The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-09

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Mrs. Sarah r. Rorer lectured yester-
day at Guernsey hall, under the aus
pices Of the Household Economic seq
tion of the Green Ridge Woman's CLUB.
There was a large attendance of wo-
men.
Mrs. ROrer grows handsomer with the
| flight Of time. and as she declares thar
twenty-five years ago she was help
| less invalid and that her study Of the
human body and diet has produced the
changes resulting in her present con-
dition. and has also made a fine, strong
man of her son, who was then practice
| ally boneless. weak. puny infant. her
| gospel of food naturally secures re-
spectful hearing.
It had been announced that she would
speak on food authorizations. but this
| topic formed but small portion of her
| lecture, and then chiefly as related to
her recent experience as Judge of the
| purity of foods at the Export expOsi-
| tiOn. In this she confessed herself
| frankly as discouraged. She selected
| as her committee four of the most
famous chemists in America, and after
experimenting and bothering for weeks.
| medals were awarded to certain manu-
facturers who had sent pure goods for
| inspection. Afterward she discovered
that all the other people who had been
| excluded from this honor had also been
given medals because they raised such
a row. Hence her encouragement.
| ABOUT JELLIES.
The jellies of commerce she found al
most universally unfit for consump-
tion. as they were made of glucose.
fruits. analine dyes. sulphurous and
sulphuric acids. while in that purport-
ing to he strawberry jelly. timothy
seeds were found to play a prominent
part, and indeed almost everything
save Strawberries probably formed the
ingredients.
| Mrs. Rorer made several strong
statements. one of which regarding con-
sumption varies slightly from the ofiic-
ial reports She stated that little is
heard of consumption nowadays, that
it is practically wiped out by modern
day science. This does not precisely
agree with the published report of the
New York state board of health, which
gives figures to show that the disease
is greatly on the increase in that state.
Her declaration that by proper diet
children may grow tall or short, fat or
lean, dark or fair. caused sensation.
She gave valuable hints on the proper
food to build up the body. making
detailed statement Of its fourteen ele-
ments and the necessary supply for the
| waste. She affirmed that nervous pros
tration results from bad food. or UNDER
feeding, and spoke of the exploded the
ory of giving iron to aneuric patients,
a practice now considered ridiculous.
1t should be gained through the medium
Of green vegetables, such as spinach,
lettuce, etc. She explained the process
of digestion at length, and declared
that bread and other starchy foods
must be thoroughly masticated, as the
saliva contains the alkaline ferment
necessary for partial digestion before
the food Is swallowed. "Swallow your
meat whole, II you DESIRE" said she.
but do chew your bread" chew
, ing, instead of assisting digestion, pre-
vents 1t.
ONE WAY TO TELL.
| Probably today every listener of the
lecture Is out foraging for litmus
} paper. If you hold small strip or
litmus paper under your tongue and
II turns blue, something is the matter
with YOU, Mrs Rorer did not say just
what 1t was nor what you must do for
, it, but the litmus paper promptly tells
whether YOU have alkaline secretion
in your mouth or whether you may as
, we'll bolt you bread as well as your
) meat.
The question Of milk for infants was
. discussed at length. Cows milk Ia
, entirely wrong. 1t should never be
used for babies, as ii does not con-
! tain the proper ingredients. In parts
. of the state milk laboratories have
. been established where the necessary
l sugar of milk is added. the cheesy
I part is removed, while albumen Is
e added in another form. making per-
feet food. A description of one of these
= laboratories was given aud it made tha
: eyes of the listners grow big and
round with amaZement. There the
| cows are driven to a house separate
from the living apartments. The milk
ers wear snow white duck suits. white
gloves and shoes. and these are
4 changed once during the milking pro.
$ cess and submitted to steam cleans.
: ing. The first few streams of milk ar
Z not used, but the remainder is passed
Il Immediately through tube into bot
e ties where it becomes chilled to Al
: degrees in five minutes There is alb
. solute cleanliness in every detail
|" Mrs. Rorer stated that il farmers
;. would plant beans instead of huyin.
II beef for food they would be better Oft
. She advocated a diet oS pork and bean.
Il for the working men, net for the city
j. residents immersed in Office duties
/ a 4,
Boston and with good reason.
. Mrs. Rorer graciously answered
= many questions and gave much valu
p able advice during the course of tn,
d lecture.