| Show EVE AND THE APPLE I 1 serpent said to nave ne commended apples for the complexion A modern scoffer who like other sc offers has now and then gleams of light has lately written that the reason eve yielded to the serpent was because apples are arc good for the complexion and that he told her so whether the argument was needed or not it is a true one says an exchange nothing in au all our varied and fascinating range of fruits holds quite the quality of an apple A ripe raw apple at its best is digested in eighty fre fr e minutes and the malic acid which gives it its distinctive character st stimulates iu the liver assists digestion and neutralizes much noxious matter which if not eliminated produces eruptions of the skin they do not satisfy like potatoes complain people to whom they have been recommended as food but th the starch of the potato added to th the e surplus of starch we are always alway s eating makes that vegetable an undesirable standby stand by the moro fruit we add to our dietary the clearer brains and the clearer skin we are a likely to have our forefathers must have felt this intuitively ively for the chief relaxation of new england evenings was apple eat ing and no one has given us much more picturesque putting of this fact than beecher |
