The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-22
TIGHT LAc1NG AND DYSPEPSIA.
A Short Sermon on Zach Of Them,
With Remedies.


a Short Sermon on Each Of Them,
With Remedies.
Brooklyn, n. Y, Feb. 2l.-An enthusi-
astic Baltimorean desires me to give leaf
from her experience as a faster. She has
suffered severely for years with chronic
dyspepsia, and this trouble had developed
others which bade fair to be incurabIe.
Medicine did no good. In fact, the more
she swallowed the worse she felt. as the
remedy which might have been potent for
ore disease was thoroughly antagonistic
to the other. She finally concluded
to stop eating for a few days
and see what this would ACCOMPLISH.
So for ten days no morsel of food passed
her lips. Instead of feeling weaker as the
days wore on she gained in strength. At
tho end of this time her friends became so
anxious because Of here paleness and de-
crease IN weight that to please them she
broke her fast with sea moss blanc mango.
This she ate in the middle of the day, and 50
continued for a month, when she increased
to two meals. morning aud afternoon.
-Four months have now passed and she has
not varied in the least from this simple bill
of fare. She IS in robust health
and would not know from present feeling
that she ever was afflicted with dyspepsia.
II fully intend" the lady writes. ito be
governed by my own instincts in this mat
ter. OF course l do not intend to live on sea
moss forever, but have suffered too much
in the past to foolishly meddle with a CON
dltlon satisfactory in every respect. Ishall
let well enough alone, but when the stom-
ach makes a demand for a change
l shall meet this demand with .all the
wisdom l possess. ThOre is Ger.
tain pleasure in eating which no one will
deny, though at best this enjoyment IS an
ephemeral one. But there is an abiding
satisfaction in a comfortable stomach, a
clean head and a healthtul circulation of
the blood. So | sit down to my saucer OF
sea moss blanc mango and my little jug of
cream with radiant spirits, for know that
| shall feel just as we'll after my meal as
before it. And now, my dear Mrs. Kirk, do
please tell women that dyspepsia and other
troubles-yea, verify, heart disease and
liver complaints can be eradicated from the
system by the means that l have made
use Of"
think my correspondent has been very
wise in her treatment Of herself, but
whether SO long an abstinence from all food
would be wise for others similarly affected
l do not know. The blanc mango diet
have seen repeatedly tried, aud always with
curative effects. But it Is very little use to
eat sea moss blanc mango one day and plum
pudding and hot biscuits the next. Patients
will he wonderfully benefited. In this con-
nection it is interesting to note the new dis
coveries that are continually being made
by scientific medical practitioners. DIR.
Richard Kslish, O distinguished oculist of
New York, says that the majority Of pa
tients suffering from cataract on the eye,
have been the victims of some aggravated
form Of dyspepsia, and Sir Morrell Mac
kenzie states that improper eating
snd overating have caused a much
larger proportion of diseases of the
eye than the abuse Of the eye per Sc
by protrscted study and the burning of
the mid light oil. Eyes we're made for
use, and IL man takes care of his general
health, a care which always commences at
the stomach, his eyes, unless in hereditary
instances, will hold out faithful to the end.
The old treatment for cataract, a treat
ment which was as dangerous as painful,
has now given place to massage and the
painless installation of fluid, which is prov
ing successful in the natural absorption of
nineteen out Of twenty cases of uncompli-
Gated cataract.
Speaking of hot biscuits makes me think
of the requests that have been made for the
recipe Of ''St. Dennis rolls" will give
these directions as soon as l can get them,
but it frequently requires little time and
some effort to become possessed of the rules
for new things.
"What would you do ""Worried Mother"
asks, IF you had a daughter who had been
well instructed in all hygienic matters, but
who persisted in lacing her corsets until she
dangerously interfered with the circulation
of the blood? My daughter is IS. and never
has had either precept or example to mis-
lead her in such ways"
Well, think if had talked hygiene and
lived hygiene for eighteen years that should
stop talking and see how that would work.
One cannot shut girl Of Is in a closet, nor
bring her to her senses with switch, and
if precept and example have both failed
there are no weapons left. Perhaps this
young woman has heard too much about
hygiene. One can be surfeted with by
giene as we'll as killed with corsets. There
are some women who have to be invaded
before they will admit the injury Of habit
dear to them. Such process is hard for
loving mother to witness day after day,
but when the parent has done all she can,
then she should stop altogether and deal
with her rebellious child as God deals with
us-let her go to the uEtermost limit of her
foolishness and take the inevitable conse-
quences. This is the discipline of expert
ence and generally does the work.
The best argument with those who cling
to tradition in the matter of tight lacing is
that it is no longer fashionable. Those who
are considered the best dressers do not wear
whalebones in their gowns. Figures are ex-
pected to fit the dress waists without the
aid of strong strings, steels and bones.
Formerly every figure must be wreuched
into fashion-plate shape.
If woman cannot at the present time
pin on her hat and brush her hair, if need
be, after she MSS put on her gown, then the
gown is misft and not stylish.
ELEANOR KIRK.