Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-24
SCIENTIFIC STUDY
OF THE SANDWICH
German Psychologist Presents
Interesting Data Regarding
Lunch Food"

The widespread interest in scien
tific circles as we'll as in the ranks of
social workers concerning some of
the problems of nutrition among the
masses is exemplified by current dis
cussions regarding school lunches,
institutional dietaries, economical
menus for the household and the cost
of living. These are constantly bring
ing out the fact that diet customs
are subject to wide inequalities III
character in different parts of the
world and in different strata of So
ciety, and they further make it clear
that food habits are not so fixed as
was once supposed, but are varied
to meet economic changes and alter
atoms incident to the shifting of
population. The changes in the MI
triton of the masses lie in the cities,
the country districts adhering more
closely to the dictates of tradition.
1t is In the cities that the most no
ticeable of the modern changes in
dietary customs, such as the increas-
ing consumption of meat and the in
PRODUCTION of ready-to- eat foods, have
first taken hold on greater numbers
of individuals Furthermore, the
questions of diet in large institutions
dllllOSl diNd llCtt W Dt SOlNNh WIN
reference to local market conditions.
Max Rubner, the eminent physiolo-
gist and hygienist of Berlin, has
lately presented some interesting
data on one of the many tranSforma-
tons in dietary custom which is pc
culiarly conspicuous in the cities of
Germany. He says that the Amer
lean sandwich is rapidly becoming
popular in Germany. Anyone who
observes carefully the eating habits
of workingmen in this country and
who has followed the enormous in
crease in the lunch counter scheme
of dietetics among our own popula-
ton must admit that the sandwich
is something more than an accident.
Physiologically, it involves the sup
plementing of bread--the common
staff of life''-with considerable but
ter and meat. The sandwich repre-
sents a step in the evolution of bread
and butter combinations. Rubner be
lieves that the growing use of the
meat laden sandwich is attributable
in Germany to the increased employ
ment of, tea and coffee, and to the
greater econsumption of sugar and
alcohol Added to these factors Is
the growing tendency especially
among the unmarried classes, to eat
OulSlue OF the nome anu W pdlipn-
ize the rapid-service, time-saving,
ich-dispensing restaurants and
eating houses
The advantage of the sandwich is
that it furnishes great concentra ton
of nutrients in small volume. The
work of mastication is reduced and
the entire makeup of the product en-
courages rapid eating
The sandwich is not as economical
as is popularity believed. 1t is true
that palatable sandwich can be pur-
chased for a few cents. but the same
proportionate expenditure in the
household or in the purchase of
warm meal that deserves the name
will procure surprisingly more nutri-
ment, even in the more expensive type
of restaurant 1t has been calculated,
for example, that % cents will buy:
Galleries. GIN. protein
In public eating house. 3, 800, containing .08
In a good restaurant ! $50. containing rs
In the form of sand
wiches ........,......1,1f0 containing 80
The sandwich is frequently looked
on as the poor mans lunch" and
current practise is tending to increase
It's use. re it is really desirable to in
crease the purchasing power of a
small daily income so as TO increase
the amount Of food the reform cannot
be Instituted by pointing 10 the sup