The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-08-11
A GOOD BREAD CRUSADE.
An Engiishmsn VIII Try to Accomplish .
Much Needed Reform.

IN Engiiehmon VIII Try 20 Accompssn .
Much Needed Reform.
or all the crusades recently started
for the reform, Improvement, or pro-
pagot on OF this. that or the other,
the very latest Is one looking TO the
Detterment OF physical mankind
through the correction OF dietetic er.
rors OF various sorts into which civil
lzcsl people have fallen. An English
man named Herbert William Hart Is
the high priest and moving spirit OF
this crusade, and although So years
of age, he Is said To be most con.
vincing example OF the excellence OF
bis ideas as applied. MIR. Hart and
such followers as he has already
gained hold TO the belief that the
nervousness, lack Of reserve force,
and general want OF rObustn as
among moderns, especially the classes
living In cities and engaged In seden-
tary occupations, are due almost en-
tirely TO lack OF proper nourishment
Even the present labor and business
troubles, they.av dre due 10 mental
depression and excitement superin.
tuced by want OF wholesome and di-
gestible food.
With the meat we eat and the veg
etables even, the crusaders have no
particular quarrel. 1t is the bread
that a ma, ,ority OF the civilized peO-
pie OF to-day put into their stOmachs
which Mr.. Hart and his disciples
severely condemn as being innutrit-
ious, provocative OF fermentation and
consequent dyspepsia and other dis
Dsders, and altogether harmful In
various ways Our bread, made OF
bolted and reboltcd wheat flour, say
they, contains little else but starch.
ana starch does not supply nearly all
the re uirements OF the human sys-
ten. Wheat AZ taken from straw,
contains a number OF elements elm
mated in the modern milling pro-
cesses which are absolutely necessary
To the restoration OF tissue and the
formation OF blood AMI bone. Conse-
quently bread should be made from
whole wheat fiour-i. q. four manu-.
factured by the simple process OF
crushing the wheat & aims. 1t was
upon such -four, says Mr.. Hart, that
the apostles built up the constitu-
tions which enabled them 10 perform
their great work OF Congratulations
work requiring wonderful physical
energy and endurance as we'll as great
mental power. it was upon whole
wheat tou, they say, that the
Greeks became the most learned, the
most artistic, and the handsomest
people the world has known, and
upon 1t the Romans nOurlshed the
warriors and statesmen which made
their capital the mistress OF the
whole known world Shakespeare,
most industrious and fertile. Drained
OF all poets and writer's, was wont To
take his own selected grain to Lucy's
mill and have II made into meal from
which no element was eliminated,
and the American and African abo-
rigines, whose splendid health and
sinewy frames have caused the white
man envy never ate breadstutI OF any
other kind than that containing the
whole grain until brought into con-
tact with civilization.
Lime, iron, and slick are the prop.
critics OF wheat elimated In modern
bread making, and they are ali vi.
tally necessary TO the human constt-
tuition. When Mr.. Hart and his fol-
lowers have succeeded In bringing the
woriN to a realization OF this fact and
consequent rational milling and .pan.
ufacturc OF breadstuifs, il Is safe to
say that the general health will be
vastly improved even ir all men do
not become marvels OF strength and
intellect all women paragons OF
beauty and grace, and all doctors and
dentists unnecessary and supertluous
ad juncts Of society.