San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-07-29
WHEN TO EAT.
Observe Regular Hsurs OF Eating n ysv
Value Your Health.


observe Regular nsars OF Eating n Tee
value Your Health.
When TO eat Is quito rs important -
what to cat though not generally 20
much discussed. Many who arc partic-
ular TO prepare their food according 70
some hygienic theory. cat at all hours
Of the day without thought OF injuring
their stomachs. Women who 1.-Two alone
or whose men folks are absent during
the day, fall into the habit OF eating
when thcy have time, or "when they
feel like IT," and whom there Is q pres
sure OF work often delay their meals
two or three hours beyond the proper
time. An occasional irrcgularity OF
this kind may do no harm, but when
continued awhile the digestion becomes
disordcred, and all sorts OF stomach,
bowel and liver troubles follow as con-
sequence, to say nothing OF frequent
headaches. Whatever your work. rc-
auire yourself 10 observe regular hours
for eating IL you value your health
The hours set apart for meals should
suit the convonienccs. business and liv-
inp habits Of those who eat. II tho
breakfast hour agrees with our nour for
work and rest, Il matters little whether
Il Is 8, z, s or o o'clock, provided we
keen TO the same hour every morning.
Tho same applies 10 the dinner hour.
but mt least five hours should elapse be.
tween meals 10 give the stomach time
TO finish digestion and rest q little
before beginning on o now supply y
food.
Equally II not more pernicious than
irregular meals, is the habit OF eating
between meals. Many OF the ailmenfs
to which children are subject can bt
readily traced to their continual ''piec
ing" between meals. Indeed, children
are sometimes "pieced" to death. The
frequent supplies of food disturb the
process Of digestion, prolonging y
treaty, so that the stomach Is constantly
at work. The whole digestive .appar
atus is weakened thereby, and the foun
dations laid for dyspepsia and othe'
disorders.
In addition to this injury. the child
who ''pieces" soon loses his relish FOL
wholesome, nutritious food. Having
eaten bread and molasses, cake or pie,
as may be an hour or two before din
ner, he comes TO the table without an
appetite, rejects plain, substantial dishes
and waits for dessert. The frctfulnesA
skin eruptions, impoverishment OF thu
body, and sickness from cakes and
pastry, need not be dwclt upon. y
mothers would give their children THAI
best of inheritance, good health. they
must resolutely abolish the ''piecing"
system.
II a child refuses TO eat at one meal
Let him wait until the noxt. DO not
attempt to coax or compel him to cat
II he Is not hungry, his stomach doe,
not require food. and Is better withouti
II he refuses from pettishness or OBJ
stinacy, waiting Is good discipline. Reg
ular meals, plain, wholesome food. AND
nothing between times, should bo TIT
rule. II may seem hard to refuse
child when no complains Of hunger. bu'
his health should be the first consider
alton, and after regular habits are onct
established, there will bc no further
trouble.
The only allowable departure from
this rule i5 where child is really un.
well in tho morning, and therefore hn
no in lination to cat until some time
after breakfast. A small amount Of
easily digested food may then be given
sufficient to allay the pangs Of hunger
but not enough to prevent the stomach
from being ready for meal at dinner
time.
There is still another, though mino
objection to children eating between
meals. It is troublesome to have then
running to cupboard, scattering
crumbs and smearing themselves. 1t y
annoying to have them whimpering and
fussing at meal-time. pushing awaJ
their potato and crying for sugar; ana
nothing is more disagreeable than TO
children who go calling with theh
mothers to begin five minutes afta
their arrival, INA, want something Il
eat;" ma, ma, l want piece"
Mothers, if you have no concern fol
your children's health, pray have Lit
tic for their manners Tribune aN
Farmer.