The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-03-29
The Danger Refare lis.

We have already alluded to the i'm
portance of housekeepers paying more
attention to the kind of baking pow
der used in leavening their bread
This is a matter to which we cannot
draw attention too often, because ii il
something which involves the most
serious consequences to the general
body of mankind. Temperance apos-
ties tell us-and there is ample founda-
tiOn for the statement-that there is
disease, both moral ami physical, ip
the cup ard in the same way, there is
disease, slow perhaps, but certain, in
the leaveniDg agent which Is employ
et in One-half the homes OH this con
tineDt; sickness, perhaps death, in the
bread we eat at every meal-slow poi
son, placed there, too, 10y 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 bus
bands. The victim of intoxicatiop
goes to his fate with full conscious
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tim of the adulterated and poisonous
baking powder falls and knows not
whence comes the blow that struck
him. The certificates of chemists
with high sounding titles have been
read in confidence; the toothsome
cake has been given in generous
abundance to the children, the dali y
bread has been eaten in fancied secur
, ity. But all the time the poison has
been working its slow effect. There
come spells of headache, loss of appe'
tite, futtering of the heart the child
is seized with an apparently causeles:
cough. The coating of the stomach j:
, destroyed, perhaps; one of the vita
organs is rendered almost useless F.; th'
/ kidneys are attacked with Bright
} disease. The health of the child is ir
, reparably broken down the adult be
, comes a chronic invalid. These ar,
8 doings of the modern cheap baking
J, powders that are composed of lime
q alum, acids and other vile things.
b. In view of these facts, surely al
4 housewives should exercise the car
9 that is, we know, now exercised b,
. some in their selections of a prope
=. brand of baking powder. She VIII
i does not do so, whether the neglect i
D the result ofignerance or recklessness
: cannot free herself from the response
e bility for the health, perhaps life
t thereby endangered. No housewif
}. need be ignorant of the quality ant
composition of the article which sh
uses to leaven her bread, biscuit AM
cake. The official report of the gov
u ernment chemists, who are certainl,
: unprejudiced, have been publishe,
= and show very clearly the quality an
strength of all the baking powders il
> the market. The Royal Baking Pow
d der, which is accessible at every hand
Is is reported absolutely free from lime
Is alum, phosphate acid, or any injuri
81 Gus Ingredients. 1t is further state
u by the most eminent authorities o
" food hygiene that food leavened wit
it is more wholesome than when raise
a by any other method. Its use is there
l. fore to be commended. 1t is to be n
., gretted that no other baking powde
J. when there are 50 many in the marke
g some of which will find their wa
'r into use, is free from all of these sui
70 stances. They all contain either lin
N or alum. The housekeeper who regai
>, the health of her loved ones shoul
not only order the Royal. but max
4 personal examination to be sure tn,
g, no other brand is sent her in its plac