Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-27
LIGHT FOOD FOR SUMMER.
5arlons Articles of Diet That Are suitable for VI HTHI N eHther
 Consumption.

We are advised bX all who make a study of health 10 partalse of light food ip summertime. Bat what precisely is ,.lieht food ?'' Without going into te- dious details of chemical proportions. which to the ordinary housewife are be Wilderina and unmeaning, We might briefly state thi. fact. one easily under stood of namely, that the kind of nourishment which taxes the digestive organs the least is light food. Fish IS of this order. so are veal and lamb: the reason why fish is especially good diet for brain-Worllers isnot that il contains larger proportion of Phosphafes his theory was exploded long ago-but that being easily dieested it nourishes bet fer those who from want of exercise have feebler forces to set al the work of digestion.
 All summer vegetables are light in comparison with those which belong 10 the autumn and winter seasons that is, theN contain q larger proportion of Wa- ter to solid natter and fluids are nat urallY more easily assimilated than sol- ids. As more fluid is required bE the system at this season we find vegetables and fruits absolutely indispensable to wholesome diet.
 ZVieback, or twiee-baked bread. is twice as digcstible as that of ordinary baking. and toast can be eaten by those who turn against slice of bread from loaf The reason of this is that twice baked OF toasted bread is already half digested and the remainder of the proc ess is thus greatly facilitated.
 Cream and butter fulfill q necessary part in summer diet. fat in some degree being required by the system equally as much as in winter, and in these two we meet with it in ifs very purest forms. Cream is q better antidote to the aeidity of fruit than sugar: with ripe frnit a morsel of dry bread will be found to correct the aeiaity best Of all. and chil. dren ought to be taught to eat bread with ripe fruit.
 Well-cooked oats and wheaton foods are light and suitable diet for summer. particularly so if cooked fruits be eaten with them; these foods are moi so heat, ing as they are commonly supposed ta be. Emphasis must. however. be laid on their being thoroughly well cooked aud made entirely with water. notWith milk The reason why cereal foods are found to be difficult of digestion with many persons is the too common prac- tiee of eating sugar with them. Sugar hardens the starch globule and turns the food into clogging mass. IF the fruit was sWeafened at the time its cooking, and cream or milk eaten with the oats. no evil effect would be felt after either.
 Soft-eooked eggs are light food. and good, ripe cheese also: mushrooms are an excellent article of diet now. as they are nourishine. light and sayofy Ne lay particular stress. however. upon clear soup and broths as occupying a first place in our summer diet. for they convey just the kind of nourishment most needed by the system, in q form most readily assimilated. while they re- fresh, Needless 10 say we do not class rich meat and thickened soups in this category, nor vet vegetable purec. These we reserve for their own proper time and place, the winter season. London Telegraph.