The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-07-28
THE ETHICS or FOOD.
Georges Experience with Prof
spatling's Course of Lectures


Spat1ing's Course of Lectures.
Soon after our marriage, my wife,
who is somewhat Of sticlyler for by
giene, found the advertisement Of n
course Of lectures on the Ethics of
Food under our knocker. and brought
it in TO me.
George, dear, isn't 1t fortunate9
You know you were telling me the
other day that disease Is often COM
municated by food and here's the
very thing we want. A course of six
lectures on the something or other of
food; only guinea the course, aud by
Prof. spatling, too, Don't you think,
as you are always SO busy writing, I'd
better 20 and see what the lectures nre
lilxe2 tn be so useful TO 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 a question
from q corresp whether tomas
toes were ever the cause Of cancer2''
and had remarked on the improbabiIity
of such an event. But then was new
ly married, and unused to the ways Of
women, or possibly unduly tolerant;
so made only faint murmur at 'tthe
expense
"Expense9 But wouldn't it be false
economy tostudy that when our health
is concerned2 Why, we don't know
what suffering and disease we may cs,
cape by taking little care. .
Well, the long and the short Of it was
that my wife was present at the lee
tnre, while remained at my fireside
to thump out on my typewriter an
article for the Olympian Review. be-
came so absorbed in this, that when a
gust Of cool air blewfnto my room, and
my wife, with the usual outdoor smell
that one notices in winter about her
clothes, came in, it seemed but a few
minutes since she had left me.
oh, George dear, am so glad saw
that handbill. Its so proyidential; for
If hadn't gone tonight, goodness only
knows what might have happened
What on earth do you mean, lover
My wife was too agitated TO answer,
but went into the next room and rang
the bell for Pauline. AS a matter of
fact, Pauline's kitchen is almost as near
as the next room, 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 tinlklinps,
came up smiling" from a novelette,
she had just been reading. Pauline is
good girl, with character which
some day intend to work into novel.
But that, as Mr.. Klpling 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 nv
meal spirited away thus before my
eyes But my wife was determined,
and said; do you know, George, what
the consequence Of our eating meat
may be? It's quite possible that we
may 80 into consumption. Prof Spat-
ling says that meat is prolific cause
OF consumption, owing to the capacity
OF animals to contract that disease.
The 'basilica', or whatever Won call
those horrid little insects, get from the
meat into your system, aud do the mis-
Chief Jews are much freer from con-
sumption than we are, solely owing to
the fact that their food IS always rigid
y inspected BY the rabbis before being
used
For human consumption, sug-
gested, PECULIARLY. Mint my wife was
very much in earnest
Then those pickles, too. Pickles
are simply poisonous Sulphate Of cop
per is largely used Ia their manufac-,
ture, accounting for their bright green
colors fou can give the beef and
pickles to Mrs. Priggs Tomorrow. Pau
line, to take home TO the children"
Ny DEAR ] yentured Is spgpaN,
II these are to disseminate the germs
Of consumption and to poison their re-
cipienta do you think it quite the
thing
was going TO say ITO give them
toour washerwoman, !" but vision Of
mothers in-law fitted across nv btain
and ! was, about to suggest that her
mother mightA be glad 1T them when
my wife continued. Then that bacon
EVERY body who eats bacon gets trieh.
Nnosis, And you know yon said your.
sell George, dear, that tomatoes
brought on cancer.
But, my love" ventured mildly 70
suggest II We mayu'teat meat Of any
zinc, or tomatoes, Or pickles, what on
earth Is there left 10 live on?n
oh, heaps Of things gigs, Ash.
poultry, vegetables. everything. al.
most And am sure It Wouldn't be
right 70 fy in the face Of Proriden
after Prot Spatling ) lecture.
90 Tor the next week we werelivinp
on eggs, vegetables and fish. And ~