The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-07-30


NO LONGER A LAND OF
DYSPEPTICS
The prominence Of DR.. Harvey. Wiley
(who il chief Of the federal bureau Of
food. sanitation and health, and Assoc
ciate editor Of sGo0d Housekeeping')
to say nothing Of the views advanced,
win impart unusual interest to an inter-
view recently given by him in Washing.
ton, an interview that makes vivid the
terrible after-war conditions likely to en-
sue among the German people. He ar
CUES that the undernourished and starv-
ING Germans will bear weak children,
and without sufficient milk and food
stuffs these children will become weak
" adults. In turn, these same weakly
adults will breed another generation Of
inferior offspring, so that the future Of
the people of the Central empires, with
such heritage of weakness and infer
iority to overcome, is far from bright.
This all sounds SO reasonable that the
German people, with their proverbial
tendency to philosophical and logical
: thought, should be the first to recognize
it; and doubtless the more intelligent
among them are beginning to do so.
In quite iridescent contrast, Dir. Wiley
notes the superior physical, moral and
mental conditions obtaining in this coun-
try, which moves him to exclaim that
"when the war is over, with America and
her allies victorious we will see great
er America than we ever dreamed Of"
s A face that will go into a death
cfyuNrrnlo with M Y,1ou Of .yoootovio1
gain, fighting daily at the battle
privjng itself Of the material luxur-
les, must slow spiritual growth. It's
millions of soldiers facing the hard
ships Of trench life will come back
hardened and stronger to endure.
DR., Wiley goes on to say that we are
making better mothers at home; con-
ditiOn to which the unsentimental war
Industries board has perhaps uncon.
sciously contributed by ruling that cor.
set making is not q necessary industry,
and hence refused manufacturers priori-
ties on steel; and also by setting its face
against French high-heeled shoes. To
this latter matter the New York World
recently gave prominent attention by
pIultlIS q 4OIlk 4uuSVI0tCu dIt1Clc 1IOul
an eminent surgeon showing the bad eff
fects Of such footwear on the feminine
spinal column, noticeably in the way Of
future weakness there likely to termin-
ate in disease
!. DIR. Wiley's chief fame is as distician
and here he is able to speak as one hav-
ing authority. His deduction is: "Our
change in diet as result Of the war has
improved the race; we were eating too
much in volume, too much in variety and
too rich inquality; we are eating less,
fewer and simpler now; we will be a
stronger race as result; and the pres
ent diet has a crater nutritive value" He
comes out positively for Victory" bread
as against the wheaton article, holding
that it is better dietically, with more Of
life's essentials needed by the body, viz,
essential mineral salts and vitamin.
While he charitably admits that the taste
may not be quite as good, and that stonl-
achs already spoiled may not take alto
gether kindly to the new article, yet he
insists that by proper blending of the sub
stitutes with wheat flour the mixture
can be made just as palatable, and vastly
more healthful and nourishing. Finally,
he stoutly contends that it would be a
crime for this country to slip back into
its pre-war riot of high living Health
is being secured through abstemious liv-