Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-06-28
MINERAL FOOD NEEDED,
SAYS HOMEOPATH|ST
Tells American Institute Conven.
ton That Human Cancer Is
Due to Its Lack.

CHICAGO, June 2S.-Physicians from
all sections of the country are attend
ing the meeting of the American In
stitute of Homeopathy, the recognized
charter governing body of that school
of healing. The convention is to con-
tinue through Friday, and seven bu-
reaus and four affiliated societies will
hold sessions in connection with those
Of the main organization.
Entrance of a parasite or fungus
growth is a cause of cancer, according
to the opinion Of DR.. Horace Packard Of
Boston University, who discussed THE
Cancer Question" before the Surgical
and genealogical Society here today.
DR.. Packard emphasized his belief that
the possible cause of cancer is dietary
and argued that demineralized foods
form a factor in the diseases develop
ment. The human family is UNDER
fed in mineral food salts, he said.
"A momentous fact" he added. lis
that the -four mills and the rice mills
of the civilized world are busy elimi-
mating every particle of iron. phos-
phorus, sodium. potassium. silica,
calcium. chlorine. magnesium and sui
phur mineral salts) from our stapi.
food supply and sending out food ma
terial rich in heat units but pitifully
measer in energizing and immunizing
material.
Tn a single -four mill of the middle
west approximately 1.O00.O00 tons of
wheat are milled each year. OF this
about 100000 tons go to the human
family as 81 refined -four wheat starch
bearing the energizing. immunizing
food salts go mainly to feed domestic
animals"
Need of Play.
public concern, said DR.. Arson Cam
eron of Chicago. contending in an ad-
dress today that "in the past the atti-
tude toward recreation in America has
been that of the Puritan, to whom JOY
is danger"
Dr. Cameron was speaking before the
bureau of pedology of the institute,
discussing the Effect of Play on Men,
tai Development and Education"
The fear that the love of play Will
interfere with the love OF work and SO
undermine character is groundless, he
said. Play develops organic vitality.
nervous energy and skill. and interests
specific attention and enthusiasm to-
gether.
Work is less effective. 1t lacks en-
thusiasm and develops only in neg
foreign to its nature in obedience to
commands from an adult Such lack OF
activity depresses vitality. Modern
psychology teaches that JOY is power,
that right recreation is not merely
wholesome but developmental.
Modern education, stimulated by re-
cent profound social changes. is ex-
periencing period of restlessness. DIS,
content and experimentation. Several
new types of school are being tried
one is the play school, in which the
teachers interest is conferred in the
children and their activities and not
merely in subjects Of study. Another
recognizes that the child's education
is going on every day.
Needs of Children.
Then we have also the open-air
school for the anemic and tubercular
child, but the mass of children are
kept indoors to be devitaliZed and sub
jected to a string of diseases. To OBJ
tain the best educational advantages a
child must be blind, deaf feeble mind
ed or incorrigible. Then he is given
exercise, Fairgrounds gymnasiums.
baths. fresh air in abundance, gardens
and play shops. Normal children must
get along the best they can without
them.
THE real business Of the child is not
TO pass examinations, but to grow up.
The forms of our pleasure seeking dis
close what we really are Work is i'm
portant. but ii is only one Of the i'm
portant things. 1t is always the spirit
that plays Education must tell US not
only how to get the most out of the
working hours. but also how to spend
most profitably and joyously the hours
that remain"