The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-28
APPETITE AND DIGESTION.
Mistakes Common to Americans
Duty Of the Public Schools.


The worth Of man depends largely
on the food he digests. In the opinion
/ of experts a majority of the human
+ race suffer from disease engendered by
errors in diet, yet few are aware that
! they commit any errors, and still fewer
> take pains TO avoid them. This is
I specially true Of our own country. The
ambitious American is apt to consider
the time spent on the care Of his body
as wasted; to him fortune, power or
fame is Of greater Importance than
health
Happiness and health depend on our
ability to forget, as soon as necessity
Tor the immediate consideration of it
has passed. the trouble which has alb
sorbed us. In the family circle. at meal
times especially, temper should be sub
dued and unpleasant conversation
avoided When q grave crisis occurs,
men Of heavy responsibilities are liable
TO become victims Of their anxiety
One of our largest and best managed
banks lost in this way several Of its
ahlest officers, and a prominent railroad
three OF its presidents within ten years.
There is no less danger in eating too
much. The capacity Of our stomachs
is limited, and it produces only gastric
Juice enough to digest what we require
Tor the sustenance of our vital powers.
The surplus ferments, and. when too
often INDUCED in, excess leads to dis
ease or obesity. 1 derive more pleas
ure in satisfying the appetite which
nature has provided from leisureIy
munehing a piece of bread made in my
kitchen than from the delicious dessert
which follows a sumptuous dinner
a charitable association Of which I
used to be a member furnished to every
conner for five cents a quart of meat
stew, well cooked and composed of beef
or mutton, onions and tUrnips, favored
with fragrant herbs: a pint of coffee,
with milk and sugar, and four ounces
OF white bread. The raw material of
which this wholesome dinner was COM
posed cost three cents-fiYe cents a
pound Tor the meat. three cents for the
bread and enc cent for the vegetables
Our poor must pay these prices twice
and thrice over for food which is the
worse Tor keeping. because every one Of
the numerous shGpkeepers Of whom
they are compelled to purchase sells so
little that he cannot sell it while il Is
fresh, nor, since he must pay rent,
without large profit In Rivington
street, New York. a girl recently died
from the effect Of pt0maines contained
IN her small steak. It is a gTeviOus
wrong that our laboTer should be com
PEELED TO support, besides his own fam
lly, the family Of a butcher VINO viii
sell such meat for nOurishment. New
York spent millions Tor a road to speed
horses OF wealthy spOTtsmen; loo. 900
would suffice to erect free markets
quite near hsbitatiOns Of mechanics. If
these were placed without charge at the
disposal Of reliable dealers, on condition
thaJ they would sell good food at a mod
crate advance on cost. the poor could
obtain 1t at about the prices / have
named without being indebted 10
charity.
IN europe women are apprentiCed or
go into service They have learned
how 10 make from scanty material a
palatable meal before they assume the
responsibility of matrimony. Steps
have been taken in many states 70 teach
them by the establishment Of cooking
schools, but these fail to give instruc-
ton where il is most needed Girls
should IN all our public schools be
taught how to cook a dinner, an accom-
pllshment which. to most Of them. is Of
no smaller Importance than the ability
TO read and write. II always viii COM
mand husband or remunerative en-
plOyment.