Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, September 25, 1914, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTO SELECT AND COOK FISH VIBRATOR IS "DEMOUNTABLE TOKIO, capital of the land of the cherry blossom and the chrys anthemum, Is not an ancient city. Up to the year 1600 It consisted of a small castle and a scattered village. Since then, however, It has In creased and now extends over an area of about one hundred square miles. In 160 lyeyasu, the first sbogun of the powerful Tokugawa family, made It his capital. The government of Japan was, un til lately, a hereditary absolute monarchy, vested in the mikado or emperor. This was the ancient form, but lri 1585 the emperor'B commander-in-chief, called the shogun, uoiirped the governing power. In 18G8, however, a revolution over threw the power and office of the shogunate, the mikado wag restored to bis ancient supremacy, and Tokio be came the capital of the empire. Today Tokio Is the home of about two millions of people, with brilliant ly lighted avenues, a university that would do credit to any European capital, scores of libraries, with up wards of a million volumes, an un excelled system of primary schools, a network of street car lines, a belt line, and an elevated road passing through the heart of the city to a great central station: The fare on these cars Is four sen, which means that It is possible to travel some ten miles for (wo cents. For 18 sen, or nine cents, one ran travel for almost a day the length and breadth of Tokio, and Into Its remotest corners. Still a Wooden City. Tokio Is built half on upland, known is Yamanote, and half on low land, called Sbltamachl. The greater city Is divided into 15 administrative dls- Typical Street trlcts, 8 of which are suburban, under one governor, the city proper being administered by a mayor and munici pal council. Hut to the stranger there Is nothing to Indicate where the sub urbs begin and tbe city commences, for they merge Into the city much in the same way that Kensington strug gles Into London. Let us ascend one of the many hills which aro dotted all over the city. Its Japanese name la Atango-Yama. which means "The Hill of the God Atango." At its summit there Is a temple erected to the Idol, and a num ber of arbors where visitors, who come either for worship or for pleasure, can be supplied with cups of tea. Here, looking back to the southwest over the suburb of Shlnlgawa, and gradu ally and slowly carrying our eyes over the south and on to the cast, we see the fair city of Tokio extending for many miles along the shores of Tokio bay, In the form of a crescent or half moon. Very pretty this queen of cities looks as she lies basking In the sun. The waters of the bay are smooth as glass, and are studded here and there with the white sails of fishing boats and other native craft. Turning from east towards the north we look over an Immense valley covered with houses, temples, and gardens, and ex letidlns far away almost to the hori zon. The bulk of the houses are of wood, but there are many new build ings of brick and stone, and near ihe center Is tho magnificent Imperial palnce. Loland Tokio, that part of the city covering the ftuts on both sides ot the r.ver Sutnlrta Is Interacted by a sys tem of canals, busy highways of com merce and means of Intercourse. Tbe bridges over the Siimlda, and those which span the canals, have always teen picturesque features of Tokio. The Nlhon-llanh (Bridge of Japan) In the district of the same name, Is by fir the most famous, for It Is the point from which all distances In Japan are measured. The stroets were formerly narrow and Irregular, but the princi pal thoroughfares have been widened under the street Improvement act ot 18H Japanese merchants are as enter prising as any westerner In tbelr pur ft?' , ' ' suit of custom. On arriving In Tokio you are met by a 'ricksha coolie (who has nowadays tired his man-drawn vehicle with rubber to compete with the competition of the smooth run ning auto) who blandly offers to show you the sights. Somehow before long you judge that be Is a stockholder In every store of prominence in the city. You may rest assured that you will see nothing of the outskirts until ev ery merchant in town has bad a chance at you. At the shop doer a boy scurries to meet you with a fun, and leads you to a cleverly designed miniature rest room, ornamented as only a Japanese can arrange a cozy nook. Fountains are playing lazily, their flow forming a little lake In which real water fowl glide gracefully about. The boy who brought your fan hastens to bring re freshments, while the salesmen vie with each other in carrying the con tents of the shelves to you for your Inspection. ; Take Off Your Shoes! The finest examples of architecture and decoration In Tokio are found In the mortuary temples of the Toku gawa 8hoguns at Shlba and Uyeno parks, and for a fee of 25 sen ( 12 V&c) the priest will show you everything of Interest. One request Is always made to the visitor on entering a temple, a store, or a tea house, and that Is to remove your shoes, for the finely woven exqulBltely clean straw mats and the polished wooden floors would be hopelessly ruined by your heavy leather shoes. An exception to this rule Is made In tbe Temple of Kwannon, the God dees of Mercy, In Asakasa Park, for this is tbe great holiday resort ot the citizens, where, after having prayed, ... scene. , Tokio t they may amuse themselves In a thou sand ways at Innumerable booths, the aters, side shows and restaurants, There Is always a splendid flower show In progress. In fact, the region around the Asakusa Temple, and tbe wbole length of the Olnza, the Broad way of Tokio, Is one perpetual show. Every nlRht there Is a fete of some sort, throngs of Joyous people parading up and down between double rows of lanterns and torch lighted booths. where a bewildering variety ot toys, fruits, flowers and candles tompt tbe eye, There are many other parks, such as Illblya, modeled on the European style, while retaining the special fea tures of the Japanese gardener's art; Kudanzaka park, containing the Yasu kunl Temple, consecrated to the spir its of departed heroes who fell In war, and the museum of arms, containing the trophies of the wars with China and Russia. Tokio's greatest fetes, however, are when tbe cherry blossoms convert Uyeno park and the MukoJIraa river road Into an Incredibly beautiful floral paradise. Another notable fete Is that attending the opening ot tbe Sumlda river at the end ot June, when tbe summer boat life begins. In May there Is a wistaria fete, when the ancient vines at the Kameldo Tomple bear flowers three and four feet In length, and gold flsh of equal length disport themselves In the temple take. In July and August the vlstor Is enchanted with the sight of many acres ot blooming lotus. Hut It Is in October that tbe greatest show of all begins when the marvellous chysan themums ot Japan are In flower. A whole suburb of Tokio Is given up to the cultivation of the Imperial flower the 14 pctalled chrysanthemum being the government crest. Why Perspiration Burns. Professor Arlolng of Lyons, France, proved by experiment that human perspiration Is Irritant because It Is actually poisonous. It actually burns away tho epidermis of sensitive skins and leaves them almost raw. It is Important that perspiration be not checked; it equally Important In hot weather to change one's underclothing every day. Precaution In Buying Always Neces sary Style of Preparation May Be Varied. In buying fish get the kinds In sea son, as this lessens the chance of be ing served with cold-storage products. cold-storage fish may be known by the lack of brightness In the eyea. Fresh fish have clear eyes, red gills, the fins stiff, and the scales shining. The flesh should be so Arm that when pressed by the fingers It should spring back, Fish showing signs of opposite conditions, such as' dull eyes, liver-colored gills, etc., Bhould be re- rused. Fresh halibut Is known by Its pearl white or shining gray skin, Arm flesh and pleasant odor. Some flsh are at their best cooked In one way only, others may be served in a variety of ways. For Instance, halibut may be baked, broiled, boiled or fried. This rule la also true of other white fleshed fish, as cod and haddock. Those flsh known as oily are best suited to baking or planking, though broiling Is not to be despised. Under this head will come blueflsh, mack erel, salmon and shad. I think boil ing is the best way to cook Balmon. Small flsh should be fried In deep. very hot fat. This will Include smelts, brook trout, perch, whiteflsh, etc. Fry ing oil is best for the purpose, or one can use suet and lnrd. half and halt- Pittsburgh Dispatch. 8our Cream Pie. One cupful sour cream, four eggs, one cupful sugar, one cupful raisins, one-half teaspoonful of cloves. Sep arate the yolks from the whites of the eggs and beat the yolks until creamy; add the sugar, ralHlns chopped fine, the sour cream and the cloves. Place In a double boiler and cook un til thick and creamy. Line a pie tin with pleorust and bake in the oven as for lemon pie. Fill this baked crust with the cream mixture and place in the oven until well set Beat the whites of the eggs with four table- spoonfuls of powdered sugar, cover tbe top of the pie with this meringue and place In the oven to brown siigniiy. serve, cold. Eaten with a piece of sharp cheese, this Is a de licious summer dessert Baked In a Box. If you would like your picnic cake to arrive unbroken, try baking it in one of tbe Ave and one-eighth inch by eight and one-half Inch tin wafer boxes. It the box is filled half full of cake dough it will rise nearly even with the top, leaving Just enough room for Icing. The cover can then be put on and the cake will arrive in perfect condition. A good recipe for the above sized box is the following: One cap ful of sour cream, one cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of crushed walnut meats, a level teaspoonful each of soda, baking powder and salt one well beaten egg and enough flour for a stiff batter. Spice to taste. The cake should be baked in a slow oven until It doubles in size, then the beat should be turned on to finish. ' Fruit 8herbets. Red Raspberry Sherbet One box ful of red raspberries crushed and heated with a little water and the seeds strained out one pint of water, one cupful of sugar blended together and the Juice of one-halt lemon. Freeze. Pineapple Sherbet Three cupfuls granulated sugar, three cupfuls sweet milk, three cupfuls cold water, one cim of pineapple or one pineapple picked to shreds with a fork. Mix all togeth er and freeze the same as ice cream. Grape Sherbet One quart of milk, one pound of sugar, one cupful ot grape Juice, the Juice of, one lemon. Mix and freeze. Delicious. Cheese Souffle. ' Cook together In saucepan two tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour, and when they are blended pour upon them a half pint ot milk. Stir to a smooth white sauce and stir Into this eight tablespoonfuls of grated cheese, a saltspoonful of salt, a pinch of baking soda and a dash ot paprika. Have ready four eggs, whites and yolks beaten separately. Remove the cheese mixture from the lire and grad ually beat Into It the yolks of tbe egEs; last of all fold In lightly the stiffened whites. Turn the mixture Into greased pudding dish and bake in a steady oven to a golden brown. (Serve Immediately. Roast Pork Salad. Take bits of cold roast pork, chopped very fine, with a large quan tlty of celery and the whites of two hard-boiled eggs. Take the yolks while warm, mash to a smooth pasts and mix well with one teaspoonful of mustard, adding salt and pepper to taste. Into this stir one teaspoonful vinegar, three largo spoonfuls of melted butter, and mix all thoroughly Into the meat Edge platter with tips of celery or lettuce. Place salad in the center. Koep cool until sent to the table. Hungarian Ware. The new Hungarian ware with Its vivid colors Is effective with willow furniture. This ware Is made by th peasants. It is of nondescript color, not white, nor yellow. The garish dec orations are ot flowers and garlands in pink and greens. Basket Salad. Remove seeds and membranes from green peppers, cut In form ot baskets. Fill with chopped wax beans, cubes of red beets and stuffed olives. Use your favorite salad dressing. Electrlo Apparatus Easily Taken Apart and Cleaned Vibrations Stimulate Tissues. This electrlo vibrator can be takei apart, merely by the turn ot a couple of thumb screws and put together again Just as easily. The vibrator, so constructed, Is believed to be tbe first to Incorporate thla valuable feature. Users of electrlo vibrators will un derstand at a glance the value ot be ing able to take the machine apart and assemble It again. Such a ma chine may be easily examined and cleaned. Any excess of oil may be wiped away and the brushes kept free from matter which might cause slow ing up of the motor. The vibrations are strong enough to stimulate but not strong enough to do New Electrlo Vibrator. any barm. They are strong enough to reach locally any point deeply situated in the tissues. ELECTRIC TIMBER SEASONING Effect of Current Is to Produce Chem ical Changes In Cellulose and Sap to Prevent Decay. In describing bis latest researches In the electrical seasoning of timber', says the Electrical Review of London, Doctor Nodon claims that his process can be applied In the forest where the trees are felled, since no cumbrous or costly equipment Is required. The process depends on the electrolysis of cellulose and Its derivatives. The newly-felled trees are sawn Into thick planks and laid on a false flooring, one on top of the other, with the Inter position, however, of moistened mat. ting, or similar material between each layer, to art as electrodes for Intro duction of an alternating current which Is passed for ten hours or so. The effect of the current Is to pro duce chemical changes In the cellulose and the sap. rendering them im pervious to decay. Further, the sap loses those gummy and hygroscopic characteristics which normally pre vent rapid decaying. It Is claimed that timber thus treated is ready for use a few weeks after It is felled and Is harder, stronger, more homo geneous, easier to work, and less warped by moisture than timber which has been seasoned by the or dinary air drying process. Paving blocks treated by the Nodon process are said to have been in use at Bordeaux for six years without showing appreciable deterioration. Electricity In Japan. Within ten years the electrlo wire mileage of Japan has increased from less than ten thousand to mora than thlrty-flve thousand, the electrlo rail way mileage from less than one bun dred to more than aeven bundrad and the power production from less than forty-five thousand to more than three hundred and forty-five thousand kilowatts. ELECTRICAL NOTES Pbenol and formaldehyde are com' pressed together to form a new In sulator for electrical purposes. Dump cars for electrlo railroads, which are emptied by motors, thus saving labor, bave been Invented by a Connecticut man. Among the new .electrlo cigar lighters for automoblllsts Is one In closed In a watehcase, which can be bung up by the ring. Swiss railways use an ambulance car completely equipped with electrl cal appliances that are supplied with current by a generator mounted on one axle. e ' In a New York church there Is an incandescent lamp that has been used seven hours a day for more than seV' en years, which Is believed to be tbe world's record. Two Illinois inventors have patent d a trap which attracts insects with' In It by a lighted lamp so that they come into contact with electrically charged wires and are killed. Icelnss refrigerators for household use, In which ammonia, circulated by electrlo motors, is usea, nave been In vented, which are said to be more economical than those requiring Ics. ' A new portable electrlo lamp has a bass that may be fastened to furni ture with a spring clip or to any smooth surface by a suction cup, while spring takes up tbe slack ol the toed wire. Fundamental Principles of Healtfro By ALBERT S. GRAY, M. D. Kg (Copyright, 1914. by A. S. Gray) THE CORSET. Th corset has held sway, so It la claimed, since about A. D. 910, and nothing but the French Revolution baa ever for an Instant broken its bold on the female sex. For about two years during tbe height of that social orgy the garment was aban doned; then France relapsed once more Into civilization and the corset The pulpit, the medical profession, reformers of all sorts and descrip tions, have stormed and threatened, argued and pleaded for the abandon ment ot the corset, but woman for tome reason (may It not be what we torm "Instinct"?) has tenaciously clung to the device which, until very recent years, with the invention of the front lace, low bust corset, has been a most injurious appliance and one undoubtedly productive, ot vast harm to the human race. There is a reason for everything and we do not have to delve into tbe mysteries of psychology or of any other "ologles" to locate the source ot woman's fondness for the corset. It Is a matter of good sense, of me chanics, of gravity and balance. What we term "Instinct" Is usually the me chanical following of the line of least resistance, the line of ease and com fort Woman is more comfortable In the corset, therefore she will wear It And it is good for her to do so, too- provided it follows natural lines and Is so adjusted that it will not displace the normal center of gravity. There is something intensely ab surd and incongruous in the fact that our women go to art galleries and there admire the perfect form. They buy beautiful bronze and marble fig ures to adorn tbe borne, and invari ably the finest examples of art and ot beauty unadorned will be found to bave a waist 46.7 per cent ot the height But she herself will crowd her own 40-lnch bust and CO-lnch hips Into a 26-inch corset, not under standing that the effect Is not only grotesque but that harmony Is the good and the beautiful and should be lived personally, continuously every day; It Is not to be bought In small doses and admired from a distance. That is the message the artist la striving to convey to us, and this not for art's sake but for posterity, for In these contradictions He the root of 111 health and decay. The uncivilized Individual may rest when weary but the civilized may not and hold his Job. The very rapid change In Industrial conditions makes for an almost universal need for keep ing the trunk of the body constantly erect, either standing or sitting In a chair, for about 16 out ot the 24 hours. These long erect hours, cou pled with confinement in poorly venti lated buildings, insufficient nutrition, worry and other depressing causes in cident to modern commercialism al most too numerous to mention, result In an enervated muscular system. The abdominal muscles relax, permitting the abdominal contents to sag, result ing In a condition known as enterop- tosls, or Glenard's disease. This means that the stomach and Intes tines, the kidneys, liver and spleen, one ot all sag down. Constipation, melancholia, backache, debility, biliousness, appendicitis, headache, early loss of complexion and a long list of ailments common to tbe majority of women and to many men of all civilized countries are a few of the results of this lack ot muscular tone against which woman strives to defend herself with the cor set But like all good things it la abused through our Ignorance of the entire field that must be considered The first step to secure a correctly fitted corset is to have the body in natural balance, and this means a cor rect shoe as a foundation. Tbe shoe and the corset acting together are un doubtedly responsible tor at least (0 per cent of the ailments supposed to be the particular heritage of woman, The average woman needs the scrr Ices of a skilled mechanical engineer mbre than she does the services of the1 gynecologist Her troubles are fundamentally mechanical and mental rather than physical, and that is why her case is always "chronic" and why it will remain "chronlo" until the cause of the trouble Is corrected. Her backaches, headaches, rheumatisms. "nervousness" and the entire train of rymptoms are due more to muscular strains and exhaustion than to any' thing else. If the trouble would cease with tbe individual foolish enough to submit to torture In the worship of tradition we might endure It, but unfortunately It does not and can not Humanity Is superior to the rest of creation only In Its ability to think. to will and to do, and there is some thing curiously contradictory In the fact that man, the superior animal, Is anxious to perpetuate his kind and gladly becomes responsible for It but stubbornly refuses its light to the best that life has to give good health. Fundamental Principles of Health By ALBERT S. GRAY, M. D. V (Copyright, 1914, by A. S. Gray) THE LINE OF GRAVITY. A nlumh llnA HrnnneH in front nf ft normal human fleiire will he found to run down through the center of tbe nose and chin and, splitting the trunk of the body along the median line through the navel, will touch the ground at a point midway botween the two feet. Viewed from the sido, a plumb line rill e.nt thA nnnferlnr Afl&ra nf the tra gus (the prominence at (he external opening of the' ear), pass through the tnldHlA nf thA head nf the humerua In the shoulder joint, cut the posterior edge or the femur (.high hone) in the hip Joint and, pasBlng through the middle or tne Knee joint, mrougn me middle of the end of the fibula (the bonv nrnmlnencB lust outside the ankle Joint) will touch the ground at a point approximately two ana one half Inches anterior to the back ot the heel. This normal tvne of flzure is in ex act mechanical balance, and by reason of the automatic operation of the co ordinating centers of the sympathetic nervous system requires no conscious effort or undue exnenrliturA nf enprirv to maintain the body in the upright position. Departure from this standard nor mal type falls into two general classes: one In which the blp and knee joints are thrown behind the line ot gravity, and the other In which tbe hip and knee Joints are found In front of tbe line of gravity. Because of the characteristic atti tude assumed in order to compensate the displaced points of gravity the former has been designated "The Kan garoo" and the latter "The Gorilla" type of figure. Both these abnormal types maintain the erect position onlv bv reason of a more or less voluntary effort and by virtue of an undue tension on certain muscles necessary to nvercnmn tho gravitational pull; both are chronlo sunerers irom backaches and head aches, and both are subject to all sorts of "muscular rheumatisms" Quacks get rich coining the desire for relief from these chronlo and most "mysterious" pains; and many diag noses of diseases that never exist are made because of them. But It is grav ity that makea the backaches ami most ot the headaches not disease; and these conditions are usually ag gravated by the wrone- kind of ahnen and the wrong kind of corsets. If a building Is out of Dlumb. alarm Is felt for the welfare of the people In it lest It fall down, and tbe authori ties send expert engineers to investi gate the foundations. Not until tbe weak spots are repaired and the hulM- Ing Is jacked back Into line la It con sidered safe to Inhabit. Tbe founda tion of anything la the base on which It stands on the earth, and man has not yet succeeded in making a statue of the normal erect human figure in bronze, marble, wood or any other medium capable of standing firmly without being bolted to a substantial base. Thla would aooear to lndlratn that our foundation, the feet, are none too Drm and that therefore we are not In a position to take liberties with them because the margin of stability is too small. But we do so to our great detriment Standing together two normal fo show a perfectly straight line, and a straigni tread or "Meyer's line" ex tending from the center of the tin of the great toe through Ha base to the center of the heel. Taking "Meyer s line" as a base, a line nrolonreii rmm the center ot the heel at an equal dis tance irom tne outside line of the foot will cut through the center of the head of the fourth metatarsal tnn and follow the median line to the end or tne tourth toe, striking an angle of about 16 degrees. And line drawn through the middle of the earing surface of tbe anterior foot will cut "Meyer's line" at about the big toe Joint on an angle of 37 degrees and will cut the line extending from the center of the heel to the tip of the fourth toe on an angle of about 53 degrees. As a matter of fact the cen tcr of tho bearing surface of the normal foot approximates a section of a circle drawn on a radius of about one-third the length of the foot from about the middle of the arch to a point midway between the head of tbe first metatarsal bone and the end of tbe great toe. Because our shoemakers do not fol low the anatomical line of the bearing surface of our feet our base is wrong and we are not Arm and sure of foot and we are crippled and exhausted thereby and made less alert than we should be. We Instinctively haveconfl. dence In the ability of a well balanced figure and we Instinctively expect stol. Idness and stupidity in the "gorilla" type. People tending towards either of the abnormal types should pay par ticular attention to the fit and adjust ment of all garments worn because an alert brain will not be found in a, cramped body. Displaced gravity points mean norvous exhaustion.