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is impressed with the idea that this isn't a good word to 

 apply to an abnormal individual, unless lie happens to be abnormally 

 good. The nut is one of the best of the products of nature. It is one 

 of the oldest of foods, and among certain animals it is almost the only 

 food dtjiended upon for health and growth. 



If Mr. Bryan, is mistaken about the origin of man, and if his an- 

 t'lgonists are right, the natural ancestors of the human race were all 

 nut eaters. At least the gorillas and chimpanzees are fond of the nut. 

 When we go back to the early hi.storv of the Greeks and the early in- 

 habitants of Great Britain, we find that they depended largely upon 

 the acorn for food. 



^^'hen measured by the caloric method it is surprising how much 

 richer in nourishment the nut is than almost every other food sub- 

 stance. Nuts average about ten times as manj'^ calories per pound as 

 the richest vegetables. 



It makes you hungry to hear the names of the nuts. In this coun- 

 ti'y we have the walnut, butternut, hazel nut and the hickory nut, the 

 chestnut and the beechnut. These are native to our land. Then there 

 are cultivated orchards of Persian walnuts, pecans, almonds and pea- 

 nuts. 



Christmas and Thanksgiving would be a failure without nuts; they 

 are a part of the hospitable fare and no stocking is well iilled at 

 Christmas time unless a handful of nuts is added to the surprises. 



Isn't it amazing what popular ideas there are in existence about the 

 digestibility of foods. Many of these are fallacious. For instance, it 

 is common belief that nuts are difficult to digest. This is not well 

 founded. Of course nuts like all foods which are used as a part of 

 the dessert are considered merely as an addition to the meal, and not. 

 a part of the meal structure. You finish your meal, having eaten 

 everything you need and having filled your stomach, then you are given- 

 a dish of ice cream and, perhaps, after that the nuts are passed. They 

 taste so good that you are tempted to take one more about ten times. 

 You fail to chew the nut thoroughly and you crowd it into an already 

 overfilled stomach. Because it happens to be the first thing to come 

 up in case of disaster you jump at the illogical conclusion that your 

 indigestion is due to the nuts. I need not tell you how unscientific 

 is your conviction. 



Several varieties of nuts are used for the making of nut butter, and. 

 this food is a very excellent substitute for meat. 



