The Washington herald., 1910-09-11

He says that the majority Of French
housewives are ignorant Of the nutritive
value Of different foods; that they are
imbued with all sorts Of prcjudices, be-
lieving. for instance. that meat is very
nourishing and vegetables not so. He
declares that they know nothing OF the
art OF preparing tasty dishes from ordi-
nary materials and OF using up remain
ders. and especially they do not know
now TO buy To save time, they go out
and buy chops and steaks, an uneconom-
ical proceeding, and cook them in a
hurry. all Of which, according to Mr..
Driessehs Is bad
His remarks are quoted in connection
with the high cost of focd in Paris. and
there appears 70 be wen intentioned
enort IN certain quarters to reconcile the
workmen to the increased price Of meat
by advising them 10 eat less Of It.
Similarly the General Labor Federation
is calling upon the workmen 10 drink
other things than wine, the prices Of
which has been put up a penny a Htre
Whether the wOrkmen VIII see the force
OF arguments Of this nature is open to
question.
The Germans are TO be educated in
the gum chewing habit. "KaugummF'
they call il. and in advertisements # is
described as excellent for sportsmen. re-
freshing ana dlsinfecting. an aid to d.
gestion, and the best means to get rid
Of the habit Of excessive smoking"
The Munich Medizinische Wochen-
schrift. an influential medical weekly,
does not like the prospect az all, and
warns Germany against the danger Of be-
coming a country Of ever moving Jaws.
II describes the alleged baneful effects
OF gum chewing. Of which splitting is the
least harmful, it declares.
The emigration OF the rural able-bodied
population Of Austria-H Hungary 20 The
United States Is one Of the main factors
In the controversy which is going on in
the dual monarchy as to the causes OF
the general increase in the cost of living
and especially the high price OF meat.
In many country districts to-day no
farm hands are to be found. There are
villages entirely without male Inhabitants
except young boys and old men. Conse-
quently, farm labor costs much more
than ever it did before.
The whole agricultural condition has
changed in Austria in the last few years.
and prices Of agricultural products have
risen. Peasants VINO were content with
a wage Of 20 cents a day now grumtle
when they earn 60 certs. In Galicia they
worked for S cents or y cents day.
but they now get much more. At the
same time the whole cost Of living has
risen-dress. house rent, amusements,
everything. and so It was 10 be expected
that meat could not prove an exception.
AS there Is some 100000 hectares OF
land in North Africa with a climate
something like that OF the dry farming
regions in America, the Tunisian Asso-
citation and chamber OF agriculture have
decided to send Mr.. Maleor, the author
Of the pamphlet. TO America 10 represent
North Africa at the dry farming confer
ence. opening October at Spokane After
the conference he will visit the Western
states, where dry farming is practiced
and make report on the whole question
In an address to the grand jury in a
London criminal court this week the
chairman deplored the fact that the use
OF the knife was growing habit among
Englishmen.
My experience OF late years" he said.
is that Englishmen are being brought
more and more before the courts FOR
using the knife in inhicting grievous
bodily harm"
high official OF Scotland Yard cor
roborated this statement Many years
ago. he said, "a lad was not considered
worth his salt II he could not defend
himself with his fists, but the noble art
OF self-defense is no longer recognized
as a manly pastime Parents tell their
children they are little heathens II they
take Off their coats to settle a dispute in
E manly way as their grandfathers did
before them, and rush of to court il their
coddled darling has so much as a hair
displaced by a companion.
1T is. therefore, only natural that the
child who has never been taught to con-
troll his passion viii grow into a man
who sees red when his temper is up.
and II he has never been allowed 10 use
his fists he will naturally strike out with
anything that Is to hand"
How little food a British infantryman
can live on while maintaining his Of
feiency aud marching fifteen miles a day
is an experiment that is being made for
a fortnight on a company of the Somer-
set Light Infantry camping on Dartmoor.
the great west Of England maneuvering
ground.
Their daily ration is two crackers and
half a pound OF bully beef" a man. Ac-
tive service conditions are enforced No
luxuries OF any kind are allowed; no tents. |
no change Of clothing beyond what the
men carry; no tobacco, no beer, no min
eral waters. and no communication with
the outside world
Tie fifteen miles day is done in full |
marching order with the addition Of