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TheHwt Titanic Traoeay
How Love '' z as Born Out
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of the Greatest Shipwreck
of Modern Times and Two
T 'ho Faced Death Side by
Side in an Open Boat
Decide to Sail the Sea of
Matrimony Together.
IT ts refreshing to bp able to record
something pleasant as an after
math of the Titanic disaster.
T’iie heroism displayed by so
many of the victims. It is true,
served in a measure to temper the
universal grief which the tragedy
occasioned, but. even that alleviating
circumstance left much to be sup
plied. Perhaps the necessary reliev
ing touch may now be furnished In
the shape of a remarkable romance
to which the tragedy gave birth and
which has just come to light.
Karl H. Behr, the greet American
tennis player, and M’.-% Helen M.
Newsom, two of the passengers of
the ill fated vessel that awful April
night were thrown together in th»
same open boat and drifted in th-,
ice-laden sea for hours until they
were picked up by tho rescue ship,
uro to live out their lives together.
Their engagement has just beer, an
nounced and their marriage is to
follow shortly.
Perhaps these two favorites of
fortune would have march'd any
way. They laid been Intimate
friends for a long time. Certain it
1-. however, that on the night of the
tragedy they were friends and no
more. They were not engaged.
What the Principals Say.
Whether their relations became
changed that very night while, for
greater warmth, they were locked
tn each other's arms in the open
boat In which they had escaped
from the foundering vessel, with
the shrieks of the drowning victims
ringing in their ears and the "growl
ers" pounding the sides of the frail
lifeboat and threatening every min
ute to send them to eternity, may
never be known. People don t
usually talk of such things.
■•\Ve weren't engaged before the
faster.” is as far as Mr. Behr,
who is a lawyer and cautious,
will go.
“We’ve been engaged since the dis
aster,” is the ambiguous way in
which Miss Newsom, who is a
woman and tantalizing, puts It.
It looked very much as if, through
the delicacy which these two happy
individuals naturally feel regarding
this most interesting episode of their
lives, the world might never know
the details of what may have been 1
the most dramatic proposal of mar
riage ever proffered.
Through an intimate girl ft lend
of the bride-to-be, however, the real
story, it is believed, has nevertheless
been obtained.
Who the Heroine and the Hero Are.
Miss Newsom is the daughter of
Mrs. R. L- Beckwith, now of the
Wendolyn, Riverside Drive, New
York, but formerly of Columbus. O.
She was a schoolmate and intimate
friend of Mr. Behr’s sister at Briar
cliff.
Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith and Miss
Newsom left for Europe last Fall
for a six months’ trip. lheir holi
day over, they shipped on the
Titanic at Southampton for New
York via Cherbourg, where Mr. Behr
joined them, as had been arranged.
Miss Newsom is a tall brunette
jf the athletic type. She was a fair
tennis player herself, and naturally
:elt great admiration for her school
mate’s famous brother, who in 1905
was ranked third in American
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national team that went to Eng
land. Mr. Behr graduated from
Ya.e In 1905 and was regarded as
one of the best all-round athletes
that adversity has ever produced.
With these few details as to the
'ramatls personae, the story ns told
the heroine's friend may now be
unfolded.
When the Titan! • struck ‘be ice
berg Mr. Behr was undressing in
ills cabin on D deck. There is noth
ing very romantic in that, but this
is a true romane ■ and the truth
must not be ; oppressed.
At the som 1 of the impact Mr.
dehr ran to the bow of the boat on
die lower deck, where were the
•taterooms of Miss Newsom and the
Beckwiths.
Miss Newsom was it; the passage
way.
"You had better arous- your
parents, Helen,” declared Mr. Behr,
quite calmly; "I think something
has gone wrong. But don't get
alarmed about it, it may not amount
to anything."
Miss Newsom aroused the Beck
withs. Together the party made
their way on deck. When they saw
that the lifeboats were being low
ered they decided to seek accommo
dations. The first one they found
was full.
[ hey Embark in the Life-Boat.
« When Mrs. Beckwith came to the
second boat, and before she at
tempted to get into it, she asked
whether the men could go with her.
“Certainly, madame,” replied Mr.
Ismay. The little party were ap
parently the last passengers on the
top deck and they saw no reason to
hesitate about seeking their safety
in the boat awaiting them.
Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith were
seated in the bow of the lifeboat.
Mr. Behr took charge of Miss New
som and they were placed in the
stern. 'The boat was shoved off and
for seven hours thereafter It drifted
around in the icy sea until picked
up by the Carpatilia.
During those seven hours the suf
fering endured by th rescued was
intense. It has already been fully
the last despairing shrieks of the
drowning, although the bitter cold
occasioned much physical suffering
among the survivors.
Although there were several mem
bers of the crew on board more
hands were needed at the oars and
Mr. Beh. was one of the first to vol
unteer. A new place was found for
Miss Newsom near the bow of the
boat and Behr took a starboard our
in about the centre of the boat.
For hour after hour lie pulled, be
ing relieved from time to time by
other male passengers. Most of the
passengers, unused to muscular
work of any kind, made but inept
sailors, and Behr was therefore
made to bear the brunt of the work
No one could help admiring the
big fellow as he put nil the power
lie could summon into his strokes
Miss Newsom begged him from time
to time to rest, fearing that he
would overstrain himself, but he
stuck to liis task until his strength
gave out. and even then they had to
drag him ft'om the oar.
Hqw the Hero Proposed.
Once or twice Miss Newsom her
self lent a hand, and proved herself
to be a good oarswoman.
i tie main object of the crew was
to keep the boat from pounding on
the huge blocks of drift ice with
which they were surrounded.
After several hours of the most
arduous work in the bitter cold
passengers and crew sighted the
Carpathia in the distance, and then
for tlie first time they were able to
take a much-needed rest.
Making his way to the side of
Miss Newsom, Mr. Behr sank down,
thoroughly exhausted They were
sitting in the bow and got the full
benefit of the heavy seas in which
the boat labored. Both were thor
oughly soaked to the skin.
"You don’t mind, Helen, do you?”
Behr asked, ns he threw his arms
around her shoulder. "I’m afraid
if we ever get out of this you’ll get.
your death of cold,”
"You tire in greater danger than
I, Karl," replied the girl, softly, "for
you have been exercising violently
and you are soaked through."
They huddled together in the bow
of the ' to get what warmth
they could from contact.
"Karl." whlsiK'red the girl, after
a long silence, "we have been as
near to death to-night as we shall
ever be. Even now it is not sure
that the vessel will stop to pick us
Up. But, if we are saved, mother
and father and 1 will never be able
to repay you for what you have done
for us.’’
"But I have done nothing. Helen."
replied the big fellow.
"But for you having thought of
and s mummed us when the crash
; Uie. Karl. We should al. have been
left on the boat. It is too horrible
to think of! We owe our lives to
you!”
ixarl said noLiing for some time.
I .. fi. the quiet which reigned in
hut boatload of sorrow he bad
plenty of time to think.
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“Made in an open boat, with the shrieks of drowning victims ringing in their ears and the huge
‘growlers’ pounding the frail sides of the craft and threatening every moment to send its occupants
to a watery grave, it was perhaps the most dramatic proposal of marriage ever proffered!”
“If we are saved, Helen, as I am sure we
shall be now,” he declared, slowly, a little
later, "will you let me row by your side
through life? To-night we have faced death
together. By some kind Providence we have
been saved where hundreds of others have
perished. Perhaps it was ordained that we
should be saved for each other. If we are
saved, Helen, will you marry me?"
The crunching of the ice against the frail
sides of the boat, the moans of passengers
overcome by thoughts of the vast catas
trophe they had been through, and the
shrieks of drowning passengers, which even
at that time could still be heard in the dis
tance, combined to make a confused roar in
the ears of the anxious suitor as he bent his
head toward the girl to hear her answer
"Karl," she said at length, "I have known
you a long while. I have known all along
that you were big and strong and able good
and worthy, all that a girl could ask in a
husbar H I didn't know until this dreadful
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The Open Bn., in Wich Mr. Behr .-. „ d Mi,. Ne„.„ m Escaped from the
111-fated Titanic.
night that you were also a hero! I would
sail by your side through eternity!”
The compact was sealed then and there.
b When the boat was finally picked up by the
rescue ship the Beckwiths. Miss Newsom
and Mr. Behr were reunited.
The grief of the survivors on that iiome
, ward trip was so intense, growing deper and
1 deeper as the full extent of the catastrophe
, became more thoroughly appreciated, that
> neither Mr. Behr nor his tlaneee felt equal
I to the task of breaking the news of their
happiness to the Beckwiths, and it was not
1 until the party reached New York that the
secret was revealed. Even then it was con
sidered seetnlv to keen the matter a strictly
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The Six-inch Heels of the “Civilized”
Women of Europe and America
Karl H. Beh',
Lawyer and
Tennir, Cham
pion, Who Is
Said to Have
Won the Love
of a Fellow Sur
vivor of the
I itanic Disaster
While Still in
the Lifeboat in
Which They Es
caped, and
Above, Miss
Helen M. New
som, His Bride
to-Be.
private affair until tho horrors of the dis
aster had somewhat abated.
i'ur the past few months, however, the en
gagement has been known to the intimate
fliends of the family, who regard the match
as a particularly appropriate one.
A tew weeks ago the engagement was
formally announced.
lie might have been married utivwav.'
says Mr. Behr.
. "Mr. Bohr is a fine fellow I have known
lorn a long whil . Perhaps our joint exp< r
erne on the ill-fated Titanic expedited mat-
-s. and yet we might have been marfied
anxwaj. \Vi ;o can tell?” is the wa- Miss
JI /f ODEkx woman looks with
1V 1 J lol, ' or on the artificial de
formities which negro
•omen inflict upon themselves for
’he sake of "fashion." Ono of ths
Pictures here reproduced shows a
'.vpical woman of the Sara tribe or
Alrica whose lips have undergone
unusual treatment to give them the
desired enlarged size, which among
these primitive people is consid
ered a sign of beauty.
Tito lips, as elongated, are at
least five inches long! The effect
is produced by piercing the lips in
youth and gradually enlarging tho
boles by inserting wooden discs,
the size of which is increased as
the lips get distended.
Hut look at the other picture—a
photograph just taken of the new
up-to-date shoe worn by the "civif-
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Good and Systems of Diet
3y F. CHRISTIAN HILLER,
■ ' ■ j Y the ritates. to the systems of
diet than do we in England,
yet yon have as a national disease,
dyspepsia, and we o’.’ the British
Empire ccarely know tin complaint
even by name. You of America have pale,
sometimes pasty, complexions ami we have
clear rosy ones.
What am I to infer from th’-? '1 .mt you
do tint know how to eat wisely? Far from
it. You do know it. but you do not obey the
xoice of your own wisdom. You know, lor
instance, that ice cream chills the digestive
juices Yet, how you like your ice t rwtiu!
And what quantities cf it you eat! We have
ices now and then in England. They are not
quite unknown to us. But we do not eat a
quarter as many ices, or a fourth as much
ice cream as you do.
And sweets! You call them candy here!
What leads of it you consume! Tha; is ver"
ban for you. True, we nave our mm at tea
and our marmalade at breakfast, but they are
assimilated with the rest or our :o-■« io.,
have the pernicious habit of eating candy
between meal . when without the counteiact
ing effects of other foods, a mixed diet, they
aie a poison to the digestive tract.
We are at the b ginning of an era of st.; h
great intelligence about health that it will
soon be regarded ■. disgrace to be ill Tho
ri ’.it uDd'H’Siuiidin ’ <’i tuud va.ii 's ■' *•’ nj.-.c.i
•hat end for His:ai.;<- n-r\ on- ea’i chuosr
-• . . ii’j «dv il h.■» knows
his tiieiu*. n.'oo jlu.
thes > facts.
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meats, cereals, citceue, black >e:-r— ■ a,,-;
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erally accepted, though sorm ihystemns di
sent from this conclusion, to be i'-.--. ■'< ; a»
izeu" woman of fashion. The In.•. is
of these shoes are no less than six
inches in height, am! to walk in
them tin.- wearer practically Has to
b ar her full weight on the tips ot
her toes.
There i.- probanl;- more actual
pain suffered by the wearer ot
these shoes, ami certain!, n.u
lasting harm dene, than is ever ex
perienced by the African lady
whose lips arc distended. As far
as be.r.ity goes, individual tastes
may differ.
But it is -afe to say that in luo
tropical clime of Africa the high
heel shoe would be regarded w.tn
as much abhorrence as the West
ern woman feels lor the benighted
heathen who distorts her face to
gratify he; vanity in me manner
shown in the picture
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potatoes, peas, beans, spinach, turnips, ca ■
base, onions, prunes, figs, apples peaches ami
olives.
Foods which are of average value in >n.-
respect are nuts, crusts of cold bread. ■ a-;,
wic t-baked bread, eggs, cold milk, ot ang j
and lettuce.
Onions are of special value to those per
sons of heavy movements, lethargic tempera
merits and muddy complexions, for they are,
like lemons, a liver tome. I hose and apples
clear the complexion because they first clear
the blood driving out the excess of uric
acid. Celery is a tonic food. upbuilding the
nervous and sufferers from rheumatism.
To make fresh, pure blood should b • the
aim of every one. and this much eating of
beets and carrots does Both are rich in iron
which they transfer to the blood.
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dandelion, spinach and asparagu.i.
Tomatoes are the foe of the person w. .
rheumatism or gout, yet they act directly
"’lit u eaten law, u, ,m the liver. Onions, cab
bage, cauliflower turnips and water cress,
because the;, contain much sulphur, are ex
■nt agents for ng t! hlnpd, and
are of especial value at this season.
Melons e.ro cooling to the blood and stimu
the digestion Lettuce al ols th
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nerves are prunes Whenever possible eat
fruits without cane sugar a-.d avoid sugar
s mu< h as yo : can for B te' I. to make the
lazy liver lazier Lettucand celerv are
an eng the simple cure.- flnsomnia.’
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cf the liver but they are Pel ' •
rheumatism, anti, like pmeti;■nir. reduct t‘*e
fever in sore throats But t lemon is wasted
I it it with sugar Ar: . stron;
i taken dire ly into thi t '. Halt
a large lemon or all of .i small one should
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1 thus druni • ike th! el 3 j n
drink morning an,] evening It cleanse th«
s: >m:. h is ,-;cr.it ag i.o *in.- ie and rins l * «
the month does the mouth
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