The Postum Cereal Company, The Road to Wellville — Why We Can’t Follow in Grandmother's Footsteps (1926)
“ Refrigerator cars, cold storage, transportation facilities, cables and telegraph wires have bound the nations so closely together that fresh fruits and vegetables from many lands are with us the seasons round. Our garden patch is the world—an advantage that we should make the most of, not begrudging the investment, for it pays big health dividends. ”
The Postum Cereal Company, The Road to Wellville — Why We Can’t Follow in Grandmother's Footsteps (1926)
“ She did not need to know about exercise and fresh air, and vitamins and coarse foods, and where to get her iron and lime. They were all forced upon her. She couldn’t escape them. The further we get from nature and simplicity, the more we need to know in order to live wisely. So do not try to wear grandmother’s hoop skirts under your tubular one-piece dress. It can’t be done! We who step from home or office to elevator, motor, or street car (whereas she jolted in a springless wagon over pioneer roads) cannot compare our life with hers. ”
The Postum Cereal Company, The Road to Wellville — Why We Can’t Follow in Grandmother's Footsteps (1926)
“ In return for our greater leisure and shifting the weight of many household burdens to other shoulders, we must put more thought upon what we need and why, in order to choose from these modified foods. ”
