The sun., 1897-03-21
EATYOUR WAY TO HEALTH.
MANY CURES WHERE ROOD TAKES
THE PLACE OF DRUGS.

virtues Alleged TO Lie in Grapes. whey.
Kouniss. ana Rzlik-A single standard Tor
Fruit tNowadays-French Devotion to Nuts-
Some Rules OF diet for Healthy Persons.
The latest way Of cheating the doctor Is TO
eat ones medicine. Instead of taking . tea
spoonful.in glass Of Eater every three hours
or swallowing pill at bedtime. the up-to-date
invalid hnds his phosphate In Lpples. eaten
between meals. and takes his calomel in the
shape OF a tomato salad.
Ono OF the merits of this system IL that it
affords great latitude for discretion or indis-
cretion. II you have q .ondness for some ono
article Of diet. and. on account of early train
ing or family physician, cannot indulge in
It with q tranquil conscience. don't be dis
couraEed. Look far enough and you will
and como one to assute you that 1t is the es-
sential principle Of health and comfort. Ir
your man doesn't turn up soon. 20 to the mcn-
tai scientists. They win tell you that nothing
thought" and eat your midnight rabbit with
out fear of wrath 10 come.
A recent authority on diotetics guarantees
that the fostive. bunny is highly nutritious
" one can digest It. There IA n crumb of COM
fort for n doubling soul. or course. exDori-
ment IS the only solution ot.the problem. Eat
tho rabbit: II II makes you very III you may
take that proof that your digestion has
struck for lighter labor. still. II you have
courage and repeat the experiment often. you
may bully Nature into understanding what
is for her own good.
In tho matter ot diet there are faddists and
cranks galore: and the more unpleasant their
systems the more numerous their disciples.
Dozens Of so-callod cures" have sprung MP
within the last few years. and some have had
n certnin hut tnCliDee
ono to believe that tho benefit comes. in many
cases. not from the diet. but from the regular
hours fer eating and slee ping. the open-air
life. favorable climate. and freedom from
and worry. For instance, there is the
Grape cure. which is in practice during the
xrape-beartug season of the VINEYARDS at Meran
and Montreux. Now. grapes. being composed
chiefly of water. are not highly nutritious, but
neither are they harmfil. The sugar and po-
tasslum in them may aid digestion: they have
an agreeable flavor; their use Is combined with
the eating Of plain. nourishing food: and an
outdoor life In southern France at vintage time
would put a soul under tho ribs OF death. One
should try the cure. He will find It bono
fetal whether he keeps the grapes in the pro-
Eramme or leaves them out.
II one prefers swiss air and scenery. he
should take tho whey cure. The whey Is not
go pleasant as the Rrapes. but people say that
they grow fond of It. and the treatment is not
rigorous as It was originally. 1t doesn't
suggest the play OF Hamlet" with HdmLof
left out SO strongly A. does the Rrape cure; for
tho whey does seem 10 have n direct eff. ct upon
chronic dyspepsia and BriEht's disease. but
It has been found necessary to add some nj
trogeneous food. fresh fruit. and vegetables to
the diet. That sounds as satisfactory as the
menu OF the average Swiss pension.
~
has a great reputation in cases OF anRmia,
scrofula. tuberculosis. and nervous proStra-
tion. Any American scrape together
enough symptoms Of the last disease to Justify
q trial OF tho cure. To be sure. ono can take
koumiss here in:New York. but It is claimed
that the koumiss mado from Russian mares
milk 10 superior to any other manufactured
and then an accompaniment Of steppee and
Rus sian princesses. and Cossacks and Mo1jiks
whatever they may bel has advantages over Q
Broadway drug store and soda fountain.
There are innumerable fruit cures-apples,
oranges. bananas. and English walnuts form
ing the basis of most OF them-and tho old
theory that fruit is gold in the morning. silver
at noon. and lead at night Is altogether out Of
date. Dietists believe in o single gold stand
ard and ca. fruit at all hours of tho day.
Bananas are the most nutritious OF fruita. but
have not tn, valuable medicinal properties of
apples and oranges 50 they are e,, used as food food
specialists have been singing the praises.of
flour prepared from dried bananas. and used
invalids. . France. among her fruit cures.
boasts q lemon cure" but little lemon on goeo o
cure have had sad experiences.
The French are great nut eaters. too. and u
handful OF nuts serves as luncheon for many
laborer there; but the foreigner 10 wise who
fights shy OF the green almonds and walnuts
in which. during their season, the Frenchn-an
to peel the kernels. but meals are leisurely
affairs with the French. and tho quick lunch
counter is Thing Snknown to the thhswhieh n.
diGeations equal 70 MANAGING green mute Al
the besinninE OF the nut M season .sr the delieaey
an appointment with their dressmaker. found
Est s ees s nozing. s ".es cSeres. I aSsoament noz
ing. To-day have eaten of ne green d'ndndcs.
Eet ees for re frat time. zls aimee. q am
Dicu; 10 good taste of Zoze dmdndes: To-
morrow gay weel not me make SO seeck:
suffering. moro OF, less. counts for so little
with them Il the thing which entails tho suf-
ferine has ''Le good taste"
finds Its most enthusiastic followers among
the Germans: consists in gradually reducing
III tho point OF intolerable thirst is reached.
Thon the pattent Gets:some hot wine. and once
and is hard to conceive OF Germans endur-
ing It with grace: but a mild form OF the cure
is ad mittod TO be useful in fatulent dyspepsia
and rheumatism.
Tho cure with which Americans arc most
famlllar-always excepting tho Keelsy-is the
milk cure. It begins with.doses Of about four
ounces. taken every two hours, and inter Sals
aud doses are gradually increased until. in four
hourly doses. the patient drinks perhaps
twelve glasses of milk daily. Gout. rheuma-
tism. neuralgia. dyspepsia, and n score OF
other ills are said to Yield to this treatment,
but a milk diet is so easy q thing to prescribe
that It Is often used unwisely, and Its indis-
crminate use. especially In hospitals, has
called forth much unfavorable criticism.
In specific cases OF illness these different
forms Of ietrny be all right. but tho great
question Is, what shall tho ordinarily heaithful
man eat In order TO keep himself In the best
physical condition. All tho scientiho expert
ments are tried on people whose work In light
ened at tho same time with their diet. and tho
results cannot be applied to tho working man
and woman: There is the flaw in tho vege-
tarianism which has parsed through So many
phasea. In the'fir place. vegetarian ism in
cluded all food products of the ground. Later
faddists claimed that growth. things which
are of one seasons life and come directly in