Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-08-02


nately the habits of American life
make US echo Jean Ingelow's plant,
If leisure is, but oh, t is not,
The fashion of It man forgot
About the days of chivairy.'
At the table the family should be
early trained to avoid all unpleasant
themes, even the criticism of the
children's table habits should be re-
served for an aftermath. Many q
child's appetite is spoiled by the sharp
tone of the mother, Hold your fork
straight and don't bite your teaspoon"
1t should be the object of each and all
to get in if possible good bit of fun,
for, "a hearty laugh aideth digestion.
The housewife who keeps her trials
to retail to her husband at meal-times,
and the man who brings home bust
ness anxieties. which he impertinently
intrudes, Sin not alone against propri-
ETY., but against hygiene as we'll; be-
cause anxiety, sorrow, or sudden
shock are known to have a very seri-
Gus effect upon digestion, acting
through q curious little nerve center
called the solar plexus, which lies just
back Of the stomach and sends its ten
drills to almost all parts of the diges-
tive system. It is difficult to find the
filameuts of this plexus even with the
microscope, and yet 80 important is it
in our organism that Virchow, the
great German authority, called this
solar plexus the abdominal brain, since
it acts through the sympathetic ner-
vous system upon almost every part Of
the organism.
More About Food and It's Value.
The writer begs TO enter q protest
against the habit of serving fruit to
adults or children as the first course
for breakfast. The condition OF the
juices of the stomach and intestines
in the early morning are, in my judg-
ment, not such as to make fruit very
digeetible at that time. Serve your
grain of whatever kind you please,
then some bread, and last of all fruit.
say nothing whatever concerning
the use of meats or potatoes at the
first meal of the day. for, in my opin-
ion, the lighter the breakfast the bet.
ter fitted most persons will be for the
work of the forenoon, unless for severe
muscular labor. The busy farmer
who gets up at early dawn, takes care
OF his stock and does chores about the
farm, may como in with an appetite
and with zest for the meA which
should be set before him about seven
because he has already prepared thu
system for the reception Of the meal
and We know full we'll that for hin
the day has only just begun, and tn,
special strain upon his body is yet tt
come. To euch an one it is the par
of the wise housekeeper to furnish .
generous dish of meat and potatoes
bread and porridge, with fruit to con
clude the repast. But for the clerl
who goes to his Office, the school
teacher to her class, the child to hi
lessons, the society woman to hel
visits and her club, I would earnestly
advise very light breakfast, go tha
the brain may be clear for any worl
that may be put upon it. The French
really have brought this breakfast
question to very fine point. for th,
habit of the nation is little COTE,
and q roll early in the morning; ther
about twelve . second meal 10 served
composed OF tempting viands which
include the carbohydrates, the albu
inmates, fats, fruits, and stimulants a
we'll. and they take time to eat it
We Americans eat too much. eat tot
fast, and fail to enjoy what IL really
the pleasure of the table, because VI
do not encourage conversation anG
the interchange of wit.