The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-04-06

!shes to any considerable extent, finds
IN fish its staple food. And oysters-
oysters for supper! Good gracious,
George, how could you be 30 foolish!''
"Pauline brought them in," ex-
planned. feebly and rather meanly. OF
course had given Pauline the money.
II suppose you don't really want to
get rid of me, Georgia I suppose you
haven't got them with the deliberate
intention of giving me blood poisoning
or typhoid fever? Yet surely you ought
to know that Thames oysters always
You haven't any pains about the-the
breast. have you, George?"
When had satisfied my wife on this
point, she went over her notes of tho
lecture, and one by one knocked most
OF the principal articles of our bill of
fare. To cut Ave lectures into ono,
week after week she did the same, ter
ribly agitated about the ill effects re-
sulting from this or that article Of food,
and in mortal fear lest, through our ig-
norance of the laws Of healthy dietet-
les, typhoid or some other dire COM
plant should carry MS of before tho
conclusion of the course of lectures.
1T Is = comfort to have ones eyes
open 1T last" she said. time after time,
as this disease or that frightened her
nearly out of her senses by being
caused BY some corresponding article
of diet. After awhile she began to
take melancholy interest in discov-
ering fresh facts and arguments, show
ing some new association Of eating and
Ill health; and her time was principally
spent in comparing the cookery book
with the dictionary of diseases.
Pastry was Knocked OF as bad for the
Digestion; sugar in any form produced
diabetes: jam was simply turnip
poisonously colored; timed provisions
were VIGOROUSLY dangerous; while
anyone with sense and a natural desire
for good wind and breathing apparatus
would avoid cheese like pestilence.
Then butter, according to q medical
journal. was known to carry the germs
of consumption; eggs were responsible
for serious arrangements of the liver,
and fruit and vegetables meant cholera
at the very least
bore up as best could under these
deprivations, thinking it wise to humor
my wife while the fit lasted; and con-
soled myself in tho meantime with tho
pipe and drinks that had not yet been
taken away. But their day was at
hand. A special lecture was devoted
to these subjects; and Immediately
aftei, tho corner of my mouth was vio-
lently seized and examined by my wife
for signs of cancer; blindness was
threatened unless tobacco was Instant
~ relinquished; and as for drinks
we'll. with typhoid caused by milk,
govt by beer, loss of horsepower by
tea and coffee, and fatty degeneration
by cocoa. not to speak of Indigestion
and sundry other evils, a man would be
criminal indeed to run such risk.
For the last week have been living
on bread and water and haricots, and
even these were not obtained without
struggle. Haricots were conceded
doubtfully. with pensive statement
that ''perhaps it might not do any
harm, and haricots were certainly very
nutritious" SO that since then, this
white, fatty, insipid vegetable has
made its way to the table IN every con.
ceivable form and on every conceive.
bio occasion. Water, my wife thought,
we should be better without; the pro.
fessor had said 1.-The less one drinks
the BETTER" and it certainly follow.
that if one does not drink at all, q con.
dition of perfect health is likely to be
attained. With regard to bread, its
properties are so fattening, that my
| wife. who has slight tendency to lem.
bonpoint," and whom l once discov.
cred running surreptitiously up and
down stairs with the object of rcduc
ing her weight, called upon me on
those grounds to relinquish its use, re.
| minding me that, as Byron used vine.
gar for this worthy object, SO ought ]
to deny myself little for the sake o.
health. economy and above all, as 8
literary man. the preservation of 8
| poetical and professional appearance
Here, however, put my foot down.
and she did not insist.
Tomorrow is the last lecture, and
then, after acting for week or so the
| part of Succi or of Tanner. we shall,
probably resume our usual rockies.
habits. I ventured to remark just now
to my wife that our bill of fare was as
! Stunning rather narrow limits, and that
the morrow's lecture would probably
deprive us of even our remaining food
She smiled assent, but then said, en-
couragingly: "How healthy it will be-
though! How perfectly charming tt
know of ones immunity from disaa se!'
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