Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-13

Milk. one pint twice week for
forty-eight weeks. at three
cents per pint .............. z.sn
Condiments . 20
Grand Total ................ S3s. =
The -four and sugar occasionally
used in cooking were very inconsid-
cradle. and their prices are included
under bread and sugar respectively.
Nor was the planting of our garden
a formidable undertaking. 1t con-
tributed Iust a dozen or so of the
more common vegetables, all of which
We found better eaten raw, and, al
though, about a dozen kinds OF fruits
and nuts in their seasons. The en-
the garden was surrounded by high
spiked iron fence. TO keep the chill
dren from getting inside between
meals. So much for our food sup
ply.
Believing, with our best-knOwn au-
ihorities on diet. that Overeating, I'M
derchewing and using too much meat
are the sources of nearly ali human
misery. we determined not so 10 err,
and first thing, gave up the foolish
breakfast habit Animal food was
also ruled out. saving that we still
countenanced a sparing use OF butter
and milk in our rare cooking.
To such dainty and easily prepar-
ed meals as the following it was our
daily privilege to sit down:
Lunch-Two raw carrots cut into
dice. Dry whole-wheat bread. toast
ed. Half slices. Lettuce. Hickory
nuts. served with salt.
Dinner-Bean soup. in cups, made
without pork One raw turnip sliced.
sarnished with parsley. Equilateiai.
TWO inches a side. triangles of stale
whole wheat. cut thin. Butter-balls,
size of shoe buttons. A few cabbage
leaves, raw Cherries.
The feast of reason and the tow
OF soul. too, found here a right OF
way. Otherwise We drank nothing
with our meals. OF condiments,
though inexpensive, We used but lit
tie. believing that Nature is the best
seasoner. and. as the poet has il, she
never will forsake the heart that
loves her. So why not trust her for
our grosser wants? And just word
now about the floral decorations. Sc
lcct them judiciously. Roses We
found peculiarly iuadvisable- They
are delicate as relish, but their ar
tistic value in joining the main veg
etable to work out a color scheme
was-I blush to confess it.-more
than Cancelled by the unseemly rival
ny of the children to eat the leaves
OF course We Fletcherize~; and, as
has been so often attested, doing so
does lessen very appreciably the de-
sire for food. This We found true
even the first day. And. o. course.
no food was allowed save ID the
cheerful only; anu as, when meal
Time came round, one at least was
discontinued, the problem simplined
itself into the feedir;; of really fewer
than eight persons two times day,
i e.. the providing never more than
Il meals a day. which. TO breakfast
eaters, would mean five three-meai-a-
day bOarders. for IL months OF the
year. Incidentally, the discortented
gained for their digestive apparatus
many beneficial little vacations.
And. right here. will mention
what was a by no means insignifi-
cant feature of our economy-the
fasting of each one for thirty days.
IL is needless for me to reiterate the
excellent results of this practice, and
| am convinced besides that. il per-
sisted in. the desire of man would
so fail him that all kinds of vice
would ultimately vanish from on the
face of the earth However. We tried
to have only one in the house at
time setting out for this NIrvana, as
il was our experience that the first
months journey thifher is somewhat
trying to the disposition. At these
times and between meals all were at
liberty to ill up on cheerful thoughts.
deep breaths of fresh air. and quite
unrestricted water supply, this last
we'll churned in the month before
swallowing.
Just one point more. Nights and
mornings. when the subconscious self
is in the fullness of its power. II rs
a splendid plan for the boys TO keep
saying to themselves and TO fancy
written all over the bedroom walls
such sentences as these. | an fun
Of energy, I excel at long runs and
high jumps, ! an captain az my
college football team, The girls !
should read: I am growing stronger
every day can wash windows,
I can scrub the kitchen floor, And.
incidentally. the lads and lassies are
educating themselves for their high
est respective spheres IN days 20
come. overheard my eldest son
muifering one morning. = am eating
beefsteak. am eatirs beefsfeak.T IN
shocking rcDpfiffon II goes without
saying that this vas most pernicious.
50 great Is the power Of suggestion.
A. three Of my children we're too
young TO concentrate their minds SUI
1cientiy or TO read the writing on