WHOLEMEAL BREAD.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18365, 24 April 1925, Page 13

WHOLEMEAL BREAD.

TO THB EDITOR Of "THE PRESS." Sir,—lt is good to see the evidence that is accruing in favour of more variety in the bread basket. People who -want to avoid white bread as much as possible are guided in many cases by personal experience, and cannot be regarded as faddists. Tho lucky persons who can eat white bread with impunity are still in all probability in the majority; the ones who are crying for something different, do so for very good reasons, but I think it is beyond doubt that white bread has a tendency to reduce the consumers of it, and add to the unfortunate ones who cannot do so. Yours is not a medical journal, hut everyone knows perfectly well that no two' engines in the human body are alike. If the engine is strong, then white bread is all right; but if otherwise, the weaker engine requires somo assistance from the food it is fed with, and my personal experience is that brown bread gives that assistance; and I should strongly advise anyone whose system is sluggish to eat brown bread and get used to it as soon as possible. Wholemeal bread, on the other hand may be better still, but only if it could be ground finer, the few specimen loaves I have seen of it, while quite eatable, being both very heavv and very congested. The question is, is it possible to grind wholemeal flour as fine or nearly as fine as the white flour? As for rye bread, I have been longing to taste it for years, but am still waiting for a baker enterprising enough to put it on the market. The reason why white flour has become almost universal is said by millers and bakers to be caused by the demand for a "pure white article." Tin's may have been the case years ago when people were less well informed than they are now. They wanted a "decorated" article, and did not know or care anything about its effects on weak stomachs. But to-day, experience is beginning to tell and the "decorative" aspect of the thing is losing its force. There is a contradiction in the | Auckland baker's statement in a contemporary that there was "no difficulty about obtaining wholemeal bread," because in the same acoount it is shown that a shopkeeper in Auckland con* fronted with a big demand could not supply it, and would have to give "the same answer for the next three hours." This being so, what becomes of the baker's statement? It is probably the same way down here. Of course, if grinding wholemeal flour as fine as white flnur is goins to rob the former of its fighting value as a disintegrater among the other foods in tho stomach, it might Tie as well not to have it so ground. It is (vidently the increased oil and also increased harmless irritant in the coarser ground flour that does .the w^l.—Yours, etc., EXPERIENTIA DOCET.

ANZAC DAY PROCESSION. TO THB EDITOR OF "THE PRESS." ' Sir,— Regarding "Parent's" letter in to-day's issue, as to "Anzac Day" memorial procession, it is the only outward tribute we can now pay to our heroes who gave their lives in the late Great World War. If "thousands of children" are on the streets that day the responsibility lies entirely with the parents or those in control, and not with the authorities, as, so far, all restrictions for children under sixteen are still in force; and although Territorial parades can be held on that day, Senior Cadets (children for the time being) are still under restriction. Thanking you four your valuable space.—Yours, etc., MOTHER OF FOUR. April 22nd.

TRAFFIC POLICEMEN. TO THE ZDITOB 0? "THB P8E38." gi r __ltay I suggest to the City Council, through the medium of your paper, that large electric lights be erected over the policemen directing the traffic at the intersections. Now that the evenings are drawing in it is very difficult to see what the policemen are signalling.— Yours, etc., MOTORIST. April 21st. . v