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If ‘PURE
FOOD', Why
Not Have
‘PURE SHOES’
THAT pure shoes are nearly as important as pure
food sounds a bit unreasonable at first, but
when it Is known that the majority of people
sutler both from crippled feet and a flattened pocket
nook as a result of "improper shoes," made in out
landish and impossible models, one can understand
the importance of pure shoes.
Down in Louisiana the law-makers have taken up
most important point in this matter by passing a
law which demands that all manufacturers, merchants
and salesmen selling shoes in that State must brand
each shoe before the sale in plain English just what
the shoe is composed of.
It is well known that the shoes of to-day, although
costing twice and three times as much as they did
some years ago, are made of much poorer quality
'eather, and they are also made up with cardboard
soles, heels and other parts.
In fact, papier mache, thin bits of wood, leather
board, straw-board, leatheroid, fibre-board, horn, fibre,
Making CLOTHES Out of
STONES. STICKS and METALS
E
XCEfPT in the days “when knighthood
was in flower” man has always worn
garments made from vegetable and
anima) matter, and the armor of olden days
could not really be classed as garments, as
it was merely worn over the clothing for
protection In battle. But to-day inventors are <
beginning to turn out splendid samples of
Cloth made from quartz, limestone, iron and
ether minerals.
For a long time men have been wearing
iron collars, although they didn’t know It. i
Tailors use an “Iron cloth,'* which is literally
correct, as It Is made from steel, which comes
from Iron, as every one knows. The steel is
made Into a fine woolly mass and spun into
Cloth and this cloth is used to make the col
lars of men's coats stay in place without
sagging or wrinkling.
But in Russia entire suits are made from a
fiber of a filamentous stone, that is, a stone
that can be stripped into a floss-like sub
stance, like asbestos- It is in reality a form
of asbestos. The cloth is woven from these
shredded filaments of stone and dyed various
colors. It wears like iron and wben it Is dirty
the suit is tossed into the fire, not to be de
stroyed, but to be cleaned. “Purged as by
fire" has, then, become a literal happening.
This cloth comes from the fire clean and un
injured. It is practically impossible to wear
out such cloth.
An Austrian has succeeded In making cloth
of spun glass that has the sheen and the
pliability of silk. A great deal has been
Why WOMEN Are MORE
HARD-HEARTED Than MEN
’OMEN,” declared Lord Selborne.
"are harder-hearted than men.”
To this statement many noted
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psychiatrists and other students of human
nature have heartily agreed, and they also
agree tn declaring this is because men are
naturally more emotional than women.
It is only by centuries of constant training
and hard lighting that men have acquired the
power of suppressing their emotions as well
as they do. Man's natural desire is to burett
into tears with far greater frequency than}
..oman. and it has been solemnly averred;
■hat man's natural place is the home.
This, declare those who have made a study <
of it. has nothing whatever to de with tuiy(
question of equal suffrage Hut the fact re-(
mains that women are less emotional than'
men. that they can face a crisis better than ■
men, ’hat they possess more native presence,
of mind and consequently should be
bread winners. i
The old-established belief that women are :
more emotional than men is a fallacy; men'
are still more inclined to shriek and become
hysterical during exciting and trying times'
than are women. It is a mistaken idea that,
woman loses her head in trying times, in,
•motional crises, sudden emergencies, sud
den illness or real danger, for at just such
times as these is it that woman really shines.'
It is the mother who will assist in a dan '
gerous operation on her children, while the,
father weakens and cannot bear the sight of
This is because man is more emotional
and also more tender-hearted than woman.
in many things man lacks the natural in '
stinctive presence of mind which woman'
possesses If the truth were actually told.,
the majority of men would confess that their
emotions are more susceptible, more easily
moved, than those of their wives Men's
coolness and apparent nonchalance on ex
citing occasions Is only surface deep. In
wardly he is trembling with nervousness and
■•niotional tear In the days of executions,
legal and by religious and political fanatics,
ft has always been the men who collapsed at
How Louisiana Has Led the Way with a NEW LAW COMPELLING HONEST SHOES
pate and many other substitutes are constantly used in
the manufacture of shoes. Naturally they do not wear
as well as leather, whatever may be said to the con
trary by manufacturers, who are just awakening to
what this Louisiana law means.
Another evil, and probably the greatest of them all,
is the manner In which shoe leather is tanned to-day.
in the old days the leather was tanned by the natural
process, which took a great deal of time, but when the
work was done the leather was pliable and maintained
all its strength and durability. It would outwear half a
dozen similar pieces of modern tanned leather.
This is due to the present day greed for wealth and
the mad haste to accumulate it. In other words, leather
manufacturers cannot wait for the hides to be tanned
in the old-' ishioned way, and which can probably never
be improt <!; Instead of this they use acids and chemi
cals whlci apldly ‘‘tan” the leather, giving it various
degrees <. (liability and various shades and tints, but
at tli time this chemical method takes all of the
vitality or "wearability” out of the leather, causing it
to crack easily.
Modern shoes for the most part are made of this
chemically tanned leather. In addition some of these
above-named substitutes are put in the soles, heels and
other places about the shoe, because they are so much
cheaper than even the cheap, unenduring, chemically
prepared leather.
In this manner the public has been paying more
and more for its shoes every year, and at the same
time has been getting shoes of a poorer and poorer
quality. The result has been rapid and increased
profits for the shoe manufacturers and dealers and a
constant increasing drain upon the purse of the wearer
It is claimed that we pay 1600,000,000 a year for
written about the lost art of making glass
pliable. This inventor claims to have done
this and a member of royalty in Austria has
worn a purple dress made entirely of the
spun glass.
Paper "cloth” is not new. We have long
worn paper vests and such garments, and
during the Russo-Japanese war the Jap sol <
Tiers wore paper clothing, finding it much j
warmer than the other sort. But manufac
turers are going even further now, making'
bath robes of a sort of blotting paper that are
almost as strong as cloth from wool or cotton
and these garments have the added advan
tage of absorbing all the moisture as soon as
one steps from the bath.
Gloves are also being made from paper in
England which are said to be as durable as
the kid gloves and also possess the quality of
cleaning much more readily. An English
manufacturer has taken old ropes and cordage
and by a secret method woven it into a most
durable and not unattractive cloth or fabric.
A large trade for this so-called rope-cloth has
grown up, especially in the British colonies.
Woolen clothing made from stones Instead
of sheep’s covering Is being manufactur'd
extensively, and the remarkable thing shout
this mineral wool is that it comes from lime
stone. One would think that at least a fibrous
stone would be needed, while limestone is of
a granular nature. But the limestone is
powdered and mixed with chemicals, the
secret of the inventor, and thrown into a
great furnace when the limestone is blown
out of the furnace into fluffy wool.
the last moment and the women who went to j
their death unflinchingly. In time of great J
danger the majority of women appears self- \
possessed, calm and alert. >
This, the experts declare, is because ?
woman is less emotional than man and that I
she is less emotional because she is harder- ■
hearted than man. She does not feel so deep- \
ly as a man. nor is she so susceptible to the )
influence of other people ’
Why Cheap ENAMEL WARE May Be DANGEROUS
less a personage than Emperor Will
iam of Germany has condemned the
use of the ordinary cheap enamel ware
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in tin household, especially for cooking, ami
the versatile ruler of the Teutons apparently
has excellent grounds for this, because scien
tists have discovered that particles of the
enamel chip oft’, get into the food, then into
the intestines, and cause gangrene, appendici
tis and other troubles that, frequently prove
fatal.
I'he Italian Government health department
was probably first to recognize th'.- danger,
but Kaiser William also promptly -aw the
■anger, md lie supports these Italian scien
tists and health officials and has made publiv
in his country the declaration that such enam
eled ware is dangerous.
Ami the Empeior makes this announcement
In spite of the fact that nearly all. or at least
a great portion, of our enameled ware is made
in Germany. It has lung been anown that
enameled wave was more or less undesirable,
and some few have believed it dangerous,
but not until scientists discovered the exact
dangers was It known just how dangerous it
was. Enamel ware, even the very best, wifi
hip, and the poorer quality chips easily. It
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In Case of Fire.
HOUSEKEEPERS who use oil lamps, alcohol stoves or can |
dishes should always keep a sand box handy. Never throw i
water on burning oil or alcohol, as it only serves to spread the
flames. Throw a handful of sand where the flame is the thickest, and ;
iu nine cases out of ten it will suffice to extinguish the blaze. In the .
tenth case throw on two handfuls.
Popping Corn.
PUT two heaping tablespoonfuls of lard in a roaster and let it. get
hot, then put one and one-half cups of popcorn in and the cover'
on securely and shake it about on the top of the range in which
is a very hot fire. When it stops popping the roaster will be full. This 1
is a great saving of time, as one can pop so much more at one time than J
in an ordinary corn-popper.
Ammonia for Plants.
AMMONIA water applications are good for plants that do not seem
to thrive. Soapy water is also good for the soil about plants.
Saving Scrubbing Brushes.
SCRUBBING brushes after use should be put away with the bristles
downwards. If turned the other way, the water soaks into the
* wood of the brush, and the bristles are apt to become loose in
consequence.
The Creaking Door.
RUB the edges of the door that creaks with a little soap. This,
with the addition of a few drops of oil on the hinges will remedy
the nuisance.
Grease From Silk.
REMOVE grease from silk with a piece of magnesia rubbed wet
over the spot. Let it dry, brush off the powder and the grease
spot will have disappeared. French chalk is also used, but it is
used dry and brushed oil after twenty-four hours.
DID you ever notice, when riding through a tun
nel, especially a submarine tunnel, a queer sen
sation in your ears? If you have not, either the
tunnel was a most remarkable one, or the drums of
your ears are either remarkable or destroyed, for every
normal person who takes such a ride feels a peculiar
and somewhat unpleasant pressure upon the ear drums.
This is caused by a change in the air pressure, and
the snore sudden the pressure, the greater is the dis
agreeable sensation in the ears. If you do not make
many tunnel trips you have little cause to worry, but
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Emperor Will’am Has Discovered the Dangers in Using
Cheap Enamel Ware.
Why Riding in TUNNELS Hurts Your EARS
iootwear. Most of us believe these shoes to be made
of good leather, but the same authority that brought
about the passage of this remarkable and most laud
able law in Louisiana claims that between 80 and 90
per cent of the shoes we buy are made up of chem
ically prepared leather and foreign substitutes such as
previously described.
Right away the justice of this new law in Louisiana
may be understood. For soon one may soon go into a
store In that State, pick out a pair of shoes, turn them
over and find stamped on the bottom “Not all leather,
substituted material in heels and soles,” and many
other such things, dependent upon how the shoes are
made. In this way the purchaser at least has the com
fort of knowing that he is buying an inferior quality.
If shoes are found to be different from the way they
are stamped there is an extremely heavy penalty at
tached, including a fine of not more than $250 or sixty
days’ imprisonment.
The shoe manufacturers have become alarmed over
this law, which goes into effect July, 1913, and are
making a great agitation against it. The representative
of one big shoe manufacturing concern declares that
some portions of the heels should not be made of solid
leather in even a high-priced shoe, but that this law
will compel them to stamp “Not solid leather" on the
th °This argument is not good logic. If all shoes really
need some foreign filler in the heels, then every pair
shoes need not be stamped "Not solid leather,” but
"heel not solid leather." The public will then very soon
. that all shoes are made with foreign substitutes
il d Uie heel, and that If the shoe is all pure leather
otherwise, it is a thoroughly good shoe. •
U For a long time the War Department of the United
if you make from fourteen to twenty-eight trips a week
through such tunnels, you had better make a few sim
ple experiments to learn what ill effects this sudden
ange in air pressure is Having upon your ear drums.
Ah < very one knows, the drums of the cars are ex
reme y sensitive. It is said that even the slightest
a sH-t “ aiF preEßUre is felt almost instantly, although
Hokinn, P re ssure is not uncomfortable, and so people
what the^eeHng^ rCaUy Bt ° P tO rGaUZO jUBt
blocking of the ears is well understood by the
, may be that by chipping it becomes unclean
, ■■ ”1 affords :•< v■ < lor in- .
but the real danger Is of getting the sharp ,
h.tie particles of the enamel, which are like 1
flakes of glass, into the stomach and intestines. I
A number of Italian pathologists, at the re- )
quest of tile Health Department, made a spe- j
cial study of the conditions of the intestines J
at all post-mortem examinations and dis- <
ered that in several the caecum, which is a j
pouch or cavity open only at one end. eon- I
tained several particles, while in three the
actual cause of a gangrenous appendicitis that '
had caused death was found to be a piece of (
enamel of this character. It was upon their >
reports that the Italian Government drafted (
and Is considering n law requiring the destruc- \
tion of all chipped enamelled cooking utensils. (
This measure, as a sanitary regulation, has >
been adopted by four Italian cities, and tue )
sentiment is spreading. « I
The porcelain-lined kitchen utensil is re- I
warded as much more desirable, or as Kaiser \
William pointed out in a recent visit to a new i
ly opened home for children, nickel is still be.
ter. Nickel cannot be readily chipped by a
careless over-busy wortter at the kitchen sink,
and is fully as cleanly, although it has not
the sama spotless effect.
How the DOCTORS of
BIBLE TIMES Worked
THE first mention of physicians in the
Bible is when Joseph commands "His
servants the physicians to embalm his
father” (Gen. 1,2), showing that it was the
duty of the physician in Egypt not only to
heal the living, but also to give the last care
to the body by embalming it. That the He
brews had regular physicians who were paid
for tending their patients is shown by the
law in Exodus, xxi, 19, making it incumbent
upon any one who had injured a person to
“cause him to be thoroughly healed.” It was
natural that the early physicians were called
upon chiefly to heal outward wounds, but
later they practised healing of every kind. It
is notable also that the early physicians were
associated with or belonged to the priesthood,
and that even the prophets practised the
healing art.
Isaiah is using a metaphor which must have
been easily understood when hb says. "From
the sole of the foot even unto the head there
is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises,
and putrefying sores: they have not been
closed, neither bound up, neither mollified
with ointment. (Is. I, 6.)
Ezekiel shows that they knew how to care
for a fractured arm, for he says: “I have
broken the arm of Pharaoh, and lo! it shall
not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller
to bind it, to make it strong.’ 1 (Ez. xxx, 21.)
The proof that the physicians also treated
inward diseases lies in such passages as:
“And Asa was diseased in his feet, untii bis
disease was very great; yet in his disease he
sought not to the Lord but to the physicians.’’
(2 Chron. xvi, 12.) .
States has known that its shoes are not the right thing
for our soldiers. Army statistics show that at least
thirty p • cent of foot trouble in the army is due to
improperly made and "modeled shoes.
This conclusion hasn’t been jumped at by any means.
Experts have been experimenting for four years, and
one of their greatest of aids have been the X-rays,
which have shown how the bones of the foot are im
properly squeezed together by wrong models.
Foot trouble has been the bane of armies since sol
diers left off wearing sandals in the days of the Roman
and bound their feet with hides.
So startling was the report of the experts, and so
impressive, • that it has been accepted by Secretary
of War Stimson and a modern shoe adopted. As soon
as the supply of old-style shoes now on hand is ex
hausted the new shoe will come into universal use
among all United States military forces.
Comparison between X-ray photographs of the posi
tion of the bones in the naked foot of a soldier standing
with his 40-pound marching equipment on his back and
those of the bones in the foot of the same soldier in
cased in the regular army shoe disclosed the fact that
the shoe was causing great displacement of the bones
of the foot.
Examination of the feet of thousands of soldiers
showed that through the wearing of improper shoes
for many years the position of the bones of the feet, in
a majority of cases, had become permanently abnormal,
thus leading of course to improper balance of the weight
1 of the body, improper walking and tending to produce
> all sorts of sores and growths on the feet.
And what is happening to the feet of our soldiers is
happening to the feet of millions of American then and
I women!
The effect of music was understood even
in the tjme of Saul, for it was because of the
"evil spirit" in the king that D.ivid was sent
for to play.
The famous exclamation of Jeremiah (v.il.
22), “Is there no balm in Gilead?" has a di
rect reference to the use of this balm for
healing purposes.
Scholars hold that physicians increased in
number during and after the Babylonian
Exile, and that they used balsams, plasters of
figs (‘ And Isaiah said, ‘Take a lump of figs
And they took and laid it on the boil, and he
recovered.” 2 Kings, xx, 7). salves and the
leaves of trees ("And the leaf thereof for
medicine." Ez. xlvii, 12.).
The use of mineral baths was well known,
according to John (v), and Elisha prescribed
bathing in the Jordan to Naamau, the leper
(2 Kings, v, 10).
Honey was used as an internal remedy, ac
cording to Prov. xvi, 24, where it is called
"Health to the bones.”
The important part played by the priests,
especially in the diagnosis of the plague and
leprosy is presented at length in Leviticus
(xiii-xv), showing that the priests played the
part of physicians at that time, deciding upon
the separation of the afflicted and how they
were to be treated.
It would have been most surprising had the
Hebrews not practised the healing art, tor
they had learned both iu Egypt, where meiil
cine had advanced to a high plane, and in
Babylonia and Assyria during the Exile
in the New Testament there is much ot
healing, for Jesus does not disdain to heal,
and St. Luke is claimed to have been a
physician.
thousands of people who daily ride under the Hudson
River between New York and New Jersey, although I #
same sensations are felt by passengers in any sub
marine tunnel and also in many of the long land
tunnels.
1 he next time you ride through a submarine tunnel
watch the people about you, and you will doubtless
notice that a number of them almost unconsciously
pinch their nostrils gently together with their thumb
and forefinger.
J hey are doing somehing else, but you cannot see
this. They are forcing the air gently into their noses,
in doing this yourself you will readily understand bow
this will help counteract the external air pressure ou
the ear drums, for by blowing into the nose when it i»
held closed with thumb and finger, the air is forced
against the inner side of the ear drums. Naturally this
ousels the outside pressure ami brings relief.
Marly every one who has suffered with a severe
cold has i, ced that at times when using their ham:
kerchiefs vigorously they cause sharp pains in the ears
This is because they force the air too hard against the
tuner side of their ear drums.
Dr. Edmund Prince Fowler, of New York, has made
some interesting experiments concerning air pressure
in the Hudson tubes. He finds that the Increased
pressure amounts to a quarter of a pound to the -qua ■■
inch, varying from a few ounces upon entering and
leaving the tube up to the full'quarter of a pound when
in the center of tile tube and deep down below the
river lied.
lb also found that the greatest pressure was in the
first ear. a less pressure in the middle cars and the
least pressuri in the rear car. His experiments were
made with an accurate and sensitive aneroid barometer.
• t time.- using several at tne same time in various
parts of the train.
To people suffering from certain tubal and catarrhal
troubles this constant riding or twice-daily trips
through the tubes might have an injurious effect, de
clares Dr. Fowler. To the normal car no trouble should
result. If the sensation is quite painful, hold the nose
tightly, gradually force the air into the nose and so
against the inner sides of the ear drums and at the
same time swallow, if this does not bring relief after
on have tried it. several times, you should go at once
to an otologist, or ear specialist.