The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-09-24
HEALTH AND TINE TABLES.
Why Chicago $uhurbanites Have TIE Dys-
pcpsa-Change for the Better.

pcpsia-Change for the Better.
Neariy everybody asks any physician
whom he may know and cuusually meet
if there is much sickness in his neigh Dor
mood. This is quite rational, because that
is q subject upon which a physician should
be we'll informed. and one i'll which he
certainly ha, ;'n interest III response to
,t!l inquiry OF this sort the ether day, 4
,tuctor who lives and practices in ona OF
he pretty suburban towns on the Illinois
Central railroad made 4 reply something
~, follows:
The general hc:iltl! out our way was
never SO good as now. particularly among
the men. There is less dyspepsia amt IN
digestion. and fewer ri the many troubles
following in the w;,s OF indigestion. \
reason for this is "asily found. 1t is III
the change of running arrangement of
suburban trains which went into effect ON
the Illinois Central about three months
ago. This sounds strange to- you, no
doubt, but it is quite rational Under the
old train arrangement there was a time
table which every one consulted with Il
view to selecting the train he wished to
take for the city. Nearly every one Sc
lectcd Il certain train as the one by which
he intended regularly to travel, and made
his household arrangements accordingly.
Thus catching the train became an every
morning struggle with many men. They
did not seem to think that 4 later train
would do just us well.
Somewhat lnreasonably, but quite uni
versally, they permitted the certain train
habit to SO grew upon them that they
made themselves and others miserable If
by any chance breakfast was late and
their favorite train likely to go without
them. This was partly the result of habit
and partly ALI effect Of that desire to have
the household affairs run right up to the
scratch, which SO many men possess,
along with Il little bit of tyranny and
disposition to growl. There was also one
wish to meet certain cronies sure to be on
the favOrite train. AS every suburbanite
knows, result Of this train-catching
mania was undue haste at the breakfast
table. If the fire happened not to burn
just right, Or the cook was trifle slow,
or the wife WAS delayed by attending to
the wants OF the children, and the meal
thus made u few minutes later than the
appointed hour, in nine cases out of ten
the tran-catcher attempted to make up
the lost time by swallowing his breakfast
SO much the quicker. II any meal should
DC eaten leisurely it is the breakfast
This is the. fuel upon which the human
machine is to run through five or six
hours Ut toll and activity. If the fireman
OF the locomotive fed his fire. box as many
or the passengers used to gorge their
stomachs there wouldn't be steam enough
to draw the train into town. The stoln-
ach Is Theoretically more delicate than q
locomotives hre-box Breakfasts GUIDED
down with the mind in furry and with
ears listening for the locomotive whistle
10 as much harm as good, particularly if
the examining he followed by a run to the
station. No wonder our subarbanites
were troubled with indigestion and dys-
pepsia.
NOW, however, the trains run almost
as frequently as street cars, and few peo-
pie exert themselves to catch any certain
train. The best evidence Of this is the
fact that the old coteries are broken up.
Formerly the same faces could he seen on
a train every day. Everybody got to
know everybody else. at Leaf by sight.
Now the cars &c filled with strangers.
the Old famil rs being on earlier trains
or to follow by later ones. Breakfasts
are eaten more leisurely and in better
temper, with less furry and rush. House
Keepers, relieved of the anxiety about the
train which the lord and master must
catch, are learning to make more of the
breakfast Better appreciation, better
appetites, and better digestion follow as
matter of course. There is better he
ginning of the day for all concerned
Ihere IS time for fruit, for conversation,
for the children to be made ready for ap- |
pearance ut table. and for decency and |
All this axes but Il few min !
utes longer than under the train catching
hustling arrangement. but they are prec-
l0us moments in many " household. -
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