The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-02-25
ECONOMICS OF EATIWG

ado! An army, marbles, len dts Gstopaehs
This is a well established principle in
warfare. A hungry man cannot fight
long, and a. general whose brain, is
-lSclouded by auito.ihtoxfcation icahhot
conceive brilliant or wise movements
Every nation considers carefully
what, ration will best support the 1hen
behind the gun-at least in war time
3 .'.17;sand soma haye woR great5yIetouesj
by superior feeding, notably the Jap
anese, in the recent contest with
Russia. ,,
The Roman iggil22ddiators were fed on:
rye and wheat, and the modern ath-
lete is very carefully fed by the s;cien.
=" Who has the battle 81 life ID fight gets
no dietetic training. -
You cannot eat your cake and leave
1t, too. Suppose that l have a de.
gree 5f SitalitySfqr daay;Sse. fepYeSe4it.;
ed BY SO soa ,LaA4seale df51p6. 4 AHdheri
might have 80 or 60 or 90 But it is
stock of vitality fors the. day aIS two
ways than l can be in two%places at
once.
SUPPOSE SUPPOSE z 9st f6F dinner fried pota
toes; fresh pork; boiled cabbage,
pickles and pie, with cup of coffee.
/ should expect to be very "logey"
during the afternoon; at least -four
E fiftbs of thesr nervous, energy that i
ordinarily sHendSaon my iwork Would
have TO begspeft %fn~ dfgestingA the
heavy meal If by using the whip
persisted in spending as much vitality
in brain exefcisH Aa1 I;ganefallE do.
and ate an evening meal as usual, lack
of yixacity in the hours, following and
disturbed sleep would be the Obvious
and necessary result ~ - -,.....
1 might continue on this basis for
days, weeks, months, or possibly
years, If / had an iron, constitution,
but the end would bea breaking down
prematurely, of the system, disease
showing itself in. tbs. -guise of. "dyspep:
sia," "rheumatism, diabetes" "tuber-
cplosis,"' typhoid one or more Of
z, - Them according to SmX~inh eritancel
from 1.-The third and fourth general
tion," according to excess in eating
meat, starch, pickles, according, to the
supply In the food or iron. thosphortis;
sulphur, ETC., and according very large.
illrylg to the air, water; exercise, physical
and mental, and the drinks l had
taken during those days. weeks.
months or years ,whenEI ,Was prepars
Ing to enter hospital or a sanitarium
for classification az an arute; chronic;
durable or ,incurables sufferer.
1t 'is- said that zone mans meat is
another mans poison" This must be
T"nl true to some extent;a because tempera-
.Lmentssdiffer, mental states differ, and
d, temporary bodily conditions, differ. +, I
know a man who sickens at the
thought Of eating oysters, and another
;. - who cannot eat a spoonful of honey
without suffering. The Former once
4 late. freely of, oysters: and. was made
very sick, thus establishing, a subjeci
tive impression that causes nausea
when the eating OF oysters is suggest.
80 3edG investigation Of a number OF
cases like this has led me to the con,
r., .. clusion. that idiosypcrasies, sjof this
character are caused by errors in eat
ing and that they are hereditary; In
Il" fact suppose the bilious tempera.
ment Is the result of one habit OF eat
n Ing, the, effects of which ARE heredi
tary, the sanguine of, another, the