The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29

sood eaten just before retiring is of an
EASILY digested character, the tax upon
the stomach is not sufficiently great to
deprive it of the rest which is neces-
sary for its proper action the succeed
ing day.
Nothing better can be suggested
than a glassful Of milk, but it should
always be at blood heat Cold liquids
will do harm rather than good, for in
that case the blood Is not drawn to the
stomach with the same rapidly and in
| the same quantity as it is when warm
| liquids are taken. In great many in
stances, long-continued insomnia may
be completely cured, after an interval
of say couple of weeks, by the steady
adherence to such regimen.
THE habit of taking a bottle of cold
beer previous to retiring for the night,
| is not a good one, although many peo-
| pie indulge in it for the purpose of pro-
! noting sleep. The hops contained in
the beer undoubtedly have a soporific
| effect, but the stomach is chilled by
| the cold fluid and the sleep produced is
not of natural character Then, too,
the beer is merely absorbed. without
requiring the action of the digestive
processes it congests the liver and kid
neys; and the effect the next day is
one of depression, which would not
| have occurred had some food of light
character requiring digestion been ia
ken in its place.
Lettuce, especially when dressed
with oil, has soporific effect, on ac-
count OF certain sedative principles
which it contains.
Heavy suppers after the theatre. so
| popular among city people, are ex-
| tremely deleterious to health if taken
| regularly; but it must be remembered
that in the majority of cases an hour
or two elapses between eating theatre
supper and retiring for the night, and
the muscular activity so necessary to
| the proper digestion of a heavy meal is
supplied when the supper is eaten at a
restaurant or at some other place away
] from ones home.
Broiled live lobster and Welsh
| rarebit, the two favorite after-t theatre
dishes of large class of people, when
eaten late at night are about as diEes-
tible as leather, and many a devotee
at their shrine aWakens the next morn
ing with a sick headache as the result
| of his indiscretion. Cheese in any
form is indigestible at night.
A broiled English mutton chop, or
small lamb chops, with creamed pota-
| toes, while not a very fashionable the
alter supper, is as good as any that can
| be taken from the standpoint of the
| physician, and the fascinating large.
| cold bottle and small hot bird will not
do any particular harm, if INDUCED in
| only occasionally.
Raw oysters produce no bad effects
if eaten at night, the soft part of them
being very easily digested, though the
| hard part is much less So Fried oys-
| ters and clans should be tabooed at
| night and the same may be said of all
other fried foods. Oyster view, the ia
vorite supper of a good many people.
| ~. 4f1-
people. When made without the addi-
ton OF milk, it is more digestible
though less nourishing, boiled milk not
being as easily assimilated as milk in
its natural uncooKed state.
LAS a general rule, fruit is not whole
| some at night. Sour wines, liquors and
brandy, if drunk in small quantities
during or Immediately after a late sup
per, are quite harmless, and act as aids
to digestion; but if taken in excess,
they act as depressants, and digestion
is thereby delayed