Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-11

Not long ago Horace Fletcher pub
lished a book called "The A. Y, ", OF Our
own Nutrition In which he advocated,
cDo right the feeding Of your body;
Natufe will do al the rest. for you
arlQht.y After dozen years OF uninter-
rnpted experiments upon himself and
upon dogs, cats and other animals, Mr..
Horace Fletcher concludes that the aver
age human being eats three times as much
as is good for him that by eating only
one third as much and masticating It
even more thoroughly than by Glad
stones famous thirty-two bites of each
mouthful, person Is assured OF unfailing
health, strength, contentment and lon
gevity. In word, he will have annihil-
ated the chief cause of all disease-indl-
gestion. Mr.. Fletcher conducted expert
inents at Yale and Cambridge Universi-
ties, and made tests under the auspices
Of the United States Army. As result
of his experiments he advocates that
people should ignore false appetite and
walt for a return OF normal appetite,
which Is indicated by a desire for some
particular simple food, accompanied by
awatering OF the mouth-all OF which is
good advice, but great many Amerl-
cans, both men and women, are thin, pale
and puny, with poor circulation because
they have already ill-treated their stom-
achs by hasty eating or too much eating,
by consuming alcoholic beverages, or by
too close confinement to home, Office or
factory, and In consequence the stomach
must be treated In a natural way before
they can rectlfy their earlier mistakes.
The muscles in many such people, in
every weary, thin and thin-blooded per-
son, do their work with great difficulty.
AS a result fatigue comes early, Is ex-
treme and lasts long. The demand for
nutritive aid Is ahead of the supply. To
insure perfect health every tissue, bone,
nerve, tendon or muscle should take
from the blood certain materials and
return to It certain others. 1t is neces-
sary to prepare the stomach for the work
of taking up from the food what is
necessary to make good, rich, red blood.
We must go to Nature for the remedy,
which shall be simple but effective.
There were certain roots known to the
Of the whites which later came to the
knowledge of the settlers and which are
now growing rapidly in professional
favor for the cure of obstinate stomach
and liver troubles. These are found to
be safe and yet certain in their cleansing
and invigorating effect upon the stomach
and blood These are: Golden Seal root,
Mandrake root. Then there is Black
Cherrybark. The medicinal principles
residing in these native roots when
extracted with glycerlne as a solvent
makes the most reliable and efficient
stomach tonic and liver invigorator.
Where there is bankrupt vitality-such
as exhaustion, bad nutrition-and thin
blood the body acquires vigor and the
nerves, blood and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect
Although some physicians were aware
Of the high medicinal value of the above
mentioned plants, yet few have used pure
glycerine in combination, or as a solvent,
and usually the doctors prescriptions
called for the ingredients in varying
amounts, 1gith alcohol.
Nearly forty years ago, DR.. Pierce
found that chemically pure glycerlne, OF
proper strength, was best for extracting
the medicinal properties from these roots
and that it gave added value to tonic
compound in restoring tone and vigor to
the entire system without the detrimen-