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Show I Eat Lessleat, More Vegetable and Fruit j o , , is that It makes the work of the housekeeper house-keeper much lighter. .Trench women do not make heavy deserts, but give cooked fruits with rake cr a swret cracker. Or they serve ty HEKTH4 , IHAPLKIUI1. Off Celwaasta twaveralty. There Is a strong tendency to eat too much meat, fish and eKgs In proportion pro-portion to vegetabea and fruits. Professor Sherman of Columbia t'n-Iversity t'n-Iversity haa aaid that In. general It Is well to allow at least as much money fcr the purchase of vegetables, fruits and milk as for the purchase of meats, fish and eggs. Why ? J.rt us consider fruits especially. es-pecially. Krults supply a mm h needed and substance In the digestive tract. A4T AS LAXATIVE. Fruits have a laxative tendency and keep the system In a good condition. Krults supply flavor which Is natural sugar. They give, when cooked, variety va-riety In the menu and In a raw state are pleasing to the eye. Many housekeepers consider fruit expensive, and if It Is an added Item to an already heavy meal It is ea-pensive. ea-pensive. Hut when we have learned what the cooked cereal or cream with the cooked fruit. The compote la of the most easily prepared desaert, being simply canned fruit served In attractive dishes. When opening a can of fruit it will be found to be improved In the following fol-lowing manner: Arrange the fruit on the dish in which It Is to be aerved I'our sirup Into the saucepan and add to the Juece of a quart can of fruit, one-half cup of sugar and a few drops of vaullla extract. Boil 1-i minutes, and when cooled, pour It over the fruit. Canned fruit prepared In this way is delicious served with boiled or steamed rice. Another war to serve canned, or dried cooked, fruit la on French toast. A deesert acceptable at all times Is one which may be called a "mace-dolne' "mace-dolne' of fruit. Cut In small pieces any kind 6f fruit, adding perhaps a small amount of canned fruit. Mix all together, add- It.g augar to taste, a few grains of salt ; to call out the flavor and, if at hand, grape or loganberry Juice. Chill thoroughly thor-oughly and serve In glasses. body needs must and hat e ajiven those ftoda which supply It. we can cut out n.sny of the supposed necessary foods. - The family will te better satisfied, ard better health secured at a much lower rate. TIIAI? YOl 0 TO EAT IT. There Is a great need of training children chil-dren to enjoy the products of the ground and not to be dependent on meat as the past general lone have been. There Is not and will not be sufficient suffi-cient meat for all. but there, are unlimited un-limited poeaibillilee in vegetable and fruit raisin. Haw fruits are not always as easily I dlareaied aa when rocked, sad a raw banana for In at a nee. ought never to be given a oung child. Of course, citrus fruits s re an exception ex-ception and usually are eaten without with-out cooking. ' Another good reason for serving fruit |