The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1898, Page 18

18 -THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1898. THE SCIENCE OF PLEASING WOMEN AND WHAT IT MEANS. By Dr. George F. Shrady. “Woman Controls Man To-Day Despite His Boasted Strength.” t business EN are much abused individuals and while they are far from being injured innocents than they are painted far more black If a man were left to what are ations his life would be of the simplest the purely becau turally of that sort. In order. how- ever, 10 ) ary to take on new habits, a host of new expenses and live a life that by no means conferms with his original desires as nature implanted themin him. Science of Pleas ng Women.”? Therefore the science of living as modern man interprets it i the science of sing woman. Women of all degrees love luxury, although their ideas of what luxury consists of vary in accordance lite of the individ A trip to Manhattan Beach ““The Science of Living Is tk with the station i is to one what the diamond parure is to the other. In each case it is a 1w and in ord not to be excelled by his fellows the man ves to be first with the woman he cares for ird gratifying at least occasionally luxurious in either case who s must find a means tow tastes in his sweetheart. ““Women Can No Longer Be Called the Weaker Vessel.”” Woman can no longer be called the weaker vessel. Her influence man, the fa stence, h 't that she has really become the pivotal center of s so increased her power of control that it forever ss. She may not be trunks as easily as man, but she can make him joice in the twisting. so f exceeded man in progress that to- > of that feverish activity that makes the stand alone among his s the maxim of business far beyond the bounds able fo twist m ar an extreme d as the one who ward to first and plea of con'mon The Sin of the Business Man To-Day Is Straining After Luxuries. world mature at thirty and be far on the down grade. at forty. o XPERT medical opinion is that the American business man is degenerating. Dr. George F. Shrady, editor of the Medi- © o al Record and recognized as the leader of the profession in the United States, says the cause of the truth is one o o can be summed up in three words—straining after luxuries. Beside this fact Dr. Shrady places woman and says o 3 ss man is burning the candle at both ends. o o The statement most common made concerning the early breakdown and generally debilitated condition of the o o ess men of the United States is that they never take things easy. Dr. Shrady declares that it is not the intoxica- ° n of money-making, the pleasure of becoming a modern Midas, that causes such a condition, but it is the desire to gain 9 : \th in order to gratify the ambition of what has generally been called the weaker sex that makes the bone and sinew of g o ] [ 0000000000000 000000000000CO00O000O0000O0000000000000000000000000000O He burns his electric lights all the time. He does this in order that his ambitions may be gratified. He is degenerating as a victim to ambition. Ambition is the fox that gnaws its way to his heart and it is wcman that spurs on the fox. His science of life is to make women happy, to make her look well, and in each individual instance where possible to outshine her sister feminines. And he pays for this with months and years of life. He pays for it by becoming prema- turcly old, he shatters his nervous system, he pursues the bubble of finance until at last as he falls gasping it bursts in his face. And his reward is the smile of a woman, the consciousness that his wife looks better than the other fellow’s. Man Would Not Care fof Dress at All, If— I am not a woman hater. Women have Inspired the best deeds the bistory of the world records, but granting all this, we cannot aisguise the truth. If it was not for woman man would not care anything about dress at all. But for her he would be perfectly willing to live in a hut or tent and wear a breech-clout. The gimpiest food that nature gives would be just as agreeable to him as champagne and oysters are to-day. Jou can see examples of this any time you want to go down in that section of New York which includes our financial world. We will seiect a prosperous broker as an example. Did you ever stand in the office of such a man when a carriage containing his wife and Frobably her pet dog drove up? Notice the expression in the man’s face. It says: “That lady in the carriage is my wife. Pretty nice looking woman. Notice her jewels? Haven’t seen anybody with any better, have vou? I did that. I gave her that carriage, those dia- monds, that fine dress she is wearing. Guess that’s worth working for, isn't it?” The broker looks worn. He may be stout and jolly looking, but there is that in his expression and in his general appearance which indicates plainly enough that there never is time to refill the lamp He has been straining after luxuries “What Is It Most of Us Work For? Just Our Board and Clothes.” and the pridc he exhibits shows why this is so. He has been doing the worst thing the modern business man can do for himself. What Is It That Most of Us Work for? Just Board a nd Clothes. What is it that the most of us work for when you come right down to it? Just our board and clothes. Saying this makes me think of a little incident that I was concerned in. It all happened up near my summer place up Kingston way. I was driving a span of horses along the road there, driving into town from my place, when I overtook a fellow that asked me if I would give him a ride into town. Most everybody around there knows me, but this fellow didn’t. I was glad enough to give him a ride and as we jogged along he commenced to ask me about myself. ““Women of All Degrees Love Luxury. “Whem do you drive for.?” he asked. “Dr. Shrady,” I said. “Treat you well?"* said the man. “Fairly,” said I. “How long you been with him?” “Ever since I was a boy.” “What does ke pay you?” “He gives me my board and clothes.” “Why, you're foolish to work for him for any such return as that. “'Why, Mr. So-and-So's coach- man over here gets $30 a month and his board. Why don’t you go to some other place?” ‘“Well, you see, I've been with the doctor so long I don’t like to make a ghange. Twenty-five years is a long time, and then it’s a good déal longer that I've been with him.” “What do you do for him besides drive?” “Oh, I wash him and dress him and feed him, put him to sleep and wake him up and take care of him generally.” “Well, I swan, I think you work too cheap. What sort of a man is the doctor?” “Oh, sometimes he’s a pretty good fellow and sometimes he's very cranky.” ‘Well, does he find you in tobacco?” “Yes, I smoke the same cigars he does and besides that I eat the same food he does and wear the same clothes.” “Eat at the same table with him?” “Yes.” “That is a privilege, of course. Most people don’t allow their servants to do that.” Here we reached the place where my companion wanted to leave me. “Here,” he said, “hold your hat down here, my boy, so I can light my pipe.” I did so and he lit it and got out. Then standing on the ground he leaned into the carriage and looking at me very earnestly said, “Look-a-here, my friend, if you go on working for enybody for just your board and clothes you're a chump.” . Are We a Race of Chumps? And the query rose in my mind then as it rises now: a race of chumps?” Take the question then, what does a man gain from his labors? 1 mean the average man of means, and the more you look for the answer the more you will find that he doeen’t get much more than “Are we “Are We a Race of Chumps?’ 4 board and clothes. There's a great cry about club life ruining the American business man. Rot, perfect rot. It is ignorance that causes this ery. The exceptions are taken and ‘held up as horrible ex- amples and the world never hears anything of the other ninety-nine. There is a great hue and cry about a man enjoyine high jinks in the city during the summer while his wife is at some resort. He is pictured as enjoying the Tenderloin and all its features, as living high at his club and as being a much-to-be-envied treature in general. Now what is the truth vhere the majority of men who remain in the city during the summer to attend to business are concerned? They go to their clubs, ves, to be sure, and four-fifths of the evenings they sit around and read until they get sleepy and then go to bed. It has always struck me as very farcical, this depiction of the club- man’s life in the summer time. Woman Controls Man To-Day, and Despite His Boasted Streng Does Her Bidding. I suppose I am inviting no end of criticism when I say that when it comes right down to results woman is no longer the weaker vessel. She controls man to-day and despite his boasted strength he does her bidding and more than that, he does it cheerfully. You might add another maxim to that one about “the hand that rocks the. cradle rules the world.” Let us say that the_woman who spends your money rules you. She looks pretty and that pleases you. She is stylish and you are delighted. She wears herclothes Jike a woman of fashion and that fills you with pride.. She is a walking exemplification of the fact that you can make money and that money enables you to present this beautiful creature to the world as yours, and you think every other fellow envies you and doesn’t possess ordinary intelligence if he fails to do so. It brings back the stanza of an old ditty to me: @+ H B ‘The lords of creation men they call And they think they rule the whole; ‘But they’'re_much mistaken after all, For woman has control. And ever since the world began, It has always been -the way— For did not Adam, the very first man, The very first woman obey? Woman has always been a power, but never in the history of mankind has she had so thorough a grasp on the throttle of the engine of civilization as she has to-day. The sin of the business man of to-d e R e oo R R -t T 2 2ok R-k-t=R-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-3-3-F-3-F=1-F-3=-F=3-F-3=3=F-3=F=3 =i Doctors TE 2wt How Dewey Beat the British. N 1865 George Dewey, then a leu- 1ander, was the execu- ch old frig- ate Coloradoe. I was his ship’s writer and had opportunity of knowing him intimately, and I shall mos ing contest ie bay of Gibraltar gship Bellero- and story as the never forget a which we had in with h phon, “Billy Ruffian.” She was cried up to us by her men as the crack ship of the British navy. I do not say that she was; I am sim- ply giving you assertions made by the English boat’s , coming alongside, bringing the glish admiral on a visit. Mr. Dewey heard of this bragga- 1 song docio in so way and determined to give th s n a “run for their money.” new well the English routine aboard ship, having been with the Wabash on her European cruise in 1859, and he knew e British sea- men prided the more than any- thing e - with which they couid lower their sails and flag. At sunset, chronometer time, the American flag comes down to the| music of drum and fife; at the same time the word of command is given and the 1 yards leave their perch et gun is fired so then, was lowered as the spars tl fore sunset Mr. Dewey walked up to the bridge, aft of the quarterdeck, and took the trumpet from the officer of the deck. Soon after Admiral Goldsborough, Commodore Steedman and Captain Wyman joined him. At the ime our old flag flut- tered for nt at the gaff and| then descended like a bird paradise | upon the after de Not a word, however. came from Mr. Dewey. Every was turned upon the English frigate, waiting for her signal gun. T 1en were all at their stations, quivering with suppressed ex- citement. Had we be g with shotted guns for the gnal to com- mence a life and death struggle for the mastery of the port there could have been no greater tension. Suddenly the sunset gun boomed out trom the Bellerophon, and her royal yards swung to a perpendicular. “Away there, you men!” came through the speaking trumpet like a gharp clap of thunder. No one paid any more attention to the British ship; the men bent every energy to the task before them; the topmast went up far enough to slin out the underpinning; then down slowly but surely came masts and yards at the same time. It was a very perilous undertaking. The immense pieces of timber, eight inches through at the butt, are held in their place by stout Iron bands, strong enough to bind the big sticks while perfectly perpendicu- lar, but powerless, had the enormous plles tilted to one side. Each was, how- ever, guided by strong and steady arms, and down they came with the yards still hanging alongside. A single misstep, a tiit of the ship, a parting of a strand, and the ponderous mass might have plunged through the ship’s bottom. In less time than I have taken to tell of the feat the old ship was stripped,her stumpy-looking lower masts standing alone and making her look like a shapely wreck. ‘We now looked for the first time over to the Englishman. We were amazed. His yards were not yet on deck, al- though his seamen were working for flear life. We could not help setting up & cheer. “What's your hurry, Dewey?"” called Goldsborough, quizzically. The poder- pus old admiral had been as eager as | the rest of us to give the “lime-juicer” | a lesson in ship maneuvering, but he | touldn’t help playfully twitting our ex- | ecutive on this willful waste of good | powder. | “No hurry, sir; no hurry at all,” an- swered Dewey with a toss of the head, “just our usual practice drill.” We staid in the Straits of Gibraltar a week or two after this, but we never heard another word from the “Billy Ruffians’” about their famed seaman- ship. { I remember how strongly Dewey used to impress every man of us aboard ship. He was brim full of life, energy and appreciative wisdom. In person, be was hardly of average size, he had toal black hair and eyes; a long thick nustacne and onve complexion, with an | 1quiline nose that gave him something of an Hebraic cast of countenance. He was then in the prime of life, being wbout 30 years of age, well formed, with & courtly, insinuating air; soft and al- most caressing in speech, except when proused to anger, when his sharp guick tones would go through the per- son addressed, like a shiver through an ague-stricken victim. Dewey was popular with the men, much more so than with his associate officers. When things went wrong, when some mishap occurred, arising trom neglect or {nattention, the of- fender ould be treated to a cres- | can only -give the ay is straining after luxuries. Dr. Charles E. Parent HE epidemic prevailing in the city at the present time presents many of the symptoms of in- fluenza. It is undoubtedly the same as that which prevalls in our Eastern cities and in Europe in the fall of the year. The disease commences Wwith a mild fever. There accompanies it a catarrhal condition of the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, and in some cases of the digestive tract. There is general debility and nervous symptoms are prominent. There is al- ways a strong tendency to inflamma- tory conditions, especially of the lungs. The nature of the “‘epidemic in.!lu- ence” which gives rise to the conditions is still unknown. 2 The question of contagiousness or in- fectiousness of influenza is one of grave interest and has been the subject of much controversy. Many physicians | claim tbat the disease is transmitted by contagion only. Epidemics of influ- enza have overrun vast areas with greatarapidity, oftentimes making its appearance in cities and attacking great numbers simultaneously, as in San Francisco at the present time. Hence one should look for other sources than contagion. The long space of time without rain and the unusually warm weather produce veg- etable decay in the artificially built lakes and reservoirs from which San Francisco obtains its water supply. This is undoubtedly a great factor in the cause of the present epidemic. I would strongly recommend that all drinking water be boiled for at least ten minutes and bottled in well corked bot- tles. dangerous to life it should be attended to at the start, for your family physi- cian can then correct a condition which may result in unnecessary sickness. The disease itself is not serious, but it carries in its train so many compli- cations which may become serious. One patient is different from another and no rule can be laid down to cover every case. Quinine is the remedy usually given. It must not be taken in large doses, as it tends to further depress the heart, which influenza invariably weakens. There is a remarkable prevalence of sore throat in connection with the in- fluenza this fall. It is very painful and is contagious. Any of the usual gar- gles will be effective, and should be used as soon as a sore throat first ap- pears. g There is a disecase which is verv pre- valent, not influenza in any form, but a disease by itself. There is the chill with fever following, soreness and pain in all the bones and joints, and nervous symptoms. This is not grippe, though it is frequently mistaken for it. To avoid the prevailing epidemics one same advice one would give for avoiding any iliness. The man who keeps his system in good working order is not liable to take any prevailing disease. To do this he should take exercise, plenty of it, and get out of doors as much as possible. Wear sufficient clothing; this is another thing which women particularly do not pay enough attenti®n to. cendo, starting with calm sarcasm, graded according to the enormity of the offense. The men all took this in good part. !Dewey had a peculiarly happy knack of making it appear that it was the | “service” that was doing the growling, ! he being merely the spokesman. “Isn’t that dreadful!” he would cry, loud enough for half of the main watch on deck to hear, as a soiled inebriate tumbled over the side from shore leave, “Here we are, agents of a great na- | tion, sent by the Government to repre- sent the intelligence of a free people, | and yet look at this specimen of Amer- lican humanity. Go below, you wreck, and hide your head on the berth deck” —and the stupefied fellow would slink away, followed by the threatening looks of the crew, who suddenly re- membered that they, too, were free- born citizens, and dignified represent- I remember that as soon as Dewey took charge of the old Colorado he commenced a series of practice drills While this influenza is not in itself | of life, that it burns steadily. atives of the great American republic. | Dr, George Williams. HERE is beyond doubt a peculiar disease prevalent just at the pres- ent time. I am not satisfied that it 1s or is not influenza. I have had two cases which I am safe in | saying were both grippe. I was much in doubt at the first diagnosis, but be- fore the patients had. recovered found unmistakable symptoms of grippe. Grippe or influenza, which is another name for the same thing, is a specific disease. Dr. Pfeiffer in 1891 discovered the bacillus. He is a student upder Dr. Koch and succeeded in breeding and isolating the germ. It was for a time believed that cholera would follow an epidemic of grippe as an after result, but this has been disproved. The disease affects the nervous, re- s-iratorv or digestive tract and is se- rious only because of its complications. In treating it the only way is to allow the influenza itself to take its course and watch the complications. the most usual as well as the most se- rious after effects is paralysis of the heart. It is unsafe to use any antipy- retic without at the same time using a | I would not | stimulant. For instance, give ouinine or anything else to reduce fever without giving alcohol in some | form as champagne, which is, perhaps, the bes' form, or whisky or brandy or cognac. Pneumonia, according to statistics, occurs in 10 per cent of all influenza cases. It occurs, of course, only with a patient who is predisposed to pul- monary affections. The older the pa- tient and the greater hold the disease has taken upon the nervous system the more serious and the longer the con- valescence will be. It should not last longer than from two to eight weeks. 1 do not think the sewers have any- thing to do with it, nor yet the lack of ruin. It is a condition and a disease which goes about just as measles or whooping cough or smallpox does. It is possible to make the attack lighter by keeping the system in good general tone. Having had it once does not prevent one taking it again. One may stay at home and so keep away from it, but that is the only way, and even then the Influenza is quite liable to make its appearance. The soldiers who were camped in large numbers near our city developed diseases which we have never known before. Herding a great many men to- gether taken from different surround- ings and different climates, giving them different food and different occupations from those they had always been ac- customed to, caused a complication of diseases. While I do not say that it is a fact, yet I am sure it is not unreasonable to say that these diseases among the soldiers may be the cause of the illness, which certainly is very prevalent just at the present time. The soldiers were in all parts of the | city and the citizens were in every part of‘the Presidio. If any contagious dis- eases were produced, and I think it more than likely that this is the fact, the disease had ample opportunity to affect the entire city in the precise manner that it is affected. The disease has not been frequently fatal nor serious, but it is ublquitous. R R-2-F-3-3-F-F-F-F=F=F=F-F=3-3-3--3-3-F-F-F-F-3-F=F=F=F-3=2=2=F=F =3 =3 <] that would have driven the men to des- peration under a less appreciative ex- ecutive. Every day in port the ship was stripped to the tops; masts and yards coming down on the run. At sea, on calm days, a raft, hastily constructed, would be turned adrift and when far encugh a-lea, the boatswain’s pipe would summon all hands to quar- ters for target drill; then guns would pop and shells would fly, until the tar- get was destroyed or the allowance of ammunition exhausted. . Under this severe discipline the crew soon became remarkably proficlent; they took pride in their work, and the Colorado became known as the best drilled ship of war in European waters, barring neither rate nor nationality. That is why we beat the Bellerophon. Coprighted 1888 hy W. W. Stone. —————————— Japan is a corruption of the Chinese word Shipen-kue. whi “root of day,” . or ‘‘sunri: because lah‘mgn 3 unrise- om, Japan is diréctly east v?"gwnb One of | LL Dr. Frank B Carpenter. SEE no evidences for saying that the disease which is prevalent is grippe or influenza. Every year after a continuance of fine weather as at present, there is the same prevalerice of the same affection as at present. People forget about it. It is like the cold weather. When an unu- sually cold day comes people say: it is the coldest day I ever experienced,” when in reality they have lived through many colder days, but have forgotten them. | The distinguishing feature of influ- | enza is a catarrhal condition of either the respiratory or the digestive tracts. | It is a specific disease, but every time it appears it is different in its type. | We have had a good many epidemics | of grippe. There was one in 1837, which was the first. There was one in 1865, one in 1875 and one in 1895; but I do not think there is one in 1898. The cases which have come under my | notice have been of a bronchial nature. There has been some pneumonia, very | much sore throat and one or two cases of diphtheria. Not one case could I say was really influenza. 1 cannot say what it is, but I can say that one good rain will wash it ail away. It is not that the sewers need washing out, but that the atmosphere and the streets have accumulated im- purities. One good, hard rain will wash them into the sewers and out of reach. The cases of this malady which have come under my notice have been in | every case caused by carelessness and | might have been avoided. 1 myself | have been having it, but it was my own fault. It was very warm and I put tomed to wear. I was starting on a long drive and before I returned it was cold. The next day I was ill. In treating the trouble one must ob- serve the particular case, so there can be no law laid down as to general treat- ment. Where the disease attacks the | throat principally, as has been very | often the case, a gargle of chlorate of | potash is advisable. A saline cathartic | taken at night may be all the medicine required unless there is much fever. The sore throat is undoubtedly con- tagious, but this other affection is not 80 in the least. I have seen the malady go through a family and even through a neighborhood. This was not because it was coptagious or infectious, but be- cause the different patients exposed themselves to the same conditions. I have examined very carefully in the laboratory sputum from the throat and lungs of my patients to see if there were any specific germ and have found none whatever. The germ of influenza is of a pecu- liar appearance, easily recognized by its shape. It does not readily take the aniline coloring, but can be postively test. I have been more on the look- out for diphtheria than for influenza and have found it quite recently in two cases, one of which was fatal. I do not believe there is any influenza about in San Francisco, and I look for prevalent disease when one good rain comes. 306308 20 X0 306 108 306 308 308 06 106 308 308 06 308 R 00K 308 VENUS OF MILO NOT A VENUS HE Venus of Milo is not a Venus after all” So says Professor Reinach, a French archaeologist. “The opinion of one man whose opinions do not carry much weight in the art world.” So says Louis P. di Cesnola, director of our own Met- ropolitan Museum. And there you are. The statue, which was found by a poor peasant in the Island of Melos, and which was sold by him to the French Government for 500 piastres and a suit of clothes, has probably been the subject of more controversy than any other work of art in the world’s history. There isn’t an artist who does not have his own views as to how the armless statute should be most advantageously restored. Professor Relnach bases his theory upon the fact that a similar pedestal on lighter clothing than I was accus- | determined nevertheless by the. aniline | the complete disappearance of this| Dr. Albert Grosse. HERE is some sort of peculiar disease which is very prevalent | just at present. I believe it is grippe and that it is caused by the condition of the sewers. There is a scarcity of water in the sewers | which need a good washing out. The | city might have it at all times by utiliz- | ing the salt water. This would keep | the sewers clean and make the city far | healthier. | I have had cases which presented ev- | ery sympton of grippe. It usually starts with a chill and soreness in the | entire body. Then fever and headache, sleeplessness, dizziness and disturbance of the respiratorv or digestive tracts, | Bach year when grippe appears it | comes in a new form and with particu- lar phases. This year there is sore | throat In almost every case, but not i)-artlculz\rly serious. I have had no | fatalities from the disease so far, and | do not expect to haye. | There is no means of really avoiding | this influenza. It is contagious. Its | effects can be lessened by preventing | complications. With weak or old peo~ | ple, or those suffering from nervous | diseases it is much more serious, as is any disease, than with stronger peo- | ple. The only way to keep clear of it is | by keeping the system up to par. Good exercise in the open air and good food properly eaten and good clothing properiy worn are the best preven- tives. When the system is run down | by any cause it is the best possible | ground for the influenza germ to de- | velop in. 1n treating the malady one must con- | sider the parucular patient, because the serious nature of grippe lies particu- larly in its after eitects. It takes a | strong hold upon the system, causing great weakness and denression oL ev- | ery organ in the body. - Une of the | frequent causes of grippe becoming fa- tal 18 on account of its action upon the heart. 1t first accelerates the beating of the heart and then weakens it. When the heart is already weak it is most | liable to cause paralysis. In a general way it is safe to give any antipyretic. Whether or not whisky or rum is advisable is an open question. I had two patients, a man and his wife. When I was called I found them beth suffering from influenza. Both had fever and the usual soreness of all the muscles and other accompanying symp- toms. I prescribed first a saline cathartic, to be followed by quinine and whisky. I did not see the patients again till I was called in four days later. Ifound the man no better than when I had seen him before, but rather worse and very nervous. The woman seemed to have quite recovered. I asked if they had taken my prescriptions. “Yes,” the man said. “That is,” his wife explained, “my husband took the whisky and I took the quinine.” ‘Where the system is quite unaccus- tomed to spirits it is effective. Where a man or woman has been in the habit of drinking alcohol in any form it is of no medicinal value. was found near Melos in 1877, bearing an inscription to Poseidon. Both stat- ues, he thinks, were probably made for a temple in Melos, which was the seat of worship of Poseidon and Amphitrite. The fact that Venus was found buried near Poseldon should not, however, be taken as an indication that the statue of the lady must necessarily represent the wife of old Nep. Conjugal felicity was not the stron= point of the Greek gods and goddesses of mythology, and both Venus and Neptune may have had their little affairs unknown to either Vulcan or Amphitrite. So it should not be taken for granted that the lady was Neptune's wife just be- cause her statue was found near his. Only the most vague, references to Professor Reinach’s theory have reach- ed this side of the Atlantic. About all that is really known is that the French archaeologist demands that beauty shall step down from her pedestal; that the goddess who has held the palm for all that is lovely in femininity must yield her sceptre to the wife of Nep- Dr. Henry Kest. HAVE found a number of cases of genuine influenza in the last fort- night. I have made careful analy- ses in the laboratory and I believe I am not mistaken. Grippe, or in- fluenza, as it may-be called, is a dis- ease which is not by any means so fre- quent in its 6eccurrence as it has the credit of being. =~ When a patient is ill and does not know what eise to call his malady he says he has the grippe. Owing to the presence of large num- | bers of soldiers in San Francisco it has | been said that the prevalent disease, which most physicians are encounter- | ing just now, is due to the disease de- veloped at the Presidio. While I know that there were diseases at the Pre- sidio which it was impossible to posi- tively diagnose, I see no reason for be- lieving to this source can be traced the present epidemic. ‘Whenever influenza appears it takes on a form quite different in some re- spects from its last appearance. There is a specific grippe bacillus which Dr. Peiffer discovered in Berlin a few years ago. To isolate and identify the bacil- lus is not an easy matter. One cannot be certain of having accomnlished it except he inoculates from his cultures. If he produces influenza in the subject inoculated then he knows he has the bacillus., I believe the e-~idemic to be due en- tirely to the long drought. It appears every year just at this time, when we ave no rain. The illness is not a cold, though often having only the appearance of a se- vere cold and sore throat. They have the same disease in England, where they call it a “bilious cold.” I believe it is influenza pure and simple, and treat it as such. Tt is most certainly contagious. Hav- ing suffered with it once is no reason for expecting to be exempt for the fu- ture, but quite the reverse. The first symptom is usually a chill followed by fever, with pain in all the muscles and head. It is always ac- companied by a great lassitude and weakness, and usually depression of spirits as well. This year the resviratory tract and particularly the throat is affected. A good purgative and a day in bed may be all the medicine required. Rest should be the first thing attended to, because the disease affects the nerv- ous centers, and the only good medicine for nervousness is rest. For the fever quinine is the best rem- edy if given in small doses of not to exceed two grains every four hours. More frequent or larger doses tend to weaken the action of the heart. If the pain in the back or muscles is severe, and it usually is, I give anti- kamina and codine together. However, every patient has specia! complications of his own and there can be no general panacea unlgss it be to keep up the general tone of ¥he system and inherit a good constitution. My advice to any one who has aches in his bones and thinks he is about to be attacked with grippe is that he take a hot bath, a good big draught of ca- thartic and get to bed. Under ordinary conditions I do not think that much medicine is required. Rest, and quiet are much more efficacious. One day of quiet rest in the beginning may save ¢ long complicated illness. R 2o R R a a2t -2-R-2-2-2-2--F-F-F-F-F-F-3-F-3-3-F-3-F-R R 00 tune, a lady whom we have never h- led to suppose possessed any striking amount of beautyv. But Professor Reinach says she was holding up her skirts, so she must have worn a Grecian bathing suit. I went up to the Metropolitan Mu- seum and asked Mr. Cesnola about it. He seemed surprised. He said he had never heard the theory advaunceu fore, “The Venus of Milo,” said Mr. Ces nola, “has been the subject of muci controversy. This Is not the first tim the authenticity of the statue has bee: questioned. But I have never befo heard it said that she was Amphitrite.’ ““What do you think about Professer | Reinach’s assertion?” I asked. “The opinion of one man,” replied Mr. Cesnola. “He is welcome to it. Who cares? It has never been definitely proved that the statue represents Venus. That is true. But what differ- ence does it make? The fact remains that the statue is the finest plece of sculpture extant.” What Rovalty Costs the World. HOSE who rail against royalty as a useless and costly luxury will find food for reflection in the fact that the rulers of Europe are a burden on their subjects to the extent of from a forty-second of a cent to fifty-two and a half cents a head, an impost at which even the most thrifty can scarcely grumble. The thrones of Europe require every year for their maintenance a sum of $30,000,000, or three times the annual i~- come of the richest man in the world. Even this stupendous sum, says Tit- Bits, could be comfortably packed in three large trunks; although the con- stituent sovereigns would form a path- way of gold nearly a yard wide, on which the kings and queens of Europe could walk in stately procession from Charing Cross to St. Paul's. In view of this display of gold, it cer- tainly seems scarely credible that it only re‘esents & yearly contribution of seven d one-fourth cents for each subject throughout Europe. As might, perhaps, be expected, the Sultan is the costliest of monarchs, but even in his case a contribution of fifty- two and a half cents from every subject would furnish his annual exchequer. The Kings of Belgium and Greece rank next to the Sultan in costliness, but'at a great interval. Ten cents a year is all the claim they make on each subject’s loyal generosity. Austria ranks next with a contribu- tion of 913 cents each toward maintain- ing its imperial throne; Italy is fifth on the list with 9 cents; Sweden sixth, with 8; then come Russia, with a modest 7 cents for the “‘Great White Czar’; Germany, with 6 1-3 cents for its al- ighty Emperor, and the United King- om, with an individual 4 2-3 cents. Between the cheapest of sovereigns and the dearest of Presidents there is a great gulf. Two cents from each Frenchman would meet the yearly cost of three Presidents, and each Swiss with the same modest coin could secure the services of twenty Presidents. Victoria is thus the cheapest of all European sovereigns if a tax were levied on the United Kingdom alone; if however, it be distributed over the whole of her empire the tax would amount to half a cent for each of her subjects. As Victoria is the least costly of monarchs, she is also among the poor- est. Her total income available for private purposes is not much more than $1,000,000 & year, or $115 an hour— a revenue less than some of her own subjects enjoy. Her entire private fortune is, rough $10,000,000—a capital which, Convegrtleyd. into sovereigns, might be stowed away in a trunk six feet long and three feet in height and width. Compared with these modest sums the Lzar's income and fortune are alike stupendous. His private fortune, in- cluding his mines, forests and his 1,000,- 000 acres, may safely be estimated at $150,000,000, and his total yearly revenue at $12,500.000, or about $24 a minute. The Emperor of Austria is “passing rich” on $7,500.000 a year. His daily al- lowance is $20,550, or a pile of sover- eigns three and a half times as high as himself. ‘William, the German Emperor, has $2,500,000 a year less than his imperial brother of Austria, but even this lim- ited allowance admits of an expenditure very two days of as many sovereigns as a strong man could carry to his pal- :ce at Potsdam. All these incomes, however, look fool- sh and smail when compared with the $30,000,000 a year which the Sultan is credited with spending. This sum, by the way, is more than ten times as much as his official income; a fact from which some idea may he gleaned of the vastness of his private fortune. This monarch contrives to spend twice his own weight in sovereigns avery day. For pocket money he allows himself three hundredweight of sover- »igns a week, and the same amount for delicacies for his acres of tables. Four and a half hundredsweight of sovereigns nish every week in presents and the mwe weirht of zold is required to clothe the many beauties of his harem. Compared with this lavish expenditure, it is really wonderful how the poor man contrives to clothe himself on a paltry §7500 a week, to which sum he rigifly limits his tailors. During the geat tulip mania in Hol- land a sum equal to £5000 was offered i o€ wiu could produce a black ulip. But though shades of purpie so ieep as to be almost black were at- ained the reward was never claimed. The fact is, nature won't allow it! A lack flower would never reproduce its sind. 3 In the case of every flower that grows something must bring the pollen from one blossom to another, and tnis is done by insects of ome sort or another, beetle: bees, moths or butterflies. Now it's a queer fact that every insect has a liking for some color or another, but all combine in hating black. Not one of them will go near a black abject. e Why does the average woman prefer ing idealized to wn? undorato%d? *