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TIITTK ST) AT MOKXIXG, THE PITTSBURGH POST SEPTEMBER 14, 191G. ciaf If DKGIE A K3D1E JCUKtf j. TOE SERPENT IN MEDICINE. First Pittsburgh Production, Tuesday Evening, September 19th, 8:15 sharp, Twice Daily Thereaiter, 2:15 and 8:15. (All Seats Reserved.) Thomas H.

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John, feasted on the rattlesnake. The Chinese eat water snakes. The Daba of Abyssinia greatly esteem the flesh of serpents as natives of Surinam do that of the boa. Warfare That Has Ever Been Conceived -ftw. PITT- THEATER 7th Street Penn Avenue-Phone Mail Orders Filled Seat Sale This Morning Symphony Orchestra of 30! Chorus of 100! Answers to Queries.

Miss R. M. You are quite right. As soon as the watet begins to thicken the figure becomes mature. Tou should do a great deal of walking.

To get the full benefit, walk with the head held erect, chest high, abdomen drawn in and shoulder blades drawn back. "Wear loose clothing, so that deep breathing is unhampered, and comfortable walking boots, so that you grow corns. A daily tramp of few miles, rain or shine, will Insure you a slim waist, besides many other evidences of beauty and health. Creamed Codfish and Spaghetti By CONSTANCE CLARKE. In hof weather heavy meals should be avoided; light, appetizing dishes must be prepared to tempt jaded appetites.

Dishes should be chosen which take little cooking, and so avoid overheating the house. Creamed codfish is easily prepared an-J is an improvement on the usual codfish dish. "Warm some button mushrooms (canned) in melted butter, prepare some spaghetti in the ordinary way, and season it well with salt and pepper. Remove the skin and bone from an equal a'mount of cooked codfish (boneless), or prepared salt codfish can be substituted, and divide into flakes. Take little ramekin dishes and rub them round with garlic, spread a thick layer of codfish and a layer of spaghetti, and pour sauce over the top.

Repeat this until the dish is full, reserving enough sauce to cover the last layer of spaghetti. Copyright, 1918, International News Service. i JBen Bdlt One cannot Jay down hard-and-fast rules on this point. Some require more sleep than others. Napoleon did with few hour3.

He had the astonishing faculty of closing his mind to the stupendous affairs that burdened him and snatching a few minutes of refreshing sleep whenever he cared to do so. Prom six to eight hours should be sufficient for a healthy adult; children and old people need more the young for growth, the old for recuperation. If the sacred nature of the serpent in 1 Egrptlan mythology 13 borne Jn mind, as well as Cleopatra's choice of a. death weapon, the asp probably being regarded as a holy instrument, all references to Cleopatra and the serpent assume a totally different significance from that by which they are usually characterized. In vast antiquity, then, the serpent was worshiped, became a symbol of royalty, and, coming to Greek mythology, played a most interesting role, being intimately associated with the divine art of healing.

Aesculapius, the father of medicine, is always represented -with a staff entwined by a snake, which remains emblematic of the medical profession to the present day. According to the Xew Platonic school at Alexandria, the serpents partly represented acuteness and partly rejuvenescence; they also signified soothsaying, as by eating snakes the result of various diseases was revealed. According to others, they represent the -watchfulness and wisdom of the or a sign of health; as they become young again by changing their skin. In Epldaurus, where the temple of Aesculapius was located, harmless snakes wera said to abound, and to have been initiated into some of the mysteries of the healing art. Thus they glided among the patients, their bodies acting much in the same capacity as our cold water coils of today, and their tongues effecting in a curative manner cutaneous eruptions and the like.

In this connection the story of Home being visited by the pestilence, and the populace calling to Aesculapius for aid, is extremely interesting. It is said the response was immediate, the god himself In the form of a serpent gliding from the vessel when it reached the banks of the Tiber, and the immediate lifting of the pest with his presence in the stricken city. To do him honor, the Romans erected a temple to Aesculapius on the site of which now stands the Hospital of St. Bartholomew. Thus it will be noticed that partly from the idea wf divinity attached to it, and partly from their casting their slough periodically, the serpent came not only to be a symbol of health and reproduction, but a means of procuring these blessings.

Pliny, Galen and the ancients were unanimous as to the medicinal properties of the flesh when eaten, and this belief seems to have obtained even in modern times, for in the letters of Mint, de Sevigne we read of an order for 30 dozen vipers, two to be taken every day in stuffing in a fowl, and directions are given for packing the aforesaid vipers. It is also said that Sir Kenelm Oigby used to diet his wife, the famous beauty, Venetia Stanley, upon capons fattened with the flesh of vipers. Those who eat serpents' flesh were also supposed to acquire the gift of understanding the languages of the brute creation. In India, great store is set upon the heart and liver of vipers, and they are also held in high repute by the The Blind an Lyes Genevieve Yes, face creams have a tendency to enlarge the pores, but not to the extent that injudicious use of face powder does. Therefore, it is wise to Our Friend from Sydney, Australia, 11,570 miles away, writes as follows: "I am enclosing- $100.00 to be placed to my savings account.

Please keep my book at the Bank, as I want to send more money to you. It is uncertain when I may return to the States, but I would like to see old Pittsburgh again." Supreme confidence in the strength and integrity of the Farmers Deposit Savings Bank brings deposits from all over the world. 4 Interest Paid use an astringent wash of some sort Yf QUALITY I fpear hi ll i 915-921 1 1 Rather! 1 after the cream and before powderinar By WILLIAM MacHARG and EDWIN BALMER Copyright, 1916. by Little, Brown Company. All rights reserved.

Many women spray the face with toilet call." "What!" Avery cried. "What was that?" Oonnery repeated the statement. "That was before you found the body?" "That was why I went to the berth yes," Connery replied; 'that was before 1 found the body." "Then you mean you did not find the body," Avery charged. "Some one, passing through this car a minute or so before you must have found him!" Connery attended without replying. "And evidently that man dared not report it and could not wait lonsrer to know Farmers Deposit Savings Bank LICENSES.

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Dome was really dead; An interesting booklet explaining "Banking by Mail" is yours for the asking. Write for now. so he rang the bell!" "Ought we keep Dr. Sinclair any longer from the examination, sir?" Connery now seized Avery's arm in appeal. "The first thing for us to know is whether Mr.

Dorne is dying. Isn't" Connery checked himself; he had won his appeal. Eaton, standing quietly Watchful, observed that Avery's eagerness to accuse now had been replaced by another interest which the conductor's words had recalled. Whether the man in the berth was to live or die evidently that was momentously to affec Donald Avery one way or the other. "Of course, by all means Droceed with IS Williams.

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CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) "It looks so, Mr. Avery, xes, if he's dead, he's certainly been Connery agreed. "This is Dr. Douglas Sinclair, a Chicago surgeon.

I called him just now to make an examination; but since Mr. Dome seems to have been dead for some time, I waited for you before moving the body. You can tell" Connery avoided mention of -President Jarvis' name "tell any one who ask3 you, Mr. Avery, that you saw him just as he was found." He looked down again at the form in the berth, and Avery's gaze followed his; then, abruptly, it turned away. Avery stood clinging to the curtain, his eyes darting from one to another of the three men.

"As he was found? When?" he demanded. "Who found him that way? When? How?" "I found him so," Connery answered. Avery said nothing more. 'TVill you start your examination now, Dr. Sinclair," Connery suggested.

"No I'll ask you to wait a minute." Noises were coming to them from the platforms at both ends of the car, and the doors 'were being tried and pounded on, as passengers attempted to pa3S through. Connery went to the rear, where the Negro had been posted; then, repassing them, he went to the other end of the car. The noises ceased. "The Pullman conductor is forward, and the brakeman is back there now," he said, as he turned to them. "You will not be interrupted, Dr.

Sinclair." "What explanation did you give them?" Eaton asked. "Why?" Connery relumed. "I was thinking of Miss Dome." "I told them nothing which could disturb her." Connery, as he spoke, pulled back the curtains, entirely exposing the berth. The surgeon, before examining the man in the berth more closely, lifted the shades from the windows. Everythinff about the berth was in place, undisturbed; except for the mark of the savage blow on the side of the man's head, there was no evidence of anything unusual.

The man's clothes were carefully and neatly hung on the hooks or in the little hammock; his glasses were in their case beside the pillow; his watch and purse were under the pillow; the window at his feet was still raised a crack to let irt fresh air while he slept. Save for the marks upon the head, the man might yet be sleeping. It was self-evident that, whatever had been the motives of the attack, robbery was not one; whoever had struck had done no morejhan reach in and deliver his murderous blow; then he had gone on. Connery shut the window. As the surgeon carefully and deliberately pulled back the bedclothing and exposed the body of the man clothed in pajamas, the others watched him.

Sinclair made first an examination of the head; completing this, he unbuttoned the tiaiamas upon the chest, loosened them at the waist and prepared to make hi examination of the body. "Vow tong has he -been dead?" Connery asked. "He is not dead yet. "You mean he is still dying? "I did not say so" "You mean he is alive, then? "Se is still present," Sinclair answered guardedly. "Whether he will live or fver regain consciousness is another question." 9 flnger-ups i cheekbone is frac- acomplete state of tureo.

mav be some frac- skuu. course, there is ture of tne sun. lni- 8ome concusston of the brain AntVn The seriousness of the injuries pSnly beyond Connery. "How wb he struck?" he asked. Ntfbody In New York or elsewhere will grudge the money spent in, the venflng schools to teach the English language and American standards of living to foreigners, after reading In the news columns of the daily papers etorlea like this one: Maier Solnick, a poor and obscure garment worker, lived with his wife and baby in one of the huge rabbit warrens of the Eastsidie.

The baby was a thin little wisp, but it was exceedingly precious to its parents. One day, to their terror, two board of health officers came to the tenement and after pasting a mysterious writing on the door, took away to the hospital the sick baby of a neighbor. It was explained to Solnick and hla wife that the writing said the neighbor's baby had a new and terrible sickness, and that every one in the house waa warned to keep their children away from contact with others. That night the man and his -wife, with the baby hidden in a shawl, stole out of 'the house and fled to a New Jersey town. A few days later the baby developed a cougn and a fever, and it screamed when they touched Its After a while the child's left twisted and curled up and it screamed no more.

Just lay in a stupor. At this juncture the board of health visitors found them and confirmed their worst fears. The baby had infantile paralysis and must go to the hospital. The ambulance came in the evening and a man in white came up the stairs. He flashed an electric light at each door, asking where the sick baby was.

When he knocked at the right door no one answered, so he went up another flight. Throwing a coat around the baby and motioning to his wife to follow, the man slipped out of the room, down the stairs and into the street, The alarm was given but they got away, raced to the ferry and went back to New York. It was three days before the police found them and sent the baby to the hospital. In their flight across town, into New Jersey and back, those poor, Ignorant parents probably spread the infection they dreaded to many other children. If there had been no case in the town to which they fled they could easily have created an epidemic.

The Statue of Liberty stands at the gate of the new world holding up her enlightening torch and. as the ships steam slowly past to their piers, you can see hands stretched out passionately toward the symbolic figure. But too often that figure is the last symbol of liberty or of enlightenment the alien ever sees. We promise him freedom, but we give him a disease-laden tenement, a crowded factory and a system of government he does not understand. We got to little pains even to teach him our language.

If sometimes the alien pays us back in disease, in crime. In violence, are we entirely without blame? As Sinclair again bent over the body, Avery leaned over also; Eaton gazed down, and Connery a little paler than before and with lips tightly set. CHAPTER VII. "Isn't Tills Basil Santoine?" The surgeon, having finished loosening the pajamas, pulled open and carefully removed the jacket part, leaving the upper part of the body of the man In the berth exposed. Conductor Connery turned to Avery.

"You have no abjection to my taking a list of the articles in the berth?" Ayery seemed to oppose- then, apparently, he recognized that this was an obvious part of the conductor's duty. None at all," he replied. Connery gathered up the clothing the glasses, the watch and parse, and laid tnem on the seat across the aisle. Sitting down, then, opposite them, he examined them and, taking everything from the pockets of the clothes, he began to catalog them before Avery. In the coat found only the cand-case, which he noted without examining its contents, and in the trousers a pocket knife and bunch of keys.

He counted over the gold and banknotes in the purse and entered the amount upon his list about' what he had with him?" he asked. "Very closely. That Is correct. Nothing Is missing," Averv answered. The conductor opened the watch.

"The crystal is missing." Avery nodded. "Yes; it always that is. it was missing yesterday." Connery looked up at him, as though slightly puzzled by the manner of the reply; then, having finished his list, he rejoined the surgeon. Sinclair was still bending over the naked toTsn. With Vat nn'a Vi 1 UA Km Farmers Deposit National Bank Fifth and Wood St.

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Sinclair scrutinized this carefully and then looked up to Avery. "He was operated on recently?" "About two years ago." "For what?" "It was some operation on the gall bladder." "Performed by Kunff viarrt?" Avery hesitated. "I believe so." He watched Sinclair more closely as he continued his examination; the surgeon had glanced at the face on the pillow and seemed about to question Avery again; but instead he laid the pa-ajma jaeket over the body and drew up the sheet and blanket. Connery touched the surgeon on the arm. What must be done, doctor? And where annd when do you want to do it?" (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) The Breakers ON THE OCEAN FRONT-OPEN ALL YEAR Atlantic City's NEWEST FIR El HOOF HOTEL CAPACITY 1.400.

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"No. certainly i oot. he replied "That is completely impossible. "Why did you ask?" Connery avoried answer. The doctor elanced down quickly at the form of the man in the berth; then again he confronted Connery.

"Why did you ask that?" he persisted. the bell from this berth ring recently?" Connery shook his head, not in negation of the question, but in refusal to answer then. But Avery pushed forward. "What is that? What's that?" he demanded. "Will you go on with your examination, doctor?" Connery asked.

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