PURE FABRIC LAW
IDEA OF iRDOCK
'rejected Bill Would
Amounts , of Cotton
Wool in Cloth.
Reveal
and
TAFT'S PLAN TO SAVE PARTY
President Wants' Republicans to
Unite and Legalize a Genuine .
Tariff CommissionNext Year's
Budget .Will Be Fully
" " : One Billion.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington.--It Is sald on seem
ingly good authority that President
iTaf t has given his sanction to a hill
jfar reaching in its effect which will
(compel the affixing t6 cloths which
center interstate commerce of a state
ment of the amount1 of cotton and of
wool,' which, they contain. This meas
jure is called here in Washington- a
Kexttle.pure food bill." .. The framer
lof the measure, Victor Murdock of
insas. says that no reason exists
rhy the consumer should not know
low much wool and how much cotton
le is getting in his clothes just as he
lows under the pure : food law how
touch adulteration he is getting. . ,
An effort is being made to get the
(two , Republican factions in congress
jto pass a measure of this kind. It is
expected that there will be a good
ideal of opposition and it may be that
the "pure fabric law" will hare as
long a Journey ' to passage as that
which the pure food law took before
it arrived at its station on the statute
i books. ? :" :. ?-.
. Taft's .Tariff Commission Plan. y
' As a fixed . daily ' : task President
fTaft is laboring to bring togeth
jsr the Republican factions in con
gress in order that he may . secure
legislation legalizing .; a genuine tariff
jcomBaission. i One year ago Mr. Taft
jmight have worked nights as well as
jdays along the same line of endeavor
' land at the end of 24 hours he would
jhave been; at the beginning, for the
regulars and Insurgents .were so hos
tile to. one another that attempts to
patch a peace would have been met
pot only sulkily, but defiantly,
i This year Mr. Taft, so the men close
jto him say, has some real hope that
be can induce Mr. Cummins, Mr. La
OFbllette, Mr. Murdock and others to
kink, arms with Mr. Aldrich, Mr. Hale,
plr. Boutelle and others and to present
ja united ' effort on behalf fof a tariff
commission. It remains yet to be seen
whether the president will be success-
ttuU-bufthe -politicians say he thinks
that the expenses of the government A Mistletoe Is Dangerous.
for the next fiscal year will be at least ., Tew people who . know ' mistletoe
$1,000,000,000. Years ago represents- I only as a desirable feature of Christ
Uvea of the .party in opposition used mas decorations understand' that the
to speak of the extravagances of their J plant Is a parasite dangerous to the
; Hf a genuine tariff commission is sanc
ftipned and fallowed to go to work in
lajtjusihesslike way t? gas on -."proper
(and improper: duties," Chat the Demo
crate next year when they are in con
ftrol of the house will not think it wise
' jto upset the legislation. All this Is
snere speculation, but it casts a light
Ion . one of the chief . ends of the ad
ministration's Winter endeavor and on
the ( views of some of the Republicans
of what they must do in order to save
the presidential election, to their
; party.
i Shall We Fortify the Canal T
- The layman who Is neither a legis-
. flator nor an army offlcer would find
himself, unquestionably, confused? but
probably interested," Jf he were here
? ; in Washington to listen to the argu-
v iments for and against the erection of
fortifications by Uncle Sam to guard
the Panama CanaL r A great many of
.the - legislators . are opposed to f orti-
fyingthe waterway, while virtually all
(President Taft has endorsed the forti
fication plan strongly In his annual
. message, in wnicn ne says: -
i"lt is also well known that one of
.." the chief objects in the -construction
cf the canal has. been, to increase the
: Imilitary effectiveness of our navy By
convention; We have: indicated our de
sire for, and indeed ' undertaken. Its
universal and equal use. Failure to
fortify the canal would leave the at
tainments of both .these alms in the
position of rights . and.;: obligations
rwhtch'we should be powerless vtq( en-
(force and which could never - in any
jother way; be absolutely safeguarded
' jagalnst ;a desperate' and irresponsible
enemy:
, The arguments which pass between
the legislator and the army officer on
4 ' tliA mi oaf icon rf wHaYiAw. m i
guns ought to beiplaceaoh ithe isth-
.. xnus run something like this:.
. The ; legislator says: "The , canal
' should be neutralized,' "and all nations
should be asked to bind themselves to
preserve its neutrality. In this way we
. will be saved the. expense of fortifica-
.tion and all danger of the canal's de-
STmr-Tirm in oma or vnr v ta ovavf
muu 4Mvma - 0 - w wa ui . a -.injuiiu tlx n hii
cy Tr.aMsaupo. "a, country a .war with
jwio j luivH. ovowv - uuUB . W ' IIS au'
. nnintatra. - t hlAW . nn fA . iv.
. rfvafial will ''K a' til Aw Hn WL
Mtutw rim us- vtvnuuy. ,4U yrvuUSe
to keep - the ' peace . wptild be ; whistled
faownr ine wma m a-minute. ' The only
iway to keep the enemy off is to stand
m off with a gun. : The . canal cost
udreds of millidhs. ' 'Under neutrai-
itloa , it" could be - destroyed in
. Budget at Least a Billion.
1 Attais stage' of the session of con?
rETV; e ot lturi " appropriation
v -: J1 oeen tJJttie more thsa
CxIttttsO, 'v tut It ' perfectly
c;ro area at ihia , eartv
opponents, and say. , that, they were
bent on giving the country a "Dilllon
dollar congress." .
; At the time this charge was consid
ered to be one of the highest flights
of rhetorical extravagance; and it is
doubtful if even those? who made it
thought that the day would come-for
scores , of years v when congress would
be called upon to appropriate $1,000,
OOO.OO'O in a single year, for the ex
penses of the government. ;. ' v :
Natural growth is responsible In a
measure for the vast increase in the
expense of ; , running - Uncle . Sam's
household. Twenty years ago the,
navy cost us each year about $30,000,
000 ; now it costs about $140,000,000.
The acquisition, of the Philippines ne
cessitated an increase inv the army,
and the army appropriation bill Is big
ger "than ever. Naturally all depart
ments have grown at a pace in keep
ing with the I growth in population,
and so today, much sooner than was
expected, the "billion' ddllar congress"
is an accomplished' fact . '
: The presidents of the United; States
one after another .always have urged
economy. It - made - no ; difference
whether It was Cleveland, Democrat,
or Harrison, or any other president. Re
publican, th plea for i economy , went
from the White House to Capitol bill
each year. In the : pastyear . perhaps
the saving admonition has been more
sharp and pointed than before, for ap
parently the president with ; other
American citizens", Tias - been - some
what staggered by the mere sight of
the figures in the. 'government's ex
pense account.
Taft Wants Jyt' Debts Paid.
No president, however, no matter to
which party he has belonged, ever
has asked congress to refuse to au
thorize the payment - of Uncle Sam's
just debts. President Taft1 has urged
economy -constantly; but like other
presidents before him he this year has
urged strongly that v congress . do jus
tice to the persons who have valid
claims against the government and
who cannot get their money. ,
Uncle Sam has . a court of claims.
The " judges- are as hard " worked as.
and perhaps harder worked than, any
of the other federal jurists. s They are
obliged to pass judgment on the valid-
ty of claims made against the' United
States by private individuals. If the
courtflnds tnat the claims are just.
all , it can do is to pay so and to in
form congress that the United States
owes : Henry Nelson ; or Phillip " Stuy-
vesant such and such . a t sum of
money.' .Then Henry Nelson and Phil
ip Stuyvesant go to congress and ask
that the money which really belongs
to I them shall ; be paid, and congress
usually turns a ' deaf ear.' Of course
claims are paid from time to time, but
many a man with a . bill which the
courts have O. K'd: waits; many aUong
year before he gets his; money ' and
then lie does not get all he deserves.
for no Interest Is allowed.- -
In his message o, congress this year
President Taft urged the payment of
the just indebtedness of Uncle Sam.
He sayar this, pointedly: The' delay
that occurs in the payment of ;the
money due under the' claims injures
the reputation"' of the government as
an honest debtor, and I earnestly re
commend that these claims- which
come to congress - with the Judgment
and approval of the court of : claims
should be promptly paid." i
f. Two Cavalry Leaders Die. .
Recently two officers ' of. high "rank
on the retired list of the United States
army have 'died, one in this city, and
one in Virginia, just across the Poto
mac . river ' Major Generals Wesley
Merritt and. Eugene 'A. Carr died on
the same day. ; Both were cavalry
leaders and one of them, Merritt, died
within sight of a. battlefield on- which
he won fame and the stars of a major
general when he-was only twenty-flvo
vears of ue.; ' ' sV:f; y y?"': :-:"-V
Both Merritt' and Carr were buried
a few days ago in the cadet cemetery
at West Point on the Hudson river.
where; they lie close to another; fan
ous cavalry leader, George 'A. Custer,
who - was killed in a, fight with' the
Sioux Indians on the . Little Rosebud
June 28, 1976. v Custer, like Merritt,
was a major general of volunteers, at
the, age of twenty-five years. :
General Merritt was one of the fa
miliar figures on t Pennsylvania" ave
nue; and on the streets about Lafay
ette Square. Bespite his age hi frame
was weH' knlt and erect, his ' eye was
alert and. his-cheeks had 'the red hue
of .early: youth.vNottlong1 ago 1 saw
the general standinig in. ja driving snow,
storm outside . the .little Episcopal
church: of St. .John's .where many pres
idents have worshiped. The :general
w;as Vwaitlngt his turn ? patiently until
that part of the (services, were reached
when persons who are hot Dew hold
ers are allowed ? to enter then sanctu
ary, v He .Ipald; no vWre , attention to'
the howling elements than if he were
a boy of twentyone and he looked as
it ne . were " gooa ior a quarter; or ,:,.a
century more of life, and. ""yet today
he;fis':'dead. Uxv:-S-t
Carr- Famous Indian. Fighter.
",fi Eng'ene ?AV- Carr lUkeV Merritt was;
a: West' Pointer.- j His rise ' was rapid
andher wasi one. of "the few officers of
pthe ;t(nlted States ariny" wb6 received
commissions, by acts .f cbngress . be
cause pf conspicuous personal gallan
try thefleldij.;" t&K&Wi&tft
, Carr stayed' in ' the regular service
at the close of the 'civil war and 'was
sent to the plains to begin the untried
duty- of. fighting Indians. ,- jLike ' Gen
eral Miles, Carr developed remark-'
'abte TPlainsmen'a sense,-1. They ,wta
pciuapa; btcu more , ia.is3 cs inciaa
fighters than came to then'as"Cjhtcra
acainrt nen of thler own cclrr. '
life of trees In the regions m" which
it v grows. It is only a question of
time, , after mistletoe once begins to
rrow upon a tree before the,, tree . it
self will be killed. The parasite saps
the life, of the infected branches. For
tunately, it is of slow growth, taking
years to develop to large proportions.
but when neglected. It Invariably ruinsv
all trees it reaches. i - ;
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English Women Smoke Pipes. ?f
The latest fancy of ) the woman-
smoker Isa pIpe-not the tiny affair
that ' suffices for ihe Japanese, but a
good-sized . 'brier or a ' neat meer
schaum. "The pipe is. boldly v carried
along with & gold card case and chain-
purse.- . For some time now-the cig
arette has given, place to a cigar.
small . in size ' and mild in quality.
Women said . they - were ; tired of the
cigarette, , and wanted a bigger smoke.
London Mall.
Cripple Rides Btcyole.
George Anstey, aged 12,' a cripple,
of "Leicester, England, Is one of the
most remarkable cyclists in the coun
try ; Both; his legs are withered and
useless, but . the Leicester : Cripples'
Guild has provided him j ; with a two
wheeled ' pedalless ; machine, with a
padded . tube covering ' the axle bar
Across this he lies face foremost, and
with vwooden clogs strapped to his
hands he propels himself along the
streets and; roads 'in a marvelously
rapid- manner. He has complete con
trol of the machine, his hands acting
as pedals, steering gear, and brake
combined. t , i
' Pretty Good Definition. ,
We hear some funny things in Fleet
street sometimes,' ana the K following
definition of the height of aggravation,
by a gentleman in rather shaky boots,
whom we encountered in a well-known
hostelry the 7 other day, struck us as
being particularly choice.
fThe 'eight of haggravaton, gentle-
meh," said this pothouse humorist, set
ting his pewter on the counter and
looking round proudly, Iwltlf the air of
one about to let off a good thing,-"the
'eight of haggravatlon why, -trying
to ketch aflea ouUo'yer ear with a
pair, of boxin' gloves."- London Tit-
Bits. , J -' ?.-! ' '' I'' ' -i'-'.
An Alaskan Luncheoni ,
Runners of woven Indian basketry.
with white drawn work doilies at each
of the 12 covers, were used on an oval
mahogany table. The doilies were
made at Sitka. In the middle of the
table a(mlrror held a tall central vase
of frosted glass;, surrounded by four
smaner ; vases, -an nnea wiin ,wnue
spring blossoms. The edge of the
mirror was banked with the same
flowers. Four totem poles were placed
on doilies in the angles made by the
.runners. . ' '
Place cards "were water colors of
Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held
salted nuts, and tiny Indian baskets
held bonbons. The soup spoons, were
"of horn, several of the dishes-used
were made by Alaskan Indiana, and
the cakes were served on baskets.
The menu was as follows: ' Polsson
a la Bering sea (naiiout cnowder) ,
Yukon climbers ... (broiled : salmon, po
tatoes Julienne) , r snowbirds' .. avec
auroraborealis (roast duck with Jelly),
Shungnak -. river turnips, Tanana
beets, Skagway hash (salad), Fair
banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar
ranged on individual dishes around a
central mound of powdered sugar),
arctic slices (brick ice cream), Circle
City delights (small cakes), Klondike
nuggets (yellow cheese in round balls
on crackers), Nome firewater (coffee).
Woman's Home Companion.' : '
owe a
- i
Acknowledgment.
"You wilK admit that you
I should say so," replied Mr, cum-
' ' - m mm " 1 A M T fkT t
rax. i woman t oe mYiiea w
her receptions or musicales if I wasn't
married to her s , j x '
" - Disqualified. ''f -' . '
Her-Mv brother, won first priw in
that amateur guessing contest but
they ruled him out as a prof essional, '
mm a proiessionaix i -v- - 1
Her- Yes. - He's employed C in , the
government bureau, you know. -
VLIghtnlng phaqge. -
The Manager-rCan you make .Quick.
changes and double in a few; parts?
The Actor -Can IT Say,, you know
the scene in "Love and Lobsters, ,
where ' the hero, and" the villain, . are
fighting, and a- friend rushes in and,
separates 'em? ; Well," I played . ali
three parts one night when the other
two fellows were ill, , . . .
Z ' Not Altogether Dead.
Mr.. Robert Butler of Marlborough,
England, has "had the peculiar expe
rience of hearing his death announc
ed. He was - attending ;the- poor law
conference at Exeter- when1- one of
the V delegates moved that,' In r conse
quence of the death of Mr. Butler,
which they all regretted, another gen-
tleman, whom he named; should le
appointed .to fill his place as one of
the representatives of Wiltshire on
the central e committee. .. Mr. Butler
rose from his -place 'on- the platform
and - announced - to ; the conferenee,
amid ' much amusement, that, so far
as herwas aware, he was still alive
and in good health, - and : would be
pleased to continue In the office if the
conference desired. Y'C
Bankers and Bank Notes..
Four men, three of whom were con
nected with brokerage concerns in the
Wall street district, were discussing
United' States paper currency, and the
disappearance - of counterfeits. 'We
Se , so sure nowadays," said olie . of
e party, 4as to the genuineness of
bills that little attention, Is paid tP
them in handling, except as -to de
nomination." To prove his assertion
he took a; $10 yellowbacjc froniv his
pocket," and, holding It up, asked who
could tell whose portrait It bore. No
one knew, and by way of coaching
the broker said it was v the . first treas
urer of the United ; States. Again no
one knew the 'name. ."Why,. If a
Michael Hlllegas," said the man
proudly. ''But in confidence; Til tell
you, I didn't " know it fire minutes
ago.4 New York .Tribune. '
' Vlyld at Least
; Dr. Hiram C. Cortlandt, ; the well
known theologian of Des Moines, said
in a recent address: ; ' " '
;V "Thomas A. Edison tells us that he
thinks the soul is not Immortal ; but,
after all, what does this great wizard
know about souls? f His forte Is eleo
trlclty and macninery, and 4 ' when he
talks of souls he reminds me inresisV
Ibly of the ybung lady who visited the
Baldwin locomotive works and? then
told hait a locomotive Is made. ,
' Tou pour she sald,l'a lot of sand
Into a lot of boxes, and you throw "old
stove . lids and things Into a 1 furnace,
and they you empty the molten stream
into a. hole in: the sand, and everybody
yells and swears: Then'. you pour it
out and let It cool and pound It, and
then you put. it " in a thing that bores
holer in !it' Then yoji , screw It to
gether, and paint it, and put steam in
it, and' it goes' splendidly; and they
take it to a drafting room" and make
a bluep rint of it. But one thing I for
gotthey, have to make a boiler, j One
man vgets Inside ' and one gets outside,
and they. pound. frightfully;' and then
they tie it to the other thing, and you
ought to see it. go!'-"
Echoes of Munchausen
' It .was' 'an absent-minded traveler
who had lately taken to ballooning. -Yes,"
he Observed impressively "It
was 'a fearful journey. . The' machine,
a thousand feet up, and -no more bal
last, headed 1 straight tor Siberia, and
the rarefied y. air--well, you , know as
welt as I do what effect that has on
a bahoon:. , , Yes, the peril was terri
ble." 'Then the old habit was too
strong for. him-t f The wolves detected
our presence. ( A desperate race .en
sued. We felt their hot breath on , the
nape of oiir necks.'r London Globe.
' Largest of-Whalesv , '
: The largest whale of Its type of
which1 there ia Bclentiflc'. record . was
captured recently off vPort Arthur,
Tex. j He : measured sixty-three feet
Iri Jehgth, and : was estimated , to be
about three hundred years old. Cap
tain Cob Plummer, mate of a United t
States, pilot boat, sighted the monster
in thVhofll4 off the jetties, and the
crew of : his vessel . captured the mam
maL .The huge body was towed ashore,
exhibited and much photographed be
fore being cut up. ' '
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. Rat Bounty Excites Merriment
Seattle, fearing the introduction of
bubonic plague by ratsv has offered a
bounty of ten cents a rat This moves
Tacoma, saf sufrom. infection from the,
seax' to raucous laughter, and the Led-
,ger says "that the hounty,v "though not
intended for rodents Z of -. Tacoma,
Everett,. Bellm'gham "and -other pbpu
lous and busy cwnters, has " been find-,
tag s its Way into the pockets of non
residents of Seattle for non-resident
ratal' . But the joke would beon us if
It were found that our! rat popula
tion had found its way into the Seat
tle census." - SX"-'1'' " - ' '
ry,' ' " " -y -. p.?
1 Two Very Old Ladles. ;
We have heard a great Ideal; lately
about long-lived people, but it Is prob
able that the oldest two people in the
world today are Frau? Dutklevits and
another old lady named .Babavaslika.
The former lives at Posem, in Prus
sian Poland, and was born on Febru
ary 21,: 1785. ' She is! therefore one
hundred and tweHty-flve f years . old.
The latter, however, Is nine ' months
her senior, having been born in May;
1784. . :-P :;---!&z-hx:?-i: :- :?
.She la still a fairly hale old woman,'
,and for nearly one hundred" years;
worked in the fields, f Her descendants
number, close on 1 100,; and these now
make her -a joint ' allowance. She lives
at the .village" of . Bavelsko, ' whose
neighborhood she has : never quitted
during the whole of her long life. She
remembers events which happened ' at
the ? beginning of 'last 'century much
more: clearly than .those of : the last
40 years. -Dundee Advertiser. '
. The Bri,
Nebuchadnezzar J,
accustomed style
u nesn being L
"us must be Beef arj
And. chuckling hoprsc,?M-
other chaw.Puck. ne
Kindly InWi
A man who enjoys 8ee ? '
In tears Is a brute " elnifc
J.'1 don't know about th.,
"uouttuus i Know takes
all the emotional plays,
&
Takes
me n.7S
Himself Serj
lesia, dining hw
hoters eat dIUng Zil
wuie wnere he can be 8ee
out hia meal ho - ftttt
dievs, a completely absorb1 i
He may . bring to Jhe uMe
naea witn papers. TW
scan with prolonged BoleL
any event: h ta em
of :profnilt,.-Ne: " "H
- t rress.
Holidays In the State.
Washington's birthday ia l
in all states. Decoration aL.
PfitAtM hut "Plnro . a' H
.Ma.vyi, "una Carolina.
Carolina. Tcnn
- ttiJU ias.W
,day is observed evervwho,
ally every state has legaMl0 5
having to do with it8 own nJS
fairs battle of New OrUo.M
u m
independence andW
to In Texas
day in .California, and so on uul
slppi.is.llke the federal m
in: lack of statutory holidays, S
common consent Independent ill
Thanksgiving and Christmas
served., A new one 1b 'Column D
lana, Texan
of San .Jacinto
.Too Ardent a; Lover.
! Oeorgotto Fontano,- an embroiderer
who lives in the Hue' Sevres in Paris,
has found . herself I condemned to a
month's imprisonment "for what seems
tbt he..aliarmlessaetw: V
v She was going home froia a concert
a few evenings ago when' she decided
she would like to see her fiance. . As
he:happhi to be flretnjul4'T trliose
station" is 'In her own neighborhood) if
occurred to her It wouldo Veryleaay
to summon him to. her side by break:
ing , the" glass of the " . flre alarm -and)
nnnitin al1 i :.': .'-.!vl. V & vt-3V
wiMiwiii t " ':-.i-'-.-T. v. . ---
She did so vanr - In a j few; . momenta
fire engines came from several direc
tions, all laden with' .flreinen, of course,
but ' alas! her fiance was not -.among
them, : and more than .that all the fire
men were angry,' and before she knew
what had happened ? she ' was taken to
a magistrate, who proceeded to make
the course of true loye run unsmoothly
by, sending her to prison for a month
in spite of her, tears and protests that
she thought it would be a simple way
of bringing her fiance to' her. aide. ;
y Planting Weddlna Oak.
" Princess Augus$ Wllhelm, J
mo MiMi o wurui son, njtf set heraf
the task of reviving one of toJj
oldest customs, that according to J
newly wedded" couples immediattyV
ter the marriage ceremony plant lcJ
pie of oak saplings side by side fal
park or by the roadside of their aJ
tive town. I
' The town of .Mulchausen, In ThJ
gia, is the first to respond to the pifcj
cess'; appeal. A municipal official
pears at the church . door' after ercr
wedding and invites the bride tt?
jbrIdegroom,to' drive with him bit?
riage to a new road near the town
there plant oak saplings. j
'y The tree planting Idea was statf
by a former elector of BrandeabrJ
with .the object of repairing fteat
ages caused by the 30 years' war. Buf
elector forbade young persons to bv
ry until they had planted a number c(
fruit-trees.
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An Unnecessary Confession.
A hearty laugh was occasionel il
the Birmingham police court by aprb
oner who gave himself away in s jery
delightful manner. The man to
first on the list and the charge spiral
him. was merely one of being irons
and disorderly. He stepped Into to
dock, however, lust at the monunt
when the dock officer was readhif oci
w few Of the cases which were, iowm
"before the court that morning, ci
sruiltr conscience apparently led to
to mistake these items fcr a list i&
previous convictions. , ft
He stood passive enough whlli ft
officer read out about a dozeffdml
and disorderlies, but when he nail
one I "shopbreaking" the prisoner
claimed excitedly, "That was
years ago, your honor," EreryoneJ
gan to laugh, and the, prisoner, nfl
ing the blunder he had made,Bf
looked very black indeed, butK,
saw- the humorous side1 of the
and a broad smile spread ov nun
His -blunder did not cost anyW
Birmingham Mail. .
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ainst the Pbstum Cereal Go., Ltd., Gave a Solericiid Chance
. rV'y ':. to Brin Qut " Facto1- "
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,-.!; A disagreement about - advertising;.: arose :
with a "weekly" Journal. ' - , ; 5
Following it, anv attack on us appeared T ih3
; their editorial columns; sneering at the claims
' we made particularly regarding Appendicitis,"
We replied through " the regular papers and
the "weekly" thought we' hit .back rather too
hard and thereupon , sued for libel, v v' Z.a
;The , advertisement the : "weekly attacked
us about claimed - that in many cases of appen-
dicltls an ; operation could be,, avoided' by dis-p
. continuing - indigestible food, washing;, out the
bowels and taking ,a predigested food "Grape-.
' Nuts. y-ty ; , 'W, j .
x Observe we said MANT cases not " all.
"f Wouldn't that knowledge ' be a .comfort ' to';
those who fear a surgeon's knife as they fear
death? '"''' ' --t. ' fyi 1
., The "yeekly! writer said that was a lie. Nv
fy We replied that' he -was ignorant of the facts..
He "was put on r the' stand and compelled -16 .
'Vadmlt he jwas not -a' Dvy and had no medical
-knowledge of; appendicitis and never. investi--'
gated to find out if the testlmonai letters to.
our Co. were genuine. " - :r. ; -r, .
5 1 A famous surgeon testified that when . aiu
ooerauon was reauirea uraDe-wuta wouid nnt
obviate it. . i rue.. : - "1.. 1.- . -' . y
; : We ; never claimed that when 'an operation
was required Qrape-Nnts . would prevent , It
y The surgeon ; testified bacteria germs help
: ed. qj bring on' an . attack; andl bacteria ! was '
grown, by -undigested, food frequently, .-i t
We claimedfand f proved ; by'bther famous
experts that4 undigested food raa - largely
responsible ,f0r; appendicitis . , y J:- v.s
- We showed by expert testimony ;that many
cases are; healed ;without a knife, but by ston- '
;ping the use of food which dlcl not digest, and
when food was required again it was helpful T
. -to use a predigested food whichdld not -over
v:. '.vBwww.jrgansvw: ulgesuon.
Whena pain , in the
hospital; andat the rsk of death be cut.
, Plain common sense shqws the better way
ii to stop food . that evidently has not , been
digested. : ' . .
'I Then, when; food 1s required, Juses an easily
: digested food. ; Grape-Nuts . or-, any other If
you know It to be predigested (partly digested
, before taking). ; , -' '- ' : , ,
:W', brought" to 1 Court analytical chemists
from New York, Chicago and: Mishawaka Ind.,
who .swore to . the analysis of Grape-Nuts and
that part; of the starchy part of t the 'wheat and'
barley had been ; transformed into sugar the
f kind of sugar producedn the human body by
digesting, starch(the large part oftood): vlV k
, Some, of the 'State chemists brought on by
the1. "weekly" said Grape-Nuts could 'ncVbe
: called V "predigested" food .because not all ot
it was, digested 4 outside , the bbdy. '-V. -r
i , The other chemists said any food' which' had
been 4 partly orvhalf digested outside the body
wa4 commonly known as "predigested."- -.Splitting
hairs ahout the meaning of a word.
Itfjs sufficient that If only pne-half of 'the
-foo4 is Vpredlgested," it is easier on weakened
- stomach and r bowels than food' In whichho -paft
la predigested. ". - ,r ; t v
To'showtiie facts we; Introduce ii: Tnos;
DarUngton,' former, chief ot. the . N. Board
of -Heath, Dr. "Ralph tW., Webster; hief of the
Chicago .Laboratories, and Dr. B. Sachs N Y
If we. were a UtUe severe: luCcrurdenuncia
turn of a, writer; self-confessed' Ignorant about'
l!LPSf,ndS'' "M.causeMtia possiblef tbV
,our header. C. Wr-Post, has made a lifetime '
Jtudy of food food digestion .and effects, and
FlZ?1? by many of the
bejt toedlcal authorities of .the dayT x , TT-
Ib it: possible;- thatwe; are ' at fsuit tor
; suggesting, as a Father and ifnti. .1 -
food,5 etc4 etc which has not been digest
then when again' ready for food use Grspfr
Nuts because It Is easy ofpdigesUonr . y
' Or should the 'chI14 be at once carted oS ,
a hospital 'and cut?
We have known of many cases whereto tw
approaching signs of appendicitis have
appeared by the suggestion being followed. . -
I No one better, appreciates the value or
. sjuhui pnysidan when a person is in W - .
.throes,.of acute' appendicitis, but, "an onnd
of prevention, is worth a pound of cure.
s Just 'plain old common sense is belpM
'nowadays.'' . , -
t - This trial demonstrated , Grape-Nutsjog;
is v pure beyond question.
u is, paruy predigested. .
y Appenaicitia . generally" has rise froaj
gcteood. . , ;
'y.lt Is not; always necessary to operate, -y
;.Ai ia best to stop all food. " y ji
SWhen. ready io, begin Teedlng useajS,;
gested.food.;; . - s 77T
Mt.ia palatable ahd strong in Nourlsbme
vit will payfine returns in health to Q" ;.
' heavybreakfasts' and lunches and use
'.food but select-food certainly known to .
, tain 'the elements nature . requires to suj,
the body May we be permitted to suL
breakfast 'of fruit Grape-Nuts and, ;
.two soft boiled! eggs, and someot.toa;--'.
;cocoa, milk or; PostumT . - , ' p
: Tt'rcsst6a of .whether; GrapeNuts
doesnot, contain the elements whIcn--1jso 1
requires for the nourishment of the
?of Its purity, will be treated 4n later
Daper, articrea - r ':.- , - . . ,tt
Good food is Important, and its enw.-,
body. la also-Important; ,
ms.fii aigesuon. , - ' I one of the' f araiw-whr. .. w ,
rlghlr aide.annears It I. J iLT4"14 in the .
Ufiot, Sways ' necessary to vba "rushed off to a, t levies .Tr 1.. meats;
' yy y -y-- -r:;.p-' , yyy :v-,:;;;r a ttarchy.
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