Arizona republican., 1913-05-04

sanitary cupboard, a sanitary cellar? The word sanitary our old compan- ion, the dictionary, tells us is a Latin l derivative. coming from the word 'sanus,' meaning whole, and we gather from the same source this informa- ton: the word sane, of sound mind, l comes from the Latin word 'sanus' Therefore, with undisputed authority, we may speak of a food safe, for in- stance. as being whole and entire, wholesome, or sanely built or sani- tary. With the food containers of fered for sale in the modern house. furnishing stores, we are all familiar; certain standard types. for instance the ice box and refrigerator. These guaranteed refrigerators are lined with conducting, non- absorbing ma terial; the surface of the interior is hard and smooth and white and the entire interior is free from dark cor ners- These containers are ventilated, very easily cleaned, and economical of ice
 Then a word about the food safe Or cupboard. There are a dozen de- signs exhibited in the large stores everywhere. Sixty per cent. possibly, are wholesome. sanitary. The best style has the smooth metal lining en- ameled in white. These safes are true to their name; they are insect and dust proof, ventilated and easily cleaned Any food container, be it a refrigerator or iceless safe, however well planned and constructed, may, 1 through neglect or unWise handling, | become unsanitary and a menace to 1 health.
 1 The food container for the stor- age of pershable foods must be if pos sible of the refrigerator type for the summer months, and the safe or cup board variety for the winter. Many 1 families prefer to use the refrigerator | right through the year without ice in the cool season This plan works very we'll indeed when the refrigera- | tor is of the modern type. ventilated | and easily cleaned. An old refrigerator l with broken lining, stained surfaces
 and sagging shelves is worse than use
 less, and with or without ice. is most | unsanitary. In fact a number of cases l of enteric fever sprang up in Well-to-
 do families in a summer resort on the New Jersey coast one year. They
 were traced directly to rickety. worn-
 out ice boxes, retained by selfish land lords, having summer cottages for rent
 furnished.
 | "TO have sanitary and wholesome
 food. then, we are agred that we must
 have clean. modernly constructed food
 retainers, and this decision opens the
 way for further very illuminat ting
 questions. Is it possible to have a
 really clean and wholesome floor con- l tainer of whatever kind, in dirty. | unsanitary spot? In a dusty, fly-in-
 vaded kitchen or screen porch? The
 answer is given with great promptness
 and is emphatic. No, It is not pos
 sible And then. very naturally, this
 question follows: Is it possible to 1 have clean kitchen or screen porch ! exposed on from one to three sides to
 unclean outbuildings. Again the em-
 phatc No. By this process of reason
 ing we come to the conclusion that in
 order to have sanitary food we must
 have sanitary container. a sanitary
 kitchen or screen porch. with all sur
 roundings sanitary.
 l The conservation of human life is
 the ultimate purpose of the food com
 mission. We are living in a sane. 1 wholesome, farseeing age,' she con- cluded. We know that clear think ing depends on health. on appetite,
 and both on sanitary food"