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Show DEFECTS OF MODERN DIET. Facts Well Known to Unfortunates Who Have No Homes. Dinnor, as physicians nnd laymon agree, should not consist of tho pound of beof and quart of eoffoo tho condemned con-demned murdoror swallows upon tho eve of his hanging to rob death of Its sting and tho grave of Ita victory, aya tho Louisville Courlor-Journal. A plate of soup, n piece of steak, a fish or a fowl, with a salad, somo rfotabler, a dessert and coffee, constitute con-stitute the dinner of unostontntlous variety. Patriarchs tell u that such a dinner was ouco obtalnablo In Snn Francisco and In Now York, nnd at Intermediate points, at prices not prohibitive pro-hibitive to the man of moderate Income, In-come, but fltich n meal ordored a In oarto In our modern restaurants Is too expensive for tho majority of patrons pa-trons and too largo a dinnor for ono man to consumo. The trouble Is that sach "portion" Is too Ir. .0. Tho ox-Istlng ox-Istlng arrungemcnt of "portions" nnd prlcos causes us to eat too much moat and die of kldnoy disease, or too fow vegetables and dlo of Indigestion with its various and tragic ramifications. ramifica-tions. Our alternative Is to court lingering lin-gering death at tho moderate priced table d'hote whoro Is served Imitation Imita-tion food, long-cooked and without savor. |