Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-09-28
TOBACCO AND PASTRY.
How Many schoc,-Boys Are LAYING rms
Foundations for Dyspepsia.

foundations for Dyspepsia.
zone Of the chief causes OF dyspepsia
in school children is pastry, said well
known Brooklyn physician. school
children, and more especially boys. are
in the habit at noon each day Of visit
inc bakeshops and there gorging them
selves with the insidious pie, the de-
,ns;ve tart and the destructive cream
cake. Bows whose ages range from
eirht to fifteen seldom have good digcs-
fans Their stomachs, and. in fact
none of their organs, are fully de-
veloped. Taking these things into con-
sideration, does it not stand to reason
that - Youths stomach would naturally
rebel AGAINST such food? The two or
three bakeries in the vicinity OF schools
are largely patronized by school child
rem. Pastry to many hos the same
effect as cigarette smoking. lndul-
oepce in one or both will entail no end
OF misery. Have you not seen boys In
the street who were afflicted with q
mild form of St. Wins dance? The
vo,l,i,flil victim Of cigarettes shows the
effects Of the vice in his face. H. is
nervous. his eyes twitch. he jerks HE
shoulders and is sci lon seen in 9th or
than highly wrought state. II yon
wish TO see evidences Of what l state.
J visit the vicinity Of Court and Living
sion streets any lay at noon.
Acting on the suggestion the reporter
! walked through Livingston street froh
Clinton to Bnerum place. 1t was recrc-
alton hour ut both the Polytechnic and
! Central G,ammar School. Streams oi
bows emerged from both institutions
and at once made for neighb"ring
bakery. There they gorsed themselves
with sweetmeats and pastry of every
description. Wien faced little chaps
of twelve and fourteen tackled pies
nearly rs large as their heads, while
their older ella ,smatcs gave attention tC
the fes i've cranberry tart. the latt rr
being composed of heavily sweetencd
cranherrics and partly done dong a.
Occasionally one of the more advehtnr
Gus boys sneaked out of the bakery and
in some seclu led spot lighted a ciga"'
cite which he smoked till the l2:3J b It
called him back to school. Pastry. ia
!, sufficiently cooked, and cigarettes max
poor combination. Fond mothers
} woa,ler why their Buys have no ape
tite for dinner at night and vainly IT,,
to guess the reason. Did they provide
their sons in the morning with al amp =
! stocked lunch box coHtai ,ing delicac q
which would charm the palate Of TIL
nrrhin. they would fad that the latte
Noula have better apoettes for tn
7 evening meal. Instead. however. man,
: bows are given 50 much money cart
3 morning to pay their expenses for tn
: lay. This includes the price of lunchc Vi
l and ear fare. Business men sometime
e become dysp'ptics by eating too fast
g j It it is unfortunate that youths ans
II Young men Just leaving school shpu',
J. .lin their direstion3 before enterin;
IS commercial life.
II This evil. for sncl it undoubtedly is
g ran b. remedied by extending the tim
Il the MONDAY recess. In case III
y : 'c"Ss is made sixty minutes instead q
% hi1ty, those BOYS living in the vcinit
III vii have iim' - 20 home and thus oh
'r ain II good. substantial meal. Thi
u practice of eating pastry and smokin
i cigarettes is parnicious and can resil
81 in no cool. That the Board of Ell
Y Jon and the residents of the variou
&c school districts throughout the cit
> ~hould give attention to this matter n
one will deny. Good. wholesome bee
Z and potatoes are the sus enance that
o growing boy leqnires, and it should b
+ he duty of both teacher and parent t
see that he receives these articles {
a diet in preference to pie. cake an
u similar delettrious food. - Broohly
Eogie.
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