The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-02-11
Many Thieves go Down Red
Lane.

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This is homely saying but within it's
p:overbike garb there turks an idea
which is worth brief consideration. The
red lane is the throat, and il was purpoSed
by the Creator as the path way by which
those things that ere good for food might
supply the strength and repair the waste
many thieves that rob the power unnerve
the strength, and increase the waste of
vitality come in; some boldly, with our
knowledge, and others slyly and
unaware. lutemperance in food or drink
Or even ID drugs whose quality if rightly
used is remedial, and convert each and
all of them into thieves, robbiug the
user either savagely and without quarter
i'll brIgaId style or bit by bit like sneak
thief. The truth that there cannot be .
healthful, vigorous manhood or woman
hood unless the body be we'll nourisbed
has caused many to forget that there is
mind and soul to be fed as we'll and has
enlarged the feeding OF the physical
powers to placo beyond its rightful
deserts. Such people need to b. re-
minded that it is not all of lite to eat.
An earnest mistress who feels the
responsibilities OF her position as fireman
to the human engines in her family
ought sometimes to consider if she is not
turning the means of flesh and muscle
into thieves by her unwise use of them.
The revival of the art of good cooking
which has happily prevailed during the
last decade, has wrougn. great benefit.
has been band of stragglers lurking
without the camp, and now that the
battle is largely won the thieves rushed
| in 30 share the spoils. Proud OF her
victory over countless toothsome dishes
| the cook places too many and too rich
| ones before the hungry eaters. L
| is merely to tickle the palate, is desirable
but they appear too frequently. Not
only are too many dishes devoid of
strength giving qualities set before the
eaters but too many nutritious ones are
hurried together down the red lane. D0
not your pride III cookery your vanity IL
setting forth a bounteous table, or your
unwise desire to crafty the palates OF
those you gladly cater for load you t.
turn the hest evidences of your skill into
thieves by your Incorporate zeal.
| Consider well and let tne dishes, cooked
and seasoned to perfection, be wisely
chosen. Let the simpler foods FREEDOM
mate. Make them varied and by
seasonableness and variety, rather thar
by richness, please the tastes without
despoiling the strength of those who
gather at your meals.
Too rich too abundant foods are moi
only turned into thieves of their eater
strength, but they steal from those
whose skill produce them They stea
the time, they steal the strength, anG
they steal the very appetite of the weary
| cook. Too many woman knows wha,
it is to spend Sc much time and vitality
| preparing the meals for her eager
thoughtless household, that she sts
down at the laden table with every
muscle and nerve quIveripg too tired tt
eat. Be little just to yourself, oh
mother aud do not rob your own strength
| to make q merry meal for the family
Do not teach the sturdy boys and girl:
to be parasites, living off your force
Ii the evil is already begun, stop, and
gradually bring the family back to a
healthier life. Do not be too Iadica
in your change, else the cutlery OF
pampered tastes will unnerve your re
solve.
Last of all, this superabundance and
| elaborateness of food robs the family
purse. 1t does this doubly: it spends
money and by weakened strength il
lessons the capacity. If one cannot work
one cannot earn and the pocket book is
drained in tw0fold way. There are
many who are said to put all they earn
| on their backs and it is almost as true
that many put too large a proportion OF
their income down the red lane. In
either case it protiteth nothing. This
rude proverb does not warn againsi
| rightful travellers. Do not scorn its
warning against the thieves.-Agne'
Bailey OrmsJee, in Harper's Ba=ar.