Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-15
UPON A DIET OF PRUNES.

gone 10 SnutiuE0f'
Neither" answered the short g.r
pulling herself up on the high stool
but why do you think / am quigtf'
Because you are. / never snN amy
one 80 changed. The last time ] snw
you was Just after Christmas. aid nl-
body could get In word Cie.wHy
You talked so fast NuW you have
next to nothing Co say and when you
do speak you speak 500 rHntly that
can scarcely hear sou. The whole pN-
preston of your face has changed. and
I must say lts for the better. Your
complexion De- lovely. your eyes br.lht
ana there ls such % spirit OF content
about YOU. d. 10 lover
NO" answered her companion.
laughing. Guess again. But you
never could go t'u tell you what bias
wrought this change ln me. 10 isn't
love. lts prunos."
"Pnncs'" exclaimed the tall girl. ore
dcring an oyster pate. slice ui straw.
berry Hhoriclkg. with plenty of cream,
and "a bottle Of ginger ale
YES pruurH." answered the other
"Waltor, bring me bic dish uf Htcucl
prunrs. some bread and butter and 10
glass Of milk"
Mercy what q lunchoon" exclaimed
the tail girl ~ that's what you
like why don't you take your meals
at q secund.rlta boarding house whore
course nt breakfast. the same flr co..
last course Ht luncheon. and pruue rIn
Tor dessert nt dlunrr3 ] can give you
tho address uf one"
Laugh uil you want Co." r.iIu.i
tn short girl. "but prunrs have made
n new rirl ~ me. NOT only physically
and mentally. but morally
Serve 40 a sort " uioncmout Tor
your past. do theyf" asked the t1li gIrl
what % mlHchlrvuuH rogue YOU uHni
60 be- I can't believe that pruurH lrr
responsible Tor this change. No, rr
toll th1t 90 the sp1niarda out with
a. what has changed your
II tell YOU " was pr1nos.' insisted
her companion. You remember how
nervous ana run down ! got last wiutrr2
I was either down ln tho depth VI desc
pair or ~ IN tho mountain tops of
hllhrty Can't you Cnil Go mind how
I was up Co nll kinds 0f prlnhH. tn1H-
ing everybody. making fun of every
body, HpnrlnE uOhudy'H feelings "
could get laugh ara make others
laugh. and don't you remember how
noisy I used 10 be- ana how uneasy
everybody fnlt when I was around. NOT
Knowing what l would do or say ncVt7
Yes, I thought you would. Wei. I'm
completely changed, and pruncs ala
10 tell mo an about a." urged the
tail girl. and q nervous woman sitting
next to her listened eagerly Tor The
reply
"wcii. 1 won't out 20 Chicago about
that tlmc=lt was in February. I think
and was In such o state that nv
friends sent me 90 wen known
Chicago physician. Ito said nt once.
You need prunuH. young woman and
! said. You mean pruningT Tor mg
family II always insisting that hhd
grown wild. II all came from over
work
"'No.' h. said. I mean pruncr You
siralrht' and then he told me- he had
proved the prunU 10 d. q moral agent.
ana that European authorities ON die
trtica were discussing his discovery nt
that very time and making oNpHri-
mtntH. I asked him 20 tell me an about
his discovery, ana he said that h. had
made the rrunc an object ~ special
study and knew n 10 be- a preventive VI
crime lie was ~ one time connected
with n reform school for boys and
that's when h. found that he was right
IN believing the pruuo 10 h. IL
ncacloua In moving the school
youngsters 10 obedience. These boys
were exceedingly unruly. and had re-
boiled against everybody and every
thing tending toward the reformation
o. their morals. Finally tho doctor fef
them once u DAY on prunea Tor a week.
and az the rud ~ that timr they wore
well hammered and docllc. lie said that
the change in them was the most won.
drrful thing he hn1 ever witnessed.
though not hard 90 understand / said
that thought u was. hut he explained
that tho prune has certain medicinal
property. which acts directly ON the
nervous system. ~ makes mo laugh 90
hear people say she has u bad heart
or, He has yii.uted mind when
HN 90 8HHN
the nervous system, nine times ont NJ
ten. ]. Out of order, and prunca viii
cure them"
"But how ala you take the prunosy'
Inquired the tan girl, with a great
show ~ Interest
"wen. kcpt stone jar fun ~
slowed prunrH ON hand. and tive ur aIx
times day I would rn 90 d and eat
three ur four. iu German h1uHHhllia
such crooks NJ pruurH have stood Cor
medicine chests for hundred years
The German housewife provides the iHf
~ pruurH, ana the members or thr
family dip into 10 nt ull huurH uf thH
day Just as u family NJ pl' white
trash in the south dips Into a common
Hnun box. The nrst thing Boz thH
morning and tho last nt ulrht Z took
drink ~ pfunr juice, ana how 10
made mo Hleop' This was prepared hy
adding "a quart ~ boiled water 90 every
simmer 30 HhrrdH After Hrllniug o.
little lemon juice was added. hut mo-
sugar. This drink niinyH fever and H
fnr Tor n cold prunrH that are t1 be-
eaten na medicine should hr SLIM
mrrod az least three hours nnl without
sugar"
'Ilow long dli you take me prunc
cure before you began ln ht hUnrs
ntrdT' interrupted the nervous woman.
with evident embarrassment.
"Oh, I hadn't been nt % more than r.
fortnight whom I fult lllur % now crr1-
ture. How was I anectadf why
slept like a lug. ate three square meals
day ana HtranruHt nf nll my whole
bearing ana manner changed. I grow
gs gentle and mild hammered nH my
very gentle mother could wish. and my
attitude toward people changed Zoo.
didn't fOrl like disturbing everybody
ana stirring mp people wherever I
went ANA hurting people just tu H.e
them H1uirm. Sow frtl perfectly
amlnhle toward everybody ana every
thing except Spain. IA like tu hrlp
crush Spain, nf course.
nut tl Frt huck CO. the prunr cure
In month I began tn rUt plump my
complexion cleared up my eyes grew
bright, my mind clear and. beet Uf 100.
! didn't have nerve lofr ln my body
Now l can stand any amount of hard
work, ANNOYANCE. worry, without Eus
Ing 10 plrcHH. I don't HHr what anyone
wants Go iliu n Don't worry circle
FOR when prun's cost only z cents
pound. N requires much leHH mrUfIl
und physical rNrrtlun On eat U.Uu
than n docs 90 attend club mrUtIuHH.
and / fur one, am sure that thr uI4u"
cure beats the Don't worry circle Uf