The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-27
LEAD ARTIFICIAL LIVES
THEM RESORT TO COFFEE, TEA
AND COCOA.
Those Three Do More Harm to
Women Than Wines Will Show In
Coming Generations-Peopfe Eat
Too Much Meat-The Human
System Is overtaxed.
New York Times.)

wise. to say nothing Of being beautiful
Won will do well to let tea. coffee and
cocoa. alone. Il is safe to say that IN
this country those things are doing
more harm among women imam dlco-
holic stinulants. Yes, of course,-theie
are some women who are oNer-fonu Oh
alcoholic beverages, but they are not
TO be compared to the class OF women
who are incorporate with those lhieG
eminently respectable drinks thal l
have mentioned.
S"rbere are people who hold up their
hands in holy horror at the idea OF al
cohoI in any form, who have no con-
rention that a woman can be seriously
iniured-this applies to men Almost
eoually-by the excessive use Oh the
three so-called harmless beverages 10
be found constantly in our taples.
ssThe Germans and the Scand1naVlahs
are devoted TO coffee; the English, irish
and Scotch to tea, and the Latin races
TO wine. OF the three, should say
that the wine was the least injurious
taken. for instance, as the trench take
If. This does not mean that am utS-
ing in favor of wine; am only trying
to impress upon you the inlurlousiless
of the inordinate use OF the other
things. es..+
1.-THE trouble is, to go back TO nrsI
ry.inciDles. that our lives are entirely
too ARTIFICIAL. and they are becoming
more and more so. Take laborlng
man. and he can drink two or three
cups of coffee in the morning, linen ne
goes outside to work, perspires Freely,
his oXygenation is perfect ana ne is
not affected An ordinarily healthy
person can take a cup Of coffee in the
morning, a cup of tea at noon, ana d
cun of after-dinner coffee at night with
no evil effects That is not an intem-
perate use, but from the artihciallty Oh
our lives even that may be too much
"Then the ordinary housewife,
think. is too much the slave OIL heF
cook to be sure that her coffee VIII De
we'll made and her tea absolutely fresh
and served without first having >De6u
left standing / will say this, that 90
not think the ordinary woman not
neurotic is so much given to the over
INDULGENCE in these stimulantS as the
lower classes. She has too much TO
take up her mind But she does not
ALWAYS get sufficient exercise to throw
off the effects Oh. yes, there are golI,
the bicycle and lawn tennis; they are
ali very good, but take the ordinary SO
ciety girl at.this time OF the year. Wilat
regular healthful exercise does sne
have? Isn't she so engaged IN the
round of her social duties that she does
not have time for any that viii give
her the oxygenation that she requires
and set her skin to working SAUSAGE
torily?
Cocoa? Yes, I said cocoa. 1t is just
as bad as tea of coffee, though 1t IS
recommended as perfectly nnocuous.
Whoever says that is-welf, they do
not know as much as they should.
There are substances in all three that
act as astringentS on the caplllarles
which supply the nutriment derived
from the food to the different parts OF
the body. You can see what is the re-
suit if their action is imperfect, the
body is not nourished and the system
IS overloaded. the different organs are
overvorked. and you can imagine the
results. That is when the woman says
she is bilious, has nervous prostrauon,
pains in the back of her head, ana
can't imagine what is the matter. 1t
IS tea or coffee, and it may be rheu-
matism or govt, or any number OF
things later.
III is like a fire in the stove; You
must keep your CRATES from bang
clogged or the fire viii not burn bright
Nv. You will see the results when the
clinkers are raked down and the fresh
flames burst up. Perhaps there IS istn-
glass in the doors, and You can see the
warm. clear glow through it. II Is eN-
actly the way that you see the clear
fresh blood through the skin of q pref
tv. healthy girl. 1t is a pleasure to see
it. and ii is no wonder people cali IL
beauty 1t means a great deal more
than mere appearance.
Tea coffee and cocoa are Stimuiants.
You come into the house tired our and
take a cup of tea. You viii feel b1aced
ND Immediately. Good thing? Yes, that
is a. very good thing, but you can see
then what q stimulant it is, and you
must know that you do not need to keep
YOUR heart whipped up like that con-
stantly 1t is like the poor, tired horse.
You keep whipping him and he VIII go.
but finally he gives up aItogether' and
nothing viii make him start. lake
some professional women, teachers and
stenographers, they feel the benefit OF
the stiInulant and use it, but they lead
sedentary lives, and they cannot stand
it. You see. 1t all comes back to that
first principle the artificiality of ON
lives, the constant excitement ana the
lack of exercise.
Then. take meat. That is another
good thing that is very bad in excess.
That is going to become a national
question in this country. Meat is cheap
here, and we eat too much of it. There
is a large amount of nitrogen in it,
more than we can aSSdmilate when 1t IS
taken three times a day.
I'VE take in this large amount Of fuel,
nitrogen; we do not take sufficient eX-
erciSa: the skin does not act; what can
be is more or less perfectly utilized fol
nutriment, more is laid up in fat, and
even then there remains quantity TO
be disposed of, and the organs CT our
boay are as unable to handle it as the
street cleaning department this last
heavy snowfall.
The next generation is going 10 feel
the effects OF all thistle children wEC
are given tea and coffee and meat in
large quantities The mothers are toe
indu!gent; the children have any thing
they ask for. They are working hard
in school, inactive, and what is the .e-
suit? We are going to have a race OF
weak men and women.
People eat altogether too much, any
way. It is ridiculous the amount that is
eaten and the way people pamper their
appetites. It is physioiogically absurd
that people cannot eat this cereal and
cannot eat that. They can, but they dc
not wish to. It is a good idea to study
the menus of the vegetarians a little
70. ideas Of a healthy diet. We might
eat more cheese in this country with
advantage. The Latin races eat much
more than we do, and they eat less
meat.
Meat is not necessary three times a
day For breakfast the average indi-
vidual can take fruit. a glass OF milk, a
cereal and hot bread of some kind, if
desired For luncheon there can be an
other glass of milk, one vegetable, any
kind of bread, cheese, steWed fruit and
a, slice of cake. For dinner there NAY be
a little meat Yes, / do not say anything
against hot bread My ideas concerning
that have changed greatly, and also
with regard to pastry. 1t is not well tc
eat pastry containing eggs, as it is COM