The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-03-02

In his brain, and the number Of brain cells
and q few minor differences, mar resemble'
the ape more closely than he reeemble'
any other animal In the general shap'
Of his body, In the number and position O
his teeth, Ia his digestive organs. In hi
capacity for sweating. and 30 on. the ami
ma man Ia a sort OF anthropoid ape.
And the ape lives chiefly on grains
nuts and fruits, and on such a diet far sur
passes man In strength. The ape can live
In fact. most Of the higher animals seem
TO be able to change their diet without
immediate death, 20 that even nons and
tigers have been trained to live n thrive
on fleehless foods, and COWS and sheep 70
live on fish and flesh and various concoc-
tiona. But undoubtedly the natural diet
Of the ape. and that on which he seems 10
thrive best, is the above diet Of grains,
nuts n fruits.
The ape, however, eats slowly, has plenty
Of fresh air and plenty Of exercise, very
little care and seemingly very little con-
simian health and strength under certain
conditions. But is this necessarily the
diet for human health and purity and
strength under the commonest modern
conditions?
No, not necessarily. For, let US look
things as they are. We eat fast and fire.
quently. we take a vast amount Of stimu-
liant, we have little fresh air and little exer-
else during the week, but much care and
brain work. We are not apes, and we are
not living the life Of apes.
We want examples Of men who are
healthy under such conditions. The vege-
tarians mention among their examples Of
healthy men: The Hindoo N the
Japanese runners and wrestlers, the Con
s~tantinople and Andes weight carriers,
Karl Mann, the famous walker. and Obey.
the cyclist.
These are quoted as types OF physical
rapidity, endurance. strength, &c. The
Hindoo runner may a his single meal,
scarcely n handful of rice, In the evening
OF his days work,
He may have no breakfast. no lunch,
no tea, no supper, but just this one meal.
this kind OF dinner. And yet. on this diet,
he will keep up with a carriag go along I'M
even ground, hour after hour. day after
day.
But this is not necessarily what we want;
for the Hindoo eats dry food slowly, and
We, as a rule, eat wet food rapidly; and
there are the differences of climate, dress,
a.. 10 say nothing OF physical heredity.
All these points are OF the utmost import
ance.
Moreover tho Hindoo has been taught
TO breathe pure air correctly through the
nose. We have not been trained to breathe
correctly, and our city air Is not always
of the best.
We need 10 be shown healthy mel In
cities, men who are clean and active and
strong in mind and thought, as we'll as
In body and blood. But where are they?
We look for them in vain.
We look In vain even for the men who
can do their daily brain work easily and
happily, and without the desire for any
stimulant, who are pure IN body and nina.
and who can, at short notice, show ath-
lotic activity. promptitude, adaptability,
endurance, skill and strength. We look in
vain oven for n few such men.
And vet II is just such men, yes. and
such women. too, and boys and girls. that
the nation to-day needs more than ever
before. When young men or u women
set before them such an ideal as thist they
are like people on the seashore with the
high cli6 above them; they see no path
up e the summit.
Few Of them can even see the summit
at all; they see just the nearest height.
not realizing that there are heights and
heights beyond. Let lis consider well il
theory will not do something TO guide us.
If we have no clear track 10 follow, at
least lei us notice the general direction
of such tracks as we have. Let us avoid
the places whore others nave fallen. And
LEI us begin with the safest way Of reform;
namely. the reform of our way Of eating.
For the answer To the question, How
Shall We Eatt" il far simpler thar the an
swer to the question, when Shall We Eat?"
Most complex Of all is the problem, What
Shall We Est?' EUSTACE MILES.