Evening journal., 1889-01-23
LIVING FOR THE STOMACH.
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rsf,aAly pig the person who live. for no
lofticr puiloac than satia.g and d.in..,,,,.
Upon second thought you conclude taat v.u,r-
confession should have been taken Will n
grain Of allowance There does creep over
you now and then a conviction that YOU live
for something besides your stomach's sake.
Very good You are on the road TO happ-
ness. / knew man once who often amused
his hearers by putting some queer phrases
into his prayers He would pray that the
nerve tissues of hin stomach might loo mada
more enduring, his taste more kecnly onjoy-
able, and that his appetite might be tempted
with the fat Of the land, in order that he ltha
earthly follow might live many, many moro
years and take comfort as he went along
That man was cternnlly having coldsores
upon his lips, and II the govt has not over
taken him by this timo have lost my guess
Why coldsorcs and gouti you ask
Right, my fellow sufferer. ask all the ques-
tions YOU care TO. Why do you so often get
all stuffed up with "cold, 50 called, about
which you go prancing over the neghbor-
hood, asking everybody II, in tho name OF
common sense they can tell you how or
where You "caught itm You got it by cat
ing Hard thing 70 believe, isn't it' Rich
food, fats and highly seasoned viands have
done the business for you. The body IS a
queer machine. Il gets clogged, ana when Il
can hold out no longer il revolts, The brief
warfare which follows the wheeling, the
aching bones and running nostrils arc simply
evidences Of natures efforts 20 recover her
equilibrium Then how vain Of sou 90 dose
yourself with drugs instead Of giving the
Great Healer time to cure youl
This is my theory; The system needs Ger
tain nourishments and requires them regu-
larly. Uncautiously you have given IL too
much. Here slips in q curious trick of nature.
A morbid craving for food little richer
sliacs you-a sort Of dull longing for some
thing, You know not what Natures mission
is 20 try you and SEQ what kind of metal you
are made OF. Now follow me closely. That
! longing comes straight from your cnlnal soul
though you have digniled IL with the name
Of hunger. Il is nothing more than an,undua
excitement OF the nerves Of the stomach. TO
the cook book you hy and con 10 over 20 find
something tempting. Merely wholesome foods
have failed to iill the bin. But, my friend,
hal you the correct understanding you
would pass that craving 10y and wait
Nature il cs rcndy TO join with you Ia O
little self discipline as she WIS 20 put the ole
stacle ia your way. SLIGHT tiG Of self de-
NAL viii do wonders sometimes Self deninl
| Certainly why noti You shout with vehen
enco that virtues Of that ordor Eayo long
siaco become unpopular FROM disuge What
"a hrpza imposition wouls be table with
ogt enough daintics 20 match The silver nnt
chiaal 20, "if you please, Mra, Blank,
would ilo you 20 have prepared hth
brandy nuee for Tho pudding today.
.hcminatc food without so,nati,ing in 1t Z,
tempt follows palate" So OF flies the cool
a. your percmptory bidding, lest she may hav
done something 60 forfeit her position, an,
.onds you up-really, she puts before you
dish which the daintiost opicmo can dot
upon. Such, you say, is life. Il is not life
it is death There, you have dropped you
knife and fork in disnay that should say
thing 50 terrible. These nre facts, my friends
Frank Dexter IA Boston Globe.