New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

However the general rule might proftably be adopted
OF always rising from the table with feeling that II the
worst came to the worst could be capable OF stowng
away another portion OF pie dish Of dessert. This
allows a wide latitude for variation. Let appetite tell
Everyone who can afford it-or let say, everyone
who willing TO render society service IN reun-Should
be well nourlshcd. This does not mean 70 the point OF
plethora. Nor does it mean getting up hungry from
the table" which our extremist friends promugate as
the be-all and the end-a Of dietetic philosophy; tor
chronic undcrceiing Is almost as pernIcious as per-
petua gorging: almoSt-but not Quite-ior the Gorge
Route leads to the undcrakers by the most direct road
But other things being equal, the moderate eater
who gets up from the table feeling that the last word has
not vet been said 10 his stomach, will get up Tor good
many years longer than the apprcciavc man VINO has
backed his pumpv packed food receptacle up against
the wall Of his abdominal cavity and madelt cry Hold
enough
Bv carving out this principle the clerk business
man Of scdcntary habits accurately gage Just about
how much more liberal he ought to be to his hunger
when the results Of deep breathing hard trampng and
the Of doors OF vacation time call across the wastes
Of his famishcd cells.
The husky. rcd-faced cubman who is better to his
appetite than he is himself is much more likely to be
found dead in bed shuttle off when running tor
car than the chap who takes good care OF nice
weak stomach mainly because It will raise merry hal
cluah il he prcsumcS 10 abuse It.
That little Italian nobcman who lived to be nearly
hundred admirably illustrates this point. lie survived
10 hold Memorial Day services the graves OF all the
wise doctors who assured him that his period Of sooun
in this vale Of tears must because OF his weak digestive
organs, necessarily be extremely brict. BY omlttlng
those articles of diet that disagreed by maStcatng his
food carefully and regulating his habits, he became
almost a ccntcnarian.
A MOTHER factor in dctctics is that the stomach
n has no teeth Whatever masticating IS done has
be done in the mouth While Mr. Fetchcrs theories
csocrc for by those OF us who have 10 work
for living he is mainly correct first, because thorough
masticaton and the mixing Of saliva with the food
are very necessary processes OF digestion, particularly
of ct1rchcc and The the alkaline ll-
gestivc crmcnt Of the saliva ptyaln is necessary be-
fore they in shape to be further acted upon in the
inCStncS.
So if one carvcs his hurried way 10y sheer activity OF
ncsors, preserving his molars for iattcnng out his
face, instead Of grinding his food, and then bolts the
chunks Of food the instant they Of Swaowabc SIZE
important element in starChy digestion has been
neglected Also, the stomach being toothlcSS his meat
not prepared properly TO bc acted upon by the gastric
Juices and converted into pcptoncS And even though
he tries to make the dmeHde honorable TO his mess OF
starch by chewing gum assisting the nSalVatOn OF the
hastily swallowed material he does not overcome the
damage. However after due strenuous Churnng, the
food mass passed by degrees into the small intestine
where fermentation progresses even more rapidly than
1t did in the stomach.
This is but the beginning Of his "mscrv the
boltcr doesn't associate headache loss OF appetite au
cncc nervousness, rheumatism, neuralgia and all the
Procan manifestations OF undcroXdation with insult
hclcnt maStlcatiOn.
VET so it is. This doesn't necessarily mean that one
must Flctcherizc 10 achieve relief. y safe sound
and conservative middle course is best. Thorough
chewing does not imply, from a digestive viewpoint
that the food must be queed in the mouth and tasted
and tasted until the faster will not be conscious of the
act Of swallowing Another thing We have thirty-SiX
feet Of intestine whose function il is to digest and ap
propriac to the accals the little ducts that convey
the digcscd material into the circulation converted
food products and then get rid of the debris.
They require bulk to functionate upon lust as
the kidneys require water. We need "hav" as badly
as a horse On concentrated diet, Fetcherized
so as 10 leave but minimum amount of work for the
ntestincs man, like horse, would $50 stale" GER
tain amount of work is needed by any organ. If it