The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-06-16

how hab ls taStes ii just take
good drink fresh from the WELL"
"Oh, John, dear!' cried Mrs. Car
ter, tearfully, you mustn't. 1t is al
full OF bacteria.
II guess they won't hurt me,
laughed John. 'Tve always drank
it So"
Don't do it! Please don't, John
For my sake, pleaded tho wife. 81
is SO dangerous -
well, put some ice in this, then
and / won't"
"ice' Why, what would be the use
OF boiling it if we're to put ice in it
Ice is full of microbes"
Mr.. Carter drank the boiled water
In silence, and read the paper until
dinner was ready.
hat cnt Of beef is this?" he asked
as he prepared to carve the meat. "It
doesn't look like roast"
1T isn't. It's the neck. find |
can get more food value for less
money from the neck than from the
RIB. For instance 10 cents worth of
the neck of the beef will give me sc
of pound of protein and l.s25 calo-
rics.'
MIR. Carter groaned.
''Then." went on Mrs. Carter, not
noticing the groan, Il add potatoes,
bread and fruit for the carbo hy(lrates
and we have a meal perfect in food
value, containing protein, fat, starch
aud sugar. All for the samo money
that roast would have cost u.s." she
wound up triumphantlv.
well, for tomorl ow, said Carter,
! lets have roast pork with potatoes
and Cherry pie"
I Mrs. Carter stared Mt him a moment,
and then said pityingly: John, you
, are as ignorant as most people con-
cerning food values. 1t won't do, my
dear. This is as much for your good
as mine. Roast pork and potatoes
contain five times az much carbon as
you need. AS for cherry pie
made an expressive gesture as II it
were not worth mentioning, and con-
tinned-''you will soon get over these
yearnings of falsely educated ap-
petite, and then you will be all right
am afraid that you have been very
improperly brought up, john"
Mr.. Carter glared at her angrily,
and threw down his knife and fork
with bang.
IF you mean in regard to calorics,
proteins and all the rest of it, yes; I
was"
"Oh, John" Mrs. Carter rose from
the table with her handkerchief to her
eyes. lyon are c-crnel, when you
know I'm doing the best I cam"
What could he do? He had 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 dietary that tabooed pie,
and was arranged according to food
values.
''See here, Carter" said friend,
meeting him one day on the street,
whats the matter? You look like
shadow. Come in and have some
thing"
II don't care if I do" said Carter,
suddenly feeling the need of some
thing stimulating. 'Tm afraid 1
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.
''It isn't boilel," answered Carter,
family, who thought he saw microbes
bubbing up through the effervescence.
"Boiled" calculated the other in
disgust. "Well, 1 should say not!
You'd better take stimulant, Carter.
''No, thank You, 1 don't believe that
1 will take anything. You will excuse
me, old fellow, won't you? II don't
feel WELL"
'It's all right" answered his
friend. "What made you think Of
the drink being boiled?"
81 don't know. Just a fancy" re-
turned Carter, too loyal to his wife to
tell the cause.
Carter went home feverish. Much
to his wife's alarm he did not eat a
of supper. Finally lie went
to bed and fell asleep. While he slept
he dreamed.
He was in an immense dining room.
Great roasts of beef and pork, tlanked
by steaming vegetables, loaded the
tables. Pies of mince and cherry
were on tho buffets; fruits, salads,
water with huge chunks Of ice floating
in it, milk cooled also by ice.
Carter's mouth watered; but alas!
when he approached the meats, pro-
tein and calorics appeared to raise
from them. Carbohydrates reared
great heads from fruits and vege-
tables; bacilli jeered at him in the ice
water; microbes looked out from the
roilk.
A feeling OF fierce anger seizedhold
- him. Was he to starve because of
these creatures? Well, let them do
their worst! A drink he would have
in spite of them. Catching up cup,