The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-06-17
THE ETHICS OF FOOD.
Georges Experience with Prof
6patiinG's Course Of Lectures

6patiing's Course Of Lectures
Soon after our marriage. my wife.
who il somewhat 81 sticlxlcr for ny.
gicnc, found the advertisement OF !
course Of lectures on the Ethics 81
Food" under orr knocker. and brought
IL In to me.
.sGeorge, dear, Isn't II fortunatea
You know you were telling me the
other day that disease IA often com
mnnicated by foodA-and here's the
very thing wo want. A course of sir
lectures on the something or other 81
food; only guinea the course, md by
Prof. SpatlinR, too. Don't you think.
a. you arc always 30 busy writing. I'd
better 90 and see what the lectures are
like2 tn be 50 useful 70 know what
one Is eating"
The only occasion ON which had
spoken on tho subject ct oil was one
Sunday afternoon, when had read
from the British Weekly q question
from correspondent, whether toma'
toes were ever the cause Of cnnccr9
and Ind remarked on the improbability
Of such an event But then was new.
" married, and unused to tho ways b
women. or possibly unduly toicranti
90 made only faint murmur at 1.-THE
expense
"Expcnae2 But wouldn't II DO false
economy 10 study that when our health
Is concerned? Why, we don't know
what suffering and discnse We may es
cape BY taking little care.
wen, sns long and the short 81 II wns
that my wife WINS present 1t the icc.
ture, while remained 81 my hreside
to thump out on my typewriter A
article for tho Olympian Review bc-
came 50 absorbed In this that when /
gust Of cool air blew into my room, and
my wife, with the usual outdoor smell
that one notices In winter about hel
clothes, came Ia, Il seemed but few
minutes since she had left me.
.'Oh, George dear. nm 80 giad ! saw
that handful Its % proyidentiali fol
II hadn't gone tonight goodness only
knows what might have happened"
.'What on earth do you mean. lover
Ny wife wna too aeitated 70 answer
but went into the NEXT room and RANG
tho bell for Pauline. A. 8 matter d
fact Pauline's kitchen Is almost as neal
as the next room. and she might have
called her much more easily than b
ringing tho one perfect bell that WI
possess. But the principle Of style wal
Involved; and to that my wifc Il ready
70 sacrifice any amount Of persona
comfort
Pauline, after repeated tinkiings
came mp smiling from . novclctts
she hnd just been reading. Pauline Il
good girl with character which
some day intend TO work into novel
But that - Mr.. Kipling would prob
ably say. y quite another story.
Pauline. said her MISTRESS take
that meat away" Tho table was Al
ready, laid for supper, and attempted
= feeble protest against having mi
meal spirited away TINS before mi
eyea. But my wife was determined
and said, do ron know, George. what
the consequence Of our eating meal
may Be? It.s quite possible that w
may 70 Into consumption. Prof. 6pat
ling says that meat II prolific cans.
Of consumption, owing 70 the capacity
Of animals 70 contract that disease
The 'basiiica', or whatever you cal
those horrid little insects. get from th.
meat into your system, and do the mis-
chief Jews arc mnch freer from con
sumption than We src. solely owing I.
the fact that their food n always rigid
" inspected BY the rabbis before being
used
For human consumption. ! sng
gcsted. jocularly. But my wife VA
very much IN earnest
Then those pickles. too Pickles
are simply poisonous. 6ulphate o. cop
per Is largely used IN their nnnufac
ture, accounting for their bright greer
eolorA You can give tho beef ana
pickles TO Mrs PrigRs tomorrow, PAN
line. 10 take home TO the children
my dear I yentnred 70 suggest
~ these are 70 disseminate the GERM
Of consumption and TO poison their re-
cipientA DO ron think " quite ID.
thing
ives going 10 say TO give then
to onr washerwoman,s but . Vision b
mothers -in-law fitted across my braiI
and was about 70 suggest that hel
mother might Be glad q them wher
my wife continued Then that bacoi
everybody who cats bacon gets trich
inosls. And yon know you said Jour
sell. George. dear. that tomatoes
brought on cancer.
But, my love" ventured mildly :,
suggest ~ We mayn't eat meat Of n,
kind. or tomatoes. Or pickles. what q
earth 81 there left % live ons''
''oh. heaps d things eggs fish
poultry, vegetables. everything, q
most And am sure II wonldn't b,
right to AZ n the face Of Providene'
afler Prot spatling' lecture.
80 Tor the next week We were Living
On eeeA. Vegetables and nah. and y.