Life — December 7, 1922 — page 12: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

LIFE Just Around the Corner 1HRISTMAS—The Great Home Day—that brings the scattered loved ones back to the home nest is speeding towards the Old Earth as if on the wings of love. Visions of Sugar Plums—are already dancing through the children’s heads and visions of happy faces around the gayly-lighted table are dancing through Mother’s head— interrupted only by the world-old questicn of what to have for dinner. If Mother is wise, she knows that we are what we eat, and that her family’s health and happiness de- pend upon the character of the food she provides. She knows that the dinners under which the festive board groans. may mean groans for the family later—irritable youngsters and sluggish grown-ups. And she knows that the best food can be spoiled by poor cooking—that simple, inexpensive foods can be made appetizing and health-giving by care in preparation. The Hand that Rules the Kitchen Rules the World— literally holds in its hollow the world’s health, happiness and efficiency. For it is said that the destiny of a nation depends ‘upon its food. A nation is but a great collec. tion of homes.. The home maker is largely responsible for the health and happiness of her family, and as each of its members takes his or her place in the affairs of the world, the home maker’s influence widens until it is felt industrially, commercially and professionally. Many Business Troubles are Stomach Troubles— and much of the sickness and death laid to other causes is the result of eating poorly cooked food. Many domes: tic troubles have their origin in the frying pan, and many a backward school boy is punished for “creeping like snail—unwillingly to school” because he is improperly fed. “Food Makes the Soldier” — said Napoleon, Food just as truly makes the worker— the every day Soldier who fights life’s every day battles. For upon well-cooked, easily digested food depend the bread-winner’s ability to earn more bread and the school boy’s ability to do his work—in fact family prosperity and happiness. The Economy of Good Cooking— is evident when we consider that food is fuel. It is burned in the body to produce heat and energy just as coal is burned in your furnace. Food that does not burn (digest) not only endangers life but is waste just as the clinkers in your furnace are waste. Fuel food is expensive. Why waste it? The food scientist measures the energy value of food in calories just as we measure distance in blocks and dress goods in yards, So with a scientific cook book at hand, the home maker can find out just what her workers need and she can find out how to preserve the food’s strength-giving, health-giving values. Then there is no waste either of health, food or money. We Eat with our Eyes— as well as with our teeth. “Appetite juice”—a most im- portant factor in digestion—is produced by food that is appealing to the eye, and by cheerful surroundings. “The spirit of kindliness must be supreme at the table” says Gilbert Chesterton, and a noted physician says: “Never allow an unpleasant subject to be mentioned at the table.” Here at least people should be joyous. The World’s Most Famous Cook— Brillat-Savarin, noted lawyer and eminent judge, left to the world the hygienic order of a dinner, to be followed al- ways with a light dessert. -Savarin made it the fashion for the Nobility of France to cook. Louis XV in kingly velvet and lace, spent many hours in his hes palacekitchens concocting rare dishes. Now fF it is the Nobility of Motherhood that ‘\ produces the best cooks, and “like Mother used to make” is the great home standard. So if Mother will but invite Science into her Kitchen— to help in preparing the regular three meals a day, and follow the great Savarin in serving fewer over-rich desserts and more simple Sugar Plums, she may be sure that it will be a healthier, happier family that gathers around the Christmas table to celebrate The Great Home Day. Cooking is now recognized as a in the last ten years. 55,000 of drain pipe in the water in, which science. 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