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\c the pole.' Her: birthday occurred on Sep. ternber 12, 1S93, at Anniversary Lodge, then Lieutenant' Peary's headquarters In Northern Greenland. - ,;, • Twice since Marie has visited the coun- try of her birth.-once In'the'summer of 1&97 and once again this year. It was on July 20 last that-Marie; and her: mother sailed 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 In 1897 - 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 the hild at once, notwithstanding the chango that a few years had made in her appear- ance, and • he.danced "about her so vigor- ously in his excess of delight and kept up such a succession of shouts that Marie at nrst was somewhat alarmed. But perhaps memories. Ion:; forgotten.-came back to her and soothed her feara. Keshu was quickly followed by all the inhabitants of Cape York who were abla to jump along the ice, and .they gathered In a ring around" Marie, their faces shin- ing with pleasure and all ejaculating In chorus. "Na, na. nana. nana!" which Is an Eskimo greeting of welcome and expres- slve of great delight.—Ledger Monthly. . Little Hiss Peary Was Born Farther North Than Any Other; White Child in the World. Itlvely in the way of prolonging human life—the most valued, the only' thing of real worth In the who!e of our posses- sions. In a negative way science has done something, for it has conquered diseases which interfered with life, but for the normal body, healthy to begin with, fort- unate and without accident or disease, fcience can do nothing, and is powerless to arrest Its steady inarch to the grave. f It - is well known that the' body has the power of renewing Itself; that every seven years each one of its molecules Is replaced by a new one. Thus there Is no reason why an old body should not be £s good as new. Sharks and some other Inhabitants of the tea. as far ub Is known, have no time limit set upon their lives, but live and grow until from v*ry bulk they become fco unwieldy -that they surpass all of their, prey In slzo bo much that it can dodge and escape their clumsy motions.' Then, weakened from lack of substance, they In turn ar« attacked by smaller but more vigorous enemies and destroyed. Science ha* taught u« to feed ourselves for 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 rpend their summers in the north and winters In the south, seem never to give, evidences d old a»c, and certainly no person bu In the coarser cells of the Batrachoseps the working of this force may be studied. Its true nature discovered, and In time It may be brought under control as steam and electricity have .been. reality—merely that the energy has de- parted. So in the human body It is the unseen energy which has the, real strength and does the work. . ing box. It can be freely moved about la the invisible vapor. According, then, to both 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 engine w/vh " a. power which ; will overcome all earthly resistance, crushing rocks and scaling mountains. A yet more Intangible force is the electric current 'which ener- gizes the dynamo, doing Its work when properly adjusted and controlled without noise, heat or any form of atmospherlo disturbance. Shut off the steam, stop the electric current, and the engine and dynamo are both "dead." No more dead, though/ than ; they were before- In .'The engine itself ; has no power. The steam in the' boiler Is Invisible. If a 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 now supposed - by the t most advanced scien- tists to be a ponderable agent— a thing having a concrete, existence capable of being", measured . and possibly controlled. • ¦"According to these 'recent discoveries it la the 'potency of this life spirit that moves. our bodies and enables us to per- form our^ labor; that the. muscles are , mere inert and powerless tools, Incapable of 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, has opened paths which may lead to results in regard to our knowledge of the won- derful lite principle within us that will be accounted .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 as though 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-broadening vistas, 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 dozen higher, and • more distant which were : all unsuspected .before. So little, »in : fact. : Is known, of : life that itr is, not possible to even 5 Intelligently, theorize upon it.. -\" '• , ',, ¦"¦ It ¦ Is difficult to I conceive how. little we know,', for t so much has been" discovered recently that it seems as though"' science had; every thing; In '; its grasp, yet '¦ the "very simple ; question of .whether ,the 'earth is a molten 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 be solved. It Is , no wonder, that the impon- derable agency 'we. call, life, Is 'still In an unknown . realm •;' awaiting the 'i coming of some pioneer discoverer. *, 'With -next' spring.' when the Belgian sci- entist arrives ; here, will ¦" begin ¦ the 'most Important: experiments: In;biology that j been!'' made. , .The -work ; of ¦ re- cent*; years In chemistry of vegetable and animal ,substances, in electricity of ; the rarer forms, and particularly in teleDathy. Professor Le Brae of Ant- werp Will Come to Cal5=- fore la to Solve '.the Flystery of Life. . Next cut out numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5. Cut two of each Inorder to save time, as both Bides are exactly alike. Baste them upon 1in 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 before you start out to shop what color you want your corset to be. The girl at the ribbon ewn daftness for damages if, after read- ing these directions, you can't produce a. corset that any tailor In town will be will- ing to fit your next suit over. Is not writtpn for the woman of dross reform. It has no interest for i her who prefers to wear a ;»otato Back gathered about the neck. For it's all about that bewitching little pick- pocket, the French corset, and how to koop your money out of its hands. You non-reformers who listen, how many times have you seen your purses collapse when the French corsrt hnd laid hold of them? Twfive or fifteen dollars is nothing to sper.d for that Lit of steel aii'j ribbon and lace. And ifyou are one whose purse flattens faster than it fills t then you have seen the time when the cost of a corset left you hatless or bootless or EO-.-nJess. All because you must have the perfect Parisian outline. Of course, you must. Who blames you? But did you know that you can have it for the price of $2 35 and an afternoon's labor? "Tape," you say. No, not tape, by any means; but satin ribbon, the best on the market. Tou may have ~uch a corset ss Van Ness avenue is- paying twelve or more dollars for. and at such a price as makes you think that something Is wrorp. But Just try and see. Come back on your cour.tcr will not be able to tell you wheth- er you prefer pink or blue. The ribbon is to be a double-faced satin, two inches wide. Be sure itIs heavy to avoid stretch- ing out of shape. You will need flve yards, at a* cents. Don't economize on your lacing cord, as a silk one costs only 25 cents, and the rib- bon demands good findings. Ten cents' worth of whalebones Is enough Your stf els need not be bought; take them from Romn old corset, in which they have grown to fit you. Eyelets will have to be punched, at the cost of 23 cents. A leather dealer will do the work neatly. Now then, If John Insists upon seeing an item- ized account, ought this to shock him? Five yards ribbon at 33 cents $175 One silk lace ~. 25 "Whalebones ; 10 For punching eyelets 25 Total X $2 35 The chances are you have sewing silk in the house. Get it out and you are ready to begin. If your steels are too long, file them down. Eleven Inches is the required length. . Cut ribbon to same length in half and cover the steel3, the corded edges In front. lap the top and bottom pieces or 2 and 5 over the center ones. This makes the proper curves at the bottom. The side piece or 6 comes next. Cut four of this kind, as they are doubled to gain extra strength. Put together In the same way as you did the front pieces, number 6 lapping over 4 and 2 over 3. There are only three pieces that form the side back. Baste 7, S and 9 to side. part 6. lapping 7 and 9 over 8. -Now you are ready to use the last and third large piece, or number 10. Fit the, pieces upon 10 as they were fitted upon 6. The fullness, which is made by the small pieces," form3 the necessary fullness to flt over the hips. After the side is well basted together stitch on the machine. '. This must be done or else you will be forever in a state of ripping. At this stage of the manufacture the front steels are the only stiff part of the garment. Stitch the sides or number 6 into five whalebone slips, about three- fourths of a- Inch apart, and cut the whalebones down to flt. Insert and. turn over edges. *The back or 10 la divided Into four parts. Be' sure and leave the second space from the back vacant. This must be used for the eyelets. The finishing' touch is ready. Make what is left of your ribbon into the most chic bow that you know how to make and catch it In a Frenchy, flyaway fash- ion in front. . If you have any friend In the millinery business get her to make the bow, for bowmaking Is an art that few amateurs ever master. If you must have more frllla and fur- belows, a yard of lace and baby ribbon may be stitched at the top of the corset. Liace at 40 cent* will do very well and still keep below the three dollar mark. This corset will flt any waist from twen- ty to twenty-six inches. If Itshould prove too large, number 6 may be trimmed off. "Who says we can't copy Paris fashions upon our home sewing machines? ¦jfte perfect as % (Jei?- uii^e pari5iai7 Bit of pollou// jfye^e Dir^etiops a9d U/itl7 a i||i§|l||i You <Sai) '5 au ? 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 to have no death except that of accidental or Intentional violence.. 5 r, Life, the dearest of all of our posses- sions. Is, for some unaccountable reason, the least prized. A man willalways risk his life to save his hat and court apo-' plexy to -recover a collar button. With certain death staring us all in the face, who is there that gives any. time to the care of his body with the object , of preserving its life and usefulness? Wo paint our houses, cover our guns with rust preventive, varnish the pictures. sheath our 'ships '. with copper.' and tar their rigging—all. to the end that their Inanimate substance may bo preserved. But our bodies that have earned us., all we have— the only home of our soul .on earth-rwe leave them.^ to . be preyed upon by weather and time, and seem to take delight in-" torturing our-corporeal frames with 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 narcotics that short circuit the nerves, waste their precious life currents and wear out the human dynamo. --Nature Is indeed kind to us to" permit alf this and stlll^ work faithfully trying to repair the damage; but she does take a. little satisfaction in giving uk twinges of pain as a: reproof. Do not blame your luck, then, when some- thing hurts you, but say, rather, "What have I done to bring on this deserved punishment?" Think and you will find Continued from Page 3. .