Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-01
GIRLS HEADACHES.
Caused by OmittfnE the Most Import
ant Meal of the Day.

Caused by OmittinE the Most Import
ant Meal of the Day.
From Harper's Bazaar.
when l went to school," said a charm
ing grandmother of our acquaintance. 81
never knew what IL meant to have a head
ache. Yet my granddaughter complain OF
them almost constantly. Something must
be wrong. What is it?''
In the search for causes thus Instituted II
was at first suspected that lack of proper
ventilation in school or sleeping rooms was
to blame. This not proving to be the case
the food was inquired about and several
things appeared to the sensible grand
mother to be wrong.
The girls were allowed to eat what, when
and what quantity they chose. not seldom
emitting their meals entirely. Don't force
them to eat" had been the parental iujunc.
ton. Young people will always eat az
much as is good for them" Unfortunately
this is not always the case. There are
many young girls who have no appetites
for their breakfasts. the really most i'm
rortant meal of the day. and IL unchecked
will start upon their days work with no
better provision TO meet its demands than
a cup of coffee and a cracker. The blood
is called to the brain by the first hours OF
not felt as such, is very perceptible in its
effects. After two or three hours of wori;
the girls can do no more They are ex-
hausted. fretful, unreasonable; their heads
ache" They feel but little more appetite
for luncheon than for breakfast, and that
little they satisfy with the least nourishins
sorts of food which are placed before them.
At the late dinner-the only meal TO which
they come of their own accord-they eat
more perhaps too much, in fact. but rarely
of that which is best suited to their real
needs.
2 After the grandmother's observations had
shown her this state of things. she asked
that one of her granddaughter might be
loaned TO her for one year. As all lived in
the same city, attended the same school
and complained of the same trouble, her
proposed experiment was a fair one, and
one of the girls was loaned to her grand
mother for the period desired.
AT first Mabel felt il hardship that she
was not allowed a late dinner with the rest
OF the family, but. instead. was given only
light supper. very like that which ex-
cited the ire of the equity patient in San
ford and Merton. only, instead of the por-
ridge which accompanied the latter's
prunes, Mabel was served with a plentiful
supply of good brown bread and milk
Like those of the lrate equity man, Mabers
prunes We're cooked without sugar.
Even the first morning after this there
was slight Improvement. Mabel did not
feel the usual disgust for food which had
formerly kept her from reaching the break
fast table until the last allowable moment
Indeed, she felt mild degree of appetite,
which enabled her to swallow a small por-
ton of the cereal. fruit and cream which
always formed the first course Of her grand
mothers breakfast, though she declined the
delicately poached egg which succeeded.
Coffee was prohibited.
Luncheon, Mabel found, was to be con-
sidered her din ner. and she was expected
to consume a goodly portion OF beef. lamb
or chicken, and at least one wholesome veg
etable Fruit or light buildings were usually
her dessert
Before a month was out MabeIs head
aches had become things of the past She
could work well and easily. She was glad
to walk or play games with the strongest
OF her fellows. She was happy as she had
never been before, and as no girl can be
who is not eating plainly, regularly and
plentifuliy, as well as otherwise living
hygienically.
The ventilation of school and sleeping
rooms Is not so often defective now as In
the period which interviewed between the
days of freplaces and of sanitary science
but there is still abundant chance for i'm
provement In the ways OF avoiding
draughts and chills. as well as In prevent
Ing the stagnation of the air. Foul air and
cold draughts are alike fatal, but the latter
are the speedier in their action.