Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1908-01-02

AUG Ksouleu SalO. Eat, Qrlnk
and be merry. for tomorrow YOU
die" And their bsnquets quite
equsled those OF the Ams-'os- mil
liouaire Of .bis twectietb cs-.ary.
They ate, and the Roman empire
died. But we Of Anne Ca choose
TO live. and to live long and to live
well. And so the maxim of today is,
Eat less. and be merry anyhow. ;"
Why eat lessf Simply because.
az nation, We eat too much. Thirty
years ago 30 per cent. of the diet
was'nsass Tod@y ithas dtniaiaissd
20 one-third.
Never eat quite as much as you
think you want" is the continual
advice OF learned physician to the
young man who would gladly be a
Roman IL he could.
The person who leads q physical
ly active life needs plenty of energy
building food, because each hour he
uses up energy and nature demands
that which will create more energy.
He doesn't require stimulants, most
especially not in excess. because the
artificial excitement always has an
untoward reacting But active per-
sons must eat heartily to keep the
bodv's machinery well fed.
Persons whose work is dependent
on mentai effort. on nerve and tact.
ought not TO keep the engine at FIRE
heat. When the days work is end
ed, then is the demand for the food
to rebuild-for the rest of recreation
to relax.
An individual who returns home
too tired to eat deprives the body of
its need, aud also overtaxes the
brain, for when the blood has work
to do 10 the stomach it leaves the
brain, and the brain becomes less
alert. aud, as q matter of course, in.
active. Sleeplessness ut night
is often overcome by atrifiing night
lunch.
More and more among leaders in
life is the question OF nutrition re-
ceiving attention. Rheumatic peo-
pie learn to do away with a meat
diet absolutely. So great is the re-
lief that sweets and other question.
able. but mach liked, articles of diet
soon follow. And while the prohi-
bition and restriction sound hard OF
practice, persons do it daily. and
always say that they don't care.
Oddly, il is the women who are the
more likely TO complain in the be-
ginning.
Eat to live. 1t is said that cow
boys and men leading q rough life
have the strongest digestion. des-
pite the varying quality Of their fare.
Life generally, is so luxurious to-
day that even the digestive organs
are saved unnecessary labor, and
predigested footstuffs, minced cro-
quattes. and so forth, lessen daily
the working power OF these organs,
making them more liable TO diseased
conditions. And the hospital dis.
pensaries say that diseased condi-
tions increase, and slight distur-
Dances are often the beginning of
more serious troubles. Il do not
think that you could afford to have
appendicitisl" one person excla;m.
ed to another.
1t may seem a long stretch TO say
the food question can affect interna-
tionsl politics. Yet, because the Ia
boring classes of other nations eat
less. their living is cheaper. and
they work without sacrifice for
lower wage than our republic born
men.
The American laborer is fond OF
things fried and Of pies. He eats
heavily during the noon hour. not
stopping to realize that he has fed
bis furnace with non -combustible
stuff. that brings unnecessary effort
upon the digestive system. The
foreigner at his side eats more SEN
sible-somehow the older nations
have learned and not taught-and
the foreigner is more fit" more
contented. He is teachable, and bis
work is good. He costs less money,
and. therefore. the internationsl al
problem.