Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-12-17
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ogaas :'.s who eat too mucI,9!
Tie c.n Of overs ting, or ai.ttoGy,
il ec:, s the most widely Hs@stn
B'>d Of L She vices. 1t has F. 'a:. y
nuunoec Of victims, and its ph.xs.cei
1rnatt,1A are more generally iti..e-
-, .s.u oae alcohol habit .. -.
other fl, : Of inte.nperance.
Aet &. is Of all ices the mos c.s4.
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~ persons whose moral char,caet :
otbe"V zee above r~eproach, ana VITA
sJ..& - shocked and grleS
t.tg ill., tleir habitual ov,.
il z pus4.lve sin, otrectly in vi1iaGos
. ajv,s command.
IN ancient and medieval CINE.
when tood was scarce and o. hi
price, OILY the wealthy mobiles CO..
! indulge IN thus form of vice. In yao
p~oa--t .ge, however, it is : ~@0z
man indeed who fails to eat nor
tnan ID good fol him because liz
cant afford If. The habit o. eEc
eating has indeed oecome so genera
tEaG II does not excite commelE, 2gc
j is no longer classed among the NOR
al faults. The word "gluttong" has
; become almost obsolete, the mild y
term s'overeating" having supplant-
; ed it.
The doctrine is frequently ad-
vanced, by the most excellent peo-
pie, that you must eat all you want,
and more too. Some have ever con-
tended that more people eat too lit
tie than too much. These persons
| would be Mortified if the same doc
trine were applied to the other ply
steal appetItes. and if the principle
were laid down that more people
were injured by the underindul-
gence OF those appetites than by
their overindulgence.
:, The appetites r benefcent pro-
visions of nature for the fulfilling of
certain physical needs. At intervals
the human machine signals the in
telligence through these appetites,
which are the alarm-bells, so to
speak, that are heard when the ma
chine needs attention. The normal
man has normal appetites and is
: largely governed by them. But the
habit of yielding too completely is
easily formed and in every case
bears its penalty. When the appe-
! titles are artiicially stimulated and
pampered, they become abnormal,
and their promptings are no longer
in accord with the welfare of the
system. Distress and disease are
! the invariable results.
It will doubtless be urged that
iovereating should not be classed as
a sin with drunkenness, since in the
one case the appetite is normal and
in the other it is ~depraved. While
admitting that the bad effects of the
second are more multiform than
those of the first, we would point in
reply to the physical penalties in the
shape of dyspepsia and other mall
aides brought on by the fist.
We do not for an instant deny that
there are cases in which the appetite
should be cOaxed and tempted; nor
do we overlook the fact that differ
ent persons have different standards
of diet and that no fixed rule ear be
laid down as to quality. One man,
who takes a great deal of exercise,
needs more food than another who
, takes but little. What would be
temperance for the one would be
gluttony for the other. But we dc
contend that the habit of Overcrowd'
ing the stomach with rich and indi'
gestible food, simply for the pleas
ure of eating it., is a positive vice
:, and should he denounced and guard