The Monroe journal., 1922-12-19
Eat Kraut and Drink Its Broth
If You Want toBe aFighting Man
Here Is Remarkable Address Delivered Recently Before the Con
yention of the International Stewards Association in Ch
cago and Featured by Leading Newspapers Throughout
the Country and by the Associated Press

that these germs eg health literally
teem in sarer kraut and Sauer kraut
Juice. These are scientific facts,
gentlemen,
Old MetcAin6oiI tells story of a
weaver at Minsk. Russia, who was
huuchback and so deformed that
+ he scarcely ever yentured out upon
the street. Children hooted him and
the do-s barked. and so the unfas-
Itunate man stayed indoors all day.
| He had no pleasures of life. He had
neither chick nor child. But he dd
I have one Efani passion-and thai
was sluer kraut. As he sat az his
loom far into the night, he had two
bowls on his bench beside him. on
: his left bowl of cooked kraut, aud
on his right a bowl OF raw kraut.
and he dipped alternately into one
and then into the other eating as ne
worked-and he lived to be one hun
dred and three ears old which Is
| i goins some. | think Metchnikon
goes on 10 say that sauer kraut didn't
do it all. perhaps. but he thinks there
is no doubt that il helped materially
, IN view OF the fact that the longest
lived pcople in the world-the Rus
SLAMS and the n9tiyes of the Balkan
state fairly live On sauer kraut,
.aUe. Ei'k AM hlack bread.
Sauer haut is The greatest anti
lscorbutic known. II prevents scarry
C2ptain Cook discovered this fact in
the year 1916. and II IS still used on
British vessels ana others on long
cruises TO keep the sailors in condi-
tion. And Tor this same reason Il Is
an excellent curative tor many dis
eases of The skin.
| admit that l have been deeply
interested in this subject OF sauer
kraut and | happen 10 be personally
acquainted with the gentlemen who
conducted the scientific research on
sauer kraut | might go on and
tell you things about this old familiar
dish that would open your eyes to
the possibilities of featuring II as
genuine health food of the highest
merit. For instance, on the food side
alone let me tell you just this;
Chicken soup Is considered nourish-
ing, and ii Is. vet the average is only
| 80 calories. whereas sauer kraut has
nearly double the energy value
125 ealories.
We think OF beef soup with l2O
calories as tolerably substantial
starter 10 good solid meal but
sauer kraut with 125 calories has
greater heat value by considerable
margin.
Government reports 90 further
than this and show conclusirely the
superiority of sauer kraut in food
value as against tomatoes As ealories,
asparagus so. okra 60 onions 1l5,
string beans 95. vegetable soup 40,
pumpkin pie 120, turnips nix
and sauer kraut 125.
over in Copenhagen, saucr kraut
is regularly used as a cure for lum-
bago, obesity and flatulency An
authority of the American institute
says the right dose for such purposes
is about three tablespoonsful before
meals. and the celebrated Dr.. Arnold
Lorand of Carlsbad Germany pre-
i scribes regularly a small wineglass-
ful of sauer kraut juice half an hour
before meals and before retiring. and
saws ii is the best health medicine
under the sun.
OF course. gentlemen, this Is not
medical association meeting and |
ms self am neither a doctor nor the
sun of a doctor, but the information
| have gathered on sauer kraut seems
to me so important and so useful
that something ought TO be done with
it, II is one of the things that ought
TO be published to the world, and so
have taken ii upon myself to bring
these facts to your attention.
might continue at length and quote
for YOU many eminent authorities OF
Europe and America, every one oil
them earnestly outspoken in their
recommendation of sauer kraut.
am informed that DR.. Edward Ochs-
ner has given this proposition GER
tain scientific tests al the Augnstana
Hospital as a dietic for diabetis, and
humble as the remedy may seem now,
! this distinguished gentleman Is not
! difHf III tue iialltis HhVihti iahA
ous Chicagoan Dr. Sadler. credits
sarer kraut with excellent values as
most serviceable health food and
health medicine.
Or. Fugo Friedstein. another not
ed specialist of Chicago. says: Il
have repeatedly prescribed the juice
of raw sauer kraut for diabetis and
with very gratifying results. | have
also noted good results in cases oil
INDIGESTION. dyspepsia and derange
ments OF the stomach"
The Scientific Revue nj France
recommends a generous diet OF sauer
kfaut for athletes. for soldiers, for
workers generally and for keeping
fit.
Now. here Is tho big pCint. Fer
some unaccountab,e reason people
smile whenever. sauar kraat IL mem
.ioned. The ase;etc tous, holder
'eams half ashamed to serve II on
ne table. yet nearly everybody hss
q secret liking icr sauer kraut and
honestly believe thst II the facts
anurt It wero ma5c knrnn :" the
lrublic. sauer kraft "ould rome Itc
its own as standard world III N
and achieve the favor and recognition
and popularity IN which II Is entitled
rs one OF the best gifts OF nature.
How often do we hear a man say. by