The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-05-04
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, 1906.
Why Eat so Much, Is 1t Necessary
to Good Health 2
For the Democratic Advocate.

Did you ever hear person say, "Well, l
eat too much; | don't feel good-Tm going to
stop it?''
1t has been said thousand times, and vet
the person who utters this threat against his
appetite goes on eating just the same-just as
much as ever.
Now. there is employed in the Treasury De
partment at Washington Ito be specific, in the
Office Of the Auditor for the War Department.
a man who twenty years ago made a resolution
to eat less, and he has kept 1t ever since. He
made this resolution for two reasons-one was
that he thought it was not good for bin to eat
heartily, and the other was be knew it would
lead to economy. He owed large debt,
which misfortune had sbouIdered on him. He
said to himself. Il viii eat less and pay more, y
4 and the preSenktime finds his debts all paid,
his health good, and him hale, hearty and
happy man at a. The remarkable feature is
that he lives respectfully and comfortable on
less than four dollars a month or at least he
has not exceeded that expenditure for eatables
per month for the last seven eight years.
Later on In this article will tell you how he
does it.
His name is A. " Riley. and he is a
$1,000 clerk He is a well preserved old gentle
man, about FIVE feet five inches tall, weighing
in the neighborhood Of l25 pounds good
weight for his height-ful grey beard, kindly
face. and a bright keen blue eye. He comes
of Revolutionary stock, and shows with great
pride a certificate Of discharge of his grand.
father from the Continental Army, signed by
General George Washington.
Having doubt as 10 the ability of Mr.. Riley
to live so cheapIy, paid him visit 10 ascer-
tain, if possible, his method, for the purpose
of really doing a favor to the extravagant by
giving them a pointer on economy.
found him neatly and comfortably housed
(as you would expect $1,000 clerk in Wash.
ington to be, D with his surroundings indicating
extreme tidiness and care, the presence OF
books and pictures aud paintings altestiag his
love fer study and art His great attachment
to literature has prompted him to commit to
memory many OF the famous poems such as
Grayis Elegy in Country Church Yard,
Bryant's Thanalopis and other long and ia
miiar productions.
This. you see, said Mr. Riley. surveying
his paintings and books, ''shoss my method
OF living conduces to brain strength, as | viii
prove TO you
He Shen gave me demonstration of his
ability as a declaimer.
Now. Mr.. Riley, ! want to see your bill OF
fare, said | after having given him hearty
encore for his effort at defamation. He com
piled with my request; and here are the aril-
cles. with their prices, on which be lived for
cooked or prepared by himself in little kiteh-
en- four by six feet, which is kept as neat as a
pin:
Meat, etc: Beef, 5 cents; clans, 10 cents;
fish. Is cents.
Bread. ete:-Bread, Al cents; cake, 80 cents;
pie, 20 cents; preizels, 3 cents.
Milk, etc Milk, 20 cents; butter, 80 cents;
cheese, 6 cents.
Fruit and Vegetables Bananas, 5 cents;
-
Miscellaneous Nuts, Is cents; lunches,
60 cents; eggs, as cents; sugar, II cents; tea,
10 cents. Total s.. 81 for the month.
Recapiiualted, the foregoing gives:-Aeais,
etc. 80 cents; bread, etc, sl.l4; milk, etc,
Sc cents; fruit and vegetables. IS cents, and
miscellaneous. 81. ia total of 1891.
The bill Of fare for April a 1906, was as
follows:
Breakfast 81 scrambled egg, with cream,
! biscuit and cup Of tea.
Luncheon IL biscuit, crackers and cheese,
cup OF tea, cake and canned apricots.
Dinner Bowl of Potato soup, slices of
bread and cup Of tea.
No butter except what was used in season
ing the egg and soup, and no other seasoning
except salt. Uses no pepper nor any Of the
manufactured sauces, believing them injurious
compounds for mixing food. Cost OF food for
the day, II cents.
The cost Of L cents given IS recapiiuiAied
as follows Cost Of egg cent and fraction,
bread l cent aud fraction, cents
Apricots cents.
Cheese--- ---.----...---.+-.---...--l
Soup, tea, butter and eream.....-....-...S
Total. .....................-........l2 cents
Physically. as well as mentally, Mr.. Riley
is strong. He walks from FIVE TO ten miles
day in the course Of performing his duties, aud
only recently be walked from Washington to
the Great Falls Of the Potomac and back in
the same day, a distance OF "a miles.
NJ S j.