The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09

Civilized rnan--aided and hbetted, Of
course. by his wife-never did wiser
thing than wh.r no decreed that mortals
should eat tire meals = day. And II
lo had rnadp 1t I'VE instead OF three, no
would havo shown still moro wisdom.
Indeed, the average mortal, IL he Wcre
called upon to writo genuinely truthful
autobiography, detailing all his Joys and
sorrows would be compelled to devote
two.thirds OF tho volume to one vast chap-
tor entitled Some Dinners Have
Eatcn,''
On the other hand, that portion Of the
autobiography intended to touch upon the
sorrows OF life would enbody another
huge section entitled Some Dinners
Would Have Liked to Eat"
It's shocking and groas and material.
know, to talk thus. and certain discriln-
mating huminlng birds OF our acquaint-
anco will turn away with disgust from
this article, but tho majority will pause
to reflect voraciously upon the truth OF
it-that Is, IL the breakfast or dinner
bell docs not interrupt them. For food
million people eating Il in this country
Of ours #
10 my mind. It has always been q
psychological question whether appetite
association or environment makes tho
food that Is, adds tho charm which liz
tile usual accompaniment OF tho "nour-
ishment' wc take s
Tor. instance, tho bustlng artiflcer Of
Dies ut my house asserts with great In In.
Edignation that rage like demon at
some OF her daintiest culinary creations,
whereas, when 90 squirrel hunting and
cook my own grub, | stuff on diet which
at home would bring about q divorce
suit. 335 ia
yes she says-and says with deadly
truthfulness-"I'vo heard you storm like
a heather god because my Brunswick
stew didn't have sixteen different in-'
gradients in 1t: yet when you go camp
Ing you gorge half-cooked and unseaT,
soned stuff that even an indhcreet shoat
would reject. And worse STU yol, have
tho impudencc to come homo and swear
that you arc feeling llke$a new man So
Es This IS a case whcro environment lends
cnchantmcnt to tic meal. or Il possibly
where healthy exercise. for the time
Being, kicks the stuflings out OF dysncp-
ala. And speaking jof5 BRUNSWICK Stew
and squirrel huntlng.git may not be amlss
to saw In this connection that 10 Bruns-
wick stew can be tho genuine article.
can ring truo in the SOUP turecn--unl lss
there floats In It's quiyerins loblolly me
disjolnted limbs of a fatt sa ssy 50 uir:rel.
u But brushing aside sentiment. associaI--j{
ton and the Influence or cnSironment,
there CON be no denying the fact that a n
cur appetites, like the poor, We ~! have
always with-us True, they8do not no, NJ
yariably respond forthwith to every cnll,8
but We have only to- walt. Other things:
ma ! forsake JUS, but our appel les-Weu
hardly. III
Ana. according to their varying degrees
OF fastidio,lsness, VIC may salge tho de-
srees OF our healthfulness. l3lesaed--aye
thrice blessed-is tho soul who bnlketh.
not at corn bread and abba sc. or who
asketh for n second helping Of boiled .po- y
tatoes AMI IT, he They tWlttefs
through AZ meal q fs bacon and II green's
without Ia single i1urnlur Of dlsscf6ntcnt,
tl.en set him down as being out Of o. . !'
reach az doctors. A For 1t is when man
refuseth to be comforted by nus three
meals, that physician Is needed and
his wife may look for q trouble. Dys-s
nr,,sia. III q man, after nll may be de-
fined as a malady which makes women
suffer, for the trousered wretch who has
this disease sees to 1t that all the petit
coats on tic premises nre bullled into
Tho most soul-racking sympathy for the
afflicted one. 81 81 y,
Unfortunately, too. the dyspcptic Is OF
all mortals 3the one who best--or worst
exemplifies the fact that our appctites
We have always with US. With him tbs
craving for food is everything Fig
uratlvely speaking, he lashly ventures
where angels dare to tread. With him.
too, lit is u case of eat or die, and OF eat
ing. and nearly dying. Always he tackles
tho things lie should scrupuiously avoid