The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-22
Dr.. Brady's Health Talks
GOOD ECONOMY.

II - II hii tCuS lh'l t0dt INC cheapest
foods are generally the most nutritious
aud dircs,iblc LUXURY is costly in
money as well as In health The waste
o! fHd ia the average American home
IS appalling. We squandor money on
fancy articles OF low nutritivc value.
and W" use little or no Judgment In
preparing what We eat with a view to
obtaining all the energy there is In ii.
For instance. potatoes are most di :
Ecs'iblc ana most palatablc when
cooked with their Jackets on, either
boiled or baked. Yc, this is rarely
done except with new potatoes. Bread
is more digcstible when stale than
when fresh. Vet many housekcepers
threw away crusis and loaf ends be
cause they are stale, instead OF incor-
poratng them into a pudding or other
wise utilizing the food value
In meats tho cheaper cuts are Just
as rishing and just rs palatablc in
every way as ioin or porterhousc cuts.
Yet hundreds Of families never think
OF buying anything cheaper than a sir
lo!n or n rib roast or chops or some 9th
cr cXtravagant cut. Fish Is every whit
as nourishing as meat. and often more
digestiblc. But lot OF people for some
foolish reason imagine fish won, sus-
tain working strength.
snre Money and Keep .weii.
We ca, too much meat anyway.
Sictl MAY possibly pe necessary LOT Il
person doing hard muscular labor. but
even then single meal OF meat day
is ample. 40 matter how hard the work.
For indoor workers. clerks, Office peo-
pie, those who do not nut forth great
physical eXertion in their daily work
meat three times a week is all tho body
can assimilatc without being ovcrbur-
dcncd with heterogeneous wastes.
Cheese is cheap and quite as digesti-
BILE as meat If taken in moderation. II
is highly concentrated nutr!ment. and
should therefore not he crowded In
with pie after a full dinner Oleomar-
Garine Is fully as healthful and nour-
shing as the best dairy butter. and n
lot cheaper. Colorcd yellow it fools
many boasting epicure.
Beans. rice, oatmeal that is cooked
at home. macaroni. bananas, peanuts.
peas both green and canned, and the
brownest of brown sugar are all fl
for anybody's pantry and exceedingly
cheap articles of food. Corn meal. cab
bage eaten raw or In salad. onions and
potatoes arc cheap and healthful foods.
EXtravaEant articles Of dict are oys-
tcrs porterhouse steaks. ready TO serve
breakfast fodder-"boXed wind" straw
berries. peaches, condensed milk. musk
MELONS, gelatin and canned soups.
These articles are all OF little food val
ne.
Any householder interested in the
question OF food economy should write
the Z. s. Department of Agriculture
and ask for copies of Farmers Bullc-
tin Nos. l42, III. 90 and 3S2.
Questions and Answers.
Old Chronic queries: Frankly. are
moro proprietary medicines not used by
doctors than by the laty?
Reply You embarrass me. It is
a bout nip and tuck TO see who shall
discard them first
". II. w writes: am a paragon OF
good health at forty. But the past
year or have been developing a
corporation of which | am none too
proud. How shall I proceed 10 train II
down"
best. make your bedroom or back attic
over into a gymnasium. Lie on your
back and kick your feet in the air. not
in ludicrous fashion at ALL but ryth.
micalIy and slowly. both feet raised
gradually to the vertical. then gradual.
ly lowered TO the floor and repeat for
ten 10 thirty times at sitting. Then
keep your heels on the floor and raise
your trunk slowly to the upright, and
slowly down aGain--tcn or more times
at sitting. Continue at this exercise ten
minutes a day and you'll soon gain con-
troll of the corporation.
G.. inquiries: What is your opinion
OF chiropractic trcatmcnt"
Reply: Until ii is recognized by LAW
and its practitioners legally entitled TO
practice in my state, am not express
sing an opinion. If you ask about the
treatment of some definite disease, that
Is another question.