, 1881-07-17
THE cii1cAGo TRIBUNE SUNDAY uLY II 1ss-rWENTY PAGES

suspicion. and the most thorough examination
be instituted. Let them mike sure thar thv well
| small sum cheap filter may be constructed
| which will remove nearly every impurity when
! tile source Of the water supply cannot be readily
| UNwIIoLEsoME FOOD.
| can only hint now at the i'll effects of un-
wholesome, badly preserved, and badly cooked
food. as one OF the common dangers to public
their graves with their teeth y; but not SO nu Oh
| BY their slnttony rs by the unwholaso.ne viands
which they force Upon their ston,achs
Perhaps no department of hyEc.iio science fs
SO little understood rs that which concerns rno.i.
Nowhere. at least, do more radical differences of
opinion prevail: Professional judgments arc
almost as,nuch ut variance us popular whlms.
Chemistry has, indeed. analysed many OF Our
foods, ulld patient observations in hospitnls or
III camps. hnvc settled the nntritiye values OF
| some Of them: but tho knowlelged gained Is, as
yer, locked up in professional books and reports,
md every man il left to he d law unto himself
! to whnt he shall eat. how much. and when
! Aud SO the unwholasome feeding goes on.
ruintcd and disaase~ marked n:ats, i1nma-
ture Or dccnyed vegetables, pernici0us or
| adulteratcd groceries and condiments, und bad
things made worse by bad cookery, are sprcad
upon our tables and forced upon our, stonlaehs,
of she abuses Wheh
Our schools OF domestic science, cooking
schools. food collections, und popular lectures,
| and books OIL fta,d and dletetics may at length
bring more light, but till then let the people tie
| that only the most careful attention to theEi-
selves cnu tell them when their food is meal aud
| not poist,il to them.
| All foods arc not alike bealthful to all men.
! There is truth In the old saying "One mans
| meat il another mnn's poison" Each for him
self must icurn by experience whit food agrees
with him, and whnt harms him. Ii. after eat
ing, ho feels hca9Aehe or ans pain or distress Of
/ stomach or bOWal& let him suspect his food AMI
| seek to dlscoybEthe offending dish. 4 few c1
| pcrmcuts, e4k1fully made, will tell what TO take
| and what to dVOd and tho instructed mind will
| soon control the destructive appetite for what
has beon found harmful.
Sanitary science Is the new battle man is max
ing for life and health. Having with migh&ter
mugic than thlt of the 0ld-tinle Wizards mas
tered and made slaves Of the most powerful
| fnrccs In Nature. he may now put to tight the
/ demons Of dirt and dscasc-breedtue filth AT
| last he confronts hopefully the terrible con-
| tagIons, the pestenccs whteh walk in darkness.
and the destruction thut Waateth at MONDAY.
| Let the people be assured that much Of the
! sickness from which they suffer is Of their own
c:it1sng or frt,ln their neglect of simple precaii-
| tions. Let than DO Taught that certain condi-
ttoqs- like those uanued in this paper nre dan
| gerots TO health and life. and even their econo
them to guard against tho needless sickness
| which so often ruins fortune us well lis life.
! Tell 1t to them perpetuay thai, bud mir,
| bad water, and bad food are always Slow
| pnsons, and mist ultimately cansc loss of
| health and loss Of life, and we may hope to see
| the remedy complete.