16 FEUITS AND HO V TO USE IHEM. 



Although the climate of the United States incites to too 

 rapid expenditures of vitality so that the " nervous Ameri- 

 can temperament" has made for itself a name the world 

 over, men usually eat and drink the most stimulating food 

 they can procure. The serene, steady, self-poised person 

 is the exception, certainly in tov^ns and cities. The ex- 

 citable temperament " grows by what it feeds upon" and 

 the animal propensities are strengthened at the expense of 

 the higher faculties. 



It would be bad enough were this state of things induced 

 by a fierce struggle for existence, but such is not the case. 

 With stcires of fruitage from every country upon the earth, 

 it must be conceded that choice, not compulsion, decide 

 what shall be the dietary of our country people. 



To quote from Schlickeysen's " Fruit and Biead:" 



" The various grain foods in the form of puddings with 

 fruit sauce will make an abundant dinner. Thus sup- 

 ported by all the enlivening influences of light and air, 

 the whole system improves as if infused with a new life. 

 The muddy complexion clears, the pimples depart, sores 

 heal and there is a pure, sweet taste in the mouth, in short 

 a new man is born. The advantages of this diet are so 

 conspicuous that we williagly bid defisinae to all those 

 hindrances that obstruct its enjoyment." 



Among fruits the physiological tiffect, of grapes is most - 

 marked. Dr. Holbrook states that, "Eaten with other 

 suitable food, and especially with bread, in quantities of from 

 one to two pounds dailj'-, they increase nutrition, promote 

 secretion and excretion, improve the action of the liver 

 kidneys and bowels and add to the health." Great effica- 

 cy has been attributed to the grape care and it is used in 

 a great variety of cases, such as consumption of the lungs 

 catarrh, affections of the liver, scrofula, asthma, and diseas 



