The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-07

tOil' no Hldtler now harmful they may
be to the Individual and pernicious to
society, are assumed to be the normal
ly constructive, natural, and correct
thing to do, as right in essence and
practice Robber knights of old, br-
gands and pirates, deemed their nefar-
ious calling entirely legitimate, and in
voked the blessings of God upon their
raids on other peoples goods and purs-
es. Many other wrongdoers have done
the same thing and justified their ac-
ton on the plea. They all do it,
Self-justification has always eased
the conscience of the mobiles as against
the serfs, the STAKEHOLDER as against
his slaves and the capitalist, profiteer,
and employer as against the wage
worker and the common people in gen
eral.
The explanation for this abnormaIity
must be sought in the fact that people
are deciding such matters, not in UNI
iformly recognized rule, or scientific
criterion of judgment, but on the basis
OF a personal opinion or viewpoint, re-
gardless of the actual facts in the mat
ter. #
An attendance at one of the psyche
logy meetings at Llano Colony is high
ly Illuminating, To note the unity in
vision, conviction and sentiment among
the pioneers and old colonists and then
hear divergent ideas expressed by new
corners, who lack both the experience
and the knowledge possessed by the
former
They are not mindful of the fact
that we are living in an undertaking
world order or reign of law wherein
every act of commission or omission
carries with it its own reward or penal
-ty. They have failed to develop their
intellect; have failed to acquire the
knowledge upon which their welfare
depends; and. aItho lacking the specif-
ic knowledge that is necessary for the
solution of the numerous problems that
arise in human society, nevertheless
consider themselves perfectly qualified
to render expert advice without hesita-
ton on every proposition.
The opposition of the proper nourish-
ment of children was mentioned by
some one; and, for little light upon
this subject, we quote Mrs. Alice NJ,
Reinhold, an expert naturopath, of Cal
ifornia, who. in late number of the
Vegetarian Magazine. wrote as follows:
For years before our son was born,
neither his father nor | used dairy pro-
ducts of any kind. nor did we use ami
NAL flesh in any form. Result-our
boy was born weight 10 pounds) with
out any pain or trouble, and tasted Of
nothing but his mothers milk for the
first year Of his like.
He never tasted of animal or dairy
products until over 4 years old, and
then only because we went to live n
new colony where there was not
much else for time. Yet he never
once had meal of animal food, and
got away from the dairy stuff just as
soon as possible.
Now, at 20 years of age, he has ne
yer had sickness in his life, never
was vaccinated, does not smoke, swear
or have any habits that are called bad
He is over E feet tall, and quite strong
and muscular. weighing over l7C
pounds.
have raised and helped to raise
several motherless babies without Ell
Their cows or goats milk. usec
milk of the grain wheat, oatmeal
cornmeal, ETC., sweetened little witt
honey; and never had a sickness
among the children. For the benefit
of those interested. | give the recipes
Use little Dana grinder. Grind W
your own hard wheat, yellow corn
meal, oatmeal, or barley, raw. Stir
small quantity into distilled water TO
few moments. Then strain thru
cheese cloth. Very slowly warm it il
a double boiler, stirring the while, un
til creamy fuse your own judgmen
about the time, but never allow tn,
heat over 98 degrees F., or you vii
coaguIate the tender albumen). Serv'
warm in IMPLIED bottle as with milk
Use little honey to sweeten. Yo'
can vary the grain according to tn
condition of child A weakly child re
quires barley as well as wheat.
Just recently there was an epidemic
of septic sore throat among childrel
in the suburbs of Portland, and lively
of the babies and small children die
as the result. Such an epidemic j
likely to appear at any time. and il
any place. with like fatal results, as on