The Portland daily press., 1895-06-01
THE HON E.
Fats as Food.

valuable as foods, and under fayorabl,
conditions may be digested and absorbed
in considerable quantities by health,
adult
A study of physiology shows that natur,
has bestowed great attention upon th,
means for the digestion, absorption and
assimilation of fatty substances by th,
human body. This fact may be taken a.
an indication that fat is naturally q
beneficial food. Yet it is popular SUP
position that fat is unwholesome; and il
many cases the eating of fat does cause
discomfort and stomach disorder
To live naturally every one should spent
a part of the day in physical exercise,
preferably in the open air. Exercise is
requisite for the digestion of fat. Lack
of exercise is one reason why, in many
cases, fats disagree with the eater
The digestibility. of different fats varies.
Butter and cod liver oil are in the front
rank as regards ease of digestion.
1t is not easy to overestimate the value
of cod-liver oil as tonic for child born
with an inclination to consumption, as
indicated by coughs, lameness or curva-
ture of the spine. The value of good but
ter in the same connection is not widely
enough recognized.
The writer was recently asked by the
anxious mother of a young girl of con.
sumptive tendencies whether her fondness
for butter was not unnatural and harm
full. To such person the taste for fatty
foods is a natural craving for perfectly
proper and wholesome food The craving
should not be discouraged at all; but
plentiful indulgence in outdoor air and
exercise should be insisted upon as nee
essary condition of digesting the fats
otherwise symptoms of stomach disorder
will appear; blotches and pimples will
often occur upon the face, and general i'll
health will result.
Fatty, producing foods are especial
ly called for in winter Chemistry de-
monstrates it, and it is proved also by the
wide use of fat in cold regions, both by
animals and by men.
A dressing of olive oil greatly increas es
the food value of the common potato, and
at the same time adds much to it's palata-
bility. Youths Companion.
Drink with Meals.
The incessant adjuration not to drink
with meals we have always held the re-
verse of truth from theory and from ex-
perience The latter is that dry meals
cause heartburn, the former shows that
splitting up the meal of solid food with
liquid acts precisely like splitting logs
of wood into kindling for the fire, giving
the digestive fluid easy access to the small
particles, instead of sizzling and making
gas on the outside of wad of thick paste.
And the talk of diluting the gastric juice
is nonsense, because the surplus fluid
drains quickly through the stomach. Bet
ter drink too much than too little.
We. are glad now to be reinforced by an
English sporting man, Mr.. Horace Hayes
who says that drinking nothing during OF
for an hour and half after meals is the
best of ways to train down weight, but he
cannot do it because it always brings or
rheumatism-proba from the solid
food producing over-concentrated salts in
the circulation, and consequent deposits
in the muscular fibre. The same writer
says that the notion about animals being
injured by giving them drink wher
heated is a stupid and cruel piece of bar
barism; that it only does them harm
when the drink is very cold, by producing
nervous shock as it would to man
while if the chill is taken off it first. il
refreshes heated horse to take good
drink just as it does a heated human
being Travellers Record.
A Good Ointment.
An experienced mother recommends the
following receipt for an ointment to be
applied to chafed sur aces, cuts and
chapped hands: Take equal parts of bees
wax, fresh lard and sweet OIL Melt the
beeswax, measure it, add the same guam
tity of melted lard and oil and stir con,
stantly until the mixture become stiff.
Put it in a box or wide-mouthed bottle
ready for use.
Hints to Housekeepers.
Concerning the successful preparation
of croquettes, Mrs. Rorer says: In cover
ing croquettes, or anything for frying
bread crumbs should always be used, as
the shortening used in making the crack
ers attracts the grease. Then boiling fa1
must not be used. 1t should be smoking
hot and fully that Too hot fat burns
the croquettes before it can fry, and toe
cool fat usually bursts the covering
Another cause for the bursting is that the
article to be fried has not been entirely
covered by the egg as well as the bread
crumbs. Great care should be taken thai
every part should be entirely covered.
A nice way to keep wax for the worl
basket is to fill half shells of English
walnuts with melted wax, fastening tho
two half shells closely together at one enc
There will then be a small space at the
other end, through which the thread will
slip when the wax is being used.
Did you ever face your gowns witt
denim? 1t will outlast six silesia facing
and will not rub your shoes white as doe
the canvas. Denim also makes pretty
and durable outing dress for yourself or {
play suit for the small people. Do no
get the best quality; that would be too
stiff
If you suffer from canker boil a CAIRO
and hold the water in the mouth FIRE
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