Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-11-19
tCeryuSht. 1874 hgA S Gzyl
FOOD AND DElINQUEkTS.

President Taft. new president Of the
New YORK Juvenile asylum II Dohbs
Ferry. with the discovery that bad
teeth make bad boys
What Is the cause OF bad teeth IN
children under fifteen years OF age
1t IS universally admitted that the
fundamental cause Of the early decay
Of ehildren's teeth Is Gnenia. : lack
Of SUFFICIENT building material during
the growing period Obviously g lack
OF brick and mortar win result in al
imperfect building. and the same lack
Of material must result in al impsr.
feet body.
Mr.. Hilles Is not the discoverer Of
this truth. but none the less he is en-
titled to great credit for recognizing
and taking practical steps 70 combat g
dangerous condition that many for.
eign governments are making strenu-
Gus efforts to overcome
In the parliamentary debate On free
meals, March Fl, 1855, Sir William
Anson. then British parliamentary sec
Rotary to the board of education, re-
plying to MeSsrs- Kier Hardie and VII.
liam Crooks, admitted that in the day
industrial schools, where the children
had three meals day, he found them
bright and intelligent and being de-
veloped physically and mentally in q
satisfactory way" Although the chill
dren lived al home the regular and
wholesome supply Of food vas SO po-
tent factor that their condition was
thoroughly satisfactory"
Wilson Bruce. following other wit
nesses before the Scottish commission
in pointing out the startling superior
ity of Industrial school children, added
that II we fed and clothed the elemen-
tary school children as suitably we
should make g new race OF them"
The commissioners noted this con-
trast between the Hl-nourished ele-
mentary school children OF respectable
parents and veIldeveloped industrial
school children Of those who have al.
together failed In their duty
The countess OF Warwick. writing
In "A Nations Youth" says: what q
fine moral have we here Be q bad
parent, or confess yourself unable TO
control your OWE children. and they
will be attached to an industrial
school given three meals day. large
ly at the expense Of the ratep2yers.
and they viii become bright and In
telligent boys. developed physically
and mentally in . satisfactory way"
This touches upon and brings sharp.
ly to the front the whole subject o.
sophisticated foods around which Q
commercial battle royal is at present
raging in this country. In no field OF
knowledge Is there 30 general lack
Of personal information founded on
experience as in the fundamental one
Of food. 1t Is generally admitted. and
there are hundreds Of proofs of the
proposition, that man. through the
results Of centuries Of civilization, has
gradually lost the instinct Of nourish-
ing himself until he has become the
most helpless and dependent OF all
animals Left 10 themselves under
normal conditions, the beasts, guided
By an innate instinct. select natural
foods that enable them TO live with.
out disease Man, or the other hand,
has not only lost this instinct that the
beast still possesses, but as the resai,
Of the misuse Of his intelligence and
his freedom 70 select food for himself
and for such Of the beasts IS be has
turned to domestic uses, deliberately
imposes preventahle diseases upon
both himself and them
Eating has become an art which has
70 be learned By man, and unforta-
nately the subject Is considered so I'M
important that quite generally our
foods are selected on the statement OF
persons whose only interest Is IN the
profit 10 be derived from the manu-
facture and sale Of the commodity,
and then after the purchase In this
shpshod manner II Ia too frequently
surned over to some incompetent
kitchen drudge 70 be prepared for eat
ing
II order that an intelligent choice
Of proper diet may be made It ID alb
solutsly necessary that We should pos
ssss certain ensttsring Of scientific
knowledge This does not consist II
the merO-iztng O. few terms sun.
Gent 10 enable rs to bsbbie about car
hohydrates. pToteins skd fats. Of calo-
res and Of balanced nations. but TO
have 3 thorough understanding Of the
real meaning Of TIE closing paragraph
Of the fourth article Of this series,
which IRE here again repeat for en-
phasis: The noE prevailing standard
o. food valves which measures ths
heat units produced from foods and
completely ignores all other elements
and factors IL not only wostzIFy made
custs IN the light Of modern science,
but constitutes = grave menace % the
health. to the morals. to the sanity
and to the life Of any people
The chief reason for the improve
nent In inmates Of welIgoVerned
ksylzns and industrial schools Oveg