The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-09
A HOME CONGRESS.
The Five Weeks Study Of Diet Soon 10
Begin In Boston.

ture events, the home congress, to be
opened in Cotillon hall, Boston, Oct. 8,
is an assured success.
Two years ago Mrs Ellen A. Rich
ardson, widely known as an art repre-
sentative at both the Chicago and At
lanta expositions, and, besides an artist
Of repute an enthusiast on the subject
of diet as essential to health, instituted
the first course of dietary lectures. In
the intervening time she has worked so
industriously and to such good purpose
that widespread enthusiasm has been
aroused and ardent coworkers have
come forward by the score. In her own
words ''More knowledge on the princi-
Piles of how to live, how to nourish, will
decrease crime, poverty and incomplete
human beings When we think Of the
starved natures, born starved, and Of the
starved bodies, born starved, is there
any wonder that asylums, hospitals and
prisons deplete our treasures? Some of
the money put into primary and gram
mar high schools and college education
diverted to elementary lessons of how
to feed and run our own engines would
be well spent and would open prospect
of balance to the credit of the govern
ment." And believing all this and more
she has spared neither time nor strength.
! Therapeutics of diet, that science
which teaches how far food may be
made cure is far too little understood.
1t is hoped that the congress in its in
fluence upon the people will do much
toward bringing about reform. In order
to simplify and to classify the immense
amount Of matter, the allotted time Of
five weeks has been divided into one
each for physical, mental, moral and
aesthetic development and the discus
sion Of sociological problems.
From 0:30 until ~ each morning
valuable addresses ON life and character
development as influenced by food will
be given by experts At 3 o'clock each
afternoon there will be competent adj
/ dresses ON the influence of cooking in
food and the effect of various foods
upon health, i'll place Of the mere expo
sitiQn of recipes usual on such occasions
I At :45 each evening there will be
lecture, illustrated by stereopticon views
/ While all of these will be Of interest
Z W IDOuSllllul LUX ullI, dDON6 all, ~
mothers and heads Of families, it is prob
/ able that the afternoon lectures will be
most absorbing. We are only now be-
ginning to appreciate the influence of
nourishment upon all forms of develop
ment, and the opportunity to hear the
most advanced theories and to study
actual facts is one 70 be hailed with ell
thusiasm. Whether or not the ultimate
aim of the promoters of the congress,
/ the teaching of the fundamental prin-
ciples of food economy il the public
schools, is ever reached, the fact Of the
discussion being held by men and wCm-
Ell Of renown is an important step. By
means of complete apparatus the proc
ess of digestion will be clearly shown
and experiments used to illustrate the
effect of different products and TO show
why lone mans poison may be another
mans food. Varying occupations ard
pursuits will be taken up and discussed
and the problem OF how TO meet the spe-
cial demands Of each discussed at
length. To-many il rot TO most people
/ the various processes by which food be-
comes bone, muscle, blood, ave enigmas.
1t is hoped to make all such matters so
clear and simple that all who hear viii
comprehend and that the seed SO sOwn
will bear abundant fruit.
Prominent On the list of lecturers are
Professor o. 4. Atwater, LII. D. of
Wesleyan university, who is in charge
/ of the government investigations in the
laws of nutrition and the economy OF
the food Of man d. @. Gilman, LII. D.,
president of Johns Hopkins university /;
A. G. True, PHI. D., director of the office
of the experiment stations, United States
department of agriculture; j. Sterling
Morton, secretary of agriculture; 9. w.
Dabney, LII. D., assistant secretary Of
agriculture, and president of Tennessee
university; William T. Harris, LII. D.,
United States commissioner Of educa-
ton; Carroll D. Wright, chief Of bureau
of statistics, and Il. Hamilton Cushing,
Professor Lester f. Ward, DR.. o. T..
Mason, Hon. G.. Browne Goode and Pro-
fessm Wiley, all of the Smithsonian
institution, Washington.
During the second week food as a
means of mental development will be
freely discussed and many interesting
proofs of how the brain is nourishod
will be adduced DR.. Arthur MaoDon-
aid specialist III the United States
board Of education. will not only deliver
his own lecture, but eXpound the truths
learned from his marvellous instruments
as well. By their aid the finer emo
tional forces of human nature can be
accurately gauged and the difference
shown between starved and nourished
brains as well as bodies.
The third week moral development
will be studied and there will be inter
esting reports from active workers as
well as lectures. The effect of food upon
crime and the relation OF properly nour-
ished minds and bodies TO decllent
tendencies will OMEN up much tnat is
fresh and interesting.
The fourth week will be given ever
to the aesthetic side of life, and ali tn
many Dhnses of the sunipat will ne al he.