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The Flirt Weddinb'srTitanfc Tragedy How Love v r as Born Out ( of the Greatest Shipwreck of Modern Times and Two Who Faced Death Side by Side in an Open Boat Decide to Sail the Sea of Matrimony Together. JT is refreshing to be nble to record something plersant as an after math of the Titanic disaster. Tlie heroisu. displayed by so tunny of the victims, it is true, served in a measure to temper the universal grief which the tragedy occasioned, but < ven that alleviating circumstance left much to be sup plied. Perhaps the necessary reliev ing touch may now lie furnished in the shape of n remarkable romance to which the tragedy gave birth and which has just come to light. Karl 11. Behr, the great American tennis player, and Mi * Helen M. Newsom, two of lite passengers of the ill fated vessel that awful April night were thrown together in the same open boat and drifted tn tb» L ice-laden sea for hours until they K were picked up by the rescue ship, ■ are to live out their lives together. Their engagement has just beer, an uouuced and tiie'.r marriage is to tip lollow shortly. Perhaps these two favorites of 1 F Lfortune would have married any 4*%A.ay. They had been intimate friends for a long time. Certain It Is, however, that on the night of the tragedy they were friends and no more. They were not engage i. What the Principals Say. Whether their relations became changed that very night while, for greater warmth, they were locked in each other’s arms in the open aoat in which they bad 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 mln ite to scad them to eternity, may lever be Known. People don t usually talk of such things. “We weren’t engaged before the disaster.” is as far as Mr. Behr, who is a lawyer and cautious, will go. •‘We’ve been engaged since the dis aster." is t he ambiguous way in which Miss Newsom, who Is a .ontaii 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 live--, the world might never know the details of what may have been the most dramatic proposal of mar riag.- ever proffereu. Through an intimate girl friend 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 i- Beckwith, now of the Weudolyn, Riverside Drive, New York, but formerly of Columbus, ». She was a echoomale and intima, friend of Mr Behr’s sister at Bria • elift. Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith and Miss Newsom ’eft for Europe last Bail for a six months' trip. Their holi day over, they shipped on the Titanic : t Southampton for New York via Cherbourg, where Mr. Behr joined them, as had been arranged. Miss Newsom is a tall brunette of the athletic type. She was a fair tenuis player 1 erse’.f. and naturally felt great admiration tor her school mate's famous brother, who in 1905 •was ranked third in American tennis and played on the inter national team that went to Eng lund. Mr. Behr graduated from Yale in 1905 and was regarded as one of the best allround athletes that university lias ever produced With these few details as to the dramatis personae, the story as told by the heroine's friend may now be unfolded. When the Titanic struck the ice berg Mr. Behr was undressing In his cabin on 1) deck. There is noth ing very romantic in that, but this is a true romance and the truth must not be suppressed. At the sound of the impact Mr. Behr ran to the bow of the boat on the lower deck, where were the staterooms of Miss Newsom and the Beckwiths. Miss Newsom was tn the passage way. “Yon had better arouse 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." Mis. Newsom aroused the Beck wlths Together the party made their way on dock. When they saw that the lifeboats were being low erefi they decided to seek accommo dations Th. first one they found was full. i hey Embark in the Life-Boat. When Mis Beckwith came to the second boat, and before she at tempted to got into it. she asked r be,’her the met. could go with her. "Certainly, madtime." replied Mr. Ismay. The little party were ap parently the last passengers on the t<>p deca and they saw no reason io hesitate about seeking their safety in the boat awaiting them. Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith were ueated in, the bow of the lifeboat. Mr. Behr took charge of Miss New som and they were placed in tile stern. Tlie boat was shoved off and for seven hours thereafter it drifted around in the icy sea until picked up by the Carpathia, During those seven hours the suf fering endured by th rescued wr.s intense. It has already been fully described. Not the least harrowing feature of that awful night were 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 file oars am' Mr. Bell, was one of the lirst to vol unteer. A new place was found for Miss Newsom near the bow of tile •oat and Behr took a starboard oar In about the centre of the boat. For hour after hour he pulled, be ing relieved from time to time by other male passengers. Most of the passengers, unused to muscular work of any kind, made hut inept sailors, and Behr was therefore made to bear the brunt of tlie work. No one could help admiring the big fellow as he put nil the power he 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 his task until his strength gave out. and even then they hnd to drag him from the oar. i low the Hero Proposed. Once or twice Miss Newsom her self lent a hand, and proved herself to be a good oarswoman. The 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 tor the 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 tlie 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, as lie threw his arms around her shoulder. “I'm afraid it we ever get out of this you'll get your death of cold.” “You are In greater danger than 1. Karl," replied the girl, softly, "for you have been exercising violently and you are soaked through," They huddled together In the bow of the boat to get what warmth they could from contact. "Karl,” whispered 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 I 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 os and summoned us when the crash came. Karl, we should all have been left on the boat. It Is too horrible to think of! We owe our lives to you!" Karl snld nothing for some time, but tn the quiet which reigned iii that boatload of sorrow be had plenty of time to think. * . -•» ■ . .'z:?-''‘ ? \ w**^*'/-•- o .... . . . . , . X '■ ; ■ Z M-,,. -■ ~L. / • ■ ./ . a- —v '■ • ' . » ■—l__or--.— —-it- • z I 'A I ft a/ sm W? X, V wfx v- “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 teen 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," site said at length, "I have known you a long while. 1 have known all along that you were big and strong and able, good and worthy, all that a girl could ask in a busbar I didn't know until this dreadful • uttpsaw<w»e> * —— .■■ ■■■■»».■. . " „ The Open Boel Wich Mr Behr „„d Mis. Newsom Escaped from the Ui-fated Titanic- night that you were also a hero! 1 would sail by your side through eternity!” Ihe compact was sealed then and there. 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 home ward trip was so intense, growing deper and deeper as the full extent of the catastrophe became more thoroughly appreciated, that neither Mr. Behr nor his fiancee felt equal to the task of breaking the news of their happiness to the Beckwiths, and it was not until the party reached New York that the secret was revealed. Even then it was con siderod seemly to keen the matter a strictly ■_h Lips, 6-Inch Heels--Which Is More Barbarous? /«. ■: •-WBO $ Mte; Z /I $F .Bb o' 7*f<' '** ' v ' ; . < J The Six-inch Heels of the “Civilized” Women of Europe and America. Karl H. Behr, Lawyer and Tennis Cham pion, Who Is Said to Have Won the Love of a Fellow Sur vivor of the Titanic Disaster White Still in the Lifeboat in Which They Es caped, and Above, Miss Helen M. New som, His Bride. to-Be, i titanic. private affair until the horrors of the dis aster had somewhat abated. bor the past few months, however, the en gagement has been known to the intimate friends of the family, who regard the match as a particularly appropriate one. A few weeks ago the engagement was formally announced. We might have been married anyway,” says Mr. Behr. Mr. Behr is a fine fellow I have knowm idin a long while. Perhaps our joint experi ence on the ill-fated Titanic expedited mat > rs, and yet we might have been married anyway. Who can tell?” is the way Miss 1\ /T Ot) EKN’ woman looks with Jy I horror on the artificial de formities which negro wonren inflict upon themselves for the sake of "fashion." One of the Pictures here reproduced shows a typical woman of the Sara tribe of Africa 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. The lips, as elongated, are at least five inches long! The effect is produced by piercing the lips in youth and gradually enlarging the holes by inserting wooden discs, the size of which is increased as the lips get distended. But look at the other picture—a photograph just taken of the new up-to-date shoo worn by the "civil- £ .. x- WW ■ • - : , . X ... - i ■ z ■—T ' 1 Lx - & • ; X 2 >. i 1 W Z.. •' | ■'•v «>. 1 r - . , j J uM . yfey j jifc^ii^-** l u h -■ i i n>l hhi Good and Bad Systems of Diet Sy F. CHRISTIAN MILLER potatoes, peas, beans, spinach, turnips, cab bage, onions, prunes, figs, apples peaches and rwt \ . tu XA’ '“J I the States, to the systems of *" diet than do we in England, •■t you have as a national disease, dysjtepsia, and we of the British Empire tcarely know the complaint even by name. You of America have pale, sometimes pasty, complexions and we have clear rosy ones. What am 1 to infer, from this? That you do not know how to eat wisely? Far from it. You do know it, but you do not obey the voice of your own wisdom. You know, for instance, that ice cream chills the digestive juices Yet, how you like your ice cream! And what quantities of 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 loads of it you consume! That is very bad for you. True, we have our jam at tea and our marmalade at breakfast, but they are assimilated with the rest of our food. You have the pernicious habit of eating candy between meals, when without the counteract ing effects other foods, a mixed diet, they are a poison to the digestive tract. We are at the beginning of an era of such great intelligence about health that it will soon be regarded as a disgrace to be ill. The right understanding ot food values will hasten that end. For instance every one can choose his dietary more judiciously if he knows these facts. Foods that contribute to your great na tional disease, indigestion, are hot breads, meats, cereals, cheese, blackberries and dates. Foods that have the opposite effect are gen erally accepted, though some physicians dis _ tl-iic’ nftv plll q'i nn to 1)0 FLLW C&I'GRIS. ized" woman of fashion. The heels of these shoes are no less than six inches in height, and to walk in them the wearer practically has to bear her full weight on the tips of her toes. There is probably mors actual pain suffered by the wearer of these shoes, and certainly more lasting harm done, than is ever ex perienced by the African lady whose lips are distended. As far as beauty goes, individual tastes may differ. But it is safe to scy that in the tropical clime of Africa the high heel shoe would be regarded with as much abhorrence as the West ern woman feels for the benighted heathen who distorts her taco to gratify her vanity in tin manner shown in the picture. ■ ’ I • > B.- ' ,'f j IHL, f i olives. Foods which are of average value in this respect are nuts, crusts of cold bread, toast, or twice-baked bread, eggs, cold milk, oranges and lettuce. Onions are of special value to those per ons of heavy movements, lethargic tempera ments and muddy complexions, for they are, like lemons, a liver tonic. These 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 be 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. The kidneys have no better friend than dandelion, spinach and asparagus. Tomatoes are the foe of the person with rheumatism or gout, yet they act directly when eaten raw, upon the liver. Onions, cab bage, cauliflower, turnips and water cress, because they contain much sulphur, are ex cellent agents for purifying the blood, and are of especial value at this season. Melons are cooling to the blood and stimu late the digestion. Lettuce also cools the blood. Among the foods that soothe excited nerves are prunes. Whenever possible eat fruits without cane sugar and avoid sugar as much as you can for it tends to make the lazy liver lazier. Lettuce and celery arc among the simple cures for insomnia. lemons are not only an aid to the action of the liver but they are helpful in cases of rheumatism, and, like pineapple, reduce the fever in sore throats. But the lemon is wasted if you eat it with sugar. And it is too strong to be taken directly into the stomach Half a large lemon or all of a small one should be squeezed into a glass of cold or hot water and thus drunk. Always take this cleansin’ drink morning and evening. It cleanses the stomach as scraping the tongue and rinslnr r “77 >JKT The Five-inch Lips of the Sara Women of Africa.