The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-29
TIE ETHICS OF FOOD.
GoorEo's Experience with Prof
spntlinG's Course Of Iooturos.


spntlinG's Course Of I.ooturos
Soon after onr marriage, my wife,
who is somewhat II asticlSlcr for hys
gicne, found the advertisement ~ q
course Of lectures ON the Ethics If
Food" under our lxnocker. and brought
II in TO me.
George, dear, isn't It Fortunately
You know yon were telling mo the
other day that disease Is often com
municatcd by food-and here's the
very thing we want A course of SIX
lectures on the something Of other ~
feed, only guinea tho course. and biz
Prof Spatlinn, too, Don't you4 think.
as you are always SO busy writing, rd
better 90 and see what the lectures are
like? tn be SO useful 10 know what
one Is eating"
The only occasion on which had
spoken on the subject at all was one
Sunday afternoon, when had read
from the British Weekly question
from a correspondent, whether tuina.
toes were ever the cause of cnneer2'
and had remarked on the imprubnhilIfy
OF such IN event But then was new.
" married, and unused 10 the ways of
women, or possibly undulg tolerant;
Sd mndc only a faint murmur at the
expense "
Expense? hut wouldn't II be false
economy tostndy that when our health
Is conccrned2 why, we don't know
what suffering and disease we may cs-
cape by taking a little care.
Well, tho long and the short Of II was
that my wife was present nt tho Ice
turc, while remained at my firesidc
TO thump out on my typewriter al
article for the olympian Review. lbe-
came so absorbed In this. that when a
gust Of cool air blew into my room, and
my wife, with the usual outdoor smell
That one notices in winter about her
clothes, came in, il seemed but few
minutes since she had left me.
''Oh, George dear. anu 50 glad saw
that handful. It's SO proyidential; for
IL hadn'; gone tonight, goodness only
knows what might have happened I
what on earth do yon mean. love2'
My wife was too agitated TO answer.
butwent into the next room and rang
the bell for Pauline. As matter Of
fact, Pauline's kitchen Is almost as near
as the nextroom. and she might have
called her much more easily than by
ringing the one perfect bell that we
possess. But the principle Of style was
involved; and to that my wife is ready
to sacrifice any amount Of personal
comfort
Pauline, after repeated tinklings.
came up smiling from novelette,
she had just been reading. Pauline il
good girl, with character which
some day intend to work into d novel
But that as Mr. Kipling would prob
ably say, Is quite another story.
Pauline said her mistress, take
that meat away The table was al
ready laid for supper, and attempted
feeble protest against having my
meal spirited away thus before my
eyes. But my wife was determined,
and said: EDO you know, George, what
the consequences Of our eating meat
may be2 It's quite possible that we
may 20 into consumption. Prof. Spat
ling says that meat lisa prolific cause
Of consumption, owing to the capacity
Of animals to contract that disease.
The sbasilica', or whatever you call
those horrid little insects, get from the
meat into your system, and do the mis-
chief Jews are much freer from con,
sumption than we are, solely owing tc
the fact that their food Is always rigid
ly inspected by the rabbis before being
used
''For human consumption. sng
gested, jocularly. But my wife was
very much in earnest
Then those pickles, too. Pickles
are simply poisonous. Sulphate Of cop
per Ms largely used In their manufac
ture, accounting for their bright greer
colorS You can give the beef and
pickles to Mrs Priggs tomorrow, Pau
line. 10 take home TO the children"
my dear" yentured to suggest
IF these are TO disseminate the germs
Of consumption and to poison their re
cipients do you think 1t quite the
thing"
l was going to say ito give them
| to our washerwoman," but vision Of
mothers-in-law fitted across my brain
and was about to suggest that hei
mother might be glad oflthem wher
my wife continued: Then that bacon
| everyday who cats bacon gets trich
inosis. And you know you said your
self, George, dear, that tomatoe:
brought on cancer"
"But, my love- ventured mildly x
suggest, III we mayn,t eat meat Of any
kind, or tomatoes. or pickles. what on
earth is there left to 1.-Two on?''
"oh. heaps Of things eggs, fish
! poultry. vegetables, everything. al
most And / am snre II wouldn't b
right to hy In the face OF Providenc.
after Prof Spatlings lecture"
/ So for the next week we were living
on eggs. vegetables and fish. and b.