The sun., 1897-01-31
JUST SIMPLE AIR-HUNGER.
IHAI'S WHAT AfLs PEOPLE VINO
TATy UNCEAsIS0LT.

Isfovnatios for . wesas whs Ceuiast
stop raw.isg-As Aiisest That Genes
fvoa IsAiGestios Lack or Toss n the
System ..s May Ne Cared sy . Desssr.
There wero six OF them. and they were all
talking at once. I, seems almost useless 70 add
that they were women.
"It's Just terrible" said . tall brunetts. a.
they seated themselves at the lunch table.
reaching over at the same time and adjusting
the light to suit her complexion. . and I'm sure
don't know what's to become of me. or course
I'll disgrace my family some time. and"
The other i've stopped talking quick enough
when they caught the words about diseracing .
family. and the hostess said:
why you disgrace your family. my dearf
Whatever are you talking aboutf"
Yes: we didn't catch what you said" put in
some one else.
II was Just telling about . terrible afiietion
that l have" answered the brunette. Really
It's something awful. Indeed it's chronic now
and It's reached such q stage that call Il . dis
ease. Yo, can't imagine any thing worse.
Why IT'S so dreadtully embracing. and often
causes me no end Of modification and"
"well. do tell US what the trouble is" broke
In a stout woman 10 q red velvet waist
why. haven't | told you." said the brunette,
amiably. II have the most dreadful spells Of
gaping. guess Il wouldn't be right to say that
have the gapes, for only chickens have that
and IL comes from little worm In the throat
! done know what my trouble Is. wish did.
It's worse than tho gapes."
How are you affected ?" asked the motheriy
looEing membe OF the party.
"ob, every afternoon about o'clock I begin
to cape. and yawn and yAwn and cape and
yawn straight through dinner until bedtime.
No matter II I'm talking to the most briii.au
and fascinating people go on yawning as n
MAS bored half to death. Why don't suppress
the tendency Well. II you only knew how
have tried" indignantly, you wouldn't ask
such . question. do my level best, sad II / nip
one yawn in the bud the next follows almost
Immediately. and IS bound to be a regular Jaw
breaker. The trouble 10 that people generally
don't understand that :hls is a desease with
me. and consequently somebody Is always
getting either angry or disgusted with me. Only
yesterday my dear friend. Mrs. RepeatitAlL,
told me q. three things that she had heard peo-
pie say abou; me A very learned man. whom
was particularly anxious 10 impress favor
ably by being an attentive listener TO all he had
10 say. said he never saw q woman who was
bored show It as DID; that punetus,ed every
one OF his nne points with a gapc. Then a
bright woman remarked. after talking to me at
n dinner. that ! was = perfect stupid. and she
didn't sec how ! ever got . reputation for
brightness. learned years aso the art Of being
a good listener. and that's always been my
trump card with both men and women and It's
iost TOO , p%,o,ox,ny pro- that these yawnns ts leave
T., You know if you pres, hard on that hollow
IN m Ysus Tppsr LIP dse, pndss yoIr nose !,
sauelch Sawn. II might" suggested the
Il never heard Of any one. being st,,e,ed in
such way. but i believe drinkins pien,S Of
hot water viii cure It. Hot water cures a most
INQUIRIES concerning her health NJ
.,n Nine swallows Of water or thye. Of sharp
oh, I've trisa ali Kind, Of ,Sns:S s. ..ta s'' r..
self out on . couch and closing tho eyes. drink
ing hot and cold water, holding my mouth shut.
taking hot baths and Turkish baths, telling
funny stories when the spell was coming on,
to date" ~
BY ,h!s time every ono a, the table hsd given
twoor th,ee yawns beeAuse.a every bodr knows.
1t makes one yawn TO hear yaw ning discussed.
~ think ! shall 20 tcc, see my doctor out 1t
That's tho only sensible thing for YOU TO
90, said The mc,her,y looking woman with
with you, / was afflctei with the yawn.. loo
SnST iITInV IN my ,s and md "lno', ralnsd health
Wss a @ ready to osr fa reS.ss Stss Ws Eesps
iu'sly ao'hinr it in @ss @ss .ScSs sssSt
q
explained tho nature Of my trouble
He told mo that great many people are
tronolrd win chronic gaping nowadays. and
that IN nearly every case IL IL the result OF air
hunger AIT hunger t. duo to lack OF oxygena.
tlon OF the blood. and that In turn Is CAUSED by
weak and enfechled heart"
Gracious,' eIc'ni imed the woman with the
eapoe; turning shade " hitter, how you frIghten
me. Is II really somethinR serious 7"
NOT necessarily" answered tho other " You
know know s = weak and enieetltd condition of the
heart docs not mean that ono has heart dis
ease. IL often follows a depreciation in ths
general health, digestion, neryonsness or snv
lack OF perfect tono In One'b ply sical system
Seteorai tamors sometimes give rise 20 this con.
aiuoh' anu proance chronic yawnins, but this 10
c,se. excessive smok ing and chewing also cause
onrohlc ynwnihe. Now. tho tendency to give
an occasional ordinary. everyday yAwn, such
~ VIC ~! Ieil once or twice. or even oftener, 10
every twenty-lonr hours, 10 produced by
physical fatigue. and overheated or ooid
rooms. In this event gaping is simply a nepya
renex action and one gapss on In. very ssme
princlplo that ono stretches when tired
OF sheezes. one Gape often gives perfect salts
LActlon. Just as one stretch doea and the ten
aency may not return in hours. This is not true
Mhen one 10 suffering with chronic gaping,
There 10 absolutely no satisfaction in ynwiinv
ron stretch your monih until the people around
you think that you will surely Aplit IL from enr
70 ear put you don't feel o mite better than Won
did before you yAwped. Indeed, you want to
yhwn Just that much more"
Wouldn't II be well TO suppre.s the tendsncv
whsn it 10 chronic ?" asked the hostsss,
Dd you ever poke an umbrella or cana
down doRs throat while it was In the ACT ~
ynwning. when you we're child :" asked the
~. II cen! Say that did }" i.ushinsly responded
well, used 70 keen that thin. nm es..