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Show Twisting the Palate. A largo share of tho physical degeneracy degen-eracy that is increasing on every hand may bo traced directly to unworthy eating of things novcr designed to bo eaten, and which no ono would over think of eating oxcopt for tho fact that thoy momentarily glvo an agreeable agree-able sensation to the tongue nnd palate pal-ate No thought or consideration is given to tho posstblo effect of these palate-tickling substances upon tho stomach aftor they havo entered it. A gontloman onco said to tho writer: "I cat mustard, popper, nnd similar hot substances because I llko things that glvo my palato n twist." This gentleman, gentle-man, with thousands of othors llko him, qulto overlooked tho fact that thoso things that "twist" tho palato aro equally nblo to "twist" tho atom-nch, atom-nch, tho liver, tho nerves, tho brain nnd ovory organ and tlssuo with which thoy como In contact in their Journey through tho body. An unperverted palato Is a wlso and ovor wakeful sentinel, which says -promptly to the entor, "Enough," whon ho hns taken a sufficient nmount of nutrient matorlal to meet tho present pres-ent requirements of tho body. Tho palato was glvon man, not as an Instrument of pleasure, but ns n guldo whereby ho might select In proper quantities food substances of tho quality suited to his needs. Tho debasement of this function to the ends of pleasuro is tho beginning of n prostitution of tho body wljlch onds only In abandonment to tho grossest forms of self-lndulgcnco, nnd tends to prornaturo exhaustion of thb vital resources, re-sources, enrly decay of tho body's forces and ignominious death; for no denth can bo considered honornblo jwhich is tho direct cqnsequonco of ono'a own acts, or suicide. Said an omlnont French wrltor, "Man does not dlo; ho kills himself," |