COUNTRY LIFE Rural Diet During the last War a censor
found in a letter written by an Indian to his relatives at home the comment : "England is a country where no man goes hungry and dogs look after the sheep." The town children who have been evacuated seem to agree with the first part of this verdict. The extent of the country meals astonishes them ; as indeed the existence of regular meals at particular times astonished a good many. Wages are low and meat, especially bacon, is a luxury. Fish, that staple diet in the towns, is used very sparingly. The art of cooking, of making little appear much and insipid food savoury, is not highly developed. Nevertheless and notwith- standing, country children in general are generously fed and their diet has been much improved of late both by more milk and the provision of meals by the school authorities. The value of vegetables is perhaps more highly esteemed than it was, in spite of the decay of allotments.
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