The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-24
Home HEALTH CLUB
(Edited by DR.. David H. Reeder, Chi

(Edited by DR.. David H. Reeder, chi
cago.)
DIET DURING WAR-Those who
write to US the details or conditions in
Europe at the present time tell US that
tIss s-eop1e we're never bfore so alert.
quick in thinking and in physical ac-
ton That they are brighter and were
it not for the horrors of death in
nearly every household they would
probably be happier than before the
war Those that have been upon a re-
st1icted diet but still had enough sub
stantial and nourishing food are in
much better physical condition than
before.
If we observe animal life we find
an abundance Of examples to point
the way to good health and energetic
action. When cat, dog, horse or
any other domestic animal is overfed
it becomes fat and lazy. The fat dog
has hardly sufficient energy to bark
is a, stranger appears, the fat cat will
not hunt the mice, the fat COW will
not give so much milk, fat hens will
not lay eggs, fat horses cannot stand
rapid tramps or heavy loads up hill.
Fat and overfed people seldom have
much initiative. Well fed people do
not cause revolutions. Pictures Of the
revolutionary patriots of our own
country do not show aldermanic pro-
portions.
Now, the dietetic advice have been
giving in the Home Health Club lee
lures for about a quarter of a century
is about to be acted upon by all the
people of all the world and it is not
because the people want better health
hut Of in, ho &c
less than at any time for at least a
century and because there is going
to be a more even distribution than
ever before. Everybody must work
while war is on and everybody must be
fed. I am going to make a suggestion
that may prevent hunger from coming
into your home as well as into the
home of your neighbor.
have here in my office some pota-
toes. carrots, onions, cabbage. par
ships, celery, pumpkins, apples, pears
and berries that are four years old.
They are bone-dry and have been kept
in boxes and bags. By adding tepid
water any one of them is within a few
hours restored to the same condition
they were when fresh in the garden.
Fresh green peas. string beans, sweet
corn, anything that is fresh and good
to eat can be kept six months or six
years in a perfect state by the same
simple and inexpensive method that
has kept these and the fresh taste is
not in the least impaired.
The principal problem heretofore
has been to preserve the delicate vol
title oil that gives odor and flavor to
fresh vegetables and fruit and still
remove the water. By the process I
have used the water only is removed
and a potato or a cabbage as well as
any other vegetable or fruit will not
freeze or rot without water. There is
a shortage of tin cans and glass fruit
Jars have doubled in price. We do not
need either. Heretofore potatoes, the
finest that can be grown anywhere
in the world have been allowed to rot
in the Montana fields because the
freight to market was prohibitive.
When the water is removed the weight
is reduced Is per cent. SO that four
car loads could be shipped in one car.
Eight car loads Of ,eabbagesc be
shipped from the bountiful Texas
fields to Chicago or New York in one
car. There is plenty ofEwater in the
cities and the housekeeper that lives
in an apartment house with no cellar
for storage or fresh vegetables can
keep her supplies on the pantry
shelves and in a small space.
By the new process all of the crop
can be saved, the small as well as the
large. There need be no waste and
if a surplus is grown during any
bountiful year it can be cheaply and
easily kept over as wheat.
I wis i could tell you more of the
details of the dry fresh vegetables and
fruit, but many would not be interest
ed. To those that are greatly inter-
ested I will gladly write personal let
tiers to help you. Don't worry about
| starving but begin while things are
still plentiful to cut down the guam
tity, chew more thoroughly and gain
more real strength from what you eat.