160 THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Question. — What of white bread as an article of diet ? 



Mrs. Hill. — When there is a large variety of food to select 

 from it is well enough. The gluten in the dark bread corres- 

 ponds to the protein in meat. Whole wheat bread can be 

 made just as you make the white bread and is more healthful. 



Question. — Is the habitual use of tea and coffee hurtful ? 



Mrs. Hill. — Large amounts are detrimental, taken occa- 

 sionally they are a mild stimulant. 



HOME LIFE ON THE FARM. 



Hon. Mason S. Stone. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



There has been a great contention between the old school 

 of philosophy and the new school. The old school maintained 

 that all vulvar fractions should be reduced to a common denom- 

 inator; the new school claims that each fraction should remain 

 in its simplest form, for in this manner it best fits into the 

 universality and fulfills the purpose of life. The old sought 

 for uniformity; the new seeks for individuality; one looked at 

 the denominator, the other considers the numerator as well. 



If the idea of the old school should obtain this world would 

 be dull and uninteresting, for there would be no individuality, 

 no peculiarity, no idiosyncrasy, no characteristic. And just 

 think how tame and tasteless life would be if all women 

 smirked alike and smiled alike, talked alike and walked alike, 

 dressed alike and looked alike, acted alike and scolded alike. 

 The very charm of earthly bliss would vanish and disappear, 

 and life itself would be a weary waste of dreary years. 



I have always had deep sympathy for that specie of bird 

 known as the mourning dove. It belongs to the only family 

 of bird that mates for life, and as each Mrs. Dove is so near 

 a duplicate of every other Mrs. Dovey Dove, it is only natural 

 that there should be some sensational mistakes, and much 

 domestic infelicity. Perhaps that is the reason they are 

 called "Mourning Doves." 



But the new school of philosophy has given us a wise inter- 

 pretation of life and preaches a more rational gospel. It 

 claims an equality in the distribution of gifts, the possession 

 of the common virtues by all, a discoverable good in each ; 

 but it also recognizes a diversity, a difference in kind and de- 

 gree of gifts, and believes that equality in this life consists 

 in the highest development of talents given. The difference 

 in men is one of opportunity and training rather than of 

 talent. 



