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A. F. Z1PF SKAGWAY, ALASKA
Traffic Manager and 6,2 Second Ave- SEATTLE. Wash.
White Pass & Yukon Route
TO IE TABLE No. 39
Dally except Sunday
t. X. IUiuiuJ |jL I ! No. 2, S. Bound
1st Clan
Leav«* SKAGWA1" Arrives 4:50 p. m.
" WHITE PASS Leavea 3:20 p. m.
• LOO CABIN " 2:30 p. m.
BENNETT " 1 1:50 p. m.
" CARCROSS " 11:48 a. m.
Arriw# U H 1TSHOI4.SE " 0:00 a. m.
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tearing time of tralna.
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fare tlckM and 75 pooada with each half fare ticket.
1st Class
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12:03 p. m.
12:*"> p. m.
1 - JO p. nu
3:2<» p. m.
5:50 p. m.
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Copyright by FrartfcHA. Muiuay Campany.
We niei nt DreuKiaat. i am never •»
my best before 1 drink my first cup Of
coffee in the morning, and the thought
of the Inhuman way I was about to
treat my "tummle" depressed me mone
than usual The table was ghastly,
white, unbroken by the usual cheerful
array of steaming hot dishes. At each
place was a large gloss of water and at
napkin. What the napkin was for I
failed to discover. I imagine It mi
what the anthropologists wonld call *a"
survival of culture."
"We have fifty-eight five gallon bot
tles of distilled water," Lucile In-,
formed us. "I wonder if that will be;
enough. It amounts to nearly a hun
dred gallons apiece."
I made a hasty calculation and de
cided that a hundred gallons of drink
ing water would last me the rest of
my life.
Mrs. Green, Luclle's mother, was pa
tiently cheerful and drank three glasses
of water like a sponge. I didn't care
much for mine. I had previously had no
idea that water was so flat and taste-,
less. It is also an extraordinarily elus
ive and clammy thing to . put Into an<
empty stomach which is eagerly ex
pecting bacon and eggs, muffins and
coffee.
i lt'Vi UftlC* OUTTUUJ, UV>-"V V— ™
gayly as we left the table. "My mtad
Is clear—I have wasted none of my
vital energy In merely digesting food.".
I knew that she was quoting Llpton
S. Clair, whom I was beginning to re
gard with disfavor, to say the least,
but I refrained from voicing my opin
ion of a man who will help women to
get even more fool ideas than they can
think up by themselves.
I took a cigar from my pocket, cat
the tip off carefully with a silver cut
ter Lucile had given me the previous
Christmas and was about to light It
when she stopped me.
"No, no, no; you mustn't Did 1 for
get to tell you that while we ere. test
ing we have to give up all stimulants
and narcotics, such as alcohol and to
bacco?"
"What—cut out smoking fora weekV
"Certainly," she replied firmly. "In
the first place. If you don't you will he,
deathly ill; In the second place, the
whole object of the fast Is to rid the
body of all toxic poisons, such es nico
tine. alcohol and so forth. By the time
you have done without tobacco for a
week I should not bo surprised If you
never smoked again."
"Nor me either," I reflected gloomly
out loud. "I'll be dead."
"Of course if you don't care to make
the experiment," Lucile said lolly,, "I'll
put off the fasting for another week
until Frank Bopp is here. I'm sure he
will be willing to try It."
This was waving a red flag at tne.
Frank Bopp was my rival. After her
reference to him I would have gone
without breathing for a week If she
had suggested It. Bopp Is a thin, con
versational Insect who can perch on
the arm of a girl's chair and chirp by
the hour. Sometimes I regret that for
I can't do that, and then I remember
what other men would think of me li
I could, and I am solaced. I refrain
from 6aylng what I think of the name
"Bopp."
Thus through my lore and jealousy I
was led Into deeper water or, shall I
say, more water because somebody
handed me a glass of the stuff every
few minutes. I drank It In the vain
hope that I could drown the Inner
man, who seemed to be yelling for
help all the time and kicking me Just
below the belt buckle when be didn't
get it.
That morning we went for a walk.
"Walking is the best exercise in the
world," Lucile stated. "It is excellent
for reducing surplus flesh around the
abdominal region."
Invariably she had a little stinger for
me concealed in any remark she might
make. I have since learned that this
is a sign that a woman takes a proprie
tary interest in a man.
Before we went ahe fled Tootles, her
long haired pup. Tootles is one-of those
dogs so constructed by nature that
when you want to look them In the face
you don't know where to look. I often
wonder if Tootles herself Isn't-in doubt
as to which end to wag.
"Isn't Tootles going to fast, tooV I
protested. "Can't she stand it as well
as I can?"
"Possibly she could do it," Locile
said as she gave her a dog biscuit,
"but she hasn't intelligence enough to
understand why-she should go without
food." 1
"I'm not far above Tootles In intelli
gence, then," I remarked, but under my
breath this time, so she could not bear.
After watching Tootles eat we went
walking. Whenever I go walking is
the city I hire a ta,xicab. If I want to
see nature in all her grandeur do I go
tramping through the woods? I do
not I buy a seat at a moving picture
show where they are running a west
ern outlaw film. "Nature toe • nickel"
lis my motto. Fatigue is.jeljmlnated.
Mia me sum iouu or caowxeuge m »u
vanced several thousand feet
After we had covered several miles,
a* It seemed to me, I suggested that
vn bad better not go much farther
•away from home.
I "Why not V Lucile queried.
"We might Bot get back In time for
.lunch."
"I brought our lunch," she said and
produced a flask of water.
I groaned. I had nearly forgotten
that- there was to be no lunch. It's
curious how much you depend on meals
•to break up the day. All the morning
long you keep thinking, "I must get
I BO much douo before lunch," and then
In tbe afternoon you spur yourself on
to an extra effort with the thought
of a better dinner than usual when you
get through. Take these meal land
marks out of your day and what is
left? Nothing but a dreary, dead level
veoert or time, > day whose limits seem
interminable.
"How many days Is It until we eat
agota?" I asked hopelessly.
"Six-and a half," Lueiie computed.
"Then we get some orange Juice and a
few kernels of popcorn."
"Then what?"
Thafs all for the first day."
A few kernels of popcorn! Can yon
Imagine a kernel of popcorn floating
hither and yon in all that sea of Water
and finally glvtag up with a despairing
shriek when it find* there Is no place
.to land?
"You mustn't think, of things to eat
lou're not. really hungry. It Is your
imagination. Tighten your belt and
you won't know that you haven't
eaten."
I followed her advice. True enough,
the belt was- quite loose. A terrible
thought struck me—a fow days? of fast
Ing and I would have to wear suspend
ers! I had always prided myself on a
self supporting figure, as it were, and
had jeered at the fence rail build which
Is obliged to hang all its garments
from its shoulders. Already with One
meal missing I was up to the last
notch in my belt
Along toward noon I noticed a dis
tinct headache.
"That will pass away," Luc 'e assured
me. "Lipton S. Clair says so, and he
! ought to know."
"Why ought he to know?" I snapped.
I "Did he Invent headaches, or Is he Just
generalizing from reading about some
body else's headache? This pain I've
got a*"re una aciucu iu IV'J i^ivu v>»
: thought for a long run, and I defy any
Lipton S. Clair to drive It out"
"Don't be cross," Lucllo soothed. "Let
me dip my handkerchief In this spring
here and wet your forehead with it"
She did, and while It didn't do any
good I always like to bare her fussing
around me.
The spring Is one that every one vis
its who comes to the island, and there
Is a tin cup sitting on a rock near by.
I started to get a drink.
"You mustn't drink that water." Lu
cfle stopped me. "Tou must not drink
anything but distilled water while you
are fasting."
"Why notr
"Because when there Is nothing else
In it the stomach Is particularly sus
ceptible to disease."
That was more of L. S. Clair's maga
aine staff. I knew it Probably he got
•boat 5 cents a word for it too.
•That water, pure as it Is, may have
microbes In It," she continued.
"What chance would a microbe have
against my stomach?" I returned bit
terly, but I refrained from drinking
the water. In those days that woman
had me under her thumb.
At nightfall we sat around that white
table onc« more. I think even Lucllo's
enthusiasm was wavering. It seemed
distinctly more of an effort to be cheer
ful than it had at breakfast Her moth
er was frankly miserable and eyed ma
• ffioiiM whlph trarn«d mft that
"«"• John •Ion'* launch," Mid Mr*,
i Green.
were r we cannibals the laws of hos
pitality would hardly protect one ol
sny build.
"Save some water, Mr. Blalney,"
Luclla - -
TENNIS TIME
TRIUMPHANT
Our display for your selection lis
bow complete oa
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Tennis Rackets
Tennis Presses
Tennis Balls
Tennis Grips
We bar* stocked this ya*r Uls
famous Bpauldlng & Bros., line as
well u the Homemaa line which Is
o*« of the Boat popular lines la the
Nortl.
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feeling ooafldent that we can glTe
70a satisfaction is goods and
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Rackets for the Kiddles at 11.26
tad 11.60. ]. 1
KELLER BROS.
"X won't drink another drop tonight,"
I declared, "unless I can have some
flavoring extract In It"
After that we sat around thinking
about sweet potatoes and hash and
steaks, but talking about the latest
books and the moonlight through the
trees. But what is moonlight on an
empty stomach? Merely moonlight,
nothinir mora
(Continued tomorrow)
MftlPBOARD
WEDNESDAY-BREAKFAST.
Baked Bananas.
Browned Hash and Poached Eggs.
Raised Muffins. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Creamed Dried Beef.
Baked Stuffed Potatoes.
8hredded Pineapple.
DINNER.
Clear Beef Soup With Macaroni.
Pried Pan Fish, Tartare Sauce.
Asparagus.
Fruit 8a)ad.
Boiled Rice With Hot Maple Sauoe.
MIDWEEK MENU.
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WAR PIES.
DATE HE.—Wash, stone and cut '
one-half pound of dates In small. j
pieces and steam them fifteen or j
twenty minutes In a double boiler or i
until quite soft. Then put them.>
through a sieve, add two eggs well j
beaten, the whites and yolks together,, j
one-fourth teaspoonful of salt and a.i
dash of nutmeg. Bake like a custard
pie and cover with a meringue If wish- !
ed. Plain pastry Is best for this, and.
Individual date pies are delicious. The-!
dates may be cooked with two cupfuls. j
of milk In a double boiler, then strain
ed and, after the eggs have been add
ed, baked as above. i
Apple Sauce Pie.—Make an apple: J
sauce of six or eight apples. Sweeten,
to taste when cooked and well mashed
or put through a sieve. The sauce ;
should be very stiff. Add also a piece' |
of butter the size of an egg. When, j
cool pour into a deep pie plate lined:'
with plain pie crust which has already j
been baked. Whip one cupful of heavy J
cream until stiffs s^eetea and flavpr I
with "Vanilla. Arrange this over the
pie ajk! serve. If preferred a meringue
may* be substituted for the cream:- ThU
mayr be arranged upon a plate the tim
of the pie. browned In the oven, cut4
then slipped carefully off upon tb« pla,
or the- meringue may be put upon the
pie attonce and the whole set Into the
oven. In this case It should be cooled
before«erv1ng.
Rhubnrh Cream I'ie.—reel end cut
Into small pieces enough rhubarb to
fill one cup and cook* It until very eofL
Beat Into It three tablespoonftjlj U
thick eneam. Beat one egg well mA.
stir Into It one cupful of sugar, .oca tm
blespoonful of flour and one-fourth taa
spoonful of salt. Combine the two
mixtures, beating them well, and add a
little extract of lemon or lemon juloe.
Tour Into individual pie plate* that
have been lined with plain paata aad
bake TThea done cover with t at*
rlngue and brown in the oven. Serve
quite cold.
Cocoanut Cream Pie—Beat (three
eggs, yoiks and whites together, add
ing gradually a cupful of sugar and
one tablespoonfnl of cornstarch. Heat
three cupfuls of milk In a double bail
er, stir In the eggs and sugar and add
one-half cupful of grated cocoaaot
Add also one Ceaapoonful ot vanilla
extract Pour the mixture into a deep
pie plate lined with crust or Into In
dividual plates similarly lined aad
bake. Cover with .the merlnfua.
Brown It quickly in the oven, cool and
serve.
CU y£u^*r*/.
Wh«n Youth's Life la Shaped.
"The hand that rocks the cradto rul««
the world?" Nonsense. It only b*ir
ifles the material The time erf tto
shaping of life Is from twelve ta eight
een years old. That Is the" formative
period. All great educators know tfcat.
Professor Earl Barnes.
lit Kind.
"I hear Bangs to getting'on bo wril
that he gave his wife a machine."
"He's getting on so well becMiae lw
gave her the machine. It to a wuMj^
machine."—Baltimore American.
Great men are they who m
spiritual Is stronger than any material
force; that thoughts rule the weriL—
Emerson.