The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-08
COFFEE HITS HARD.
Almost Killed a California Girl.

a young lady in California had re-
markable experience with coffee drinking
The details are most interesting TO any
one who even suspects that coffee IS dam
ging to the health. She says: Il drank
coffee from a child, and few years ago
my health began TO break down. Every
thing / ate or drank distressed me, and
/ settled into chronic form Of dyspep-
STA accompanied with a headache every
morning. and was very irritable most Of
the time. / could not sleep without tax
ing sleeping draught- While at first the
pains in my stomach were slight, they
kept growing worse, until finally the most
wholesome food and drink would cause
intense agony. and few minutes after
eating j would have to throw everything
I'D. My doctor had been telling me for
some time that coffee was hurting me-
saw many people drink coffee and thought
] could.
'iOf COURSE in this condition ] could not
sustain my flesh and strength. and 1 lost
In weight from lS5 pounds down TO 80
pounds. and became a perfect skeleton,
starving to death in land of plenty. /
WAS confined TO my bed and dying by
inches. The doctor told me there was no
chance OF my ever getting well as my
stomach was worn out.
They had begun to wonder how many
friend called and told how wonderfully
she had been helped out of stomach trou-
BILE and headaches by leaving OF coffee
and using Postum Food Coffee and Grape
~
made me MICE cup of Postum and pre-
pared little Grape Nuts | dreaded the
torture of taking anything into my stom-
ach. but she coaxed me to take SPOON
ful Of Postum and OF Grape-Nuts. To my
great surprise found that did not have
any pain to speak of in my stomach, and
the food actually stayed down.
Everyone was completely mystified.
In a little time afterward I drank three
spoonfuls of the Postum and took little
more OF the Grape-Nuts, and that stayed
down and seemed to soothe my nerves
ana give me restful feeling
Soon after the doctor came In and my
nurse told him that for the first time ia
three weeks food had stayed on the
ttomach. He could hardly believe her as
be thought death was very near. Then
lie wanted TO know what had been eat
Ing and drinking. He took home some of
the irape-Nuts and Postum. The next
day he said there was no mystery about
II. as he had analysed the samples and
said he had found a pre-digested foe!
and one that would not hurt the stoma
uG the Postum was the most natural
drink he had ever seen. He said that IL
cid not excite the nerves as did coffee
and that it was nuurishing ana built M
the system Instead OF tearing il down He
mao my nurse give me NOR of the Pos
tum and Grape-Nuts and sail there was
one chance in ten that my system IN .ght
Be built up and my life saved.
II less than a week time ! could
rink half q cup OF Postum at once ana
low IL did quiet my nerves and make m
eel like ! was getting some strength
Six days after beginning Postum /
went 10 sleep the first time in two months
Without taking sleeping draught S
step by step / kept ON improving. The
headaches disappeared. My stomach be
iafne stronger each day and / game
steadily in weight.
At the END of four months ! felt like a
new person, and had gained fifty poun Is
In weight. could sleep well. eat plain food.
and. all in all, feel well and strong again.
My head is so clear that I can think
better than ] ever could. ! know and all
Of our friends know, that there is not the
slightest doubt but that | would be in my
grave today but for Postum Good Coffee
and Grape-Nuts.
you can publish this account II you
wish, hut please only use my initials
Miss n. L.. SeDastopol, Cal. Full name
and address given TO those Intereste
upon application to the Postum Cereal
Company, Ltd, Battle Creek, Mich.