The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-02
FOOD oF nae FuTIIRR.
Prospect Of Time when Mankind
WIN Take Pills Instead OF Dining.

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Prospect Of Time When Mankind
WIN Take Pills Instead OF Dining.
New York Sun: The food Of the fl-
ture will be concentrated or compress-
ed, so some men Of science believe.
Science has already done wonders In
demonstrating the large amount Of wa
ter in all that we eat. and the possible
fly Of getting rid Of 1t. 50 as to have the
food in the smallest compass possible.
Already the housewife iinds many Of
her problems simpllned by utilizing the
extracts which are increasing in the
market from day to day. When. in
stead of having to buy a soup-bone and
aoup-bunch, and to cook II for three or
four hours, you have simply to swallow
little capsule or pellet as a plate OF
soup, the matter Of housekeeping will
be very much simplihed.
But the scientists have done very
much more than this. They can at
the present moment save US hours OF
time and endless trouble and expense,
by providing a dinner Of seven courses
that viii all 30 on a dinner plate and
can be swallowed In 1--WE minutes. The
best part OF Il all lB that you will be
better uourished than II you had set at
the table for two hours, for ali Of the
waste portions Of the food have been
extracted, and you swallow only that
which you can and will asslmllate cas-
lily.
When a woman goes shopping she
need no longer sit and fume for an
hour waiting for the slow walter to
bring her chicken salad and ice cream;
but she will simply ask for glass OF
water and little salt, put q lozenge
OF beef extract In It and have a more
nourishing luncheon than ever before,
and that without losing a minute of the
precious shopping time. When you
come down to breakfast there need be
no question: How do you Ike your
eggs? but you will find little pellet at
your plate. and. washing It down with a
swallow Of water, you will have eaten
your eggs. Do you like milk for break
fast? Have another little cube; 1t goes
down in a moment and you have had
your milk. II you prefer chocolate or
tea, there are similar compresslons OF
these liquids for the stimulating Of the
system.
Only a housekeeperrhas any idea Of
the tremendous mass of material that
is not consumed, but Is wasted daily in
preparing the meals. II Is fact that q
man eats seven times his weight In food
during single year. II he were to live
on compressed food he would find that
he consumed only one and half times
his size, so great Is the difference be-
tween the food Of the past and the food
of the future. Tea 10 compressed SO
well that even the aroma Is preserved
in the little ball that stands for a cup
full. You can drink a glass OF mineral
water by swallowing little pill, and,
uueeriy enough, It will quench your
thirst better than the original 1t is
now stated that man can swallow a
cake of mineral water the size Of vis-
iting card and require no more liquid
for the whole day. The compression OF
meat has been accomplished to perfec-
ton, so that you can have slice OF
roast beef in the shape Of pill or
thin wafer OF extract.
This food Of the future must make
many changes In our mode Of life and
largely contribute to our health and
comfort. When there IS no more mar
ketlng necessary, no more quarreling
with the butcher over short weight and
poor steak, when Bridget can't burn the
steak to a crisp any more and there is
neither need for the fee man or the gar
bage man, living will be relieved Of
many Of the terrors which have worried
housekeepers.
This compressed. prepared food will
also be Of great value to the working
man. who will merely slip a Iozenge or
two into his pocket instead Of carrying
q tin pail full Of all kinds of things that
are a mess when II is time to eat them.
II must be cheaper than the food Of the
present, for It will be prepared in large
quantities and there will be no waste.
All parts Of the OK, for instance. are
equally nourlshIng. and the neck will be
as valuable for this food as the tender
loIn. 1t is Impossible to think Of all
the problems which this food may aid
IN solving. But Of one thing we may be
certain, that It will be OF infinite value
to the explorer and the traveller. Polar
expeditions will be greatly simplihed,
for a man can easily pull on a sled all
the food he will want for year in the