The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-14

Mrs. Grant hadn't hidden the clock an
foun' somebody to tell him t half milk
an half cream at that time of night was
jes the same as carbolic acid an prove
t the only time to drink milk was at
o'clock night an mornin'. That's the
trouble 'th putin idea in a mans
head. 1t stays there till you take it out
an put in nganother. seems it,
Mrs. Lanes been tellin' me bout one
OF the doctors who teach t there isn't
any excuse for ugliness or sickness, an
he says it isn't necessary to eat in Min
nesota, t the airs that invigoratin' 4
If you raise the window you can get
square meal That may be true in some
neighborhoods, but it amt in mine nor
yet in Mrs. Maybee's, judgin' by her meat
bills. I've seen some folks who didn't
have much to eat but Minnesota air, an
they didn't advertise it as satisfyin'
diet They're only two locations I ever
heard of where you didn't have. to eat
an ones heaven an the others hell ]
dunno which Minnesota may be like, but
seems if there's some folks livin' in the
state who get touch O. both.
" If you eat two meals a day, you're
ignorant. If you take three you're indie
cent, says the health man. says he Seems
If mos of us are strugglin along under
a cloud If he's right, an I'm not one to
say he isn't. All I'm sure of is that three
good meals a day are comfortin', an
comfort S one of the necessary things in
life.
You may be able to get along 'thout
eatin' after you're used to it, but I'd
never be sure how I'd get through the
learnin'- period an when / think of the
number of breakfas foods t have been
put in the stores, it don't seem jes' fair
to the makers to stop havin breakfast.
1t isn't givin' 'em a show.
,"Nothin's ever SO bad but what it has
cir ~ on
eat there won't be any cookin'. That ID
bring the hired girls often their high
horses says Mrs. Thompson, when spoke
to her. says she. If she spen' all her
time in the kitchen an none in the par
lor, she wouldn't think she was ridin'
much of horse, an cookin' an scrub
bin from in the mornin' until at night
don't make a Very comfortable turnout
for any one, seems it,
''Mr. Rice made up his min he'd try
this new thought, he calls it. 1t isn't
new to me, for I've known whole families
to practice it off an on for good many
years, only they did it cause they had
to, not cause they wanted to, which
makes some diff renee, I'll admit. Mr..
Rice couldn't get any of the family in
trested but he said he was goln to try
it anyway, an if they didn't want to have
perfect bodies an contented minds, that
was their lookout, though it made it hard
benefit the human race to make him keep
it to himself The frs mornin' after he
made up his min he came down stairs
jes' as 'Melia was bringin in the waff1es.
, an she can bake waff1es as near perfec-
tion as any girl know. When Mr.. Rice
saw 'en. he jes' took his oil place at the
} table.
'T thought you were goin' 'thout your
; breakfas',' says Mrs, Rice, pourin' out
his coffee.
} Commence tomorrow says he. with
his mouth full of waffle.
: But the mex day there was som thin
ies as good as waffles, an that s the way
it's gone till Mr.. Rice jes don't seem
able to- get outen the house 'thout his
; breakfas'. Mrs. Rice felt kind of mean
} bout the way she was temptin' him, but
says she to me. says she: If man don't
know what's good for him. the kindes'
thing is to give it to him 'thout maxim
fuss says she.
when man an woman starts out
reformin, they don't often go the same
road, an it's the woman who jes' nat
urally picks the easiest walkin', seems
if