Mexico Missouri message., 1912-08-08

IN such toothsome morses was rdculed a
backslider from the usty diet of red meat and
potatoes, which his pioneering ancestors had
grown strong
What a difference the scientific study of
dietetics has brought about. Sugar-that is, car
bohydrates-is now acknowledged TO be a normal
part of human food; in certain circumstances
necessary part of it, and any way to get sugar
into the system that 1t will be agreeaby assim-
ated is to help nature to accomplish her proper
ends The carbohydrates the accessory in
gradients supplying energy to the body above that
which may be obtained from the proteds. The
harder the physical work individual performs
the more proted must he eat, and up TO a GER
tain point the less sugar does he require; but In
ordinary life the individual requires a dietetic
mixture Of proteids, fats and sweets, while UNI
der conditions in which muscular tissue has been
rapidly exhausted has the faculty of restor-
ing energy quickly, and therefore of making the
heavier foods accomplish better results The
starchy foods like potatoes are useful In all dieta-
res but when immediate results are sought, sugar
must be used
Sugar is all right in itself, and commercial
statistics show that abundance Of It is grown and
consumed. Yet plain sugar in dietary will not
invariably be acceptable to the human animal; he
must have his taste as well as his logic satisfied,
and nothing makes sugar so agreeable as due
proportion of chocolate added. Ask any child
what kind of candy he likes best and the almost
invariable reply will be chocolate candy" ask
a somewhat ashamed remembrance of youthful
days, when to indulge in cake a seldom per
mitted but frequently clandestine luxury the an
swer is chocolate cake" The schoolgirl makes
fudge" as a proud and selfpopuarzlng accom-
plishment; the soda-water fountain would go into
bankruptcy II the chocolate sundae with
drawn from the list OF attractions and a chocolate
eclare would be a common cream puff if the
brown layer scraped of the top Chocolate
candy is in some Of the first OF solid
foods offered (of course only under the physi.
clans orders) to the convalescent from typhoid
fever; and armies supply the men in the
field after a severe march, those exposed to
the exhaustion Of the tropics with chocolate
candy by no means for the sole reason that It
will II only for the time being overcome their
inconsistencies, but for the very dgnifed purpose
OF meeting their dietetic wants by introducing
sugar mixed with chocolate into their systems.
In Central America and Mexico the breakfast
food of the inhabitants from prehistoric times has
been preparation OF Indian corn with the
produce of the cacaO tree; this is made into a
porridge called tiste," which is agreeable to the
taste and nourlshing, for a long Journey be
made upon It, In some factories II Is admitted
that 60 per cent OF their chocolate is composed OF
sugar, and that they really sell sugar favored
with chocolate instead OF chocolate favored with
sugar; the sweeter the article the better II is
liked, although the purchaser is paying two
prices for his sugar and is not getting what he
asked for, He is buying what he wanted, never
theless. a sweet chocolate and the rule is thus