07 Dec




















sufficient to create a strong moral conviction of its truth. It is interesting to note that other minds, not occupied with the drink question, are beginning to realize the mischief of irrational eating, and I want to quote here an editorial that appeared March 24, in the Chicago Chronicle under the head "Gluttony." If a man wishes to get on good terms with a strange horse he offers him a nut, an apple or a lump of sugar. This opens the way for any other familiarities that he may desire. It is singular how much like horses, in this respect, men, women and children are. There is no avenue open to the human mind or heart like that through the stomach. Thefe is not a single appeal made to human nature in which there is prejudice, selfishness or inertia to be overcome in which an offer of something to eat or drink is not useful, and there are not many such cases in which it is neglected. A drink of liquor is called a "smile," because it always produces a smile when it is got free, and it is no more a smile with drinking people than a nice mouthful of something to eat is with a different class of people. We are all like so many horses or dogs so far as our passion for free lunch is con- cerned. People will attend to all matters that bear directly on their own comfort or profit without thinking of eating, but if a matter affects them only indirectly, and remotely, and much 49

Comments
* The email will not be published on the website.
I BUILT MY SITE FOR FREE USING