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used to eating at all times and between meals, the desire 

 to do so may remain for a time. An appetite for whisky 

 is an acquired one, and it is not an evidence of a normal 

 and healthy demand. Emaciated and half-starved persons 

 may suffer from want of appetite, but it may be a sign that 

 they should increase the activity of other organs, as the 

 muscles, not that they should eat insufficient food. 



477. A good and healthy appetite comes from the ex- 

 penditure of energy and rebuilding of the tissues, and a 

 person with such an appetite enjoys best the simple foods 

 that will best give energy and build tissue. The best 

 pleasures of eating are for those who have appetites of 

 this kind, not for the epicure or glutton. This is only one 

 example of the general truth that mere pleasure seekers 

 do not have the best pleasures ; but they enjoy life best 

 whose living is complete, all the duties and pleasures of 

 life being given their place, and none allowed to usurp. 



478. Subject for Debate. Resolved, That the evils result- 

 ing from bad food and improper eating in the dining room 

 (aside from the inestimable benefits of food) have been as 

 great a curse to the human race as the evils resulting from 

 the barroom. 



479. THOUGHT LESSON. Clothing. The Head. The 

 position and extent of bald spots show that baldness is 



caused by . The best kind of a hat is [stiff or soft ? 



light or heavy ? ventilated by holes or air-tight ?] and worn 

 [as much or as little ?] as possible. 



The Neck. The neck is very [flexible or inflexible ?] 

 It is healthier [with or without ?] covering. Stiff or high 

 neck clothing [destroys or preserves ?] its beautiful curves, 

 and makes the neck [skinny or full ?] and makes one 

 [more or less ?] apt to take cold. 



The Trunk. The most flexible portion of the trunk is 



the . I find by measuring with a tape line that the 



circumference of my chest is inches more with the 



