The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
PLUMP PEOPLE AND thin ONES



and others thin and bony? Is the human body
run and shaped in an invisible mould /? And
what strange effects this difference produces.
Beauty always demands curves-it never allows
angles. A woman may be thin and graceful
but not thin and beautiful. With men the ques
ton of flesh, artistcally speaking, is of less
Importance yet it may be of great consequence
in other respects. Too much fat is a burden
too little is also a serious disadvantage. How
can we strike the golden mean? if, indeed, we
can strike it at all With the Turks fat is the
standard of beauty, and with all nations
reasonable amount of tits the measure of health
in animals and in men. But the tendency
seems to be the wrong way just now. There is
vast number Of gaunt pale. thin people; peo-
pie manifestly under their proper size and
weight. Many of them are actually emaclated
yet not markedly suffering from recognizable
disease. Most OF them eat heartily-some of
them voraciously. Still they remain thin--some
times repulsively So Commonly they are also
very touchy and sensitive. They have nerves;
they are full of nerves. They catch cold easily;
they are upset by triles; they lack force and
courage. While not necessarily i'll at any par.
ncular time they are the ready victims of
any disease, and fall in multtudes before
any epidemic They provide consumption with
| most of its subjects.
Now, if they eat why don't they grow feshy?
| Why do they continue pale, thin and feeble ?
do nf nd or ,air
| food Indeed, their meals more often work
harm than good. The torpid and disordered
stomach cannot do the work imposed on It, The
contents ferment and putrefy and scatter
| poisonous acids all through the body, setting
up govt, rheumatism, bronchitis, consumption
and profound nervous maladies. The system
grows feyerish. Often there is nausea and
vomiting; sour fluid rises into the throat;
there is distress after eating, deafness and dis
tention Of the abdomen, giddiness, bad breath,
hot Pushes followed by creeping chills; yellow
eyes and skin; languor and WEAKNESS not
relieved by rest; aching of the back and limbs
great hunger alternating with q loathing of
| food; anxiety and mental depression; shortness
of breath, and variable nervous affections.
Nature needs help. So much is plain. But
how can we help her? We must do her work
| for her for time. We must supply the body
with some perfect food which will not require
any digestive labor on the partiof the stomach.
| Can we do that? a9 :
Until recently this auxiliary vas sought
among oils and other fatty products, especially
cod liver oil. But these things failed for the
| reason that they are incapable of forming real
and solid tissue. The false flesh they produce
| melts away more quickly than it comes 1t
| gives no strength, no warmth. Millions of thin.
| pale, anoemic. consumptive persons remember
| the delusive hopes of recovery they were led to
indulge by the advertisements of these fat-and-
| oil compounds or emulsions; and how these air
castles faded into gray disappointments.
| No; the fats and oils won't do Experience
| proves that. The only reliable remedy is not
drug but a food, prepared from certain fruits
rich in starch, and pre-digested so as to ,eqtire
for the present no digestive action; food
capable OF being at once absorbed into the blood
and building up the body without putting a
| strain on the enfeebled digestive organs
| This is wonderfully done by the new prepara-
| ton called Paskola, which is made on the cor
rect scientific theory. When eaten for it is a
| food, not drug, it Immediately becomes a
| fiesh.building, lfe-giving element in the blood.
An increase OF vitality, vgor and weight is felt
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| at once, and the symptoms of the previous de-
pressed, devitalized state pass away
| Yet Faskola, while a true food, needs to be
useu ior u SNORT Tune only. IL gives nature
power to put herself to rights and then its work
| is done. The point is that it soon enables the
| stomach to digest any food even strong meats.
Then The patient may follow his appetite and
consult his palate alone. ct
ouuel 'no Hputisnlhs power OF Faskola-
u,lo neo . hush sun ieaves the consumpuve's
o.iooA' ui0 oAii assumes INC nue. OF heaitn the
n.snO s"oas. eoa'e' tiie cough uies away, ana
sao a,nao."sion - ioss u'luer coatlng OF solid,
"q p. - auu .,o' n,a. neSu
BY r a IN the digestive
ploy it il the place Of stimulants-the old
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