Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-10-08
HeaIthfaI Food.

The pc1so.. who deciocs what shall
be the food aud dfiak Of family, and
the modes of its preparation, is the one
who decides, to Greater or lesser de-
gree, what shall be- the health of the
family, and she who adapts the food
and cooking Of hsg family to the laws
of health removcsxone of the greatest
risks which threatens the health Of those
under her care. .sWho drinks beer,
thinks beer, says An old proverb, but
nobody can think at all rightly with
bad, ilT-cooked food in the stomach
And, says sensible writer, if we would
only study cause and effect as we should,
we would find that great many evils
now attributed to providence or Satan
would fall into position end label them
themselves ''piecruat, "'grease, /" soda, i"
hurry and the stomach, that long
suffering. much enduring, patient little
servant, will be found to be at the bot
tom of half the ills. flesh is heir to. and
over which we moifFn.
In winter the body requires ample sup
plies of fuel to keep up the animal heat
In addition to WHAT'S necessary to make
up for muscular and mental waste. These
supplies are found fl such food as con-
tains large proportions of carbon; for
coal, under Ole natac or another, keeps
our engines moving our fires burning,
our hearts bea ing, The oils butter
and lard-are composed mainly o. car
bon, and this element enters largely into
all the starchy foods, as the grains, rice,
potatoes, peas and beans. Corn meal.
beside containing ,starch, has a larger
proportion of oil tSan any other grain
except, perhaps, abuckwheat. conse-
quently cornmeal gard buckwheat are
especially appropriate as winter diet
food containing oils. as they are indis-
pensible to peraect digestion and q
healthy conditionEof the blood. For
students and scdcasary people Graham
mush is highly coHnended. Cornmeal
is good for muscular labor, but poor for
mental exertion. phosphate of lime is
needed to give firmness to the bones,
and to supply material for the teeth.
Pure milk or kernels of wheat
are the only articles that
contain all the necessary elements. A
portion of the outer covering Of a wheat
kernel holds lime. silica, and iron, which
are needed Cor the body. and they are
found in no other part of the grain 1t
is therefore plain that bread made of un-
bolted -four is more healthful than bread
made Of superRne -four. Experiments
have shown that fine flour alone will not
sustain life more than a month, while
unboltcd -four furnishes all that is neces-
sary for the body. Beans, barley and
wheat have about three times as much
bone building AMI teeth feeding ele-
ments as the best beefsteaK, and no chill
dren grow up to vigorous and healthful
manhood or womanhood where close at
tention is not paid to the bone building
during the period Of growth. The flesh
and fat can be putson afterward, but not
one hundredth past of an inch can the
bones be made to take on after the sea-
son of growth has come to an end.
Food, therefore, must be abundant,
substantial, nutritious and fresh; .suita-
BILE to the climate and the season. as well
as to the age and condition of the per-
sons. And it should be remembered
that nutritiousness and digestibilitv are
not interchangeable, and must not be
COMPOUNDED Many articles of food are
nutritious That are not easily digested,
and vice versa.