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cooked unless cooking improves them In some way, either in appearance, 

 taste or wholesomeness. Fruits used without cooking should always be 

 perfectly ripe and sound. 



The rule among farmers is to eat uncooked fruit between meals. How 

 much better to have a tastefully arranged dish of fruit on the table one 

 or more times a day, that it may be eaten at the beginning or end 

 of the repast. However, eating fruit between meals is less objectionable 

 than eating most other foods at irregular times. Fruit at the beginning 

 of meals helps overcome the tendency to eat rapidly and to excess. 



Fruits are especially useful in the diet of children and invalids, though 

 much of the beneficial effect is lost when used to "piece on" instead of be- 

 ing made a part of the meal. As a result, appetite is wanting when the 

 proper time for eating other foods comes; the good effect of fruits on di- 

 gestion is largely lost: and with children, skins, seeds and other indigest- 

 ible portions are eaten, and often the fruit is not properly masticated, 

 which always results in harm. In many families, it is almost impossible 

 to find time to look to this matter at regular intervals, while at meal 

 time it could be attended to without additional thought or care. 



Of the various ways of preserving fruits for winter use, canning is, pro- 

 bably, to be most commended. Jellies, jams, spiced fruits, preserves, etc., 

 are good, but not so useful for children, sick people, or well people, either, 

 as fruits canned without the surplus sugar. Canning also requires less 

 labor. Fruit juices should be canned for use in sickness and used as 

 lemon juice in making the various ades, as currant-ade, strawberry-ade, 

 etc. After a trial, you will be so well pleased that you will use the juice 

 in this way while the fruits are in season, and can enough that it may be 

 used for the family occasionally through the winter. These fruit juices 

 are also very useful in making pudding sauces, etc. 



We realize the great economy of using fruits plentifully in our diet, 

 when we contemplate the hygienic effect of the free use of fruits. If our 

 bodies are supplied with foods wisely selected and properly cooked, and 

 our lungs continually filled with pure air, we have little to fear from la 

 grippe and kindred ailments. Children can develop naturally into strong 

 men and women, and are enabled to get much more of success and 

 happiness in life. 



