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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE- 



Sept. 15 



sion that, if we lived as God intended we 

 should live, there should be no bad smell 

 anywhere about these bodies of ours at any 

 time, either day or night, no matter if we 

 are getting to be old and gray-headed. The 

 Bible tells us these bodies of ours are tem- 

 ples of the Holy Ghost; and if there is any 

 thing on the whole face of creation that 

 should be kept clean and pure it is these 

 physical bodies of ours. You ask why it is, 

 then, that we often do smell bad in spite of 

 all that we can do. Well, another clipping 

 from this same journal, I think, hits the spot 

 very fairly. The opening article, on hay 

 fever, contains the following: 



As to diet, I may say at once that here we fled as a 

 rule the real and fundamental cause of the disorder 

 we are studying. In severe eases, order a complete 

 fast of from four to ten days, with free water-drinking 

 and moderate exercise. Rest and sleep should be 

 taken to the greatest possible extent. 



The idea, given in a condensed form 

 above, is that we either eat too much or eat 

 food that we should know by experience 

 does not agree with us; and the remedy is 

 to stop eating— stop entirely if nothing else 

 will answer. Years ago, when I was on the 

 beefsteak diet for many weeks, all ferment- 

 ation and gases in the bowels were gotten 

 rid of, and I supposed the lean-meat diet 

 was the only thing that would accomplish it. 

 I have reason now, however, to think that a 

 careful diet, with many other things, espe- 

 cially if we leave the table every time when 

 we are still a little hungry will accomplish a 

 good deal the same result. If you live on 

 raw wheat or uncooked food, as friend Ter- 

 ry does, you will not be likely to overload 

 your digestive apparatus. The reason why 

 so many of us get sick and die is through 

 mistaken kindness of our wives and moth- 

 ers. After eating a pretty good square 

 meal, perhaps of wholesome food, the good 

 wife or mother says, "Oh! I have got some 

 good pudding," or some dessei't, possibly 

 ice cream in hot weather, etc. ; and although 

 we had finished our meal, or had about fin- 

 ished it, we eat these other things because it 

 might look a little surly if we should refuse 

 to touch the dessert. I believe tempting 

 and delicious desserts, more than any ihitig 

 else, cause the fermentation and the bad 

 smells. I know, exactly as Josh Billings 

 said he knew that it is bad policy to tell lies 

 — he knew by cxj^rience. 



Now, friends, if you wish to be well, as 

 God intended you should be — if you wish to 

 be sweet- smelling and clean, try this plan 

 of keeping a little hungry all the time. Of 

 course, it makes a difference when you have 

 hard muscular work to do. When you are 

 taking a vacation, or when you are old 

 enough to take things easy, be careful about 

 eating more than you need, and avoid the 

 food that you do not need and are better 

 off without. I hardly need add, for it ought 

 to be obvious, that you will not only make 

 a great saving in money, but, what is more 

 important, you will save the health and 

 strength of the wife and mother, and possi- 

 bly you may save the wages and presence of 



a hired girl in your home if you cut off all 

 these things which are not only useless but 

 which bring sickness and doctors' bills and 

 untimely graves. 



PABST BEER — IS IT "FOOD AND DRINK" ? 



In the Chicago Daily News, for Aug. 6th 

 (and, we are told, in many other papers), 

 in the advertisement of the Pabst Brewing 

 Co. we see the following astounding state- 

 ment: 



The United States Department of Agriculture offi- 

 cially declares that beer is the purest and best of all 

 foods and drinks. 



Well, the editor of the Home Defender 

 wrote to the Department of Agriculture and 

 received a prompt reply as follows: 



You are correct in assuming that no such statement 

 has been made by the department. The department 

 does all in its power to prevent having its views dis- 

 torted, but I regret that there is no law by which such 

 practices may be reached. Respectfully. 



Aug., 1907. M. N. Hats, 



Acting Secretary, Department of Agriculture. 



Well, friends, what do you think of the 

 above from the Department of Agriculture, 

 saying that we have no laws to prevent the 

 brewers from manufacturing such a state- 

 ment about their beer when there is no truth 

 in it whatever?* It seems to me that our law- 

 makers had better get together and make a 

 suitable law or our people will arise in their 

 might and do something without law. By 

 the way, the editor of the Home Defender 

 does not tell us what the Chicago Daily News 

 decided about accepting such an advertise- 

 ment after the statement from the Secretary 

 of Agriculture. Below is their excuse for ac- 

 cepting such an advertisement before they 

 were informed what the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture had to say: 



We, of course, can not refuse to accept all advertis- 

 ing which we can not editorally endorse; for as a 

 publisher you are aware that the majority of the larg- 

 est advertisers do not adhere very closely to the line 

 of truth in their copy. 



Well, the editor of the Home Defender sub- 

 mitted the statement of the Secretary of 

 Agriculture to the Pabst Brewing Co., and 

 after writing them again and again they 

 finally secured a reply reading as follows: 



With reference to the sub.iect matter contained in 

 same, will say that we have what we consider very 

 good authority for making the statement in question, 

 and expect within a few days to be in position to favor 

 you with full information along the line requested, as 

 well as arguments fully backing up the statements 

 contained in our advertisement. 



Trusting in the meantime you will kindly have a 

 little patience, we are Yours truly, 



Milwaukee, Aug. 14. Pabst Brewing Co. 



On page 1379 of last year the heading of 

 one of these Home papei's was "The Char- 



* Permit me in a footnote to direct your attention a 

 little more emphatically to the above statement. No- 

 tice the word officially. Now, this statement, no 

 doubt, goes broadcast throughout our land. Young 

 men who have not kept posted, but who have never 

 touched beer, may be induced by the thousands to 

 give it their attention, and finally become sots; and 

 yet the Department of Agriculture thinks they can 

 not do any thing with this villainous piece of forgery 

 — a piece of forgery that in its results may do more 

 harm to our youth than if this brewing company had 

 secured iniUions of dollars by a forged name attached 

 to a note. 



