Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-07

THE PAINS AND FINANCES or 0vERtoADgp sroYACHs
From the Philadelphia Record.
Some years ago no less an authority than Sir
Henry Thompson declared that he had been com.
peiied by facts constantly coming before him to
accept the conclusion that more mischief In the
form OF actual disease, OF impaired vIgor, and Of
shortened life has accrued to civilized tnan from
erroneous habits in eating than from the habitual
use OF ae0heli0 drink, considerable as he knew the
svll OF that to be. He also declared himself In
were not as great moral evil as inordinate drink
Ing.
judgment has been rlpened by great experience
that the organized raid against the Saloon which
IN some measure De proftaoly turnei against the
Kitchen The fabricators OF our food have much,
Indeed, 70 answe, for. They make digestne raw
we eat them and suffer. We eat them. but the
cooks are not altogether to blame. We eat more
than we should, and we eat what Is ageeable to
our palates knowing that 1t will not be relished
by our stomachs.
In youth the results Of overlooking and unscien-
zinc feedlng are usually not serious. Like colts, we
use up tne store OF food we put down our threats
by manifold risky activities. But we are not al
ways colts The time soon comes when our growth
is attained and when the system no longer easily
eliminates the waste material not necessary for
The ordinary purposes OF repair. We then begin to
STORE up iat, which Is OF no use TO u.s. and fayss
out IN carrying It around. II we do not fatten we
lay the foundation for dyspepsia, which is another
noIu III Stohidcu TeDellOn or perhaps Tor levers,
rheunatisms and other disorders which rack the
system with pains and penances.
temperance organization which should lay
down as It's fundamental law abstinence from ex-
cessve eating would do away with the greater
part OF the ordinary sicknesses among persons who
should live up to the law. 1t Is almost invariably
tue case that those who attain TO remarkable age
are moderate eaters who live upon simple food
Inc man who had the covering of hts stomach
shot away SO that, after recovering from his
wound the processes OF digestion could be OBJ
served was teacher worth a thousand college
professors He made IL apparent by occular
demonstration that simple food readily turned
into nourfshiag alimeDt was the surety OF perfect
health and strength. We are but as machines
our springs and cogs and pulleys fall into disorder
eltnef from overwork or neglect. We must
ADAPT our lives to the conditions OF our human
machinery, using so much OF the good things OF
inns world as are good for US, and no more
DOUBTLESS much Of the SHINING In regard to eat
Ing arises from ignorance. Doubtless, too, the
hablt or oyerfeeding IL mainly formed, like many
Other habits In childhood And IT, Is here that the
mothers OF the land may WORK a wonderful bene.
faction. They may not be able to control their
husbands appetites, but they can give to their
cnidren proper food, properly prepared and see to
II tnat they 10 not distend their little stomach
with more than they need. Tue modern doctors
STIMULATES that babies should be fed only at stated
intervals, and II fed from the bottle, as many
modern babies are, only O stated amount Is
The child OF three or four, or o dozen years even
better judge OF the quantity Of food the human
machinery requires than fs the infant In arms? We
carefully regulate the quantity OF food we give
10 our horses ana cows and pigs Have we any
right 10 De less careful OF our children?