The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-26
MINCE PIE.

An event OF no slight significance
occurred Thursday, when DR.. H. w.
Wiley, government chemist, had a
meeting with thirty representatives
of mincemeat manufacturers. They
came together to define what standard
mincemeat should be.
The governments pure food men
say that meat should me an ingred-
lent of mincemeat. Most of the man.
ufacturers contend that meat is not
necessary ingredient
Mince pie minus meat will lose its
unique character. Persons whose
digestion is not robust enough to cope
with meat made pie can remain con-
tent with the less virile satisfactions
of pumpkin, apple, and other exclu-
sively fruit pies.
1t is probably true that pumpkin pie
is most attractive to persons of a
romantic and imaginative disposition.
! Not merely do such relish this creamy
compound, but it's golden color con.
veys subtle suggestions of the luxur-
liant vegetable garden of the old home
stead, bringing with it twining men,
cries that pull at the heart strings.
Furthermore, it suggests the glorious
redundancy Of the squash and pump
kin exhibits at the county fair, indi-
eating the lavish hand with which ma
ture rewards the toiler in the fields.
The mincepie has glories of it's own.
The tang Of meat pervades the pie
with a TONIC like sunshiny October
day. 1t sets the virile forces of life
pumping energy into your blood, its
substantial nourishment sustains the
toiler.
No wonder that the stern old Pur-
itans of New England used to pre-
pare long rows of mince pies at the
time OF Thanksgiving. Had the pie
makers regarded chiefly the festal
aspects of the holiday, the squash or
pumpkin would have been preferred.
But with the strain of a cold New
England winter in prospect, it was
seen that physical energy for coming
storms was to be built on no less en-.
during basis than meat pie.
"Aroint thee, witch!", one may then
well say to these adulterators and de.
cadents who would substitute fruit
juices and floury connections, which
never can support human life in days
Of exhausting toll.
MUZZLING THE NEWSPAPERS.
Newspapers are a mighty unhandy
thing to have around, just as the police
are. At least, for people who have
deals to put through in the dark, OF
burglaries to commit.
The latest attempt to gag the news
papers Is in Ohio, where a bill has
been favorably reported in the legis
lature to put editors and publishers
in Jail, II they exact promise from
candidates for office. There is also a
fine of 500 to $500.
1t Is newspapers business to re
cord the buyings and settings in the
market, and legislators whose votes
are put up at auction will no doub,
favor a law that will harass honest
publishers.
No doubt some men will vote fol-
such bill thoughtlessly, or from hon
est motives. Gov. Harmon favors the
proposed law, and no doubt he hon
estly thinks it will remove an evil.
Let such men think how much a pro
posal would hamper the publisher
seeking to defend the rights of the
people.
The people naturally want to know
how their representatives are going to
vote on important public matters
Any citizen has perfect right to ask
a candidate to pledge himself to vote
a certain way. The candidate has a
perfect right to make such a pledge
or to decline to make it, just as he
sees fit.
| Newspapers naturally want to know
something about a candidates point
of view before wasting their good
space on supporting him, Just as the