Arizona silver belt., 1886-03-20
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An Estimate nr tho Comparative late, e
lectual value &c various Toods,
lNew york Commercial. AdyerdseYl
In this scientifoage, when all activity,
whether physical or intellectual, is uu-
derstood 10 DO an penditure OF force,
and force IN human hcings is known to
have its origin in food assimilation, the
su sistenco report OF Nassar eE4kige IS a
document worthy OF philosophical
study We know that ever; sweet
girl graduates diploma has l nn won
BY the conversion ot food into l,rNn ac-
tlvity; that every tinea assar gt.rl gets
q lesson or turnSa dress or cvcr atashes,
she expends the .utyalent Ok; meas-
ura0lo quantity Of aliment,
! et US see, therefore, what II is that
NRSsar girls eat, in order that We udy
have some data upon which to estimate
the comparative intellectual y,,iua Of
di erent articles o. diet Tho account
OF tho years proyender reveals sonM
curious and interesting facts. Assuming
us every Nassar graduate will insist
that We shall assume THAT there are no
intellects so perfectly Siu condition az
those at aSSar, we must believe that
to ratio established between chocolate
eelairs and slate pencils on tho one
hand and roast beer on the. Other is tho
right ratio for tho maiptenanca OF the
feminine mind IN its highest state of
efficiency.
Unluekily, the account rendered by
the Nassar purveyor does not enter into
exact details, but II is 10 any rate sual-
GENTLY particular to be suggestive We
learn, for example, that While the Vas
sar girls ate only $4,000 pOnnds of
buttSC, they made away with 22, 900
pounds OF sugar, a fact from which il is
a necessary inference that sugar is a
more intellectual article of diet than
butter in the ratio of twenty-five to
fourteen. Ordinary folk eat more butter
than sugar, which is obviously wrong,
and ii We mean to cultivate the mind
properly We must straightWay amend
our manners in this respect Thackeray
discovered the fact long ago aud insisted
that sweets and novels are TO be com.
meuded because all women crave them,
bit he did not get at O. act ratios.
II IS to DO observed, however, that
even the figures given do not quite &C,
curately represent the fact, for in add
ton TO the crude sugar used the Nassar
girls ate what We mayca applied sugar
ia considerable quantities, They are
credited wish the consumption OF 567
boxes lsze not stated Of carame,s, COB
pounds Of confessions, and ninety one
pounds Of maple sugar at the expense Of
the college commissarat, besides privately
purchased supplies. Obviously, feminine
brain activity requires deal of
sweeyoning
Another interesting fact is that the
FasSaT girls ate forty bushels Of onions
during the year. We are pleased to
know this. The onion is q vegetable of
many sterling qualities, which Is too
much neglected by women under
a mistaken notion that its consump-
ton is vulgar. II is dainty and
succuleut, and its food value is
very great. II it disagreeably affects
the breath, that is no reason for neg
Letting ii, but merely q reason for teas.
pyragy seclnsiOn on tho part oE the c0u-
sumner, and, as everybody knows, s9clu-
sion is always possible to woman, She
has only to have a headache if CATERS
are announced. We heartily approve
OF The forty bushels Of onions,
Besides these things the girls made
use Of $4,000 clans uncooked lot US
hoce--2, 800 pounds nj turaey, 3,8g5
pounds Of fresh fish DRAIN food, seven
barrels Of mackorel, o., 1875 pounds Of
fresh meat. and 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 al prosperity, and
good husbands, every bachelor (of arts
OF them,