Evening star., 1901-03-18
Prof, Albert William Hart Prescribes
Food for Man.
SCIENCE OF DIETETIC THERAPEUTICS
Wants Permission to Increase the
Health of the Army.
HIS THEORIES EXPLAINED

The secretary or war Will prODaDly pc
called upon today by an elderly gentleman,
an advocate of dietetic. therapeutics, who
will seek the opportunity to prescribe the
amount and kind of food to be supplied by
the government to American troops This
man, whose name is Albert William Hart.
and whose card is engraved Prof. Albert
William Hart told a reporter for The
lar yesterday that his mission in life is to
save the human race from eXtinction-to
prevent mankind from blotting out itself
by the of improper and unnatural food.
He said that in England thirty years ago
he found the science of dietetic therapeutics
and that among the physicians who ac-
cepted a correct the dietary rules which
he laid down We're Sir Henry Thompson,
Sir Andrew Clarke, James Fox, Sir Ben
jamin Ward Richardson and Sir Richard
Quain.
Sir Richard Quain,'' said Mr.. Hart,
"W no was physician to the Princess of
Wales, now the Queen of England, restored
his distinguished patient to health by the
use of the kind of bread which l advocated
In the interest of humanity, and for this
service he was knighted. One of my
verts was DR.. Gibbs, physician to her royal
highness the Duchess of Teck, and this
man caused to be introduced into the royal
nursery the special bread made from the
ideal flour which l provided.
AS might be inferred from the references
ildue DS mT mart, he Is an EnSllSnnlan,
and he told The Star reporter that his
father was a colaborer with James Watt
the celebrated engineer, and that his
mother was, in her generation, the most
beautiful woman in Litchfeld. Mr. Hart
says he is seventy years old. His skin is
clear his flesh firm and his muscles hard.
Mans Ignorance.
Man is extremely ignorant about die
tetics,' he said. Now, take for instance
that man you over there pairing that
apple. You see he throws away the pairing
In doing that he has cast from him the
most valuable part of that particular fruit
from the food standpoint. That richly
colored apple peel contains the elements
needed in the aSSimila ton and digestion of
the apple. Without it, the balance of the
tissue of that fruit is not fit to eat 1t will
tax that man Stoma ch to dispose of what
he is eating. Now, it just so with cereals.
We throw away the husk and skin and by
this we waste the really valuable part of
the grain, that which contains the food
properties required to nourish the mind
and body, to promote circulation of the
blood and to feed the nervous system. We
cannot have perfect men and women with
out proper nourishment. The crime which
abounds in the world is mainly the result
of bad dispositions resulting from improp-
erly nourished bodies, resulting from i'm
proper food.
Il would like to address the ministers of
the gospel in Washington and | would
prove to them that the higher condition Of
mentality spirituality and morality depend
on the food We eat. We are what we eat
l would prove to them that many of our
preconceived notions of living are wrong
utterly wrong. The major part of the sick
ness which afflicts the human race has its
origin In the stomach. People who eat
what the world calls good food suffer
equally with the people who eat what the
world calls poor food. But they do not eat
the food which God intended they should
eat. They persist in eating abnormal food
q ind hraJ
body. How can a man have great thoughts
and fine will and a splendid balance if
his brain is f-famished-practically
starving, as it were, notwithstanding that
he may gorge himself with foods that to
him taste good and which society in it's
artificial state actually says is good? Why
he can't do it.
Investigates the Jewish Methods.
You ask where l got the inspiration for
these ideas about food? I will answer
you. Fortyfive years ago 1 was travelling
through Palestine. L observed how the
Jewish women were slowly beating and
grinding the grain which they made into
bread. This caused me to investigate how
the ancient Jews, who gave to the world
higher ideals and possessed the strength
OF purpose to live up to the principles
they found to be good, made their bread
l would have the world eat that kind of
bread"
When this juncture in the interview had
been reached Mr. Hart drew from a pig
eon-hole in a desk near which he sat A
slice of cake. Cutting off a piece. with a
paper-cutter he gave it to the reporter and
bade him eat it. The reporter did so and
found 1t good.
Now" continued Mr.. Hart, that cake
was made under my direction. You could
not get another piece like it in the United
States. If you should never get anything
else to eat but cake made as that Is you
could live and keep we'll and strong 1t
,tot,1 1,a% t.,
human body.
Sends Food to Mrs. Mckinley.
EARLY in November" said Mr.. Hart,
while 1 was in Minneapolis. 1 read in
the newspapers that Mrs. Mckinley, wife
of the President, was i'll, and that the
doctors, with all their medicines and bot
ties and paraphernalia were able to do
very little for her. I prepared sack of
-four and some breakfast food for her and
writing letter containing directions about
the cooking of them, / sent them to her.
/ received a letter from the secretary to
the President, saying that the grain had
been received and that the President and
Mrs. Mckinley returned their sincere
thanks. few days later l read In the
newspapers that Mrs. Mckinley was able
to leave her chamber and come down to
her meals. l tell you, sir, correct food
infallibly produces the right results
by the adoption of the system of diet
WHICH duNoCdlc TIE pour may De emancl-
pated from their poverty by reason of in
creased health and superior energies; the
criminal class will be reduced to the mini
mum: sickness and disease will be OBJ
waited, and life greatly prolonged. Even
the rich and well-to-do will be so much
more healthy, physically and mentally,
that their moral organs will come into ac-
ton. with the result that their RESPONSE
biities will become apparent to them
Prof. Hart said he would be willing to
give his time and talent to the increase
of the health of the army and would be
content to receive one-fourth Of the mill
lions of dollars which the War Depart
ment wastes in food, which contributes to
the deterioration of the race
Tea and Coffee.
Mr. Hart did not present to the reporter
his formula for preparing -four. If people
used this flour, he said, they could still
drink tea and coffee. It was his opinion
that tea and coffee were the authors of
some of the master works of art, litera-
ture and music.
improvements In West End Bank.