The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-08-25
HOT KITCHENS.


Unfortunate House. Keepers Wasting Their
Strength in Needless Cooking.
During the cheated term it is by
no means unusual for some house,
keepers to make themselves but little
less than slayes-slaves to the lower
nature, gratifying the more sensual APP
petites. This is the season, perhaps,
in which the greatest violence is done
to the human system, sadly exhausting
the vital forces. For several weeks, at
least our natural inclinations and more
usual promptings suggest more than
usual rest and our accustomed quiet, a
feeling of lassitude convincing us that
we have less than the usual strength
and vitality.
But our fictitious ideas, our false
views of the demands of the system at
this season of the year, come sadly in
conflict with our comfort if not our
health. Since most of certain class
of food-thc heaters an unusual
quantity, are demanded on account of
| the GOODNESS of the weather, it is evil
dent that much less food is needed in
the summer, particularly during the
hottest part of the season, which fact
| is indicated by a falling off of the APP
petite, which, when perfectly natural.
represents the amount of food actually
needed to sustain the system in its
proper condition. Unfortunately, this
natural, diminished appetite, indicative
of our real wants, is too often regarded
as evidence of some arrangement, to
remove which one of two methods are
rcsorted to. to improve the appetite
or to increase it, making it artificial,
unnatural by the use of stimulants or
tonics, or to tempt it by the use of par
ticularly agreeable, delicious dishes.
almost compelling one to eat more
than is really demanded to keep the
system in its normal condition. This
implies extra cooking, since such APP
petizing dishes require additional time,
| Just when the cook is the least able to
perform such arduous duties. As nat
ural consequence. most of the time and
energies are give2. to cooking tempt
ing dishes, wasting the energies of the
cook, with those Of the family. as such
dishes are very difficult of digesting,
often exhausting nearly or quite all
of the strength obtained from the food.
Oftener than otherwise, the Kitchen is
kept closed, that the heat may not rem
der the whole house uncomfortable,
the unfortunate cook toiling, for
naught, when not able to spare much
vitality, her condition aggravated by
being compelled to endure a heat to
which no mortal should be subjected,
at least unnecessarily, for any consid-
cradle length of time. 1t is not mat
ter of surprise that so many wives, in
what should be the very prime of life,
are faded, shriveled, prematurcly old,
often filling an early grave! All OF
this is unnecessary. The appetite flags
no more at this season than it should,
and it is folly and worse 10 attempt to
force ii, since the means usually EN-
ployed simply add to the tagging Ell.
ergies.
| During the hottest of the weather, a
very simple dinner is all that is needed
for less than the usual amount of food
is needed, while digestive power is cor.
respondingly diminished. Sometimes
this extra cooking is the result of the
choice of the wife, whe voluntarily as.
sumes needless tolls. When demanded
by the husband, with full knowledge
of the results on his wife's health. it is
worse than bestial, indicative of but a
very little worthy of the name Of man,
hood..-Dr. Hanqtord, in G0iden Rule