The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
Nv DIR. G. HENRY BRINKLER,

Nv DIR. q. HENRY BRiNkLEks
Author Of "suitsb!e Foods
Visit the State or county fair and OBJ
serve the contented-looking pigs, fat
enough to delight tho eve and heart Of
any farmer; the comfortable cow MUNICH
ing her cud. with calm Indifference; the
beautiful, spirited horses, with backs ft
for queens: shaggy sheep. proud turkeys
al in the bloom Of good condition. Then
turn your attention 70 the people the
passing throng OF slghtseers-some MAIN
ed, some hunchbacked d0uble-ch!uued.
pot-bellied. overweighted, diseased. ema-
ciated creatures Of another dispensation.
and the contrast presented is far from in
spring. The real difference Is stiI greater
than appears, for the people are clothed
and bedecked in gay and deceptive raj
ment whereas the animals must stand
forth in their true nakedness. Nor would
the picture be overdrawn If man and beast
were viewed alike ia daily life.
Ask that stock raiser how he managed
TO produce such fine specimens Of life. and
with pride he may say: "Sir. 7 care for
these animals more than a mother cares
for her children. When they are over
heated or sickIy ! turn them out TO get
fresh grass When they become too fat
and lazy. 7 stop their corn and give them
oats, which. as you know, contains less
heating clements and more muscle-form-
ing elements in proportion. When they
become uumanageable, I give them less
grain OF more exercise. When the hair
falls off their backs or loses It's gloss. I
give them more grain.
Now, where IS the man who takes such
care OF himself or his child, or uses such
rational methods? Look at that prize
donkey. Wen. Il was just the same old
donkey forty years ago. when I was a
boy It never grows old. and It's as care
tul Of its foods as-well as any donkey;
! for when you come 10 real wisdom there
isn't anybody you can compare il 10
You can't tempt # to eat what isn't
suited to it. and It won't work till il gets
what It wants. The old gentleman over
there who is looking at it through his
/ spectacled and wizened face may think
he's looking at n senseIess animal. but
he's mistaken. You know the old saying.
a man may live three times as long as
horse, but n donkey can live three
times as long rs a man. and crow three
times as long as a donkey"
Now. why should intelligent man be
outdone by a donkey and an old crow?
Neglected by Medical Science.
Has not Virchow said that the highest
/ good for the human race must come from
a suitably selected Diet, and that medi-
! cal science has neglected the fundamen-
tai subject? Can IL be that college pro
/ fessors really know less than the old
stock raiser and the donkey and the
crow? To be sure. man varies his food
very little and without q rational method
in health and disease. I'm age and in
youth. IN indoor work and outdoor work.
Headaches and fever gout and rheu-
matics, cause q groping for more suitable
foods 1t cannot be that man, who at
tends so carefully to ventilation, heating,
and sanitary appliances, is oblivious Of
the effects OF foods. II only is that
hitherto there has been lack of rational
III at L4Aul W uCLIt MINIS HbSl-
lively the effects of foods in the cor
vincing manner that stock-raisers have
employed for the few foods used by their
animals Mans complicated diet and
/ chemical research has proved his bewi!-
derment up to date.
/ Only lack Of method, opportunity, and
attention, and a certain feeling Of blind
/ hopelessness, has prevented thorough at
ton to this subject. but foods are con-
stantly being improved by cultivation and
( breeding and attention is becoming fever
I ishly and Intensely excited and is spread
/ ing by great wave of interest into sys-
/ tematic Investigations. Man is being
/ forced TO observe relations Of foods to di-
/ gestion. headaches, fevers. the grip. &c.
The man who once would spend an hour
each day preparing foods for his prize
/ dog. and noting their effects. and was
! ashamed 10 give the like attention to his
/ children. Is now reversing bis propaganda
! He is considering the effects ot foods on
the health of his business. and. incident
/ ally, on his own health. Millions are now
| being spent on efforts TO improve the