The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-08
COFFEE HITS HARD.
Almost Killed a California Girl

A young lady in California had a re-
marhdble experience with coffee drinking
The details are most interesting to any
one VINO even suspects that coffee IS dam
aging TO the health. She SAYS Il drank
coffee from child and d few years ago
my health began 10 break down. EEerg-
thing / ate OF drank distressed me ana
] settled into q chronic form OF dySpep-
STA accompanied with headache every
morning, and was very irritable most OF
the time j could not sleep without TAX
ing sleeping GraUghL- " lille at first tn
pains IN my stomach Were slight. they
kept growing worse. until finally the most
wholesome food and drink would cause
intense agony ana q Few minutes after
eating ! would have 10 throw everything
up My doctor had been telling me- for
some time that coffee was hurting me
bur / did not believe il was tue for [
g" many people drink coffee and thought
! could
OF course. in this condition I could not
sustain nay flesh and strength. and / lost
IN weight from ls5 POUNDS down 10 81
pounds. and became q perfect skeleton
starving 10 death in q land Of plenty /
was confined 70 my bed and dying BY
inches The doctor told ne there was no
chance Of my ever getting well as my
stomach was worn out
They had begun To wonder how many
more days ] would live. one DAY d Iafv
friend called and told how wonderfully
she had been helped out of stomach trou-
bic and headaches by leaving Of coffee
and using Postum Rood Coffee and Crane
Nuts Food She went right 10 work and
made me q lice cup of Postum and pre-
pared 9 little Grape Nuts / dreaded The
torture of taking anything into INV stou-
ach. hut she COaNed me 10 take q SPOON
ful Of Postum and Of Grape-Nuts. To nv
great surprise / found that / did not have
any pam 10 speak OF IN my stomach. and
the food actually stayed down
Everyone was completely myStified
In little time zfterN=ard ! drank three
SDOGnfuls Of the Postum ana took a little
more Of the Grape-Nuts. and that stayed
down and seemed to s3oIhe nay nerves
and give me Il TestfuI feeling
Soon after the doctor came in and my
nurse told him that. for the first time il
three weeks food had STAYED on the
stomach He could hardly believe her as
he thought death was very near. Then
ne wanted II know what ] had been cal
ing and drinking He took home some Of
the Grape-Nuts and Postum The next
day he sad there was no mystery about
IL. IS ne had a1alyZed the samples ana
said he had found re-diEesged food
and one that would not hurt the stomach
and tie Postum was the most natural
drink ne had ever seen. lie said that IL
did not excite the nerves as did coffee,
and that II MAS nourlshinS and built up
the system instead OF tearing II down He
had my nurse give me more Of the Pos
1Um and Grape-NuJS and said there Was
one chance in ten that nay system might
be built Uu and nay life saved
In less than 4 weeks time / cS0Id
drink half cup Of Postum at once. and
how II did quiet nay nerves and make me
feel like ] was getting some strength
Six days after beginning Postum
went % sleep the first time in two months
Without takins a sleeping draught So
step by step / kept on improving. The
headaches disappeared. Ny stomach be-
came stronger each day and / gained
steadily IL weight.
Al the enc Of tour months I felt like a
new person and had gained fifty pounds
IN weight, could sleep well. eat plain f. cd
and, all in all. feel wen and strong again.
My head is So clear that l 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 NV
grave today but fof Postum Good Coffee
and GTape-Euts-
You can publish this account If Won
wish. hut please only use my initials -
Miss \. L., Sebsstopol. Cal Full name
and address given TO those interested
upon application 10 the Postum Cereal
Company, Ltd, Battle Creek, Mich.