The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
LATE SUFFERS rHAr 30 DIGEST
Just Whnt to Eat After the Theater
and Feel No MiSerieS.

and Feel No hiSerteS.
Many people have an idea that il is
injurious TO eat just before going 10 bed
but doctors laugh at the sugg stion md
often prescribe a light supper as cure
for insomnia and many other ailments.
1t stands TO reason says one Vel
known authority on nerves ana digestive
disorders. chat as in the daily routine Of
The average person five hours clspse bet
ween The three ordinary meals and as
the stomach in a healthy Individual is
empty three hours after digestion begins
il is neither wise nor necessary for the
stomach TO remain empty ffom say Q
o'clock in the evening till O'Clock the fol
lowing morning. a period of eleven hours
should there be a craving for food during
the interval. Some Psychologists hold that
the stomach should be allowed this pc
Rod of complete rest, and that in con-
sequence il is better TO go 10 bed fast
inS rather than to satisfy the craving for
nourishment; but If the food eaen just be
fore retiring is of an easily digesred char
acter. the tax put upon the stomach is
not sufficiently great 10 deprive it of the
rest which is necessary for its proper &c
ton the succeeding day.
Nothing better can be suggested han
a glassful Of milk, but il should always
be a blood neat. Cold liquids taken into
the stomach at such time will d. harm
rather than good, for in that case the
blood is not drawn 10 the stomach with
the same rapidly and in the same quan-
tity as it is when warm liquids are taken.
In great many instances long cond-
nued insomnia may be completely cured,
after an interval of say a coupe Of weeks,
by the steady adherence to such regimen.
THE habit of taking a botte of cold
beer previous to retiring for the night is
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dulge in IL for the purpose Of promoting
sleep. The hops contained in he beer un-
doubleday have a soporidc effect, but the
stomach is chilled by the cold fluid and the
sleep produced IS not of a natural charac-
ter Then, too. the beer is merely absorb
ed, without requiring the action of the di-
gestive processes; il congesls the liver and
kidneys; and the effect the next day is one
of depression. which would not have oc-
CURED had some food of light character
requiring Dig ston been taken in its place.
Lettuce, especially when dressed with
oil. has a s0poTiflc effect on account of GER
tain sedative principles which it contains.
Heavy suppers after the theater, so
popular among city people, are extremely
deleterous TO health if taken regularly;
but it must be remembered that in the ma
jority of cases an hour of Two elapses be-
tween eating theater supper and retiring
for the night and the muscular activity so
necessary to the proper digestion of
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-theater dishes of
large class of people, when eaten late at
night are about as digestible as leather,
ana many a devotee at their shrine Rwak-
ems the next morning with a sick head
ache as the result of his indscretion.
Cheese in any form is indigestible at
night.
"A broed English mutton chop. or small
lamb chops, with creamed potatoes while
not a very fashionable theater 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 il
eaten at night, the soft part of them be-
ing very easily digested, though the hard
part is much less so. Fried oysters and
clans should be tabooed at night and the
same may be said of all other fried foods
Oyster stew, the favorite supper of a good
many people, can be taken with impunity
by most people. When made without the
addition of milk ii is more digestible
though less nourishing, boiled milk not
being as easily assimiated as milk in its
natural, uncooked state.
LAS general rule, fruit is not whole
some at night. Sour wines, liquors and
brandy, If drunk in small quantities dur
ing or Immediately after a late supper
are quite harmless and act as aids to d.
gestion; but if taken in excess they act
as depressants and digestion is thereby de-
laVpd"