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of it carefully, how does pleasing the taste for a few 

 moments, three or four times a day, really compare 

 with looking our best, doing our best, and being our 

 best all of the time ? To look as wholesome and beau- 

 tiful as is naturally possible ; to play or work with 

 our greatest skill and vim ; to be in the condition 

 of mind and body that will make us the most thought- 

 ful and kind in our relations with others, and help 

 us to get the fullest enjoyment out of all the good 

 and beautiful things in the world about us; these, 

 certainly, are the good things of life that are best 

 worth having. 



That carelessness in eating and drinking greatly 

 lessens the possibilities for enjoyment of all these 

 priceless good things for thousands of people, is a well- 

 known fact. Many physicians can testify that their 

 busiest time usually follows Sundays and holidays, 

 when many people indulge in the greatest excesses 

 of eating with the least exercise and fresh air. What 

 candid doctor will not say that too much food and drink 

 are the primary causes of much illness and disease ? 

 Other things being equal, the health of a family in 

 which the food is plain and not unlimited in quantity, 

 is usually much better than it is in homes where the 

 opposite conditions prevail. 



In such families the children are not so likely to be 

 cross and irritable. They study better, eat better, 

 sleep better, and are even better looking, because of 

 the simple living. Such fortunate children are not 



