The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-13
ABOUT THE BANANA CURE.
eorTHERN GIRLS IDEA OF HOW
sur ACQUIRED GOOD LOOKS.

said TO BE a Brain Food, Anyhow.
From the New York Sun.
,vo, back in town"' said a stunning
liking girl wearing black velvet blouse
sbe pulled herself up on a high stool
the lunch counter.
ives and there's more of me than ever"
A,ered the girl addressed, with a dis
.I.otlv southern drawl. I'm pounds fat
tb.n when 1 went away two months
asi
well. I should say So" responded she
- the velvet blouse. Where have you
Temp I missed you, and believe you've
ION 10 one of those professional increas-
ers of feminine pulchritude, for I never
n nv life saw anybody improve so in
,.,ts in the same length of time. How
did you do it?'
Took your rescription-quarts and
ou,rts of hot milk-and ate bananas by
The bunch" answered the Southerner
rftng cup of steaming milk to her lips
"Bansnasv cried the blouse-waisted
c,,,. "Why. 1 always heard that bananas
u,ro The most indigcstible things in the
world; that one might just as well eat
ooosbes or strips of macintosh or any
0d thing as banana. l dote on the taste
nj en- but 1 value my looks and respect
ry stomach too much to touch EN-"
.Bosh and nonsense!" exclaimed the
s.ntbern girl. You are just like all the
ofber women. You've heard some woman
who couldn't probably digest a raw egg
saw that bananas were indigestible, and
50 Won think you can't eat them. I al
vsvs eat three a day and sometimes more,
aud you can see for yourself I'm thriving
or them You'll say it's the hot milk
I'm drinking, and l grant you that it has
done me a world of good, but bananas de-
serve most of the credit for my additional
weight. clear skin, and bright eyes. Why,
believe bananas would make hair grow
or bald heads in time. There's nothing
like en-.
What ever put it into your head to try
bananas?" asked the blouse-waisted girl,
digging into her second oyster pate.
oh it's quite a long story" replied the
other. You remember how run down 1
got? I know you remember how pale I
was and how sallow and muddy and rough
my complexion looked. One girl never for
gets tFese things about another My eyes
were dull my hair came out in handfuls,
I could eat scarcely anything, and felt
absolutely good for nothing. You told me
in here one day to try drinking lots of hot
milk and l reckon that was about the
hest piece of missionary work you ever
did for it was the hot milk that started
me- on the up grade; but the bananas
boosted me to the top. Just about the
tme l began taking the hot milk, a cup
before breakfast, and a fourth just as 1
was getting into bed, I met a woman, an
Old friend whom l hadn't seen in months.
aud she said to me, after looking at me
Critically
"'You need bananas"
"" 'Bananasr l said, and for the minute
thought she was wrong with her head.
Yes bananasr she answered EN-
phatcaly. You are all run down and
you need noupishing. Eat several bananas
every day and you won't know yourself
in a month";
Rat can't digest bananas, I pro-
tested.
Never tried did YOU? she asked.
You've heard some other woman say that
she couldn't digest bananas and so you
think you can't; and let me tell you one
thing about this business of digestion
right here, and always remember it:
Never admit to yourself that you can't
digest any thing. Make up your mind that
YOU can digest everything. Don't think
about your digestive ability. You eat
something and make UP your mind that it
Is going to give you Indigestion, and your
stomach promptly obeys your will, and
The thing does give you Indigestion. Eat
what you want, feeling and believing that
II won't hurt you, and it won't. Indigest-
ion. in nines cases out of ten, is a master
OF Our own choosing.
But TO get back to bananas She look
cd me over, up and down, and said:
l know your physical condition as
well as if you described it to me. You
uoh steep as well as you used to, in the
nrst place. You take some time to get to
sleep and wake up frequently, and when
you get up In the morning you do well if
You manage to choke down few bites of
toast or roll and a cup of coffee. Dom [
cAoke them down; eat banana instead.
lou DO not enjoy your luncheon, but live
On the hope that you will feel hungry for
your dinner; but when the hour comes
Hotnlng tastes right, and you eat little.
DON'T force yourself TO eat for food
t1ken without relish is not nourishing.
Eat two or three. bananas a day. You
"iNe Tor living and your brain is con-
SANITY at work. Years and years of ex-
tei4ehee have taught me that the banana
ioullshlng, satisfying, and fattening. One
paHdua contains more nourishment, more
"I9'u 1000, than a pound of the best beef,
any II IS great deal easier to eat when
Sou nave no appetite for the meat. Try
ems a few bananas every day, and I'll
su1Iantee you that in a month or two
yGu oe better looking and far stronger,
pH.slcally and mentally"
!, Wen go on" urged she of the velvet
rouse eagerly, and all the women at the
,tUch counter strained their ears TO hear
NE rest of the story.
ABOUT that time | went to New Or
l.aaS Tor a visit" continued the banana
taI's girl. That's the reason you
haven't seen me around. Well, imagine
"nazement when l found that the
orleans women arc great believers
"tHahas as beautfier and a food. 1
aug my banana doctrine on my friends
S.hething entirely new, and they told
'tal there never was a time when the
l1et '' OF New Orleans didn't know about
oeheve i'll the virtue OF the banana.
Wouldn't eat the horrid old plantaihs
@ INC people in New York do they
' out bananas, our dear little bana-
.r We couldn't live without them
men and there l began my banana
,''ment. OF course, I'm a Southerner
'I9'sn and through, but I've lived North