Economy of a French Cook pecially Persian rugs, had reached his majesty's ears. The ceremony of bestowing the decoration took place in the private anteroom in the rear of Mr. Ruf's office; room whose walls, floors, divans and balustrades are hidden by Persian rugs of exquisite design and color, many of which are hundreds of years old and cost fortunes. Vice Consul Milton Seropyan, attended by his secretary, Captain Emile Dietrich, wearing the insignia of his office, made a short address wherein he touched upon the delight of the Shah upon gaining knowledge of the wonderful collection of Persian textile art treasures gathered by Mr. Ruf, and in order to reward his efforts of the past and stimulate those of the future, his imperial majesty issued an imperial firmin, commanding that Vice Consul Milton Seropyan bestow upon Mr. Ruf the fifth-class star of the Imperial Order of the Lion and the Sun. The imperial mandate was dated "Month of Rajab, in the year of 1326 of Hegira." There is nothing theosophical in the date; it is purely orthodox and corresponds to the year 1908. After the Vice Consul had pinned the handsome decoration upon the breast of Mr. Ruf, who was somewhat embarrassed by so much attention being suddenly showered upon him, Mr. Ruf made a short reply to the Vice Consul and, through the Vice Consul, to the Shah. I French Economy. HAVE heard the statement many times that a French cook could provide excellent meals out of the material that the average housewife of the United States wastes. That is to say, we as a nation are in the habit of throwing into the garbage can what the French housewife could serve up a palatable and nutritious meals. I have heard this statement a good many times. I wonder if it is true. I wonder if it is half true. If so, it is a grave offense we have committed as a nation. It is not only poor economy to 101 be guilty of such things, but it is downright vulgarity. If it be true that a family of four people are wasting enough to keep another family of four people, or another family of two people, and this goes right on habitually, year after year, we are a nation of vulgar people that are depriving ourselves of a great many esthetic possessions, just because of our stupid methods and our ignorance of the details of domestic science. I do not know whether there be any truth in these accusations concerning the gross wastefulness of our housewives. I am simply raising the question, is there any truth in it? Do any of the housewives who shall read these pages know of any points of economy that the average housewife knows nothing of? Has poverty or good judgment brought you into habits of economy that have cut down your market and grocery bills by a large per cent.? Send in one item on this point. What do you do with left-over scraps of meat? After potatoes have been warmed up once or twice, what do you do with them then, if there are any left? And so on. Tell us all about it. Are the housewives of this country willing to accept the criticism that they are wasteful, just because they do not know how to cook, that they have not the knack of working over food material into a palatable and digestible food? Public Care. By SOPHIE LEPPEL, 26 Clovelly Mansions, Gray's Inn Road, London, W. C., Eng. I IN THE October issue of your instructive and interesting magazine the Rev. E. A. King, of Sandusky, Ohio, gave an account of the Holburn public bath houses. A detailed description of the swimming baths was given by Mr. King, but he was evidently misinformed with regard to the public laundry. He stated that the wet work was taken home and finished. There are fifty-seven compartments in the public laundry, where poor women can go and do their own washing. They may even take laundry work there from private customers and thus earn a liv ing. Some women are there every day. In each compartment there are two good sized troughs for washing the clothes. Hot and cold water can be obtained in the first trough by simply turning taps at the side, and a third tap at the side of the back trough supplies the water for boiling the clothes. The troughs are made of rustless iron. When the clothes are washed, they are put into a hydro-extractor worked by steam. The clothes are dried in this machine without wringing or squeezing, the water being extracted by the excessive speed at which the machine rotates. There is a small hole at the bottom of the hydro-extractor which allows the water from the clothes to escape. When it stops the clothes are ready to be taken out. They feel somewhat damp to the touch and are now finished off in the drying room. The latter is a long room filled with drying horses, all numbered. Each washer has a drying horse, the number of which corresponds with her compartment. All she has to do is to pull a handle which draws out the horse. She then hangs her clothes on it and I slides it back into its place. The heat in this room soon dries the clothes. An ordinary week's washing for a small family can be finished in one to two hours. There is convenience for mangling and ironing also. There are large old-fashioned table mangles and also one which is worked by steam. Poor women seem to be nervous of the steam mangle and prefer to spend their energy in working the old-fashioned table mangles themselves. The charge for washing, boiling and drying the clothes, which includes the use of washing boards and pails, is two cents the first hour. If mangling and ironing are included, the charge for the first four hours is three cents and for each subsequent hour four cents, and for each half hour two cents. The su perintendent informed me that he had many American visitors. I advise all Americans who come to England to pay a visit to these institutions, which prove such a boon, especially to those poor women who are compelled by circumstances to live in one room. Americans should agitate to have similar public conveniences instituted in the States. CONCERNING CLOTHES. T HAS been long a matter of settled opinion that corsets, at least these garments when worn tight, are a fruitful cause of illness among women, and many authorities in matters hygienic have, from time to time, advised women to give up the wearing of this popular form of attire. Dr. Bulstrode, an English expert on all pertaining to consumption, says the chief cause why pulmonary tuberculosis has decreased among English women is that corsets are worn more loosely than was formerly the case. Dr. Lillian M. Chesney, however, in a vigorous and entertaining article, which appeared in the July number of the Journal of the Royal Institute of Public Health, attacks the theory of Dr. Bulstrode and many other theories regarding women's clothing, which have come to be regarded as articles of faith. This lady This lady denies that women have given up stays, and says that they are worn quite as much as ever, and further declares that it is not compression around the waist that is hurtful to health, but that garments hung from the shoulders are the injurious ones. The reason given is that, when garments which hang from the shoulders are worn, the apices of the lungs, being unprotected by any bony structures, are compressed, and in muscular subjects the constant weight of clothes hung upon the shoulder causes a tendency to stooping. Again, as to the custom in civilized countries of women partially disrobing in the evening and wearing low-necked dresses of thin material, and thin shoes and stockings, while in the daytime, when the sun is warm, they will walk about with the bodies fully covered. In theory, of course, it is highly unwise to be in the sun, warmly clad, How They Enjoy Life in Hawaii probably with furs or feathers round the neck, and at night to go out lightly clothed, with bare head, or to dance in a hot ballroom and then sit in a cool balcony, in scanty attire and in the thinnest of shoes and stockings. If all happened that should happen, persons who thus offend against the laws of health as laid down by "authorities," should pay a heavy toll of ill health and death. As a matter of fact, Dr. Chesney asserts very few women do catch cold in the evenings. It is not the well-to-do who, as the Irish lady expressed it, "strip for the company," who get colds, pneumonia, phthisis, nearly so much as the poor, whose social customs do not extend to dressing, or undressing, in the evenings. There is far more harm, according to Dr. Chesney, in keeping the chest always covered up with woolen clothing than in covering it for onethird of the day and uncovering it in the evening. The writer also expresses her dislike, from hygienic and cleanly standpoints, of wearing heavy undergarments. She is of the opinion that the night sweats of consumption are largely induced by wearing woolen nightgowns and by the habit among the poor of going to bed in half their day clothes. The argument is extended that if, as most modern authorities say, there is benefit in an abundance of fresh, cool air, no danger in wet feet, no harm in draughts for the consumptive, the healthy cannot suffer from them either. The above clipped from a medical journal shows how much agreement may be expected among the medical profession when they take up the task of instructing the people on the subjects of hygiene. The profession has not been in the habit of agreeing on anything, and will probably not agree on clothing, food or other practical things. However, discussion is good; then let every one be fully persuaded in his own mind. A Letter from Hawaii. By MRS. FRED. SACKWITZ, Harrison Bldg., Honolulu, Hawaii. Y 103 OU wished me to write a few words on the Hawaiian Islands. This is indeed a land of sunshine and flowers. Delightfully cool, warm, or warm, cool weather, the whole year. Our homes are built for summer time. Many doors and windows and large lanis (porches), where one can sit all day, or sleep at night in perfect comfort. We wear the same weight clothing the whole year around, and that is summer clothing, and white is worn more than colors. We think this is the most healthful place we have ever seen, and believe that if people who are not well only knew the comfort they would realize from this grand climate, many would avail themselves of the privilege of coming here to live, and traveling in the United States and by sea is made not only comfortable, but as luxurious as one wishes to pay for. We have mail every few days and a cable service and also a wireless station. Good newspapers, the Advertiser being quite up to the best mainland papers. A very fine street car system, many autos and beautiful horses and car riages, good public schools and several colleges, in fact everything that you find in a progressive city on the mainland. I wish I could describe the mountains and valleys, the volcanoes, and the beautiful sea, the brilliant colorings as the sun comes up in the morning, or at night as the sun quietly sinks into the sea. I would say to one who is weary, come and enjoy the comfort and beauty of it all. Our home is on a low mountain, 400 feet, and we have a view of about 30 miles to the west and as far as the island of Mani to the east. We can see all the ships that come or go, and, by the way, the Pacific fleet left to-day. They seemed like so many cities on the sea. Last night they gave a great display with the searchlights. The night was dark, and the long brilliant flashes of light from 25 or 30 searchlights was a sight worth seeing. Of course our government needs changes. Just what, is the question. Many think government by commission would be better, for in a few years the Chinese and Japs born here will have a vote, and one can easily see that the Japs would control everything, for there are so many of them here. The United States government is to spend many millions here in the next few years (in fact work is well under way) in fortifying these islands, and so it would seem that government by a commission would be the only way they can keep absolute control of Hawaii. T Schlatter Arrested. HE famous Schlatter, the "Divine Healer," has been arrested by the medical profession at Fort Worth, Texas. The account of his arrest and treatment re veals a shockingly brutal proceeding, and but for the fact that he was promptly acquitted by the jury, it would have been a shame to the whole State of Texas. As it is, the occurrence is a shame only to the medical profession of that State. The following letter to one of the leading papers of Fort Worth describes justly what happened: Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 21. To the Editor of the Record: As one of the citizens of Fort Worth and Texas I protest against the treatment of Francis Schlatter in his arrest and incarceration in the county bastile. If I take a man's money from him on the street by force and without his consent it is called robbery, and I am guilty of a felony. Not so when done within the county prison. If I assault and beat a man I am held a violator of the law and subject to punishment. Not so when done within the county jail. Yet these very things were done to the inoffensive man, Francis Schlatter, yesterday. Why was he so treated? He was charged with treating diseased people without a license from the medical fraternity. They procured evidence and filed the complaint. This man only prays with the ones that come to him in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and asks that divine power be given to heal them. He claims that he is the instrument and that God gives the power. He makes no charges, and only receives the free will offering. He harms no man. He takes no man's money forcibly, as his was taken. He beats nobody as he was beaten and choked. Why this cry, why such treatment? It is the old cry, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" "Our craft is in danger." I want to know if the people are going to submit to the bloodbought rights of the freedom of speech and the freedom of worship being nullified? Are they going to submit to one class of people their personal security and give up their God-given right to call in their Creator for help for the ills of their bodies? Have we not a right to pray, and have we not the right to receive the gratuitous gifts of people who have been blessed by our kindness and teachings? Francis Schlatter is a mere incident in this fight. It is coming sooner or later; we have got to fight it out in the courts. For one, I welcome the day. Compulsory vaccination is one of the heralds. The arrest of Francis Schlatter is another form of its approach. He is a stranger within our gates, and comes to do no harm, but good. Bid him Godspeed. Rise, ye good peo ple, and condemn the lawlessness that now exists in the county jail. Let's maintain our right to pray without the aid of any member of any school of medicine. A sad woman once "suffered many things of many physicians and was not bettered, but grew worse." Then came the lowly Christ to answer to her prayer. He may hear our cry to-day unless He is dead-in the place where He is supposed to be. Symptoms of Anemic Headache I protest, emphatically emphatically protest, against the treatment that Francis Schlatter has received. My rights are involved. I see the danger ahead when the present sufferer is long gone, and I and my fellow citizens remain. Uphold the constitutional rights. Strike down the usurper. Swift punishment for the violator of law, wherever he may be. "Be careful to entertain strangers." In the name of liberty, I protest against such treatment. C. E. FARMER. A The Higher Duty. PHYSICIAN is consulted by a young man with an acute venereal disease. The physician knows that his patient is soon' to marry a pure and innocent girl, and that such marriage will doom her to a life-long invalidism, or possibly to a mutilating operation, or even an early death. He warns the man and urges him to find some excuse for postponing the wedding until all possible danger is past. In nine cases out of ten the warning is heeded, as most men have some honor when the welfare of one they love is concerned. However, should there be one so lost to all manhood and decency as to refuse to follow the physician's advice, there are some medical men with such cartilaginous spinal columns and such a pusillanimous sense of their duty as to whimper: "Well, I have done all I can. I can't tell on my patient; it's privileged communication, you a know." To the bottomless pit with your "privileged communication!" (That is as plain as it looks nice to put it in print.) Be a man and do your duty. Put your hand under that fellow's chin and looking him square in the eye, say: "Look here, sir; you are proposing to commit a most heinous crime. You shall not do it. If you do not find a way to stop this marriage, I will, and it will not be a pleasant way for you, either." Then promptly inform the young lady's parents or guardian, and await the result. There will be no 105 threatened "suit for damages," or if, by amazing gall, the fellow should bring suit, you demand a jury trial, and you will come off the hero of the hour. There is a spirit of fair play in this country that protects the innocent and that is above the mere technicalities of the law. At least, you will not allow a foolish fear of a perverted sense of "duty to your patient" to compel you to become an accomplice in a villainous outrage. Until we are civilized enough to enact laws making it a criminal offense to infect another with a venereal disease, whether in marriage or out of it, the physician will have to give some very plain and fearless talk to some of his patients, and even occasionally to take the law into his own hands.Medical Council. While I do not frequently refer to I endorse every word of the above. such subjects in this Journal, I am none the less fully alive to the proper discussion of everything that threatens the health and happiness of the people. T Anemic Headache. HE anemic type of headache is frequently observed in young women and girls, and is characteristic of anemia and chlorosis, and may be associated with severe hemorrhages, with chronic diarrheas, malnutrition, etc. The headaches of school girls, and to a great extent of young working girls, may be due to anemia, though more often they are due to eye-strain. The anemic headache is characterized by a deep-seated feeling of soreness, or a painful pressure, usually felt in the forehead and supraorbital region, or in the vertex, and may be associated with a variable degree of occipital pain. When the patient is lying down or resting quietly, the pain is less marked, while rising may cause a severe vertigo in addition to aggravating the other symptoms. The patient is very sensitive to noise or bright lights. The pulse is usually feeble, |