The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-13

Women who Taboo Grapes Because APP
pendicitis Comes From Seeds are !" o1sh'

Nyotne, who Taboo Grapes Because APP
pendicitis Comes From Seeds are To oiish'
The frult-catng scare which has been
with us in such powerful array for Tie
last few years has had for many people
worse results than the diseases themselves
would have accomplished. The idea that
fruit eating Is sure cause OF cti 'dii "'S
eases mas tnrOwIa many women lulo SUN
terror of the Affections mat tAtS naFc
tah0oed iruit from the moment 'hey Al9'
heard the subject mehuOned.
Now that fruit SIS sometimes tle CduSe
Of these Affections is undoubtedly uuc'
But why because 1t Is eaten ui.ipc,
hard aud indigosume. or because ,n"e
parf Of the fruIt is taken when was
never meant for the human syst em' anu
which child with "a attle thought "O~lu
reject as unsuitable. . g..
qu,nt causes OF disease and lntcIha uou-
bic ] was Told by s'ieoraicd Inl"u'i
phia physician not lohs ago tl't llr M ~
frequently treated cases, both suiSi."-y
and medically. ia which the uouOe "@o
due 10 nothing more or less lhdu bldpc
seeds lodged in the system, ana mus ~
turing the constitution. j MS sttu'- az az
most all grape lovers VIII have hOuceu'
possesses sharp point. through luls
peculiar formation IL can easily pecolhe
lodged in the system and DO great lnJuiS.
Then there is the un1pc irult' Whl.n
IS also productive or evils. u Is llVt
so ecncgiOusiy unripe as TO produce the
dircful enects which the green apple
iu carly Spring acts upon the smah Dpg
But its effects are mad, nevertheless. IL
is hard and sour and undevclOped. rotary
untitled for the system.
IL is in these ways that fruit Is in
iuriOus When eaten without common
sense. But any good physician VIII agree
that for person IN good normal heditn
sound ripe mutt in moderate quantities is
lust the thing for keeping the digestion
in good shape and keeping bloom upon
the cheeks.
The woman who IS suffering from this
scare is easily recognized. Her face
IS as yellow as Gather. IL has a drawn
parchment like look. There IS no color
of these unfOrtunates a few days ago.
They tell me You belong 20 the Wo-
mans Page of "lhe Press She said.
"The page is up to everything. Can't YOU
tell me something TO make my face fresh
looking. Ike other girls? I've had mas
sage and I've had steaming and I've had
electric treatment But it's all no good.
The color Just leaves again in a couple
OF hours and here ! am with this COM
pleNion again
Have you tried the very simply rem
ody OF eating plenty Of ripe fruit?'
Ripe frrit" she said. with nervous
laugh. do you want 10 poison me2
Why can anyone really advise fruit In
mis- age. when SO many dreadful things
haN" been proven against ~ When Il
IS the cause of so many diseases. and all
that? / thought II was as much as a hui
man bene = life was worth TO eat an
apple
However after n little conversation IN
which / assured her that the page had
tho celebrated Doctors advice upon the
subject OF fruit eating and that the wise
incn were decidedly In favor Of its judi-
r'1ls use. She went away rejoicing TO try
/ tl's new cure And no doubt q few weeks
! from now We VIII see one victim of tie
ifnit fear entirely cured and rejoicing in a
| pair Of rosy cheeks.
In summer and Spring more fruit is re-
quired than during colder weather Even
| nature herself makes this provision for the
| food and medicine OF man. n is also good
during the change of seasons when the
system needs "a tonic-which need the fruit
viii partly or entirely supply. There are
good acids I'm the various kinds Of fruit
which act as medicine upon the system
AMI II IS often found that the fruit which
is IN the market IS just the one 10 meet
requirements.
With out excellent markets which sell
Such good fruit at such low rates. and
which import so richly from the fruit pro-
ducts Of tropical cOuutrics-thc cry of the
housekeeper that she cannot afford good
lIuit Is rather laughable than otherwise
family doctor recently ordered al fruit
Prescription for the young family OF a
Philadelphia woman Put a dish Of good
apples and pears. peaches. apricOts etc
upon NE table every day only make
sure that they are sound and ripe. Then
let the youngsters eat their nh OF them"
he said.
but doctori Fruit IS dear. and our
table costs now about as much as ] can
afford" she said
What 90 you give them" asked the
doctor
"Wel, 7 have soup and FISH. two kinds
OF meat. four vegetables and q dessert %
Very good was the response. "cut
on your soup. one Of your meats. three
Of your vegetables. and your dessert That
VII leave enough fOl a good dish Of fruit.
and mind that YOU keep a good one al
WAYS on hand, if you wanr the boys and
girls 10 have pretty CONNEXIONS. good
dicestions. and light hearts"
And this physician is lar from being
alone in his high value OF fruit. Many
exceeding that Of vegetables. The value
Of vegetables in former days was para
mount. But those days are u ssed and
this edible has given way 10 The once al
most forbidden init-Philadelphi Press