The Washington times., 1916-02-03

products that do rot measure up to the
Westfield standard.
Merely Asks Square Deal"
The Westtield sta nda rd does not re-
Quirc any thing that the progressive,
honest merchant is not glad to adopt,
| and, in fact, does ADOPT on his owE ac-
! cord 1t asks the manufacturer to
eliminate the use OF such pleserva-
| tlVes, colorinE m after. and adulterants
that may make a tood Objectionable for
! human consumption. In other words, t.
simply asks the manufacture 4or a
square deal, and II all Women Win
avoid those products that we Delie|e
| should be ostluciscd they will le:.d
! such impetus to the IN JvcInent that
| manufacturers OF spurious foods Will
be compelled to close their doors and
reform.
Il wonder how many OF you arc
| 6ware of the fact that the Mcclure
publications laboratories al WestGicld
OF which Prof. Lewis B. Allyn is in
! chCrgc, are maintained tor the benefit
| of interested, nGGirine women and pro-
Eressive manufacturers and merchants.
wonder how many women present
| realize that there is nt the service of
| the Mcclure publications ono Df the
hest analytical food chemists in the
United States and that the privilege Of
sending sample food products. otEer-
| ages. toilet preparations AMI medicines
| is Open to all women.
"In other words. IL YOU are induced
to use a food product that In vour
| mind may consist OF or contain unde-
| sirable ingredients. YOU have the op.
purtunity rf mailing an unbroken
package to Prof. Lewis r. Allyn. at
Westfeld, and you Will receive In re-
ply to your accompanying letter a re-
port OF the analysis and Prof Allyn's
unbiased opinion. Do you realize that
| we give YOU absolutely free the serv-
ire for which private laboratory
miGht charge YOU from $40 tc $25?
1--WE spent sorce time in The Nc
| Clure laboratory at Springfield. l
have read thousa ndS Of letters writ
| ten by PROGRESSIVE and interested
women TO Prof. Allyn. Garlic and
| carloads of samples Of food have
! found their way to the laboratories.
! food products from every section OF
/ the United States. Prof. Allyn has
made thousands Of analyses Of food
/ products. toilet l"ticlCs. and medi-
cines. His staff is busy every day
delving into the secret combinations
of some product All those that are
| found to measure to the WestneId "a
| standard are listed in the Westleld
book of pure foods and those falling
| to are not.
| In come ction with these remark 5
want (" Fav on behalf OF the exhibit
| tors that no food products other than
| those Of hichest quality can gain per-
mission to be exhibited in connection
with our work, and say that no bet
| ter foods can he found thar those you
| see in this han. 1t will nav YOU 10
visit the various booths, and II they
are NOT ALREADY on your grocery list
| II WITH h" to yGur advantage to add
them. We want Won to become the
ratrons 0f all rood fNodS ana the
enemy OF those products that are In
irrious to health and which represent
the attempt on the part of the un-
scrlpuInns manufacturer to make un
due profits"
Exhibits Attract Many.
The 0ure food exhibition and demon
stration booths have proved one of the
biggest. most instructive and entertain
ing features Of the exposition. ~ each
performance hundreds OF men. women,
and children throng the booths TO wit
ness the demonstrations and receive
armfuIs of samples. which. together
with the recipe books and other litera-
ture, amply repay the visitors who are
welcomed TO the exposition free.
Among the booths which have at
tracted wide attention are those OF
Cha pin Sacks. makers of velvet Kind
ice-cream; CoTby cake. Rammel Manu-
featuring Company. demonstrating
University Club Ginger Ale:" the Bud
ting its well-known food drink. and the
Carroll Electric COMPANY. demon
strating its household appliances.
AS the Westfeld standard is even
higher than that of the United States
Government. it Is q distinct compliment
to Washington manufacturers that theiI
products we're given places in the expo,
sition. The Washington manufacturers
booths. both in contents and intelli'
gence and attractivencss in denonstra-
tions. rival the best Of the others In the
exposition. -,
most food product manufacturers haV'
exhibits and demonstrators in the eX
position, Among them are such Widel!
known manufacturers and products a.
I,owney's cocoa and chocolates, KnoI
. Eelatine, Airline honey, cottolene, an
the Beechnut products Including
bacon, dried beef, preserves and peanu