Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-04-12
THE DANGER BEFOREUS

We have already alluded to the impOr-
tance of housekeepers paying more atten-
ton to the kind of baking powder used
in leayening their bread This is a mat
ter to which we cannot draw attention
too often, because 1t is something which
involves the most serious consequences to
the general body of mankind. Temper
ance apostles tell us-and there is ample
foundation for the Statement-that there
is disease, both moral and physical i'll the
Intoxicating cup; and in the same way
there is disease, Slow perhaps, but GER
tain, i'll the leavening agent which is en-
ployed i'll one-half the homes on this CON
tinent; sickness, perhaps death, i'll the
bread we eat at every meal-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 solice is the life and
comfort of their husbands. The victim
of the adulterated and poisonous baking
powder falls and knows not whence comes
the blow that struck him. The certifi-
Gates of chemists with iliglI-sounding
titles have been read in confidence; the
toothsOme cake has been given in gener-
Gus abundance to the children; the daily
bread has been eaten in fancied security.
ing its slow effect. There come spells of
head ache, loss of appetite, tiuttering of
the heart; the child is seized with an ap-
parently causeleSS cough. The coating
of the stomach is destroyed. perhaps; one
of the vital organs is rendered almost use
less; the kidney are attacked with Bright's
disease. The health of the child is ire
parably broken down; the adult becomes
a cronic invalid. These are the dOings of
the modern cheap baking powders that
are composed of lime, alum. acids and
other vile things
In view of these facts surely all house
wives should exercise the care that is, we
know, now exercised by some of their
selections of proper brand of baking
powder. She does not do so, whether the
neglect is the result of ignorance or reck-
leSSneSs, cannot free herself from the re-
sponsibility for the health, perhaps life,
thereby endangered. No housewife need
be ignorant of the quality and compost
ton of the article which she uses to leav-
ell her bread, biscuit and cake. The of
ticlal reports of the government chemists,
who are certainly unprejudiced, have been
published and show very clearly the quail
ty and strength of all the baking powders
in the market. The Royal Baking Pow
der, which is accessible at every hand, is
reported absolutely free from lime, alum,
phosphate acid, or any injurious ingre-
dients. 1t is further stated by the most
eminent authorizes on food hygiene that
food leavened with it is more wholesome
than when raised by any other method.
Its use is therefore to be commended
1t is to be regretted that no other baking
powder, when there are so many in the
market, some of which will find their way
into use, is free from all of these sub |
stances. They are contain either lime or
alum. The hOusekeeper who regards the
health of her loved ones should not only |
order the Royal, bat make personal ex-
animation to be sure that on other brand |
is sent her in its place.