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If TURE
FOOD', Why
Not Have
TURE SHOES'
THAT puro shoes aro nearly as Important as pure
food sounds a bit unreasonable at first, but
when It Is known that the majority of people
suffer both from crlpplod foot and a flattened pocket
book as a result of "Improper Bboes," made In out
landish and lmposslblo models, one can understand
the Importance of puro shoos.
Down In Louisiana the law-makers have1 taken up
the most Important point In this matter by passing &
law which demands thnt all manufacturers, merchants
and salesmen selling shoes In that State roust brand
each shoo before the salo In plain English Just what
the shoo Is composed of.
It Is well known that the shoes of to-day, although
costing twice and threo tlmeB as much as they did
somo years ago, are mado of much poorer quality
leather, and they aro also made up with cardboard
soles, heels and other parts.
In fact, paplor inache, thin bits of wood, leather
board, straw-board, leathorold, fibre-board, horn, fibre,
How Louisiana Has Led the Way with a NEW LAW COMPELLING HONEST SHOES
pat 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 Juit 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.
Tn the old days the leather was tanned by the natural
process, which took a great deal of time, but when the
work was dono the leather was pliable and maintained
all Us strength and durability. It would outwear half a
dozen similar pieces of modern tanned leather.
This is due to tho present day greed for wealth and
the mad haste to accumulate it In other words, leather
manufacturers cannot wait for the hldeu to be tanned
In the old-fashioned way, and which can probably never
be Improved; instead of this they use acids and chemi
cals which rapidly ''tan" tho leather, giving it various
degrees ot pliability and various shades and tints, but
at the same time this chemical method takes all of the
vitality or "wearablllty" out ot tho leather, causing it
to crack easily.
Modern shoes for the most part are made of this
chemically tanned loathor. In addition some ot these
above-named substitutes are put in the soles, heels and
other places about the shoe, because they are so much
cheapor than even tho cheap, unendurlng, chemically
prepared leather.
In this manner tho public has been paying more
and more. for its shoos every year, and at the same
time has been getting shoos ot a poorer and poorer
quality. The result has been rapid and Increased
profits for tho shoe manufacturers and doalero and a
constant Increasing drain upon tho purso of the wearer
It Is claimed that we pay $600,000,000 a year for
WRONG
SHOE,
RIGHT MODEL
SHOE. ADOPTED
BY "WAR DEPT.-
if
XEAY OT TOOT JOSAtf or WAV THKI
SHOES
footwear. Most of us believe these shoes to be made
ot good leather, but the same authority that brought
about the passage ot this remarkable and most laud
able law la Louisiana claims -that between SO and 90
per oeat of the shoes we buy are made up ot 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 ot knowing that he is buying an Inferior quality.
It shoes are' found to 'be different from the way they
are stamped there is an extremely heavy penalty at
tached, including a Una. ot not more than J2E(f or sixty
days Imprisonment
The shoe manufacturers have become alarmed over
this law, which goes into effect July, 1018, and are
making a great agitation against It The representative
ot one big shoe manufacturing concern, declares that
some portions ot 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 tho
hThlB argument Is not good logic If all shoes really
need some foreign filler in the heels, then every pair
!f .hoe. need not be stamped "Not solid leather." but
W St solid leather." Tho public will then very soon
, nil shoes are made with foreign substitutes
Ke hel. and tLt It the she I all pure leather
i. thoroughly, good shoe.
thFoT a long Ume th. W Department ot the United-
States has known that Its shoes are not tho right thing
for our soldiers. Army statistics show that at least
thirty pit cent of foot trouble In the army Is duo to
Improperly made and modeled shoos.
This conclusion hasn't been Jumped at by any means.
Experts have been experimenting for four years, and
one ot 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 oft wearing sandals In (he days of the Roman
and bound their feet with hides.
So startling was the report ot the experts, and so
Impressive, that it has been accepted by Secretary
ot War Stlmson and a modern Bhoe adopted. Ab soon
as the supply of old-style shoes now on hand is ex
hausted the new shoa will come Into universal use
among all Unttod States military forces.
Comparison between X-ray photographs of the posi
tion of tho bones in the naked foot ot a soldier standing
with his 40-pound marching equipment onals back and
those of the bones in the toot of tho same soldier In.
cased In tho regular army Bhoe disclosed the fact that
the shoe was causing great displacement of the bones
ot the foot
Examination ot the feet ot thousands ot soldiers
showed that, through tho wearing of Improper shoes
for many years the position ot the bones of tho feet In
a majority ot cases, had become permanently abnormal,
thus loading of course to Improper balance ot tho weight
of the body, Improper walking and tending to produce
all sorts of sores and growths on tbs feet.
And what Is happening to the feet of our soldiers Is
happening to the feet ot millions of American men and
women 1
Making CLOTHES Out of
STONES, STICKS and METALS
EXCEPT in tho days "when knighthood
was In flower" man has always worn
garments mado from vegetable and
animal matter, and tho armor ot oldon days
could not really bo classed as garments, as
It was merely worn ovor the clothing for
protection In bottle. But to-day Inventors are
beginning to turn out splendid samples ot
cloth mado from quurtz, limostone, iron-and
other mltioralB.
For a long tlmo men havo been wearing
Iron collars, although they didn't know it
Tailors use nn "Iron cloth," which Is literally
".orroct, as It la made from steel, which comes
from iron, aB ovory one knows. Tho steel is
mado into a lino woolly mass and spun Into
cloth and Uits cloth is UBed to,make the col- '
lars ot tnon's coats stay In placo without
sagging or wrinkling.
Uut in Russia ontlro suits aro mudo from a
flbor of n filamentous stono, that Is, a stone
that can bo strtppod Into a floss-llko sub
etanco, llko asboBtos. It is In reality a form
ot asbestos. The cloth is woven from those
shredded filaments of stone and dyed various
colors. It wears llko Iron and when it is dirty
tho suit Is tossed Into tho Arc, not to be de
stroyed, but to bo cleaned. "Purged as by
flro" has, thon, bocomo a literal happening.
This cloth comes from tho firo 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 Bilk. A great ae'al has been
written about the lost art of making glass
pliable. This lnvontor claims to have dono
this and a member of royalty In Austria has 1
worn a purple dress mado entirely of the!
spun glass. i
Paper "cloth" is not new. Wo have long
worn paper vests and such garments, and
during, the Russo-Japanese war the Jap sol--Jlers
-wore paper clothing, finding It much
warmer than the other sort But manufac
turers aro going oven further now. making
bath robes of a sort of blotting papor that are
almost as strong as cloth from wool or cotton,
and these garments havo the added advan
tage of absorbing all the moisture as soon as
one stops from the bath.
Gloves aro also being made from paper In
England which are said to bo as durablo as
tho kid gloves and also possess the quality ot
cleaning mucn more readily. An English
manufacturer has taken old ropes and cordage
and by a secrot method woven It into a most
durablo and not unattractive cloth or fabric.
A large trodo for this so-called rope-cloth ha
grown up, especially In the British colonies.
Woolen clothing made from stones Instead
ot sheop's covering ts being manufactured
extensively, and tho remarkable thing about
this mineral wool is that It comes from Hmo
stono. Ono would think that at least a fibrous
.stono 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.
YOU MIGHT TRY--
In Case of Fire.
HOUSEKEEPERS who use dll lamps, alcohol stoves or chafing
dishes should always keep a sand box handy. Never throw
water on burning oil or alcohol, as It only serves to spread tho
flames. Throw a handful of sand whore the flame Is the thickest
in nlno cases out of ton It will suffice to extinguish tho blaze. In the
tenth caBo throw on two handfuls.
Popping Corn.
PUT two heaping tablespoontuls 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 ot the range In which
Is a very hot flre. When it stops popping the roaster will be full. This
la a great saving of time, aB one can pop so much more at one time than
In an ordinary corn-popper. 1
Ammonia for Plants.
AMMONIA water applications are good for plants that do not seem
to thrive. Soapy water ts also good for tho soli about plants.
Saving Scrubbing Brushes.
SCRUBB1NO brushes after uso should bo 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
conBequonco.
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The Creaking Door.
UB the edges ot the door that creaks with a little soap. This,
wun me addition of a few drops ot oil on the hinges, will remedy
the nuisance.
Grease From Silk.
REMOVE groaso from silk with a piece of magnesia rubbed we
over the spot. Let It dry, brush off the powder and the grease
spot will havo disappeared. French chalk is also used, but It Is
used dry and brushed off after twenty-four hours.
Why WOMEN Are MORE
HARD-HEARTED Than MEN
How the DOCTORS of
BIBLE TIMES Worked
THE first mention- of physicians In tho
Bible Is when Joseph commands "His
servants the physicians to embalm his
father" (Gen. 1, 2). showing that It was tho
duty et the physician In Egypt not only to
heal the living, but also to. give the last care
to thobody by embalming It That tho He
brews had regular physicians who wero paid
for tending 'their patients is shown by tho,
law In Exodus, xxi, 18, making it incumbent
upon' any one who bad Injured a person to"
"cause him to bo thoroughly healed." It was
natural that, the eariy physicians were called
upon' chiefly to heal outward wounds, but
later'they practised healing of every kind. It
Is noldble a! bo that the early physicians were
associated with or belonged to the priesthood,
and "tJia't" even the prophets practised , the '
healing art
Isaiahts using a metaphor which must have
been easily understood when he says. "From
the sSlo'of the toot even unto the head there
Is no soundness In It; but wounds, and bruises,
and putrefy tng sores: they have not been
closed,, neither bound up, neither mollified
with ointment (Is. 1, 6.)
Ezeklel shows that they knew how to care
for a fractured arm, for he says: '1 havo
broken the arm ot Pharaoh, and lol it shall
not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller
to hind It, to mako It strong." (Ez. xxx, 21.)
The proof that the .physicians also treated
Inward diseases lies In such passages as:
"And Asa was diseased In his foct, until his
disease was very great; yet tn his disease he
sought not to the Lord but to the physicians."
(2 Ghron. xvL 12.)
The effect of muslo was understood oven
in the time of Saul, for It was because ot the
"evil spirit" in the king that.Davld was Bent
for to play.
The famous exclamatton of Jeremiah (vlll,
22), "Is there no balm in Ollead?" has a di
rect reference to the use ot this balm for
healing purposes.
Scholars hold that physicians Increased in
number during and after tho Babylonian
Exile, and that they used balsams, plasters of
figs ("And Isaiah said, 'Tako a lump of figs.'
And thoy took and laid It on the boll, and he
recovered." 2 Kings, xx, 7), salves and the
leaves of trees ("And the leaf thereof for
medicine." Ez. xlvll, 12.).
Tho use of mineral baths was well known,
according to John (v), and Ellsha prescribed
bathing In the Jordan to Naaman, the lepor
(2 Kings, v, 10).
Honey was used as an Internal remody, ac
cording to Prov. xvl, 24, whero It 1b called
"Health to the bones."
The Important part played by the priests,
especially In tho diagnosis ot the plague and
leprosy Is presented at length in Leviticus
(xlll-xv), showing that tho priests played tho
part of physicians at that time, deciding upon
the separation of the afflicted and how they
were to be treated.
It would havo been most surprising had the
Hobrews not practised the healing art for
they had learned both In Egypt, whoro medi
cine bad advanced to a high piano, and in
Babylonia and Assyria during the Exile.
In the New Testament there is much of
healing, for Jesus does not disdain to heal,
and St. Luke la claimed to have been a
physician.
OMEN," declared Lord .Solborne,
"are harder-hearted than men."
To this statement many notod
psycblatrlBtB and other studonts ot human
nature have heartily agroed, and they also
agroo In declaring this ts because men are
naturally more, emotional than womon.
It 1b only by centuries ot constant training
and hard fighting that men have acquired the
power ot suppressing tholr omotions as well
as they do. Man's natural desire Is to burst
Into tears with fur greater frequency than
woman, anil It has been solemnly averred
that man's natural place 1b tho. homo.
This, declare those who have made a study
of It, has nothing whatever to do with any
question ot equal suffrage. But tho fact .re
mains that women are less emotional than
men, that they can face a crisis better than
men, that they possess more native presence
ot mind und consequently should bo the
bread winners.
ine oia-esiamiBneti oeiiei tnat women are
more emotional man men is a fallacy: men
are still moro 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)
emotional crises, sudden emergencies, sud
den Illness or real danger, tor at Just such
times as these la It that woman really shines.
it is uie motner woo will assist In a dan
gerous operation on her children, while the
father weakens and cannot bear the sight ot
it. Tins IB becauso man is more emotional
and also more tender-hearted than woman.
In many things man lack the natural In
stlnctive presence oi mma wnich woman
possesses. If the truth were actually told.
tne majority or men wouia confess tnat their
emotions are more susceptible, more easily
moved, than those of their wives. Men's i
coolness and apparent nonchalance on ex
cltlug occasions is only surface deep. In
wardly he Is trembling with nervousness and
emotional fear. In the days ot executions,
legal and by religious , and political fanatics,
It has always been the men who collapsed at
the last moment and the women who went to
their, death unflinchingly, in tlmo of great
danger tho majority ot women appears self
possessed, calm and alert
This, the experts declare, is because
woman Is less emotional than man and that
sho Is less emotional because she' Is harder
hearted than man. She does not foel so doep
ly as a man, nor Is she so susceptible to the
innuence or otner people,
D'
Why Riding in TUNNELS Hurts Your EARS
id you ever notice, when rldlnx 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 reraarkablo or destroyed, for every
normal person who takes such a ride feels a peculiar
and somowhat unpleasant pressure upon the ear drums.,
This Is caused by a change In the air pressure, and
the moro sudden the pressure, tho greater Is the dis
agreeable sensation In the ears. It you do not make
many tunnel trips you have little cause to worry, but
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 111 effects this sudden
change in air pressure Is having upon your ear drums.
As every one knows, the drums of the ears are ex
tremely sensitive. It is said that even the slightest
change In air pressure Is felt almost Instantly, although
a slight pressure is not uncomfortable, and so people
seldom take heed of It or really stop to realize Just
what the feeling Is.
blocking ot the ears is weU understood by the
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Why Cheap ENAMEL WARE May Be DANGEROUS
O less a personage than Braneror Will
lam of Germany has condemned tha
UHe ot the ordinary cheap enamel ware
tn the household, especially tor cooking, and
the versatile ruler ot the Teutons apparently
has excellent grounds for this, because scien
tists have discovered that particles ot the
enamel chip off, get Into the food, then Into
the intestines, and cause gangrene, appendici
tis and other troubles that frequently prove
fatal.
The Italian Government health department
was probably first to recognize this danger,
but Kaiser William also promptly saw the
danger, and he supports these Italian scien
tists and health officials and has made publlo
In his country the declaration that such enam
eled ware Is dangerous.
And the Emperor 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 long been Known that
enameled ware was more or lees undesirable,
and Borne few have believed It dangerous,
but not until scientists discovered the exact
dangers was it known just how dangerous it
wasv Enamel ware, even the very boat, will
chip, and the poorer quality chips easily. It
Emperor WHHe Hu Discovered the Dangers ia Ifotag
Cheap Enamel Ware.
may be that by chipping It becomes unclean
and afford crevice for Kcnnh to col uc.
but the real danger Is et getting the sharp
little particles of the enamel, which are like
flakes of glass. Into the stomach and Intestines.
A number of Italian pathologists, at the re
quest of the Health Department made a spe
cial study of the conditions of the Intestines
at all post-mortem examinations and dls
ered that in several the caecum, which Is a
pouch or cavity open only at one end, con
tained several particles, while in three the
actual cause ot a gangrenous appendicitis that
had caused death was found to be a piece ot
enamel ot this character. It was upon their
reports that the Italian Government drafted
snd Is considering a 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 the
sentiment is spreading.
The porcelatn-llned kitchen utensil Is re
garded as much more desirable, or as Kaiser
William pointed out In a recent visit to a new
ly-opened home tor children, nickel' is still bet
ter. Nickel cannot be readily chipped by a
careless over-busy, worker at the kitchen sink,
and Is tally as cleanly, aUhough It has not
the same spotless effect
thousands of people who dally rldo under tho Hudson
River between New York and New Jersey, although the
same sensations are felt by passongers In any sub
marine tunnel and also In many of the long land
tunnels.
Tho next time you ride through a submarine tunnel
watch the people about you, and you will doubtless
notice that a number ot them almost unconsciously
pinch their nostrils gently together with their thumb
and forefinger.
They are doing somehlng else, but you cannot see
this. They ore forcing the air gently Into their noses.
In doing this yourself you will readily understand how
this will help counteract the external air pressure on
the ear drums, for by blowing into the nose when It Is
held closed with thumb and finger, the air Is forced
against the Inner side of the ear drums. Naturally this
offsets tho outside pressure and brings relief.
Nearly every one who has suffered with a severe
cold has noticed that at times when using their hand
kerchiefs vigorously they cause sharp pains In the ears.
This 1b because they force the air too hard against the
inner side ot their ear drums.
Dr. Edmund Prince Fowler, ot New York, has made
some interesting experiments concerning air pressure
In tho Hudson tubes. He finds that the Increased
pressure amounts to a quarter ot a pound to the square
Inch, varying from a few ounces upon entering and
leaving the tube up to the full quarter ot a pound when
In the center of tho tube and deep down below the
river bed.
He also found that the greatest pressure was in the
first car, a less pressure in the middle cars and tho
least pressure In the rear car. His experiments were
made with an accurate and sensitive aneroid barometer,
at times using several at the eamo 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 ear no trouble should
result It 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
you have tried it several times, you should go at once
to an otologist, or ear specialist