New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-08
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
Il Study by Mrs. John Il.
Henderson.

THE AsRIsTocRAcT OF HEA 1I- -. Study d
National and international League FOR the
Advancement @ Physical culture. BY Mary
Foote Henderson. Emo. pp. -. The Cotton
Publishing Company.
Mrs. Henderson fs an enthusiastic believer In
the efficiency and beauty OF health and in the
Joyous possibilities OF physical culture. The
agents which may secure that health and those
which IN her opinion modest and destroy il.
she deals with vigorously and frankly in this
volume. A longer life than mankind now looks
for is attainable. she points out by the follow
ing OF certain rules which provide for the en-
ioyment OF pure air, pure water, pure food-ano
not 200 much OF it-abundant exercise. normal
sleen. useful work and sunshine. Poisons-py
which she means alcohol. tobacco. drugs. tea
and coffee. and condiments-nust be avoided
with painstal1ing by all who want happiness
length OF DAYS moral and mental strength and
good looks Beauty she declares is not skin
deep-'1t is as deep as the innermost cell Of the
body"
Psychologists tel MS that our minutest hbres and
cells separately beautiful. In health they are
Infinitely delicate and transparent. In disease they
become Opaque: thu translucent and peachbiow
skin OF perfect health or The couded and dried
skin Of the physically unfit is a condition which
pcrmeates the entire organism OF The BODY. ire
same condition speaks fl the duh eye. The lustreless
ana falling hair ne impaired voice ana IN ne
limb and awkward movement A coated lolleu u-I
Indicates the condition OF the entire intesuhtl
cOlECEtcl
uhame by inward fires. the nervous eNpTessioni ana
ciouded tint OF tobacco and tea or coffee inebraJes
e chart OF bodily soundings the index Of living
book and rich rcd blood and tItrsiaTercy o. i hoIe
but The result OF purely hygienic cofoilioLls-
,.l la,ls ps sboTiS All he beautifnl like every
r,erfect Leaf and flower Were fl frremediGble, si-
lence would be golden; but when k-na nat-Is
sirqgEles ior beauty Wy "ers ~ sh91 ls t
the riysioioEicai effects OF poisons and begins to
realize the extent Of damage done 10 ne H'ilti.
organism by the almost universal POISON haolt We
IS forced believe that from TINS source
springs the principal cause OF human oecaoeioe'
The nuthor holds no parley with alcohol, but
che Tits at the tobacco habit as 'twere a sa-
tanic enisssry from the neither depths She
cannot away with what she calls a temporary
solacs and curse-one which she admits ap-
p~als especially TO Americans. We are a high
ly wrought, nervous people" she says pos
sibly so induced by extremes Of climate, ques-
tionable dietary, etc. BY treating the nerves 10
seuli-paralysis many are deceived into thinking
that they have conferred upon them a bless
ing" This champion impostor." this 'syren,
she believes. provides the soil in which the
rnoulds OF disease most easily germnate- 10
the support OF her contentious she summons a
mass Of statistics which makes interesting II
Frewsome reading.
In the matter OF dietetic reform she Is equally
outspoken. attributing 10 errors in eating such
kind as are not due to the aforesaid ''poisons."
She presents horrifying details OF some Of the
conditions and results OF meat eating, one Of
them. she asserts, being the prevalent appen-
cicitis. As for spices. she declares that what
ever bites" is unfit for food, hence pepper and
Sis friends are barred from her ideal dietary.
Even salt has little favor as an acquired taste;
St is q destroyer. she holds. OF the lne natural
havors Of foods. She objects strenuously TO the
too general habit OF eating too much.
A simple meal. consisting OF some kind Of whole
rain, made into bread hard biscuits or We;
ufficent for all bodily needs; more is but luxury
81 OF fresh cheese or drink q milk makes a
east Tor the one q natural appeIIe. i5Ss
diet be reduced 10 greater simplicity
Personal experiment is always worth record
ing-here, therefore. Is Mrs. Henderson's chroni-
Gle OF her own vegetarian Cor. as she calls IL
''sanditarianD housekeeping:
For the last year and a half my very competent
French chef has turned his entire attention 70 the
have abundantly proved thai neither dead animals
wine !s necessary for the most elaborate GIN
we call TO- which takes the place OF roast,
oient amount Of proted any one OF several articles
OF diet figured, nuts Of any kind. grains OF any
chestnuts zwie5ack cheese macaroni. milk. eggs.
granola, grape nuts, etc; and these were mixed IN
toes spinach. rice, tomatoes fresh dried mush-
rooms or any vegetable. AS certain eXtrava-
Rances in the way Of mushrooms ana truties are
Permitted the old cuisine they utilized also
70 good advantage IN the now. fWhy should not
mushrooms be cultivated more eNtensively2) The
roascs moulded IN some form, are sometimes baked
and sometimes cooked in double boiler. They
are generally decorated with mashed potatoes.
spinach, thickened cranberry. tomato other
sauces. pressed through a bag and fancy tube.
Sounetiues the substantial dish takes the form ~
chops, with a stick OF macaroni TO represent the
bone; yet why shall one try 10 initiate the forms
Of the old dead animal diet2 Aspic Jelly. made
of sandtartan stock Ocean, vegetables. tomatoes.
caramel etc.), served 10 decorate cold dishes Sand
witches made From slices OF cold 'rOasts' and sea
soned with mayCl-aise or other sauce. or OF
chopped nuts and lettuce. also appear in endless
variety.
Various fruit juices appear drinks-the favOTits
one. however. Is unfcrmented grape juice. mixed
with carbonated water (sOca water and a little
sugar syrup.
There need be anxiety 10 abundant
variety OF artistic and suitable dishes for ali kinds
OF entertainments and Of sandtarian constituents
only.
such blessings nature 1oure.
O'erstocked mankind enjoys but half her stores"
The author concludes her chapters with
piar FOR national ana an International league
for the advancement of physical culture
league meant TO insure TO its members health,
happiness and physical and moral beauty.