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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1914)
BEAR gUEERLY BUILT EXPERT TELLS ABOUT STRUC TURE OF THE ANIMAL. Nature Evidently Had Distinct Idea I Fundamental I Principles of I HealfiTo 1 S L I fi $ ft By ALBERTS. GRAY, M.D. J In Mind When It Produced Bruin In Such a Radical Form, "I was long curious to know," said s KIMMINO down Fifth avenue or Broadway you frequently let enormoui "light-seeing can laden with expectant tourists. One U marked "Chinatown," and the occupant! are holding their breath In anticipation of the thrills of horror they are to experience when they be ihold the dark wickedness of the Celes tial empire, which Is secretly prac ticed In the heart of New York. They arrive at a populous district I where there Is a fair sprinkling of ! Chinks to be seen about the streets, jand they are allowed to peep Into what they think is an opium dun, but what Is In reality merely a dirty lit tle chop suey house. I There are a few unprepossessing 'Chinamen sitting or lying around with their pipes, in an opium stupor. !"Onlum fiends,1' whisper the thrilled tourists to each other, as they shud iderlngly gaze on the dark spectacle. ' Hut Is It an opium den? And are they really smoking opium? Most assuredly not! Uncle Bam and the mayor of New 'York wouldn't tand for It a minute. It is only a nicely arranged little "fake den," run for the special bene- lirM wvnil in mn iiiin awnii i . Mmsi ,?Jm' Jit i mid? 4 lCTitul,iilili'iii?l Iff fJTTgl ' f., !- ':Ck,,,m.m.mJr - a FirTrt AVCNUC, NEWTORK. fit of the too credulous tourist, who cheerfully payB his dollar to see a Chinatown that doesn't ever exist. Then he pays another dollar and joins another sight-seeing party to visit the deadly precincts cf the Bow ery. It would be too cruel to tell them there Is no Bowery, Just as there Is no Chinatown, except in ancient history. A Revised Bowery, ' For the Bowery has been revised and expurgated and fumigated, and partially civilized, until now it Is no worse to the outward eye than some portions of Fourteenth street qr Sixth avenue. And the little shops and vocations of Its denizens, If not strictly clean, come safely within legal bounds. You might easily get on the Bowery and not know It at all. Where you expect to find the abode of thugs and thieves, you find noth ing more reprehensible than second hand clothes shops. Likewise In Chinatown, where you think they are smoking opium, it Isn't opium at all but more probably something like the rabbit tobacco or cross vine you used to smoke when you were a kid at school, and thought you were doing something very wicked. The "opium den" you pay your dol lar to see is very likely a laundry when there are no tourists due. If you happen to be in touch with such people as newspaper editors and' other fortunate beings who Rre on the Inside of things, yon will quickly learn to shun the tourists' car. The beHt way to see the biggest city in America is simply to live in It, ami go about to such places as may take your fancy. If you want to be thrilled with the Bowery and China town, just read stories about them, for there's nothing to see. You don't need a sight-seeing car. Any Now York friend can show you the wonders of the museums, libraries and Interior points of interest; while there are scores of cars and elevated trains covering every point of Man hattan, from which you may learn evnry inch of your New York from the i grandeur of the skyscrapers and the stupendous wealth of Fifth ave nue, and the cosmopolitanism of Brpadway, to the wretched poverty of crowded tanements and slums. That Is to ssy, you learn It from the viewpoint of merely seeing things. To really know any phase of life or class of people, you must go up or down'amongst tbem and be one 01 them. One Place Not Mythical. There Is one place, however, whlct hasn't been relegated to the mythical There most certainly Is k'JU I Coney Island. And whether you gc quietly with a friend or whether yon go with a crowd In a labeled and megaphoned sight-seeing car, It Is thi same Coney Island, with Its blaze ol lights and Its blare of orchestras ani Its bewildering whirl of things to rld and things to see, and things to do, and things to eat and drink, the lattei consisting chiefly of "hot dogs" anil beer. Hut, however genuine Coney maj be, there's no denying the spirit ol graft that pervades the atmosphere ol skyscraper land. On every hand some person or some organization 1b trying to get some thing for nothing, and if you are weal enough to be caught, It's like buylnf 25-cent silk stockings, and serves yoi Just right. ' ) Perhaps' some evening after the theater you stop In a high-class cab a ret to enjoy a dance or (two and i sandwich. At the entrance you an met by an attentive footman, who ver politely but moat insistently relieve! you of your hat and cane, and most gracefully takes charge of your lady'e coat. Inside the cabaret a smiling waltei attaches himself to you and shadows you devotedly for the remainder ol your stay. lie finds Just the right table for you, brings your Tom Col llns and your lady's orangeade and two small sandwiches a modest or der which should cost about 60 cents . But does it? Just wait until he brings youi check! While you are dancing he hovers near your table, watching to see that no fashionable pirate carries off your lady's gloves and vanity bas, and guarding your half-eaten sandwiches from being devoured by someone eUt In your absence. All of which zealous service Is dulj charged In your check, which h brought to you marked $1.90! (You had paid for your table in advance, bj the way.) You haven't the nerve to put t mere two-dollar bill on the tray. Give that waiter a ten-cent tip 1 never. So you sigh Inwardly, while outward ly smiling, you place $2.15 on the traj and carelessly wave aside the waiter's deferential thanks. On leaving, you find the devoted footman again awaiting you with youi hat and cane and your lady's coal and an air of exuectancv. . The air of expectancy means anoth er 25-cent tip. You pay it like a little man, an i the footman drops It In his pocket. The dunces were very nice indeed The music was divine, but the little whisper of a sandwich left you just as hungry as ever, and you go away wondering It you had your money's worth. Then you console yourself wltl the thought that you don't grudge the tips to the poor waiters and hall-boys whe are on their tired feet working so hard at all hours of the day and night. Itut the point Is: Did you tip the waiters 7 No, indeed. The tired waiters dc not get a penny of those tips,' It all goes to the boss. You simply paid an extortionate price for a few cents worth of refreshments, and then add ed an extra 50 rents in tips, a: I to be turned In to the manager of the cabaret. a Pike county, Pennsylvania, bear expert, "why It was that the bear has that peculiarly clumsy and apparently painful gait, but I never found any one who could give me a satisfactory explanation of It, so I went out and killed a bear to find out for myself. The reason was a very simple one. "I found, In the first place, that the bear has no clavicles In the shoulder to keep the shoulder bones steadily apart, as Is usual In animals, and con sequently when the bear moves his forelegs the shoulder blades work or slide loosely on the sides. "Then, again, the bear has the ankle Joints of his hind legs plumb on the ground, or rather as parts of the hind feet. That peculiar structure gives the first Joint of the hind legs a bend In the opposite direction from that which it has In the legs of other animals. "This loose and queer rigging of the joints of the legs and shoulders of the bear gives htm that odd wabble or shuffle wltb which he makes his way along, although clumsy and retarding as that gait appears, It can produce a speed and agility on occasion that Is surprising. The broad base which the foot of the bear forms, moreover, gives the animal a steady and secure foot ing, no matter what the appearance may be to the contrary. "The unique position of the bind ankle Joints as to the formation of the hind feet is what enables the bear to rise to his feet with such facility, and to maintain a secure position standing erect, while he uses his forepaws in grasping or striking with his well- known readineBS and effectiveness. 'The absence of clavicles In the shoulders is what gives the bear the great hugging or compressing power In his forelegs, which Is of the great est service to him In climbing and In dealing with his foes. In fact, if he had the shoulder formation character istic of other animals he could not climb a tree at all, for lie could not ac complish It by his claws as the cat and squirrel and raccoon and other animals of arboreal habit do, nor would the bear dog need to stand In fear of that terrible embrace of his." Infantry Decides the Battle. Whllft thpm hnvA hppn mnnv dis cussions as to the relative value of the different branches of an army thpro a HHln rtniiht flpr-nrriMner to a. writer In the Scientific American, that it is the Infantry tnat wins Dat tles. While It is nrobable the success of a battle will depend to a large extent on the fliinnort. of the field artillery, it is certain that the principal and most Important arm is the inrantry, wmcn In nrnRttnallv everv case must decide the final Issue. The cavalry may be the first to be drawn into a oattie, niirt the artillery may destroy the en- emy'B artillery, but a battle is never won until the Infantry has driven back h pnemv's lines. The usual mode of advancing lor the infantry is to deploy them In a lino with a lone Interval between each soldier. This, naturally, Is for the purpose of offering a Bmaller target for the enemy, but makes it more dif ficult, however, for the leaders to keep as good control over the men, and for that reason one of the objects of field artillery is to make the en emy's troops deploy early. The Infantry soldier Is armed In all the countries with a rifle and bayonet. The rifle is the weapon upon which re liance Is placed, the bayonet being used only as a last means, when in a hand-to-hand encounter with the en emy. No Loafing Allowed. A well-known theatrical manager, more famous, If possible for the "breaks" he made than for his many successes, attending the rehearsal of one of his plays, noticed that a man in the audience who had to play the trombone was holding the Instrument In front of him and doing notmng. Mr. Stetson at once called him to account. "Sav." snid he. "what do you mean by not working along with the other fellows? "Why Mr. Stetson." Bald the musi cian, "I can't play; I have 19 bars rest." "Not on your life!" replied the an gry manager. "I don't pay anyone for resting. Either you play when the other fellows do, or you clear out. See?" v No Game for Her. Mollle I think billiards Is an aw fully foolish game. Chollie But you forget that the balls kiss and the players sometimes hug the cushion. "But Just Imagine a person wasting time on a game where only billiard balls kiss and all that the players some times hug is a cushion!" Two Soult With But, Etc. Two egotists met and made much over each other. As they turned away, each mur mured softly to himself: "Poor deluded soul! It's all I can do to tolerate that fellow, but what can I do? It's absolutely pathetic the way he clings to me!" PANAMA Is a unique city. The circumstances which shaped her destiny and wove her Into the web of progress, made of her a sister to the great cities of North and South America. Her geo graphical situation, her North Ameri can adoption and the greatest of world projects carried out In her en virons, all have served to lift her out of that centuries old lethargy so enervating, Impassive and retarding. After the old Panama had been re vived again and again from the rapine destruction of pirates and buccaneers, It was finally left to the denizens of the Jungles and the new Panama founded some five miles to the south west, where the devastation of plun dering ships' crews was Impossible. Tbe Panama of today stands protected to seaward by a long reef, to landward by a narrow peninsular neck, and by the mlgMy arm of the United States government. Metropolis of Central America. No more will PlzarroB, Morgans and Walkers pillage this metropolis of Central America, no more will the bigotry of priesthood hold ,a throt tling hand upon her progress. The new Panama, born In the last decade, is pulsating with enterprise and Indus trial achievement. The financial inva- r Li I V S v AV 5ti?et sctNt slon of the United States has attracted every type of civilized mankind. There Is work to be done, needs to be as suaged, money to be made. All the resources of the surrounding country must be brought to a focus so that the ships that glide in at the Pacfic entrance and out into the Atlantic, will carry away to the crowded mar kets of the north Panama's quota of fruits, hardwood, rubber, Indigo, cof fee and hats. With this, civilized pros perity begins, and It matters not what race or conglomeration of races are involved. The "Splggoty Lingo." At firBt it was difficult for these peo ple to get along on any kind of footing In the way of everyday speech.. One man having many interests in common with another could find no medium of expression. And out of this confusion of tongues grew a language which Is neither English, nor French, nor Span ish, nor German, nor Chinese, nor Jap anese, nor anything other than it self. It is not a very old language, and consequently not well developed, nor has it ever been written or spok en outside of the canal zone and Pan ama. It Is called the "Spiggoty Lingo," and its origin is substantially this: If you ask a native something In English he will say, "No speaka da Engliss," because he doesn't. For a long time tbey used this reply, until the enterprising American found a few words of their language and they found a few of his, and of all the others brought in, so that there were words enough of all languages known In com mon to make for a new language which was promptly called the "Spiggoty" or "Speaka de " as you please to spell it. ' This same method was used by the Hudson Bay company in the earliest lays of the West w ith the Indian tribes of the Nc'thwest. They used some sigus, son e Indian words they were abe to fcrasp, taught the Indian a tew of tKeir own bad English words, end called the whole, "The Chinook language," after a tribe by that name. Through the medium of the Splg goty language a vast amount of prac tical labor Is being performed. It has bees found adequate for Inductive rea oning, for speaking persuasively, or Itortcaliy, vituperatively, and can be sed significantly wb'le in a state ot lisgtut or anger. Ik X 7 7 -s ,., -s-V J There are many beautiful plazas and patios set among the otherwise bald, sere bouses and streets of Pan ama. These are green and fragrant all the year with fan palms and ban yans casting a day-long shade over the up-to-date benches. In Santana park, when the shades of evening be gin to fall, a "Splggoty band" usually playing some ot our popular music, comes from somewhere, and begins The young people seem to think a great deal of the music for they ac claim It loudly after each piece, and will sit all night and listen, if the band keeps up. There are still a considerable num ber of high-class families who make various far-reaching claims toward an aristocracy, which, so far as is actu ally known, never existed beyond the imagination. But they nevertheless observe strict relations with the in ferior "Americans" aB they hold them to be, and will not let their daughters be seen unescorted in any of the plazas. The girls of the common class are met and spoken to by the young men, but come ana return home in groups after they have concluded a merry evening at the concert. For those who can afford it, the Na tional theater offers entertainment of a type that Is peculiarly original in 1 S -YiS CCV V5 r v v xjr j , Panama City Panama. The productions are usually in English, because the majority of the audience Is American, and they correspond to our vaudeville, In that they are put on In skits and separate parts. Dancers are obtained from Peru, Valparaiso, Chile and Mexico, who do their native dances with skill and grace, while the acts brought from the States are coarse and mediocre In comparison. Another great paradox in relation to the tones of this unique city Is evi dent In the unfaltering belief that still prevails in the old Roman orthodox form of religious interpretation. All the observances of the church are ad hered to as punctiliously today as in bygone centuries. The workmen can not be made to perform their labors on any of the multitudinous days Bet apart for the worship of some saint or other. It took more than 200 years for the Spanish priests to grind this holy zeal into them, and it will take nearly as long to grind It out. An Omnipresent Infection. There Is a German medical proverb to the effect that every man has had at least one tubercle, some time in his life. Every thoughtful physician knows the truth of this saying and has known It for years. Then a few days a i Sir William Osier repeated the statement iu slightly altered appli cation to the audience before him, and the whole world was roused Into shocked attention. Which was a very good thing for the world. If we could be made to realize that the tubercle bacillus Is omnipresent, and that every human being is touched at some time with this infection there would result not only a more active war on the germ, but, a more intelligent effort to build up and maintain the health and resist ing power of the people. Washing Flannel Trousers, Cut up half a pound of good soap, put It Into a quart of water and boll for five minutes. Have ready a bath of tepid water. Pour In the soap solu tion, and beat up to a lather. Put In the flannels, and wash them thorough ly. Do not rub any soap on them, but rub them well In the lather. Rinse In warm water, and wring, and dry quickly with a strong current of air. Press with a cool irot. i 9-1 (Copyright. 1914, by A. S. Gray) NATURE'S ALARM BELL. "Dear Doctor I am fifty-eight year of age and I have always been healthy except that I have had rheumatism In my legs for the past 15 years and It hurts me to bend my right knee. I am the mother of three healthy son and they have Inherited my rheuma tism so that they are frequently troub led with muscular rheumatism. What will cure rheumatism?" It Is easy to picture the writer of such a letter as a plump, placid, kind ly faced, motherly soul. A good cook, she Is proud of the fact that she can prepare the same dUhes on which her mother and her mother's mother be fore her successfully raised their fam ilies, But she has "rheumatism" and her sons have "Inherited rheumatism." This Is a fair sample of a type of In quiry frequently received from people who look upon rheumatism as a sim ple disorder which, quite as a matter of course, every one Is bound to have sooner or later as a result of wet feet, damp clothes, or the weather, or as the result of "inheritance." It Is customary to apply the word "rheumatism" to almoBt every Imagi nable ache or pain occurring In any part of the body. From long abuse the word has lost Its significance and has come to sound harmless; It does not convey any Idea of danger and most people are perfectly satisfied if told that their various ailments arise from "rheumatism." It Is a nice, con venient word, and It does not jar on their sensibilities. Rheumatism Is an acute inflamma tion of the synovial membranes of various Joints with the accumulation of fluid; it Is due to an Infection of , unknown origin and runs a course of about six weeks. "Muscular rheuma tisms" on the other hand, are either the result of strains, as we have al ready noted, or they are pains aris ing from organic diseases, or they are- caused by one or more of many con ditions, practically all of them con nected either directly or indirectly with defective metabolism. Here Is the basis of all our degenerative dis eases, such as diabetes, Bright's dis ease, arteriosclerosis and apoplexy, all of which are on the increase, in spite of the numerous "cures," and all of which are allied to anemia. Whether anemia Is the cause or the result of most of these metabolic disturbances is yet to be decided, but certainly clr cumstanial evidence points Btrongly in the former direction, Why are these chronic pains so lit tle understood? Because we do not want to know the truth if It will In volve a thorough overhauling and re adjusting of diet and of our mode of life. We prefer to go our own way In blissful Ignorance, depending on the good old remedies consisting of drugs, liniments, poultices, serums, and so forth, to looking the facts in the face. Then in addition to all the good old remedies are we not Informed every little while by the best of authorities of the discovery of some new product of synthetic chemistry that will quick ly, surely and harmlesly remove our troubles? With very few exceptions all of our troubles arise from the fact that we are unable easily to bring our mental pictures to coincide with the facts, to harmonize the subjective with the ob jective. Health is a normal condition and ill health Is a departure from the normal hence there is a strong, persistent force continually working toward the normal and, barring organic break downs from Inherent weakness, we are certain to "relapse" into good health sooner or later If we do not too persistently work against it. There fore a raw potato in the pocket, a nauseous draft or faith and a cheerful mind are certain to be equally effec tive or ineffective, depending upon the. angle from which you view them. If you were to interview our friend of the letter you would undoubtedly learn that during these 15 years she has taken many kinds of liquids, pills and powders, used many liniments nd ointments and has probably worn a few charms, such, as magnetic rings that turn either green or black as they "absorb the poison." Most of the sup posed remedies doubtless she has tried at the solicitation of well mean ing friends; each perhaps effected a "cure" in due time. But the trouble always returned and she still has it. Of course she wants to be comfort able and to get well, but she wants to do It In her way. To ask her to change her diet and mode of living or even materially to change her method of purchasing supplies, is ask ing her to tear up deep-seated and thor oughly intrenched habits, prejudices, tradition and beliefs and to go to addi tional trouble. ' Learn what is wrong and correct It before serious organic changes take place. Obviously the first Indications of something being wrong will bo, found In the blood streams.