The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-13
Medical Care

The first drink out of a glass
other than water or milk that was
ever offered me was lemonade:
This event occurred in 1891 and l
remember it well. 1t was preferred
me by a gentleman named Aldrlch
who had a wooden leg and a rich,
friendly voice. The very words
which accompanied this legal git
come back to me. He said, Here,
little boy, put this under your
belt" The locale of the proceeding
was on Penn Street, just below
Seventeenth Street, Kansas City,
Missouri, and the house is still
standing. At least the porch is.
I have sampled, I presume,
somewhere roughly in the neigh
borhood of a zilion different con-
coctions in the form Of drinks in
the interim but I sincerely believe
lemonade is the best beverage OF
all. Not even excepting my first
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and milk. Wa
ter and milk, l am bound to praise
as a hygienist but they are more
or less for emergency purposes
when you can't get anything else.
They are kind of like the con-
stitutuin of the United States:they
are there; 1 am glad of it; /
would die for them if necessary,
but I have always had them and
they arouse enthusiasm in me only
when l am exposed to oratory by
a health specialist.
But lemondade is differnet. Oh
am not talking only about the
hygienic qualities of lemondade
though 1 will probably get around
to that in u minute or two. Lemon
ade has Vitamin c, minerals, ca
loric value, and fluid content,
which last is important now that
the summer season is upon us
and we have begun to sweat again.
Lemonade must be we'll concoct.
ed. It isn't hard to teach, a person
to make a good lemonade but il
is hard to teach them to keep
on taking the trouble to make d
good lemonade.
! You must in the first place have
real lemons-not an extract. They
should be large, juicy, and when
) refer to them as they" I speal
advisedly-there should be the
Juice of three lemons. Put abou'
; half a teaspoonful of sugar in the
glass first and let the lemon juice
, dissolve the sugar completely
:. Then add the ice. Carbonated wa
ter is preferable to fill the gals:
, with, but plain water will do, the
important thing being that you still
! the mixture constantly, making the
ice do its function, until a ligh1
film of frozen dew forms on the
outside of the glass. Unless yol
are lost to all sense of beauty
you will now add something entire
ly superfluous to the glass {
!, sprig of green or a cherry, or a
+ small piece of sliced fruit.
You have then a beverage thai
can be recommended wholeheart
eddy as healthy, cooling, beneficial
! in every way, including satisfac
!, ton to the taste buds and thu
feelings of the inner man.
}, Unfortunately, at least for me
the days of 1891 have passed al
people no longer devote any loving
care to the brewing of a glass o:
lemonade. Hop and other atricitie:
have taken its place, and there
fore, it reputation has undeservedly
declined. I guarantee, however, as
these spring days alowly turn into
full-throated summer, and flies
mosquitoes and politicians begir
to clutter up the horizon, that il
you will follow my directions as
to preparation, you will have a
real treat on your hands.
Questions and Answers
R. M. w.: what is the caloric
value of the following foods: a
chocolate almond bar, a plain
chocolate bar, a serving of the
breast of a baked duck; lettuce,
ltmburger cheese and fruit cake?'
Answer-You do not state how
much of any of these articles. Cal.
cries depend on weight. Your ques.
is like asking How many apples
can I put in a box?" Chocolate
bars come in different sizes. !
would say that two or three ave-
rage healthy bites of a chocolate
almond bar would amount to IS
Galleries, of a plain chocolate bar
about 100. An average serving OF
the breast of baked duck is about
It's Galleries. The lettuce, limburger
cheese and fruit cake combination
is about 200 ~calories.
L. E. :"Please give an exercise
for reducing the stomach. All my
extra pounds want to 60 there. 1 am
five and one-half feet tall, weight
1923, am 80 year DID,"
Answer-It is very debatable
whether special exercises will re
duce special parts of the boday. l
have seen some claims, supported
by photographs, which would indi-
cate lat such exercises as lying
on the back and raising both legs
together, 40 times morning and
evening will do So. All exercises of
this kind should be accompanied
by diet. 2