Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-12-16
BURDEN OF TOO MUCH EATING.
The Zane of Eating Between Meals
and at Night.

and at Night
The Northwestern Christian Advo- Z
cate.-And it is alarming when one
considers how much eating must be 4
done in order to keep the social and 4
political and church and lodge life in i
healthy condition nowadays The
time was when hospitality was al
pleasure but now it is burden un-
der which the women are sin king by
hundreds every day. The average
housekeeper of the land wants to keep
pace with the procession and have
her children enjoy as many advan-
Itages as possible, so she drives her
Tired body to the work and under
takes tasks far beyond her time and
strength If the neighbors serve re-
tTeshments, SO must she, and if the
Ineighbors' children have little parties
and picnics and taffy scrapes, so must
her children. 1t is eat, eat, on every
occasion, till one wonders if in time
the three meals a day of the family
will not be abolished because people
have no appe.ities for them. Wed
all be glad 10 do away with the use
less eating, but we can't do it" SAID
a weary housekeeper. AS 1t is. we
have to do the best we can and hope
for better times
Real hospitality suffers from this
excessive eating Everything is re-
Educed to the giva-and-take system,
that rigidly keeps account of each en-
tertainment and pays it back as
promptly as possible. We cannot ask
Jour friends because I'VE are not in.
debted to them" and when we do en-.
Itertain. we try to take in as many as
possible to whom we are indebted
and have it over with. The guest
who dares to drop in" unannounced
lis very courageous person. and
even near relatives are forming the
habit of eating at hotels and restau.
rants rather than expect a welcome
III they happen to be in time for
meals but cannot announce their com
ling. They have learned that it is
1.-THE only safe plan. The hostess who
uncomplainingly provides waters and
a friend drop in without warning at
meal time, and few people are guilty
lof such a thing nowadays. We cheer
fully do wholesale business along
the line of hospitality, but will hav
nothing to do with the retail part OF
lit In a church of 500 members the
committee appointed to find entertain.
lment for over Sunday for the new
pastor almost gave up in despair In
hunting a hostess. Just as they we're
Iabout to give up and send the minis
ter TO a hotel, one woman came for
ward with a doubtful statement that
she would lake him if she had to but
would not be imposed upon again.
This sonnCs strange when one re-
members the Prophets Chamber" OF
a generation or two back. when the
minister was an honored and welcome
guest in almost every home.
la ing between meals and late at
might only heaps up trouble for the
individual who INDUCES, and for his
family as we'll In the days gone by
lehildren were supposed to be in bed
by o'clock and to give their waking
hours to school and work and play.
but at present the children act very
much like their elders. They have
their clubs, their social affairs and
their church organizations but the
mothers are the ones who prepare the
refreshments for all the meetings. and
the mothers who nurse them through
troubles brought on by too much eat.
ing and losing sleep. The woman who
taxes cup OF tea and wa,er during
tne afternoon has her appetite de
stro; ed Tor the evening meal and the
man who drinks lot coffee and eats
cheese and rye bread and the various
other viands served ut smokers will
surely suffer next day. The over
worked stomachs of the present gen
GRAFTON are responsible for much of
the unrest and lack of enjoyment in
liIe. No wonder foreigners say we
take our pleasures sadly. How else
can We take them when they ara a
burden 20 US? Perhaps we win some
day go back to the delightful custom
Iof meeting occasionally without the
duty of eating too much. but It is
doubtful. However les US live in
hope