New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-10
UB1T TO Eat IND DRINK JTHEN TRICTCL-
ING.
Dr. E.ehardg n b. Good Tord

Dr. T,chrrdsJn in Good WOrd
Some riders choose TO take no regular meals at all
during their journey, preierrlng TO carry with
them some plain and simple food and drink, like
meat biscuit and bottle OF cold tea or milk, and to
uartake Of little very frequently as they go
along. not even caring to dlsmouht ioI the partah
plan answers very well indeed when long distance
has to be made aud there Is little or no time for
rest 1t IS better nevertheless. tc dlsmount take
light meal Of mixed food, lest for good long time
to let diges ion have full swing. and then on AGAIN,
gently at hrst briskly aitcIward. Such pan
gives good CestlOn OF the fOOd, quick ana excel
lent distribution of IL over the body for nutrltye
purposes, ard q healthy and sharp appetite fOI the
meal that Is next To come. The diet itself can
scarcely be too simple Animal food should be
fresh, not sailed. and well cOOl ed light animal
foods like fish and fUW and mutton are very good
to work on eggs and milk are very good. \
compile Of eggs beaten well M IN cup, mixed with
hot water. sweetened moderately with sugar, and
treated with a small quantity OF milk 50 As TO
make from hall pint to three-q quarters OF pint 49,
with little biscuit, an excellent sustaining meal
for those to whom eggs are easily digestlblc. To
those who can digest II oatmeal porridge IS very
good 70 breakfast on; and 10 all who can digest
milk milk lightly thlckened with wheat meal -
most sustaining Bread should be taken III mod
crate quantity, and fresh vegetables and fresh
fruit are always in character when not taken In
excess. Some fruits which for moment seem eX-
tremelv refreshing while on the travel become a
cause of thirst II the day is very v arm. notice
this particularly IN regard t. oranges, the most
tempting perhaps and the most easily obtalnaDle
of all fruits.
vi uIlDkluH uuIluH lIitJtio tAClti1o iiuhV SItdh
with some care IT is not vely difficult t. learn 10
tricycle. without a desire for too much drink of
any kind. But if the beginner does not learn to
breathe through the nose, ii he acquire the habit
OF breathing through the month he il to &C
quie also the desire to take liquids far too freely
tie will become SO dry in the mouth he will feel he
cannot get on unless be has something TO quench
his thirst, and that is an evil habit even though
the drink be innocent as the puresC water itself
The first point therefore is TO drink as little as
possible: to drink as much as will fill up the loss
that is made by evaporation OF water from the
body aud not any more.
What he character of the drink shall be Is not
very difficult 10 answer. and " hat it should not he
is answered with less difficulty, for certainly OF all
things again 1t should not be alcoholic stlmulant
On this last named point we who are advocates
for total abstinence from all alcoholic beverages
have secured beyond any mistake. fine score
from tricycling experiences. Those who to some
degree in opposition 10 MS on the general question:
mean those who still hold that alcoholic drinks are
III their right place Injuries and should not be de-
med A. luxures are with if they practsed tri
cyclists in expressing that alcoholic stimulation Is
fatal 10 good and sustained work.