Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17
SQUARE MEAL In A CAPSULE
Food of the Future Compressed Into the
Convenient Form of Pills.
RESTAURANTS MAY BECOME DRUG STORES
Prospective Solution of Various Prob
lens that Vex Housekeeoers and
Caterers-Fentures of the
Promised Departure.

Tho food OF the future will be concen-
trated or compressed. Science has already
done wonders In demonstrating the large
amount of water in all that we eat, and the
possibility Of getting rid of it, so as to have
the food in the smallest compass possible.
| Already the housewife finds many OF her
problems simplihed by utilizing the extracts
which are increasing in the market from day
to day. VIII this condensed food solve the
servant girl problem? 1t looks as II 1t
would be largely instrumental in doing so.
When instead OF having to buy a soup-bone,
and soup-bunch, and cooking it for three
or four hours, you have simply to swallow
a little capsule or pellet as a plate of soup,
and the matter of housekeeping is very
much simplified.
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 will all go on a din
ner plate and can be swallowed In hVe
minutes. The best part OF 1t all is that
you will be better nourished than II you
had sat at the table for two hours, for all OF
the waste portions of the food have been
extracted, and you swallow only that which
you can and will assimilate easily.
When the woman goes shopping she need
no longer sit and fume for an hour wait
ing for the slow waiter to bring her chicken
salad and ice cream; but she will simply
ask for a glass OF water and a little salt,
put a lozenge of beef extract in 1t and
have a more nourishing lunch 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 like your eggs|'
but you will find a little pellet at your
plate, and, washing it down with a swal-
low of water, you will have eaten your
eggs. Do you like milk for breakfast
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 compressions OF these liquids fol
the stimulating OF the system.
Waste In the Kitchen.
Only a housekeepcr has any idea Of the
trer. endous mass of material that Is moi
consumed and wasted every day In prepaT-
ing the meals. 1t Is a fact that a man six
feet tall eats seven times his weight In
food during a single year. II he were to
rive on compressed food he would find that
he consumed only one and a half times
his size. So great is the difference be-
tween the food of the past and the food
of the future. But 1t is easy to see how
True Iulb ~ W q hia%'SS 49, NA,
pictures OF different foods in their natura
state and compressed. There is an egg, anc
its equivalent is hardly more than a do
in comparison, hardly any bigger than
bonbon. There is a plate OF soup, and III
actual food value Is only a good-sized pill
Tea is compressed so we'll that even thu
aroma is preserved in the little BALI tina
stands for a cupful. The condensing o
milk has reached perfection only lately, AM
here it is shown how small Is the actua
contents OF a glassful OF this nourishlnl
LIQUID. You can drink" a glass OF min
eral water by swallowing a little pill, and
queerly enough, 1t will quench your thirs
better than the original. 1t is now statet
that a man can swallow a cake of mincra
water the size OF a visiting card and re-
quire no more liquid for the whole day
The compression OF meat has been accom-
plished to perfection, so that you can have
a slice OF roast beef in the shape OF a Pill
or a thin wafer of extract.
This food of the future must make man!
changes in our mode of life, and largely con
tribute TO our health and comfort. Whei
there is no more marketing necessary, n
more quarreling with the butcher over shor
weight and poor steak. when Bridget can
burn the steak to a crisp any more, and Their
is neither need for the Ice mar nor the gar
bage man, living will be relieved OF many @
the terrors which have driven housekeeper
out OF their wits.
Away with the Dinner bucket.
This compressed, prepared food will ais
be Of great value to the workingman. VIII
will merely slip a lozenge or two into hi