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