Arizona republican., 1910-03-09

{; out and prevent Its being rccondenScd in the potato. making it Soggy rather | than dry and flaky. Another impor- | tant food principal in all vegetables is mineral salts. These arc near the skin. These mineral salts are essen | tial to the strength of growing chill dren's bones as they enter into their composition. And no less important is their function even in grown up folks in keeping the blood in pure alkaline | condition This mineral matter is near the skin so the potato should be Sreased before baking that it may be easily removed. And also the heat penetrates more easily. taking less time. and saving gas also.
 For the organism to get tho most good from food if is very important to have it daintily and attractively served hich also means simply served 1t is proven fact under these condi- tiuus the brain reacts on the body. which reaches out for the tempting foods and stimulates q greater degree of absorption. Rice Is a simple form of starch and is better absorbed than thc potato. Tho efficiency of the Jap aneSc is attributed to their simple diet with it's free use of rice. IL is well known fact that bread stuffs should be well baked: that they should he baked and allowed to stand SD as to be dry enough to stimulate the flow of saliva. in something the same manner as crackers. Bakery bread so often forms pasty mass when eaten An excessive indulgence in warm breads F1aft t.a bread will be sclf-evident in a family bv their pasty skins and irrita- ble dispositions. Toast should not merely he Drowned delicatcly on both sides driving the moisture in. making it soft: hut dried out and then brown ed delicately on both sides.
 The purpose Of cooking meat is to make them more attractive both in appearance and flavor and soften the muscle fibre that they may be masti- cated and digested. The cheaper, coarser meats are the more used mus cles hence. they are more nutritive. The coarSer the meat the longer it must he cooked. This kind of coarse ness has to be treated as q vcSetabl coliulOse and have moist heat ap- piled to it slowly and at a low tenn perature A tender. less used muscle such as the standard prime ribs, Or the Ioin steaks, need their surfaces merely scared by intense heat to seal their juices. and then the tenn perature reduced. and cooked for short time to soften their flimsier connective tissue and heighten their flavor So much in explanation of
 
 aration of food for the health of the family.
 I've as a country neglect our bod ies We do not know the importance of the physical body Can we Ameri- can women measure up with the Eng fish women. the French women or German women? Have we as soft voices or as much poise as English women; have we such beautiful com pleXions as the German women with their strong physiques and thorough efficiency? That great master mind of Walt Whitman's says, The body is the soul and the soul is the body; if not what then is the soul2" So let us cultivate both at once by educating the body Let us have the education of our sex to mean the sculpturing and the use of the most beautiful thing in the world-that of d living human being whose structure is strong and fine. Let the body eX- press the rounded out and strong character by it's structure and use. Let US show the nimbleness and wit and the appreciation of beauty and grace by it's 1.-the, easy. curving mo- ( r.f one part of our body for health is unconsciousness of body; but con- scious of a means of expressing our joy of being alive. being able to work, through an infinitely wonderful mechanism. I emphasize the physi cal education because in my own eX- pcrience that which has meant the most, education meaning to lead out inherent capabilities. in my physical education. It is not our real charac- ters that people can know but only their expression through the physical. So if we arc to get the most from life we must not repress ourselves by physical ignorance and take from people that which has been given to us to give to them. I feel now that physical education together with travel is the best way to be edu- cated.
 ''W1lo is responsible for the health of the family? We at once decided that the mother was. And how? By being educated carefully and thor Oughly for this great service to humanity. together with the fact that in the creation she was espec- ially and inately fitted for her task And why? Because. perhaps, of this larger spark os divinity The ideals and standard our mothers teach us admit of no question. no superiority. They give ns standards by which we measure and judge things all our lives We unconSciouslV refer