The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-06-01
BAN ON THE CREAM PUFF.
The hilarious Eject of Pastry Diet
Supplemented with Soda
Water. -

diet Is injurious without costly ex.
perience. Alta church social in Phila-
lelphia the other night the members
engaged in a spicy debate on the merits
of the question:: Resolved, That a
majority of the young women employed
as clerks in Philadelphia are untitled
for positions OF trust and responsibility
because of their enervating diet"
After. the debaters had presented
their arguments the judges decided in
favor of the affirmative side of the
question, says en- exchange of that city.
It is necessary to note that the sue
cessful debaters presented as their
chief argument the fact that, Us rule,
the midday meals of the young women
employed as clerks in the big depart
ment stores and US stenographers and
typewriters are composed of cream
puffs, candies and soda water, instead
of solid and substantial food.
As test of the statement reporter
principal light lunch restaurants. The
managers corroborated the statements
made by the debaters.
From cashier at one of the principal
restaurants it was learned that more
than one-half of the trade at the Ninth
and Filbert street branch was derived
from women customers who bought
nothing but sweet food.
''The things that they usually eat"
said the cashier, Consists of such airy
delicacies as cream puffs, pies, choco-
late eclaires and ice cream. The young
girls mostly top off this repast with a
glass of milk. Rarely. if ever, do the
women order soup or meat"
A young man who draws soda water
at one of the fountains in a large de-
partment store said:
"Why, there are scores and scores of
young girls in this establishment who
never think of eating anything sensible
during the noon hour. Without look
ing. at the clock can always tell when
it is time for lunch. At ~ o'clock sharp
+ up trips the girls, and it is "A straw
berry soda here and "A cherry bounce
there. After quaffing these draughts,
fit only for people with full stomachs
and not poor girls who toll for their
daily bread, the candy counter is WIS.,
ited.''
Surely enough, when seen, suave
young woman in charge of the candy
counters gave merry laugh and, whis-
pered: ooh, pshaw! Don't you know
that sweets are as dear to a woman, a
young one at least, as pie was to Tom
Tucker or as watermelon is to coon .
For instance, take cream chocolates
and bonbons as candy triumphs. What
is more delicious, especially when they
are made up in the most tempting fla
vors? AS proof of what I say you
ought to hover near this counter be-
tween twelve and one o'clock on any
day of the week. In fact, more than
half of the girls here never think of
buying sandwiches or anything sub
stantial. Ice cream sodas and sweet
meats are good enough for them"
The reporter next visited a prominent
physician who makes speciality of
stomach troubles. He was told what
the restaurant cashier, the soda foun-
tain expert and the suave young wom-
an at the candy counter had said.
THAT is an old story to me-, he said.
II might say, too, without fear of con-
tradiction, that this foolish practice is
causing nearly 80 per cent. Of the young
women employed in stores and Offices
| to degenerate into confirmed dyspep-
tics. It requires no great effort of the
mind to arrive at this conclusion.
While employed at work of any kind,
whether heavy or light, the body re-
quires nourishing food. It should be
warm during certain seasons of the
year, and of a solid character. This
makes muscle and flesh.
ION the other hand, pastry and out.
landish drinks, ice cold at that, togeth.
err with highly favored candies, will
make physical wreck of any man.
woman or child if INDUCED in to any
great extent. Under these conditions
how can a young woman whose diges.
ton is seriously impaired, and as q
consequence whose nerves are like
piano chords, successfully fill position
where cool judgment and sound body
are the chief qualifications? say such
a thing is next to impossible, except in
rare instances. Even then the break
down comes without warning and the
doctor steps in to remedy the evil"
FOUR RICH FOREIGN M1sERs