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NEW YORK. "It la impossible for
n woman to llvo In comfort iti
Now York on $3,000 year." This Is
the claim of Mrs. Junnlto LoHar, who
hast potltloned tho orpliana' court In
Scranton, Pa., to nllow her an mldl
tionnl $1,000 bo Bho can send her
eleven-year-old son to a military acad
emy. "During my husband's life," her
petition cites, "our Incouio was $0,-
000 n year, nnd the estnto Is now
yielding $8,000, bo I don't see what
law thcro can bo that refuses a wom
an half of her income" Mrs. LaBar
lives In a comfortable, but modest
apartment, drosses well and IIvub on
tho best tho market will afford, but
sho claims nho is not extravagant for.
oho doesn't owo a cent.
"I can't got along on $3,000 a year,"
eaya Mrs. LnDar. "And I am not ex
travngant. My apartment Is modest,
but comfortablo. It is absolutely Im
possible for us to llvo at a hotel on
accouut of tho expense, and we have
to take an apartment. I lmvo to keep
one servant, becauso, In tho first place,
1 am not strong enough to do tho
work, and in tho second place there
on $3,000 a Year
is no reason why I should put In mj
tlino In tho kitchen. I consider a
servant one of tho necessities.
"Then butter, eggs, meat and every
thing elso lias gone up bo, and I In
sist upon the beat for my table, bo
cause that was what I .was raised to
have, and I am unwilling to eat in
ferior stuffs or give them to my boy.
I consider money spent for good food
nn Insurance, out of which you gut
heaps of pleasure beside.
"People In Scranton ask me why I
don't move Into tho country, becauso
I could llvo much cheaper there nnd
economize. 1 don't sec what good
that would be the prospect looks tin
utternbly dark to me. I would bt
lonely, and I don't llko tho country,
anyhow. New York is u necessity,
"In regard to clothes. A woman Ic
Now York, if alio Is to bo presentable
at all, must hnvo decent and appro
priate clothes. I mako and design
many of my own gowns, and some of
thorn I will confess to llxlng over.
That saves u great Item of expense
for tho budget. I don't think Import
ed gowns or u great number of gowns
nro a necessity, but they must bo well
made, of good quality, and hnvo
plenty of stylo about them. Then
there la a small amount of entertain
ing that la obligatory, and an occa
sional trip out of town during tho
Bummer and doctor bills every onco
In awhile."
Mistletoe Ib Dangerous.
Few pooplo who know mtntlotoo
only an a deslrablo foaturo of Christ
nina decorations understand that tho
plant Is a parasite dangerous to the
llfo of trees in tho regions in which
It grows. It Is only a question of
time, after mistletoe onco begins to
grow upon n tree before tho troo It
self will be kilted. Tho pnraslta saps
tho llfo of the infected branches. For
tunatcly, it Is of slow growth, taking
yeara to develop to large proportions,
but when neglected, It Invariably rulus
all trees It reaches.
City Heated by Natural Hot Water
BOISE, Idaho. Thlo Is the only city
In tho country hoatod by natural
hot water, taken from springs near
tho town, and which is employed, not
alone for heating purposes, but for
cooking and oven In sprinkling tho
BtreotB of tho city In summer, thero
is such an abundanco of tho water
flowing from throo wells. Tho water
remains at about 175 degrees in tem
perature nnd tho flow averages about
J.500,000 gallons a dny.
Ono hundred and ton homes in
BoIbo aro supplied with tho water,
which Is employed for all household
purposes, except washing of silver
waro, which tarnishes in tho wnter,
charged as it is with sulphur and
mineral. Tho water is pumped from
thrco largo wolln, about six miles
cast of Bolso, in tho foothills of the
Owyhoes.
Interest was first tnken in tho wa
ter in 1890. Provious, to that time
there had been a great black mud
holo where the wells havo alnco been
sunk. Tho water was stagnant and
tho spot was known simply as a place
where hundreds 'of rnngo cattle had
dropped out of sight In tho old days
into what appeared to bo a bottom
less well.
Tho cost of tho water a year to the
nverago family is $135. Tho water
company which now has contiol of
tho wells does not employ the meter
system in measuring tho Bupply, but
tho water How Is gaugpd by tho size
of tho pipes running into tho indi
vidual homes.
Tho cost of supplying a houso for
all purposes with tho natural hot wa
ter is somewhat heavier than with
tho ordinary lurnaco system, but
thero aro advantages. Thcro are no
furnaces in tho homes using the nat
ural hot water, tho danger of flro is
greatly reduced, and thoro is nono of
tho dirt and Inconvenience connected
with tho handling of coal and wood
for flro purposes.
So curative wero tho waters con
sidered that they wero carried by
them back to their camps, where
they were rubbed on tho limbs of in
valids to heal rheumatic and kindred
complaints.
English Women Smoke Pipes.
The latest fancy of tho woman
nmoker la u pipe not tho tiny affair
thut sufllces for tho Japanese, but n
good-sized brier or n neat nicer
Bchauui. Tho plpo la boldly carried
nlong with n gold card case and chain
purao. For somo tlmo now the clg
motto has given place to a cigar,
Kinall In sizo nnd mild in quality.
Women said they wero tired of tho
cigarette, and wanted a bigger smoke.
London Mall.
Acknowledgment
"You will admit that you owo a
great deal to your wlfo?"
"1 should Bay so," replied Mr Cum
rox. "I wouldn't bo invited to any of
her rcceptlonn or inufllcnlea it 1 wnsn't
inurrled to her."
Disqualified.
Her- My brother won first prize In
that amateur guessing contest, but
they ruled him out na n professional.
Mm A professional?
Her--Yes. He's employed In tho
government bureau, you know.
Cripple Rides Dlcyclo.
George Anstey, aged 1-', a cripple,
of LeleoBtor, Euglnnd, Is ono of tho
moat remnrkablo cyclists In tho coun
try, lloth his legs nro withered and
usoleas, but tho IMeostor Cripples'
Guild has provided him with a two
wheeled pedallesa machine, with a
padded tube covering tho axle bar.
Across this ho Ilea fuco foremost, and
with wooden cloga strapped to his
hands ho propels himself along tho
Btieets and roads In a marvolously
rapid manner. He has complete con
trol of the machine, his hands acting
na pedals, steering gear, and brake
combined
Echoes of Munchausen.
It was nn absent-minded traveler
who hnd lately tnkon to ballooning.
"Yes," he obrerved Impressively "It
was a fearful Journey. Tho machlno,
a thousand foot up. and no moro bal
last, headed straight for Siberia, nnd
tho rarellcd nlr well, you know na
woll ns I do what effect that haa on
a balloon.. Yea, tho peril wan terri
ble." Thon tho old habit waa too
litrong for him. "Tho wolves detected
our presence. A desperate raco en
surd Wo felt their hot breath on tho
niipo of our nocks." Umdoii Globe.
The Bright alio.
Nebuchadnezzar waa lurching In hit
necuatomed atylo.
"All flesh being grass," ho reflected,
"this must bo Bcof a la Mowod."
And chuckling hoarsoly, ho took an
other chaw. Puck.
Pretty Good Definition.
We hear Homo funny things In Fleet
street sometimes, ami the following
definition of the height of aggravation,
bv n centlcinan in rather slinky boots,
whom we encounteied In a well-known '.
hostelry the other day, Btruck us us
br'ng particularly choice.
"The "eight of hnggrnvatlon, gentle
men," anld this pothouno humorist, Bet
ting his pewter on tho counter and
looking round proudly, with the nlr of
ono about to let off a good thing, "tho
'eight or liuggrnviitlou why, trying
to ketch a Ilea out o ycr car with a
pair of boxtn' gloves." Ixindon Tit-lilts.
Municipal Dance Tried in Milwaukee
I'M CLAD 1
DON'T HAVE
TO BE A
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FLOWER
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MILWAUKEE, Wis. Tho city of
Mlhvnukeo will havo another mu
nicipal ball. This 1b tho declaration
of tho city administration after a re
view of tho Initial municipal danco at
which tho mayor, city oillclals and
society danced in tho samo hall as
worklngmon and womon.
"I think the3o gatherings havo
somothlng nbout them that will mako
for tho betterment of tho city," snya
Mayor Soldcl. "You know when we
read nbout each other In tho papers
or hoar each other talked about wo
Bomctlmos think that tho othor fel
lows aro awful followa. But when wo
look into each other's eyos wo find
that tho othor followa aro not so bad
after nil.
"For ono thing, I hopo to boo these
dances as democratic ns they can bo.
Gontlomen will leavo their dres3 suits
at homo at tho noxt dnce, I hopo. If
any young ladles havo now hats or
fancy gowns at homo, I hopo they
won't wear 'em."
The plnns of tho danco did not tako
cognlzanco of "wall flowers," and
thero did not seem to bo any. It was
tho duty of floor managers to see that
young persons wcrq introduced. Tho
spirit of friendliness so far took pos
session of tho nffalr that It was not
long before a fellow could nsk a g'irl
ho did not know to danco without be
ing Binibbed.
But no ono seemed troubled about
her own gown or that of hor neigh
bor to any great extent. Each ono
wns Intent on tho good tlmo Bho was
having, and" tho great matter of spec
ulation wns who her next partnor for
tho danco would bo, nnd not how
much somo other duncer's dressma
ker's bill had been.
Tho omclnl "Introducers" worked
faithfully. Ono of them would ap
proach a couplo of demuro looking
girls who wero nil by themselves in
somo obscure corner nnd ask them if
thoy wanted to danco. They nsunlly
did. Then tho official "Introducor"
would disappear and presently return
with two young men and introduc
tions wero made.
An Alaskan Luncheon.
Hunuera of woven Indian basketry,
villi white drawnworl: dollies at each
of tho 11! covers, wero used on an ovul
mahogany table. The dolllea wero
mado at Sitka. In the mlddlo of tho
table n mirror held n tall central vase
of frosted glass, Burrounded by four
smaller vaaos, ull filled with white
Bprlng blossoms. Tho edgo of tho
mirror was banked with tho same
flowers. Four totem poles wero placed
on dollies In tho angles mado by tho
runners.
Place cards wero wnter colors of
Alaskan scenery. Abalono sheila held
suited nuts, and tiny Indian baskets
held bonbons. Tho boup spoons were
of horn, several of tho dishes used
wero made by Alaskan Indians, and
tho rakes woro Borved on baskets.
Tho menu waB as follows: Polsson
a la Bering Sea (halibut chowder),
Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, po
tatoes Julienne), snowbirds avoc
nuroruborcnlls (roast duck with Jolly),
Shungnak river turnips, Tnnnnn
beets, Skngway hnsh (salad), Fair
banks nuggets (rlpo strawberries ar
ranged on Individual dishes around a
central mound of powdered sugar),
arctic slices (brick Ico cream), Clrclo
City dollghts (small cakes), Klondlko
nuggets (yellow cheeso In round balls
on crackers), Nomo llrownter (coffee).
- -Woman's Homo Companion.
Lightning Change.
Tho Manager-Can you mako quick
changes nnd double in a few par tit 7
Tho Actor Can 17 Say, you know
tho acetic In "Love nnd lxibsturs,"
where tho hero nnd tho villain aro
lighting, and n friend rushes In and
separates 'em? Well, I played all
three parts ono night when the other
two fellows wero 111.
Not Altogether Dead.
Mr. Robert Butler of Marlborough,
L'uglnud, has hnd tho peculiar expe
rience of henrlug his death announc
ed. Ho waa attending tho poor law
conferenco nt Exeter when ono of
the delegates moved that, In conse
quence of tho death of Mr. Butler,
which Ihey all tegretted, another gen
tleman, whom ho named, should be
appointed to fill his place as ono of
the representatives of Wiltshire on
tho central committee. Mr. Butler
roao from hla plnro on tho platform
and announced to the conference,
amid much nmuuement, that, bo far
na ho waa aware, ho was still allvo
and In good health, and would he
pleased to continue In tho olllco If tho
conference desired.
Bankers and Bank Notes.
Four men, three of whom wero con
nected with brokerage concerns In tho
Wall street district, wero discussing
United States paper currency nnd tho
disappearance of counterfoils. "Wo
are ho stiro nowndayB," Bald ono of
tho party, "as to tho genuineness of
blllB that little attention la paid to
thorn In handling, except na to de
nomination." To prove hla assertion
ho took u $10 yellowback from IiIb
pocket, nnd, holding It up, naked who
could tell whoso portrait It boro. No
one knew, and by way of coaching
the broker said It was tho llrat treas
urer of tho United States. Again no
ono knew tho nnmo. "Why, It's
Mlchnel Hlllcgas," Bald tho man
proudly. "But In confidence, I'll toll
you, I didn't know It llvo minutes
ago." New York Tribune
Largest of Whales.
Tho Inrgest whale of Its typo of
which thoro la scientific record wna
captured recently off Port Arthur,
Tex. Ho measured stxty-tlirco feet
In length, nnd was estimated to bo
nbout throo hundred years old. Cap
tain Cob Plutnmer, tnnto of n United
States pilot boat, sighted tho monster
In tho Bhonls off tho Jettlcn, and the
crow of his veatel raptured the mam
mal. Tho huge body was towed ashore,
exhibited and much photographed bo
foie being cut up.
Bat Bounty Cxcltes Merriment.
Seattle, fearing tho Intioductlon of
bubonic plague by rats, haa offerod a
bounty of ten cents a rat. This moves
Tnromn, nafo from Infection from the
Men, to raucous laughter, nnd tho Led
ger snya that the bounty, "though not
intended for rodents of Tacoiun,
Everett, Bclllnghain nnd other popu
lous and busy content, haa been And
Ing lla way Into tho pockets of turn
retidctits of Seattle for non-resident
rnta But tho Joke would be on ua If
It wero found that our rat popula
tion had found Its way Into tho Seat
tle census."
Kindly Intentions.
"A man who enjoys seeing a woman
In tenrs la a brute."
"I don't know about that," roplled
Mlat Cayenne "Ono of tho kindest
huabnnda I know tnkoa hla wlfo to sou
all tho emotional plays."
Takes Himself Seriously.
Nicola Tesla, dining by hli'uaelf In t
hotel's grent dining room, takes a
table where ho can bo Been. Through
out hla meal he wears n deeply stu
dious, a completely absorbed, attitude.
He may bring to tho tablo a portfolio
lllled with papora. Thoao ho may
Beau with prolonged solemnity In
any event, he sits an oloqtient tubloau
of profundity. Now York Prosa.
Holidays In the States.
Washington's birthday la a holiday
In all states. Decoration dny In all
Btntca but Florida, Georgia, Uiulslann.
Mississippi. North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennesseo and Toxaa. Ijxbor
day la observed everywhere Virtu
ally every stnto has legal holiday
hnvlng to do with Its own special af
fairsbattle of New Orleans In Louis
iana, Toxan lndepondonco and battlo
of San .Inclnto In TexnB, AdmlsBlon
day In California, and bo on. Missis
Blppl la llko tho fedornl government
In lack of statutory holidays, but by
common consent lndepondonco day.
', Thanksgiving and Christmas nro ob
served. A new ono la Columbus dny
In a fow of tho states.
Vivid at Least
Dr. Hiram C. Cortlandt, tho woll
known theologian of Dos Moines, Bold
In n recent addresa:
"Thomas A. Edlaon telle ua that ho
thinks tho soul la not Immortal; but,
after all, what doea thla great wizard
know nbout souls? Ilia forto Is elec
tricity and mncnlnory. and when ho
talks of souls ho reminds mo Irresist
ibly of tho young lady who visited tho
Baldwin locomottvo works nnd then
told how n locomotive is made.
" 'You pour,' Bho said, 'a lot of eand
into a lot of boxes, and you throw orl
stovo lids and things into a furnace,
and thoy you empty tho molton stream
Into a holo In tho sand, and everybody
yells nnd sweara. Then you pour It
out and let It cool and pound it, and
then you put It In a thing that bores
holes In it. Thon you Bcrow it to
golher, and paint It, nnd put steam tn
it, and it goea splendidly; and they
tako it to a drafting room nnd mako
a blucp lint of it But ono thing I for
got thoy havo to mako a boiler. Ono
man gets insldo nnd ono gota outside,
nnd they pound frightfully; and then
they Uo It to tho other thing, and you
ought to seo It go!'"
Two Very Old Ladles.
Wo hnvo henid a great deal lately
about long-lived people, but It la prob
able that tho oldest two people In the
world todny nre Frnu Dutklovltz and
another old lady named DnhavaBllka.
Tho former Uvea at Posent, In Pius
slnu Poland, nnd was born on Febru
ary 21, 1785. She la therofoio ono
hundred and twenty-live years old
Tho latter, however, la nine mouths
her senior, having bicn born In May,
17S-I.
Sho la still a fairly halo old woman,
nnd for nearly ono hundred yennt
worked In tho Melds. Her descendant!!
number closo on 100, and these now
mnko hor a Joint allowance. Sho lives
at tho vlllngo of Bavolsko, whoso
neighborhood alio has never quitted
(lining tho whole of her long life. She
remembers ovents which happened at
tho beginning of lnat century much
moro elenrly than thoao of tho last
40 years. Dundee Advertlaer.
Too Ardent a Lover.
Goorgotto Fontuno, an embroiderer
who Uvea In tho Ituo Sevres In Paris,
has found herself condemned to a
month's Imprisonment for what seems
to her a harmless net.
Sho wns going homo from a concert
a fow evenings ago when sho doclded
Bho would llko to boo hor dance. As
ho hnppous to bo a flremnn whoso
station Is In hor own neighborhood It
occurred to her It would bo very easy
to Bummon hint to her aldo by break
ing tho glass of tho (lro alarm and
sounding n call.
Sho did so anr In a fow moments
flro engines camo from aovenU direc
tions, all lndon with flromon, of couro,
but nlns! her flnnco wns not among
them, nnd moro than that nil tho flro
mon woro angry, and heforo sho know
what had happened Bho wns taken to
a mngistrato, who proceeded to mako
tho courao of true lovo run unsmoothly
by sending hor to prison for a month
in splto of hor tears and protesta thnt
she thought it would bo n, slmplo way
of bringing her flnnco to her uldo.
Planting Wedding Oako.
Princess AugiiBt Wllholm, wlfo of
tho knlscr'a fourth eon, hna set hersolf
tho task of reviving ono of Germany')!
oldest customs, that nccordlng to which
newly wedded couples Immediately at
ter tho marrlago ceremony plant a com
pie of oak napllngs fildo by fililo In a
park or by tho roadaldo of their na
tlvo town.
Tho town of Mulchauson, In Thurlti
gin, la the flrat to respond to tho prln
cesa' appeal. A municipal official ap
pears at tho church door nftor ovcrj
wedding nnd Invites tho brldo and
bridegroom to drive with him In a car
rlago to a now road near tho town nnd
thoro plant oak saplings.
Tho trco planting Idea was Btartod
by a former elector of Brandenburg
with tho object of repairing tho rav
ages caused by tho 30 years' war. Tho
elector forbado young persons to map
ry until they had pluntod a number of
fruit trees.
An Unnecessary Confession.
A hearty laugh was occasioned at
tho Birmingham pollco court by a pris
oner who gave himself away in a very
delightful mannor. Tho man waa the
first on tho list, nnd tho charge against
him was merely ono of bolng drank
and disorderly. Ho stopped Into tits
dock, however, Juat at tho moment
when tho dock officer wna rending out
a few of tho casea which woro to com
heforo the court that morning, and u
guilty consclenco apparently led him
to mlstakn theso ltoms fcr a list af hit
previous convictlona.
Ho etood posslvo enough whllo thh
ofllcor read out about a dozen drunk
and disorderlies, bat'wlio'h ho camo W
ono "shopbreaking" tho prisoner cx
claimed excitedly, "That waa eight
yenra ago, your honor," Evoryono bo
gan to lnugh, and tho prisoner, realis
ing tho blunder ho had mado, at Aral
looked very black Indeed, but dually
Baw tho humorous side of tho matter,
nnd n broad smllo sprond over his fnce
His blunder did not cost anything.
Birmingham Mall.
The Brotherhood Home of Cleveland
P-Ufei 111
CLEVELAND, O. An Institution
which is doing great good In
Clovoland, Ohio, la tho Brotherhood
Home, dovoloped from tho Idea of ono
man, an ex-prlsonor who wanted to
help somcono else.
In November, 1905, Jamoa Shaw
was paroled from tho Clovoland houso
of correction. Whllo thoro ho had
been a teacher In tho night school,
and had beccmo Interested in tho
Blblo class. Ho was a inau of moro
intolllgenco than tho nverago work
houso prisoner nnd soon after his re
looso on parolo obtained employment
with a shipbuilding company. When
ho drow his first wngoa ho went to
tho director of charities and correc
tions with tho proposal that ho tako
in another prisoner who was about
to bo paroled.
"I think Frod wants to behavo and
llvo decently," ho told tho dlroctor.
"I can give him a bed, stuko him to n
meal ticket and got him n job, too."
"Fred" did want to llvo hotter nnd
went to work with n will. In a. week
they routed nnothcr room, and went
again to tho director with tho request
for tho parolo of two other members
of tho workhouso night school class.
Thoy promised to give them food nnd
lodging, nnd to get them work. Tho
four in turn put by something ench
day for "grub stakes" for other un
fortunates and presently tho club hnd
a membership of nine
Soon nftor that tho Brotherhood, as
It had coino to bo known, moved to a
ton-room Iioubo on tho Inko front. Tho
parolo offlcer went In debt for $900
worth of furniture At tho end of the
year tho club showed an earning
which nearly took It out of debt. Ten
rooms wero ndded, followed by ten
moro n llttlo lator. It was pelf-sup-porting,
nnd had paid for $2,000 worth
of furniture Tho later history of tho
organization Is a record of continued
efficient work, with finances fairly
easy whon work Is plenty, nnd pain
fully tight when It is scarce Outsldo
help has been uecossary from time to
time
THat Suit for Libel
Against the Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Gave a Splendid Chance
to Bring Out Facts
A disagreement about advertising aroao
with a "wookly" Journal.
Following It, nn attack on ua appeared In
their editorial columns; sneering attheclalraa
wo mado particularly regarding Appendicitis.
Wo replied through tho regulnr papers and
tho "weekly" thought we hit back rather too
hard and thereupon sued for libel.
Tho advertisement tho "weekly" attacked
us about claimed that In many cases of appen
dicitis an operation could bo avoided by dis
continuing iudlgestlblo food, washing out tho
bowola and taking a predlgestcd food Grapo
Nuta. Obsorvo wo anld MANY caeca not nil.
Wouldn't that knowiedro bo a comfort to
those who fear a surgeon's knlfo as they fear
death?
Tho "weekly" writer Bald that was a lie
Wo replied that ho waa Ignorant of tho facts.
Ho waa put on tho stand nnd compelled to
admit ho was not n Dr. and had no medical
knowledgo of appendicitis and never Investi
gated to find out If tho tostimoual letters to
our Co. woro gcnulno.
A famous surgeon testified that when an
oorutlon waa required Grnpo-Nuta would not
obviate it. True.
Wo never clnimed that when nn operation
was required Grape-Nuts would prevent it.
Tho surgeon testified bacteria gonna help
cd to bring on an attack and bacteria was
grown by undigested food frequently.
Wo claimed and proved by othor famous
experts that undigested food wan largely
reaponslblo for nppendlcltls.
Wo showed by expert testimony that many
cases aro healed without a knlfo, but by stop
ping tho use of food which did not dlgoat, and
when food was required again It was helpful
to uso a prcdlgested food which did not over
tax tho weakened organs of digestion.
When a puln In tho right sido nppenrs It Is
not always necessary to bo rushed off to a
hospital and at tho risk of death bo cut.
Plain common scnBo bIiows tho better way
13 to stop food that evidently has not boon
digested.
Thon, when food Is required, uso an easily
digested food. Grape-Nuts or any other If
you know It to bo prcdlgested (partly digested
boforo taking).
Wo brought to Court nnalytlcnl chemists
from Now York, Chicago and Mlshawaka, Intl.,
who sworo to tho nnalysla of Grapo-Nuta and
that part of tho starchy part of tho wheat and
barley had boon transformed Into sugnr, tho
kind of BUgar produced In tho human body by
digesting Btarch (tho lnrgo part of food).
Somo of tho Stnto chemists brought on by
tho "weekly" anld Grape-Nuts could not bo
called n "prcdlgested" food becauso not all of
It was digested outsldo tho body.
Tho othor chemists said any food which had
been partly or half digested outMdo tho body
was commonly known aa "prcdlgested."
Splitting hnlra about tho meaning of a word.
It la sufficient thnt if only one-half of tho
food 1b "prodlgcated," it Is easier on weakoncd
stomach and bowels than food in which no
part is prcdlgested.
To show tho facts wo lntroduco Dr. Thos.
Darlington, former chief of tho N. Y. Board
of Health, Dr. Italph W. Webster, chief of tho
Chicago Laboratories, and Dr. B. Sacli3, N. Y.
If wo wero a little severe In our denuncia
tion of n writer, solf-confessed Ignorant nbout
nppendlcltls and Its cause, it la possible tho
public will excuso ua, In vlow of tho fact that
our head, Mr. C. W. Post, haa mado a lifetime
study of food, food dtcestlon and effects, und
tho conclusions nro Indorsed by many of tho
best medical authorities of the day.
Is It posBlblo that wo nro at fault for
suggesting, na a Fnthcr and Mother might, to
ono of tho family who announced n pain In tho
Bide: "Stop using tho food, greasy meats,
gravies, ralnco pie, chcoBo, too much starchy
food, etc., etc., which has not boon digested,
then when again ready for food uso Grape
Nuta becauso It la easy of digestion?"
Or should tho child bo at once carlod off to
n hospital and cut?
Wo havo known of many cases wherein th
npproachlng Blgns of appondlcltis hnvo dis
appeared by tho suggestion being followed.
No ono bettor appreciates tho vnlue of a
skilful physician whon a person is in tho awful
throes of acuto nppendlcltls, but "an ounce
of provenlion 13 worth a pound of cure"
JiiRt plain old common senso i3 helpful evert
nowadays.
This trial demonstrated Grape-Nuts food
Is puro beyond qucst'lorT "
It Is partly prodlgested.
Appendicitis generally" haa rlso from unfll
gested food! '
It la not nlwnys necessnry to operate
It la best to stop all food.
"Wlien ready to "licglnfeedlng uso q predl
posted food" :
It la palatablo and strong in Nourishment.
It will pny lino returns In health to quit tho
heavy breakfasts and lunches and uso less
food hut select food certainly known to con
tain tho elements nnturo requires to sustain
tho body. May wo bo pormlttcd to suggest a
brenkfast of fruit, Grnpo-Nuta and cream,
two soft boiled eggs, and somo hot toast and
cocoa, milk or Postum?
Tho question of whether Grapo-Nuta does or
doeB not contain tho eloments which nnturo
requires for tho nourishment of tho brnln, nlso
of Its purity, will bo troated in later ncwa
paper articles.
Good food 1h important and Its effect on tho
body is also Important.
"Tloros a Ronion"
Posttam Cereal Co.. Ltd.,
Uattla Craaic, Mich.
