Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-10
WHERE THE WASTE II.

/ as IN all other counties OF Georgia
systematic steps are being employed
to eliminate the great waste Of food
stu2s,
We all eat too much. southerners,
more 50 than those Of the north. eat
heavily az nearly ali meals yeget-
/ tables are plentiful. and home-raised
meats are more easily obtained,
and the result is that the southerner
feeds himself layishly. II is habit
more than anything else. because 1t
has been traditional in the South to
set" big tables
For that matter over indulgence
in eating is one of the besetting faults
Of American people-of those, it is
! probably more proper to say, who can
afford to eat what they please The
millions who know only the exquisite
taste of common dry bread" can hardly
be accused of over eating.
When many speak of the high cost
of living they undoubtedly refer to
the cost of feeding; for it is a fact
that too much money is spent on the
table Menus are arranged largely
to tickle the plate, not merely to pro-
vide sustenance. Few, indeed, are
they who follow the advice of William
Penn, who said Eat, therefore, to
live, and do not live to eat" The ma
jority are probably like Apicius, the
Roman epicure and olutton, who wish
ed for the neck of stork, so that
he might enjoy his dinner longer.
The Spartans and Athenians pos
sibly had eating reduced more nearly
to science than it has ever been
since. They ate as a nation chiefly
what was necessary for the sustenance
of their health Biscuits and anchov-
les often constituted the days repast
of many individuals, who, too coulC
dine in content without thinking Of
the grocer's bill coming due on the
first of the month
The Romans made eating luxury
and vice, as indeed they so convert
ed nearly everything else in life.
A spare diet contributes much t,
health" observed William Penn, add
ing. IF thou rise with an appetite
thou art sure never to sit down with
out one" Herrick voiced the sam
idea with his rhyme, Go to you
banquet then, but use delight, so a
to rise still with an appetite. Enough
is as good as a feast" is time honor
ed proverb
Although he preached moderation il
all things, Frederick the Great yield
ed to the demands Of an abnormal ap
petite even on his deathbed, eatinj
as many as twelve dishes within
few days of his end. An eel pie. o.
tongues and peppers were some G
his favorite viands at that time. An
other great general-in fact, the great
est of all-Alexander the Great, die
as the result of excessive eatign an
drinking. Augustine considered foo
: indulgence such sin that he praye
: for strength to limit his eating, Will
4 Confucius, many centuries before de
clared, bad it is when man eat
his fill all day. Could he not play {
checkers? Even that were better
! TO lengthen your life, shorte
your meals" is still another axiom
handed down through the ages.
Gladstone, who lived eighty-nir
years, attributed his health principal
to the observance of one simple PHI
siolcgical maxim, and he laid it dow
! as a rule to always make twenty-fiy
bites at every bit of meat
We scarcely realize how much {
the suffering and i'll humor of life
due to over eating" said Sir job
| Lubbock, who died several years agc
! ut matters comparatively little wha
a healthy man eats, so long as h
does not eat too much"
| We know Of no better slogan TO
| tho food aOpeor,r, tio,, ,z....--. 4,