Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-27
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

What are you going to do with tina
bag of shot?" asked Mrs. B. of the wri-
ter as he came bringing in a heavy lit
tie bag of sand. Madam replied this
scribe. that's sand. not shot" Did you
bring 1t home for Bridget to scrub the
porch with? oh. l know; it's to make
a sand pile for Alec and Gerol to play
WITH remarked the good grandma
you've said it, responded the head OF
the house. only it's for better pur-
pose. Did you know. madam. that
William Windsor. Ii. D.. PHI. d.. presi
dent of the International Health Asso-
citation of ST Louis, has made great
discovery? Popularity speaking. we
must become dirt eaters. Not the peck
of dirt inevitable during our lifetime,
tut a regular addition to what we
swallow" another fad" said Mrs. b.
to Seraphina. Now l suppose you're
going to read something to us. Il
am replied the writer With a re-
signed look the addressed lady settled
herself in the rocking chair. Listen
to what the LII. D., Phi. D.. says
"The article in question is true in
every particular, except that l insist
upon the elimination of the dirt idea
/ claim to have discovered the fact
that all animals require sand or grit in
some form to perform the office of d.
gestion. The stomach is mill adapted
to the grinding of food, but 1t must
have a grinder. Every creature except
man supplies this grinder in the form
of sand, but man has forgotten it. Ba-
bies are born with the instinct to eat
sand and will fill their mouths with 1T
If they get the chance. The instinct is
continued long into life and is evil
denced by the craving of some chill
dren. especially girls. for slate pencils,
chalk, in fact, anything that will sup
ply grit canary bird can not be kept
in health without it, horses consume
large quantities of 1t and will sicken
in the stables if they are denied It, Ma
ture abounds with proofs of the theory
and ! have behind me a four years
record of thousands of persons bene-
flied by the doctrine and not one case
CT injury reported. / have never tried
to make any money out of 1T and do
not put ii up in pills or private formu-
las. The sand we use is distributed to
our members and all persons who wish
II at about the cost of preparation and
sterilization 1t is a beautiful, clean
product, and ! herewith give full direc-
lions for preparing and using it. The
sand must be clean and round II must
be insoluble in the juices of the ston1-
ach White soluble sand is useless and
sharp sand may be injurious, but the
ic1,
the grinding surface required by ma
ture. Birds fly long distances to OBJ
tain round sand, which is found only in
certain localities.
"A teaspoonful of round. clean,
brown, insoluble sand, taken internal
~. daily, will cure the most obstinate
cases OF indigestion and constipation if
plenty of water is drank with it. Every
person should drink a glass of water
for every ten pounds of his weight
every twenty-four hours. And as diet
is most important feature of every
doctrine which promises health, give
The diet advocated by our society:
Fruits. nuts, vegetables, eggs and
GARY products are the natural foods of
man. Eat them raw. eat them fresh,
Selt tIic MINI tiitAt - .ioiiiobS WIN
Your temperament. at temperature
that is agreeable to yo' stomach
Now, madam. If my wishes are con-
suited. you will fill the sugar bowl out
Of this bag of sand, and place it on our
family table three times a day" "Or-
der car load of sand at once" said the
obliging woman; its the cheapest
thing we've ever adopted. Seraphine.
please go down and tell Bridget to have
for supper two pitchers full of Iowa
river water and two sugar bowls full of
sand. Put on the table half a peck of
Ben Davis apples (such delicious fruiD,
hll the nut dish with Iowa black wall
nuts, also add to the menu one dozen
Of strictly fresh eggs. to be served raw;
get some turnips, carrots. cabbage. po-
Latoes: have them nicely cleaned and
served la nature. Also, for Mr.. BIS
benefit, add in a covered dish some of
that cheese we keep out in the wood |
she'd. Don't forget some creamery but