The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-17
the grass in the Canal street pavement was knee deep."-New Orleans Times
 Democrat.
DOG DAYS AND DIET.
Just as Much Food Needed, But of 2
 Different Kind.

Just as Much Food Needed, But of a | Different Kind
 | In quite normal temperature, that amiable but long suffering cleric, the | Rev. Robert Spalding, affected a taste for Bath buns and calculated drops. There may be much virtue in dietary framed upon these modest lines, but, for people of ordinary stamina, desirous of prolonging existence, it Is scarcely
 one to be cordially recommended.
 What, it may well be asked at the pres ent moment the the most popular
 foods? With the thermometer giving
 shade readings calculated to make ner-
 vous folk chronically fearful of sum- stroke, it is not to be supposed for a single moment that the ordinary "heavy" fare for which the typical middle class Englishrnan cherishes a conservatism affection finds as much favor as at other seasons. As a matter
 of fact, it does not Inquiries raised in
 various quarters leave no manner of
 doubt that, with a "heat wave" in our
 midst, we are no longer beef eating
 nation. That statement, however, be-
 Ing purely negative, it becomes necee-
 sary to add that the problem What to
 eat and what to avoid" is one that, un-
 der present climatic conditions. simply
 bristles with difficulties.
 Upon this subject leading London
 physician laid 1t down yesterday that,
 so exhausting are the effects of extreme
 heat. ordinary constitutions demand
 food in no less quantity than at other
 times. But" he went on to explain,
 lone requires a different sort of fare.
 Big dinners, even of the Kickshaw va-
 riety, should be avoided. Cold soups
 are better than hot, fish ought to be
 taken with considerable caution-more
 cases arising of poisoning from un-
 sound fish than from any other cause
 and, in the way of solids, meat that
 has been boiled is infinitely more
 wholesome in this weather than that
 which has been roasted" This medical
 gentleman, whose experience and posi- tion entitle his opinions to not a little
 respect, added that fruit uncooked
 should also be very cautiously in
 duIged in, recommending stewed fruits
 In preference, while, on the question of
 liquid refreshments being preached, he
 was emphatic in expressing the view
 that wines and spirits should be al-
 most generally discarded. At the same
 time, he pointed out that lemon
 "squashes" have very lowering ten
 dency, and that a too generous con- sumption os iced drinks, even when
 on-alcoholic, is apt to prove exceed ingly deleterious. "haWt, then, do you recommend?' was the query naturally put. And the answer came, Milk that has been boiled, with or without soda, and tea in moderation; and, for people who imagine that some form of alsohol is indis3ensable to their existence, the lightest of light beers with their prin- cipal meal"
 So much for what, according to med ical testimony, ought to be consumed. But how about the foods actually taken in the generality of cases? In this con- nection let the experience of Isidore Salmon, general manager for Messrs. Lyons, speak for itself. To represen- tative on this subject he said: "The eff feet of the hot weather is felt principal ly in the luncheon business. For hot dishes there Is practically no demand, most people preferring to take a plate of cold meat and salad in the middle of the day, while many have nothing but a little fish. hTe favorite drink at these meals is cider cup But the heat does not appreciably affect the dinners Almost as many table d'hote dinners are served as at ordinary times. with this difference, that cold entrees are for hot, and scarcely any red wines are taken The most popu- lar beverages are Moselle and cham pagne cups especially the former, which appear to be universally liked just now. But for wine undiluted there has been very little demand indeed" In other directions very much the same story was elicited, and 1t also trans pired that at 'tea shops" where fea- lures are made of light luncheons, the veriest smack in the way of a sand | wich, with milk and soda, is obtaining | favor in preference even to small plates ! of cold meat, whereas the business at | tea time itself has greatly increased by | reason of the midday abstinence and subsequent hunger appeased, in large l number of cases, by indulgence in and cream and ices, as well as tea and bread and butter and pastries.
 Figures are hardly things to inf1ict upon perspiring community, but 1t may be added in this connection, as il- l Iustrating how cheerfully the public | can defy the terrors of dyspepsia dur ing period of heat wave, that at we'll known establishment in Oxford | street, no fewer than six hundred and ! seventy ices were consumed on Mon- day afternoon. heTre must be great | many Americans still in London London Daily elTegraph.