The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-03-26


understand that the preparation of a
meal is an art, not a drudgery. When
this is accomplished, we shall both
be able to live and eat much
cheaper and BETTER
This assertion was made by DR.. H.
w. Wiley, head of the chemistry bu-
reau of the department of agriculture,
who came to Chicago today to be pre-
sent this evening at the flfty-third
annual reunion of the Harvard Club
! of Chicago, says the Chicago Daily
News of recent date. The doctor, who
is widely known as the food expert
of the government, had great
deal of interest to say regarding what
We eat and what we pay for it, He
called fairness in persons Of sedentary
occupations a modern curse, told
what makes fat. and how laborers
should be fed.
SCORES EDTBLES IN PACKAGES.
He described with indignation how
the people get "stung' on many kinds
of edibles put up in packages. These
he declared, are often short weight or
| short measure. or diluted-canned
goods included He broke lance
against the vegetarians, declaring
that such a one-sided diet would re-
Gulf ,,l+ir,ota1,r IN a oop,,1o+. ,,I,,-e; o,1
change-probably not for the best-in
the human form, and, finally, when
asked to suggest an ideal diet, he re-
fused to make any general sugges-
tions, but told what meals he had
found suitable for himself.
COOKING RANKS WITH PAINTING.
American women" he said, "are
too willing to leave cooking to domes-
tics,
The preparation of a meal is not
only an art; it is a fine art, as worthy,
in its way as painting and sculpture
A woman who knows how to cook W
and does cook we'll does not demean
herself in the least; she ennobles her
self and benefits everyone around her
for nothing is more important in the
evolution of the race than dietetics
DR.. Wiley reached Chicago at 9 am
on the Pennsylvania limited, and was
escorted at once to the University
club by DR.. Henry Hooper, w. ].
Hubbard and Eomes MacVeagh. Here,
seated in Johnsonian attitude in a big
leather armchair, he discussed food
questions entertainingly with re-
porter for the Daily News.
WHY PERSONS GROW FAT.
us there any known reason" he
was asked, why some people should
be fat and others thin?'
ION, yes. There may, of course be
diseased condition bringing about
an adipose state, but as a rule it is
due to the fact that people in sedent-
airy occupations eat too much fat and
starch and sweets-too many potatoes
and too much rice. Adipose tissue is
getting to be the curse of our civiliza-
ton. Now l, for instance, weigh 20
pounds more than l ought"
The doctor glanced down at his 21O
pounds of bone and flesh as he said
this He is a man Of large frame.
THAT is because 1 am too fond of
just those foods-potatoes and rice.
You can feed laborer all of that stuff
you want to-the more the better"
SUGAR SOURCE OF ENERGY.
"Starches and sugars are converted
directly into energy" continued the
doctor. When one is doing manual
labor the energy thus generated is at
once used up. If you want to get a
good days work out of a fellow, fill
him up on potatoes and bread. But a
man of sedentary life-a professor or
o student or an office man-who eats
these things can't use the energy up
fast enough and it is stored in his
Body in the form of fat"
do you think Americans eat too
much?"
"Those who live an active outdoor
life do not. 1t is possible the rest of
us may. A man who works with his
head should eat lean meat, and should
not be too profuse in his diet. But,
as / say, fairness or thinness my be
due to a diseased condition. Inere
are some people who would get tat if
you starved them. Others will always
be lean no matter how much starch
and sugar they consume. The hook
worm, for instance, emaciates its vic
Tins"
AS TO COMPANY AT TABLE.
do you believe that people should
eat alone or in congenial company"
The ideal, it seems to me, is to
have q faw Intimate friapdo ~, mon,