Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
NEW-CENTURY CLUB.

the Domestic Science Glass on "ThN
Chemistry Of Food" by diagram he
showed the food elements necessary for
the growth and repair OF the tissues Of
the body, and by means OF food chart
demonstrated the proportions of these
elements provided by our ordinary food.
He further explained this by the use
OF blocks Of various sizes to show these
proportions, and how the waste Of the
body is met by the supply. At present
we do not Iva on separate food princi.
pies, hut on fond. 1t has been sug.
gested that the time may come when
we will hava these food elements mnde
up into pills 10y the druggists, and will
live on them at great saving of time,
work and digestion.
Milk is the most perfect of foods as
1t contains nothing but what is nutri
tious and this is true Of eggs also. Milk
is the most satisfactory food for young
child as 1t contains all OF the principles
OF which tissues are made, hut as the
child grows ii cannot consume enough
to keep up the growth. There comes
time when the parents think the child
must have meat, as they suppose it
conducea TO stronger tissues and though
at iirstit is usually repulsive to the
child he generally learns to like it.
Hut wheat is more valuable food than
meat. The reason that whole wheat
iiuur makes tho most wholesome bread
Is because in ordinary Milling, not only
the hard cellulose covering OF tho grain
ia destroyed but with il the little cells
which liz directly under it that contain
tho valuable principle Of protein or
gluten, while OF the whDle wheat flour
only the outside celulose covering is
eliminated, so though higher in price,
it ia moro economical.
In comparing cereals with animal
food the former are the more valuable.
Persons who never taste meat can be
we'll and comfortable. What ia fUud for?
To repair tissue, the waste OF which
is not groat. for heat and to give
energy and strength. Horses ars very
strong and they live exclusively on
cereals The japanese coolies who
carry great weights and run many miles
eat only rice. Theirs ara whole nations
that do without eating meat and are
| free from many Of the discomforts of
meat eaters. One pound of beans CON
tains more prOteid, which is the baHis
OF animal tissue, than the same amount
OF meat and their nntritivs qualities
are greater. III poor people were taught
| the value of peas and heans as food
they would be better off financially and
| physically. Potatoes havo been con.
sidered so valuable that people indulge
in them three times day, but they
CONTAIN about 70 per cent OF water and
have not one-tenth the value of beans
and peas. Bean soup is mure nouriph-
ing THAI the same amount of meat and
potato combined. People spend much
money for water and green coloring
matter when they buy asparagus.
spinach. lettuce, &c, as they contain a
very small proportion OF the nutritive
qualities. A II vegetables have a cover
ing of cellulose, or woody material and
in most this extends through the
texture, forming little cells which con-
tain the nutritive principles While
they are young this cellulose is tender,
and by cooking is so softened as not 10
interfere with digestion, hut as they
grow older it becomes denser and tirmer,
and II taken into the stomach, the
juices are unable TO act upon il, and it
causes fermentation. The covering oil
oatmeal ia about as digestible as piece
OF leather, and this is why the Scotch
are dyspepstic nation.
One Of the latest gastronomic fads il
that of 40 exclusive fruit diet The
"fruitarians" claim that there is az
much nutritive value in a pound oil
almonds as in pound of meat. They
contain 20 per cent of oil, and 20 oil
protein, the remainder being inorganic
salts and water. The fruitarians cal
nothing hut almonds and fruits, az
bananas, apples, grapes, &C., and live
and perform their work free from the
physical ailmente that can be traced &C
meat. III we were cut off from thu supply
Of cattle from the West meat would be
30 dear that few could afford to buy
IL, and we would find that we could DE-
without it. II the majority OF people
would live on half the meat they dc
they would he better of in every way,
Too much foud is eaten by almost every
one. What people call hunger ia usually
want of the accustomed stumach dis
tension. After body has reached thu
limit OF its growth, food is needed only
for repair of the tissues, for warmth
and to give the power of action. /
should not he taken between meals
The various glands secrsto the juicel
necessary for digestion, and after thes,
have been employed, tine glands SHOULD
1, | udNb u pbTiuu VI resi-. IL tNou u pltc'
of candy be put iu tho stomach tn
whole digestive machinery has to b
put in motion again.
Mutton and pork should not be uset
as freely as beef, because of their ex
cess of fut, and OF the closer texture O
the meat which makes it more Difficult
OF digestion. For superhuous flesh Dr
Hrubaker recommended DR.. Salisbury
treatment. which requires the pRtien
to eat nothing beside one mound of lea
beef day, which should be chopper
very fine, shipped into cakes and broiled
At intervals two quarts of hot waite
should be drunk, one pint being take
on rising. and one before going TO bed
i No fat forming material being pro
yided the body burns up what it alrea,i
J has, to form heat, and it Is quickl
consumed without injury. a. S.