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THE SUNDAY OREGONIA2J, ORTlAKD. JULY 3, 1904.
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Fruits, Their Food Value and Use in Disease
By Frederick M. Rossiter, M. D., Author of "The Story of a Living; Temple."
A
NATOMICALTJT man Is a Irugriv-
orous animal, and when foods
are botanlcally considered it is
noted that fruits exceed in variety and
value all other foods. However, by
habit man has become omnivorous, and
often largely partakes of food sub
stances that poorly serve the require
ments of the vital economy.
Strictly speaking1, cereals and nuts
are fruits as well as apples and
peaches, also melons and tomatoes, but
for the present purposes only those
fruits popularly accepted as such will
be considered.
As to the variety of fruits, Nature
has supplied man most generously,
there being more than 1100 varieties of
apples alone. As to delicacy of flavor
and aroma, no other class of foods can
compare with fruits. Moreover, no food
comes to the table so free from dls
oase and Impurities. Every ripe apple,
plum, peach, cherry and grape Is
canned and hermetically sealed by Na
ture. It contains food and water of the
purest quality, and a richness of fla
vor that appeals to the most capricious
taste.
The consumption of fruit has very
greatly increased during the past few
years owing largely to the increased )
transportation facilities. This makes
it possible to have many varieties of
fresh fruits the year round. The im
proved methods of canning fruits en
able every household to lay in a sup
ply of fruit for the Winter and S'prlng,
thus spanning the intervals between
the fruit seasons.
Beginning with the strawberry in
May and June, there Is a continuous
procession of fruits through July, Au
gust and September, ending with the
cranberry at Christmas. Then through
the Winter apples are In season and are
most appreciated. Oranges, lemons and
banana? are perennial.
The abundant supply of fresh fruits
Hnft tVin Vint mnntlic tf Rllmmflr tn
jny mlad, Is a strong Indication that I
fruits should more largely enter into
our dally diet than they do. The food
value pf fruit not being appreciated by
the laity and too little emphasized by
the profession, fruits come in princi
pally as dessert, and for this reason,
though generally not understood, fruits
are held responsible for many intestinal
disorders during the hot months.
Pitchforking all sorts of foods Indis
criminately into the stomach and then
topping off with one or more varieties
of fruit buried In sugar and possibly
covered with cream Is a strong tempta
tion to disease, but the fruit should
not receive the blame if trouble re
sults, for in this case It Is not respon
Elble. Fruits Are Natural Foods.
Fruits are natural foods, and after
several years of careful observation I
am convinced that when they are prop
erly selected, properly eaten and the
right combinations are made, they are
productive only of good, and supply
Indispensable elements toward enabling
the body to maintain the highest de
gree of resistance to the Inroads of
disease.
A study of the chemistry of fruits
throws much light upon their value as
a food, and in furnishing essential
salts to the vital economy, also upon
the combinations that should be made
when eating fruit.
It is generally considered that fruits
are mostly water, and hence serve an
insignificant role in -maintaining the
nutrition of the body. It must be ad
mitted that with few exceptions fruits
have -a. large percentage of water, yet
this water possesses an Important food
value. Milk is regarded as an impor
tant food, and is universally adopted
as a diet in fevers, yet it has a higher
percentage of water than apples, pears,
peaches, grapes, cherries or strawber
ries, while apples, cherries and pears
possess almost the food value of whole
milk as estimated In heat calorics. On.
the other hand, one pound of cherries
contains as much albumen as one egg.
so does one pound of the best grapes
or two pounds of strawberries. It is
obvious from this comparison that,
while so large a proportion of fruits
consists of water, yet even the most
succulent fruits possess a greater food
value thanks generally known.
The food value of grapes per pound
is 450 heat calorics, pears 3S0, apples
290, bananas 400-000. These figures
compare favorably with those giving
the food value of fish, and the food
value of most cuts of lean beef Is only
about double this estimate. The writer
" "would not be understood as advocating
an exclusive fruit diet, but only as
emphasizing the food value of fruits and
that fruits should be eaten more ex
tensively as a food, and not simply as
dessert.
Rich in Organic Acids
The analysis of fruits shows that
they are especially rich In organic ac
ids, mineral salts, sugar, pectin and
essential oils. In fact, the value and
great demand for fruit is due. princi
pally, to the craving of the bodily sys
tem for these elements. The acids and
salts of fruit are the best, most satis
factory, the safest and most absolutely
harmless "blood purifiers" that have
been given to man. They are not
nauseating draughts nor highly tinc
tured with alcohol, and are within the
reach of all.
According to Presenlus, the flavor of
fruits depends, first, on the ratio in
which acids stand to sugar, gum and
other carbohydrates; second, on the
presence and delicacy of the aroma due
to essential oils; third, on the propor
tion between soluble and insoluble sub
stance and water: fourth, on cultiva
tion, which aims at Increasing the pro
portion of sugar; fifth, on favorable
seasons and on the soli.
The predominating acids of fruits are
citric, malic and tartaric acids. Citric
acid is the principal acid found in lemons,
oranges, limes and grape fruit. Malic
acid is the chief acid in apples, peaches,
pears, cherries and currants. Tartaric
acid, in grapes.
In ripe fruits there Is no starch ex
cepting a trace In certain bananas and
in the bread fruit.
In green fruit starch abounds, but in
the process of ripening under the actinic
rays of the sun, the starch Is entirely
converted Into fruit sugar or levuloso
and dextrose, the sweetness of which
compares with that of honey. Among
fresh fruits, red pears contain the most
sugar, the proportion of acid to sugar
being 1.95. Next comes grapes with 2t
per cent, sweet cherries with about 17
per cent, and apples with 12 to 20 per
cent The strawberry has more than 6
per cent of sugar. In dried fruit the sugar
is much more abundant. For instance,
dried figs contain 50 per cent of fruit
sugar: dried apples 43 per cent; dried
cherries, S2 per cent, and raisins, 54 per
cent. Hence it can be seen that these
friuts possess a high food value. The su
gar of fruits, when oxidized, furnishes
about one-half the energy of the same
amount of starch. Fruit sugar being al
ready predlgested by the actinic rays of
the sun, and being absorbed more quickly
than water because of the presence of the
combined acids and salts, is easily and
readily oxidized and furnishes no small
amount of energy to the body. A German
investigator has shown that fruit sugar,
when oxidized, has a special tonic effect
upon involuntary muscle. For these rea
sons fruits -and fruit juices furnish us
with an Ideal food for acute fevers.
Then again, fruits arc valuable because
of the rich supply of organic salts which
i"v contain -euch as citrates, malates,
tartrates, phosphates, sulphates, sodium,
potassium, magnesia and organic iron.
First and -oremost among fruits is the
strawberry. A popular estimation of this
toothsome fruit is reflected in the saying,
"Doubtless God could have made a. better
berry than the strawberry, but doubtless
he never did." An English writer has l
said this of the strawberry: "Its virtues
are legion, and it has not a single defect.
The blackberry, like the rose, must be
plucked from among thorns; the rasp
berry soon brings a sense of satiety, you
may crush your teeth upon a grape-stone
or cherry-pit, and the biggest and sweet
est apple has a core. But the strawberry
Is one unalloyed and unimpaired mouthful
of deliclousness, it has neither rind nor
stone to mar the perfect pleasure of
the palate and It is so healthful that you
can eat It till you are tired." The ratio
of sugar to acid In the strawberry Is from
2 to 1 to 7 to 1. The strawberry Is richer
than most of the fruits In potassium, so
dium and magnesium, salts and iron. For
this reason the strawberry is especially
wholesome In rheumatism and gout. The
strawberry crop annually harvested In the
United States amounts to nearly $100,
000.000. The apple is rich In sugar and malic
acid, the latter giving the apple its laxa
tive properties. Apple Juice made from
washed and sorted apples is a most whole
some drink, and it possesses marked ger
micidal properties. Being a firm fruit
the apple may be easily kept on Into the
following Summer. The apple harvest In
this country Is annually more than 210,
000.000 barrels.
Excepting dates, grapes exceed all other
fruits in the amount of sugar present.
The ratio of sugar to acid is 29 to 1. The
tartaric acid of grapes is combined freely
with potassium, sodium, calcium and
magnesia.
Kecent experiments have demonstrated
that grapejulce possesses high germicidal
powers. Experiments made by the Chi
cago Board of Health show that the
typhoid and the colon bacillus are ef
fectually destroyed by 1 per cent to 5 per
cent of grapejulce. Grapejulce Is highly
nourishing and sustaining, and supplies us
with one of the most delicious drinks In
fevers.
Oranges, lemons and grape fruit have
an abundance of free citric acid. Lemons
contain from 35 to 40 grains of citric acid
to the ounce, and In addition there Is
malic acid," sugar and organic salts. It Is
for this reason that the juice of the lemon
Is so eagerly sought to allay thirst, .and
as a drink In hot weather and in fevers.
As a Disinfectant.
Dr. Ferguson, of London, in 1502, report
ed that lemon jnice In the proportion of
one teaspoonful to b3lf a glass of typhoid
Infected water. Is sufficient to destroy
the vitality of the germs. These results
have been many times confirmed by
other bacteriologists. Kltasato, the emi
nent Japanese bacteriologist, and Von
Ermengen, have shown that the citric
acid of .the lemon In less than one-half
per cent, or 1-200, Is capable of killing
cholera germs In one-half hour. Acid of
the same strength will kill the typhoid
fever germ, but several hours exposure
is required. Pure lemon juice, however.
Is absolutely destructive to all
germs. Thes facts are also con
firmed by Sternberg. Boiled fruit juice,
while less active than the fresh juice, Is
still an efficient germicide.
As to the digestibility of fruit and fruit
juices. It may be said that they are much
more easily digested than starch or sugar.
In fact, the juice is all ready to be ab
sorbed, being predlgested, and practically
little effort is required on the part of
the digestive organs. Furthermore, experi
ment has shown that citric, rrtallc and
tartaric acids are entirely consumed with
in the body.
It Is very common to hear people say
that fruits do not agree with them. Con
sidering the combinations usually made
and the manner In which the fruit Is
served and eaten, this may be true. But
I feel prepared to say that If care is exer
cised, there are but few people who can
not eat most fruits and be the better
for it. Tnere are very few conditions
In which fruits are contralndicated, name
ly, gastric ulcer, hyperchlorldia, gastric
catarrh with excessive mucous formation
and acute gastritis.
As a Diet.
A consideration of the composition of
fruits gives us some Idea of the com
bination best suited to a fruit diet
In the first place fruits are rich in acids
and contain no starch. Acid destroys
t3ie ptyallne of the saliva and delays the
digestion of starch, or In fact prevents
the continuation of starch digestion In
the stomach, hence If acid fruits and a
rich carbohydrate diet or starch foods
arc to be eaten at the same meal the
fruits should be eaten at the close of the
meal, thus Interfering with the digestion
of starch as little as possible. Second,
fruits contain but little of the nitrogenous
food elements, and experience shows that
as a rule acid fruits combine poorly with
nitrogenous foods, such us flesh foods,
eggs, cheese, etc. Fruits that contain a
digestive ferment, such as the pineapple,
pawpaw and cranberry, seem to be an ex
ception to this rule. Third, fruits, with'
the exception of the olive, contain very
little fat. Acids and fats are Just as in
compatible" as oil and water. The con
clusion to be drawn from these facts Is
that fruits should be eaten largely alone,
and that they are most digestible and
cause practically no disturbance when
taken on an empty stomach. Hence the
meal at which fruit Is eaten should be
made up largely of fruit Careful obser.
vation and study for several years con
vinces me that this Is correct, and I be
lieve I am supported by the experience of
those who have Investigated this mat
ter carefully.
The fact that fruit disagrees with so
many people Is due largely to eating it
at the end of a long meal of several
courses, and then to loading it with sugar.
Cane sugar Is not digested at all In the
stomach, and in the presence of fruit
juices it is a prolific source of fermenta
tion. Even In the small Intestines the
digestion of cane sugar is slow, while
that of fruit sugar is rapid, and hence
delays the absorption of the latter. The
old adage that fruits are "golden for
breakfast, silver for dinner and lead for
supper." is an error. If combined prop
erly, fruits are golden at any meal. If
after eating there is any disturbance, it
Is due to the combination and not to the
fruit As a rule fruits and vegetables are
a poor combination. In fact, an Impor
tant dietetic rule is that foods 'that are
slowly digested should not be combined
with those that are quickly digested and
different in character. If eaten alone
fruits are digested In less than an hour.
When Fruit Disagrees With Some.
When a patient tells me that he cannot
eat fruit after Inquiring into his diet
in nine cases out of ten, I can tell him
why. Canned fruits heavily sweetened with
cane sugar are a prolific source of gas
tric and Intestinal disorders, and should
not be used in fevers. Fruits and fruit
juices canned without sugar are very ser
viceable, but the unsweetened fresh fruits
and juices are the best
The laxative fruits are apples, oranges,
prunes, figs, mulberries, dates, nectarines,
tamarinds, plums and strawberries.
The astringent fruits are blackberries,
cranberries, whortleberries, black rasp
berries, prickly pears and black currants.
This is more true with the fruit juices
than the fruit Itself.
All fruit Juices are diuretic, or act favor
ably on the kidneys, especially lemons, or
anges and melons.
The best stomachics or apetlzers are or
anges, apples, lemons, limes and grape
fruit and should be eaton one-half hour
before meals.
In the dletetlo treatment of disease
fruits deserve a much larger consideration
J than they havo hitherto been given. While
the United States Is the greatest fruit
country in the world, the American pro
fession is behind its European brothers
In prescribing fruits in disease.
It is quite a general notion that fruits
are a common cause of stomach and in
testinal trouble.
It is Important to emphasize that over
ripe or under-ripe fruits should never be
eaten. But I am strongly of the opin
ion that when properly oaten, instead of
causing diseases, fruits have a most bene
ficial effect upon the entire alimentary
canal, and decrease the susceptibility to
intestinal diseases.
Most of the fresh fruit juices are ab
solutely destructlye to the bacteria that
inhabit the alimentary canal. Stomach
fluids that contain several million bacteria
to the cubic centimeter, or 154 drops, can
be entirely freed of germs in about four
days, if a patient will live upon nothing but
fruits without sugar. This same process
will clean up a heavily coated tongue far
better than calomel. Biliousness and
auto-Intoxication will respond more read
ily to an exclusive fruit diet than to pills
and powders. No one class of foods tends
to keep the bowels more regular than
fruits.
In typhoid fever, per se, I do not know
of a more ideal diet than fresh unsweet
ened fruit juices such as strained orange
and lemon juice diluted, pure grape Juice,
grape pulp, ripe peaches, apple pulp, and
baked a pies, avoiding seeds and skins.
The principal reason why fruits have come
into disfavor as a food in typhoid fever
Is because of sweetening with cane sugar,
or because of giving a milk diet at the
same time. Milk Is a most suitable medium
for the prollficatlon of bacteria and the
elaboration of ptomaines, but not so with
fruits nor their juices, both being inimical
to the growth of bacteria.
In Sickness.
In any intestinal disorder, acute or
chronic, no fruits with seeds, skins or
pits or fibrinous pulp should be allowed.
In my experience with typhoid fever I
never gave but one patient milk, never
had a case with diarrhoea and practically
no tympanites.
In acute fever there Is no diet that com
pares with fresh fruit without sugar, nor
a diet that the patient craves more or
takes to more kindly. Fruit juices tax
the digestive organs little and go a long
way toward keeping up the strength, at
the same time furnishing no fuel to feed
the fever, and no media on which bac
teria can thrive; at the same time, also,
they act favorably on the liver and kid
neys, and they assist in the oxidation and
elimination of bacterial poisons. Asep
tic foods furnish us with the most ra
tional and scientific Intestinal antisepsis
that can be practiced, and one that does
not tax the vital resistance of the pa
tient to recover from later.
Strawberries and lemons are especially
valuable In uric acid diseases, because
they not only contain a large amount of
free acid, but are rich In potassium, so
dium and magnesium salts. The fruit
acids and acids In combination with salts,
In the process bf absorption and in the
liver, are oxidized, setting free large quan
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE
THE FOURTH OF JULY
Our Greeting -in Acrostic
Cameron, Victoria,
THE times (as Carlyle says) are bad; very well, you are there to make
them better. John Burroughs.
HE whose word and deeds you cannot predict, who answers you without
any supplication In his eye, who draws his determination from within
and draws It Instantly that man rules., ' Emereon.
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fVBR, our heart's where they rocked our cradle, our love's where we
spent our toll and our faith and
our native soil.
D not let us forget that great me
r Ing) texts of that divine Book
completed from epoch to epoch,
MERICA'S good enough for me.
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ET I doubt not through the ages
thoughts of men arc widened by
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E cannot all serve our country
best, according ae God has endowed him. Goethe.
E5VERY man has a grand chance.
CHANGE Is inevitable in a progressive country-rls constant
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EVERYTHING that happens In this world Is part of the great plan of
God running through all time. Henry Ward Beecher.
IBERTY, when It begins to take
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VERY man, so far as he thinks is
AD laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
TREASON and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality
ffV can prevail In exclusion of religious principles. "Washington.
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- without looking to right or left thenceforth go forward. Bismarck.
THERE was a state without King or noble?; there was a church without
blehop; there was a people governed by grave magistrates which It had
selected and equal laws which It had framed. Rufus Choate.
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DUCATION is our only political
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THE man who In this world can k eep the whiteness of his soul Is not
likely to lose It In any other. Alexander Smith.
HAPPINESS grows at our own fireside, and Is not to be picked up In
strangers' galleries. Douglas Jerrold.
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VEN so: better to dwell In Fre
and molding wall, than bow the
palace of slavery-
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God for use has given? ' Coleridge.
UTMOST liberty I crave liberty to know, to think, to believe, and to
utter freely according to conscience, above all other liberties.
, Milton.
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THY spirit Independence, let me share; lordof the lion-heart and eagle
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AIL! Independence halll. Heaven's
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ROM this we see our natures are
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LIBERTY will not descend to a pe
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Joyed.
YEA let all good things await him
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tities of alkaline salts, increasing the al
kalinity of the blood, and so supplying a
most excellent solvent for uric acid and
urates Hence it can be easily seen that
fruit acids increase the alkalinity of the
blood, fostering a perfectly normal condi
tion and being a normal food. The greater
the alkalinity of the blood the greater is
Its power to counteract disease.
For Uric Acid Diseases.
The lemon cure for rheumatism Is quite
popular in different parts of Europe. Two
of the most prolific sources of uric acid
formation and retention in the system
are flesh foods and alcoholic drinks.
Fresh fruits and their Juices will not only
largelx correct the disorders due to ex
cessive meat eating, but furnish a most
excellent substitute for alcoholic drinks
and lessen the desire for these beverages.
After eating fresh fruit or drinking fruit
juice alcoholic drinks lose much of their
charm. I venture to say that If fruit
Juices were more largely used as a bev
erage In the home the consumption of
fermented and distilled drinks would be
greatly diminished.
Emperor "William of Germany on his re
cent Mediterranean trip abstained from
spirituous liquors and substituted carbon
ated water and raspberry Juice. He Im
proved so much that since his return he
has practically become a teetotaler and Is
strongly advocating fruit Juices. This is
of scientific Importance, for similar re
sults have been obtained In thousands of
other cases, and the Improvement made Is
founded upon a natural and rational
basis.
The vast majority of people would be
greatly benefited by making one of their
meals largely of fruit without cream or
milk and with sugar In moderation. If
I, such were the case there would be but
little call for "blood purifiers" and Spring
tonics, and most women would be re
lieved of the anxiety incident to a bad
complexion.
A fruit diet Is especially adapted to hot
weather. If on a warm morning. Instead
of eating freely of ham and fried eggs,
hot biscuit pancakes or fried potatoes,
with one or more cups of hot coffee, fruits
and dextrlnized cereals constituted the
breakfast, a much more comfortable day
would be spent.
A piece of lemon In the mouth or a
little lemon juice will often check the
nausea in pregnancy and seasickness, and
quite surprising results may be obtained
In treating a felon by putting the finger
into a fresh lemon and covering with a
cold compress.
I have seen the most gratifying results
follow the administration of fruit juice
In rickets and tetany, as well as In con
stipated children.
In malarial fever, lemons, grapefruit and
apple Juice are the most valuable. In
dysentery and enteritis fresh or unsweet
ened blackberry juice is the best
Obvious.
This Is a Chinese saying: -w
When the sword Is rusty, the plow
bright, the prisons empty, the granaries
full, the steps of the temple worn down
and those of the law courts grass-grown;
when doctors go afoot, the bakers on
horseback, and the men of letters drive
In their own carriages, then the Empire
is well governed. f
Compiled by Agnes Deans
British Columbia
our hope and our honor we pledge to
Rudyard Kipling.
n are the inspired (speaking and act-
of Revelations whereof a chapter Is
and by some named history- Carlyle.
Rudyard Kipling.
one increasing purpose runs, and the
the process of the suns. Tennyson.
In the same way, but each may do his
Rudyard Kipling.
root Is a plant of rapid growth.
Washington.
a free man.
Emereon.
Burke.
safety outside
of this ark all Is
Horace Mann.
edom's Hall, with a cold damp floor
head and bend the knee In the proudest
Thomas Moore.
for a free and fearless race.
Whittler.
next best gift to that of life and
Thompson.
Paradise my prison, still I should long
Dryden.
like oil; compound us with anything
top. Beaumont Fletcher.
we roam, our first, best pountry,
Goldsmith.
ought not to be set against one another,
against the evil thing only Carlyle.
ople, a people must raise themselves
must be earned before It can be en-
Colton.
who cares not to be great but as he
v Tennyson.
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The Greatest
The Prudish "Pike"
ST. LOUIS, June 28. (Special Corre
spondence of The Sunday Oregonlan.)
One of the most striking features
of this Fair, In contrast to other great ex
positions that have gone before, is the
prudlshness of the Pike.
It wascommonly said, before the Fair
opened, that so-called World's Fairs had
degenerated Into an excuse for an en
larged Midway, a place where people could
see improper' dances and Immoral exhibi
tions that they would never dare visit at
home, or where they were known.
People said the Pike would be the wick
edest street the world had ever seen; that
the well-remembered Chicago Midway
would pale before It like the moon's last
quarter before the rising sun.
The Pike Is finally completed; the last
nail has been driven; the paint has dried,
and the scaffolding has been torn down
and carted away. Two months late, but
better late than waste a dollar getting
ready on time.
The dazzling mile of prim, proper, pious,
prudish, precise Pike Is ready for the
world's wonder. Its splendid breadth
scorns the limits of a common tape line,
but makes Its mile of length seem less
than half the distance It actually covers.
A line of electric-light poles, heavy with
brilliant globes, runs straight down the
center and makes night a glaring day. The
white structures on either side, brave with
gigantic statues and ornaments of staff,
shining with mirrors, glowing with the
gorgeous colors of the Orient, their fronts
a glitter of electrical wonder, make the
glare a flash of brilliancy.
It "is a street to Itself, a street that
starts nowhere, and leads nowhere; "shut
off by Ireland at one end and Galveston at
the other. The visitor drifts Into the Pike,
to find himself one In a spreading sea of
heads, and cannot tell the route by which
he came.
Such a street has never been seen before
and never will be again. It Is a product
of advanced civilization of amusements,
the conditions of which can only be
reached to be passed.
Two Solid Miles of Show.
Two solid miles up one side and down
the other given over to the most luxuri
ous and expensive shows of which mod
ern Ingenuity and mechanics Is capable,
and not the faintest undercurrent of de
pravity throughout the entire length.
It Is not that the dancers do not want to
be naughty. It is not that the "barkers"
would not rather have a little degradation
to exploit, or that the owners are averse
to the money that comes so easily when
vice Is the commodity. It is not that the
public objects to finding Itself suddenly
confronted with something It never In
tended to witness or thinks It did not
Not at all. It Is simply the Fair man
agers, sitting up at the Administration
building, calm, and unconcerned that hu
manity will want what It should not
want
The managers say that this Fair Is going
to be unique In its morality. If Decem
ber 1 finds their determination a matter
of history the world will take off Its hat
to the managers.
The poor "barkers"! They are putting
on a brave front and doing their best to
convince the public that their girls have
lost none of their old-time Hula-Hula and
Little Egypt mannerisms. These "bark
ers" have grown gray and grizzled In in
genious methods of Inveigling the public
Into viewing Indecent exhibitions. To
change the tactics and Ignore the tradi
tions of a lifetime spent at fairs and ex
positions Is too much to expect of them.
After the first admission to the "Oriental
Streets of Something or Other" has been
paid, the visitor finds himself one of a
crowd, which Is being harangued by a
street-preacher-looking Individual, stand
ing on a platform before the gaudy en
trance of a theater, who entioes them to:
"Come In and see the dance of history,
the dance you have heard all about, the
dance that Is like the soft waves beating
against the boat as the moon rises over
the distant shores, the dance of love, of
night, and lotus flowers, and 'dreamy
music, the dance of passion, the dance
that cost a great Bible character his
head, the dance that will make you "
His voice gradually dies away to a soft
and Inviting whisper. Ladles begin
drawing out to the edge of the crowd.
The "barker" draws himself suddenly
erect His -voice loses its confidential
tone and becomes brisk and business like.
'.'Don't go, ladles. This show Is for
ladles as well as gentlemen. It possesses
a great educational value. You can't
afford to miss It It Is not fair to con
demn what you haven't seen."
The ladles remain.
"That's right, ladles; be liberal and
broad minded. We keep the dance sepa
rate because we don't want people to say,
'I wouldn't have come In If I had known
I was to see that We don't want to In
trude It on anybody. We want you to
know just what you are going to see be
fore you go In, for you are going to see
the r-e-e-e-al thing. Of course our girls
don't know how to do dancing steps as
you know dancing, but a-a-a-h they
do know This way, ladles and gentlemen
to the box office o-o-o-o-nly 25 cents."
Can See Worse on Coney Island.
The hopplngs and jumplngs of these
girls, who know no dance but that of
Impropriety, and are not allowed to prac
tice that, can best be described In the
language of a seasoned New Yorker, who
came down to do the Pike because "le
heard It was going to be worse than the
Chicago Midway ev$r dared to be:
"Oh, pooh! I could see wuss nor that
on Coney -Island any day."
A dainty little schoolteacher from far
off Oregon sat on the edge of a lagoon
and looked longingly toward the Pike.
"I really would like to, but you know,
they do say, ladles shouldn't I expect
It is awful."
She was persuaded to venture. She
emerged from the Pike gasping:
"It was all very splendid really you
know I It was so bewildering I reaHy,
you know fjust can't remember what I
did see but, would you believe It, I surely
did not sSfe a single Improper thing."
There are some of the most wonderful
exhibitions and Illusions on the Pike
which mentality and money can produce.
There are also some of the most abject
fakes that were ever palmed 'off on a
long-suffering public.
To distinguish between them. Impos
sible, until the price of admission has
been paid. There Is a sort of word-of-mouth
advertising, however, that per
vades the Pike, that makes it safe to fol
low the biggest crowds, not the crowds
that surround the "barker" and free show
at the entrance, but the crowds that
actually enter.
Excluslveness of Social Functions.
There Is a great deal of dissatisfaction
over the social tendency of this affair.
There are two distinct sides to .fair life;
those who are In the Inner circle and
who are Invited and admitted to every
thing, who, being people of impoaance,
hofd passes, and represent the "pass
side," and those who pay their way, and
for the privilege of standing outside the
buildings while the "pass people" eat
drink, and make merry, who constitute
the "paying side."
There Is one continual round of social
functions going on at the World's Fair
Grounds. The inner circle numbers nearly
1500 people, with their families. They are
the Fair officials, directors, chiefs of de
partments, superintendents of divisions,
the foreign, National, and state commis
sioners, and board of lady managers. In
1 addition distinguished, people who, hapjiea.
Sideshows Ever Got Together
at the St. Louis Fair, as Viewed by a "Wideawake Woman.
to be In the city, and personal friends of
those giving the entertainments.
It 13 not unreasonable that there Is uni
versal objection to exclusive functions
being given In buildings which, It is sup
posed, were erected for public use.
People come here thinking that even if
seeing the fair Is expensive that every one
Inside the grounds will have the same
chance If they are willing to pay the
price.
Every time one of the humlreds of ex
hibitions is Installed Invitations are sent
out Jefferson guards are stationed
around and the common herd are told to
stay out, that a reception Is being held.
Not a day but a reception can be run
across to Interfere with systematic sight
seeing. The receptions in the state buildings
cause the greatest Inconvenience. The
tax-payers of the states thought they
were erecting their buildings In order
that they could have a resting place that
would open Its doors to them at any time
when they were weary and footsore from
sight-seeing, and where they could feel
at home. It was not generally understood
that they were Intended as private houses
for the use of certain people In entertain
ing Many a horny-handed son of the toll
has marched his family towards the Im
posing structure that bears the name of
his dearly-beloved state over the front
door, proudly saying: "We will now go to
our own building and rest. You know
Mrs. So and So Is hostess, and they said
she would make everybody welcome and
feel at home."
They are met at the front door by a
Jefferson guard who says curtly:
"Show your cards."
"But this is our state building. We live
In that state. We want to come in and
rest and see our own building."
"Shaw your cards."
The farmer usually grows a little in
dignant "I tell you my taxes went to build this
house. It Is as much mine as anybody's.
We've got a right here."
A policeman stationed near to assist the
guard In case of emergency draws nearer.
The guard sneers, laughs, Is brutal, or
politely considerate, according to his in
dividual disposition, as he answers firmly:
"There Is a reception going on and my
orders are to admit no one who has not
cards. You will have to step back. You
are obstructing the way."
Mr. and Mrs. "Butt-In."
The policeman is there to enforce or
ders. Flushed and humiliated the farmer
trys to lose himself in the crowd. On
the streetcar he buys a local paper and
reads that at the reception at such a
state building a number of uninvited
guests attempted to gain admittance. He
finds himself and wife are referred to as
Mr. and Mrs. Butt-In.
He Is not likely again to attempt to
visit his state building, but finishes seeing
the Fair deprived of that restful feeling
of home that can only be given by a place
In which an Individual interest Is felt
The St Louis papers are waxing loqua
cious on the subject of tne uninvited
guests and the "butt-Ins." Columns are
devoted to the subject. They are described
as the new species, as the unique product
of the World's Fair, an evil that must be
blotted out. St Louis papers are forget
ting that there is no such a thing that it
Is impossible that there be such a thing
as a "butt-in" In that wonderful city of a
day that was bullded that every Inhabi
tant of the earth's surface, who chooses to
avail himself of the privilege, can come
to see and learn the better way, ahi show
his brother from the Antipodes the better
way.
The Fair was not Intended for private
social functions, and If there Is one thing,
aside from the workrooms necessary to
the mental and mechanical running of the
Fair, that cannot be open to all alike, It is
out of place Inside the fence.
There can be no such things as butt-Ins
at the Fair that Js for the whole world,
but there can be, and unfortunately are,
altogether too many butt-outs.
The crowds who were expected In St
Louis this Summer have not materialized.
The impression that has gone abroad that
In addition to being expensive the Fair Is
largely a social function, may have had
something to do with this. People have
gone home dissatisfied, to spread dissatis
faction among Intending visitors.
As one lady said, "I couldn't get In to
see what the women were doing because
the Board of Lady Managers were giving
a lunch. I couldn't get Into my. state
building because a reception was being
held. I thought I would b free to go
anywhere when I came, but with thft for
eign building open only on such a day and
another foreign building only open to
cards, I might as wll go home as to
wait for certain times to see things."
Humanity Is so apt to overlook the hun
dreds of things they can see, and, Fatima
llke, hang around the closed doors.
In the maelstrom of excluslveness that
threatens to wreck the real objects of
the Exposition, the personality of one
woman stands out like a saving light The
writer has not met this woman, nor even
seen her, to know her. It must be remem
bered that the World's Fair Is a city, peo
pled by thousands and thousands.
She Is Mrs. O. T. Holt, of Houston, Tex.,
hostess of the Texas building, who has
taken a decided stand on World's Fair ex
cluslveness. Mrs. Holt will probably find herself fa
mous as a leader In breaking up a perni
cious custom.
A reception was given at the Texas build
ing In honor of certain officials. It was
rumored that a cordon of guards would be
stationed around the doors and those
dreadful "butt-Ins" kept out. Mrs. Holt
saw In a morning dally that no one would
be admitted without cards. She hastened
to declare herself on the subject:
"As lqng as I am hostess of the Texas
building there will be no admission to
public receptions by card. The Texas
building was erected by the people, and Is
a public building. The public should be
admitted to all functions held here, and
for that reason, as long as I have any
thing to do with it, the building Is open
to everybody. People are at liberty to
j select their own guests at private func
tions, wnicn tney may give, out a uu nut
think this right extends to public affairs
In state buildings. There ought to be no
discrimination against anybody who
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ypa nothing WZ SWIFT SPfOJUOG C9 4TIAHTA. &-
wishes to attend any state reception. Cer
tainly there will be none at the Texas
building while I have charge of it"
This was the first reception attended by
President Francis and Fair officials where
cards were not demanded. v
The ordinary "paying" people have been
permitted to see the processions and view
the favored one3 going In and out of the
buildings where receptions were held, but
the "real thing" has closed its doors on
them. This has tended to keep people
away from the Fair.
"Dixie" the Most Popular Air.
One of the peculiar demonstrations of
this Fair Is the strong hold that Dixie
has gained on the American public as a
National air.
There are so many National airs, and
of such diversified character that none
can be accepted as the air. Where one
expresses dignity, another exultation, and
one joy; patriotism Is the motif for an
other, and reckless abandon is the sole
appeal of the rollicking fifth.
The public appears to find in the at
tractive strains of "Dixie" the embodi
ment of all these quantities In a man
ner that appeals directly to the heart
The tune has long since lost Its local
significance. Few knqw, or care, as to
the words tfiat once accompanied it. The
World's Fair public seems to find In Its
pure musical sentiments the qualities
that appeal to patriotism.
The National airs are all played con
tinually on the grounds, and never fail
to meet with the heartlst response and
appreciation, but when "Dixie" Is played
the grounds fairly resound with the wild
est enthusiasm.
It has become apparent that this is not
due to any partisan feeling, but Is a nat
ural tribute to the characteristic musical
qualities of the tune that make it sin
gularly appropriate for a National air.
It is doubtful If another exposition will
ever be built on so "spreading" a scale
as this one. The distances are enormous.
Miles and miles have to be walked in a
day's sight seeing.
The landscape gardening Is beautiful be
yond description. The lagoons, with their
curved bridges, are the perfection of art,
but the long spaces between bridges and
the winding walks that double and treble
the distances between given points, while
a feast for the eyes are a terror to the
feet The magnificent stairways add
much to the picture, but are very fa
tiguing. The wheeled chair, at 50 cents an hour,
is the only escape. The Intramural
railway, that promised so much in the
way of transportation, has been proven
a delusion. The track only circles the
outside of the grounds, far from the cen
tral buildings, and circles miles to go
one. The stations are so far apart, and
so Inconveniently located, that It Is usual
ly quicker and less distance to walk to
the desired point than to find a station,
and walk from the alighting station to
where the visitor wishes to go.
World's Fair feet have become a com
mon complaint, the feet swelling until
the shoes cannot be borne. Shoes that
seem loose and comfortable at home be
come Instruments of torture after a few
days at the Fair.
This Exposition is a great and glorious
affair, but to walk In the neighborhood of
ten miles a day, with your head turned in
every direction at once, and your eyes
popping out of their sockets, while your
mouth seems to think If it produces a
sufficient cavity It can take In what your
eyes and ears and tangled brain have
missed. Is no easy Job.
The only thing to do at this Fair Is to
allow plenty of time and money to see
It properly. The time and money will
never be regretted. HATTIE LOUNT.
Jim Bludsoe.
These verses, written about 40 years ago
by Colonel John Hay, now Secretary o
State, are recalled by the burning of the"
excursion steamer General Slocum.
Wall, "no! I can't say whar he lives.
Because he don't live, you seev
Leastwise, he's got out of the habit
Of llvln' like you and me.
Whar have you been for the last three years
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludsoe passed In his checks
The night of the Prairie Belle?
He warn't no saint them engineers
Is all pretty much alike
One wife in Natchez-under-the-Hlll,
And another one here in Pike; f
A keerless man la his talk was Jim.
And an awkward man In a row.
But he never fluked and he never Hed ,
I reckon he never knowed how. J
And this was all the religion ho had:
To treat his engine well; )3
Never be passed on the river;
To mind the pilot's bell; t
And If ever the Prairie Belle took fire,
A thousand times he swore
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till tho 'last soul got ashore.
All boats had their day .pn the HIsslsslp,
And her day came at last
The Movaster was a better boat.
But the Belle she wouldn't be passed.
And so she come tearln along that night
The oldest craft on the line
"With a nigger squat on her safety valve.
And her furnace crammed rosin and pine.
Fire bust our as she cl'ared the bar.
And burnt a hole in the night
And quick as a flash she turned and mada
For the wilier bank on the right.
There was runnln' and cursln', but Jlta
yelled out,
Over all the Infernal roar,
"I'll hold her nozzle again tho bank
Till the last galoot's ashore."
Through the hot, black breath of tho burn
in' boat
Jim Bludso's voice was heard.
And they all had trust in his cussedness.
And know'd he'd keep his word.
And. sure's you're born, they all got off
Afore the smokestacks fell,
And Bludso's ghost went up alone
In the smoke of the Prairie Belle.
He warn't no saint but at judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim,
'Longslde of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty, a dead sure thing.
And went for it thar and then;
And Christ ain't a-goln' to be too hard
On a. man that died for men.
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