The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10
DRINK ICEWATER
BETWEEN MEALS.
Use of It While Eating is Fraught
With D anger to Health,
WHY AMERIC. ANS GET THIRSTY,
,ryo, Recom, O, scrheated Drink Cold
Water Slowly i God Authorizations
Growing I'm reyalcnce-Pure
Food Congi g - Discoveries.

7, mus, 10 AMMAN mt 10 the readers OF
- ort,c'os on bve ione and health. that
tho subject OF watei Is an ehuiess one,
and To-day We quo te another author
whose writings mslnt hH Nh"t "aS "V'H
so often advocated ia hfSe coiuniis'
Very many Eur0pea u PnSSiOi%''''
marks this writer. boise We thai the most
,ctl,c causc Of gastrc-i 1tesunal disturb-
ance in America. is tia hahitudI use oil
ice-water and. he ad1s. mere can DC no
doubt that flooding me ,S'oH"Vh VII"
large quantities Of iceiwa Ter WINE one
Sc eating has "a tendency DE IO"clinb
temporarily. the tcmperiSor "I 'he stoln i
ach. as we'll as by diluTla me bds'llc
fujce. 10 cause Disturbance OF uises'loil
which. on repetition. may ! tsult III INC
production OF gastric catarr I, Ch 1ne
ofher hand be thinks the Ia .utudl tah-
Ing Of large amounts OF water. - very au,
vantaceous for an equity indiy iduals ana
for all persons who eat more '""" '"'
needs Of the system require. -.
The American habit of drink 1g water
has not arisen from the promp unsS Oh
any blind instinct. but has simply sprung
from the climatic condition The ar! d'r
los compared with Europe ai lhe
high temperature Of the summer n '"n'h9,
make the Americans throw OF Wah , @nu
make the system demand water ma
tho American ueople do not drink more
fact that the American is drier IN
diyidual not only IN his speech, but $50
IN his tissues than the European. '1
bumo4fst hahitually expresses. physi '
logical fact when he makes John MA
in the cartoon plump and succui"nt' ana
Brother Jonathan. hard ana dry
DRINK BETWEEN MEALS.
The American drinks water. the writer
continues. because he is thirsty. he Is
thirsty because ne sweats; and ne wants
the water cold because ne Is hot. the
cooling OF the system being demanded
hui the cool temperature being especially
grateful 10 a heated throat what, ne
asks. is the poor American 10 doI tie Is
threatened with naturalization II ne does
not drink water: he is appalled, by the
horrors of gastric CataTrh If ne does drink
water The answer is obvious: Dink
water between meals rather than al
meals. The drier the meals. the less
dilute the gastric juice. the betttr-
theoretically at least, Is the digesuNA
Fortunately. the ordinary human beissE
Is made with a reserve force, and 80, u
he is IN the ordinary condition. he neet
not study the drops OF water he takes
with his meal: but If he has any disease
of the stomach or feebleness of digestion,
Il Is well worth while 10 count the drops.
Cold water, has 80 good taste when
a man Is very heated that most people
general chilling Of the body would seem
sometimes to be Of service. Nevertheless
there probably are cases in which the
sudden pouring Of large quantities OF cold
water into stomach in person VINO
has little reserve power has produced an
immediate violent disturbance. These
cases are however, I'm the writer's opin-
ion. very few: but he advises those who
become overheatcd 20 drink cold water
slowly.
FOOD ADULTERATIONS
There are some things, perhaps. that
are better left unsaid and often. where
Ignorance is bliss It's folly 20 be wise
II is probable that Sanitas will not have
many blessings bestowed upon his head
either by the producer or the consumer
for the following but I'm the endeavOr 10
raise an army OF active professors against
the almost open deliberations Of food ne
will venture
Anent the Pure Food and Drug Congress
which met in Washington. March Sd. Rene
Bach has this 10 say: The National Pure
Food Congress will start a crusade in be
half of the housewife and taxpayer. The
latter IL is reckOned. pays $50 100000 an
nually In this country for sawdust, sand,
soaD- grease. horse fat. clay, and great
variety Of other worthless substances
mas0uerad.ng as edibles, favored with
acids and dOctored with poisons to ala
cry six that perish. dies Of poor mi d. and
"A well-knOwn expert asserts that fraudu-
lent foods and impure water cause more
deaths in a year than are occasioned by
alcoholic stimulants
The frugal housewife looks over the
contents Of her pantry IN despair She
knows that nothing there is pure all Of
the food articles she buys are falsifed
The wheat -four is I'm part damaged peast
and ground rice weighted with soapsi0ne
the olive-oil Is made from cotton seed;
the grated hOrseradish is turnips: the
sage Is potato starch; the Nermicelh IS
moor -four whitened with pipe clay; the
powdered sugar Is glucose. Hour clay
and sand And the bu,ter-oh, the but
ter III the mistress Of the mansion IS
up-tO-date. she knows how 10 test mat
In a way that IS simple. yet certain. she
takes a scrap Of H. rubs II on piece OF
glass. and holds 1t up TO the light so as
to look through It. II IL IS pure butter
the gmudge will be a smooth blur. But
no. II shows bright specks and spots,
which are crystals of beef fat s.earine.
THE SUBSTITUTES.
II Is very discouraging A bit Of lard
from the lard pail, tested In exactly the
same way. shows the beef rat crystals
likewise But the housewife is not disap-
pointed. She knows that there is very
little real lard made in this country; some
butchers put II up in q small way. The
big manufacturers. summoned before
congressional committee half dozen
wears ago. confessed that all OF them sold
fslsihed lard. The reason WHY Is easily
seen when they can buy beef fat stearine
Tor three cents pound and hog fat costs
six cents. The stearlne being too dense.
"a diluted with cotton seed oil. and enough
real lard Is added 10 give the requisite
flavor.
This housewife is a wise woman, and
she has learned that cotton seed oil is
used as a substitute for cream In the
manufacture OF both butter and cheese.
Her own family supply Of the latter ar
ticle she looks upon with not unreascn-
able suspicion inasmuch as the chances
are that n Is made OF unsklmmed milk
and lard. This method Of cheese produc-
tIon IS remarkably ingenious. Every bit OF
the cream Is taken ont Of the milk win
a mechanical separator Then all the
fatty substance having been removed
from Il. the skinned milk Is charged
with lard and cotton seed oil. The arti-
ncial mixture ~ converted into cheese.
the oil being taken up I'm the curd and
mechanically. held there the cheese curd
Is simply used az a capsule 10 carry H.
II Is the danger for her babies which
worries this good woman most,
owever She has read that In
ties. nearly Eve times as many
eaths from cholera infantum oc-
nir. as IN the country. Only one moth
sccur, as in the country. Only one moth
or IN six. IS aDie 70 nOurish her child for
a year In the natural manner and hence