The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-12-21
WITH THE
HIGH SCHOOL
CLASSICS
By MARGARET BOYD
@ by Margaret Boyd.)

~. even ~ the pulse and water wa,
blessed to the children shadrach, Me.
shach and Abedneoo." oo."-lvanhos.
Frfar Tuck here refers to one OF the
earliest recorded bits Of dietetic re-
search. More than twenty-six centu-
ries ago. NebuchadnezzaE king of
Babylonia. directed that the most
promising children among the captives
that he had brought home. with him
from Jerusalem should be given q
three-year course In the learning Of the
Chaldeans. In order that the students
should have the benefit Of the best food
available. he ordered that they be fed
with food from his own table-showing
that the subject Of the proper nutri-
tion Of school children Ii not so new
as we sometimes imagine. Four Of the
Jewish captives thought the kings diet
q poor one, and secured permission to
live upon what they thought a better
diet. At the end Of the three years the
four had made greater progress In
their studies than any of their fellows.
and were In better physical condition
than any Of those who had eaten the
prescribed diet.
Interesting as this experiment was,
1t by no means settled the question Al
to what Constitutes correct diet.
Some decades ago, Volt, working on
the subject Of metabolism, proved that
Tor every gram of protein eaten there
must result production Of Al calo-
ries Of heat; for every gram Of Fat.
production Of 9.3 calories of heat; and
30 on. AT once the enthusiasts thought
the diet question settled for all time.
/ All you needed TO do, they said, was to
determine how many calories Of heat
you needed per day, and then eat
enough to produce that many calories.
An egg would produce 100 calories Of
heat and an apple would produce 100
calories--you could eat either. Then
somebody discovered that the diet must
be balanced--so much protein, 80 much
fat, and so much starch Still later,
some one discovered q vitamin-they
have found four Of them up to date
and proved that one could not hope to
remain In good health unless the food
eaten contained enough vitamins. just
at present the correct diet seems to
be back where It was quarter CEN
tury ago-we eat more lettuce and less
cold slaw, more spinach and less dande-
lion and pokeweed, more citrus fruit
and less home preserved fruit juices
but the essential values are the same.
In view Of our present voluminous
writings on the subject Of diet. II is
interesting to turn back to the times
Of Socrates and find out what that
philosopher thought proper diet for
a genuine and healthy people. He
made the basis Of such q diet bread
and cakes Of wheat and barley. and
added something to relish their food |:
salt, no doubt, and olives and cheese,
together with the country fare Of
boiled onions and cabbage. We shall
also set before them a dessert, I Inn
agine. Of figs and peas and beans; and
they may roast myrtleberries and
beechnuts at the fire, taking wine with
their fruit In moderation"
''With the life Of generous monarch
L.. psrIosd all the projects which hIs
ambition and hle generosity had
med."-ivanhoe.
Hugo says of leaders Of men that
@while themselves advancing, they
cause their satellites to progress, and
II 10 an entire solar system moving on
wards
Our familiar solar system In made np
Of the sun and its satellites, the stars
and planets. Some Of the planets have
satellites of their own; but the entire
system 10 dependent upon the sun,
which. we are told, is itself dependent
upon greater sun In outer spaces.
Ours Is not the only solar system,
there are neighboring ones all around
It.
II our sun should be suddenly de-
stroyed, there would be a period Of
chaos When order emerged again
from chaos, there would be new CEN
ter Of our solar system and q rear
rangement Of the stars and planets.
So It was when Richard died. All
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him was thrown into chaos. From this
chaos emerged q new governing group,
with new king for its center.
With Richard perished all the prof.
ects which his ambition and his gen.
erosity had formed-both projects Tor
the good Of the country and projects
for the advancement and happiness Of
his favorits knights. Herein lies the
bitterness Of death. that man cannot
hope to have his plans and projects
carried out by his successor. Each man
has his own interests. his own satellite
or satellites, and his own way Of doing
things. Try a. hard as he may. he
cannot do piece Of work in the ex-
act manner. and spirit Of his predeces-
sor. Nor can he often accomplish work
with the same corps Of people that his
predecessor found servicsabls.
The commonly heard statement that
some one can always be found to take
ones place 10 rarely true Of leaders
No one could take Richards place
after his death. Another became king.
II ID true, and the country continued its
existence; but the destiny Of the coun-
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