The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-21
PURE FOOD" MEAL
SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE
Health Society of London
Has Trouble in Search for
Ideal Dinner.
TESTS TOO STRINGENT
Official Declares Use of Adul-
terated Products Unavoid-
able in Ordinary Menu.
TESTS TOO STRINGENT

LONDON, Dec. 20-The widespread
advertisement OF the Pure Food and
Health Society Of Great Britain for
hotel or restaurant to provide the mem
bers Of the society with a Christmas
dinner which would stand the adultera-
tion probes of the expert chemists o.
the society has not produced single
offer. The society is now seeking
home in which TO hold the dinner, but
no member has yet been found who
Will risk the loss OF an insulted cook.
The society named three conditions:
That the dinner shall not be too costly;
that it shall not be fad fruitarian or
vegetarian affair; and that the society
shall be allowed to conduct analyses
with the help of two analytical chem
lists during the progress Of the meal.
Problem Is Difficult.
Alfred E. Moore, secretary Of the So
ciety, believes it is utterly impossible
for an unadulterated meal Of the scope
Of Christmas dinner to be given in
London. Moreover, he issues chal-
lenge for any one to provide a days
food for an ordinary workipgman 8
family without three cases Of food
adulteration. "If the list includes cof-
fee, tea or cocoa; bread, butter, sau-
sage, bacon. milk, beef, vegetables, bis
cults, jam, honey and cheese, there viii
be moro than three cases OF adnltera-
tion,' he declares. He asserts further
that it is utterly impossible to get un-
adulterated milk in London. 1t may be
only a drop of annato TO the pint, but
this is added to give rich creamy
look to separated milk. Other adultera-
tions mentioned by, Mr.. Moore are
plaster of paris in some kinds of flour.
salicylic acid in jams, rice that is faced
with uneatable mineral matter and
boric acid in milk, cream and canned
goods,
Public Indifferent.
The society has issued it's clarion
call, "Why Should People Go On Al
lowing Themselves to be Poisonedf'
Nevertheless, the people are apparent
ly going ahead joyously preparing TO
feast according to their means on Christ
mas day, without a thought Of the
adulterations passing their lips.
For the first time during her forty
odd years residence in England the
ex. Empress Eugenie, widow of Napoleon
III, recently attended church service
in London, the occasion being the fu-
neral Of her lifelong friend, Madame
de ARGOS.
Strong Despite Years.
The aged ex-empress lives 80 much
to herself now, her only intimates be-
ing the little loyal colony at her resi-
denco ut Marlborough, that her pres
ence in the jesuit church at Farm
street passed almost unnoticed. She
appeared to be In splendid health, and
her activity, remarkable for woman
in her eighty-eighth year; put TO rest
the reports Of her failing strength. A5
the conclusion of the service she re-
ceived an ovation from her many
friends, which brought the old tims
smile to her face.
Madame do ARGOS Was one Of the
friends who came from France with the
ex-empress at the time Of her exile and
during the intervening years they have
been the closest Of friends Her death
was a great shock to Eugenie, and it
was feared that 1t might have i'll eff
ferfa