New-York tribune., 1902-02-02
DIET OF THE MASSES.
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FAVORED
HALF" WHO WISH TO HELP
THE OTHER HALF"

, axe one part of gumption and one part of food
NIX tnem together in a dish or pan and put into
w e o'eI' were the directions once given by an in
~ VINO dreamed of revolutionizing culinary
e1seeS tN" IN the households of the masses by
i IAN oven contrivance. Commenting on this
seemingly simple advice Robert ErsItne Elv ~
the League for Political Education said Yesterday
10 tribune reporter: Food is cheap and abun-
oant To get it is easy; but gumption is costly
ahd scarce; 20 get IL is hard
1T has been remarked NAM. ,;r,o. - - .is
Ihat one-half Of the world does not know how tbe
oter half lives, and that is why the efforts of the
more Favored half to help the other half have been
u1ley ouIIpdIatiVey so fruitess. The only method of
pllidftnropy which is really worthy OF respect be-
e!is hrst with learning, not teaching 1t does not
a''eIilpt 10 reform the erring or the ignorant by
liz usIlHs the most approved theories at them and
ofihs 10 compel their adoption wise per
90 WIN d niue knowledge of the poor who took
Oh esPeclaI interest in their food said: IT is mis-
take to try to reform peoples diet-to tell tbe,,
"ia' Ihey ought to eat. The only wav is to begin
win the things that they like and teach them how
'iAe 'hese things SO that they will taste better
anu oe more nutritious No doubt that singular
article OF food peculiar to the I-ritad states and
especially congenial the New-Fngland mind
namely hole with ring of fried stuff around il
IIch Is called doughnut crulIer is very bad for
any one who eats ii. but many persons not among
the poor are depraved enough to like il Conse-
quently the intelligent teacher of cooking instead
oI uIterlnS anathemas against the doughnut shows
her pupils how TO make onethird the cost much
better ones than those to be found in bakeries
GROWN GREAT IN SPITE OF PIES
"A formidable argument may be advanced against
pie pastry. II the American people have grown
hIedt' II Is IN spite Of pies. because them
Nevertheless the consumption of this misery Great
ing article is enormous. The cooking school teacher
while probably disappearing of pastry doubtless
eats II herself after the of most of US and
shouId snow the poor how 10 make a kind less in
dlgeStible than yvhi
while nature defes science in the most obectiona-
Die manner. man in New-Jersey is said on good
authority 10 be l29 years old. At present and for
long time past his diet has consisted chiefly of
sausage and turnps. He has smoked since he was
seven years Old and he chewed tobacco until fifteen
years ago, when ne was only ia years old. This
man. with such an Objectionable diet and such bad
habits. ought to have died the age Of twenty
nine years. solemn warning On the contrary
~. ne mas had the audacity to be unscientifc the
extent or living one hundred years longer than he
and then make fun of us
IN spite OF exceptional cases, however, we assert
what kinds of food and about what quantities are
and work vigorously. There is an enormous
economic loss 10 society because so large proper
ton OF toilers poorly fed. No one can do his
best work unless he has had enough food OF the
need for the snnnr r3 f mercy f Is 1909 me primary
OF heat and force in the animal economy. A study
rot OF statistics or of books about the Door. but
Of the people themselves as they live to-day in this
and other great cities of this country convnces the
investigator that improper food poorly prepared is
one Of the chief sources Of moral well as Of
physical ills.
BREAD AS NOURISHMENT
Almost all nationalities bread as the staple
OF their diet and among the self-supporting poor
there are three possible ways for them to obtain
II. They may buy it ready baked, as the large ma
jorty DO; they may make 1t at home; or they may
prepare II home and send Il to the bakery to be
baked Bread made at home costs more than that