Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1904 — Immune to Pie. [ARTICLE]

Immune to Pie.

A tried and toughened old person whose vital tenacity has defied the laws of hygiene for the greater part of a long life can scarcely be expected to comprehend tlieir Importance in general, and still less to appreciate some of their manifestations in particular. Miss Jane Addams of Hull House, who is one of the “saints with a sense of humor,” delights In telling the experience of the Hull House workers with a poor and aged woman to whom they found It necessary to supply nourishing food. It was food of the best, as appetizing as nutritious, —or so it seemed to them, —provided at their order from a hygienic kitchen which they frequently and appreciatively patronized themselves. It Included, naturally, however, a generous proportion of "health foods;” and "health foods” are an innovation to which elderly palates cannot always accustom themselves. Miss Addums asked the old lady one day how she liked her meals. She was a grateful and polite old lady, and worded her answer as delicately as sh® knew how; but she was truthful. “Well, I suppose It’s good," she said, hesitatingly, “but —I’d rother eat the tilings I’d rother.” After that, by Miss Addams’ order, she was allowed to livo on pie and baker’s bread and fried things, according to her taste. She had done so for so long that her hygienic but sympathizing friends resigned themselves to the belief that she had become Immune to the effects of such food. It Isn’t always safe to judge a woman's complexion by the label on ths box. Even a brave sea • captain dreads squalls after his first baby Is bora