The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-07

of the dish. Then this milk charged
with Post Sugar is fed to the infants
producing the most satisfactory results,
for the baby has food that it can digest
quickly and will go off to sleep well fed
M contented.
When baby gets two or three months
old it is the custom of some mothers to
allow he Grape-Nuts to soak in the
milk a little longer and become mushy.
whereupon a little of the food can be
fed in addition to the milk containing
the washed of sugar.
It is by no means manufactured for a
baby food. but these facts are stated as
an Illustration Of a perfectly digestible
food.
It furnishes the energy and strength
for the great athletes. It is in COM
mou use by physicians in their own
families and among their patients, and
can be seen on the table of every first
class college in the land.
We quote from the London Lancet
analysis as follows:
THE basis of nomenclature Of this
preparation is evidently an American
pleasantly, since 'Grape-Nuts' is de-
rived solely from cereals. The pre-
p%aratory proce undoubtedly converts
the foo constituents into much more
digestible condition than in the raw
cereal. This is evident from the
remarkable ~solubility Of the prepara-
ton. no less than one-half of it being
soluble in cold water. The soluble part
contains chiefly dextrin and no starch.
In appearance 'Grape-Nuts' resembles
fried bread-crumbs. The grains are
brown and crisp, with a pleasant taste
not unlike slightly burnt malt. Ac-
cording to our analysis the following IS
the composition of 'Grape-Nuts'.
Moisture, 6.02 per cent; mineral mat
ter. POI per cent; fat. 160 per cent;
proteids, 1900 per cent; soluble car
bohydrates &C, 49.40 per cent: and
unaltered carbohydrates (insoluble).
1857 per cent. The features worthy OF
note in this analysis are the excellent
proportion of proteid. mineraI matters,
and soluble carbohydrates per cen The
mineral matter was rich in ph~osphoric
acid. 'Grape-Nuts' is described as a
brain and nerve food. whatever that
may be. Our analysis, at any rate,
shows that 1t is a nutritive of a high
order. since it contains the constituents
of a complete food in very satisfactory
and rich proportion and in en easily as
similable state"
An analysis made by the Canadian
Government some time g shows that
| Grape-Nuts contains nearly ten times
the digestible elements contained In
ordinary cereals. n foods, and nearly
twice the amount contained IN any
other food analysed.
The analysis is familiar to prac-
tically every successful physician IN
America and London
/. We print this statement IN order
that the public may know the exact
facts upon which we stake our onor-
and will back it with any amount OF
money that any person or corporation
will put up
We propose to follow some of these
choice specimens of the tribe OF An
anias-
When you hear a cooking school
teacher or any other person assert that
either Postum or Grape-Nuts ars
made OF any other ingredients than
those printed on the packages and as
we say they are made send us tins
name and address, also names OF two
or three witnesses, and if the evidence
is clear enough to get a judgment va
will right that wrong quickly.
Our bushes has always been cons
Quoted on as high a grade Of human
intelligence as we are capable or ana
we o to clear the deck Of these
prevarfcators and liars whenever ana
wherever they can be found.
Attention Is again called to the gem
eral and broad invitation to visitors
to go through our works, where they
viii be shown the most minute pro-
cess and device IN order that they may
understand how pure and clean and
wholesome Grape-Nuts and Postum
are
There is an old saying anon bust
ness men that there Is some chance
to train a fool, but there is no room
for a liar, for you never can tell where
you are. and we hereby serve notice
on ali the members OF this ancient
tribe of Ananias that they may follow
their calling IN other lines, but when
they put forth their lies about Grape
Nuts and Postum, we propose to give
them an opportunity to answer to thn
proper authorities.
The New York girl wisely said that
If q person would lie about one items
it brands the whole discourse as abso-
lutely unreliable.
these "mlavericks'' whenever you find
] them running loose.