The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-08-19
WHAT JAssAs. elRLs eAf,
An EstI&Ats OF the ooIpati.lys Ialsls
iso'uh ralus OF variOdi iSoas

- e-Ft'e'fs' W Nsfe SsNtbatettSs AAANt
IsetuAi Value OF vArioii t6oas.
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In this scientific age, when ali activity,
whether physical or intellectual, Is ID!
derStood TO 10 an expenditure Of force,
aud force In human Deings is known u
have its origin In food assimilation, the
subsistence report Of asSar college q &
document worthy Of philosophical
study. We know that grery sweet
girl graduates diploma has 6Jen won
by the conversion Of food into btalh ac-
tiyity; that every timea yRSsat girl gets
lesson or rturnSa dress, or even bluSheS
she expenlls tho equivalent Of q meas.
tirable quentity Of Aliment.
Let us soc Therefore, what It is that
Nassar girls eat in order that We may,
have some data upon which 10 estimate
the comparative intellectual value Of
di erent articles Of diet The account
Of the years proVender reveals some
curious and interesting facts, Assuming
-as every aSsar graduate will insiSt,
that we shall assume that there Rro no
intellecls so perfectly ''in condition as
those at aSsar, wo must believe that
TIC ratio established between chocolate
eclairs and slate pepcils dd the onS
hand and roast beer On tho other Is thd
right ratio for tho maintenance Of the
feminine mind in It's highest state Of
e1cicncy.
unlueEilyi tho account rendered By
the NasSar purveyor does not enter into
exact details, but IL Is al any rate sui.
GENTLY particular to be suggestive w
learn, lOr example, that while the vGS..
sar girls ate only 1900 pounds Of
butter, they made away with 1900
pounds Of sugar, q fact from which Il is
necessary inference that sugar Is q
mo : Intellectual article Of diet than
butter in tho ratio Of twenty-five 70
fourteen. Ordinary folk eat more butter
than sugar, which Is obviously WrongS
and il We mean 10 cultivate the mind
properly We must Straightway amend
our manners in this resp. Ct ThackeraY
discovered tho fact long ago and insisted
that sweets and novels arc 10 be com.
mended because all women crave them,
but he did not get at 9 act ratios. =,
II is 10 be observed, however, that
even the figures given do not quite 20.
curately represent the fact, for In addE
ton to the crude sugar used the taSSaE
girls ate what we may call applied sugak
in considerable quantities. TH6y are
credited With the consumption 81 5S7
boxes size not stated Of carGme!S, O99
pounds Of conte tions, and ninety.one
pounds of maple sugar at the expense Of,
the college ocOmmssarat, besides privately
purchased supplies, Obviously, feminine
brain activity requires q deal Of
sweetening. f i.ls.1 T
Another interesting fact Is that The,
Vassar girls ate forty bushels Of onions
during tho year We arc pleased to
know this The onion Is vegetable II
many sterling qualities, which & tBH
much neglected by women undei
q mistaken notion that lis consump.
ton is vulgar. II Is dainty and
suCculent, aud It's food value Il
very great, If 1t disagreeably atIectt
the breath, that Is no reason for neg.
lecting 1t, but merely a reason for TEN.
porary sorlusioI OF tho part 6f the con.
sumer, and, rs every yjody knows, seclu.
sion is always possible to a woman, She
has only 10 have q headache II callers
arc announced. We heartily approve
Of the forty bushels Of onions,
Besides these things the girls made
use Of $4,000 clans -uncooEed, lot rs
no 6-',SOO pounds Of tur ey, $685.
pounds Of fresh fish brain food seven
barrels Of mackerel, ~, lS5 pounds OF
fro b meat, aud twelve gallons Of horse,
radiSh, in addition to other articles Of
minor Importance. obviously, the girls
live well rs they ought, seeing that they,
do their work well. we wish them
every happiness and all prosperity, and
good husbands, every bachelor (of GltSj
Of them,