The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-06-15
Eating Such Food as the Family Doctor
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Prsscrlbes.
Most people who are not in good
health know in a general way what
ails them: some OF them know what
kind Of food they ought to eat in order
to overcome their bodily infirmities
and prevent recurrence Of them. But
people who have good health usually
consider only their taste or their pock-
etbook when they order meal. An
experiment whica one OF the Boston
hotels is making shows that others be-
side invalids are beginning to under
stand that it Is important to have the
right sort Of food as we'll as to have IL
properly cooked. The cafe Of this
hotel provides not only bill OF fare.
but diet list made out by a physician
and intended as guide to the patrons
OF the house. It prescribes the food
best suited to various physical coadi-
tions. To the fat man 1t offers q va
riety Of dishes that tickle his palate,
and at the same time check his ten
dency to grow fatter. The thin and
anaemic can procure the things which
make blood and tissue and build up an
enfeebled system. The new way OF
looking at the food question puts
health first and preference afterward.
It considers the needs OF the individ-
ual, and makes practical application o.
the old saying that "one mans meat
70 ri 70
make the diet like a well-sto cked'ward-
robe, offering plenty OF variety, yet
designed for and fitted to the person
FOR whom 1t is intended Lilac Is
charming color, but the red-haired girl
does not need It to enhance her pecul-
lar charms. Sirloin steak Is a tooth
some and desirable thing, but melons
and coarse bread may be better for the
full-blooded man who has tendency
20 rheumatism. How one can fit his
diet to his own needs Is a matter which
the physician can best decide. It /;
certainly easier to preserve health b,
the use Of proper food than to regain
It by taking medicine; and the pre-
Gcription filled in restaurant Is pleas
anter to take than one compounded b.
the druggist:-Youth's COMPANION.
LUNCHEONS ON WHEELS.
Distributing Kitchens Now Supply the
Wants of Busy Londonsrs.
This is an age Of luxury. The "Dis,
tributing Kitchens, Limited" has mada
it possible for the busy city man or his
typiE-or both-to sit down in the Of
fee to luxurious luncheon. or for the
budding barrister to give a banquet in
his own chambers. says the London
Daily Mail That is, II the lunchers
are prepared to be satisfied with an en-
tirely vegetarian meal. Busy men
and women" says the prospectus. in
sinuatingly, who do not wish to leave
their Office, can have dainty. light lun
cheons sent to them in well-appointed
trays, in which cutlery. table cloths
ETC., are included. Dwellers In flats
who ind a difficulty in procuring good
cooks will ind a solution In the sys-
TEN herein advocated. Suppose you
have chambers in Charing Cross o.
Westminster, or anywhere within a
four-mils circuit of Victoria street.
Your maiden aunt has como up from
the country. or friend has looked In.
The day IL wet and you do not wish
to 10 out. Drop an orde7-form, filled
in, to the company. You can order "a
la Carte" or you can trust to tho es-
tablishment and call for ''tab.e
d'hote!" the price list comprises
choice of over 1000 dishes. In any
case, at the time appointed. a conspicu-
GUS yellow cart will drive up to your
door. At tho rear end of the van Is
stove heated by trays Of charcoal.
From the interior a the van the at
tendant will draw forth spotless napery
Of the most attractive kind. dishes and
cutlery Of electro-plate. and your lun
cheon or dinner carefully reposing In
its component parts in dishes placed i.
a block tin case covered with green
baixe. The man will call back for the
dishes later in the day.