The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-03-14

Worry.
II say" exclaimed Mr.. Ebenezee,
Butterworth Snagues, as I dropped in
to his Office, just to pass the time of
day, come out and take lunch with
me-or say we make it dinner" We
an old marlketman himself, and know
what good food is, and, as he caters
| to marketmen, who also know what
good food is, it goes without saying
that Rohrer sets a first class table.
1t was a little before noon, so the
! rush had not yet started and we got
a good seat in corner. ordered
clam chowder. Snagues said, It'll take
| the same" but while we were waiting
for it snagues said to me, in sub
dued tone, do you think that's quite
safe, doctor?"
What" said I, "safe? why Of course
it's safe; what is there dangerous about
clam chowder?"
"Well," said Snagues, "that's what
I don't know, but my wife has been
reading about microbes, and she says.
that the books say that doctors use
pertinent with. The books say it's an
awfully rich culture f1uid and that
germs thrive prodigiously in it,"
! "Oh, nonsense!" said I, perhaps
germs do grow luxuriantly in it, but
man alive, the germs are all boiled to
death by the time you eat Them
| WELL" said Snagues, "my wife
wouldn't eat 'em but I'll risk it,"
What will you have now?" said
Snagues, after finishing the first course.
Oh" said I, nothing much; that
insist I'll take pie and cup of coffee
"Oh! bosh!" said Snagues, "have
some meat. I'm hungry, come now.
what'H you have?" make it chicken,
them" said ].
Great SCOTT" exclaimed Snagues,
"ain't you afraid of typhoid fever?"
"Typhoid fever!" said l. what have
chickens to do with typhoid fever?"
| ""I don't know" said Snagues, but
my wife said that that book said. that
farmers are awfully careless about
raising poultry. They run around loose
and eat up all sorts of offal and even
slops-the chickens do. mean. not the
farmers-and that's one way people
get typhoid fever and don't know how
they get it.
For the Lords sake," said I, what
| idea will you get next? Have some
chicken anyway. I'll vouch for it you
won't get typhoid fever. It'll all be
| roasted out"
| Objects to the Jelly.
| Having done Justice to the chicken |
! told Snague that 1 thought we might
try little jelly instead of pie. "AI'
right" said Snagues, I'll have some,
says, that gelatino is the worst thing
of all, or rather the best thing for
germs. Why she says jelly is a reg
ular picnic ground for microbes.
THAT may be true" 1 said, II have
no doubt of it. dare say that in this
spoonful of jelly l shall devour mil
then. what of that? They are prob
ably innocent little things. DO yon
suppose would recommend jelly to
my patients if thought there was any
:hing wrong about it; that was Civ
ing them poison, in fact?'
why, of course mott" said Snagues.
Il didn't mean to intimate anything
! like that; but you see my wife has
| filed my head full of germs-I mean
| ideas that germs fill everything. and
I'm sort Of scared about eating things"
This is the first square meal that l
have eaten for a week." said Snagues.
| as we rose from the table, for l have
| been afraid that what 1 ate would give
me fits. I say, doctor, dear, drop in
| again whenever you pass my way. and
| take lunch with me. If you order any
| thing I know it will be safe to eat it.
Perhaps you noticed that 1 let you
| order today and followed suit"
II don't know about setting good
example," said 1, "but if it will help
you any will order dinner for you ev-
| cry day in the week. Better than that
I will invite your wife to dine with me
at my house. say Thursday evening""
Thursday evening Snagues and his
wife were promptly on hand ut the
dinner hour. At that dinner we had
| some prime oysters, on the half shell:
! to begin with, and before Mrs. SnaGueS
| could say word I said, "it's q funny
| thing about oysters; you know they
| have typhoid fever, sometimes. but
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People have been killed by oysters but
| that is as rare as getting struck by
| lightning. Have some more" Mrs
Snagues, I added. as I saw her toying
| with each one, before making up he,
mind to risk the microbe. "They're
them from Goldman, the fshman, and
that's assurance enough that they're
all right. buy your fish at a good fish
market and you need have no fear"
Theory as to Lobsters.
When I helped Mrs. Snagues to the
soup, said, "this is fine lobster bisque.
Some people actually believe that lob
| sters live on drowned men, but If that
was so think how soon the Holsters
| of accommodating sailors. If you fol-
| low that thing far enough we shouldn't
! eat an animal or a vegetable, for all
growth is due to decay, although / ad-
nit that 1t Is not pleasant thing to
think about. Why, even imperial
Caesar, dead and turned to clay. may
have been incorporated into a sheep
! that was turned into mutton, or per-
haps grew up into a beet. There's
one thing about lobster, though, he's
| usually fresh, even if he does come
| from salt water; for he's kept alive
until he's boiled and that's the only
proper way to keep fish, just as they do
in Germany, where you pick out your
FISH frcr, q Let swimming &to:i Il !:
tub and have him killed on the spot;
| then you know he's fresh -."- ~
Have a piece OF shad, Mrs. Sna cues"
| I said, lit came all he way from Flori-
da about three. days ago. OF course
you know fish isn't fit to eat unless It
! is fresh killed. Why I have seen fish
O few days dead so putrid that it shontl
| in the dark; that's on account of the
phosphorus in it, you know, that's why !.
fish is so good for brain making It's
| strange that fish decays so quickly.
but YOU see # isn't built the right way
to keep. Do nave some of the shad.
| Mrs. Snagues, 1t has been on ice and
any microbes in II have been frozen
80 stiff that they can't even wrfggle
the tips OF their tiny tails"
This beef" said = - M.- So -.
II 81.