30 JUNE 1917, Page 13

THE CONSERVATION OF FOOD. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "

SPECTATOR.") Sra,—Do you think your readers would be interested in the not lines of Dr. Isaac Watts'—

"There are a number of us creep Into the world to eat and sleep, And know no reason why they're born, Save to consume the flesh and corn. Unlucky birds of hateful name— Ravens and crows—might do the same. Ravens and crows might fill their places, And feed on corn and carcases.

Then if their tombstones, when they die,

Bean't taught to flatter or to lie,—

Why, then, what further can be said, Than that they've eat up all their bread.

Drank up their drink, and gone to bed? "

It is a very clever satire upon those who only live to eat, forget- ting that the purpose of eating is to live. Diet cures more than