The Call of The Calorie.

Science has invaded every department of human existence including food. At one time meals were just food. To-day “vittles” are vitamins, and the call of the calorie and the chemical properties of pie are table topics. Infants prattle in their prams of protein, gurgle of glucose and sneer at starch. To-day, cooking is a chemical exploration rather than a labour of love, and never was it more truly said that “the hand that stocks the table is the hand that rules the world.”

Of course, it is nice to know that science has taken our stomachs to heart, but there are times when oldfashioned folk feel that they would prefer a little food with their meals. But, we who love food for its entertainment value alone, are rightly reminded that if “love makes the world go round,” indigestion can make it go flat.

The fact that thousands of our forefathers lived to ninety without ever making the acquaintance of a calorie or getting chummy with a vitamin is discounted by the probability that they would have lived just as long even if they had been “au fait” with these bugs.