The evening world., 1893-07-19
FRUITS THAT ARE FORBIDDEN.
Pineapples, Bananas and Berries
Disagree with Some People
Cherries Said to Be the Most Harm
less Of All Fruits.

DANGER lurketh in all that's fair and
beauteous, from woman. lovely woman.
10 a fresh and a wholesome-looking box
OF Strawberries lying on the counter In
a grocery.
This is not the despairing cry OF a
m,santhrope, says the Albany Argus.
but a fact but too true. II is common
talk that hives, with all their attend
ants, strawberry rash and indigestion.
are due to this red and juicy berry.
There are other fruits which are eaten
of very heartily during the hot weather.
and which are. nevertheless, quite bad
in their effects on many people What
is sauce for the goose is in the case OF
fruits decidedly not sauce for the gan
During the Summer months meats
are pretty generally abandoned as FOOD
position being that the latter are less
heating and heavy as food than flesh
Of animals or birds. This. IN Itself. Is
a mistaken idea. as many OF the vege;
than q small amount Of flesh. which
| would satisfy the appetite. But most
people will advocate vegetable d,et
for hot Tsaths ook.d he upon by many peo
10 considerable reason based on solid
fact. The sight Of q strawberry will
and sickness. the breaking out Of a
rash. rheumatism. &C.. result from eat
ing the fruit.
| Pineapples are forbidden by nature to
many people who can eat strawberries
with impunity. A single piece Of the
pine will cause the tongue OF such peo::
pie to swell up, the mouth to burn and
saiivary glands is Impaired. Bananas. a
very popular fruit all the year round.
but the cheapnsss Of which In Summer
makes make. 1t the most freely eaten ate t OF all all
many leading physicians. They claim
that eaten raw 1t is more harmful than
| tho cholera -bre eeding cucumber. and that
fried or cooked 1t is utterly worthless
These facts are known by report a,
any rate to many people. and a re-
porter called on DR.. F. c: Curtiss yes
thentlcated., The doctor said that in
they are called, can scarcely be consid.
split and assimilated with other food
In the alimentary canal.
IT consider fruits, eaten In mod GRAFTON
most part absolutely harmless. The
strawberry affects some people very
bHdiy but think X, that 1t Is not The
seeds. which are SO indigestible.
Many varieties Of the fruit are GOV.
cred completely, with small pointed. vel
the Whole trouble arises. They 90 not
cause great deal Of trouble there and
in the bowels. The effects from eat
nervous order. and due to the idiosyn-
crases of the individual and not wholly
assignable. to the fruit ! think there
in drinks these effects do not appear.
THE blackberry Is said to be con:
stipating. but there is little or no ground
blackberry plant contains astrin gent
matter which of course would AFFECT the
bowels, but the berries 90 not be.
The :Iy larger yssse; 9f 9s.y thsrs
really ripe. When green the interior Ia
hard and solid. although the outside
may be black and attractive in appear
This hsra .n% so% orGS' centre very
mouths Of some people, think that
this Is not from the juice. which is
OF the fruit. which scrapes and irritates
the tongue and mouth. The poorer the
pineapple the more trouble from eatine
ing. It Is peculiar in this, that It is as
good In Albany as In Florida.
The trouble that comes from eating
them Is often because they are toe
green. Here, too, the fibrous interior
Of the skin Is a large factor in the, dis
orders which arise from eating them
The layer OF thick. long strips within
the outer skin and partly adhering tc
the banana itself is what In indigestible
not the smooth fruit Scraping It with
a knife carefully after taking of th'
r!nd will remove this trouble"
Speaking Of cooling drinks. he sait
weather. 1t cools the mouth and throat
and, by acting on the salivary glands
keeps the throat moist and healthy
The acid OF the lemon ne thought e.
pecially good, only it need not be +,
strong as to affect the teeth. AN aei'
Recognized ms very good state.
acts as a preventive OF cholera, for tn
germs are killed and eaten up by tn
acid: I would not recommend eating
whole lemon undiluted. for that woul
action on the stomach very bad
/. "On the whole. however. II a perso
Ia In good health and strength, fruit
and berries are very desirable as par
I OF each meal, They will do the majorit
o Of people no harm, but rather good
They should, however, be eaten moder
a kinds OF food. Those who are nfYecte
by one kind OF fruit should let alon
and eat OF the others. Apples and pear
even have little hard pebbly Abr
on peaches; The best and most harm
less fruit that I know OF Is the cherr,
1t Is smooth and thin Of skin and il
variety is eaten which has but touc
: OF ac!dity and Is not too sour they M
the very best OF fruit. They have every
to ,