Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-07
RESPECT YOUR STOMACH.
A MEMBER WHICH SOMETIMES RISES
IN RESEtlION.

Tho idea Of the Arcients-woman's cals.
nary Horixon-Men Eat Too ssrSa and
Women Too LIttle-A Harmful Habit
A warnisg.
lie. no man take liberties With his stomach
DOR woman neither. for that matter. TIE
stomach IS long suffering nember. bat
like the worm, il viii turn upon OCCASION
Most men love their seolnachs, but Few ~
spect them But that IS where they make
large mistake. Take care Of your stomach
You have only one. and you don't know
when you're going 10 get another. In these
days Of development and discovery nothing
j. more probable than the improbable, and
il IL risky business hazardinS "A positive and
detnitive statement on anv subject: but 10 il
safe 10 say that no man viii ever get a ses>v-.i
stomach any more than De viii second -nul.
Therefore 1t beaooyes hlIn 10 be good &c
both
Take care OF your stomach and it will take
care cf you. Abuss 1t and woe be unto YOU.
The ancients made the stomach tSe seat Of
the affections, and With good reason. Sons
even 60 80 far as 10 center the soul there IL
is certain that the has;ts Of the divorce court
Is filled with cases that can be traced direct
TO defective cuisine. aud VINO shall say how
many lost souls have gone down 10 perditlon
who Gated their first dereliction from duty
back TO the deadly frying pan, and their
tall from grace 70 the dIabolicai agency OK
GsIf baked doughi
HALO OR A HALTER
Women desire to widen their sphere. Lea
them enlarge their culinary horizon The
woman who inyentS L new dish deserves q
halo or a halter. according 10 the dish.
Many woman has gone 10 an honored
grave whose best title to immortality was
her baking. Her children rise up and cal.
her blessed because she made good bread
As rule EIen eat TOO much and women
too little. And both are apt to forget that
quality has more, or should have more, 20 do
with the matter than quantity. Few women
have what may be called the 'aiimentive
sense properly developed Tho average
woman seems to consider II her special
duty and proud prerogative to cater 10 thas
high and mighty monarch, her lord and
masters stomach. and 10 lot her own severely
alone
But, even In this era Of cookery schools,
bow often can she intelligently cater TO any
body's stonacht She knows al about cakes,
candy and kickshaws. but when IL comes To
the xubstantials, where b shell And when il
comes to the esthetis Of eating, how many
of either men or women are 'theref'
Married women eat yaere than single wo-
men, not SO much as matter Of taste as Of
habit. and because foSd b lying around
Men must have their regular meals, and what
they don't want. women will eat rather than
see it go TO waste.
UTTERLY pEMoaALISEp
II Is notorious that women become utterly
demoralized as 20 their eating, when tho
''men folks are away from home for any
length of time Whether the family he rich
or poor seems 10 make little differences With
women, who almost invariably abandon the
regular dinner when the head of the house -
away, and drift into the sloyenly and harm
ful habit of picking up" such odds and
ends-mostly sweet stuff and pickles-as may
come handy. Ii men were good for nothing
else in "a Rouse, they would be well worth
their care and keep" just to hold the wo-
mankind to some sort Of regularity and
sense in the matter Of their meals.
1t is the single women, however. who most
need taking In hand-the working girls
especially. Some Of them deny themselves
the neccssaries Of life Ia order 70 put the pro-
ceeds Of their mirtyrdom upon their backs.
Poor misguided young creaturesl Haven't
they sense enough 70 know that bright eyes.
rosy cheeks and calico are more attractive
ind will catch "A husband sooner thnn dull
orbs sallow face and satins'
This is the season OF tho year when man
kind generally are Likely % be reminded that
they have stomachs. The gaia days draw
near when digestive organs do not digest.
when baby luSuriatsss in collie uara c1Irv..tl
with cramps and mamma succumbs to tho
"m0rbus."
There Is u good old saying that an ounce Of
prevention is worth n pound Of cure Tho
doctors have slain their thousands and tbs
cucumber lis tens OF thousands Remember
this, and respect your stoinach.-Mary Nor
ton Bradford Ia bos;0n Globe