TO 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
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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,
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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.