EXTRACT FROM LETTER " M. E. F." writes :--May I
congratulate the Spectator on opening its columns fur the discussion of such vital questions as food, health, and deficiency diseases ? Half the social and industrial troubles could be traced to the appallingly low standard of feeding of the working classeS ; and in many cases the middle classes arc by no means blameless : their -besetting sin is snobbery, and there can be no greater sin against the race than snobbery in the matter of food. Let the I'. and 0. and Blue Funnel Lines order polished rice to be issued to their Lascars and Chinese firemen and see how soon there will be a loss of efficiency in their ships. Let the India Office order modern white flour to be issued to the Indian Army instead of atta, and mar- garine instead of ghee, and they would very soon cause a second Mutiny with a much more just grievance than the alleged violation of caste by the lubrication of cartridges with animal fats.
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