THE FOOD WE EAT.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—A propos of apples, there are two old English saws which confirm Mr. Radcliffe Cooke's praise of apples (Spectator, April 13th) :— " An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
"Eat an apple going to bed, You will make your doctor beg his bread."
An experience of some length enables me to support all he cays as to the benefit of eating raw apples the last thing at night. A Dr. Searles some years ago wrote to the Journal of Agriculture :—" The apple is such common fruit that few are familiar with its remarkable efficacious properties. Every- body ought to know that the very best thing they can do is to eat apples just before retiring for the night The apple is an excellent brain food, because it has more phos- phoric acid in easily digested shape than any other vegetable known. It excites the action of the liver, promotes sound and healthy sleep, and thoroughly disinfects the mouth. That is not all. The apple agglutinates the surplus acids of the stomach, helps the kidney secretions and is one of the best preventatives ]mown of diseases of the throat. Everybody should be familiar with such knowledge. Next to the orange and lemon, it is the best antidote for the thirst and craving of the person addicted to alcohol or opium."—I Colloid& Vicarage, Staffs.
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