The age-herald., 1901-03-03

eriy built this must be the result Of the wrong kind of food; When the physi- clans despaired of him he determined to live to prove his theory. He stopped talk Ing medicines and began eating the food which should properly build up his dis eased organs, that is natural food In the natural proportions such as serials nuts. fruits and vegetables. This diet soon brought him to a state of perfect health, such as he never before enjoyed.
 A perfect physical condition Is the first step toward a perfect moral condition. Now he began to think with sympathy of his fellow mertals, thousands of them suffering Just as he had suffered;
 All of this lead to the founding of Dread Institute. He recognized that pee- pie could be brought to live correctly by no better means than by teaching the women of the land hew they should live.
 In Worcester. Mass, q large manufae- turing town just one hours ride frem Boston, there is an old castle called Dread. Up to four years ago the greater part of this castle had been for a long time uninhabited save by bats and mice. This castle he reclaimed, added to, and fitted up with all modern convenienees and converted 1t into an ideal scheol.
 New England. the seat of 80 much cui- ture and the birthplace of so many of our old customs, Is a fit place for a school advocating new education.
 MT. Perky offered free scholarships not in New England alone, but te every state In the union, that this new teaching might be more widely disseminated. Very naturally the majority of people did not understand this purpose and only about one-half of the states were represented. The first class did such good work and encouraged him so in his purpose that scholarships were given the next year te the states which failed to send repre- sentatives the year before, The follow Ing year scholarships were again offered to every state. At present there are forty pupils. including several pay-pupils from New England and the Northwest
 Everything taught in the school Is with view to proper living. The girls are taught cooking. as important a soi- ence as the selection of proper foods. which latter they study under the head of marketing. They are taught both theoretically and practically by numer- ous visits to the city market. They learn tha certain amounts of protein, carbohydrates and mineral matter necessary each day for the proper nour- ishment of the body. Here their work in the chemical laboratory comes In. They analyze the foods, thus learning which class of the food principles predominates in each food, so that they may know which foods should be combined in order to make well balanced meal.
 Of course 1t Is plain how physics and physiology contribute to the general end, but at first It seems rather puzzling that psychology, eloqution and English com position should have a place in the cur riculum. But remember that though Mir. Perky does not require 1t, he Is very de- sirous that many of these girls go out to teach this new doctrine of properly organized foods, and these three studies are necessary to the teacher that she may not only know these things. but also be able to express them to others effectively and in attractive ways to ap- peal to differently constituted minds
 Again we must not attend to the in- terior alone. It Is fully as necessary