The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-10
tiers occupying the ablest scientific

nave MADE special study OF dietary
science that overindulgence in eating
shortens human life. For brain
workers meat only once day, and
comparatively little then, is now rec
commended generally,
On the farm and in small villages
where people rise early in the morn
ing and retire early at night the
principal meal of the day is at noon,
and that is perhaps the best time for
it from a health point of view. But
in populous communities business
men take lunch downtown and nave
dinner at or 7:30 o'clock, usually
at home or boarding house. That
system works well in two particulars
at least. 1t brings family or friends
together for social enjoyment and the
stirred business man" has ample time
to chew his food and digest it.
The lunch counter has come to be
a great institution. Clerks, mer-
chants, professional men and others
who want light and inexpensive re-
past at noon are we'll served in the
moderaterprice restaurant. This city
is exceptionally we'll supplied with
good eating places, but the trouble
with most men, especially young men,
who take only thirty minutes for
lunch, is that they eat too fast and
with too great excitement. That is
bad for health and should be reformed
if health conservation is to play the
part it should play.
The German government Is reported to
envy countries. They might learn some
thing from New Zealand, whose par
lament has adopted a resolution in ia
vor of carrying on the war until Ger
many has been rebuked."
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Well WE'LL If the Poles aren't threat
ening to revolt against their kind Ger
man masters who were so anxious to
give them autonomy, along with the sa-
cred privilege of fighting for the Kali
serl
Seven senators stood out against the
food bill to the last. Their iron crosses
ought to be on the way from Potsdam
or Berlin or wherever it is the Kaiser
keeps them stored
1.-THE author of how to succeed book
has died insolvent," says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. The world is full of people
who can point out a way they can
travel themselves.
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The fact that man has discovered
his total unfitness for cultivating sue
cessful war garden should not deter
him from doing his patriotic duty in
other ways.
patriotic citizen Of Pittsburg objects
to Kaiser Wilhelm street in that town.
Why not change the name to Kerensky
street and honor a man who deserves 1t?
X
The average person may have a hazy
idea of "unconscionable profits" but
your Uncle Samuel knows what they are
and will act accordingly.
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Some Of those drafted men who claim
exemption on matrimonial grounds are
extremely anxious to support wives they
never supported before
The ordinary fisherman can bore you
to death with his yarns. but he's a
mild affliction compared to the fellow
who has caught tarpon.
Mr.. Gerard says the Hungarans like
to laugh in a natural way. Most Of
the Prussian laughter nowadays is a
bit forced
An expert Pennsylvania miner earned
$115.e0 for II days work. He's probably
able to meet the high cost of living
halfway.
We can get used to anything. People
are buying potatoes by the quart, just
as If they had been doing that all their
lives.
The greater the "kick" a patent medi-
cine has. the larger its sales in certain
thirst ridden districts.
Mr. Root Is optimistic regarding Rus
STA, but it is hard to discount those
fleeing troops
Germany has had cabinet shakeup
without getting foot nearer real
democracy.
WAR-WINNING INVENTIONS
Thomas F. Logan, in Lesles.
Americans confidently believe that an
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