The San Francisco call., 1897-12-19
A STEALTHY ENEMY
THAT TIL r E A T E MS
TENS OF THOUSANDS
SOMETIMES SLOW,
ALWAYS SURE
A HIDDEN DANGER
THAT FEW HOUSE
WIVES RECOGNIZE
The Only Protection Against
a Slow Poison.

The frequent publication in the
newspapers of America of. cases where
whole families have been mysteriously
poisoned by eating foods ordinarily
considered absolutely harmless be-
comes less mysterious in the light Of
an article by c. H. Brace, MD, that
IS published in recent issue Of the
American Journal of Health.
This article will prove of especial
interest to every woman who is at the
head of a home. The American Jour
nal of Health publishes it under the
headline, "A Timely Warning to Those
Selecting Cooking Utensils
The article reads as follows:
While, commendable progress has been
achieved in many other important features of
modern domestic economy, the sanitary acces-
sories of our kitchens-decidedly the most i'm
poftant matter of all-have received very little
attention from hygenistS; and this oversight
is to be deplored, for there be no doubt
that the well-being of the entire household is
IN the keeping Of the culinary department OF
the home.
Many articles have been written on the
wholeSomeness or EMBELLISHMENTS of this and
that food product; tables have been compiled
to demonstrate the percentages of nutrition
and the alimentary value of the various items
or our daily fare; innumerable suggestions
have been offered regarding the Importance of
care IN tne selection or the raw material, Dut
too frequently the culinary processes are en-
tlrely Ignored, and, a result, otherwise
healthful food becomes dangerous to health
and frequently is the means of bringing sick
ness into the houehold.
Among all the dangers which threaten those
unaccustomed to sorutinizing the kitchen
equipment satisfied that the risks in
cident to an undiscrlminating selection of the
kitchen utensils take decided pre-eminence, for
the ordinary substitutes offered for the old
fashioned pots and pans are an unquestionable
menace to every one partakine of many arti-
lra6 n he for he m
ameled coating upon the iron is retained
through the means of arsenical or antimonial
the use of lead, which is a most dangerous and
insidious poison. These toxic elements may
not exist in large quantities in such utensils,
but the fact that they are employed at all,
and that there is always danger that an mex
perienced workman in the mandatory may,
through carelessness, exceed the usual guam
tity, or that an unequal distribution of the
same may occur. should afford food for
thought TO every prudent housewife. Even
though only minute quantities of lead find
their way into these utensils in which food is
prepared, 1t should be remembered that this
subtle poison is cumulative in its effects and
that the most minute particles collect from day
to day and ultimately work great injury to
the system rTba iDsijio,sDess of Iao5 Doisoo
ing is indicated by the grave diseases incident
to the painters trade, in which this virulent
poison is absorbed through the pores. Other
cases might be cited wherein water allowed to
stand over night in lead pipes caused fatal
results, and paralysis from the of hair
ayes containing preparation OF lead is not
lnfreQuently reported Any food of acid ma
ture may set free the mineral pOiSOnS used in
the manufacture of the kitchen utensils in
question, and therefore the use of such vessels
is fraught with constant dangers to health.
We have made a critical examination of the
products OF nearly score Of the nanufac-
turers of such goods, and the only articles of
the KIND tound TO be absolutely free from all
dangerous contaminations of which mention
has been made are those known Agate
| Nickel-Steel-Ware. =" The makers of this ware
| possess an exclusive process by which, through
/ the intervention of coating of nickel, the i'm
! pervious coating is caused to adhere to the
he ~
| of lead bath or the employment of anti.
| monial or arsenical preparations to achieve
such results.
The American Journal of Health has no dis
! position to unduly frighten the users of the
alarnlst. as its readers well know; but from
a carefully considered and conservative stand
| point 1t feels impelled to acquaint its pat
| rons with the truth in regard to any and every
menace to the health and well-being of the
| household. To remain silent when the evils
resulting from the use of unsanitary kitchen
utensils have been so \forcibly demonstrated
would be to ignore a plainly indicated duty.
| For twenty-eight years we have uttered eau
! tions regarding unfit and unsuitable food
| have inculcated needed sanitary restrictions
1 and have ever been first to champion hygienic
advancement according to modern lines OF
thought and in keeping with the latest scien-
| titic teachings of the age.
From the vantage ground of frank and fear
! less independence, and with no interests What
| ever TO serve save those of the readers of this
| Journal we unhesitatingy declare that we
nave found one-and but one-product of the
| kind to be free from the drawbacks named
and in commencing -Niekel-SteeI-Ware
! to every reader. we do so in the same spirit
which for over a quarter of a century has ami
mated and inspired this publication We be-
stow the heartiest editorial Endorsement upou
this ware because know that its use is
| absolutely devoid of all danger. We wish we
had found others which we could offer to our
readers as worthy OF the same high praise.
c. H. BRACE. MD.
The Lalance & Grosjean Mfg. Co., at
19 Cliff street, New York, are the man.
| ufacturerS of the Agate Nickel Steel
| Ware referred to.
AS shown by the analysis of StiIlweIl
e. Gladding. Chemists to the New York
Produce Exchange, and Ricketts, &,
Banks, Chemists to the New York
Metal Exchange, no poisonous sub
stance whatever is used in the manu-
facture Of te-Nickel-Steel-W Ware.
This ware is given two coats of en-
amel, which are entirely free from all
poisonous ingredients. Moreover, the
composition of this enamel is such
that it adheres far more tenaciously to
the metal than any other enamel on
the market. The second coat is a. hard
vitreous covering of high polish and
capable of resisting the action of
acids, a result impossible to obtain
from a single coat.
1t is the custom Of some dealers n
sell inferior gray mottled ename1ed
ware as Agate Nickel Steel Ware on
account of this similarity in annear-
ance. For that reason it is very i'm
portant that the housewife, in mr.
chasing cooking utensils, should ex-
anime the trademark. Each article
of te-Nickel-Steel-Wa bears q
trademark burned in the bottom NJ
the article, like this: