The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-02-22

a Rathbone Sisters Orphan Asylum in In
dianapolis The membership of the order
is over II 600. The next biennial session
will be held in San Francisco in August.
The official organ is THE Guest paper
on which all the work is done by women.
Mrs. Barrett announced that there would
be tea at the Crittenton Mission at 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon, at which Mr..
Crttenton is to attend.
Deed for n Home.
Il found" she said. last night a deed
for a home for the Florence Crittenton
Mission, and l thought that in that home
there ought to be room of inspiration.
| want all of those present who are will
ing to send me their pictures with a lit
tie typewriter sketch Of their lives to do
so. Then when a girl comes who is so
hopeless that she thinks there is no place
for her, | will take her into that room and
SHOW her the pictures. and tell her that
there are homes open to her.
Mrs. Bailey presented the report of the
Ladies of the Maccabees of Michigan. and
described the organization and aim of that
body She said that its basis rested not
on social position or wealth. but on char
acter alone. There are 500 hives of the
NaCcabees of Michigan. The speaker told
a story of the way in which one particu-
lar branch proved its business ability to
the entire satsfaction-or dissatisfaction
eft certain doubling Thomas.
DR.. Emily Ryden next fled her report
on the adulteration of food. She said in
part:
IF every one would always be hygienic-
ally clothed and fed, most of our ply
sicians would soon have to be placed on
the retired list. Most people have to take
whatever food the dealers provide How
important it is, then, that this food
should be pure.
Move for Pure Food.
THE Pure Food Society was organized
in 1898. The attention of American men
was first called to the aduteration of
fcodstuffs by the fact that our exports
were shut out of some foreign countries
on that account. | hope that no woman
Will cease to eat her food because of the
very dark picture / have to present but
that you will remember that things are
no worse because you have heard about
them. Some of these authorizations are
merely commercial frauds and some are
ptSItlhcly injurious. mink OF eating
hcur with u per cent of white earth in
it.
1t is generally known that baking
powders are adulterated with alum and
starch, in place of cream of tartar Alum
is an astringent and causes diseases of
the liver and kidneys. besides irritability
Perhaps in some of the homes where the
tempers are inharmonious it might be
we'll to change the baking powder In
England, France, and Germany alum bak-
ing powders are forbidden to be sold"
The speaker then touched on salicylic
acid. formaldehyde, and other preserya-
tives, and warned the audience against
grape juice, as containing salicylic acid
Butter aduterated with boraCic acid is
not allowed TO pass the custom house in
many European and some South American
cities, but is sold in our markets Sugars
are. as a rule. impure, but are sometimes
aGulterated with saccharin. which ar
rests digestion. Some of the legislation
proposed along this line is the prohibition
OF false labelling. and of artificial color
ing, and the establishing of coffee stan
dard forbidding the importation of black
jack"