Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-16
eAsrRoNOmIc CURIosIrrEs


What Is one mans meat Is another man 8
ooison. remarked a well-kuown hotel
keeper. reaectively.
~ have had occasion to see several
hundred guests eat daily for the past
thirty years, and have arrived at the
conclusion that no two persons are CON
Hituted alike Some are made sick by
strawberries; others. IN fact the major
ty, can eat them with IMMUNITY; and
he same Is true of mushrooms, Holsters,
eggs, oysters, aud many other things.
know Of man who, for several years,
Vas made sick by potatoes, and Of an
sther, who was unpleasantly affected By
sickerel. remember one very strange
sase. that of a lady residing in the
,uhurbs. You know, of course, that
aam and eggs are generally considered
ndigestlble. Well. this lady could eat
ham and eggs, in any reasonable amount,
with perfect impunity, but could not eat
Is much as half slice of bread without
bad results.
sSome Of my guests always drink beer
with their dinner. Now, If / should do
hat for few days my stomach would
Be completely upset. Ii would be In the
,ame condition, too, If should drink
coffee for few mornings, though you
know how general coffee drinking Is. A
doctor of the Massachusetts general
hospital always asks his female patients
il they drink tea or coffee, and if they
10, and will not consent to give it up,
ae positively refuses to have anything to
10 with them. Comparatively few can
rink coffee in the evening without being
xept awake by it, and / know Of man
who. from chewing a coffee bean, has
passed q sleepless night. OF course, IS
have said, people are differently con-
.tituted; but these facts show what q
powerful effect il has upon the nerves,
and great MANY are, like myself, made
bilious by it. It is now, ! believe, gener'
ally conceded to be lessinjurious If taken
without milk CT sugar"
.'Do most of your customers take three
meals day?"
'.No; think the majority take but
two, breakfast and dinner, with just a
bite. perhaps, for lunch The amount a
man can eat with impunity depends
very largely on his occupation. III he
takes a great deal of exercise in the open
air he can, of course, eat with much
greater freedom than man of sedentary
habits This is also true Of smoking and
drinking. think you will find that the
patrons of the cheaper hotels aud res
taurants require three square meals a
day. Personally, / incline to the one
meal system. ! rise about Z 80 o'clock
and 90 to the market, and while market
ing am very apt to eat little fruit OF
some kind. When return to the hotel
am, you may be sure, ready for break
fast, and generally make very hearty
one. 90 through the motions in the
middle OF the day, but what eat in ad
dition to my breakfast amounts to very
little.
81 know one doctor quite we'll that
| says what he wants when troubled with
indigestion IS rich food. Let me show you
what DIR. William A. Hammond says in
recently published article, entitled
Proper Food for the Nervous a good
Indication of the power Of the stomach
IS generally afforded by the state Of the
! appetite. When there is a strong desire
for food. and relish for the things sci
before one. it is usually the case that the
stomach is capable of doing its work eff
iiciently.'
''That reminds me OF rather remark
| able case that came within my observa
| ton. A well known Boston iron mer
chant was terribly troubled with indi
/ geslion, so much so that he could IetaiI
nothing on his stomach but the weakest
/ kind of chicken broth. lie was seized
one day with an intense longing for OF
| olive, and told his doctor of it.
= Well. said the doctor, shortly, 81
: voi, vvonf ~ dia aof oua
/ ''The longing increased. however, t,
such an extent that he resolved to hav,
some olives at any cost. So he bongh
small bottle of them. and ate ever,
one; aud. will you believe it2 he com
menced to improve from that self sam,
hour. | know of another gentleman
who glavely asserts that he owes his lif
to piece of mince pie. When Quit,
young, both he and his sister were at
tackled by dysentery. His sister died
and his own life was despaired Of. Hi
father and mother stood at his bedsic,
in tears; and the doctor, who was pres
ent, said that he could do nothing mor
for him. He had for some time felt
longing for piece OF mince pie, ant
told his mother of it. She appealed /,
the doctor, and the Iatter--very sensi
bly,, think-said, Yes, if he wants il
let him have il.
"A piece of pie was brought, and
having expressed so strong desire 70
it, he managed to eat few mouthfuIs
though it did not prove as palatable a
he expected. The next morning he wa
much better. and his life was saved, al
of which he attributes to the dried frui
and brandy contained in the pie. Thes
are but two Of many similar cases hav
heard Of.
Now. see what DR.. Hammond saws
! am quite sure that the great majorit,
Of persons, the world through, do no
eat enough. There are more peopl
/ killed BY not getting sufficient to ca
than there are by dverfeeding; and
think this is especially the case in thi
country, where all kinds Of food are 3
plentiful that very few need 90 withou
an abundance, except from choice b
from II IL