The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14
THE FEEDING Of CHILDREN.
NoURIsHMENT NECESSARY FOR GOOD
TEETH, BONES AND MUSCLES.
Too Profuse n Use of Supcr6ne White
Flour SOws the Seeds of Debflity.
Dyspepsia and Deformity and Checks
the Development of Brain and
Nerves. se-

From nothing, nothing comes. IL chill
dren are to have good teeth bones and
muscles they must be fed on food which
contains an adequate supply of nourish-
ment for the above. structures; other
wise they arc half-starved and are quite
sure 10 be troubled IN after life with de-
caying teeth. contracted jaws. crooked
spines and legs and delicate muscles. In
an article in the Tribune not long ago
1t was represented that the teeth Of the
American and English children and
young people are becoming more and
more defective. We have not to look far
for the chief causes of the decaying
teeth which often crowd the poorly de
Veloped Jaws of the rising generation
Today our children are fed largely upon
bread, cakes, pie crustS and buildings
made from the finest white supeTfine
flour which can be ground or rolled and
bolted from wheat and rye. A careful
analysis of these grains shows that inn
mcdtately beneath the hull lies the dark
porlon Of the kernel. which is hard. firm
and very difficult to grind or roll into a
fine Nour. and more or less Of il is quite
sure tx remain in contact with the bran.
and in NOiling the rest of il is mostly
separated from the fine flour. Now. this
dark portiN1 thus disposed Of contains
in excess thH very substances required
10 nour1sh the teeth, bones, muscles and
brain-namely, the gluten and phos-
phates-whereas the central or white
portion of the grain contains an excess
OF starch, which is easily pulverzed and
by boiling gives the Superfine white
-four.
The superiinc white -four is composed
OF an undue portion Of starch. which
where in proper proportion. as it exists
III the grain, Is useful in supplying heat
and fat producing material but il does
not contain enough teeth. bone. muscle
brain and nerve nourishing materials 10
sustain animal life for any considera BILE
length Of time. ConSeqUe ntiy Superfina
White -four will keep i'm barrels and bags
Tor long time without being disturbed
by insects, worms or must. whereas tho
unbolted meal will not keep for any
| great length Of time without becoming
unpleasant to the taste. Magendi. one Of
the ablest psychologists who have ever
/ lived. demonstrated by experiments that
animals fed exclusively upon the finest
superfine -four died in few weeks
whereas those fed on Unbolted -four
thrived. During the study and practice
OF medicine for over thirty years the
worst cases OF scurvy ! have ever seen
occurred in a girl five or six years old
who for some weeks would eat nothing
but toast made from SUperfiue flour
bread l only rescued her from death bv
requiring her mother to mix mashed Pc
bread was made
Imperfect development Of tho teeth
bones muscles. brain and nerves is tho
inevitable result which follows if chill
dren are fed largely on superhne white
flour cooked IN any form and teformitV
dyspepsia and debility in after life II
parents care for the present health and
development and for the comfort of their
children in after life. they should never
| let any superfne flour or bread or cakes
made from such flour enter the house
where their children dwell. II is difficult
10 imagine the immense harm TO the
present and rising generation which is
being done by the use of Superfine white
flour. and the whittier the poorer il *.
IL should be banished from use and it is
being banished steadily BY intelligent
and liberal minded people who are not
slaves TO habit and fashion. I have
known man when travelling To walk
a mile TO get loaf of graham bread
rather than eat white bread. To those
who have been accustomed to eat gra-
ham bread. cakes, etc. white bread is
taStelesS and without substance and al
together unsatisfactory.
Wherever people live on unbolted
wheat or rye -four or meal they have
good teeth. bones or muscles. / we'll re-
member, when in Egypt in 1884. at
! Thebes. the little Arab girl who, with Il
vessel of water upon her head. ran over
the sand, stones. rocks and hills as we
rode upon our dOnkeyS To visit the tombs
Of the kings, for she had splendid teeth
sparkling eyes and a beautiful and we'll
developed waist, symmetrical in form
and graceful in every movement. On a.
visit to the house of our Arab drago-
man. or guide. 10 look at some curioSi-
ties which had been obtained from the
tombs of the ancient Egyptians saw
two women grinding at a mill and max
ing the kind of flour which that young
girl ale.
There were two millstones perha rs