The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-07-24
Telephone No. ss.
FOOD OF THE FUTURE.

A scientific exchange says: PROF. Ber-
thelot, chemist Of Paris, ds now en-
gagged In the work Of going back to
suit of experiments now making, to offer
to the public the chemical combinations
which Shall serve ais substitutes for the
staple nourlshments. His researches
hive been preceded by those OF others
who have produced essences of beef, Hter-
ilized milk, preparations of wheat and
malt, and many oulher attempts to afford
nutrtion without compelling the stomach
TO become q laboratory, and, in order
to get a small proportion Of strength,
consume a large amount of refuse mat
ter which serves no beneficial purpose"
Food is one OF the worst enemies hu-
manGty has. To eOdng may be ascribed
most OF the weaknesses, dlstempers and
Ills OF mankind. Dyspepsia has been the
cause of more unhappiness, more brutal
ity, more injustice than all other physical
failings; and civilization has not been
able to impress UPON us the lessons of ex-
perence. The human frame needs
nourtshnent, but no more so than the
giant tree. The essential elements of
recuperation are to be found i'm "a natural
state and all the hrtifces of the cook
are only wretched efforts to tempt a
vttIated appetite.
What a world of care, trouble, cost and
pain would be saved by a return to sim
pie diet! Man would lose his grossness,
he would develop his mental capacity and
extend his life II he could be brought to
a condition where he would be content to
live upon berries, cracked welat, eggs and
milk. The great benefaotor of his race
Will be the nun who can put into
homeopathic pills or tablets enough of the
nutritious eleneGl,s of nature to satisfy
the delmnnd for a renewal of vital force.
Then his mind will be free Ito think, un-
disturbed by gastric fermentations. He |
can work and enjoy himself, released |
from the heavy headache due ITO over |
loading his stomach with half raw beef |
or pate de foie gras, with thick dough |
and grease soaked pastry So great a
revolution should come gradually, in or
der that butchers and bakers, cooks and |
dlshwashers, and all The army that waits |
on MANS appedte may educate them
selves to Other employments.
Eating as we do DIS habit. 1t has |
been going on nor thousands of years, but |
system has changed dts machinery to |
accommodate changed circumstances.
Physical strength does not come from |
heavy eating. On THE contrary the aim
of the athlete ds 10 get the maximum
Of nutrition from the minimum of con-
sumption. There are very few men, GER
talnly very few women, who really enjoy |
gorgfng. Most women, indeed, prefer a |
dish Of ice cream Ito any other, and what, !
In Its true condition, could be more |
simple. more free from coarseness, and |
nutritious than ice cream? 1t would not |
be acceptable as a steady diet, but 1t |
Is only one of the many forums Of aes-
thetlc dining, and there is sufficient |
variety Of wholesome and simple foods |
to satisfy the most dainty and caprlclous.
Dyspepsia ds not the only motive power
behind the evil, we don't want to make |
contention OF that kind for moment. |
There would STAN be avarice. jealousy, |