The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-11
WHAT WOMEN WANT TO KNOW

EF Nmeral Influence of Cooking.
5.sASome people may be Inclined to smile at what
] am about to say, viz, that such savory dishes,
serving to vary the monotony Of the poor hard
working mans ordinary fare, afford consider
able moral, as well as physical advauta ge.
An Instructive experience of my own will
illustrate this. n When wandering alone through
Norway in 1866. 1 lost the track in crossing
the Kyolen field, struggled on for twenty
three hours without food or rest, and
arrived in q sorry plight at LON, p
very wild region. After a few hours rest,
! pushed on to q. still wilder region and still
rougher quarters, and continued thus to the
u eatJ os.edal table land, an %unbroken glacier
of 500 square miles; then descended the JOS
tedal itself to its opening on the Sogne fiord--
five days OF extreme hardship, with no other
food than fatbrod very coarse oatcake), and
bilberries gathered on the way, varied on one
occasion with the luxury OF two raw turnipa.
kE4hen I reached a comparatively luxurious sta
BaAon Qtonnei), where ham and eggs and claret
were obtainabls. The first glass Of claret pro-
duced an effect that alarmed me-a craving for
more and for stronger drink, that was almost
and nothing but a. violent effort of will pre-
vented me from then ordering brandy.
l attribute this tosthe exhaustion consequent
upon the excessive work and ins Efficient, uusa-
WY loou VI tue previous I'VE Gays nave MADE
many subsequent observations on the victims
OF alcohol, and have no doubt that overwork
and scanty, %tasteless foot are Gthe primary
source OF the craving for strong drink tina. SO
largely prevails with such gdeplorable result.
among the class that ia much exposed to such
privation, do not say that this ia the only
source of such depraved appetite. 1t may also
be engendered by the opposite extreme Of
excessive luxurious pandering to general
sensuality. r
The nrnciicaI inferanoo s,ooos+a5 hr th;s a
perience and these observations is, that speech
making, pledge-signing, and blue-ribbon mis-
slons can only effect temporary results, unless
supplemented by satisfying the natural appetite
OF hungry people by supplies of food that is not
onfy nutstious, but savory and varied. Such
food need be no more expensive than that
which la$ commonly eaten by the poorest of
Enslishmen, but it must be far better cooked.
A Word About Christmas.
Susan Anne Brown In Century: When what
was designed to be a pleasure becomes q bur-
den, ii is tinletto stop;and examine It carefully,
and see if it is the thing itself which has grown
ITO oei SUCH a weight. or whsther ut is simply an
awkward manner of carrying it. Certainly
there must be something wrong in any celebra-
ton OF Christmas which results in serious
fatigue of mind and body. During the first
three months Of the year nothing is moro
e e,.nhy given as a reason for i'll
h ieni,a than ..s,a an oo oyerssrais during the
NV ScA oH u ous "
Christmast"' or ,t'1she worked too hard in finish
ing her Chris mas presents, :" or ''the week be-
fore Christmas she was tired ont with shop
ping 'are excuses which appear as surely as
January and February come. The question
must sometimes occur to every one, whether all
this worry and wear of heart and hand and brain
A%rercally worth while. Is there not some better.
way Fot celebrating this day OF DAYS than.
FOR swomen to wear themselves out in,
kmaiAng or buying pretty triaes for
peonle who already have more than
they can find room for? Setting aside all Of
fort OF eyes and fingers, the mental strain is
intense. 1t is a remarkable fact that, although.
Christmas has been Kept on the 18th day Of
December for more, than ! 1000 years, it's ar
rival. seems as unexpected as If it hsd been
appointed by the president. No one is ready
for II, although last year every one resolved to
be 60, and about the middle of, December
there y begins a crush and hurry
Which is really moro weary than 3
Ma moving Above all things, if, you give
presents, be more anxious 10 give something
whlch supplies . want than to send some
pretty trile which can only prove'in the end
an additional care. There are numberless
things which'can be procured, without a wear
and tear of mind and body which makes the
as David did of the water from
TIE we'll of Bethlehem, that what cost so much
was too valuable to he accepted.