The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-11-04
"WhAckS"
And What They Moan.

When Old Mother Nature sives you a
"whack" remember there's a reason" 80
try and say thank YOU" then set about
fnding what you have done to demand
the rebuke and try and get back into line,
for that's the happy place after all.
Curious how many highly organized
people fail to appreciate and heed the
first little. gentle "whacks" Of the good
old Dame but go right along with the
habit, whatever II may be, that causes
her disapproval Whiskey, Tobacco. Cof-
fee. Tea or other unnatural treatment OF
the body, untf serious illness sets In OF
some chronic disease.
Some people seem TO get on very well
with those things for awhile and Mother
Nature apparently cares but little what
they do.
Perhaps she has no particular plars for
them and thinks II little use to waste
time In their training.
There are people, however. who seem
TO be selected by Nature TO do things"
The old Mother expects them to carry
out some department OF her great work.
A portion OF these selected ones oft and
again seek TO stimulate and then deaden
the tool (the body by some one or moro
~ the drugs --whiskey Tobacco, Ccffee.
Tea. Morphine, ETC.
You know all OF these throw down the
same class Of alkaloids In chemical anal
sis They stimulate and then depress.
They take from man or woman the
power TO do his or her best work.
After these people have drugged for a
time ther-sat a hint or mild "whack' 10
remind them that they have work To do.
a mission TO perform, md should be
about the business, but arc loafng along
the wayside and become unified for the
fame and fortune that waits for them "
they but stick to the course and keep the
body clear Of Instructions so IL can carry
ont the behests OF the mind
Sickness Is a call 10 come up higher.
These hints come In various forms. It
may be stomach trouble or bowels. heart,
eyes. kidneys or general nervous pros
trntion. You may depend upon II when
a "whack" comes It's warning to quit
some abuse and do the right and fair
thing with the body.
Perhaps IL is coffee drinking that Of
fends. That Is one Of the greatest causes
Of human disorder among Americans.
Now then II Mother Nature is gentle
with YOU and only gives YOU light. little
'whacks" at FIRST TO attract attention.
don't abuse her consideration, or she VIII
soon hit you harder. sure.
And YOU may also be sure she will hit
YOU very very hard II you insist on fol-
lowing the way YOU have been going.
II seems hard work 20 give UP habit,
md We try all sorts Of plans TO charge
our III feelings 20 some other cause than
the real one.
coffee drinkers when III will attribute
he trouble TO bad food malaria. over
work and what not. but they keep on be-
ing sick and gradually getting worse
until they are finally forced TO quit en-
tlreIy. even the "only one cup day"
Then they begin to get better. and unless
they have gone long enough to set up
some fixed organic disease, they general
" get entirely well
II Is easy to quit coffee et once and for
Ill. by having well made Postum. with
ts rich deep. seal brown color which
comes 10 the beautiful golden brown
when good cream IL added. and the crisp
snap of good mid Java r. tnrre n tfrr
Postum has been boiled long enough TO
bring II out.
II pays To be- well and happy. for good
old Mother Nature then sends US her
blessings 81 many and various kinds and
helps VS. 10 gain fame and fortune.
strip OF the handicaps. leave out the
deadening habits. heed Mother Natures
hints. quit being q loser and become 4
winner. She viii help YOU sure " sou
cut ont the things that keep YOU back.
There's n reason and = profound orc
Look IN each package fcf cory II
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