The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-02-27
TAKE TIME.

10 Not Be iu iuch "a furry Mt tho Table.
Only those who have suffered with
the torturcs Of indigestion can fully ap
preciatc the blessings that attend the
condition where ''gool digestion waits
on appetite, and health on both
Moreover, IL those who enjoy these
blessings could catch one glimpse of the
demons of unrest" that forever dog the
footsteps of the dyspeptic, am of opin.
ion that they would be much more care.
full to keep the door securely closed !
against these unwelcome visitors that
seem so eager to come in to dine and !
sup with the family.
The people of this country are not
only in too great hurry to give proper
time to the eating Of their food but |
they are in too much OF a hurry for 1t
to digest. ] have seen hearty meals
consumed by hungry peoyle in abo nj
ten minutes, amid silence as profound
as that which reigns at midnight, save
the regular and unceasing friction OF
knives and forks against the surface of
the plates. With the last mouthful
hardly swallowed these people would
| file solemnly out to take up at once the
labor of the afternoon. What wonder
that we are a nation of dyspeptics OF
various degrees of wretchedness? In a
majority of the homes of the country,
in hotels and restaurants, in boarding
houses and at railway lunch-copntors,
indigestion is cultivated by the haste
with which people eat, making of this
necessary proceeding a life-and-death
matter, in very truth, if one may judge
| he e. al !, irh
IS commonly characteristic of it.
That mental animation and mirth.
full atmosphere are better than drugs
to assist weak stomach to perform its
duties, can be shown by the experience
of almost every one. 1t is well-known
fact that when one dimes with "A COM
pany of friends, he oftentimes eats
more and richer food than usual, and
yet feels no i'll effects from it. | have
known person who was accustomed
to be regularly distressed three times
day at home, to go to an evening party
at which a late supper was served and,
throwing discretion to the winds, enter
into the enjoyment of the good things,
both mental and material, that his
host and hostess had provided, and go
home late at night, amazed that he had
forgotten he had such an article as n
stomach! | do not mention this to en-
courage the folly of late suppers or of
injudicious eating, even on festive occa-
sions, but to show that the mind has
much to do with the function OF diges-
tion.
The one who sits down to the table
feeling sure that his food is going to
4 J;e+ l. -. 1,+
, without being disappointed! 1t is un-
fortunate that dyspeptic people are so
= universally inclined to keep the mind
! fixed long and earnestly upon the very
subject that ought to be fartherest from
, their thoughts to secure the happiest
1 results But whether one is sick or
= we'll, it is certainly true that the mind
a ought to be free from care, and occu-
pied with mirthful, or at least pleasant,
: feelings when one comes to the table,
if the food that has been prepared is to
/ do the greatest possible good to the
: body.
$ Let the bright stories, the bright
S IDEAS and the bright happenings of the
2 day be reserved for recounting when
+ the family are gathered at their meals.
= If an effort is made to have these occa-
sions bright and pleasant, two good re
suits will be STANDARDIZATION viii
8 be greatly assisted by the relieved ten
r sion of the mind, and also by the in
IS creased time given to eating, which con
versation and laughter would necessi
% tate.
- Again, when the meal is finished it il
! not wise to plunge directly into work
- either physical or mental. A little
leisure Mt this time will be fully made
up in the better work afterwards be
y cause of it. If a little of this refined anc
= healthful leisure cannot be taken as tht
)" work is now arranged, l would have
smaller variety and simpler food upol
"a my table, so that time might be found fol
n it.
'e To the "mau person" who writes this
-. it seems the height of folly for tn
III houselleeper to spend hours a part o
which ought to be given to reading
u rest, recreation or sociability, in tn
preparation of toothsome but indigcst
W BILE dishes that will afford the palat
but few moments' pleasure at most
IN while cntailing upon the stomach
grievous burden.
ed We need simpler food, that can b
It. easily prepared, less depressing silenc
st and haste in eating it, and more tim
(Which would be natural result of til
MT first proposition) for our womanllind
e. enjoy some of the good things of tn
ld life that pertain to the mental rathc
than the physical part of existence =
90 Webb Donnell, in Country Gentleman