ally stimulating influence, if thoroughly chewed and the taste, in order to produce the most beneficial re- This is quite aside from the nutriment supplied by food itself on the palate and tongue are most power- ful aids of digestion. If, then, a glass of beer or wine performs a highly important function in aid of diges- ly prepared, masticated and insalivated, are practically serves to heighten the pleasure of eating, it thereby tion. I am not advocating gluttony. Quite the contrary. not take up anything in moderation. Temperance is all food and without which it should never be swal- the beer, and the direct stimulating effect of the alcohol mixed with saliva which is an essential condition in Savory food, not seasoned so as to exert an abnorm- lowed will so satisfy both appetite and hunger as should appeal to the eye, the touch, the smell, and of equal digestibility. Their chemical composition and sults upon the system. All the ordinary foods, proper- 13 to induce moderate eating. But such food as is taken The Rule of "Not Too Much/' The anti-alcoholists will now charge me with en- on the digestive apparatus. their physical condition, under these premises, are the virtue farthest removed from them. couraging gluttony. That is their way. They can-