22 FRUITS AND HOW TO USE THEM. 



under those circumstances being too irritating to be en- 

 dured without great inconvenience." 



One great help to the cause of temperance will doubt- 

 less be in the growing use of unfermented grape juice. 

 It quenches the thirst and imparts buoyancy and strength 

 without stimulation. It is nature's own wine aad the 

 more men use the natural production of the "herb bearing 

 seed and the tree producing fruit," the better for man- 

 kind. 



It is believed by those who have carefully studied the 

 subject that " not more than one in ten who diink do so 

 solely because they relish liquors." Often they are in- 

 temperate through unfortunate environments; sometimes 

 through absolute hunger for nourishing food. There is a 

 gnawing sensation in the stomach which can at once be 

 stifled by a dram. Could the man have a good savory 

 meal he would forjjet the Uquor, since his craving would 

 be satisfied in the oolj' natural and wholesome way. 



It follows that to know how to prepare good food, good 

 in every sense and to every sense, is to know how to re- 

 duce dyspepeia to a minimum and to convert the incipi- 

 ent drunkard into a sober, weU nourished member of so- 

 ciety. 



THE CULTURE AND PKESERVATION OF FRUIT BY WOMEN. 



TVith every passing year the struggle for existence 

 among workers is growing more sharp and doubtful. In 

 our own country the histoiy of pour in cities is a sicken- 

 ing blot upon Christian Civilization. Dragging out lives 

 - of destitution and horror, toiling with the needle in miser- 

 able unventilated rooms, these poor creatures dumbly plead 

 for opportunities for more than an animal existence. 



Many of them in this life are beyond and below such 



