Evening star., 1902-09-13
HINTS ABOUT FRUITS
THE TENNIS CHAMPION ON A
sEAsoNABLE TOPIC.
Those Who Eat Fruits Are Less In
clined Than Others to Hard
Drinking.
Copyright, 1909. by Eustace Mne.D

Copyright. 1909. by Eustace MnesD
Written for The Evening Star.
1t is generally found that those who eat
fruits need fewer stimulants. There are
many who simply cannot combine the iNn
together. / know OF a dipsoma0iac who
would drink anything rather than wafer.
She required something which would bl
and sting. and she would take red ink or.
in fact. almost anything that was acria.
And so some fruits-at the outset, perhaps
unripe fruits-mght help to remove any
unnatural desire for drink
Fruits have always been agreed 70 be "a
valuable cure for invalids suffering from
almost every kind OF disease. Mr.. Albert
Broadbent, an authority on the apple. for
instance. says:
With rare exceptions. apples are gnod
for those disposed 10 gout and sluggish
liver, and for those who follow a sedentnr,
life. Two or three eaten at night. uucook,d
or baked, correct constipation. The juir.
or apples without sugar will often rcdUc,
acidity of the stomach, becoming changer
into alkaline correctives and thus curing
sour fermentation. Where unsweetcred ci-
DER is used as common beverage, stone u-
calculus is unknown: but how much better
the fresh ripe fruit must be-
Oranges. again. are used as a cure Tor ir-
nuenza, especially IN Florida, which H. ~
course, the garden of oranges Ncarl,
every fruit will purify the blood. partly h.-
cause Of the soft water (Which takes ,in
more material in the systeml and nsrfI,
because OF Its salts. Lemon is famous Tor
this reason.
But such fruits are by no means rich I'm
proteid. Somewhat richer though often
overestimated in this respect, are figs and
prunes and raisiHs, which are among the
best cures for constipation. The banana
abounds In fatty and oily material but W.
have exaggerated notions OF its powers I;
SCF ms that the daily allnura n pf
TO workmen In tropical America is s!N
pounds. Ii must possess some other usrfa.
elements besides proteid to give It is sialIu-
power.
But nuts are the proteid kings among
fruits. 1t is on them that the apes maintain
much of their vigor. Let us look at The
almond for moment. Ii can be thoroughly
masticated, or else pounded or millcd 4
Is rich In oil as well In proteid. Almonds
and raisins, which are so often taken after
a full meal, are, Ike cheese, absolutely =
complete meal in themselves: so hideouSly
gross is our ignorance about food values
One is reminded. when one sees this extra
meal of cheese and nuts Cor perhaps Of bottle
on the top of an ample. ordinary meal. Of
the disgusting sOng-disgustng because &
has about IT the false ring OF jolly and
good fellowship:
Then take another;
Yes, take another;
Yes, take one more.
Not the same before.
But another, and yet another
For the sake Of Aud Lang Syut."
1t is said of the almond: Nut cream -
recommended for hraiu-worllers Il is made
as follows: Pound ir mortar or miure
finely three blanched Almonds two waluuts
two ounces of pine kernels. steep oyer nigh.
In orange or lemon juice This cream should
be made fresh daily. and may be used iu
the place of butter. MIX Of almonds is
made of the kernels finely minced, with boil
ing water added. Almonds roasted ta th.
color Of amber are delicious to eat with
biscuits or bread and butter. Grated Iu ..
nut mill, they are good to serve with ann
Kind Of stewed fruit. They are Us. fuI m,-
dicinally, because of their soothing and
emollient properties. They should always
be blanched in hot water, the skins being
indgestible."
Good fruits should be chosen. and NOT
pulpy and fbrous rubbish. These fruits
should be carefully washed and eaten whi,,
still fresh, If possible. As to the peel. some
cannot digest It; but the Juice within and
near the peel is valuable and hence the
peel should be boiled and the strained water
taken as drink, or AT least added To som"
dish. We must not upset natures balance
of elements.
The fruit cure is probably the pieasante>t
or ALL 1t has many varieties. oranges al.-
pies and grapes being three of the best
known kinds There seems to he NJ Ifnlf-
to the number Of illnesses which II will rem
edy. 1t may be classed as a soft water
treatment IA branch Of the fasting treat
menD together with natural (organic, me IL
cines