Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-11
BEST FOOD FOR MEN.
WHAT SOME BRAIN WORKERS EAT
IN ORDER TO 90 GOOD WORK.

No Hard and Fast nuics Can lie laid
Down for s,rybody-Indlyiduh ro-
culiaritics Must Determine tho raitic-
uiar Food Sceded for Zach Que.
Whether the old saying that mans
heart Is reached through his stomach IL
or Is not true one. II IS n scion,ilio fact
that tho stomach is highway 10 tho
brain. The oxhilarating influence Of
good dinner Is sometimes shown IN
brilliant impromptu speeches, without
doubt. The cook Is responsible for
many of tho accidents, the failures and
successes OF life. Not long ago well
known lawyer In summing mp u cuss
acquitted himself so wrntchcdly TINT tho
Jury promptly brought In verdict
against his client. Tho lawyer after
ward Acknowledged that hot muil ms at
breakfast wcro responsible for his hay'
ing lost tho case. They made him IT.
ritable aud insolent.
Curious 10 know upon what sort Of
food mon OF motto do their best work,
recently interviewed some OF tho lights
OF tho medical profession, law, com
merce theology and society.
Genial DIR. George II. Shrady. Prosi-
don't Grnnt'B gtanch friend, declares
that no must vary his food In order TO
develop and nourish, separately and col
lcctiyely. tho organs Of his body.
81 have nm excellent digestion and can
tako all kinds Of food without feeling
any discomfort" said he. "but believe
that the brain Is most nurtured by sleeI
and rest. II we crafty our intellectual
tastes we are feeding the brain vastly
better than by any sort OF material food,
aud consequently obtain better results.
"a friend once had rs u patient n
young author, who had been recon-
mendod 10 follow u strict dict Of pump
kins On this sort Of faro no wrote u
novel. Well. tho oalpring OF pumpkin
roasted, boiled and stowod-is still
looking for u publisher to launch It on
an unsufpccting public!
"No ono kind Of food exclusively Is
good for tho ordinary man. TO DO
healthy wealthy and wise, us the old
maxim goes, study tho likes and dislilsos
OF your stomach and regulate your dot
accordingly (As do)and all will gowoll."
Judge Roger a. Pryor laughed heart
fly when told that every bricAess lawyer
In town was anxious 10 know whether
his spirited specchea might DO attributed
TO squad, lobster or partridge.
"Tcil them from mo-" said Judge
Pryor. chat | am extremely fond OF
birds and daintios generally and that
lobster . In Ncwburg is u toothsomo dish
don't despiso and that my brain works
best when I'm FREQ from indigestion,
Tell these young men TO follow tho old
Roman maxim and secure for them.
selves "a sound mind in u sound body
"Hot breads, salads, ices and sweets
form part Of my daily menu, and as they
give my body strength am able TO do
my allotted share OF mental labor, Tie
body must first bo ninistered to by food
and exercise, and then tho mind will
soon be ripe for cultivation. Tho rca'
fon. memory and imagination must each
be nourished with the food it requires
logic, law, mathematics, poetry or art
Upon tho idiosyncracies and constitu
tional peculiaritos Of each man depend
the kind OF food no agsimilates."
DIR. H. p. LOOMS thinks men pay toe
much attention to the specific uses Of
certain foods.
"LoOk ut tho enormous sale OF phOs
pilates and 50 called brain foods, SAFE
he. There is nothing In thom. II in
stead OF wondering whether this, that Of
the other is good for him q man wouli
simply follow tho dictates OF his owl
appetite we would DO much better Of
Nature places safeguard upon oxcos
by creating the sensation OF safety,
"When | hayo eaton some rich foo
that causes me some annoyance take
horseback ride or other pleasant exorcis
and rid myself Of tbs III feeling, and 4
the future avoid that Welsh rarcbit o
ycnison that caused tho trouble. Res
IS really tho best tonic for the brain. /
two words would give this prcscriptio
for happiness-'Avoid worry"
A prominent member Of Sorosis,
really brainy woman, declares that N
amount Of food people require or thin
they require is largely matter 9
habit. Said she; "ltis possible to trai
the stomach to do with very little or I
make its requirements border ON III
margin Of glut,ony When tho hunFC
Is satisfied, brain achievements Deepen
upon hcredity and environment, aud /
thom must be attributed all success {
failure. Tho gardener who only ear,
for the blossom Of his plant instead
airecting his efforts 10 the root, wi
have but sorry fruit as a reward. l.,
mankind look " their physical perIa,