The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-12-31

We have already alluded to the Importance
Of the housekeepers paying more attention u
10 the kind of baking powder used in leavening
their bread. This Is a,matter to which we can
not draw attention too often, because it is some
thing which involves the most serious conse
quences to the general body of mankind Tenn
perance apostles tell us-and there is ample
foundation for the statement-that there is dis
ease both moral and physical 10 the intoxicat-
ing cup; and in tho same way there is disease,
slow perhsps, but certain, In the leavening agen
which 10 employed IN one-half the homes on thi 8
continent; sickness, perhaps death, in the bread
We eat at every meal-slow poison, placed there
too, by loving hands, by mothers whose everv
thought 10 for the health and happiness Of ,heir
children, by wives whose chief s0ace is the life
aud comfort Of their husbands The victim of
intoxication goes to his fate with q full consci-
ousness OF what he 10 doing; but the victim of
the adulterated and poisonous baking powder
fails and knows not whence comes The blow
that struck him. The certificates of chemists
with high sounding titles have been read in con-
fdence; the toothsome cake has been given In
generous abundance to the children; the daily
bread has been eaten In fanCied security. But
eli the time tho prison has been working its slow
cdect There conea spells Of headache, loss Of
appetite, huttering OF the heart The child is
seized with an apparently causelees cough. The
coating Of the stomach h destroyed, peshaps:
one ofthe vital organs IL rendered almost use.
less; the kidneys arc attacked with Rrights diis,
ease The health of the child Is irreparablv
broken down; the adult becomes q chronic To-
valid. These are The d0ings OF the modern
cheap baking powdsrs that are composed of
lime. alum, acids and other vile things
In view Of these facts surely all housewives
should exercise the care that L, VIC know. now
exercised by some In their selections of a nroner
brand OF baking powder She who does not do
%, whether the neglect Il the result OF ignorance
or recklesanesa. cannot free herself from the re.
aponaibilitY tor the health, perhaps life thereby
endangered. No housewife need be ignorant of
the quality and composition Of the article which
sne uses y leaven her bread, biscuit and cake
'rne omcaai reports at the government chemists,
VINO are Certainly unpretudiced, have been pub
llahed and show very clearly the quality and
strength OF al the baking powders In the mar.
ket. Inc Royal Baking Powder. which 10 &C.
ceaslble at every. hand. y reported absolutely
nee nom line, alum, phoaphatic acid, or any in.
lurioua tngredlentA i b further stated hy the
most eminent authorities on food hygiene that
iood leavened With II u moro Wholesome than
wen RAISED ~ any other method. In use ID
!aescose 70 e commended. i b 10 Be regret.
led mat 40 other baking powder, when there
~ e manyta ~ mAfkeh some Of which will
lna tnels WAY mo -, y fee nom oil Of these
Ionesanoe9 They "a contain either lime or
Aum ne eouuekeep9 who regards the health
:! ner loved ea0 shouA not only order the
lule that 40 olAee mund = pant Nh Is IL nlaoe
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