The Penn's Grove record., 1893-08-18
ri YSlCAL EDUCATION FOR OUR
YOUTH.


how To preserve lnelT uebllns uut :
struggle they have had with their pam
pcrcd appetItes, against custom and al
their p~reconceived notions OF livingl
Alas that We never think of giving
this subject any attention until disease
and suffering force it upon US. i!
there any thing else that we so much
neglect as our health, or that we geek
for with such diligence when losti
There are few indeed that give any
thought to the laws that govern health
uuless compelled to do so by the cries
of outraged nature. 1t seems strange,
but even persons otherwise we'll edu-
Gated are often as indifferent to the
causes of disease and the means OF pre-
venting and curing them, as the most
Ignorant.
How very sad it is to see n young
person Just budding into manhood or
wonanhood at the very time when they
need to husband all their forces physi'
cal, mental and moral TO meet the in
creasiag responsibilities of life to have
all these weakened by n diseased con-
stitntionl We see evidence of this
every day, which might doubtless have
! been avoided by correct living, palmer
and more wholesome food, and, for
girls, healthiul dressing with moro
exercise.
The means for the preservation of
/ health are within the reach of all. But
many err from tho misdirected and in
| temperate use of that which was in
tended for their good. Take for IN
stance the food which We eat. 1t
should go to repair the waste of the
system. That is the object Of eating.
i think if We could get this fact clearly
before US we would have less trouble
| aboat the quality and quantity of food
We should eat. Because then we would
aim to provide such food as our stom-
| nchs could properly digest and assimi.
late. We can only speak in a general
way about what is best to eat, for
| each person must learn what he can
digest. Another person may digest
perfectly what would be an in possi-
bility for my stomach to digest.
But then 1t Is often through ignorance
that we err, it may be that
even AMI in childhood stomach or
bowel troubles which last through life
are sometimes contracted. So it is
necessary that parents should teach
their children not only by precept
but by example to eat rightly, and at
proper times; to drink only when
thirsty or when through eating. We
would hardly say never drink while
eating as 1t causes the food to be
W shed down without being thorough
IL m~astieated, but We would say that
great moderation should be used
Teach the children to use their teeth
to thoroughly grind or masticate their
food. Gladstone asks his family to
chew each mouthful thirty-two times,
"once for each tooth" 1t is q good
plan to allow on our tables little of the
kinds of food ''that Just melt in ones
mouth" for these sorts cheat the teeth
out of their proper work.
If one will insist on eating hot bread,
mince pies, sweet cakes, pickles and
other indigestible things, at least We
should not let our children eat at the
same table. OF a winter morning
while we take our hot cakes and syrup,
washed down with coffee, let us see
hat the children have plenty of oat-
meal or cracked wheat, and milk with
bread and fruit, and they will be happy
and free from illness.
Many people fail to notice the wrong
combinations of food which are often
on the table at the same time. Certain
vegetables as cabbage, turnips and
beans should never be eaten together
with eggs aud fruit. Nor should two
kinds OF acid fruit be eaten at the same
Time. They form a chemical action
which causes gas in the stomach or
flatulence. While acid fruits like
lemons, should not be eaten with milk
and cream, raw clans and q glass OF
milk are sometimes fatally poisonous.
ice cream and lemonade are often
served together, but few indeed are
the stomachs which car stand this
combination.
There is no more prevalent disorder
than constipation and there is none to
be more dreaded, for it Is indeed at
the root of almost every disease How
many chronic and complicated diseases
might we not trace to this?
Children should be carefully taught
the importance of regularity in this
respect.
Nature has regular times for peri
forming her functions and ne glect it
conform to her rules always brings
trouble. She has proper times for
beCTetiuS tuo uuius anu JulCes lux
digesting food, and irregularity on
meal times, together with improper
combinations of food are the causes oil
very many OF the stomach troubles. !
have found from experience that where
food ferments. causing wind or gas OIL
the stomach. the dryer food is taken,
and more thoroughly mixed with
saliva, drinking nothing while eating.
the less trouble 1 had. 1 often make
an entire breakfast Of raw rolled oats
or wheat. 1t does not ferment where
oatmeal, unless cooked very dry will
do. Milk, unless taken very slowly,
in sips, will cause fermentation.
Exercise that will bring the abdom.
inal muscles into action is very bene.
fetal. 1t is we'll not to eat fruit at the
same time with vegetables. Let the
fruit be eaten for supper and break
fast AMI vegetables at dinner only.
Going entirely without supper is often
one Of the best measures that could be
adopted for those who are suffering
from headache OF any of the other
symptoms OF indigestion. Often the
dinner has not been quite digested,'
and adding supper seems to upset the
whole, even though it be ever 80 light.
How very important that parents
should see the necessity of a 'physi.
cal education" for their children as
we'll as mental training, when we see
the sickly and melancholy forms Of
those around us! Persons, many of
whom are endowed with splendid men,
tai faculties that would make them pre-.
eminent in the world, shining as
bright lights to guide and instruct
others are thus deprived OF usefulness.
They find that in the struggle for ex-
lstence it is the one that has not only
brains but heath who makes any head
way. They may, at times, attempt to
forget their bodily ailments and in con-
| ccntrating the mind and heart upon
some useful and noble work may for a
time at least succeed. But how much
easier would be their work with the
health aud strength, which should be
theirs! Life becomes merely a con-
tlict with disease; a struggle between