Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-02-03
BEST FOOD FOR MEN.
vsAr SOME BRAIN WORKERS EAT
N oeoea TO 90 GOOD WORK.

p,wn for Everybody rfndsva""Ai
...,,.x,.,.. Must De,sspsins the fartse-
.,ar food Needed for Each one.
whether the old saying that mans
h.art IA reached through his stomach Is
= Il NOT a true one, IL is scientific faci
that the stomach Is a highway to the
brain. The exhilarating influence o. =
good dinner il sometimes shown I'D
brilliant irnpromptu speeches, without
aonbt. The cook is responsible TOT
many az the accidents, the failures and
successes Of life. Not long ago wen
known lawyer in summing mp case
acquitted himself so wretchediy tnat tne
iury promptly brought IN verdict
AGAINST his client. The lawyer after
ward acknowledged that hot mullins al
breakfast were responsible for his nav
inc lost the case. They made him ir-
ritable and insolent.
Curious to know upon what SORT oi
food men OF note do their best WORK. !
RECENTLY interviewed some OF the lights
az the medical profession, law. com
merce. theology and society
ienial DR.. George T. shrady. fresi-
dent Grants stanct friend. declares
that he must vary his food IN order TO
} develop and nourish. separately and col
lectiyely, the organs Of his body
IL have an excellent digestion and can
take all kinds of food without feeling
I. any DISCOMFORT said he but believe
that the brain Is most Durtured by sleep
and rest. II we crafty our intellectual
tastes we are feeding the brain vastly
better than by any sort Of material food
and consequently obtain better results
"A friend once had as patient
|, Young author, who had been recon
= mended TO follow a strict diet OF pump
kins On this sort of fare he wrote
r novel. Well. the offspring OF pumpkins
roasted, boiled and stewed-is still
looking for a publisher to launch II on
; an unsuspecting public!
mo one kind Of food exclusively Is
good for the ordinary man. To be
3 healthy. wealthy. and wise, rs the old
d maxim goes. study the likes and dislikes
; Of your stomach and regulate your diet
d accordingly las dol and all will go well.
G Judge Roger A. Pryor laughed heart
e lily when told that every briefiess lawyer
In town was anxious to know whether
his spirited speeches might be attributed
" to squab. lobster or partridge.
"a "Tell them from me. said Judge
A. Pryor, that am extremely fond oil
It birds and dainties generally and that
T. lobster In Newburg is toothsone dish
20 don't despise and that my brain works
~ best when I'm free from indigestion
= Tell these young men to follow the old
70 Roman maxim and secure for them
,g selves a sound mind in sound body.
AZ Hot breads. salads, ices and sweets
n form part Of my daily menn. and as they
IN give my body strength am abe to d'
my allotted share of mental lalor. Thu
body must first be ministeYed 10 by fooS
- and exercise, and then the mind vii
4, soon be ripe for cultivation. The rea
r. son, memory and imagination must eacl
n he nourishcd with the food il requires
logic, law. mathematics poetry or art
ir' Upon the idiosyncracias and constitu
tional peculiarities Of each man depen'
es the kind OF food he assimilates."
~ DIR. II. p. LOOMS thinks men pay Ia
- much attention to the specific nses Q
lie certain foods.
ci Look at the enormous sale Of phos
pilates and so called brain foods" sai
81 be. There il nothing in them. II In
eir stead of wondering whether this. that 0
the other il good for him man woul
simply follow the dictates Of his ow
appetite we would be much better of
r. Nature places safeguard upon exces
by creating the sensation OF safety.
.r when | have eaten some rich foo
~ that causes me some annoyance take
ire horseback ride or other pleasant exercis
tic and rid myself Of the i'll feeling. and
IA. the future avoid that Welsh rarebit {
ng yenison that caused the trouble. Re-
zee Is really the best tonic for the brain.
va, two words would give this prescriptio
ns for happiness-'Ayoid worry"
m. A prominent member of Sorosis,
m. really brainy woman. declares that Il
sh- amount Of food people require or thin
act they require Is largely a matter /
icr habit. Said she: lit is possible TO trai
the the stomach to do with very little or
VS. make its requirements border on Il
~. ~ margin Of glnttony When the hung,
Of Is satisfied. brain achievements DEEPER
has upon heredi,y and environment, and
an them must be attributed all success /
failure. The gardener who only car
ant for the blossom Of his plant instead
Ice directing his efforts 10 the root W
on have but sorry fruit as a reward. l.
~, mankind look to their physical perfe
s 81, ton. and the mental and moral are su
~ to follow"
ssi The Rev. DIR. Henry Van Dyke, Il
MA; author aud Clergyman, believes d
'nc- brain to be touchingly appreciatiye
In all kindness shown 10 the stomach. a,
ohs sullen and nnmanageable when the Il
~ ter Is oppressed. AT the same time ,
NJ lowance must be made for individu
~. tastes
try. MY food. he said. ''mnst be TAX
new 81 regular intervals and be largely
and the farinaceous kind, while yours. D.
sibiy. may be taken when and "a +,
All chose. A single sandwich Of cayi
ona would incapacitate me for several houl
: - So, say, be kind to the machinery
ron the body. After all, tile best diet
ted the brain Is constant variety in I
MS quality and quantity Of our intellec,r
so food"
ica. There seems to be no particular edil
9eh which holds a magic power over /
mas realm OF thought but by selecting 10
~ with a view to digestihiIity. m ii,
! ta yidual cases the body is aided in u.
a in forming its various functions. and I
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