Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-01-28
ANOTHER LOVE STORY.

: ANOTHER LOVE STORY
! From Dio Lewis Monthly.
A giltedged note came in the morn
ing mail. uanscribe IL:
dear Sir Il wish TO ask you II
may come and zee you about being dread
/ full thin? Hoping TO sse you soon, an,
. that you will help me,
| am, respectfully,
"C-- D."
At the appointed time a very thil
young lady entered my office, cam
+. forward, timidly, and said
twenty?"
Perhaps no. You are not well, ant
that always makes people look olde
than they really are"
"Oh l am well enough, only ~
dreadfully thin. Can anything be dom
for me? / would be willing to take {
hundred bottles OF the worst stuff In tn,
world, II I could only get some flesh OF
these bones. A friend Of mine wass
ing last evening that he would give q
fortune to see me plump"
Isaw at once, from her manner, that
her friend was her lover.
Would you be willing to 60 to Cliff
Springs, In Arkansas ?" asked.
~ would start TO n;oTow."
But the waters are very bad"
said.
~ don esre how bad they are, ]
know / can drink them"
asked whether you were willing
TO go TO Arkansas to test the strength 0i
your purpose. 1t IL not necessary to
leave your home. Nine thin people In
ten can become reasonably plump with.
out such a sacrifice.
81 am delighted 10 hear It, but sup
pose must take lot of some awful
bitter stuff.
eyes, 1t Is bitter, and has to be taken
every night"
" / don't care, would take 1t II 1t
was twice as bad What Is it7 What
IL the name Of IL?
'"TheLatin name Of the stuf1,is Bedibus
Nineo' clockibus.
What an awful name shall not be
able to speak 1t. Is there no common
name for it?"
ooh, yes the plain English is this
You lust be in bed every night at nine
o'clock. Doctors generally talk inLatin.
Bedibus Nineo' cl0ckibus is theI4atin for
you must be in bed every night at nine
o'clock"
ooh, that Is dreadful ! thought 1t
was something could take.
" Is. You must take your bed every
night before the clock strikes nine"
" But l thought you would give me
something In bottle to take"
"Of course, know what you
thought. That is the way with you
all. One person eats an enormous
quantity of rich food, till his stomach
and liver can't bulge; then he cries
out 20 doctor, what can take q
Another fills his system with tobacco
until his nerves break down, and he
exclaims, o doctor, what shall take?'
Another sits up till thirteen Or fourteen
O'Clock, leads a life Of dissipation, be-
comes pale, dyspeptic and wretched,
flies to the doctor and cries %, doctor,
what shall take p Now, madam you
noticed what you call your skin and
bones"
"Bu', doctor. you are entirely"-I
:" thought 80. If you will 20 to bed
every night for six months before nine
O'Clock, without making any other |
change in your habits,you will gain ten |
pounds in weight and look five years
younger.
"I'll do it, though of course when
have company can't"
That will not do. Regularity in |
sleep Is particularly mportant-more
important oven thanregularity in eat
ing"
AT length she exclaimed
| will 60 to bed at nine o'clock |
every night for six months if 1t kills me
my friends"
But this Is not enough. If you are
to obtain the speediest re-
suits, in addition to this you must take
the right kind of food-sweet Graham
bread and butter, cracked wheat, oat-
meal, sweet potatoes, and other similar
things, and use but little meat. Then
you must cultivate jolly people. Moth
ing is truer If human physiology than
The old saw laugh and grow fat. -
But can't laugh. You might as
well tell me to fly"
My dear lady, Ihave no doubt you
believe this, but you are mistaken. If
yon will pardon me, ! would like to say
what think of this miserable whining.
1t Is weak, cOwardly, pitiful. Every
them very pestilence of sorrow, and
h., La, 10, lal tp, l
Dvery oHe wretched, they whine az If
others were to blame. Such people are
, common nuisance which ought to be
ibated My dear lady, | hope you will I
not think that intend all this for you,
but | see so much of what is called low
spirits, and the mischief that comes
rom it, that my patienceis exhausted.
"What you say is quite true, and t
whether you designed IL for me or not,
know deserve it all. But how can
laugh when don't feel like ?''
"Tbat is just the difference between /
IN animal and man. The animal is
governed by impulse, the man by a II
ense of obligation. l sometimes have
ny tronbles, business and otherwise, S
nut when am particularly jolly about t
ZONE, my wife asks me if anything "A
las gone wrong, for she long ago !;
earned that that is my way OF meeting v
rouble. l do not feel at liberty to an
10Y my family, or any one else, with a
al face or whining complaints. 1t is b
greater nuisance than a disgusting h
dor, and what decent human being b
would feel at liberty to take this into
he presence of his friends %
Doctor, this is all true, but what b
an do? / can't laugh with tears in "
~ eyes. n
An insane person who has lost all ii
ohtrOl of himself must follow his i'm 81
ulses but a sane person, If depressed e