Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-06

Not long ago Horace Fletcher
published a book called The A, Is,
Z, of Our Own Nutrition, IN
which he advocated, DO right the
feeding of your body, Nature will
do all the rest for you Alright.
After dozen years of uninter-
Nrupted experiments upon himself
and upon dogs, cats and other ami
mails, Mr.. Horace Fletcher con-
cludes that the average human be-
ing 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
Gladstone's famous thirty-two
bites OF each mouthful, a person is
assured of unfailing health,
strength, contentment and longev-
ity. In word, he will have ami
hilated the chief cause of all dis
eases-indigestion Mr. Fletcher
conducted experiments at Yale and
Cambridge Universities, and made
tests under the auspices of the
United States Army As a result
of his experiments he advocates
that people should ignore false APP
petite and wait for a return of nor
NAL appetite, which is indicated by
a desire for some particular simple
food, accompanied by a watering
Of the mouth-all of which is good
advice, but great many Ameri-
cans, both men and women, are
thin, pale and puny, with poor cir
culation, because they have al
ready Al-treated their stomachs by
hasty eating or too much eating. by
consuming alcoholic beverages, or
by too close confinement to home,
Office or factory, and in conse-
quence the stomach must be
treated in natural way before they
can rectify their earlier mistakes.
The muscles in many such people,
in every weary, thin and thin
blooded person, do their work
with great difficulty. AS a result
fatigue comes early, is extreme and
lasts long. The demand for nutri-
tive 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 necessary to prepare
the stomach for the work of taking
up from the food what is necessary
10 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 Indians of this country before
the advent of the whites which
later came to the knowledge of the
'ettlers and which are now grow
ng 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, Queens
root, Stone root, Bloodroot, Man
drake root. Then there is Black
Cherrybark The medicinal prin-
ciples residing in these native roots
when extracted with glycerine as
solvent makes the most reliable
and efficient stomach tonic and
liver invigorator. Where there is
bankrupt vitality-such as exhaus-
ton, 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 vary
ing amounts, with alcohol.
Nearly forty years ago, DIR.
Pierce found that chemically pure
glycerine, of proper strength, was
best for extracting the medicinal
properties from these roots and
that it gave added value to a tonic
compound in restoring tone and
vlgor to the entire system without