The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-11-25
"WHAckS."
And What They Mean.

And What They Mean.
When Old Mother Nature gives you
= "whack" remember there's q rea-
son. 90 try and say thank YOU"
then set about finding 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 1t may be.
that causes her disapproval. Whiskey.
Tobacco. Coffee, Tea or other unnat-
ural treatment Of the body, until seri-
GUS illness sets in or some chronic
disease.
Some people seem to get on very
well with those things for a while.
and Mother Nature apparently cares
but little what they do.
Perhaps she has no particular plans
f0T them and thinks it 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 select
ed ones oft and again seek to stimu-
late and then deaden the tool (the
body) by some n OF more Of the
drugs-Whiskey, Tobacco. Coffee,
Tea, Morphine, etc.
You know all of these throw down
the same class OF alkaloids in Chemi-
cai analysis. They stimulate and then
depress. They take from man or wom-
m the power to do his or her best
work.
After these people have drugged
for q time, they get q hint, or mild
"whack" to remind them that they
have work to do, q mission to perform,
and should be about the business, but
are Ioa1ng along the wayside and be-
come united for the fame and for
tune that waits for them If they but
stick to the course and keep the body
clear Of distractions 80 It can carry
out the behests Of the mind.
Sickness Is q call to come up high.
err. These hints come In various
forms. Il may be stomach trouble or
bowels, heart, eyes, kidneys or general
nervous prOstration. You may depend
upon It when q "whack" comes it's q
warning to quit some abuse and do
the right and fair thing with the body.
Perhaps it is coffee drinking that
ogands. That IL one Of the greatest
csases Of human disorder among
Americans.
Now, then, II Mother Nature is gen.
tie with you and only gives light, little
swhacks" at first to attract attention.
don't abuse her consideration, or she
will soon hit you harder. sure.
And you may be sure she will hit
you very. very hard II you insist on
following the way you have been go
ing.
it seems hard work to give up q
habit, and we try all sorts Of plans to
charge our Ill feelings to some other
cause than the real one.
Coffee drinkers when i'll will attri-
butte the trouble to bad food, malaria.
overwork and what not, but they keep
"a being sick and gradually getting
Wcfso until they are finally forced to
nnlt ontirely, even the only one cup
: day.. Then they begin to get bet.
u. md unless they have gone Ions
euoneh 70 set up some fixed organic
] disease. they generally get e~ntirely
Well
Il ii sasy to quit coffee ct once and
~ IN, BY having well made Postum
With IL rich, deep seal brown color
w1hlcA comes to the beautiful golden
bsrn6Nn when good rea IS added, and
fkoscr1p snap OF good, mild Java Il
kh1so ~ the Postum has been boiled
oe 1ncaGh t. Aring 1t out.
~ poyp 70 be well and happy FOL
0l1 Neither Nature then sends
~ b1essinss of many and various
ids - hslps - 70 gain fame and
1 GtIlp a ne handicaps. leave out
IoadeMag habits. heed Mother
xfoS kfntU. Quit being aNl0ser and
1lS : Wlnnef. She will help you
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