The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-16
How to Make Bread that IS Appetizing
and Health Giving.


BROOKLYN, N. Y, March 15.-Within the
last few days have received three letters
from the south asking if business anxiety or
overwork could ause indigestion or dyspen-
STA. One gentleman writes hat he always
eats carefully, making 1t a rule to rise from
the table hungry, that he has no bad habits.
and goes to bed IN proper season. Still he
does not sleep well, and digestion is carried
on with fearful amount Of nerve friction.
This man knows that he over works. and so
do the rest of my corresponds ats. but
they see no way to help it, 1t is
is extremely difficult to reach the
true lnwardness of such conditions
with only a letter as guide, but overwork
and worry will certainly cause indigestion.
The person who is anxious and hurried can
not put OFT this a. xlety and haste when he
goes TO the table or lays his head upon his
pillow. He dispatches his meal with the
same nervous energy with which he dashes
OH his correspondence at the office, and is
too inpatient to wait for the passiyity
which Is necessary to the attainment of
refreshing sleep. He expects to woo the
drowsy god as be catches customer. ION
the n.y." to use professional phrase. But
THIS Is almost always impossible The will
has undoubtedly much to do with this
matter of sleep, but only where the
VIII Is powerful enough to compel the brain
to cease its planning and complaining, and
the nerves to stop carrying their messages.
Such ability is very unu Usual, and it stands
to reason that the man who gohbles his
food, even though this fool may be of the
right kind and perfectly prepared, and who
goes TO bed unable TO strip off his cares and
his ambitions with his physical garments.
will come to grief. There is positively no
help for it, though the person who steadily
maintains a proper diet in the midst of
conditions so uufavorable is likely to "liye
longer and suffer more"
Dining at the Down Town Club with
legal friend, and having a desire to look
about as | ate and study the different celeb
rifles as tley came in to refresh the inner
man, and being tn 1arted in this amusement
by the RAPID manner in which my UiS-a-uis
disposed of his soup, asked aim how much
time he had allowed himself for the pleasure
of dining with me. ''Why, | have a full
hour" he replied. "every moment of which
is at your disposal" ''If that is so, why in
the world do you make me feel as if |
ought to swallow everything whole?n
l inquired sit is aboninable.n
was the patient response, "but 1
never sit down to the table that |
do not feel as if the devil were standing he
hind me with gad.' This was not very
elegant, but it W as so forcible and so aptly
illustrates he condition which l am trying
to describe, and sides will so exactly APP
peal TO the experiences of my readers that |
feel justified in giving it. This condition is
also very common with mothers of large
families, busy housekeepers and women who
feel that they are compelled to utilize every
moment of time in earning livelihood.
Food is literally swallowed without mastica-
ton and enters the stomach stranger
to its environment, and is consequently
a most unwelcome guest. Headache, lissi-
tude, spinal irritation, shatuence inflamma-
ton OF the stomach, and a general democrat
lzatlon OF the nervous system. are a few of
the consequences of the habit Of haste in
eating and the inability to Sleep The pri-
mary cause is hurry and worry. There is
much tal6 about over-work in these days,
but in my opinion it is not SO much over
work that demoraliZes and kills.
as the fret about work. Toe
man or woman who so absolutely owns
himself of herself as to know how much
much can bs done without destroying the
nerve equilibrium, and knows enough to
st p beto G tAe danger point is reached, can
accomplish wonders. My own sex has II
great deal Co Learn in such matters. II tire
s. easily" writes a Baltimore bride, that
am afraid my husband viii repent his choice.
" Ill the breathing exercises YOU give
strengthen met IL IL aim 81 more than |
can do to count four without gaspingn
Then count two. aud keep counting accord.
ing % the directions until the breath
can hold out for three. and so on.
] suppose this respondent wears Every
snug co sets aud high-heeled shoes. An
ether writes that she cannot make bread
and her husband Is forever talking about
bis mother l1aves. "Sho wasR New Eng-
lauder aud a splendid cook, but IL am