_On retiring._--Cupful of hot unsweetened lemon water, or weak barley
water; no milk.
H. VALENTINE KNAGGS.
CORRESPONDENCE.
_All Correspondence should be addressed (and all contributions
submitted) to the Editors, _THE HEALTHY LIFE_, 3 Tudor Street, London,
E.C._
COTTAGE CHEESE.
WILDERTON, BOURNEMOUTH.
BOURNEMOUTH.
_To the Editors_,
DEAR SIRS,
_Re_ Mrs C.E.J.'s letter and the reply thereto: I should be
inclined to doubt the wisdom of making this from unboiled or
uncooked milk unless one had it from one's own cows and could
supervise the dairy oneself. The average milk that comes into
towns from country farms is--well, it's unthinkable. There's a
saying that what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve
over, but that doesn't alter the fact that the average cow is
none too clean, the average milker's hands and clothes (to say
nothing of his face, hat and head) none too clean, the
milking-place none too clean, and the circumstances of transit
such as don't make for cleanliness. I have put it very
moderately, as those who know country dairy farms will admit.
Those who particularly want clean cheese from uncooked milk
should buy it from a County Council dairy farm or similar
institution. Yours truly,
B.C. FORDER.
WILL OTHER READERS DO LIKEWISE?
Mrs E. BUMPUS writes (7th October 1913):--
I am ordering two copies each month from my local newsagent.... I
thought he might be induced to show copies of your publication in
his window.
[An attractive blue poster is supplied each month free by the
Publishers to all genuine agents who apply for the same.--EDS.]
_THE HEALTHY LIFE_ IN THE LIBRARIES.
Mr C.H. GRINLING writes (25th October 1913):--
I note the suggestion on p. 580 of the October number of _The
Healthy Life_. A friend enables me to ask you to send _The
Healthy Life_ regularly for one year to the Woolwich Public
Library, William Street, Woolwich. I enclose 2s. The librarian
will see that it appears on the magazine-room table regularly.
[There is every reason why _The Healthy Life_ should be known and read
in every public library in the United Kingdom. In this we are entirely
dependent upon those readers who are ready to follow the excellent
example of the above and other correspondents. A year's
subscription--2s.--is a very small price to pay for bringing the
message of this magazine before the public in this way. We should like
to hear from readers in all parts.--EDS.]
FRUIT-OILS AND NUTS.
WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, 22nd Oct. 1913.
_To the Editors_,
SIRS,
With reference to the last paragraph of "Phosphorus and the
Nerves" on p. 579 of the October number, I should be obliged if I
could be informed through your correspondence columns (1) what
are the "fruit oils" recommended therein and (2) how they are to
be taken. (3) Is olive oil good to take? (4) Is it good for
children? If so how is it to be administered? (5) What nuts are
richest in phosphorus? I enclose my card, and remain, yours
truly,
W.W.
(1) Any olive oil that bears a thorough guarantee of purity (such as
"Minerva" Olive Oil, "Creme d'Or" Olive Oil, etc.); also any pure nut
oil (such as supplied by Mapleton's or The London Nut Food Co.); also
the pure blended oil sold as "Protoid Fruit Oil." Our advertisement
pages should be studied for further details.
(2) Suggestions were given on pp. xxxiii and xxxv of the November
number.
(3) Yes, excellent.
(4) Yes, they usually take it more readily than adults, for the
latters' palates are generally spoilt. For its use see _Right Diet for
Children_, by Edgar J. Saxon, 1s. net.
(5) Almonds and walnuts. If the nuts are found difficult to digest try
them in a finely prepared form, as in Mapleton's Almond Cream, "P.R."
Walnut Butter, or "Protoid" Almond Butter.--[EDS.]
PICKLED PEPPERCORNS.
Lady Cheylesmore was wearing a magnificent cock pheasant's plume.
The eagle eye of the customs official caught sight of it and
handed her a pair of scissors to help her detach it.--_Daily
News._
Now we know what a really well-trained eagle eye can do.
* * * * *
Perhaps the only remnant of the awful sameness characteristic of
the typically English kitchen is the bacon and egg breakfast to
which the average Briton clings with wonderful tenacity. The mere
possibility of infidelity to that national dish is enough to make
one shudder. No one could be such an iconoclast as to suggest a
variant from the traditional breakfast; it would be table-treason
of the worst kind.--_Daily Telegraph._
A middle-aged Briton named Leary,
Of bacon and eggs got so weary,
That for no other reason
He committed high treason--
But whether he shuddered's a query.
* * * * *
Silver-fox furs are rapidly becoming more and more rare, and this
fact lends a special interest to the wonderful collection of
these skins now being shown this week by Revillon Freres at 180
Regent Street. These beautiful silver foxes, to the number of
over a hundred, are grouped in eight large showcases on the
ground floor, and represent the latest arrivals from Revillon's
Canadian outposts, where they have special facilities for
securing these rare skins.--_Daily Chronicle._
A ninth large showcase containing specimens of the steel traps in
which "these beautiful silver foxes" are caught, and in which they
remain till "collected," would give added interest to the collection
at 180 Regent Street.
* * * * *
Sixty-six persons banqueted at Gorleston on a single "sea-pie,"
which weighed 200 lbs. Prepared by an old smack skipper, it was
built in three stories. The foundation consisted of beef bones,
and inside were six large rabbits, half-a-dozen kidneys, thirty
pounds of beef steak.--_Daily Chronicle._
Not to be confused with the Gorleston Mausoleum.
PETER PIPER.
End of Project Gutenberg's The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28, by Various