Show the food of the coming man bran prot prof W 0 atwater the chemist in an instructive tive article in the forum for June points out the curious fact that in the extraordinary applications of science to practical problems in recent years one of the most important fundamental problems has been strangely overlooked viz via the scientific study of food the coming mantwill man hlll avoid tour four mistakes mistake that arc now largely made 1 he will not buy as expensive kinds of food as are arc now generally bought because some of the least cast expensive foods are the most nutritive and palatable 2 with further scientific information the coming marivill man mat will ivill value foods in proportion to their nutritive qualities 3 if goods are arc boug bought h t and eaten with reference to their nutritive qualities and riot not to mere fashion or habit it would require a much less quantity to keep a man in his best working condition than Is now generally consumed 4 there will be a revolution wrought in the present way of cooking which Is both wasteful and primitive and far behind our advancer advancement nentin in almost every other art |