New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-12
ONE BOOK WITH A PURPOSE.
A CRUSADE FOR PROPER FooDs-How TO MAKE
THEM DAINTY AND APPETrzING as WELL.

A CRUSADE FOR PROPER FooDs-HoW TO MAKE
THEM DAINTY AND ApPETGzING AS WELL
The vital Question is the rot TOO clearly DE-
snriptivs title Of little book that Is c~e'uns
more than a passirg because Q practical interest
among housewives Of the right sort. they VINO take
into consideration no; merely the transitory pea"
ures OF the palate. but the enduring ad'ah'"s
of good nourishng food for their museums anu
children and all who come under the spheie VI
their control In such matters. The DOCK as u e'i
dent at the first glance through its contents -
written 70 achieve a purpose. other than to mercy
cater 10 the faded appetitss OF gourne's seehiNs
new worlds to conquer. new haNors 10 'pp'''e "
condemn In the opening pages the author WIG y
modest enough to leave us 10 surmlse "i' ""n'
begins by comparing tho human BODY 10 pu'''
ing in course OF construction. and so follows W
tho naralleI that irresistbly the CONCLUSION -
forced upon the reader that bad or ignorant COOKS
are to the physical man what ignorant p""u'S
and thieving contractors are to d"ehers III hou''
In proof of tie effects OF providing poor pous
building materials to the growing chiih is c"eo ',ie
fact that u per cent OF children die before Ieae
ing tho age OF one year, while % per cent ia'i "
a,,ain tho age of five. Following out ths line Oh
inyestiga ton one of the States OF the N"ioh' "p
parentIy Massa ,husctts. although II u po' ha"""
! IS dragged forth from the cosey hres'de Oh s"us
self.laudatio and hailed TO the bar, there 10 De
| branded as A de facto' murdercss OF chiidreh'
ard an alder and abettor of mental aberrates ana
| nbvscsI degenerates, all through "A sinful care
assnoss in the matter of that daily bread for whch
| tho children are taught TO pray ny the very
n,rents WHO. In the Judgment Of THE Vital CUES
ton" are driving them into their graves p''so"'
| or madhouses
| Having thus held up the Old Bay State to 'hs
| contempt Of other communities just as bad 80
! herself The Vital Question proceeds 10 plaes
| regards general knowledge the arts. the sciences
ednca onal advantages and phantnrq1pS ron
those of all her sister States are due 10 me Iau.-
cal difference between knowledge ara 'h,eSsn ,sd
tbrough schools and books. Intelligence y GOD.
sIven' but pe:imens OF extremely useful GRADE
q il may ee found between the cover; o. ina
rne pSDn is that in the shredded wheat
ard pT, on tire %aisss fa suppy
Of ali the properties essential noursh manhi I;
in supreme perfection while In me oo.sed Wn', n
nov eovntry as the highest products OF the rers
art there are lacking certain Of those aNntsssen
The nitrate, Sse ana s. sas 20 Up
nerves muscles, perfect teeSh snu sSeU~ n,,r nos
lacking which we are oSSed % nstisS
pitfalls. iunatic asylums ana e'''ee'''"'' 'A''''~
A.r.ss .I Hsss: :, SySs.ndn sf 81:
on foed. and their values from the point Of View
Of s9oS9sT Syr. saRsr snss.ss5ns
clinical lecture deserving Of eafe!S sr az srS.
study By AZ e T ssman s sSnsampo sa'
Of the book recipes and menus eyer one hum
proved excellence, and all Of them based upon the
,hrsdasS wheat ws ssa s aSt 9. u u
s ssh a. sSm FOWL. fruits or vegsiabss.
MT Il 10 new venture into the held Of tookery and
,s and xe ye bens those eomSa
l under their care.