The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-10

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 The subject of eating has so enlisted
 German scientists interest that he has made tabuIations as to the actual process. The size of the ordinary bite or mouthful for the average person he finds is three-tenths of cubic inch. And it takes thirty seconds completely to masticate mouthful of solid food like beefsteak or cheese. The size of the largest bite recorded is half an inch in diameter. The tongue guides as to the size of mouthfuls to be sfallowed, the tongues judgment being helped by sensations through the teeth and gums.
 There is no knowing whether the pro lessor made his observations around a camp fire when the eaters were off guard and etiquette in abeyance, or in formal lining-room circles. But it is certain that into eating there goes con- siderable individual expression, and the demeanor and practice at meal time be- come significant of the persons general temper and qualifications. Here are some that a woman has interpreted:
 The woman who as she eats fIushes noticeably, swallows her food rapidly, almost in jerks, and keeps continually turning over the morsels on her plate, is she to whom material things mean a good deal She is selfish and capable of being spiteful. However fair and 1aYn a1xr ft, ~1,a ,,,s1f .A forty
 The girl who looks pretty when she eats is the vivacious. dimpling sort Of girl who makes into new life when she sings or talks or laughs. She puts small nicely proportioned mouthfuls between her pretty red lips with dain- ty precision that makes it seem a nice attention on her part really to eat the food. And she manages her knife and fork as though she made pleasure of 1t, imparting certain grace and facil- ity to the operation. Her eating man her betokens sunny temper and dis position to make the best of things.
 The nervous girl can be told by the manner in which she breaks her bread and sips her soup. She eats in a quick, voracious manner even through eating little, and with evidently very limited interest in the food for it's own sake. Such girl will never have the force or courage to pursue her ambitions. She would be crushed by diversity rather than rebound from it. And friend to confide in and rely upon is necessity to her.
 ry{,.Tr k,t, T, it were business to be got through, not sparing much interest to the talk going on around or to the relishable qualities of the viands, is the systemat- ic practical girl who will make good wife and orderly housekeeper. She would look naturally to the main chance in household or business investment, be thrifty and economical, and not be apt to bother her husband or friends with flighty, cratic tendencies.
 The girl of needless view is told by the spoon left upright in the half- drained cup, the knife and fork left at cross angles or balanced ticklishly on the plate, and the chair pushed back just as she arose from 1t. She Is of in- sensible, undiscriminating nature, with little chance to develop an interest in the finer things of life. When she be- X comes a housekeeper her servants will be slatternly and the nicer points of convenience and household comfort will be missing.
 The girl who eats onions in every form, not so much because she likes them as because she believes them to be wholesome; who eats cereals on principle and abstains religiously from deserts and sugary confeetions that she deems pernicious, is the sort to develap strong -mindedness and independent proclivities before she is out of the twenties. She will make a good wife, but not comfortable one She Is the sort of woman to get for herself hob by and never quit riding it.
 The girl who eats very slowly, even while not consuming much, rnunching her mouthfuls deliberately and surely, Is of impractical turn, given to under lavuing things that the majority of people count as of most consequence. She is fastidious and aesthetic, des- tined never to make much show in the world, and to care little for that fact So long as she has leisure and well ordered existence
 The sort of girl to make good help- meet for a man is she whose organ of taste is as alert as her other faculties who eats in a noticing, discriminating way that implies her recognition of the importance of matters usually consid- cred rundrun. She does not hesitate to interrupt the most interesting talk by asking for another helping or for some condiment she lacks, and shows plain- ly her belief that the. embroidery of life should be subordinate to the main material. 8 sgs; %
 The girl, on the other hand, who is so taken up with the topics under dis cussion that she forgets to eat and has her plates in the various courses borne away before she has more than tasted of them, is ill-fitted for the sterner du- ties of life. She will always be enter taining herself with whims and illu- sions while real opportunities slide by. She will lack Judgment and make mis- takes, but will be warm-hearted, de- pendable mate to the husband whose nature is strong enough to guide her.
 The girl who, in the ordinary rou- tine of boarding house or hotel life, hurries through her meal, even though she has leisure in plenty, and never fails to gather her plates and dishes ..sJ |. .---. e. kI.@ sk-..b