Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-13
/ IA NEW PHILOSOPHY.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO
f-sa LIVE IN A(FAST AGE.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO
-sf LIVE IN A FAST AGE.
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The Observation-Disclosures Philosophy.
Based on Well Known Fact-Nutri-
ment in q Small Compass Saving Of
Time to the Business Man.
There is an old saying that time is honey.
This is practical age, Competition is so
great in all branches of industry that every
moment has its value in the coin of the ma
ton The familiar figure of Father Time
with scythe and hour glass in hand viii soon
be too antiquated and slow. We shall have
in place of Father Time another father with
a body like silver dollar and as many legs
as a centipede, only longer, and of course,
tho symbolical hour glass and scythe. Time
nowadays is certainly money. The man who
is in trade and who can work the most hours
without breaking down is the man who will
be in the end the most successful
This new philosophy might be christened
the economico- gastronomic philosophy. Its
formulated solely for the benefit of those who
live in this fast and progressive age II sub
ayes sututu EdNlOldt, plU
way of living would again come in vogue
But so long as men are willing to risk health
and limb, even life itself, in the race after
material wealth, this philosophy is what they
need.
There was a time when the man Of bust
ness in the great commercial centers Of the
country was glad 10 60 home at the noon
hour and enjoy hearty meal at his leisure
He had time enough to masticate and digest
And he could find the time after his midday
repast to enjoy a short nap as an aid TO
digestion In those days dyspepsia was rec
oguized as an enemy to the human race, but
the visits of that distressing ailment were
less frequent than now. The food was well
digested and the man grew fat aud strong
| A good digestion, as Shakespeare says, or
was it Bacont ats on appetite, and health
on both"
But in this rapid age there is not this
dallying with the dinner. Time being now
viewed as money, there are none of the
| golden minutes and diamond seconds to be
thrown away at the dinner table. Men have
| no time 30 eat properly II their food could
be shot into them as a wad from a cannon
| there are some who would not object, if it
was not accompanied by danger to their
| lives
But to have ones food fired into him
would be to deprive gastronomy of some of
its chief delights. The new philosophy does
not contemplate this However, as nothing
in this world can be gained without some
kind of a sacrifice, this philosophy proposes
to gain time at the sacrifice of the palate,
But then, time is money!
1t is well known philosophical fact that
the actual essence of every food can be com
pressed into a very small compass A piect
of roast beef can be reduced to the size of 6
pea, and Yet retain its nourishing qualities
A potato can be reduced to the size of a blue
mass pill. a small cabbage can be squeezed
into the form of troche. A slice of bread
can be made to assume the shape of squill
A slice OF mince o. apple pie, or even {
saucer full of Indian pudding, may b
forced into the dimensions of peppermint
lozenge. Here, then, is the secret of the new
philosophy. Boil every substance to it
minimum and save time.
The hour arrives when the sun and hunger
are usually at their zenith Instead of worry
ing his brains over the question whether o.
not he can go home to dinner, or whethes h,
| Las lht LliliS ~ ~ W lulNhccii uO" II VONIi
he, the business man, merely stops momen
from his work, swallows his porter hous
steak pill, his Saratoga chips pill, his breat
squin and his rice pudding lozenge, one b,
one, or all together if he is very hurried
washes them down with a glass of water
and the deed is done.
Restaurant keepers and the proprietors o
lunch counters will object to this philosophy
but what of that 1t possesses this grea
virtue as an offset to the protest of the res
taurant keeper. The busy man can do in
half minute, under the new plan, what
cannot do in less than fifteen or twenty mir
utes under the old system In that time b
can do considerable work, or wait on half
dozen customers There will be no add
tional expense On the contrary, it will b
| more economical
There is also this praise in its favor TIL
remnants of the food from which the life giy
ing qualities have been extracted may b
| given to ones poor relations As ther
would be considerable bulk in this. we shout
get credit for q generosity which does nc
exist.
Again, one cooking will last good Will
In one day there can be enough extractin
, of essences to last a week. Then we shall
able to live without those penetrating an
? lingering kitchen smells, like hiltons ''lnke
sweetness, long drawn out" without greas
! without the clatter of pans, the cost of Goa
, the uncomfortable heat in the summer tim
and perhaps save the wages of a second gir
g There will be fewer dishes to wash, one me
less to be served, one lot less of silver al
+ china to be cared for This alone viii sa1
| IL 60 > H. ii
r the mistress 1t is certainly worth eonside
ing. Above all, think of the great saving
4 time to the business mani His buttery wou
be his vest pocket; his dining room would
his office.
, There is also @ possibility that this ne
philosophy might be so potential and f
d reaching in its effects that even the plans
building houses might be changed The
d would be no necessity, should the idea ev
be generally adopted, for any dining rool
There would be saving Of money hel
And the lessening of the size of the hou
" would also lessen the cost of fuel for heat
cause the area to be warmed would be
minished What a saving there might be
other directionsl No necessity for comm
n or fine china; no table silver; no fine tai
~ linen no dining room furniture, carpets
70 pictures. The costly sideboard with its 81
N tering display of cut glass, would fall il
% disuse The guests invited to dinner
"a supper, could be seated in the parlor and t
hostess would have served to them on SIN
n individual dishes their pills, troches, soul
Va and lozenges. The dinner could be swallow
a without an interruption OF the conversati
# for moment, or interfering at all with I
diversion on handl
: A great philosophy thisi What think y
of it, gentle readerf-Detroit Free Press
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