Show how to live to great age the latest fad in england ie to insure longevity through ahn use of a special diet the promise is held out to who implicitly follow out the prescribed regiment that they may attain to the age of years thie among the moat melancholy people 0 the globe and to whom one would fancy that that life were the lees worth living haa aroused considerable enthusiasm cooks and kitchens are to be abolished meat bread and vegetables are forbidden existence ie to be maintained exclusively upon nuts and bananal ba nanae II 11 we compare this with the dietary system of dickens which represents that of his period ilia comparatively early decease vill excite no surprise Accor dings to english stan darde he was an accomplished gastronome beefsteak pudding was his ideal a horrible concepion only fit for a crude or debased palate his highest conception of a dinner wae a baked les of mutton with the bone removed ami the cavity kilei with a stuffing of oysters and veal this was accompanied with gin punch in the making 0 o which dickens tok special prade it waa made as follows A brass kettle of water was heated over a spirit lamp when the water camo to a boil it poured into a jus with a bottle of oldin lumps of sugar and chips ot lemon peel the mouth of the jug was then closed with a napkin and the mixture allowed to brew for a certain number of minutes |