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Show . , DO WE EAT TOO MUCH ? Physiologists say that the Japanese present the most perfect physique of any race in the world. Most of the diseases common to the Occident are unknown among ihe subjects ,of the Mikado, and this happy condition they themselves attribute to the fact that they eat sparingly and only of plain nourishing food. A Japanese visiting in this country coun-try is. appalled at the quantity of food consumed by his host in one day. Especially is he impressed with the extravagance of our poorer'people. In Japan Ja-pan meat once a day is a luxury even among the well-to-do. It has often been said that to enjoy perfect digestion one should always arise from the table just shore of the point of repletion. A Japanese Jap-anese saying which may be cited in confirmation is: "I am happy because I am hungry." Certainly when we remember how small an organ, comparatively, the human stomach is, the danger of overloading it becomes very apparent. A distinguished diplomat from Japan was rer cently the guest of honor at a dinner in Washington. Wash-ington. After, the first two courses of oysters and soup, as the waiters were bringing in the fish, he .... milium ii. iiii.. , ,, Pl. , ,,, , ..uj.,..,,,wlw.4ii,L.,nJM iiii ijmi.uiim , , ,., exclaimed: "What! Can ilnvone r,;! U r:1t" i"ring the remaining - ' i opened .his mouth f,,r ,h, o,- nuVT? ' versa',,,, whrn his ah-te,,,;,,,,,, . "'"l-nhesai.i: I I1M !,,,!. f V- ' 1". I should fdi ;i,!,,,p ;mii lhr.u j ;; " ; - v,u n.yspech. Mo,, flh(. a,,,,,,,,!,.;1;:;:, fat l.,vau,c they ent ,00 ,,!,. I imi ,,,,;, " heaithier than any f;ir man." "' " :f "'-'l L is a popular falla.-.v that thrm -,, a day are necessary t one's phvM,-,! ' v ' - .",r':,; I)ouitle,s we-should all feel letter if. ..".T'' ! . In tin's, as in many ( ,r li, r matters i.i :' - ' happiness go h;,:,-! i j..1Ul. "' |