The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11

is taking among Californians, the fol-
lowing letter from Long Beach high
school boy is interesting. The lad says:
In looking over the paper of April 2
see notice from a Mr.. Well Wisher
in regard to how the raisins are not
being displayed in San Francisco, in
the way of advertising them.
We'll, wish to say that the grocers
who sell fruits of all kinds in Long
Beach do not seem TO know about
Raisin day or that the raisins are being
so extensively advertised. 1t may be
that none OF the posters have been
sent to Long Beach, and If this is
true, viii you have a few posters sent
to my address and I Will see to put
ting them in as many hotels. groceries
and other conspicuous places as I can.
Il am only a high school kid here,
but my father is a raisin grower at
Parlier and am greatly interested IN
the welfare Of the raisin situation. Re-
spectfully, ORLEY LAIRD"
TRIBUTE TO CALIFORNIANS
In commenting on Raisin day an
Ohio paper pays California businessmen
high tribute for their aggressiveness.
The initial paragraph of the editorial
is as follows:
When a man from California starts
out to do something, things are pretty
sure to happen and the desired result
to be attained. So, when body of
men from the other coast plan to boom
thing which means much to them.
the result is sure to be just so much
greater. Now the raisin growers of
California have come to the conclusion
that the country does not know all that
IL should know about raisins, so they
have set April 80 as Raisin day and
have organized to make 1t success.
In order to first arouse the interest
Of the people of Freseno in such an
undertaking as is now under way, the
chamber of commerce recently ar
ranged to offer a series of prizes for
the best written booklet on the merits
of California raisins as a health food.
Interest in the subject was quickly
manifested by hundreds of contribu-
tions from many localities and all
classes of people.
TRIBUTE TO RAISINS As FOOD
This unusual contest in the field OF
| literature ended in awarding the first
prize to the following tribute to raisins
as health food and the accompanying
collection of recipes, which gives a
formula for many ways in which
raisins may be used.
The article on the health value of
raisins is as follows:
'I put raisins as the first of all foods
that know Of They are far superior
to grapes because the sugar has been
! thoroughly matured and ripened and
transformed ready for digestion."-Dr.
Josiah Oldfield of the Royal College of
Surgeons, oxford university, London,
England.
For generations before Columbus
set foot upon the shores of the west
ern world, the fascinating beauty of
-, ~ l.. IL.
sons of men and had been the inspira-
ton of artists and poets The origin
and preservation of this historic type
is a subject of interest today to all
men and women. Not alone to climate
environment or racial distinction can
IT be reasonably attributed, but rather
and in greater part to the healthful,
nourishing quality of the food con-
sumed by the Spanish people.
GRAPE As AN AID TO BEAUTY
THE pure polished ivory of the skin,
the roses blooming upon the cheek, the
fire flashing from the eye, the goddess
like development of form and regal
grace and poise are not the enchanting
creations Of the artists brush or poet s
pen, but are the outward, actual mani
festations OF health-the perfect human
form, divinely beautiful because richly
and simply nourished.
ut is not so far to find a cause. In
no land upon this earth, save one, has
the grape fiourished and grown to
such size, beauty and rich perfection
of flavor as IT has in Spain. In many
countries are grapes grown from which
wine of varying excellence is made. but
for ages in the worlds history in Spain
also was the grape grown that could
be picked from the vine and cured in
the heat of the sun until a raisin was
made so rich in the royal flavor of the
grape, so gelatinelike in texture and
so beautiful in dark amber coIoring
that the product of no otner country
or cline was held worthy of the name
RAISINS STAPLE OF DIET
I'm times long past no feast upon
the tables of the rich and the great of
the earth were complete without the
raisins of Spain, and it was alone in
| Spain that the raisins became an ar
ticle of general consumption and en-
tered largely into the diet of the peo-
pie In other countries raisins were
a luxury of the rich; in Spain they
were upon the tables of the people as
the potato in Ireland and the rice in
the orient. With black bread and
herbs they were the food of the peas
ant, maid and matron, and scarcely
| less were they esteemed by the
princess who dined in royal state.
ITO the people OF our up to date age
and country the name of health food