Evening star., 1915-03-07
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT Is DOING

chief Of the United States bureau of
/ chemistry, who calls attention to the
iact that century ago. even IL there
mad been steam transportation and
steam vessels to cross the ocean in the
short time they do now, it would have
been quite impossible to have afforded
| relief as they have today.
The industry of canning. refrigera-
tion and desiccation of food has made
| 1t possible. however. to transport
| large quantities of goods quickly from
Alsberg, the famines which were
common thing in the middle ages will
never be suffered by the civilized
world again. DR.. Alsberg comments
| In the relief work in Belgium while
discussing the value of canned goods
In diet. The head of the governments
| pure food bureau believes that canned
1t makes 1t possible for persons to get
wide range of foods and to vary
their diet, which experts consider one
| of the most important things in nu-
triton.
mo single article Of food. however"
says DR.. Alsberg, should become the
| main or sole article of diet, no matter
| whether 1t be canned or uncanned.
rlSneTnen OF NeW1OunQldnQ become
diseased in the course Of the winter be-
| cause they live almost exclusively on
wheat flour. Are we going to cease
eating wheat flour because II you eat
nothing but wheat flour you are go 'ng
! to be sick? That is the argument with
reference to canned goods. The fact
| is that no diet that is one-sided, that
| lacks variety, that lacks change, is
wholesome, and in making 1t possible
| to vary the diet, to get a wide range
tf1n min fVJ ycty hos 1nro
as much as any other industry to as
sist people of the civilized world to
solve their food problems. It has made
| 1t possible to vary the diet at all sea-
is one of the most important things in
keeping the average man in good
health. 1t must be appreciated that
canned goods in connection with re-
frigeration are the two most important
factors in making variation in the
diet possible-during winter. in strange
corners of the earth and in times Of
stress, such as the people in the war
zone, for example, are undergoing
today"
| Parents no longer need waste valu-
able time in working out a course of
reading for their chill
Best Books for dren. Uncle Sam has
r,;1l,. come to their rescue
| and soon there will be
issued from the government presses a
bulletin containing information on the
| 1000 best books for children. No mat
ter what the boy or girl may be inter
ested in. a selection of books to satisfy
every taste can be quickly made from
this large classified and graded list
This list of 1000 Good Books for Chill
! dren." which will be published by the
United States bureau Of education, was
prepared for the government by Miss
Alice M. Jordan. head of the children's
| division Of the Boston public library
! and chairman Of the literature COM
| mfttee of the National Congress of
Mothers.
This classified and graded list of
books for children" says Miss Jordan,
has been prepared in response to re-
quests from parents for help in the
selection Of books for the children.
BOOKS have been prepared for all ages
Of children and divided into divisions
of those under eight years, those be-
tween the ages of eight and fourteen
and those over fourteen. The classic
cation OF books according to the age
OF the child fs an arbitrary method at
pest, since children differ SO greatly in
ability to grasp literature 1t is fortu
nate that In many homes the custom
OF reading aloud has been observed
from early childhood. Where this is
SO, and the child develops a love ~
books, 1t is surprising to note the
readiness with which he will rrssn
the best literature"
Miss Jordan's list of 1000 good books
for children, which has been nren.rad
In the bureau OF education. fs braken
INTO number Of divisions, Including
plcture DOCKS and stories for young
sea1aets seadefs. the Bible and Bible stories,
ence and animal stories stories 81 for-
elgn lands. our own country. history
myths and legends. biography f1ction'
poetry and books for occupation and
NOW that the Harrison anti-narc,+,,
drug law has gone into effect and the
sales Of habit-formine
OaASerouS drugs made from opium.
New nruo. coca leaves or their de-
0" Dius. rivatives are restr,.tas
government experts in the Unite,
states bureau Of chemistry, bureau of
internal revenue and the United States
pubic health service fear that the use
OF other drugs which do not fall under
the new law may be introduced in this
country. One of the worst of these ts
said to be the drug known as Cannabts
indica-
The danger of this drug has already
been attacked by the New York citv
board of health. which has found that
1t is contained In a number of patent
cough medicines, anu report on 1t
has been made by DR.. W. A. Bastedo.
professor of pharnacology in Columbia
University, who states that tho use of
hasheesh by the East Indians and
the people Of Egypt has its chief dan
ger In the Cannabis intlica which 1t
contains.
I think" says DR.. Bastedo, that
there is no doubt whatever that the
action Of hasheesh is due essentially
to the cannabis indica of which 1t is
made. The reports Of Anglo-Indian and
Egyptian physicians indicating this are
very numerous. and the studies of
number of other investigators support
the view that at least the main hash
eesh effects, are obtainable from the
drug Cannabis indica. The Indian hemp
drug commission Of 1893-94, which in
vestigated the use Of hasheesh, ganja,
bhang and other Cannabis preparations,