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I am not saying anything about how wholesome it is, com- 

 pared to whiskey, because I know even whiskey is none too 

 wholesome ; but it isn't whiskey, and therefore it is fraudu- 

 lent. You see a big advertisement running, of a certain 

 kind of whiskey ; that isn't whiskey, — it never was. It is 

 a beverage, to be sure, made under the laws of tlie United 

 States, unfortunately, which have countenanced just that 

 sort of thing under what is called the " rectifying law." A 

 man can take out a license, and rectify. What does that 

 mean? I think it means to make something better, to 

 straighten out; and when applied to whiskey, it means the 

 adulterated substances are removed. But it doesn't mean 

 that at all. He can take out the oil that is in it and put in 

 what he pleases, — providing he pays the tax. And then 

 he can sell it under whatever name he pleases, as whiskey, 

 raw whiskey or any other whiskej^ That is rectified whis- 

 key, or blended whiskey, as it is called. Blended whiskey 

 is sold everywhere to-day ; and you can't go to a bar in 

 Boston, or any other place where whiskc}^ is sold, and get 

 any other kind but that. I will correct myself. There is 

 one place where you can get pure whiskey. You can go to 

 a ofovernment bonded warehouse and oret it out of bond. 

 That is stuff that has been put in there, and never manipu- 

 lated. That is straight whiskey. 



Mrs. Worth. I simply want to thank the doctor for his 

 address, from the standpoint of a housekeeper. I think this 

 is a subject that housekeepers are, or should be, interested 

 in. They are largely responsible for the health of the fam- 

 ily, and every one should feel very grateful for any knowl- 

 edge on this subject, and to those who are studying and 

 working for the best interests of humanity in this respect. 



Dr. Wiley. I am glad to have this word of commenda- 

 tion. And I would like to say a thing that is patent to 

 everybody, — if the women of this country would pay more 

 attention to foods and less to voting, they would do the 

 most good. I am not opposed to woman's suffrage, by any 

 means, but I would like to see an improvement in the 

 kitchens of our families. 



