The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-03-05
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Nov Beer Resembles Bread
WHEN We coms ." or->-i~t the rcia-
rcsi OF bs~r 10 f,-si svr-sr- struck by
the analogy Of beer aud brad Bread
ID made Prom cereals: - - -bs>r The
bresd With little vst-r h solid. the
beer wfth more wster Ia liquid The
yeast Unemployed In born. IL produces
alcoholic fermentation IN both IL con
verts both into psiata bic and readily
dig~sted food. Both contair ale,.,.ol
and carbon dioxide. Beer contains
from Go per cent alcohol and Is not
Intoxicating when taken I'm ordinary
Quantities. Beer also has bitter aud
aromatic bodies derived from hops
which give IL an acceptable flavor aud
produce tonic effects Further. beer 10
ore OF the feods free from bacteria
You might BE- afraid OF water. OF milk.
but the method ~ making beer. dry
Ing. beating. pasteurizing and Offering
IL completely free beer from bacteria.
Beer 10 food and wholesome. Ia con
tains carbohydrates aud albuminoisis
and mineral materials required by our
system. IL II appetizing. IL aids III
gestion. has engines
I myself have been familiar with the
use OF beer as an article OF foo.. from
my childhood ! remember th.. barrel
or ale In my fathers cellar. When I
was seventeen I went 10 Germany 10
study and learned TO use beer a. an
article Of food at the University OF
Goettingen. My first experience really
came soon after reached t:oettIng.n
when ! made walking tour through
the lIarz mountains with three other
Americans. and ! remember TO this
day with satisfaction how I enjoyesi
at some roadside 'gasihaus'' 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 10
do a hard days work every day. aud
as ] was horn I'm 1896. . think I am n
pretty good specimen 81 It's food value
Aduiterstion Talk 10 Nonsense.
You know We read In the papers a
great deal about authorizations. or
course most OF ~ IL nonsense. have
had occasion TO Investigate the ques
OF fermentation. But the discovery
or lecithin ~ especially interesting be
cause lecithin II n substance which was
found some time ago as n constituent
or the BRAIN IL Is a very interesting
compound OF fatty constituents and
phosphorus. and when its presence In
the brain was first discovered n at
tracted great deal OF attention. IL
was thought. even. that IL nigh. be
the source OF mental action. and some
suggested the proper name for II would
be "denkston" or thinking stun
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
a story that fish would be good food
Tor the brain. And so a young stu
dent wrote 10 Oliver Wendell Holmes
and wanted 10 know n that story was
true. and II 80 what would he the prop
er dose And 80 Dr. Holmes wrote
him back as follows: my son. Il IL quite
true that the brain contains phosphor
US. and II ~ also true that fish con
tain phosphorus. and after carefully |
perusing your letter ] would shy that
the proper dose for you would be n
whale on toast"
lion. and fnd that aduTterhtIon In
beer Is gross exaggeration. There NAV
be misbrandings. bat there IL no aduI |
teration.
Beer does not mako drunLards. The
effect OF prohibition would drive beer
out OF the household IL would deprive
a large percentage 81 our population OF |
q perfectly honest. wholesome. nutri |
tious article OF food. There IN drunk
enness. there II intemperance. but II |
does not come from beer. n we are |
To have laws tef those laws be- inteIn
gent laws. laws that will discriminat.
between what does harm and what
does uOt do harm think I have xiv
en- reasons enough why beer has hr
come a national beverage In this couB
Try.