The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-09

and more important purpose. That
 mixed and varied diet is not only good
 and pleasant, but actually necessary, IS
 clearly demonstrated by the varying
 quality of our foodstuffs, the deficiency
 in one being amply made up by the
 richness of another, which richness
 again may require the modifying na-
 ture Of yet another to make it of true
 service. So, if we find ourselves, for
 instance. rather starved on a diet Of
 rice, we add to it sugar, milk and eggs,
 and make food which renews our bod
 fly waste and restores our vigor. But
 if we stick for long to this very good
 and nourishing combination We proba-
 bly find ourselves growing stupid and
 stodgy, and instinetively craving for
 acids and salts, and naturally turn our thoughts to fruits and vegetables,
 where we are sure to find the balan- cing quantity our system requires. l
 might go on multiplying instances
 which would serve to show that each
 and all of our foodstuffs contain one or
 more of the constituents of the body, but as these are so numerous, no re-
 stricted, one-sided diet will properly
 nourish the body. Plainly, we are
 meant to partake i'll moderation or them all. As regards acids and salts, there is no doubt that the corrective nature of these things in conjunction with fatty or rich substances is the true reason for their appearance as gar nishes nd accompaniments. Oily fish, such as Tnackerel. herring and salmon. are inyariable sent to table with vinegar
 and slices of lemon, not only because they look well and are tasty, but be-
 cause they materially aid the digestion
 of the fish. Lamb is served with mint
 sauce, roast goose with sage and on-
 ions, and pork with apple sauce, not from any caprice or fancy, but because the nature of these accessory foods eounterblanee the extreme richness of the meat. So housewives will do we'll
 to remember that it Is not so much to
 be regarded as a special solecism to
 neglect to provide these accessories as
 an oversight which may result in an in
 digestion to somebody. An indigestion, or disordered liver, whether the result
 of under-eating, oyer-eating or drink ing, is the cause of much of the misery
 and mismanagement of this life. For under-eating affects the liver, and sub
 sequently the brain, quite as much as l over-indulgence. From want of suffi- oient exercise the digestive powers get
 weakened. One notices the effect of this particularly among the poor wo- men who are so accustomed to diet of
 bread and tea that the stomach refuses to digest anything like solid meal.
 We have seen that so far we can allow
 instinetive preference of natures pronptings to be our guides, but the amount or quantity of given sub
 stance which an individual may allow
 himself must be regulated by reason
 since age. sex, circumstance, environ ment and physical condition have all to
 be taken into account. Thus, when people pss middle life they find 1t safe to lower and lessen the diet, Common
 sense will tell man that when since age, sex, circumstance, environment he
 no longer needs or is capable of burning up the quantity of food he consumed while at work and the several diets of
 Indians and Esquimaux clearly show that temperature and atmosphere are factors which determine it's nature and quality. "To eat to live" not "to live
 to eat" must be the watchword.-Pitt burg Leader, ssE5