Constipation and retained poisonous waste are universal at present. This condition is easily prevented by the use of more natural foods, cereals, fruit and green leaves of vegetables. Cereal grains are the cheapest and best of food for general use, but most people avoid them as they are common, seeking more expensive and less valuable food instead.

There will be a time when the semi-animal foods will not be needed by those who aspire to long life, but at present they serve as stepping stones to a higher development of the human race.

Cereals, fruit, nuts, and green leaves that grow in the sunlight afford the most ideal food for man. With such an ideal before the mind it is easy to realize the amount of care, worry, suffering and expense man has brought upon himself by imagining that elaborate and complicated things add to his happiness.

The best system of diet for prolonging the term of human life also calls for a more scientific use of liquids. Eating and drinking should be more decidedly separated. A natural breakfast and luncheon lead to establishing good habits in this channel during youth, that are of inestimable value in maturity. When a child is given a glass of water or milk, or a cup of coffee every meal he is inclined to eat hurriedly, washing the half masticated food down with the liquid. This is the beginning of much weakness and suffering. The harm is not only in the dilution of the digestive juices and the lack of thorough mastication and insalivation of food, but in the inflicence upon the development of the glands that secrete the vital juices.

These juices are not - just water. They abound in living organisms and chemical properties essential in digestion and assimilation. Food is worse than useless without a sufficient supply of each kind of secretion freely forthcoming, which is impossible if habits are fostered keeping the action of the glands below the normal. The power and tone of the glands are lowered when the demand upon them to perform their natural function is lacking, as is the case when food is washed down without thorough chewing, or digested with any unnatural "aid".

This feature is important in general health and even more so in prolonging the term of human life. It must be considered educative in nature.

It has always been a part of the teaching of the Adepts, who aspire to perpetuate youth, that "the breath of life" can be maintained indefinitely under adverses only by developing the most minute air cells that are commonly unused until they act fully, naturally, and spontaneously. Just so the glands of the mouth, as well as those of the stomach and intestines must be trained from infancy to develop the full strength and action that is not easily disturbed.

This may be accomplished, largely by avoiding liquids at meals and the excessive use of soft foods.

If a child is never given a liquid to sip with food he will chew his bread slowly until it becomes deliriously sweet in the mouth from the change of starch into sugar. He is also establishing a strong foundation for good digestion. In latter life he will not crave tea, coffee, beer or whiskey, as his appetite will be normal.

Milk is food and should be combined a part of the time with other substances, but all of a child's food should not be softened with milk.

When milk, buttermilk, fruit juice or fruit juice egg nog are used as food drinks, they should not be sipped with food, but taken slowly at the beginning of a meal, or part of a glass at the beginning and the rest at the close of the meal.

The present custom of serving coffee at the close of dinner indicates that a whole meal can be enjoyed without liquid, habit being all that demands it.

The system should have plenty of water from free drinking between meals or a short time before food is taken.

Training ill public schools would do much toward cultivating better habits of drinking. At the noon hour, as the pupils are dismissed they should be marched past the water fountains, each child having his own cup, thus taking water before, instead of after eating lunch. Ten or fifteen minutes would pass before they could eat, and in this time the water would be absorbed by the system. The reason for this practice should be fully explained to pupils and, when the finer development of all the organs of the body becomes a part of school work, the intellectual feature of education will have more meaning - a normal race will be established.

Long Life Menus For One Week. Monday

Breakfast

Bananas and Cream.

Unfired bread.

Nut butter.

Milk.

Luncheon

Watermelon.

Almonds.

Tomatoes and cucumbers sliced.

Unfired bread.

Fresh butter.

Dinner

Bunch of Grapes.

Simmered potatoes.

Milk gravy.

Poached eggs.

Green peas.

Lettuce salad.

Corn bread.

Butter.

Tuesday

Breakfast

Ripe peaches.

Uncooked Flaked wheat Milk.

Luncheon

Cantaloupe.

Peanuts.

Pignolias.

Celery.

Unfired wafers and cheese.

Dinner

Glass of Blackberry juice.

Rice with English Walnuts.

Celery.

Butter beans.

Tomato salad.

Whole wheat bread.

Fresh butter.

Iced Cantaloupe.

Wednesday

Breakfast

Grapes.

Peanut bread.

Fresh butter.

Honey in comb.

Milk.

Luncheon

Ripe pears.

Almonds.

Pecans.

Whole wheat bread.

Radishes.

Butter.

Dinner

Club Day.

Watermelon on ice.

Sweet potatoes from unfired cooker.

Butter.

Chili beans from unfired cooker.

Nut butter.

Light bread.

Cheese.

Wafers.

Dates.

Thursday

Breakfast

Dates and cream.

Uncooked mixed cereals - (two or three tablespoons).

Milk.

Luncheon

Red apples.

English walnuts.

Water cress.

Unfired bread.

Nut butter.

Dinner

Bananas.

Peanut Whole Wheat Sandwiches.

Hot Spinach Salad.

Simmered Mashed Potatoes.

Butter.

Simmered Corn on Cob.

Sliced Tomatoes.

Peach Ice Cream.

Friday

Breakfast

Oranges.

Unfired Wafer Rarebit.

Butter.

Hot Milk from the chafing dish.

Luncheon

Bananas.

Pignolias.

Almonds.

Unfired bread.

Young Onions.

Melon.

Dinner

Cantaloupe.

Nut Stuffed egg-plant.

Celery.

Rice with peas.

Nut Salad.

Simmered Young Beets.

French Dressing.

Peaches and Cream.

Fresh Chocolate Candy.

Saturday

Breakfast

Figs and Cream.

Two tablespoons oatmeal.

Milk.

Almonds.

Luncheon

Grapes.

Unfired Bread.

Nut Butter.

Peanuts.

Sliced Turnips.

Figs.

Dinner

Grape Juice.

Baked Potatoes.

Butter.

French Poached Eggs.

Lettuce Salad.

Beets.

Hot Unleavened Bread.

Honey in Comb.

Simmered Prunes.

Sunday

Breakfast

Peaches.

Uncooked Flaked Wheat.

Milk.

Dates.

Dinner

Cherries.

Cream Potatoes.

Stuffed Tomatoes.

Macaroni and Cheese.

Apple Salad.

Simmered Cauliflower.

Cream Dressing.

Fruit Salad with Whipped Cream.

Fresh Chocolates.

Egg Nog.

Luncheon

Bread and Milk or Cream of Tomato Soup.

Crackers.

English Walnuts.

Angel Food Cake.