Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-30

All the food ordinarily used for each meal
,meat, biscuits, jelly, cornstarch. pudding,
olcomargarine, etc. was stirred together
IN large. fiat, porcelain dish. The dish
itself was smeared with animal charcoal.
as was the beaker used as q drinking
glass. The table was dirty and strewn
with dirty dishes. a little indol was
sprnkled about under the table. The sub.
tects were kept in ignorance of the con.
stituents Of the unpalatable mixture"
lndol, 1t should be explained, has q pc.
culiarly offensive and sour smell. 1t Is
not the sort of thing an epicure would
like to think of as the odor Of the meal
he was eating. But it was sprinked about
to give the subjects of the experiment that
very idea
The descent into this culinary sly from
the paradise they had been enjoying was
extremely painful to tho subjects So
painful. In fact, the report gravely re.
marks, that one student had to leave the
table in precipitous haste. losing. upon his
way. the food that he had managed 10
stun into himself
The majority OF the students. however.
managed to stick It out for two days. Dur
Ing this time the samo tests were taken
rs during the seven days Of their happi.
ness.
The experimenters report that the
psychic effect was profound!
But. although this was so, imagine their
establishment when they discovered that
the process Of digestion had been practi.
nj ~
the difference in utilization Of the paat.
able and unpalatable foods were quito
small. The test indicates that favor ia
not the outstanding dietetic asset that
some people would have us believe II
the stomach and intestines can only be
caJoied into making the proper effort, the
nnsavory connection can be digestcd Just
about rs satisfactorily as can the food mix.
ture which mako stronger appeal
If the things we eat have nroDcr food
value we need not worry unduy as to
their digestion. absorption and utilization
by the normal body.
This ought TO be good news to millions
OF people, continue the doctors. comfort.
lngly. who eat unpalatable food in untidy
SURROUNDINGS, in spite Of the fact that one
OF our leading psychologists says, what
man likes best he digests best This OK.
pertinent simply shows how insulting we
can be TO the normal stomach and get
away with II. But it does not necessarily
prove this to be the wisest policy
And nothing could summarize the ex
pertinent perhaps. more plainly than this
rms IL not tho only common idea that
inc specialists 1t Jefferson College hayo
exploded. In his book. What We Eat and
what Happens TO It," recently published
ny Harper & Brothers. Dr. Hawk skaters
many widely held notions on eating. All
ms conclusions are the result of cxperi
ments as carefully carried on and as pains
taxing as the one just recited
For instance. many people believe that
II Is bad habit TO drink Ice water with
meals, contending that it chills tho
stomach and delays digestion.
fortunately, this popular belief has M
Lasis In fact" writes Professor Hawk in
bis interesting volume at Is astounding
Cow rapidly the temperature within Tho
stomach approaches that OF the BODY after
one drinks glass Of Ice water. For OK.
ample, If normal resting woman drinks p
glass OF Ice water the temperature ritbir
her stomach becomes approximately
Tho normal temperature OF the body n
twenty minutes. II one drinks more than
single glass OF ice water II viii. OF
course, take longer for the stomach TO reg.
uia'e tho temperature, hence there will be