The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1915-02-12

lcr crmenIiIlon ana rlpeniIfE. rinU.ly Al
is filtered. placed In barrels or bottles.
Bottled beer is generally pasteurized
for the reason | have already stated.
American beer usually contains from
5 to per cent of extract-that means
soluble food products. 1t contains from
to 4 per cent of alcohol.
One Of the most interesting constitu-
ents that has been found In beer lately
is peculiar substance called lecithin.
1t has long been known that the phos-
pilates were always present In beer,
and the last discovery shows that they
are absolutely essential to the process
Of fermentation. But the discovery
of lecithin is especially interesting be-
cause lecithin is a substance which was
found some time ago as a constituent
of the brain. 1t is very interesting
compound Of fatty constituents and
phosphorus, and when its presence In
the brain was first discovered 1t at
tracted great deal Of attention. 1t
was thought, even, that 1t might be
the source of mental action, and some
suggested the proper name for it would
be "denkstoff" or thinking stuff.
They tell good story about this dis
covery. When they first discovered
the phosphorus in the brain somebody
else discovered that there was phos-
phorus in the fish. and they started
story that fish would be good food
for the brain. And so a young stu
dent wrote to Oliver Wendell Holmes
and wanted to know IL that story was
true, and il so what would be the prop
er dose. And so DR.. Holmes wrote
him back as follows: my son, 1t is quite
true that the brain contains phosphor-
US, and it is also true that fish con-
tain phosphorus, and after carefully
perusing your letter | would saw that
the proper dose for you would be a
whale on toast"
How Beer Resembles Broad.
When we come to consider the rela-
ton of beer to food we are struck by
the analogy of beer and bread. Bread
is made from cereals; so is beer. The
bread with little water is solid. the
beer with more water Is liquid. The
yeast is employed in both. 1t produces
alcoholic fermentation in both It con-
verts both into palatable and readily
digested food. Both contain alcohol
and carbon dioxide. Beer contains
from to 4 per cent alcohol and is not
intoxicating when taken in ordinary
quantities. Beer also has bitter and
aromatic bodies derived from hops,
w OIL a.
produce tonic effects. Further, beer is
one of the foods free from bacteria.
You might be afraid of water, of milk,
but the method of making beer, dry
ing, heating, pasteuriZing and filtering
1t completely free beer from bacteria
Beer is food and wholesome. 1t con-
tains carbohydrates and albuminoids
and mineral materials required by our
system. 1t is appetizing 1t aids di-
gestion, has enzymeS
| myself have been familiar with the
use of beer as an article of food from
my childhood. l remember the barrel
of ale in my fathers cellar. When |
was seventeen went to Germany to
study and learned to use beer as an
article of food at the University of
Goettingen. My first experience really
came soon after | reached Goettingen
when made a walking tour through
the Harz mountains with three other
day with satisfaction how enjoyed
at some roadside '.gasthaus" my but
terbrod, schweizerkase and bier"
have taken beer or ale pretty regularly
all my life with my lunch. have en-
joyed the most perfect health, able to
do hard days work every day, and
as | was born in 1886, | think am a
pretty good specimen of it's food value
Adulteration Talk is Nonsense.
You know we read in the papers q
great deal about adulterations. OF
course most of it is nonsense. | have
had occasion to investigate the ques.
ton, and | find that adulteration in
beer is gross exaggeration. There may
be misbrandings, but there is no adui-
feration.
Beer does not make drunkards. The
effect of prohibition would drive beer
out of the household. 1t would deprive
a large percentage Of our population of
a perfectly honest, wholesome. nutri-
tious article of food. There is drunk
enness, there is intemperance, bat 1t
does not come from beer. II we are
to have laws let those laws be intelh-
gent laws, laws that will discriminate
between what does harm and what
does not do harm. think have CIV
en- reasons enough why beer has be-
try.