The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-25

"A more advanced planet The old
legend goes on to say that wheat
nourishen. not only our bodies, but
our souls and mirda as we'll
The Legend 10 Pleasant
Perhaps when the Sons of God
cam. down To mat. with the Daugh.
tiers OF Men. and no give our race
new vitality for its long. painful
climb toward perfection. they had
brought with them the first wheat
and taught it's care and cultivation.
In order that the new generations
might he properly nourished In
mind and soul az well as body. At
any rate. the most ancient records
and the most modern chemists
agree on so many points ma TO give
the poetical minded keen pleas.
IRE In the quaint legend. and new
enjoyment In the piquant flavor OF
entire wheat breads and cereals
II is no small asse, 10 be able. In
these times. 20 eat bread and but.
ter with bowl OF berries and
cup OF coffee. and feel that not only
are we assuaEing our purely phys
ical hunger, but perhaps. whether
We understand Just how or not. our
powers and capacities OF mind are
being nouriShcd TO tho point OF In.
crease. so that we may develop the
genius wher"Sith 60 earn enough
10 keep on being able 10 buy NOR.
bread. To develop more talent. TO
buy more bread. ao Infinisurl
Wheat Has ANinities
Hut even surprising there IL no
truth in the ancient legend. al least
ones Imagination IL pleased. and
so the chances for digestion In.
creased MANIFOLD. and alas, how
many foods one eats with carefully
Inhibited Imagination lest ones ap.
petite be lost and ones compassion
be stirred to no avail.
So II IL good grain. whether itI
IL considered from fact or fancy.
should any skcptical ones reject as
fanctfui the esoteric theory con.
corning It's occult food value. even
tho they arc Obliged 10 admit its
undiscovcrable antiquity ms 10 orr.
kin. and it's undcniabie Intcrest
from the standpoint OF history. OF
chemistry and botany--it belongs
TO the Gramlnea family $3.50 prehis
torio and modern agriculture, and
esoteric and erotorlc conjecture. to
say nothing OF It's stimulating in.
terest to the astoundcd mind and
outraged pocke,book' Surely II IL
n grain Of many "affinitica." this
mysterious wheat.
Good for Chickens
IL IL said by the most modern
authority that chickens fed on white
flour alone will die In n few weeks.
but that fed on entire wheat they
VIII thrive. (The chickens referred
TO wore those OF the genus Gallus.
tho undoubtedly the chickens" OF
the genus Home would have a slmi. |
lar fate n subjected 10 the same
experimentD
" only practical people would |
wake up TO the value OF entir. |
wheat. we would be getting II In
no time" for these practical FOIL
are the ones who do things. OIL
course. the impractical already
have II. for they have tho curiosity
and the patience TO 20 poking
into the side. and by-siree,s look.
ing for those few exceptional mill. I
ers aud grocers and bakers who do /
not rob wheat OF the richness which 4
the grain Itself offers. Just for the
sake OF very doubtful beauty OF
color and texture
The poetlcal and impractical al.
ways get things first. but IL Is the
practical person who proceeds TO
make the getting OF desirable
thing easy! Long may they
flourish
Proves Value In Bread
For years ! made a special study
OF breads made from the coarser
flours and AT last worked out n
formula for an entire wheat bread
which | had analysed by two state
who said OF II:
We can make no suggestion
for It's improvement. II is a
fine bread"
Later | put this bread on the
market. II Ii always made by the
n"h'' i"iHhla' HnueT the same con.
ditions, or. as my motto saws.
Made where only the best IL good
enough" This bread IN as whole.
some and nourishing as entire
wheat and careful baking can make
IT, and II old legends and modern
chemists can be relied upon. is veri.
tably a staff of life. which the white
breads are not. according 10 the
great DR.. Wiley.
And who, having once enjoyed
The piquant flavor OF entire wheat
products. would sacrifice the zest OF
Il for the flavorless Wilderness and
fineness OF white flour breads
Who. that desires physical "fitness"
could afford the white breads? And
then there is always the chance
hat the legend Ia ripht mud artirn 1