The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-09
YOUNG LADIES AID SOCIETY.
BIG APPETITEs
Are often the Forerunners of Men,
tai Decay.

tai Decay.
Is the growth of the national appe-
tite-at least of that part of the nation
engaged in sedentary occupations
indica ton of national mental and
physical degeneration? The medical
world says it is.
Does the subject seem barren of sug-
gestion? Here is what DR.. Cyrus Ed
son has to say about it:
"The large appetites of men in bust
ness not requiring exercise, is caused
by whipping their stomachs to satisfy
fancy. They are tempted by all sorts
of dainties, such as the modern chef
producers, and by the skill Of the
drink mixer, The result is curious.
But this abnormal appetite sets it's
own check sooner or later. The stom-
ach becomes catarrhal and developes
nervous and other symptoms of dis
order. Just look at American life as
it is, and see if the existence of such
appetites in the classes referred to has
anything to do with it, The American
works harder than any other man or
woman on earth. His business is al
ways with him. He must have
i stimulous even in kis recreation.
1.-The most exciting books, dramas
whose gorgeousness Of setting and
sensational character Of plot rival the
dreams of eastern tellers of tales;
athletic games that demand the great
est effort and speed. horses whose
rapidity of motion is that of the rail-
| road train, yachts that fly over the
surface of the sea, business in which
! thousands exchange hands in a twink
/ ling-always the greed for something
extreme, something that will break the
record.
These and a thousand other things
all intense, all startling all sensa-
| tional-are the occupation of his leisure
! hours. What is the outcome? To sup
| ply his rapidly exha listed system he is
compelled to consume large quantities
! of rich foods, and to stimulate himself
! with alcoholic beverages, or he may
| even become an habituaI user of many
of the drugs, cocaine morphine, hash
hish or others. He rapidly fmpairs his
! digestive organs. His system no longer
receives its proper nourishment, and
! soon he literally burns out
1.-The over-indulgence of appetite
/ works sad havoc Matter that should
! be cast aside is retained in the body
/ and forms unhealthfui tissue. The
muscular system undergoes what is
termed fatty degeneration, the heart
may. become affected, the kidneys may
become diseased, or the overworked
digestive system refuse longer to per-
| form its functions.
''The digestive organs are controlled
by very important system of nerves,
and the balance of this system Is over
/ come. This gives rise to all kinds of
nervous phenomena insomnia, neural
gia, neurasthenia.
This American life is more wearing
on the women than on the men They
take less exercise; they have, as a rule,
more delicate nervous organizat tons
Two, or at the most three, children are
born, and the mother is a wreck, a
curse to herself and to those around
her. The children of these nervous
parents inherit their weaknesses, and
are even more nervous than their pro-
genitors.
Not infrequently, however, when the
; parents have been utterly burned out
before the little ones are born, the Off
spring are dull and stupid, or they de-
velop insanity or criminal tendencies.
This is all evidenced in literature,
!. which is said to be tending to the SEN
: sational, and IN the daily press.
1.-The news of the day devours a
! large part of our nervous force. II is
fact that a portion of the strength
that we derive from our breakfast is
expended while reading over the morn
!; ing paper.
These large appetites are only
4 symptoms, indications of deeper trou-
bic. They point to a condition that
broadens and grows deeper the more
you look into it, until the mind is al
most appalled, at its inrnensity.'
This is what DIR. George f. Shrady
had to say about the subject:
The object of food is to supply It's
size for that which has been wasted
or which Is needed in growth. BY the
various processes of digestion heat also
rs supplied. 1t is like the fire in the
CRATE. You build a good founda tfon
of Goals, let the fire nave its natural
draught. and it will burn moderately
until the fuel is all gone. But if you
put on the blower, you create much
greater draught, and the fire soon
burns out. The draught is excess in
human life.
II we live too fast it is putting on
the blower. If we put on the blower
| too early in life, our energy wears out
soon. Any excess is immoral in one
sense of the word. Mental derange.
ment Is almost invariably attended by
an abnormal appetite. A paretic takes
no exercise, and is a degenerate
This is not wholly a medical question
# is also matter OF common sense"