Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-16
PRACTICAL POINTS.
nvcpepslA AND BREAD pIET-ELEA-
NOR Kinks ADVICE.
A uos-Brcnd Fiend-Rico Diet Cure
Beacon Biscuits-Healthful Di-
gestion aud Exercise.
,srsc,al Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dis
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RnooKLYN. n. ~. Fehrnnry bal. 1890.

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BnooKrYY. N. Y. February IA, 1890.
To the friendswho have thanked me for
40 breathing exercises and the hints in re-
',a,d 10 lightweight dresses and skirts I
sss"rId reply that they are perfectly well
core. and TO those who desire especial
cooking directions and the more particular
attenuation about the cutting and making
OF tea,gowns; etc., etc., have only to. say
That thev will be furnished in due time.
One letter from gentleman in the South,
Who facetiously signs himself "a Hot
II,recd Fiend, and n Chronic Dyspeptic,"
reminds me of what | said about good |
,ysrn bread being healthier than bad cold /
broad. ana says: IF you really mean that |
vou will give my wife plain directions how |
10 please nor husband. Folks have good |
deal Of advice thrown at their heads. but |
verv little of this advice is ever practical. |
shall be glad TO find that yours is."
DYSPEPSIA AND BREAD.
could read between the lines of my |
correspondents racv communication, and |
Yves Immediately struck with the fact that |
IL was very cross and nervous and had |
n de use of every possible aid TO cure his
dyspepsia except the help that comes from
eelf-denial in the matter OF appetite. am
| ready TO stand to what have said in re-
card TO good hot bread being better than
moor cold bread. but am not willing to
make an affidavit that any kind Of bread
viii be the right kind for this gentleman's
particular trouble. A distinguished actor
! ,-ho had suffered for years from chronic
dyspepsia. told ne that he was entirely
J cured by following the advice OF Mrs. Far
rem. one OF the kndest and sweetest old
women that eyer appeared before the foot
/ lights.
RICE CURE.
| Her remedy was certainly a simple one.
! THE patient was to take no medicine, and
eat nothing but boiled rice for four weeks.
| 1t could be taken with butter. or with bat
fer and sugar, or with cream. The patient
must be the Judge as to the trimmings. The
| gentleman alluded to above. could not dl-
gest bread, not even stale raised bread,
which is recommended as generally safe by
practical Psychologists; but he was per-
! fectly cured by this diet of rice. It is
an utter impossibility for irritated sto-
machs TO take care OF "wads of dough"
The soft parts of biscuits as usually made
are utterly destructive TO health. These
wads clog, irritate, and inhame. Upon
them the gastric juice has just about rs
much effect rs it would have upon the
same amount of gutta-percha. There
never will be sound nerves IN sound
/ bodies" said the venerable Aggasiz in one
! OF his famous talks. until there IL
thorough reform in bread-making and
he was right The human stomach is q
powerful machine but 1t cannot reduce TO
| the necessary condition the materials
which have not passed through the first
and most important process OF mastlca-
! ton.
BEACON BISCUITS.
But lest my brother enquirer should
think am one of the preachers who do not
practice-one of the advisers who have no.
! thing to suggest In the way OF reform
will give one simple, perfect recipe tor hot
| biscuits. This rule was originated by
Young Boston society girl, whose father
| suffered excruciatingly from dyspepsia,
and who persisted IN eating "wads OF
dough-" These biscuits are now very popu-
lar. especially in Boston, and are called
Beacon biscuits" As far as have OBJ
served they are perfectly healthy artl-
cles of diet and will not disturb
the most delicate stomach: Add an
even teaspoonful of salt to quart
of the best -four and sift three times.
Dissolve but do not. heat half cup OF
| sweet butter and stir into the flour with q
SPOON Then dissolve Fleschnanns
compressed yeast-cake in little warm wa
ter. and stir this in thoroughly with the
spoon. Have some warm milk ready ana
add enough to make dough OF medium
stiffness. Set to rise. When very light
slit in enough more -four to make tender
and easy-to-roll-Out dOugh-the less Hour
the better. When risen the second time
-four the board and rolling-pin. end cut of
small pieces and roll very thin-indeed.
make them as wafersh as possible. They
can be cut into cookey shape or into
squares. Place two of these exceedingly
thin waters together with tiny pieces OF
butter between. Have a brisk oven. and
L. 90 81 faaa
crisp. tender, delicate. and there will be no
dough for the stomach and head and nerves
to unayailingly work upon. | know OF q
dvspeptlc who sometimes eats fifteen OF
these for his breakfast with sizeable piece
of steak, and he takes care OF them per-
fectly.
BREAD DIET.
r. nv readers will think seriously upon
this matter of bread diet they will under
stand the effect of bad bread upon the
system. Dough and alkalies are response
bic for all sorts of physical troubles. The
old theory concerning the healthtulness OF
: stale bread is about exploded; The bread
that figured upon the tables OF some
water-cnre establishments few years ago
was enough to make q patient commit
suicide even TO look at 1t. We never see
ANYTHING of that kind in even our most
radical SnnitarIums of to-day. The cate
rers of these establishments realize that
the human taste must be consulted az well
o. the human digestion, and | know OF an
institution OF this kind where the beacon
biscuits are served twice a day, and are
eaten with more relish than any other kind
OF bread.
trust my friends who suffer from dys-
pepsia will be attracted to the koumlss
remedy. the recipe for which L gave
last week. 1t is hard to find anything
more digestible and strengthening.
GOOD EXAMPLE.
One lady. evidently in the flush OF health
writes mo that she thinks 1t is too bad &c
have to spend so much valuable time fuss
inc over sick folks; and helf of the world:
inYalids are only III in their lmagnGtlons
and they ought not to be coddled. an
a southern woman" she says, land wall
six miles day. rain or shine. | never had
a pair Of corsets on my back, and never
wore high-heel shoe. II women wont to
be sick why let them be sick. believ,
that the person who breathes properly ano
| dresses and exercises properly can dlgeS
raw dough if nothing better could b'
found to eat. There are several Of us who
want TO know how 10 make walklng-dres'
OF some material that will be light anS
pretty and economical" This CORE spon,d
ent goes step too far. She is sound on th'
breathing and exercising and dressing, bu'
the stomach must be the first care after all
wALKING-DRE5sEs.
In reference to the walkIng-dresses
would say that serges and cashmeres are
much used The skirts can be made plar
and full and still be strictly a Ia mode. The
little Jacket waists are very fashionable
with velvet and silk revere and rolling col
lars and cuffs and full sleeves. All thu
walking-dresses now worn by sensible wo
men are Of a. light weight as it Is possible
TO buy and make. Passementerie and heay'
braids are used for evening and reception
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