The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21
a NEw FOOD GOSPEL.
Fruit aud Nuts to Emancipste hu"
from Many lila

SAYS a writer In the CaiifSlnls
Fruit Grower: The Natural tooS
Society, founded by DR.. Densmole
, New York, was started in Lonuon
over Eve years ago, with an ideal pro-
gram OF fruits and nuts as an ar
sufficient bill Of fare for those VINO
are healthy and live In all respects
natural lives, and who were p9tn
with good constitutions, For ~.
, valid, and the hustler" working eA'
A., c~essiyely, their usual meat ratIops
, should be continued at least nee d
day. ..
The diet ad vocated only needs thso
bread, potatoes and other starch focas
be thrown out, substituting resi-
sweet fruits-or partly dried II fresh
is scarce. Meat and fish, II PLAINLY
cooked, can be used as before lor d
time, until they can be rep,aeed py
nuts, used by veg %tarlans. But inc
latter so commonly lie an increased
quantity Of grain or other staFcl
foods as the result OF renounGins
flesh, that their d ct Is often less
wholesome than that OF the uhfe.
formed public who eat moderately CT
fish, flesh, or fowl daily. While pure
blood Is the first anil main re lulsile
for perfect health, either Of mind or
body, that can only be maintained oy
pure and natural food.
The doctors are gradually but cet-
tainly coming round to prescribing a
reform in DICT rather than drug
They are unab Q, however, to awe
cate a fruit diet for the well, yet be-
cause they themselves, having been
brought up on mixed feeding, cannot
consistently p'estribe fruit and nuts
or any other ideal diet. They live as
o lu.e like their patients, and they
know pretty well that their patients
are mostly too much the slaves OF
habit and conveutionality TO adopt
radical measures when once relieved
from their ailment.
Among the physical advantages 10
the individual, tho frIit diet pre-.
vents as well as cures disease, and
gives the highest health and the
longest life the constitution Is capa'
BILE of, In proportion as 1t is taken
temporarily or j~udiciously. 1t In
creases the strength because 1t Is so
readily assimilated, and the vitality
stamina, or nerve eLergy, Is con
served for other purposes as needed.
To the general public, the fruit
diet promises many other blessing;
also. 1t increases the opportunities
Of living In the open air and sun
shine. In decreases the need for
those occupations that have a debas-
ing or Il dangerous tendency, like the
tisherman's, the butchers, the bak-
er's, cooks, saloons and Others car
ried on often underground. 1t gives
scope for the intellectual training Of
our youth In the observation OF ma
ture and her laws, also In training
the mind as TO special details of the
pruning and propagating of new va.
rieties and prevention Of disease and
pests 1t reduces the anXieties for
securing a competency, os it simpli.
1es our wants, showing the utter
madness OF mere accumulation.
The fruit diet curbs o~stentatlon
and luxury, and makes 1t possible for
rich and poor to feed more alike, and
share the same table. 1t affords a
clue for that complete self-reforma.
tion which must be the %forerunner OF
any effective social regeneration of
the race. The tobacco habit, the sa-
looms and the general dissipation and
debauchery that abound In city life
would have nothing to feed on with
a pure diet, and could all be prevent
ed or bred out of the community. 1t
the needs of the increasing
population, because fruit trees in
their prime give far the heaviest re-
turns per acre Of human food. Fruit
also afford that natural forestry
that Is SO Indispensable for regulat-
Ing rainfall, climate and other me-
neurological conditions. Fruit grow
Ing mitlgates the dizziness Of coun-
try life by reducing the acreage OF
ranches, while 1t prevents the crowd
ing into big cities, and the depopula-
lion ofrural districts involved In ce.
zeal and cattle farming. 1t affords
,he best means Of making an all
well-ba'anced man by giving
limo for %cultiyating the mental and
moral faculties, and also the taste for
literature, music, art, science, etc
As such pure foods come into
the passions would be better
controlled, and cruelty and war would
,ecome sooner impossible. AS we
,eased to DO carniyorous, we should
let the tiger die" within us, as the
,oet says. Sensuality would DO kept
n check, crimes of violence would
diminish, while disease might
'e almost entirely prevented. Among
he ailments speedily remedied are
those affected by indigestion, such
s liver and skin complaints In sum.
ner; also constipation, piles and the
'arious nerve diseases.