year 270. with Its pagan celebration slid St. Valentine suffering martyrdom, down to the present one, end yet lie still baldi! majesty in the heart of today. Down through seventeen centuries has persisted a pretty custom which proves that human nature dues uot after all, change so very much. Hearts Old and Young The origin of observances ot St. Valentine's day Is somewhat clouded Young hearts ara sending many a rim In obscurity, but It Is fairly sell esTo other hearts todsy, tablished that the saint who met Ids Aad been thinking all tha time death by being first tauten with clubs What old hearts hart to say. and then beheaded had very little to Young hearts ara finding lore is bliss do with the celeb ration except that And life is full of song. Ills day happened to he at huml when And what shall old hearts say to this It became desirable to substitute a Who know it all along? Christian festival fur a lislied pagan observance. Well, here's a lino to you, my dear, In ancient Itoine it wus the custom From this old heart of mine; nuring the greater part of the month Tha festal day of love is hero, of February to celebrate the Luier-culiu- , Aad heres your valentine. or feasts iu honor of Pan and Young hearts are sending many n vow, Juno; the latter deity was then named The way that young hearts do. and Fehrullu Februata, Februulis So let an old heart sand one now, On these oecasiona part of the cereAnd send it all to you. monies consisted of placing In a box the names of young women and then So here's a heart, a simple heart, as chance directed they were druwn A heart of other days out by the men. Although wo meet, although wo part That loves the same eld ways. Old Customs Modified. Yes, here's a heart a little old. The leadersof the early Christian For much the heart endures, church diplomatically endeavored to quash all such pagan celebrations uml A little (luttry, I am told. But all that heart is yours I surslilhris. This was chiefly acDouglas Malloch. changing the complished through forms Konicohnt or suhstiluiing other thoughts or Ideas, for it hud been Two Loving Hearts Impossible altoproNeu that it wu gether to extirpate u ceremony to which the masses hud become attached through ucncratii'iis ot observance. Accordingly the outline of sncleiit ceremonies wus followed, hut modified In ways more in keeping with the Christ lull era. St. Valentine was s recently martyred priest, ami as the festival of I he I.ucrcu'.iii hail rnnimcnrcd shunt the middle of February It was natural to choose Ids hiithduy as the day of celebrating the substituted feast. In vurious countries the celebration has taken on different assets. At Norwich, In Ktigland, for Instance. St. Valentine's eve Is kept as a time for general giving Hinl receiving gif is. In Madder's (tumbles In an Old City Is found s description of the scene as follows: The streets swarm with carriers and baskets laden with treasures; hung. bang, bang go the knockOn St. Valentine day ers nml away rushes the hanger, deLook like that at a miss. positing first upon the doorstep some And youve got the girl pat If the looks back like this. packages from the basket of stores Again and again st Intervals at every door to which a missive Is nddresseil Heroic Invocation Is the same rciientel, till the baskets Muhleiitf Inne always (heir Unit, st are empty. Anonymously St. Viih-crct ways of Inviiking dreams. Here's Ills luhclcd tine presents only gifts, a confession of sin-ii niiilileii. WO with St. Valentine's love' und '(food The night before Valenngur year " Valentine.' morrow, tine I got five hay leates nml pinned Fake' Valentines Common. four of them to the four comers of Many ot the gifts were hoaxes my pillow nnd the fifth to the mliMle. nml I lien If I lr nail of my sweetmuch like April Fools' duy, for mil tlnuiiig, he says: "The mock parcels heart, we slioiiM be mnrrled before that vanish from the doorstep liy In Ihe year wus out. Hut to make sure. visible strings whn the door opens, I bnlleil nn egg tin rd. took "lit the monster parcels that dwindle to yolk nml filled It with salt, nml when I went to bed, nle ft. shell mol till, thread, papers denuded of their mill . with ruling iiioIIih-without speaking nr drinking a Tier It. tipi led cnveloiM-sWell, swell stoic behavior wa., cerall lending In the liiiul cniisiiin:ii,-iiii.if sniniMl.lng in the of good counsel, 'Happy Is lie who tainly expects nntld.ig and he will not be way of nightmares. disappointed.' It Is a glorious night ; marvel not that we would iierpei utile Sentiment Almost Cone so Joyous n fcsility." I 'own through the ages ti.is come In a series of essays published In the il Hf. Vnlelit 'l.e's il.iy Die cell brallnD nmoiiiii England In 17. I 1 other customs d Toil.-ito not the day are given. Ono miss ii U re iiiiich more Ilian a display of passion forded, pinned a bay leaf In rich cur ale inlureil etinN In shop windows Ins of tier pillow arid placed n lift ! In wl:h (npiil cm oriing with crimson of ho tinlvt the cent it ; If she rireimn-- l'e long-estu- b k a-t- s nlisi-rtatic- TODAY'S WINNERS Are you getting and plant? of frosh water will woifc MW. don for you. All dnnlitii thrao sum. Accept no substitutes. WZlieeil iwiq Womn end lilrli who ( enkir to publiesiiuo minimi "OOIiOK KSWB." eJHAIn Prlso Uono-kli.r tlmw obo r hmlitlia vim try is Him this sunosetliio No willins. 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Read this: Hors had bus swedlns Just below hues. Kowtow, has not Horse rood as orrr.Havsusrd d rcvi-a'i-d- bsttlstf not sotted RSiLTtlit A'R hls-tor- Imy-hon- d its invar Mr. Vernon. N. Y. j e yours, or are bodily infirmities holding you back? The pright lines of youth, health, strength, success may be yours if you keep your system la order. Deep Impress Lincoln Left t Com- pound, as It helped her very much, so I tried IL After taking tour bottles, I weigh 116 pounds. It has Just done wonders tor me and I can do my houje-wornow without one bit of trouble. Mae. M. Riesshioeb, 10004 NcLjn Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, If some good fairy should appj'.r, and offer to grant your heart's dcxlre, what would you choose?. Wegltj? Happiness? Health? Thats the best gift Health Is riches that gold cannot buy surely health is cause enough ii happiness. Lydia EL Plnkham's Vegetable Com pound may be the good fairy who offers you better health. A-n- World Owes Much ''After having my first baby, I lost weight, so nutter what I did. Then doctor told me I would be better If I had another baby, which I did. But I got worae, was always sickly and went down to 98 pounds. My neighbor told me about Lydia E. Plnkham's MT Name Bomhiiif. hcaiinc. Alt A R9CXXL WiTtrlf riMt Viv Tart on Ancient Bookt Serving tliu suine purMise ns il: lettering on the hack or front ihvit of the innilcrn lunik, flip immnsrrijit h:i-- l rolls of curly Egypt Hinl (ircci-projecting labels nf papyrus nr on which the title of the work was written. These labels hung as the Dills luy on Hip liltnirr shelves nr stnml In the buckets which served ns portable hisiki-ascs- . (las c l mit-wnr- fdlglc. For Colde, Crip or Influenza "d a Preventive, take Idizstlvo PROMO (JUlNtNK Tnlileta. A Safe and Proven Remedy. The box bvore the signature of H. W. Grove. S0c. Adv. Forced From Seclusion protest that no iiian had cnim-her home for 21) years was made from behind s ihsir hy Mrs. F. A. Hamilton, wealthy and Vldcrl) resident of Ontario, Calif., when tln'ineii came to rescue her from her huriiing home. They broke down the door and curried the woman to safety. A d liK-kc- lie Care of Her Family Weigt Heavily Upon the Energies of i Mother Denver, Colo. I hava five chll drsn and I always take Dr. Florce'i rsvorlts Prescription when I brglo to feel worn-ou- t or discouraged snl It always puts me In s good mood and strengthens me la every way. I kee; It In my house nl all times and a hot tle or two when I feel the need always benefits me wonderfully. It Is e pleasure to me ti recommend surli a remedy. Mrs. W. H. llowen, 2037 Calif. BL Get this of Dp Prescription Fierce's st any drug store. Write Dr. Pterre'e Invalids' Hotel In nuffnln, N. Y, It you want fr( medical advice. |