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Show Askew view Anfri-glutography By Mike Whitney In his recent bid to become chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Abe Fortas ran into a deluge of criticism from anti-pornography forces who believed Justice Fortas to be "soft" on obscene material. As strong as the opposition was from the anti-pornography people, Mr. Fortas was lucky the attack did not come from the opponents of glutography. Since the anti-glutography forces are fairly new on the American scene, and the term glutography itself of recent origin, let me clarify what glutography is and what the anti-glutography people stand for. Glutography is quite simply the graphic portrayal of gluttony or overeating. Overeating Increases Mrs. Ohno Ostrich, a prominent Utahn and anti-glut v spokeswoman, corr.r.er.:; L "those who oppose glut,;! ; do so because they are at ' the rising tide of overeath; '-i country that is undent physical condition of At 'l Eating is a beautiful this I Ostrich went on to obseis a God given gift. But it: presented in such a w, ; suggest gluttony it be:-:; I ' and disgusting." 7" Mrs. Ostrich and ffe critics feel that glu: directly responsible for.- tide of overeating in A: Mr. J. Eager Snoopi:, , ' of the Food and Boca ivi (sometimes called the Fiji;; declared the connection ; glutography and overs;-; ' beyond question. "In . case of habitual overeaiing f " that the overeateris&Dan:j:. of magazines such as A: I,-Home I,-Home and Better liot-j" Gardens which cantsin h color spreads of foodpcEf , such a way as to suggest gL , : And in a majority of cases-that cases-that the overeater is also: to hard core glutography : Betty Crocker Cook Book. " Glutography Prevalent : In their fight i. glutography, -anti-glutographers are pf concentrating on so:' : glutography which they ft , too Drevalent in Ames today. "We live in a food sr . society," declared Mrs, (' ' "From the time a chili - i enough to watch televisic: , presented constantly with Tootsie Rolls, Pi"!i Rice-A-Roni. This is' ; damaging in the formate We desperately need t- ; control this type of t -material." Professional anti such as Mr. Snooper,1; greatly concerned with 'j glutography, which the). t; completely outlawed. : , glutography," explain?; Snooper, "is the graphic?- . of people engaged in f eating or a graphic ol portrayal of food that is entirely to arouse hi and has no socially & ' features " The anti-glutography t0';, on the march. At P; 1 glutographyopponjr: concentrating their etfo a proposed antil: . f ordinance nw,,: consideration in HersW; which Mr. Snooper has. most food obsessed cit) - nation." If the ordinance pasV t open the way to n success for the anti-g forces. In that eventual") better hide your cook bo |