The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1896-08-06
WOMEN And HOUSEHOLD.
Matters of General Interest to the
Ladies.
PRACTICAL HOUSEKEEPING.
Fruit In the Diet.

Farm. Field and Fireside.)
The following experience Of a Califor-
MAN as given in the San Francisco Ex-
aminer. may be of interest 10 some
of our readers. who value good health
above all else and have tried many ways
Of dieting to restore 1t. TO such this
may give new idea:
For many years my breakfast con-
sisted principally of oatmeal. The time
came when 1t ceased to agree with me.
Acidity of the stomach made my life
far from one Of peace and contentment.
I occasionally omitted meal, which
helped. but did not remove the diff
ficulty.
II listened to the claims and argu-
ments of those who advocate living on
natural food and who go farther than
vegetarians, limiting their bill Of fare
strictly to fruits and nuts. The fruit
may be both fresh and cooked.
IT went so far as to try their menu
for few days. 1t was In the early part
Of the fruit season and took my meals
in the orchard. 1t worked tolerably
well. I was free from all stomach
troubles and fairly comfortable, only 1t
seemed to me that did not have quite
the physical and mental force that /
had been giving myself credit for hav-
ing at other times. The other members
of the family were not particularly in
terested in our exclusive fruit diet for
themselves, nor were they 80 for their
guests, which would make it incon-
venient and also seem somewhat &C.
centric to adopt one for myself.
Previous to this time / had been eat
ing fruit for breakfast frequently, but
not exclusively, and without any fixed
plan soon got into the way of making
my breakfast entirely of fruit, much of
the time taking 1t direct from the tree.
I'm the case of strawberries hade an
exception, eating them with sugar and
bread and butter. This worked well.
Il had to exercise little dicretion,
but was not very particular as to what
I ate at the other two meals, and with
reasonable care / got along with entire
comfort I had a keen appetite for the
midday meal following the fruit break
fast, and after short time l felt Just
as much interest in breakfast and
pleasant feature of the anticipation was
that it was to be of fruit. After time
1t also became satisfactory to the appe-
title to the fullest extent. It is now
about eighteen months since / have
been making my morning meal ex-
clusively Of fresh fruit, when it was
practicable to do SO, and SO long as it
continues to work as well as II does now
Iexpect to continue doing 1t.
When people eat fruit in this way
they become more particular about
their fruit and appreciate differences
which had previously made on impress
sion upon them. There is great diff
ference in fruit as to its being pleasant
to the taste and healthful Some ap-
pies, for instance. are dry, tasteless and
difficult to swallow, and one feels that
they will be difficult to digest and are
not wholesome. There are others that
are crisp, juicy, pleasingly tart and the
eater feels that the mild acid which
they contain will assist in the diges-
ton of other food and to tone up the
stomach should it be inclined to be
sluggish in Its action. One meal a day
exclusively of good fruit is more eff
fective than when the same quantity is
taken with other food.
There Is considerable choice in the
way Of eating an apple The way that
affords me the greatest satisfaction is
to have knife reasonably sharp, and
with a blade not too wide. If it is
plated it is better. Quarter the apple
first. next core and peel it, and then cut
it into very thin slices, and with touch
OF salt 1t cannot be excelled. A little
salt makes poor apple eatable, and a
good apple better
I'm Switzerland, twenty years gao, I
happened to be at town during the
grape season, where there was a grape
cure. After partaking of the medicine
prescribed for their patients the prayer
that unconsciously went up was that If
ever had trouble which required treat
ment may 1t be one that grapes could
cure. I don't know the name of the va
riety they used, but 1t was a white
grape. not overly sweet, but quite juicy.
As to the California grapes the world
cannot excel If 1t can equal them. We
have hundreds Of varieties to choose
from, and all tastes can be suited. Those
that are juicy and not too sweet like
the verdenal and Rose of Peru, are
better as curative agent than such as
the Muscat of Alexandria, of which
raisins are made, or the Mission. They
contain too much saccharine matter
and lack acid. 1t would take a long
time to starve me on good fresh
grapes"