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Show "' j j 1 1 I 1 1 III 1 1 Sj I I Your nose, madamc. does it displease dis-please you? Does jour organ of smell offend your s?nse of beauty? Is it a blot or blob upon the landscape land-scape of your facial loveliness0 If so, then read One always finds a way toward betterment. Some one has said that when days were reposeful and poetic, the human uose was worthy of admiration admira-tion and esteem. Commercialism has madp it what it is. Only upon the pronie of ancient sculpture does the nose appear in placid perfection Today its beauty Is gone. Yet let us see what can be done. It may b hinted there are noses of many minds. Flrsi and foremost, there is the' meddlesome nose that sticks itself into other people's affairs For such a probosr Is may be shed a tear of pity, since It must bo that it has no business of Its own or that its affairs af-fairs are so deadly dull as to be scarcely worth while A sister nose is one which turn3 up disdainfully at other folks. This nose always talrcs a chance, for, though no nose has broken itself in the effort, there is always a possibility that same sad day it will turn up so haughtily haughti-ly and highly that it may never come down again. Unkindncss as well as crime may lug along its punishment. punish-ment. Look you in the mirror, young woman! What see you there? A red nose, a shiny nose, an abbreviated abbrevi-ated nose or a nose too large and substantial? It is the nose that prlvrs character to the face It is the keynote of the profile It's lack of beauty causes more gnashing of hair and pulling of teeth than gray hair and wrinkles. wrin-kles. For a nose is so terribly, substantially sub-stantially there! Reform is possible There are reliable re-liable physicians, fantastically called call-ed sculptors in flesh, who perform miraculous changes. They are not of the band of charlatans of a previous pre-vious generation, but specialists of repute, and of good standing in the medical profession Humps are trimmed down to logical and more sightly proportions, incisions are closed with neat stitches and the deed is done. The operation is expensive ex-pensive frightfully and is justified justi-fied only in the most urgent cas1 Doctors call the bulbous nose a lipoma and it is caused by an enlargement en-largement and thickening of the car-tlages car-tlages and skin This surplus tissue tis-sue is removed either with the knife or electric cautery Thin noses are spread, crooked ones are set straight, broad ones are narrowed. But these miracles can be achieved only by the most expert and consci- ntious and others less skillful will make a sad mess of the attempt at reconstruction Paraffin is sometimes used to fill in tissue cavities. This treatment is always more or less dangerous, since the paraffin may solidify in lumps and bumps and cause endless trouble. Attendant upon the paraffin paraf-fin operation is the chance of blood poisoning. It is a trick not highly recommended by capable specialists. Even more important than the beauty of the nose is its proper functioning. There must be an absolutely ab-solutely free passage of air through the nostrils, otherwise the health is Impaired. The nose has four different dif-ferent kinds of work to do It not only serves as a passageway for air. but it warms, moistens and filters the inspired air; it also the organ or-gan of smell, it aids in phonntlon; it affords ventilation to the cars and accessory sinuses. Belgian s Ring and Queen I kst jujj f(..v peopc outside of lgium knew anything about King I Alln and Queen Elizabeth. Those i vijo did know them had little Idea, ras. that in the uuiet, studious Joking young monarch there were KjNitng the fires of heroism, and Uwt when the occasion arose- he show himself to be one of l great! st U( art. J Kings who occupied a throni EVcn now, I wle Albert of Belgium has become almost an International household ord for tne nor7iesL Gf qualities, , ot vcry mui h i, known about him. An interesting contribution to the I pther scann stock of Information mad, by Mr. Charles Maskens, nrst s, , reiarv tu the Belgian lega-! lega-! J0il in vVashinemn Where the :r;'r!,J :-" - i Ian! soldier Mr : laskens set? ihe conscientious, la-wrious la-wrious student In other words, ! ?e King Albert as he was be-fur'- the wa, DlsUKKD in HI LNCLE. ,.Kin8 Albert came to the throne on ; death of bis i i i 1 opold, of Ljwamous memory It is to the cred-j cred-j 1 of the young man thai be was ordia.ll disliked b his uncle, who j 0u'd oever, if b could help it, : JJVe 'He prince about the royal pal-; pal-; rj",jr present ai anv court function. Srtw Up ,,n his lather's , wtate ai Ciergron. He wa studi-'s- and hie y, .. ,,i , -. iii- J 10 be d. rived Iron) ..u.' v.alks In JSJ country, jug) as later on his I fcv k lf not- indeed, ins only, hob- BJ became mountain climbing in that of Miss Ellaine Tar-riss, Tar-riss, the modern "perfect nose". Switzerland. When his uncle died be was traveling through the Conga Con-ga and planning what could be done to make the territory more attractive at-tractive 10 Belgian settlers. From ihe dav he ascended the throne he impressed those who came into association asso-ciation with him that he had only 0M detlre. and that was o JEurther Belgium's interests in every wa possible, and especially to Increase her commercial importance. Anj vate hobbies or interests he may nave had became subordinated to this sense of responsibility. HADE BELGIUM A OBJBAT NATIOX- Since a great many of the Belgian people arc fishermen and seamen King Albert interested himself to lovise wavs and means for expanding expand-ing his country's overseas trade, and especially to buildup a Belgian lu,ilt marine from bis pri- ,:, purse he equipped a training Sip which he filled with Belgian ,;i,lcts. and these be sent around the world in order thai they might Have A -hand opportunities Of studying ! . methods of other countries. Whatever other plans and dreams he hid for his country were rudely dfepelled last August and now sKM.ld the king live to be a very o San it impossible that he should b A re time to attend to any other ' V, ban those growing mm,, -J , o . of 'be war, for the rehab. . C on of Belgium will no. beCo. i,h in a generation. HowVer. l aiblcved in a we. H., has raised the prestige of Belgium. Hr has made it as famous as another little country In Its day was famous Sparta. QUEEN A NOTED KUSIC1 18. According to Mr. Maskens, King Albert 1 probably the tallest mau in Belgium, Nhll- (.mi, , ii i;ii.abelh is rather short, and in the days before be-fore their marriage, when they used to walk together through the streets of Brussels, they caused cousidera- bio amusement on account of the disparity in their height. Iu other respects than stature the difference between the king and the Queen Is equally marked. Whatever taste his majesty may have for art, be is no performer. The queen, on the contrary, con-trary, is a remarkable musician, and is a brilliant violinist. She interests in-terests herself In every musical event of Importance in Belgium, and has done much to elevate the general gen-eral taste of the citizens with ie- For the red nose, which Is a genuine gen-uine beaut -.ricf, the uninitiated apply cnlrl cream and tears, neither one of which can be called an f-fectiVe f-fectiVe treatment. There is always a cause for a red nose and he commonest com-monest is indigestion. The proper diet calls for a rigid censoring of fat meats, pastries spices, strong tea, strong coffee ana all stiraulailng food and drink. By eating plenty of fruits, cither raw or cooked, and by drinking six or eight glasses of water wa-ter a day, more can be accomplished than by any external application. Tiny red veins that appear are realh ruptured capillaries If there arc but a few the electric needle can be used to burn them away, but when a fine network forms it is important im-portant to give the matter serious attention. at-tention. Strengthen the skin itself by regular massage with a heay complexion emollient, and by wearing wear-ing once or twice a da very cold packs or dressings. A course of careful, lightly manipulated facial treatments would be of benefit, but only a capable operator should do the work, since loo heavy manipulations manipula-tions would do more harm than good The surface ot the skin should bo carefully protected from wind and sun b the use of a chiffon veil Dusting liberally with a good complexion com-plexion powder ill act as a mild protection from the elements. -J gard to music. She is also a clever painter. Ms BE OF BRITISH HATEB. It is odd to remember that tjueen Elizabeth of Belgium is the daughter daugh-ter of the Archduke Karl Frederick of Bavaria, and that one of her kinsmen. kins-men. Kuprecht the Crown Prince, is probably the bitterest hater of England Eng-land in all Germany. Win r ver the sympathies of Queen Elizabeth Day be, she has proved that first of all 6he is a Belgian Queen Since the beginning of the war she has remained re-mained at the king's side almost on the firing line, and has done prat ileal ile-al work in the hospitals, despite the fact that she is not in good health. Like her heroic country, however, she has risen magnificently to the occasion There are three children in the royal family Crown Prince Leopold. Prince Joseph and Princess Marie-Jose. They are now in England Eng-land staying at the country estate of Lord Curzon. After Ute Earthquake. "I am alive here iu the cellar Michael Calrolo!" "It is s ghost!" thought some men who were examining the earthquake ruins at Paterno. Italy, to see what might be saved. Deadened by the thick wreckage, the cries kept coming, and after three hours' hard and vigorous work the men rescued Cairolo. who had been buried alive twenty-five days, with nothing to keep soul and body together except a little water that providentially trickled into his living liv-ing grave. Notwithstanding the strain of his awful experience. Calrolo. 33 years old, was able to leave unassisted the automobile in which he was taken to an improvised hospital and he was able to tell his extraordinary extraordi-nary story. "When the earthquake occurred." he said, "I tried to escape but found myself in a stable. Under the stable sta-ble a cellar was hems cut from the rocks. I made my way into that excavation ex-cavation and so escaped being crushed to death. "From that moment I saw no more light I thought I had become blind, for I could not believe that the ruins covered the cellar so completely com-pletely as to prevent a single ray of lifiht coming through. For a long time 1 cannot say how long- iuy despair Increased until I became almost al-most frenzied I shouted with ail my strength until I fell into an insensible in-sensible condition almost like a faint This saved my life, for it I had continued my desperate d forts to tree myself I must have died of exhaustion. "By feeling about with ray hands in the darkness I found a wet spot and moistened my burning lips. ! Thai revived me, and with mj hands I dug a hole in which water col-lectedi col-lectedi and I was able to drink. "Thus I managed to exist how long I don't know, for I lost track of the days until yesterday I heard voices above me. "Said one: 'All are dead.' "Another answered. 'Quite so; J hut let us recover what we can of our property.' H "I roused myself to make a SU-preme SU-preme effort and screamed. Those above me. I am told, thought it was a ghost; but I continued to shout and convinced them that a liv- H ing man was in the ruins. Then they started to rescue me." The CalL A number of congressmen were swapping stories in the house cloak- room one day when John Sharp 1 Williams told of an old negro whose labors in the cotton field were one H day brought to a speedy conclusion. J It had been a hot day in July. The 1 old mau. in the middle of the field, 1 suddenly ceased his task, and look- H ing toward the sky. exclaimed: "Oh, Lawd. ue cotton am so gras-sy. gras-sy. de wuk am so hard, and de sun H am so hot. dat I believe dis nigger 1 am called to preach!" J Auu he lias preached ever since. Country Life. I "Sorry, but we can't have no fresh H green corn for dinner today," says 1 Mr. Hakumin, proprietor of the Ru- 1 nil Retreat, where the boarders get H fresh air and other genuine country H "What's wrong?" asks the new H boarder. "Is the cool weather keip- . lug it from ripi ing fast enough?" Vl y .' "Nope." thoughtlessly cxplaiustbe H landlord "Ma was stralgbjtenln' up H the kitchen yistuddv an' somehow H or other lost the can opener." H |