100 we try to express new ideas by old words. nutritive value." We see by this wording that he Dr. Wiley goes so far as to say of beverages in gen- foods as, while liquid in form, still are regarded almost intends to exclude from the term "beverages" such Value of Enjoyment. before, is there anybody who will drink beer when he tising the nutritive value of beer; in fact, they are It comes under the head of condiments or relishes. it clearly represents the popular idea of the term, as is hungry? Beer is used as an adjunct to those arti- ought to be retained for public discussion in that sense ; f. i., milk, soups, etc. The definition is useful and ation that "it is justifiable to expend upon the mere harping upon the least important of the properties cles which are taken for nutritive purposes mainly. eral that they are "those liquid food products which press upon brewers that they make a mistake in adver- clearly as such vague terms can be defined in which I also hail with satisfaction Dr. Wiley's plain declar- are more valued for their taste and flavor than actual of beer. Of course, I do not deny that beer possesses fully borne out by Dr. Wiley. I have sought to im- a certain amount of nutritive value. But, as I said Expense for Pleasure not a Waste. wholly as nutriment in the stricter sense of the word,