Show LETTERS LETT RS FROM THE TELEGRAM i READERS READERS FOLLOWING MISS Ya k FURLONGS FURLONG'S LESSONS i- i il 11 j l F. F A. A I I 1 am ani a young oung girl 19 and have a n. nery very ery large high S achi 33 Will you ou advise ise me which ext ex- ex t to practice to pr try to reduce it Z Swaying Croin side Bide to side wl with h. h the hands on the Is la a good exercise Ho ito to i reduce educe obes abdomen The bend bend- In lug Ins to touch the tho floor with the finger tips while keeping tho the knees straight will also help to reduce it Be sure ilo V io to stand properly that is with tho the Behest high and tho the abdomen drawn l in l MISS MISS M. M D. D writes I i am G 6 feet teel 7 7 inches in hei height ht and weigh i pounds pound please tell mo me how to re- re duce du 1 f If It you ou W weighed any less you ou would be too thin as you OU are arc now one pound I t Bunder weight I k t. t l. l M. M asks Will you ou please tell mo just what exercises will vill develop im my legs as tho the rest of m my body is and ump p J 4 Walking bicycling stair stall climbing and tennis are arc all good exercises to develop tho leg mUt muscles Tennis I Is especially recommended d. d HOW TO CURE PIMPLES M M. L. L and others ask What will euro curo pimples Will you OU please name nanie tk a good cold old cream or or soap soap No cold cream or soap Hoap will cure pimples Treat them from th the by thinning tho the sluggish blood which cn them Do not allow tion to and practice the excl exer cIes which bring the abdominal mUG mus des cles Into play Get pleny of ot fresh PaIr air drink a gr great t deal of ot water nod Ud avoid all heavy greasy and highly seasoned foods pastries and sweets If J it you yU ou follow these thise directions will wm note a 0 great Improvement you In your our complexion within a very short while I I MARY W Yo writes I am am a concert pianist t and from sitting at nt the piano the five hours u It day have become quite stout I 1 am anxious to know If It your o course of ot exercises should b be strictly followed as aa tho they are given each da day or 01 should Just certain ones bo be re repeated re- re in my case Cao rIt It is 15 not necessary for you to do all all' the exercises It If you desire to rc- rc duce lC your our waist line and hips state Do the bending aa as you ou and swaying for the waist and nud rolling roiling to reduce th the hips TI Try to take at nt least an hours hour's walk each day and practice sitting properly while at the piano To overcome the double dubIe chin take tak the exercise exer which stretch the he neck nick muscles muscle This condition Is of ot course I caused caused b by constantly holding the head down over O your music I V W A. 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D writes Please let me inc what kind of ot dumbbells you jou ou use Ar Arp they wooden or Ir Iron and how hov t Show much d the they weigh to for tor a a- asto stout et sto t t woman to use J The two-pound two wooden dU dumbbells bt lm will be the proper roler ones for tor you t to ou use Juse v I L as she appeared In the one of his blue silk socks sock drawn over her plump hand and a n darning n needle edle dle inthe inthe in ITI the other Ive been looking over Smiths Smith's bills we er and er we must be he awful big eaters he ended ex ex- ex Why There was a decided edge to his wife's tone Just look at these bi bills ten bills ten ls-ten ten dollars dot dot- lars mrs week before last twelve dollars last week eleven levon dollars dollars' this week week week- to say y nothing of the milkman and butcher and the fruiterer whew fruiterer whew Im doln doing the best I can un sh she re returned returned re- re turned coldly That may be m my dear he re retorted retorted re- re a n. little irritably but if It you would only remember that my salary Is exactly thirty dollars dollars' per w week ck and that if It w we spend fifteen to twenty for tor food toad there isn't going to be any left for Cor rent Tent clothes or the h home me we want to build some da day Tears rears filled tilled her hel lovely lo eyes If It I had only known that you were dissatisfied dis dIs- dIs saU satisfied with satisfied led with me me- me to me-to meshe she quavered l My dear girl Ive I've tried to be patient explained Ben Den Dont for heavens heaven's sake cr cry ov over its it's its it's it its it's a very practical subject Oh well If it you In Insist Insist insist In- In on crying I shall l lose c my patience entirely He got up tip and paced the I floor loor leaving on hI his desk a a litter of ho household bills w She looked up scornfully at him through her tear tears Lose your ur patience And A what would happen then she demanded hiu haughtily I might forget to come home homey he snapped back Lack and went off otto slamming slamming slam slam- ming the thc front door I She looked after him wit with angry eyes When the gate too had clicked I behind his substantial person and he had disappeared In fn the direction o of the station she carefully locked the and indulged in a good cr cry All All' that day she worked like a lit Ht- tie the fur fury over her l 1 t tasks sk She resolved resolve that never ne again should Ben have cause to accuse her of ex cx- cx In a spirit of or bitter Iron irony she took Inventory of her pantry pantry pan pan- tr try and refrigerator and concocted a a dinner from leftovers that would have ve delighted the soul of or ora a frugal ho housewIfe house se- se wife The half halt pan of baked beans which ordinarily would ha have haC C gone on into the garbage pall pail was converted d into a bean soup dry Ir crusts became a n cabinet cabinet cabi cabi- net pudding minus f eggs S. S with a few fe raisins dotted dolled here and there baked potatoes and anti a lettuce salad completed corn com a simple meal which whEel com I re regarded rt- rt I with Ith scornful contempt even while she grudgingly admitted that Jt it was rath rather r fascinating to see what one could d do with leftovers Six o'clock clock came and the long line of ot returning commuters straggled do down clown n the hill lull and scattered to th their lr homes home There was no ito sign Ign of or Benjamin lien Den jamin Seven o'clock S 9 S 9 10 and 10 and he came not Frightened at athis athis athis his absence and confident that her husband had carried out his threat of ot the thc morning mol Imogen cleared away the untouched mea meal and w went nt into the tho little library where she spent th the nl night ht in going over lver the accumulated accumulated accumulated household bills By morning she had reached a d de de- de cislon If JC Ben blamed her for tor extravagance gance ganc anC she w would pay hack back ack the bills bUhl herself In the meant I inn if It ho he chose to go to 0 o his mp mothers mother and stay stay why why he could 1 That morn morning In she telephoned nn nn an advertisement to a a. city news newspaper aper offering rooms an and board to business businesswomen women vho desired to live In a pleasant pleas pica ant suburb And Ben Dixwell Cn failed II 11 to appear that day or or tho thin next and b by the third day when Imogen had established hd two paying guesta in th the little house houss Bens Ben's office telephoned out anda and a asked where ho he was was Wo ha haven't nl seen him since Ince Monday Mon Mon- day clay explained d Bens Ben's chief admitted I 1 enl either elthor It g n n. n He lie loft left for tor the office that office that morning morning- Her voice broke Wo Ve sent him to Boston Bohton Monday but hu he wag to report esterday pro probably unexpectedly detained said the chief hurriedly Ill call can up the theD D Boston ton office offic and Inquire Please let mo me kno know begged ged Imogen Imogen Imo lino- g gen en I Now she Bho was in a panic of ot te fear I H Had d Ben act actually all del deserted her It was wu as curious that he should so mysteriously mysteriously mysteriously mys mys- vanish on that day day sh she would not nol believe that he had gone purposely to avoid his obligations but she she she-sHe e al alone would pay them And the next day clay the office a advised her that Ben had not appeared at the Boston branch of f the Ula firm and no one knew where he be wa waIn In In the afternoon afternoon after after- noon Dan Ben mother came nad denied that she had seen her her- hereon eon son for tor a a. tort fort night She blamed Imogen and Imogen-and and there were more mare tears Now No Noa a private detective a agency ency had charge of the tho matt matter r sand and the disappearance of f Benjamin Dixwell would soon become p Several we we-ks we ks w went nt b by b- they merged Into months and nd finally the summer waned d and found Imogen worn to a n. shadow with work arid and worry The Tho last debt W ayes avos s paid but she kept the boar boarders ers In ii order to 10 o meet her daU dally daily expenses Bens Bena firm continued d his salary M sending the check out to Imogen each month but she nhe would not touch uch it She h lock locked d tho the checks aWa away in iq hIs Jils desk and waited waited for for what 1 she ahe did not of dare I I a atilt asIc k herself herselt I 1 that Ben Den I I I should tire of her she humbly humbly hum hum- b bly but that he ho should have abandoned abandoned aban aba his parents and friends and his business s was amazing Imogen learned several so hard lessons during that trying period and she was waR i ivery very far tar removed from the careless pleasure loving 10 woman whom Ben I had married the year nr before One September day she ahe was vas as in Doston on business and had occasion to to visit a large department store She ent entered red the elevator to go o to the second floor I and as an the tle vehicle started up her hel careless glance surprised surprised sur sur- d the puzzled stare of the uniformed uniformed uniformed uni uni- formed operator For a long moment their eyes ees met and held B Ben n she gasped at la last t in a frightened tone still Maam he stammered staring in that bewildered manner L Let t me out please w cried Imogen turn Imo gen sen and when she had escaped cap d from the steel ca cage I she sought ought the store manager and asked him hini breathlessly Who Wh is that man running the elevator ele ele- dc- dc vator ator With unfailing courte courtesy courter they traced the record of the man man in the car ar finally discovering that he hc had been heen recommended to them then by a n well known physician Dr Abel Abell When Imogen n visited the doctor she he found Cound him more than willing to discuss the theman theman theman man man called John Jonn Smith I I Earl Early in June this man was as brought to the hospital hopital the victim of an automobile accident his head hE-a was as injured d and he was suffering from loss of memory An operation was performed and every ery care given en the case because 1 I was personally Interested interested Inter Inter- ested t d in the unknown patient We Pe had found no Identification papers on his person and decided that some miscreant reint had robbed the unconscious victim before the ambulance arrived upon the scone ho I exerted As s ho regained h health every effort t to identify him and faIling failIng fail fail- Ing to do so I obtained the position for tor him himas an as an elevator op operator HC ie Is my husband said hl Imogen brokenly broken He Ho looks at m me and does toes nto recognize met That is only a t temporary phase of or his hie mn illness le Now that he hp has been identified and can b be with thoo thol l ho hol l nes his early cure euro cure IK is a R. forc foregone one conclusion smiled Dr Suppo Suppose Suppose Sup po pose you ou return home to lo Lin Linwood wood Tomorrow I will bring your husband back ack to you ou Imogen went wont in a chaos of uncertainty uncertainty taint as to the outcome of ot the ex experiment ox- ox p fearful that Ben Den confronted confront confront- ed d by the old scenes would recall that last dreadful morning when when- th thy thoy y qu quarreled Would 1 1 he ht choo to re remain remain remain re- re main with her heror or or- would he KO so way away again ngi Dr Abell hr br brought u ht Ben Den as far tar as HH the tho gate Your wife Is waiting for 0 Dixwell Dix Dix- well he said forcibly My my Of my wife stammered Ben Bel Ina in ina a dazed manner manner- The d doctor gently pu pushed him through h the gate Go Go on he laush d. d Thc They met at the foot fool of the front steps steps n. Imogen pale an thin in a white ser serge sere p. p frock Dt Ben n. n taunt framed and hollow V eyes yes still looked puzzled I am m so ciO glad you have hiLve come home hom Dp Ben iM Imo Imogen m softly lie smiled frowned n the pus pus- led look disappeared from his good looking countenance He smiled again arain his Ills wIfe around arid and his hit arms went Im rm l d to get home Hon Bon he lie raid Fait with his old cheery cheer manner Imogen his head down to her shoulder and sobbed thankfully There Thero was so o much m to tell ell him him tl o man many gaps g-aps of ot memory to fill fill no ao that her herI many economies economics to rela relate c heart was wall full fun Dr Abell Abeli mon moved mo d awa away from th the I gate with a significant glance over o his shoulder houlder at the reunited couple Cured he smiled tit |