Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-07
GOLDEN-HARED GIRL
LENDS NEW ROMANCE
TO HISTORIC MILL
Pauline Isinger, Expert Dieti-
tian, Assumes Charge of
Great Valley"-Reverses
Old Methods
TEACHES FOOD VALUES
BY M'LIss

BY MLISS
The Great Valley Mil. that historic es-
tabiishment lying between Paoli and Val.
Icy Forge. which was old when washing
ton and his troops went Into their winter
camp has n new mistress. a girl ns young
and as enthusiastic as its first-Mlstress
Jerman--whose romantic story stu imbues
tho place with charm greater than that
which mere age can give.
The new mistress Il the manager and gen
erai factotum of the mill. She is Miss
Pauline 1snger. graduate dietitian OF DreSel
Institute. and ardent enthusiast on the sub.
ject OF the superiority OF old methods OF
milling over new.
For zoe years-ever since 17i0, when
Thomas Jernan, a welshmhn. settled in tho
Chester Valley and built his mill--the es-
tablshment has been In operation. It's old
buhr stones slowly and thoroughly grinding
out grain and wheat In most primitive
fashion.
But even primitive method can be
capitalized in these days, and when klchard
Haughton bought the place somo time ago
he decided to give IT, II possible. something
more than local reputation.
This was the cue for Miss Islnger's on
trance. What she doesn't know about potas-
aium. fiuorlnes carbohydrates and things
like that Is not worth knowing. What she
is doing is TO translate this knowledge into
when I came from Drexel last year"
she told me as we both sat In n wide stone
doorway and hung our feet over MILL
race upon which wild ducks diaported them
selvos. ''I was asked to come into the mill,
and knew the work would be interesting,
so came.
There In much educative work 20 be done
among women when II comes 10 the
knowledge of food value and am building
up n comprehensive correspondence with
our patrons. l advise thom how TO COOK
the wheat and grain products for their fam
lilies and tell them the various nutritive
values.
you know there are sixteen essential
elements in the human body. Earth that Is
deficient I'm any OF these VIII not raise
wheat and wheat deficient in them will not
raise man. BY the new processes OF the
manufacture of white -four some Of these
substances are removed because II these
| germs-healtiry and necessary ones-are
| not taken out, the flour In time spoils
| Large dealers cannot AFFORD TO take this
| risk But we do take II we grind by the
old way because this little bacteria which
| cause fermentation are thus preserved"
Behind us the old buhr stones with Q
| slow scrunching noise milled tediousy
| and interminably the grains Of wheat II
didn't seem possible that this could be the
| year 1916 and that had come In an auto
| mobile thought Of that other girl, the
| first TO grace the mill. and wondered IL she
| could have made prettier picture thar
| did Miss Islnger with the sun playing II
| her brown-gold hair and around the brown
| gold freclles on her nose
Mistress Jerman, however, II Valle,
| Forge historians are TO be believed, wal
| not so much interested in her fathers mil
as In his miller. The latter, by name An
derson. had been sold into bondage &
| Jerman. He was big. brawny and good 4
look upon. His owner took him out to th'
Vail rttna hn fraH asuf
| put him 20 work in the mill. To the eye
OF Mistress Jerman. beautiful headstronl
girl OF sixteen, he looked better than an
free man she had ever seen.
one morning the bondman and tn
daughter had both disappeared from tn
mill. Old Thomas the Welshman, wen
round like n wild man, and refused ritns
TO be comforted or appeased. The fugitives
meanwhile. built a little homo for them
selves in the wllds OF SchuyllSill county
where Phoenixsville now is. Ultimatel!
they obtained the parental forgiveness AM
lived happily forever afterwards.