Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-06

ted come early in the meal; just at the
end Of the meal 1t is a bad mistake. II the
foods be wet, let dry foods be eaten at In
tervals. In German nature cure establish
ments Of the best type this rule is insisted
on. In English households 1t is considered
"ungenteel'' to deviate from the regular
mode of procedure. How utterly stupid we
are to sacrifice vitality to silly custom!
The Dry Food system.
Whereas, that which Is watery may, as
It were, flush the body as a food will wash
away filth, a dry dietary may absorb OBJ
jectionable poisons and at the same time
nourish the system we'll. The dry diet
has effected innumerable cures; 1t must
be eaten ~slowly-that is a physical neces-
sity. No one can drink a hard biscuit,
though some people may practically drink
a plateful Of p~orridge or an orange.
There is the story OF a woman who went
to a nature cure establishment in Ger
many. She was taken out early on her
first morning there. At the end OF a long
walk to the woods she felt tired and
hungry. All that was offered TO her was
a piece Of brown bread, dry and hard.
She refused it and refused also 70 walk a
step further. The doctor who had &C
companied her told her that she might stay
there. This, Of course. she did not care to
do and she began TO walk back and soon
asked for the bread again and ate 1t with
comparative gusto. For a long while she
wa confined to this dry bread regime, with
plenty OF exercise and cool water. and soon
she recovered complete health and refused
to 20 back to her old way of living. With
sufficient hunger the dry foods became de-
sirable and desired.
Thau naad nnt nnnaigt QOlnlV of hTHa0.
though dry bread or biscuit or something
free from moisture should be added to wet
foods that we take; for otherwise we do
not excite our saliva, and thus We do not
digest our starch properly. The saliva also
will help to I'LL the stomach and satisfy the
sense OF hunger. The food should be as
nourishing as possible and should not
| merely be white -four. Whole wheat bis
cults are far better.
Such a course should help to absorb what
the old writer's called 1.-The evil humors OF
the body
The less severe course is to reduce the
number Of foods which we eat.
The Few Foods Plan.
The few foods plan is not to be confused
with moderation, though the two may b.
combined. Much food may be eaten, but
the kinds Of food are few. The advantage
Of such a mode is that the juices Of the
body get into a certain habit; they acI
regularly at certain times, in many casei
they occur in increased quantities.
Besides this, II we eat few foods the Ap'
petite is satisfied more sensibly; there II
less craving for excess. Let a meal b
provided in which there are fifteen deliei
ously tasting dishes. aud how many hay'
the strength OF mind or the knowledge o
whatever it may be to refuse most Of them
But take an extreme case. consider a stat
dinner. Then imagine yourself trying Il
eat the same amount OF food II It consistet
Of two kinds only. II would be impossible
You would be Disguised long before you ha'
finished a quarter Of the meal. II Is tn
variety which encourages you to overeat.
A high authority has said that when onl
one good food be taken at a single mea
that food hardly can disagree, II there b
real hunger.
Health may be preserved or restored b
many different classes OF few foods. al
most any class can produce examples Q
great success. The Salisbury treatmen
can do so. in spite Of Its frequent failures
1t consists OF incompletely cooked beef an
plenty Of hot water. Others have lived en-
tirely on oats. Fruit cures have been count
less. whether luscious fruits alone be tax
or whether nuts be added to them. o
fruits may be combined with grains or wit
certain grains. There Is a salad cure
There Is q vegetable cure. There IL a cur
Of vegetables with meat and without pud
ding.
} The truest health is to have few wants
The man who is not content with one o
two dishes at a meal may be enormousl
rich. but be Is not independent Yet "