The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-22
BAD BREAD IS NOT FOUNDATION OF
DIVORCE EVIL, DESPITE WYLIE'S
SINISTER OPINION.

Dr. wylie. the Government food ex-
pert. declares that bad bread IS the real
foundation Of the divorce evil Give a
man good bread. is his argument. and
he viii be amiable, liberal, kind-hearted,
punctnal at meals, and easily amused.
Feed him with detected rolls or mullins,
and his erstwhile sweet disposition VIII
vanish into thin air.
II sounds well, but the question OF the
hour is. Is this theory founded on fact?
is bread which has long been called the
staff Of life. also the support upon which
rests amiability? I wot not.
L know a man whose wife is monu-
ment Of industry and a model house
wife. The rolls which appear on her
beds; the slices Of bread which are
served are white and even-grained and
as sweet as they can be.
Indeed. everything which appears on
that table is almost provoIingly per-
feet. just as everything in the house is
provokingIy free from dust.
Now, there, according 20 DR.. WyIie's
theory, should be a happy ana loving
husband: but he is not. Only the other
evening 1 heard him tell his wife what
he thought Of her in the brutal way men
have.
You haven't Z soII above a biscuit.
Anne he said.
1 should Immediately have dashed ont
his brains II / had been his wife but
his legal frou did nothing Of the sort
Instead she looked at him. smiling
slightly, but with thoughts eviden+I1
elsewhere, and murmured 10 herself: II
VIII have bacon with appIes-that.s the
very thing"
Good Bread Not Enough.
Good bread has not made that house
hold happy, for when a man wishes N
talk about an important article he "a
writing for a magazine he had ra+be-
the breakfast be ruined for a vvAeL,
than find that his wife's mind is dwell
ing on them instead OF on his most
eHective sentence or his most interest
ing climax
GOOD bread is the rule and not the av-
ception in the average home TO-DAY Dr
Nylie to the contrary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
out the chief difficulty is that the men
In those homes do rot know it.
Inc other day a man munchIne a hit
OF crust at his own table was address
ed by his life partner. How do vou
Ike that bread, John2' she INQUIRED IT
nave changed TO new brand OF -four
Bread!' cried John, coming 10 him
self with start: bread Why. bless
my hart, I thought I was eating cake
I declare am so interested IN the case
have N court that don't know what
am dong halI the time"
Perhaps Il IS not so much that the
bread is bad as that the American rnan
does not take sufficient time to eat his
meals that leads first 10 Indigestion
then 10 chronic dyspepsia. irrita biIitv
qUa--els and divorce.
Mothers Bread Not So Fine.
The comic papers have done one ev-
cellent thing in their long careers oe
crime They have forever broken nm tho
saying about the bread thar r,o+bar
used to make" No masculine Great "a
with sense OF humor would 5sra %
that phrase now for fear OF the con
tumely which would be called down m
on his head. As a matter Of fact the
yeast in these days is better than that
used by a former generation. the -four
is often better. and the baking far s,l-
perf0r
The first thing taught every girl who
goes to cooking school is how 70 make
bread according TO a formula that is
Ike druggists prescription for accu-
racy; the first thing the hOusekeeper
asks the cook she is about 10 engage IS
whether or not she knows how to make
good bread, and when all else fails.
right around the corner at the bakers
there is bread 70 be had-sweet, light,
and crisp-for a very small sum.
once I knew a young girl who came
home from boarding school TO find that
the bread served in her fathers house
was very bad She knew nothing about
cooking, but she bought a cook book.
written by a well-known authority.
found the directions for making bread.
studied them faithfully, followed them
exactly, and produced delicious uutrv
loaves and rolls. which perhaps knit the
household closer together, though II
had not been disrupted BY its previous
bakings. II an Untutored younRster
could do this, so. too, can anv house
keeper who is willing to take the time
and trouble.
Just a Masculine Trick.
I am not a high authority ike Dr..
Wylie. and not at all worthy to take
issue with him. but I do not believe
bad bread IS at the root OF the divorce
evil. I think that is only a mans
tricky way Of putting the oius Of the
wrong on femininity. OF course. poor
old abused wOmanknd is used 10 shoul-
dering the blame for everything
done that since Garden Of Eden times