Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-18
RAW FOOD.
a New and Novel Health Theorv
y Advanced in California,

l., Advanced in California.
Eow York Tines
After all that has been said CON
corning the influences of life i'm Cali
fornia, 1t is not little SURPRISING r.
learn that there should be found Gle
ments OF strength sufficient to ain
vlgorate' movement in that state
having for its object the instruction OF
the people in the use OF uncooked food
Among the apostles of raw sustenance
are Mr.. Isaac Rumford, of Bakerfield,
and Mr.. j. r.. Hinde, IF Fraternia,
ana 1t appears that they have been for
some years engaged in experiments
preparatory to grand attack against
The Iamparts of the ignorance and
folly which compel "wOnnen to waste
their time in cooking, when they are
so much needed TO beautify the world
with flowers and make anew the
Garden Of Eden" Mr.. Rumford con-
fesses that he had at first some doubt
as TO whether broken wheat, eaten
raw, might not cause serious indiges
t'On. On the contrary he discovered
In IL, after n months trial, something
Nsupelior to any bread he had ever seen.
in pleasure to the taste, satisfying to
apTetite, and, most of all, giving
ne hishment to the body" He calls
this broken wheat "grainia," and he
says that half pound of it, the market
price of which is two cents, in addition
20 such fruits as may be procured any.
where in the state for 8 cents, make a
hearty meal for an adult. The list OF
fruits he recommends includes pears,
apples, grapes, melons, and tomatoes.
In setting forth the advantages TO be
derived from the adoption Of such
simple fare he calls special attention
to the fact that chills and fever cannot
have an abiding place in the home of
the raw food eater. Fresh meat i'm any
shape is ruled out of the menu, as is
also milk. butter, sugar, and bread.
Mr. Rumford almost makes ones mouth
water in his descriptions of "the pleas
ures Of the table" derived from generous
suppers, composed exclusively of
raw tomatoes. He and his boy, he
AYERS. have often "come in of an even.
ing with symptoms of fever and ague,"
and a banquet Of this kind shave re-
tired to get up cured" But perhaps
Nhe- most conclusive proof offered by
Mr.. Rumford of the superiority of
chopped wheat and fruits over "the
worlds food" is the success which has
attended the physical development of
one of his children during five years of
steady diet upon il. The child "has
not had days sickness during the
time, and has grown in vigor and man
ly beauty" From the remarks of Mr..
Rumford we are led to suppose that 10
cents per meal is a liberal estimate of
the cost of living on raw materials, the
inference being that for this expen-
diture the pleasures of the table," are
greater than may be secured by indul-
gence in all the delcacies of the season
from the Delmonico point of view.
Two dollars and ten cents each per
week will be sufficient for luxurious
fare every day. The poorer Califor-
mans may do it ut about $I.00 each.
And IL is at this point that the value
of the new system becomes the more
strikingly apparent. Knowing that,
after q surcease of ten years, the Chi
nese will seek the Pacific slope in
larger numbers than ever, il will strike
all intelligent Californians that they
must find some other means of driving
them OFT than can be had 10y legislation
Hitherto the simplicity and inexpen.
-siveness of the Chinaman's diet have
made it a hopeless task to compete
with him on that ground. Raw food
solves the problem most effectually
and there Is no reason why its use may
not become general long before the
doors of immigration are reopened.