The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-09
JUNE MARKETS ARE
GARDENS OF EDEN
Proper Food for the Body Means
Much in Development Of the
Higher Nature.
BY Ida AMEs WILLIS.

When the Creator of all good fills
vineyard and garden. field and forest.
with the abundant goodly things to de-
light the eye and please the palate. why
should the qualification OF healthy ap-
petite be regarded as a snare of the devil,
set to delude weak mortals to their spir-
itual undoing? Why should. criticism
be regarded a cardinal virtue? Why per-
vert our stomachs, and eventually our
souls. by foolish fasting or insufficient
food Bear in mind. the motto of the
Salvation Army: Soup. soup, and saliva
tion," and note the effectiveness of such
doctrine. There was a time when eat
ing was the chief object or pleasure in
life for most people. But between a pc
riod of utter grossness and that of gIori-
tying the fanatic for rigorous self denial
Of natures bounty, there is WISE
healthy, and happy medium.
The well-balanced. truly cultured wom-
An of today realizes that the food of
the body means much in the develop
ment of the higher nature. Brought face
to face with certain fundamental facts
in her generous-hearted desire and ef-
forts to better humanity, and people the
world with a vigorous. healthy minded,
and able-bodied race, the true Christian
woman of the present is concent. ating
more thought. more OF her time, and
means to the work of out-balancing the
evil of daily trials and tribulatioiIs, by
teaching and studying the art of eating
we'll In advocating and practicing true
economy she does not draw the purse
strings Heedlessly tight in the market or
eating place. or dispute over the penny
increase in price of necessities in order
that she may add more to the allowance
hat lat in
personal finery or house adornment.
Realize. Value Of Good Food.
She has learned that no amount of
such devices and accessories can improve
the eternal appearance of the body fed
on 4 hastily swallowed cup of tea and a
stodCy bun. Nor does she expect to re-
deem mere brutal man, converting him
to right and proper regard and &C
acknowledgement of her rights, by leaving
him t" the necessity of browsing in an
an aerated bread shop on a cup of coffee
and ''sinkers" When tine scales of in
justice fall from the eyes of woman of
sense. keen diScernment. and genius, and
she grasps the truth that this is a very
arthly material state of being. she I'M
derstands that the substantial, earth
made part Of man is. in the beginning
and to the end of major. not minor inn
portanCe: and in her hands. and to her
mOlding and nurturing is left the priv
ilege Of developing the deep laid myster-
les of mind and body; an0 initiating this
complex being into true manhood or
womanhOod.
To De sure. il is not every wOman's
privilege to rule in her own little king
dom. by the grace of God. There are
many who must fill singly their inches
in the open world. Strange as it may
seem. as a rule il is the woman without
home ties VINO finds her mission in the
wide world that of a sort Of coadjutor
10 the court of domestic relations. First
To recognize and respond to the appeal
Of the great hungry world. starving mid
plenty. Asking for bread and receiving
a stone, for which il pays by weight.
not value and quality. These women
are not slow to find. a. any woman may,
that duty and entertainment may go
hand in hand in the art of sustaining
life. The exquisite harmonies nature
displays in her food supplies appeal to
the finer senses, and should develop a
finer spiritual nature. as well; for did
not the Creator design and perfect all
these and pronounce them good?
Makes Man Optimistic.
Small wonder that the soul of man is
refreshed. his eye glistenS. and he feels
that the world is a pretty good place to
live in. when he beholds the goodly array
Of suCCulent. delicate, and choice edibles
the June markets now present Master
the art of eating properly and you need
no cosmetics nature will not supply.
Facts have proven that those who I'M
de rStand the science of living and eat
ing well not only look years younger. but
feel and are at least five Years the junior
uf those ignorant of this knowledge.
Tho woman who can plan a perfect
dinner that stamps her not only al genius
nut model woman. wields a more pO-
tent influence than the most convincing
advocate on the platform. One may as
well accept this law that governs the
natural man. Charm the man into ire
sistibIe sympathy with your views by
perfection of your hostess art: and in
aChildlike beatitude of mind and body he
is fully satisfied that the millennium has
arrived for wOma nknd. The woman who
respects the nobility of her appointed
task can accomplish results without sac
rfiCinG art or ethics to grossness or mar
tistic excess for the best satisfied diner