ftyrfl 11 WWrtT Of AGRICULTURE
VEGETABLES GROWH AT CVIPVOT
NORTH Or ARCTIC CIRCLE Z
VEGETABLES GROWtt AT LORItlQ
When Alaska years ago conceived
J ho Idea of nil exposition In order that
It might more perfectly reveal to the.
world in general ond the United Stutea
In particular the wonderful resources
und development of that far northern
territory she realized the Impractica
bility of holding such exposition upon
her own aoll. It wus then that Seattle,
Wash., stepped forward with the cor
dial Invitation to make that city the
scene of such a great fair. The Invita
tion waa accepted, plans have grown
and developed and now the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exhibition la desperately
busy erecting the splendid buildings
und preparing the pluces where the ex
tensive exhibits are to be placed. The
cordial attitude of the Canadian gov
ernment and the fact that South
American republics will be splendidly
represented make the International
success of the fair certain. The way
the far northwest people do things to
a finish Is well Illustrated In the work
on the exhibition grounds. Everything
connected with this Pacific world's fair
will be ready ahead of time. The first
visitor on the ground will Bee the com
pleted buildings something never be
fore accomplished in any pretentious
national fair.
Alaska's work on this proposition
will be tremendous In showing the
enormous possibilities of this virgin
country. Tako the following from an
Information bureau's pamphlets:
Alaska will exhibit $1,000,000 In vlr
Kin gold, dust, nuggets and brick nt
the Alaska-Yukon-Pnclflc exhibition.
The greatest salmon fisheries In the
world are on Puget sound.
The value of the gold output of
Alaska since the northern countrv was
purchased by the United Slates is 13 !
times the amount of the purchase
price.
A copper nugget weighing three
Ions will be exhibited by Alaska.
.'he fishing and fur Industries have
produced i!5 times as much as was ori
ginally paid to Russia for the northern
country.
More than 1,000.000 plants are now
growing In the nursery gardens or the
Alaska-Yukon-Paclflc exhibition.
The first exhibit to be received on
the grounds Is 3.000 boxes of red ap
ples, which will form a part of the Ore-1
gon state exhibit.
Fox farming for skins Is the latest
Industry to be developed In Alaska.
Thero are as many churches In Alas
ka, according to population, as In any
section of the United States.
All of the countries bordering on the
Taclflc ocean are now actively engaged
in preparing exhibits, and the reports
that have been received by the man
agement are highly satisfactory. Fine
Bites have been held for the use of
Japan and China, und the Oriental dis
play will be one of the big features of
the 1909 world's fair. The Japanese
government has shown a very friendly
interest, and assurances have been re.
reived by the Seattle-Japanese associa
tion from high officials of the govern
ment that Japan will lie well repre
sented. The association recently sent u re
(luest to the government of Japan that
some of the ships of the Japanese
navy be stationed in Seattle harbor
luring the exhibition period. Assur
nnces have been received that this
will be done, and It Is expected that
nt least two of the battleships will be
ordered to Seattle early In June to
anchor in the harbor with the Pacific
fleet of the United States navy, which
will be stationed ut Seattle during the
entire time of the fair.
This Is the first wo.ld's fair to be
held for the purpose of exploiting the
countries of the Pacific ocean, and
every country whose shores are
washed by the Pacific ocean is o part
ner in the great enterprise. The tour
around the world of the Atlantic fleet
if the United States navy has attract
ed attention to the Purl lie from every
country on the globe, and It Is the put
pose of the management to show the!
conditions, natural resources and com
mercial Importance of every country
bordering on the Phclflc.
Probably the most unique farm In
the world Is located on Mound Island.
,luska, where Harry Pride, a well
iJjf
known Alaskan, Is engaged In Urn cul
tivation of foxes. Mr. Pride has estab
lished Ills ft ix farm on scientific lines
and breeds only the variety of fox that
produces the most valuable fur. Most
of the stock on his farm now Is of the
silver tip ai.d silver gray varieties.
"A fox skin depends largely upon Us
shade and coloring." says Mr. Pride,
"and by scientific breeding I expect to
produce only the very best furs. An
ordinary fox ski u b frequently worth
no more than 50 cents, while the silver
gray variety frequently sells for $J0'
to $N0O per skin, and has been known
to bring as high us $1,000.
"The fox is a very Intelligent animal,
and Is easily tamed. They can be even
taught to perform, but this takes con
siderable time and patience. Some of
the animals on Hound inland have be
come so tame that they will eat out
of a plate held in the hand.
"It is vtry rarely that hunters and
trappers have ever taken any large
number of foxes ulive, and I propose to
have a fine exhibit from my farm at
the Aluska-Yukou-Pnclfle exposition. I
believe It will be the Hist exhibit of
live foxes of the silver tip and silver
gray Bpecles ever shown.
"As my experiments advance I am
more than ever convinced that fox
breeding will become one of the most
valuable Industries of the north. The
animals breed very rapidly and with
proper care a fox farm should pay
large rcturna."
"Il will unquestionably be the most
beautiful exposition ever held In the
world, and the remarkable progress
you have made so far ahead of the
opening date ama.es me," said Charles
Dana Gibson, the creator of the "Gib
son Girl," after a trip over the grounds
where the west is building the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition, which will be
held in Seattle from June 1 to Octo
ber lfi, 1909.
"I have made no particular hobby
of expositions," continued Mr. Gibson,
"but I have been to all those held In
recent years, and from v. hut you have
already here, combined with the lavish
manner In which nature has done her
share for you, 1 think I am safe in say
ing that this will be the most attrac
tive one ever held. I had no Intention
when I left New York of coining to 1hls
country again for - some years, but I
will lie buck here next June to see
your fair. 1 wouldn't miss the com
pleted picture for anything."
Curiosity of Men.
"Herore I got this job," said the
drug clerk. "1 shared with the re.;l of
the human race the belief that wom
an's curiosity Is to man's curiosity ns
100 Is to one. Now I have reversed
the ratio. The behavior of the sexes
when telephoning has convinced me
of my former Injustice. Very often a
man accompanied by a woman stops
here to telephone, or maybe It Is the
woman who wishes to talk over the
wire, if it is the man who talks, the
woman, apparently unconcerned as to
what he has to say, sits quietly at the
far end of the store and lets hi in talk
as long as he pleases; but If the wont
an talks, 'he man hangs around the
booth, holding the door half open and
popping his head Inside the booth
every few seconds. Now, 1 call that a
complete refutation of popular opinion
You can explain the situation any way
you like. 1 don't know anything about
the cause or the phenomenon: It Is
the phenomenon Itself that interests
me."
New Meanings from Girls.
Girls in a fashionable soininary not
a hundred tulles from Fifth avenue,
In examination papers, recently turn
ed out a new hatch of delightful ,ifl
nltions. It is evident from their an
swers that several of them, while they
may not be trained thinkers, have
more or less logical processes of
thought. One defined 'red tape" as
"the inability of any one holding a
political position to do anything noces
sary without special orders," showing
sho hnd read her "Little Dorrltt" to
advantage, to say nothing of "Illeak
House." Another girl, asked "Why
does a ship flout the right way up
replied, "itecanse If It did not the
people in it would tumble out." One
Ingenious gi-1 suggested "foxlrt" as
noun for u young fox, which certainly
Is more specific, than puppies, And
young person, evidently determined
not to let herself be humbugged, said
"11. Sc." meant "Had science." New
York Press.
Trees of the City of Paris.
There are 8",Slt) trees in Paris, and
e;ch tree has Its number, age, history
and condition recorded in the books
at the Hotel de Ville, The unnronrln.
tlon for tins department Is -t.0.00i)
francs u year. The work could not be
done for uny such sum had It not been
so thoroughly done in (he beginning In
the reign of Napoleon 111 Technical
V.'ovld Magazine.
8
DIET AND
HEALTH
By DR. J. T. ALLEN
Food SpxialUl
Author of "Eatlnjf for a
rurpo.it." "Tht JVeto
Compel of Health."
Etc.
(Copyright, by Joseph it. Howler)
THE RAW FOOD FAD.
There was a time before the discov
ery of Are, when all food was eaten
uncooked. And extreme advocates of
naturalism hold that we err seriously
In cooking our food to day. The ani
mals, they say, are perfectly healthy
without cooks. Thpre is, they Insist,
a peculiar vital force in the natural
food which cooking destroys. We can
not improve upon nature's sun-cooking
methods, says the raw food advocate.
It Is claimed that raw food cures
disease, especially digestive dlffl-
ultlos. Much credible testimony is
offered in support of this claim, and
at least two physicians lu New York
announce uncooked food as their prin
cipal therapeutic agency.
Can it be true that cooking Is a mis
take? The logical answer is, lu the
light of all facts, yes and no.
To the argument that cooking is un
natural, and therefore wrong, the re
ply is, that all the means of civiliza
tion are unnatural, artificial. Soap is
unnatural. Electric light is unnatural.
Steam heat is unnatural. Houses are
unnatural. Only savagery is natural
and even the savage does not live
altogether naturally, like the ani
mals. In the last analysis, the only natural
acts are the subconscious those
things that we do without premedita
tion; without knowing why we do
them; such as breathing, pulsating, di
gesting, sleeping. These may be
termed the vegetative acts, the funda
mental means by which life Is main
tained they are, in a word, nutrition,
life. A plant performs nil of these
acts, and others Implied. All ani
mals perform them. Man only knows
that he performs them. Man Is con
scious. He has another life, the ob
jective or conscious.
I know that the process of digestion
Is going on In me now. I know, ob
jectively, consciously, that that proc
ess Is vegetative. I know that in bo-
coining conscious of It, I am in dan
ger of Injuring It. I would not. make
a child of three as conscious of its
processes of digestion aa I am; that
would certainly be possibly fatal.
Now, man is superior to the lowest
animal, to the plant, indeed, only in
proportion as he lives more, not mere
ly vegetal ively, sub-consciously, for all
plants and animals do that, but in pro
portion us he knows, reasons and
wills. The mind, the conscious mind,
tho knowing power that Is the meas
ure of the man.
The means by which we live the
conscious, the objective life, are the
means of civilization. The plant, the
animal, may enjoy the light of the
sun, subjectively, as well as I, but 1
know to a degree, for only God
knows all I know what the sun is;
nnd when It sets, 1 call It back I
turn on th electric light, which Is
yesterday'H sunlight, stored In the
plant, turned into coal, which in
transmuted Into electric energy, and
that into light. Klectric light is arti
ficial, but it is good. Today I ad
vised the use of an electric therapeu
tic lamp, in a rase of anemia, with
proper feeding to furnish iron, and
vibratory treatment. These are all
"artificial" means of cure. The elw
trie light is a substitute for sunlight;
vibration is artificial exercise, and iho
scientific (knowing or objective as
distinct from subjective or natural)
the scientific choice of food is nrilll
clal, but these artificial means are
natural they are the same means in
concentrated form that nnturo. uses.
Therefore, we may say that the nrtifl
clal is natural.
It Is urged by the advocates of the
omnivorous diet that the human sys
tem has acquired a wonderful power
of adaptation, that it has become
adapted to the diet we now follow, and
that, therefore, a return to the simple
diet would be Injurious; that the sys
tem Is adapted to cooked food and
that, therefore, uncooked food would
be harmful.
It Is true that, we are temporarily
adapted to an Irregular diet, not per?
tuanetttly. Experiments made under
my direction nnd by myself show that
the system quickly readjusts Itself
to a monodlet. and that improved
health and working capacity result in
every rase. The same has Invariably
been the result of living on uncooked
food, except cerealB or spoiled fruit
or meat. Of course sudden changes
may work temporary Injury and an in
complete ration ran never be satis
factory. Tho fact that uncooked cereals are
Indigestible agrees with the theoiy
that nuts are the natural staple diet,
for nuts contain little or no starch, but
much fat as milk does. Wheat Is a
substitute for nuts; Its starch needs
rooking and It lacks fat.
The essential elePiCnt of food, of all
animals, Is albuuv n. Flesh Is chiefly
albumen. The food of the amochu,
the one-celled animal, which is typical
of all animal life, is albumen. Al
bumen Is the warp of tho blood from
which all tissues are built. The
amoeba absorbs Its food from the wa
ter lu which It lives, and that al
butuvu muut be In Its uuturul state;
If furnished only cooked albumen, It
will die. Now. the blood ceils are es
sentially amoeba, and their natural
food is natural albumen.
Albumen coagulates at a tempera
ture of 160 degrees, becoming, to use
a popular term, leathery and unsuit
able for cell food. It is for this rea
son partly, that a large percentage of
albumen is found In the excreta from
whole wheat bread, as stated In a pre
ceding article. It Is for this reason,
partly, that while a raw egg digests
in one hour a hard-boiled egg re
quires three.
Natural albumen is quickly con
verted In the stomach by the action of
pepsin and hydrochloric acid into
soluble. This peptone camiot be
coagulated by heat, and "easily
passes through animal membranes;
hat is, it Is easily absorbed lu the
Intestinal canal. Hut when It is al
ready coagulated by heat before it Is
conveyed to . ie stomach, It cannot be
converted Into a non-coagulable, sol
uble peptone; It cannot become as
similable cell food. Of course the co
ugulation by heat Is rarely complete,
even in roasted foods, but any tem
perature above lfiO is injurious. For
Instance, a child cannot be prop
erly nourished on boiled milk.
The heat that kills the bacteria also
kills the nutritive value of the albu
men, No one experienced in Infant
feeding advises boiled milk; some ob
ject even to pasteurizing. This, how
ever, requires u much lower tempera
ture.
Heat is the most destructive of all
agents. It is the means most com
monly used in the laboratory to sepa
rate tho elements of a chemical com
pound, to decompose or destroy mat
ter. Ilicest ion is a process of chem
ical change, but when chemical
changes are effected iu advance by
heat, the conditions are changed, and
digestive results cannot he the saim
as if the fond were unfiled.
Cereals contain an enzyme which di
gests the starch for the young plant;
heat destroys (his. While (he starch
cells of cereals are being broken up
by cooking, so as to open them to the
action of the digestive fluids, the al
biimeu is being coagulated and the di
gestive principle in the enzyme de
stroyed. I have already indicated in the
analysis of bread the importance of
the mineral elements of food, the ab
sence of nny one of which alone may
cause serious Illness. The major!' y
of authorities on the chemistry of nu
trition agree that mineral food can be
conveyed to the cells only by passing
from tho soil Into the plant or the
animal and thence to the blood cells,
from the food. Now, just as heat de
composes matter In the laboratory, fire
decomposes the food In the boiler or
oven, precipitating, in many cases, the
mineral elements, which are thrown
away in the water, or being unas
similable, partly or entirely, are
wholly or largely excreted. An un
cooked egg, for example, will not tar
nish a silver spoon, but the sulphur
set free by boiling; will form a new
compouud with the silver. The dif
ferent odors of cooked foods are, in
some enses, due to chemical changes,
just as we produce them In the lab
oratory. In some cases the chemical and me
chanical changes produced by tir
ing make some elements of the food,
nsido from the albumen, already dealt
with, very indigestible. Raw cabbage,
'for Instance, is digestible In an hour,
and is very nutritious, but boiled cab
liage Is extremely Indigestible and
worthless, except as a relish. Roasted
'beans produce sulphuretted hydrogen
In the Intestine. Poisonous compounds
may he formed when several foods are
mixed.
' As the roasting of albumen In meat
or peanuts causes an odor and flavor
vnticing to the abnormal appetite, so
many odors driven off from foods by
heat entice an unnatural appetite, lead
ing to overeating and unnatural eat
ing.
' The cooking of food Is. If it be un
necessary, a serious economic error
It entails a vast waste of energy and
time on the part of the housewife and
makes the maintenance of a household
& far greater burden on the part of the
provider.
' As I have said In advising an im
provement in tho dietary, changes
should be made slowly and only after
due deliberation, but change should
always be made if one Is satisfied that
change would be beneficial.
"Flrelesj cooking'' Is beneficial to
(he degree that It reduces the amount
of heat used in preparing a meal and
a "fireless cooker" ought to bo as In
dispensable in every kitchen as Is the
sewing muchine. It also saves time
and mental expenditure in watching lo
avoid excessive boiling.
If one Is satisfied that a change
would be beneficial, the wise course is,
not to remain in the old rut. but to
make the change in the bpst way. Wu
Ting Fang, the Imperial Chinese am
bassador at Washington, evidently
thinks so and does so. lie says: "If
I hud known ten years ago the un
cooked food doctrine and the natural
life I would not have one gray hair on
tuy head. Joking aside, since I have
adopted this r.uturul diet und life. 1
am not only cured of my former com
plaints, hut I feel stronger, healthier
and younger In spirit. I feel 20 years
younger and I attribute it all to my
reformed diet, together with a reason
able amount of physical exercise."
This great man, recognized as one
of the most brilliant statesmen of the
day, the cleverest after dltin.'r speaker
at Washington, a mo t enterprising
and progressive man, did not hesitate
to quit the Chinaman's national bev
erage when ho realized that It Is, like
coffee, injurious. His excellency eats
no meat nud only two meals a day,
omitting breakfast. We think we ore
progressive, but we may be ublo to
lake a lesson from the learned and
wise Chinaman.
Laite Dfi5
IwWte I
The first costume is a dainty little
bodice in silk spotted voile, to match
the skirt. The fullness, back and
front, is gathered into a bund of in
sertion; an opening Is made at the top
of the deep armhole, the rucked sleeve
coming from underneath it, und being
finished at the elbow by a band of in
sertion. Satin ribbon, the color of
spot, forms the waist-hand, and Is
loosely knotted iu front with ends left
hanging.
Materials required: One and one-
h:i!f yard voile 42 inches wide, 2 yards
Insertion, 2li yards satin ribbon.
For I he second, a simple dress.
coarse black filet net Is employed, and
Is worn over pale gold soft satin; the
skirt fits plainly round the hips, and Is
trimmed at the foot by a fold of net
headed by a band of gold passemen
terie. Passementerie heads the pret
tily shaped top of bodice, to which the
net Is gathered; the short rucked
sl.'ove Is finished by passementerie
at the elbow. A soft, black satin rib
bon is brought round the waist, and
loosely tied at the left side.
Materials required: Nine yards net
42 inches wide, 7 yards passementerie,
C yards satin 42 inches wide for foun
dation, U ',-s yards satin ribbon.
White muslin-de-soie, with a blue
and green sprig printed on it, is chos
en for the charming design shown in
the third picture; the skirt is high
wuisted, and trimmed with strips of
insertion, the two center strips being
taken to the top flounce, the others
only half way; the deep flounce is set
lo the skirt by a heading, und trimmed
THE NEW BUTTERFLY COMB.
There are butterfly burettes and but
terfly combs and silver butterflies, all
to be worn in the hair, hut only one
at n time.
This comb Is worn at the top of a
Psyche knot or three puffs. The but
terfly is of finely wrought gold bands,
with the body made of colored stones,
and it is mounted on n shell hairpin.
Green Cloth and Fur.
Many of tho modern gowns take tho
oldest inhabitant back to another gen
crailon with a swing. What girl was
there I'.O years ago who didn't want or
own a tight-lit t Ing green broadcloth
gown made with an oversklrt, tight,
long sleeves and tho edges of the
gown bordered with brown fur.
This prwlso costume Is back In
fashion, oversklrt, tight sleeves, fur
bauds and all.
In addition lo this is a round toque
of brown fur, with a green silk cen
ter and a perky feather standing up
right ut the side. The wearer carries
In her hand a granny's muff of brown
fur.
Dark Colors in Vogue.
In all the gowns and in till dressed
for morning wear or simple afternoon
wei.r dark colors are those most In
v'oj.ue, but there are certain bright
tii'ts of old rone and saffron Unit are
exceedingly fashionable.
P
by two rows of insertion near the foot.
Insertion also edges the bodice, ami
trims tlie center b;,ck and front and
the sleeve which Is cut In one with tho
rcmniuder of bodice; several pin tucks
are made on the shoulder front and
back of l)Od ice, also the sleeve. Emer
ald green velvet bows nre spwii be
tween the Insertion down the center
of fiont; the waistband is u!::o of vel
vet. Materials required: Twelve yards
27 inches wide, 20 yards insertion, 1
yard velvet.
The next is an evening bodice of
line cashmere and spotted net. Atlan
tic green is the color of the cashmere
with cream net, a wide tuck hi made
on each shoulder, und three on each
sleeve; u fold of black satin is laid on
the lnsld of cashmere, and also edges
tho top of net, which fills in the center
of front; the under-sleeves are nlso of
net finished by a band of insertion.
Materials required: One yard cash
mere 4S inches wide, 14 yard net 42
Inches wide, ",2 yard satin 42 Inches
wide.
Peacock blue Rajah satin is em
ployed for the elegant dre.-s shown
last. The oversklrt, which is brought
up towards the left side, is edged with
black satin laid on in Greek key pat
tern, so also is the foot or the under
skirt, and tho edge of bodice, where
the, satin is finely tucked and set to it;
folds are arranged on the outer side
of sleeve.' a black rat in sash is taken
round the waist, caught up under the
buckle at the leit side and the ends
left hanging; they are edged with
handsome fringe.
SCHEME OF PANSY DECORATION.
Charming Noveity for the Next Lunch
eon You May Give.
A decoration for a luncheon that Is
seldom seen, yel which may be made
very charming. Is a low silver bowl
filled with panslcs in all colors. If the
stems are not specially long, a piece
or wire netting can be placed over the
top of the bowl and the pnmios rtiick
in it.
The effect la enhanced if the bowl
is set on a large, round mirror sur
rounded with a border of small ferns.
At each plate have a small pot of
growing panslcs, which may later be
given as souvenirs. These look well
if (lie puts ate set in small paper cases
made of stiff cardboard covered with
silver paper.
Should there be a guest of honor,
her plants may be larger than the oth
er, or the ease can be a small silver
Jardiniere.
The candle shades should carry out
the predominating tones of t).
pansies. Silver candlesticks should he
used if possible. Effective
be made of while paper garlanded
with artificial punslcs.
Fleur-de-Lis Buttonholes.
When the fashions lor ornamental
buttonholes began It was argued that
they would run the gamut or s-hup'o.
They are now doing it.
From the straight hnltnnhoie made
of satin, velvet and braid wo now have
all manner of designs up to ih Unci-d-lis
which is pui on dressy frocks
whether I bey are made n blouse or
coat suits.
The shape is quite attractive and
iidds a striking finish to an otherwise
plain costume. Care must he taken
not to dab inatiy on Injudiciously 'for
tin tendency to-day is to overtrlm.
Use these buttonholes us trimmings
Do not add them to other varieties." '
Jabot Effects.
Eighteenth century effects u;c eth
erenl looking affairs, made ,o'm ten
inch wide silk scalloped. rhiM'v sot
triple liox plniled lisse stitched tb-(Mm,
tho center and attached to a wide in.
hit ribbon band which Joins rt the
buck beucnih a Unify llsse butteillv
bow. Sometimes th,. inching st.'(
upon the lop tdg. or an Inch and a
half wide , mhrol.l, : d lund or chiffon
lined silver rihlnui ;in,l (,)r(. 3 ,(,,r a
huge, outs; n ailing bow.
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