The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-06
A GOOD BREAD CRUSADE?
an Englishnaan viii Try to Accomplish .
Much Needed Reform.


OF all the crusades recently starte(
for the reform, improvement, or pro.
pagot:on Of this, that, or the otheR
the very latest is one looking to tha
pesterment Of physical mankind
through the correction Of dietetic err
rors Of various sorts into which civilt
ized people have fallen. An EngiishI
man named Herbert William Hart Ia
the high priest and moving spirit OF
this crusade, and although SIS years
Of age, he is said to be most con.
yincing example Of the excellence Of
his ideas as applied. Mr. Hart and
such followers as he has alreaSy
gained hold to the belief that the
nervousness, lack Of reserve force,
and general want Of robustness
among moderns especially the classes
living in cities and engaged in seden.
tary occupations, are due almost en-
tirely to la:k Of proper nourishment
Even the present labor and business
troubles, they.aVer, are due to menta.
depression and excitement superin'
duced by want Of wholesome and dt
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
orders, and altogether harmful In
various ways. Our bread, made OF
bolted and rebolted wheat flour, say
they, contains little else but starch,
and starch does not. supply nearly all
the re ;uirements Of the human sys.
TEN. Wheat, as taken from straw,
contains 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-
ouently bread should be made from
whole wheat four-i. e. -four manu-
facturod by the simple process OF
crushing the wheat grains. 1t was
upon such -four, says Mr.. Hart that
the apostles built up the constitu-
tions which enabled them TO perform
their great work OF eVangeli- -ation-a
work requiring wonderful physical
energy and endurance as we'll as greae
mental power. it was upon whole
wheat fou. they say, that tbs
Greeks became the most learned, the
most artistic, and the handsomess
people the world has known. and
upon it the Romans nourished the
warriors and statesmen which made
their capital the mistress of the
whole known world. Shakespeare
most industrious and fertile Drained
Of all poets AMI writer's, was wont tc
take his own selected grain to Lucy's
mill and have t. made into meal from
VIII ch no element was eliminated,
and the American and African abo-
rhymes. whose splendid health and
snewy frames have caused the white
man envy, never ate breadstutf 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 modcrr
bread making, and they are ali vi
tally necessary to the human con>t:-
tuition. When Mr.. Hart and his fol.
lowers have succeeded in bringing the
world to realization Of this fact, and
consequent rational milling and man
ufacture or breadstufs, it is safe te
say that the general health will be
vastly i'm .,roved. even il all men dc
not become ma Vels of strength-~and
intellect, afr women paragons OF
beauty and grace, and all doctors and
dentists unnecessary and superfluous
adjuncts OF society,"