Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-07
BEING A FOOD REF0RMER
ITs Hard job tn Chnugc Peoples
Eating Habits.

"- All reformcrs have a uotoriously
hard time of 1t. no matter what
brand Of reform they arc Carrying,
nut tho food roformrr fares worst ~
Wl says stephen Sharrocks in In"
Sunset Magazine Man will change
his political views. alter his religious
belief wear a different STYLE ~ hat
each year. shave long cherished
mustpChp or go to great pains to
yrow beard. but when IL comes 10
his daily food he rs stubhornly hard
30 change You may prove to him
that what he is eating is harmful and
oNpcusIlc. that his diet may be re-
placed hv items which will cost less,
taste ts we'll be more easily dlgcstcd
uud more beneficial lie viii hErgC"
with YOU In theory, but when meal
saup4 comes his orthodoxy asserts H.
self and he returns 10 tho old food,
S,mo OF tho oriontaH have been
.uuite right in making tho stomach
the seat OF the affections, for I'm
nothing is man quite 30 constant as
lu the affection he always holds for
the food of his youth
II has taken more time 10 intro
NAN.f NV l'blN llll NV NNl ~ Nlihli
90 propagate new religions, change
the forms ut government or build
great cities Take potatoes as an OK
ample. I'm tho latter part ~ the six
tcruth century explorers found the
potato growing n'pr quito and In
'rudu.od it 90 Spain About the same
time returning English rolouists tooh
u o. Lulltud from what is now
Norm CAruliut. and tho tIr-t pota
toes IA Europe were pIHuirl In 1856
on the his Irish estate which Queen
Elizabeth htl just given 10 Sir Wal
ter Raleigh.
Sir Walter. who was one ~ the
best press agents uf his day. became
.t ferd reforWer. and during the rest
of his busy lfc preached the virtues
~ potatoes, Hn succeeded I'm having
them served at the royal table-oncc.
The guests we're polite about II and
uihhlcd ut the new dish but Queen
Elizabeth. who was a good politician.
didn't repeat the experiment Ten
years after Sir Walter began his
campaign no received tho first re-.
coEnitior. when herbal published
IN London contained brief menti 1u
of the NirHinia potato II was En-,
Cludcd I'm u section devoted TO rare
lNN lIffh IIh'NH wv lh'' 'llAI l'
tttros vcrC eaten by indiana prciu-
ul,od the Englishmor against them
and they looked ON them much as
vr hook ON birds nest soup soQG.s
thing rather curious and interesting
hui "a food We would rather see 9TH
crs. C,i than to eat ourselves
N half century after tho first u0-
taines were planted in ireland they
wore being used hv coufcCtloncrs
and fancy bakers llui there was
lrrpt difference of opinion ~ toI
" neither or not they were NJ Co he
used Hs food
strangely enough tobacco and cof- |
Zoe were introduced into England at
about the same time ps potatoes ana |
while o,rrv effort WAS made To- dis /
.uuragr the Use Of tobacco and cof- |
foo tho campaign, against them had |
mo- cffoti UInuR King James threat /
mod the users of tobacco with tho !
sruut CVtuWmuniCatlOn and capital I
with no result except /
10 mako smoking secret NiCo King .
harIss II made equally determined /
.ffurfa to stamp ruf Dufftn drink ing.
lccHu." coffee drinking meant cur-
oc houses and coffee houses meant
places whore men cuuErerAtc, and T.
hat meant politics and strataEems u
directed AGAINST the crown Mean h
NII" many eminent mon tried 90 en-
outrage tho use uf potatoes with lit
'r success. and the drinking or cot
.rr and smykiUg OF tobacco Increased T
ZACH year uf "a rapid date.