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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-
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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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(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.