Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-12
THE BRANDY KING.
Eweden's "Man of the People" and
His Great Work.
Ono Of the Almost lnnumerable
Smith Family who studies
the Needs Of the Hu.
man stomach.
New York World

! ,.a,,.;ad Ia the son Of the nresident of the
| S.,.a;sb bousa of lords therebv a,lv;no b;,,
with one of the first families in Sweden. few
| mo, c,rrv ont tha ex.rer,a damocratic nrin-
cinle with spch pnsporing tbo-ouybness as
Lars Olsen Smith To hear him tall either
! in exnlain;n, his n,.ns of the fu.ure or :, de-
scribinp what he has already ACCOMPLISHED.
recalls "reminiscences of the heroes of Dis
rae is novels,
Mr. Smith is a man who has been the
largest manufacturer of spirits in Sweden.
and is now the most energetic APOSTLE of
| tanperance in Northern Furope. an idealist
capsble of dreaming of the regeneration of
society. and vet a hart,-beaded man of busi-
ness: a prosaic-lookinp. sturdy plebeian. too
indenendent IN allow any one To assist him
on with his oyercoat. MIR. Smith is. never
tbeless at this moment practically debating
L, tho narliament of his native country an
entire reversal of its legislation as to the sale
Of strong drink and il erraqed in n gigantic
experiment which IL successful will render
Sweden the naradise of the social reformer
This MN who onca was tho Terror of the
brandy ,retars of Sweden who rips,e3 the
market controlled prices. and con-
duc,ed his financial o,erations with the
nerve Of n Vanderbilt and the daring
Of a Gould. is now carving on a campaign
/ AGAINST the socinl evils a. his time with the
| Same ENERGY directness of nurros, and keen
,,actical saDacity that DISTINGUISHED him in
the laws when he was luildinp nm the gi-
! osu,ic fortuna which Ia ia now dedicatino
Ia fine amelioration of the condition OF his
/ copn,rvpan
A sw.da Of tha Svedes !, tvnico, North.
man H.. i n coemonoIitan of the l,,ast mod.
orr, ,vno lie s,,a,ts seveu l,ngiocee and ia
., -, i, ,,,',yt ,,,,.,, coun.,,, il, Enron.
ui-,,a,,,I,,,,, a. ., ,,.,.ao,,t +, p.r;.. ,,na
en-, hos ius. ,ot.n bis dsar,.., ~ Tho poIy,ecb
,;c,,, NJ Enrich and i low study;n, the 60
c;.l <,u.s,io,, l., tho I,pi,o,I S.o..s. tho otb.,
,,ho i ,,;,,, NJ, smith in Eno,.nd a. ,,ras,
emf i 81 e,uae,,t Of swissenschoft, M
the University of Tubgen At this moment
Mr.. Smith las AGENTS scattereu over
the continent studying the cohdiIioh OF
the people ana gathering up wher-
ever they can lie i"uhd hihts anu sug-
ges,ions Tor TIE solution OF the great social
problem. Dir. Snnith hihisei Is iiueiatigaple.
| io-day ne VIII nave an interview Win Ar.
Shamoeriein' to-aHoiro" ne VIII proceed 10
! Manchester TO investigate IN that city, III
Liverpool ana IN fsochdaie what mas been
done IN Lancashire 10 Improve the CONDITION
OF Tue WORKING population. MOI mas Mr.:
smith, with ali his researches, accumulated
so many FACTS as 70 DE pe"idered III the
midst OF MS stores OF knowiedSe' lie has not
put SO many DOCKS on the Top OF
ms mead as 10 crush OUT MS Drains On the
contrary, we nave never met any utopist
who entertained clearer idea as To how the
world might be regenerated, or now society
might bo reVolutionized, than TINS hard
headed millionaire phiianthropist, who has
worked out his theories III practice andls aoie
TO substantate all his widest assertions by
an array OF facts ana hgures such us Is
usually confined TO TIC pages OF n biue-book-
de rs no longer brandy KING he has
aDdlcaicu ana is now WaSins war 10 the
death against the consumption OF alcohol
GREAT MOVEMENT.
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at, 4. = -, ,,,,,,.,,n.,,, .bis u, ,,bi,h ,n
,,a ons,a,,.J and Ian Dedicated 10 600 fra,,
tho article mo, publ;c Kitchens in Tic pail
MI f,o,o,,a ,,hi,h mn, f,;,,J Sir IIa,,,,
Tho,,,,s1,, loo con, mo no, Won ho,,e ,ro, hold
| of The root 81 tho ,,at+er R,t Mr. ,vof
| =. H. ,x,,,,;,oa,,,., ti,c,o,,, 20, f.,
10 ,,ot 90, ,,,,;ta % tbs ,,,,,r.l ,r,th 7, -
vsr o,oo1 So for nc !, Coos int n Io.s not
| init, III, tho ,,,,rt Wbat 10 r;,b. i .b,t
tho cootino ,,a.tio, lies NJ tba Foundation 81
| tho whole matter Ib,va s,udiad this o,,os-
60, Co., ,,,a,,, ,,o.rs ond boya Coo, ,hot ~,
corai,;on 80 H.. ,,oo,lo danoras Nor, tho,
on,th;n,, ala mo-, tbe;r fooa yn,, b,ro
ao,,a . ,rro,. d.,l bo,. il, ,b;s co,,r,r, for The
| l,a,,;,,,e ~ .bo ,,oor ho,,o 10, ii,
80 ,h. Nool .sta,o c,a tho pootod,. L,;I5-
| ings and your bnildipc societies are also
80, GOOD but tol,a ,,., ,-;,d nc , whole ona
con ,riu ,,nd that ~ tie nynsndi,pr, 80 a
wo,lingman n nor cont opIv coos :,
house ront ,b;le 90 nor cont soee IN f,od
Tha,.of,,,. 70 ,,, ,,,o; o,o,-,, ,y,,,li,,,,,,,a,
With n free house forever the effe,,t l. only
.,r,l e., so,;r,, him ;, ,,.,. con, Of his ,,aaes
Rut If Won can pole n radical reformation
IN bjs food yop have n much creator ~, ro,i,
20 ,,,ov ,,or IL Won ,o,Ia ,r,yida In,
nth food twica as norrisbi,, ne that ,,hich
| ba ,o,s ,,o,.s ca thot Ia o,1y naods .n b,,,
| boiS nc u,cb of II or If Va, Give bi, as
mech fooI as ba cots ,t nrcsnrt at half tho
n,;ca Won Ca va him ~ ono s,rol,o "a nsr
cont 81 his wages or tvic. ~ pncb as Tho
Who'll ~ his bonse rent
ar, !. con IL, ao,a For thu, rroof of fin,
Ib.yo do,o !, o,a ,h,.,a i no rooso, w
wha, I have done should not lie dome in ove,.y
to,yn ami vi,looa in tho ,,bol. World pe-
| haN mo hat G son gb.Atln t-aaf
increase is 70 Ia mnda 10 the wealth 81 o,r
laboring moor. That is where the waste is
a w,ste which is no, only f,.It in ,ctu,I o.
penditure of money on food. but in insut,i
ciept uourish,pent causin, nhysical decanar.
acy and a craving for stimulants, which lies
at the root of much Of the drunkenness OF the
present day. / begin my reform of society
from the bottom-from the food which
man eats. The idea came to me some years
ago when was lying i'll. | came upon Sir
| Henry Thompscn's book, Food and feeling
which is now in its fourth edition. and there
| found set forth certain truths concerning
tine waste of nutritive substance in our sys-
TEN OF cooking. and much useful information
as to the respective quantities of the oon-
stituents needed by the human frame to keep
Il in efficient working order. thought over
this book a good deal and made nvestiga-
tions among all the eminent scientific au-
thorities on the continent who confirmed
| the accuracy of Sir H. ThompsonS remarks.
Then a light dawned upon me that it was in
this direction that | might make n great
change for ghe better in the condition of the
,eople, But before doing anything invcsti-
| gated the matter very thoroughly. There is
| hardly popular cooking institution pro
viding cheap food FOR the people in the whole
OF Europe that have not personally visited
and investigated for myself ~. TO how is
works. ! naye sat down at the table q
almost every public kitchen on the continent
and also in America"
THE BEST SYSTEM OF COOKING.
Il have examined almost every system of
cooking that is known t. civilized man; and
I have now come 10 the conclusion that no
systeu is SO good as that of cooking nv steam
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