News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-10-29

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Mr. Carter patiently.
81 am afraid that you are little in.
clined to self indulgence, John. You
must break that up. One can If one
will bring ones will to bear on the
subject"
Mr.. Carter laid down his knife and
fork and opened his lips to reply. One
look at the pretty face of his wife,
however, made him change the sar-
castle remark to good humored one.
'Well, perhaps | am. | wiNbe diff
ferent man, | suppose. after you have
guided me for awhile"
Mrs. Carter nodded acquiescently.
John" she cried some hours later,
'what are you doing"
Getting a drink, my love-" returned
John mildly, pumping bucket of wa
ter from the well.
"But you must not drink that water.
Don't you know that it is full of bac-
teria?'
"Ihen what am to drink, Nellie? l
can't go without WATER
"Of course not Here is some that
L Ia We DOllCll. / DOlI al lut WdJCl Tia L
we drink"
"Phew~ he exclaimed in disgust.
GLOW fiat it tastes Is that what is
the matter with the water? l Won
dered why it tastes so. I'll just take a
good drink fresh from the we'll"
ooh, John, dear" cried Mrs Carter
tearfully, you mustn't! Indeed you
mustn't! 1t is full of bacteria"
81 guess they won't hurt me-" laugh
ed John. 1--WE always drunk it So"
Don't. do it! Please don't, John,
for my sake" pleaded the wife. at is
so dangerous"
"Well, put some ice in this, then, and
l won't" He was a new husband, re-
member.
Zee! Why, what would be the use
of boiling it if we were to put ice in
it? Ice is full of microbes"
Mr.. Carter drank the boiled water in
silence and then went into the house
and read the paper until dinner was
ready.
"What cut of beef is this| he asked
as he prepared to carve the meat. at
doesn't look like a roast"
at isn't It's the neck. | find that
l 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
thirty-six one-hundredths of a pound
Of protein and 1925 calOrics, whereas
the same amount spent for the rib will
yield only thirteen One-hundredths of
a pound of protein and 1,449. calorics."
Mr.. Carter groaned. He had been
accustomed to dinners of soup, roast
with all the accessories, salad and
corresponding dessert. The rigid re-
gime of Mrs. Carter, while it might be
hygienic, was far from satisfying. In
fact, feeling of goneness was begin
ming to be his chronic condition.
Then" went on Mrs Carter, not
noticing the groan, 81 add potatoes,
bread and fruit for the carbohydrates.
and we have a meal perfect in food
value, containing protein, fat, starch
and sugar, all for the same money
that Il roast would have cost US" she
wound up triumphantly.
"WCll. for tomorrow" said Carter,
Tets have roast pork, with potatoes
and cherry pie"
Mrs Carter stared at him u moment
and then said pityingly: John. YOU
are as ignorant as most people con.
corning food values. 1t won't do, my
dear"
But why won't it?" asked Mr.. Car,
ter little savagely. II like it."
You promised me, John, that yen
would stand by me in this. think
that you ought tC when it is as much
for your good as mine. Roast pork
and potatoes contain five times as
much carbon as you need 1t would
make you go at double speed at the
expense Of your nerves and tissues
AS for cherry pie"-she made an eX.
pressive gesture, as if it were not
worth mentioning-"yO will soon get
over those warnings of falsely edu
Gated appetite, 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, madam, in regard to
calorics, proteins and all the rest of
it, yes, | Was!"
ooh, John"-NIrs. Carter rose from
the table with her handkerchief to her
eyes-"you are c-crue) when you know
I'm doing the best | ccnw
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 forgive
ness and promised to eat anything and
everything she should give him if only
she would smile. They made up, of
course, and Carter bore himself hero.
ically for six months through a dietary
that tabooed pie and was arranged ac-
cording to food values.
At the end of that time he found
that he had grown thin and pale His
appetite had left him entire, and sew
eral times he caught himself reckoning
up the per cent of protein and the
number of calOricS contained in the