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Show STRAWBERRY A PERFECT FOOD Fruit Juices? Admirably Adapted to Those Requiring a Light Diet. Although tho strawberry has boon In cultivation for nearly two hundred and fifty years, tho wild strawberry dates back into tho timos of antiquity. This luscious berry, which to-day wo so much enjoy, was peddled about tho streets of ancient Grecian and Roman cities by hucksters, man centuries in tho past. Virgil sings of it in his pastoral pas-toral poems, and Ovid mentions it In words of praise. Tho cultivated strawberry plant Feschod Europe about tho year 1712, but attracted little attention and mado llttlo progress until about 1750. or 17G0, whmi another kind than thoso previously ralr-i' was brought from Chili ono having a pleasant, plneap-ple-liko nrca, which was known as tho plno 8traYhcrry. j In America, during tho early colonial colon-ial days, tho wild strawberries of tho field were abundant and furnished n much prized artlclo of diet. Thoso wild plantB woro transplanted to tho garden nnd produced fruit of Increased In-creased size Tho garden strawberry Is, therefore, an American product. It adapts itBelf to a wider rnngo of latitude lati-tude and to greater extremes In environment en-vironment than any othor cultivated fruit. There are n great many varieties, varie-ties, each peculiar to its section of the country. As tho strawberry contnlns nb.und-ant nb.und-ant salts of potash, lime, and soda, its valuo as a food can not ho over-estimated. What Is more refreshing on a warm day, after being fatigued from labor In tho fields, or perchance, after returning from a long walk, than to sit down to a dish of thoso luscious borrlos, which our Creator has so kindly caused to grow for us I As you cut them with tho spoon and tho flno red Juice begins to flow, noto tho contrast con-trast botween this sight and thoono, eo horrifying, of cutting n piece; of bloody meat, causing tho oozing out of. tho blood, "which is tho life." "Takn not the llfo you cannot Rive, All things havo equal rlsht to live." For persons very 111 with fovor, or ' for any others who require a light dlot, thoro is nothing hotter adapted thnn fruit Juices. This is tho lightest dlot which can hn taken. Hltrop.fn rnnllv and is very refreshing, becauso of tho , valuablo acids which tho berries con-1 con-1 tain. Further, tho fruit acids, arp, gormlcides, keeping the. stomach, juad' ;lu fact tho wbojc nllmontnry canal, to a great - degree, free from -gonna, which would otherwise do much' mischief, mis-chief, ovorpoworing tho body weakened weaken-ed from battling against disease. According Ac-cording to somo authorities, bosido tho antiseptic property of tho straw-borry, straw-borry, it possesses more- a curative property. Linnaeus, it Is said, was persuaded to tako strawberries during dur-ing a sovero attack of sciatica, with tho result that a swoot sleep ensuod, and when ho awoko tho pain had sensibly sen-sibly subsided. On tho next day he ate as many strawberries aB possible, and on tho following morning tho pain was gone, and ho was nblo to leave his bed. Gouty pains roturnOd at the same dato in. tho next year, but they wero dispersod as soon as Linnaeus was able to got Btrawborrles. As tho ntrawhorry excels all other common fruits in tho amount of mineral salts, it is likely that this fruit is beneficial . in gouty ntates. Strawberries aro best eaten Just as thoy come from tho vinos, after being thoroughly washed, with as littlo su- gar as possible n much sugar renders ren-ders fruit less digestible Tho straw-borry, straw-borry, as -well us all other acid fruits, does not comblno woll with milk or cream, so this should be avoided. Canned berries aro very nlco for uso when fresh ones are out of season. Fruit 8oup In ono cup of strawberry straw-berry Juice cook ono teaspoonful of sago until transparent, Add nno cup of plneapplo Juice, ono tablespoonful of lomon Juice, ono tablespoonful of sugar. Sorvo hot as soon as well heated. Strawberry Mlnuto Pudding. Cook a quart of ripe strawberries in a pint of wator till woll scalded. Add sugar to tasto. Skim out tho fruit, and Into tho boiling Juice stir u scant cup of granulated wheat flour, previously rubbod to a pasto with a llttlo cold water: wa-ter: cook flftoon or twonty minutes, pour over tho fruit, and sorvo cold with whipped cream. Strawberry Toast. Tako fresh Btrawborrles and mash well with a spoon. Add sugar to sweeten, and servo as a dressing on slices of zwieback zwie-back previously molstonod with hot wator or hot cream. When fresh borrlos bor-rlos aro not obtainable, turn a can of woll-kopt borrlos Into a colander ovor an earthen dish, to soparato tho Julco from tho borrlos. Place tho Julco in a porcelain kottlo, and heat to boiling. Thicken to tho consistency of cream with cornstarch rubbed smooth In a little wator; a tablespoonful of flour to tho pint of Julco will bo about the right proportion. Add tho borrlos and boll up Just sufficiently to cook the flour and hoat tho berries. Serve hot ) , Rest. ow people really know how to,rest. Exorcise is very ncessary to health and many do not take enough of it; but on tho other hand, perhaps oven more people rest too little, or what amounts to tho same thing, do not rest properly. n0 mnUer how well developed de-veloped tho muscles are, if thoy aro rigid and stiff they will not do tho host work. Thoy mugt be readily rc-axed rc-axed when not In use Even athletes ' If thoy really understand the laws of exorcise, strive for relaxation as well aa for woll-dovcloped muscles. Rest moans relaxation-not only of tho body, but of tho mind also. In America, particularly, we are apt to forget this. That Is why "nervous prostration" Is such a popular phraBO Just now. The Germans, as a nation, go moro slowly than we do In all things; tho English and oven tho French take llfo more easily. Perhaps our atmosphoro conduces to energy and hurry. At any rato the popularity of such words as "strenuous", "hustle" and tho like. In this country, show our attitude as a nation. Of courso wo cannot Immediately chango all this. We do not wish to. Enthusiasm and energy, hard work and hard thinking, havo brought us to our present state of prosperity, and we cannot afford to fall back now. Nor do we need to. Hard work, whether of hand or brain, does not kill, but continual work and worry do. If wo would secure tho future generations from nervous degeneration, wo must learn how and when to relax. This is very hard for somo temperaments. tempera-ments. Somo people must have their hands constantly occupied In somo way, and it Is difficult, of course, to - remember that haste is often slower thnn deliberation. Wo say that have no tlmo to go slowly. A great fault In busy people Is their failure to relax .thoroughly at night. Many go to bed and sleep, after a fashion, but with tonse nerves. The mind should bo as divested of worries and cares at bedtime as the body Is of clothes. Th'6' muscles must be relaxed. relax-ed. If exorcises aro taken at night,' thoy should end In a few especially for relaxation. Some of thn mnnt helpful of these relaxing exercises may be mentioned: ili Stand oanlljr -rocfr$!& raised and abdomen in, and let too head fall gently forward, then arms and trunk above tho waist. All this must bo done without effort, tho breath being gently oxpcllod at the same tlmo. After Aft-er a llttlo pause, raise tho body slowly. 2. Stand orect, raise the arms above tho head and let them fall first tho fingers, then tho wrists, then tho arms. 3. Lot tho arms hang at tho Bides, then slowly and gently swing them from aldo to side, gradually letting tho head and then tho body swing with them. ( Romembor that your object Is-to re-,lax re-,lax tho muscles and do all theso oxer-clseseaslly oxer-clseseaslly und with as little exortion as possible. tf "It's All Dead." A physician recently related an Incident Inci-dent which had come under his observation ob-servation showing tho aversion a certain cer-tain 'little follow of 4 entertained for dead chickens. On being seated at a table upon which was an uncarved chicken, he cried out In evident distress, dis-tress, "It's all dead, mammal I'muat havo hurtod It," and he could scarcely bo persuaded to remain at tho tablo until tho dead creature was carved past recognition. Children aro nnturally tendor and sympathetic, not only toward each othor, but also solicitous for tho wel-faro wel-faro of tho lower animals. The parents of this child will probably congratulate thomBclves.whon his tendor nature becomes be-comes so calloused that tho sight of a dead animal being devoured will seem to him entirely consistent, and will no longer excite his pity. Many of tho boys in the stock yard districts of our large cities are further advanced in education in this lino, for thoy consider it rare anusemont to torment the live stock boforo they aro unloaded from tho stock cars. Ono method is to poke them with rod-hot irons until tho animals give vent to tho most plteoua outcries. Tho barbarous custom of oollego hazing is another manifestation of this samo spirit of cruolty, which, when implanted early enough In tho child's mind and thon carefully fostered fos-tered and cultivated, 111 invariably in duo tlmo produce a bountiful harvest har-vest of undesirable fruits In various shocking manifestations of human cruelty. Claims to De 157 Year Old. Manuel Del Vallo, of Menlo Park, a suburb of San Francisco, Cal., claims that ho Is 157 years of kgo. Ho has certificates 8hwing that ho was born In Zacatocas, Mexico, on Nov. 24, 1745. i " i i |
