The Opelousas courier., 1900-07-07

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and we have o meal perfect in food
value, containing protein, fat, starch
aud sugar. All for the same money
that n roast would have cost u.s." she
wound up triumphantly.
well, for tomorrow" said Carter;
'let's have q roast pork With potatoes
and caerry pie"
Mrs. Carter stared at him a moment,
and then said pityingly: John, yor
are rs ignorant as most people con
corning food values. 1t won't do, my
dear. This is as much for your goot
as mine. Roast pork and potatoes
contain five times as much carbon a.
you need. AS for cherry pie"-she
made an expressive gesture as If II
were not worth mentioning, and con.
tinued-'',you will soon get over these
yearnings Of a falsely educated ap'
petite, and then you will be all right.
I am afraid that you have been very
improperly brought up, john"
Mr.. Cartsr glared at her ahgrilyl
aud threw down his knife and forh
with u bang.
''If You mean in regard to calorics,
proteins aud all the rest of it, yes; ]
was"
cob, John!" Mrs. Carter rose from
the table with her hlndkerchief to her
eyes. "You are c-crue', when you
know I'm doing the best I cam"
What could he do? He hal not been
married long, and was not proof
against her tears. He arose from the
table, took her in his arms, begged
forgiveness and promised to eat any
thing and everything she would give
him, if only she would smile. They
made up, of course, and Carter bore
himself heroically for six months
through a dietary that tabooed pie,
and was arrange according to food
values.
"See here, Carter" said a friend,
meeting him one day on. the street.
whats the matter? You look like q
shadow. Come in and have some,
thing"
II don't care if I do" said Garter,
su ldenly feeling the need of some,
thing stimulating. I'm afraid
don't feel up to much lately"
He lifted the glass to his lips and
then set it down suddenly.
''What is it? Isn't it all right?'
asked his friend.
SIT isn't boilel," answered Carter,
family, who thought he saw m crobes
bubbing up through the effervescence.
"Boiled!" CALCULATED the other in
disgust. "Well, I should say notl
You'd better take a stimulant, Carter.
"No, thank you, I dou't believe that
I will take anything. You will excuse
me, old fellow, won't you? II don't
feel WE'LL"
"Its oil right" answered his
friend. What made you think of
the drink being boiled?"
81 don't know. Just a fancy" re-
turned Garter, too loyal to his wife to
tell the cause.
Carter went home feverish. Much
to his wife's alarm he did not eat q
mouthful of supper. Finally he went
to bed and fell asleep. While he slept
he dreamed.
He was in an immense dining room.
Great rossts of beef and pork, fianked
by steaming vegetables, loaded the
tables. Pies of mince and cherry
were ON the Bullets; fruits, salads,
water with huge chunks of ice floating
in il, milk cooled also by ice.
Carter's mouth watered; but alasi
when he approached the meats, pro-
tein and calorics appeared to raise
from them. Carbohydrates reared
great heads from fruits and vege-
tables; bacilli ieered at him in the ice
water; microbes looked out from the
milk.
A feeling OF fierce anger seized hold
of him. Was he to starve because of
these creatures? Well, let them do
their worstl A drink he would have
in spite of them. Catching mp q cup,
he started to the water. Instantly
bacilli, microbes and bacteria Of all
kinds surrounded him.
Suddenly an enormous bacillus that
he had not seen before darted toward
him and was upon him before he could
take a step. Carter gave a shrek
and sprang wildly from his bed.
"Why joint What is the matter?"
asked Mrs. Carter, sitting mp.
Matter" growled Carter, picking
himself up from the floor, whore he
had landed. '.Matte@ enough, I tell
you. Tomorrow bsgins a new state
of things at this house. I'm going
to live decently if I eat oil the bac-
terra in the world. Calorics and all
the rest OF them have 70 go. They
have had their innings. Now comes
mine. Do you here, Nellie?"
"Yea, John," replied Mrs. Carter,
meekly. She had been married long
enough to know that when Carter
nsed that tone things must go his
way.
The next day at dinner the follow.
-. was the bill of fare:
Soup.
RosApork with potatoes. Apple sauce
O$ons, beans, tomatoes, peas, corn.
Very, mince. apple pie.
Ice water.
Andrgartor was hapDy.