The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-24

We have already alluded t. the i'm
portance Of housekeepers paying more
attention to tie kind OF baking powder
used in leaveniDg their bread. This
is matter to which we cannot draw
attention too often, because it is some
thing which involves the most serious
consequences to the general body of
mankind, Temperance apostles tell us
and there is ample foundation for the
ststement-that there is disease, both
moral and physical, in tbs intoxicating
cup; and in the same way there is dis
ease,i slow perhaps, but certain, in
the leavenir G agent which is employed
in one-hslf the homes on THIS con-
tinent; sickness, perhaps death, in the
bread we eat eve. y mesl--slow poison,
placed there, too, by loving hands, by
mothers whose every thought is for the
health and happiness of their children,
by wives whose chief solace is the
life and comfort of their husbands.
The victim of intoxication goes to his
fate with full consciousness of what
he is doing; but the vic i'm of adulter-
ated and poisonous baking powder
falls and knows not whence comss
the blow that struck him. The CIR.
tIficste OF chemists with high sound
ing titles have been read in con-
fidence; the toothsome cake has been
given in generous abundance to the
children; the daily bread has been
eaten in fancied security. But all the
time the poison has been working its
SLOW effect. Thers come spells OF
headache, loss of appetite, futtering
of the heart; the child is seized with
an apparently causeless cough. The
costiag of the stomach is destroyed,
perhaps; one of the vital organs is
rendered almost useless; the kidneys
are a tackled with B lights disease. The
health of the child is irreparably
broken down; the adult becomes
chronic invalid There are the doings
OF the modern cheap baking powders
that are com posed Of lime, alum, acids
and other vile things.
In view Of these facts surely all
housewives should exercise the care
that is, we know, now exercised by
some in their selections cf proper
brand of baking powder. She who
does not do go, whether the neglect is
the result of ignorance or recklessness,
cannot free herself from the RESPONSE
biity for the health, perhaps life,
thereby endangered. No housewife
need be ignorant of The quality and
composition of the Article which she
uses to lesven her bread, biscuit
and cake. The official reports of the
government chem SITS, VINO are GER
tainly unprecedented, have been pub.
lished, aud chow very clearly the
quality and strength of al the bak-
ing powders in the market.
The Royal Baking Powder which is
accessible at every hand, is reported
absolutely free from lime, alum, phos.
phatic acid, or any injurious ingre-
dien's. 1t is further stated by the
most eminent authorities on food n.y.
giene that food leavened with it is
more wholesome than when raised by
any other method. Its use is, there.
fore, to be commended. 1t is to be re.
GREETED that no other baking powder,
when there are go many ia the mar
ke', some of which will find their way
into use, is free from all of these SUBJ
stances. They all contain either Inns
or alum. The housekeeper who re.
CARDS .he health OF her loved ones
should not only order the Royal, but
make personal examination to be sure
that no other brand is cent her in is
place.