The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-02-04

years ago, and his master hand will
doubtless carve out for the sun even
a greater future destiny than its
past proud record.
SOUND ADVICE
If the Legislature is wise and pru-
dent il will go slow in forcing aroad
engineer on Hartford in the abscnc,
Of n public demand for such an office.
The Hartford Democrat Of January
2Sth.
No intelligent man can successfully
contradict the truthfulness Of the
above statement; iii the Legislature,
is wise and prudent it will go slow
in forcing" any legislation on a
people "in the absence of n public de.
mand" for it.
The legislature should he ii,
creature to crystallizc into law tn,
wishes Of its people andn law could
be successful in desperation without
the people behind.
Because of this very truth tn,
.Egis is convinced that the time j.
ripe for the creation Of an office whicI
our needs as well as our people de
mand; we have never seen such
consensus Of public opinion on an,
subject as has been shown ia favor
of the proposed law, nor have We
yet hcart an objection oilrrtt
against it. Such a step for the gen
eral betterment OF county govern.
mcnt and the general condition OF
our people has not been taken in
recent years and itsndvocates Should
speak so openly that even adealman
may hear.
The Forest Hill Farmers Club or
Monday evening unanimously IN
dorsed the proposition.
SHALL W. EAT?
Unusually high prices for all tn,
essential food products have becom,
so conspicuous and SO burdensom,
OF late that we are not so much fac
ing the question Of What Shall W
Eat? but rather shall we cat at all
The day was when even the home
Hest home gloricd on winter nom
ing i'll its buck wheat cakes and sau.
sage gravy and the man of modes,
means could take a chuck roas,
home for Sunday dinner and chi n
Christmas turkey once wear, but
these were days of yorc. Npw he
pays eighteen cents for sausage liber.
ally mixed with cheap beef scraps
and other doubtful ingredients, and
u Christmas turkey costs the price
of an old-timc flock Bread is fol
lowing in the same wake; his -four
costs fifty per cent, more than he
paid n few years ago, and If he bu, :
the baked bread he finds that it costs
twice rs much to bake the barrel o,
Hour into loaves as it did to grow
the wheat, grind it into flour and de.
liver it to the baker.
Still, remove the memory Of u
steaming breakfast, the sold dinner
and the tempting evening meal, end
to the average man lwnich at this
writing does not include womanl
life would not be worth the living.
His hapr;est moments are spent in
lordly contemplation OF his thrice
daily reign as Knight of the Carving
knife, and were he deprived OF this
honor he would languish aud die in
less time than it takes to tell it.
To him and his satellites both We
would advise a middle course, cat
less, feel better, live longer, and keep
out of the bankrupt court II is one
of the best recognized but uf,cnest
broken rules of hygiene that all-es.
pecially the young eat too muc'
Guided by our palates rather that
our capacity and our needs, we eat
rapidly as Icing as food plcases the
palate, and find later, to our misery,
that we have eaten too much. II
the same length of time had been
taken to eat one.thiId less, thus
more thoroughly maslicating and
salivating the food, and in mixing
in that pleasantly of conversation
which is not only the best of all di-
gesters but distinguishes the gentle
man from the boor, the sequel would
b. lighter bills but souudtr sleep;
less dyspepsia but more domestic
happiness; less hurry and worry but
more years of useful life.
Ds.Inss. 4 annnt "A. ln..J