The Washington times., 1906-07-05

Few business women eat properly. At
least that is the opinion of a promi-
nent stomach specialist, who declares
that The nervous Indigestion so many
Of the fair sex suffer from is caused
largely because they do not masucaIe
their food as they should and Incl
dentaIly do not get dishes that are
cooked in a way 10 bring about nutri-
ton and thus really feed the body.
This habit Of only half chewing the
food and of taking vegetables, meats.
pastry. etc, that are only partially
cooked. or oyerdone," he says, rs
especiaIly true OF business women and
shop girls. few OF whom ever give more
than one-third of the time they should
10 properIv eating their meals. In the
morning they frequently take only
roll and a cup of coffee and often
drink that while they are finishing
dressing so that they viii not be late
10 work. While bread is wholesome, it
is a Door substitute for the fruit, cereal,
eggs, etc, that they really require 10
keep in good health
AT noon time they hurry out to get a
quick lunch. and often fl is such indl-
gestiblc stuff that they would be better
of without IT, for very frequently the
dishes are poorly prepared and improp-
erly cooked AS sweets "~~oal 10 the
appetites OF the majority OF working
girls because they look tempting. and
in many cases because after a light
breakfast there IS little desire Tor
wholesome, plain food chocolate eclalrS.
crullers, pie or all descriptions anu
fancy puddings are selected, 80. one or
these with a cup of hot coffee TO wash
il down constitutes the lunch OF hun
dIeds OF working women. There Is an
other reason for setting this KIND OF
midday meal. The average woman
wage-earner has comparatively little
money TO spend on a lunch, and the des-
sert they can buy for few cents they
Ike far better than plain sandwiches,
etc.
Most Girls StaTve Themselves.
IF girls only understood that they are
really starving themselves, though they
eat enough food. such as it is. / think
more of them would be careful OF their
diet. In my experience I have found
hat more business women get III from
lack OF n0urishment than from over
work, though any sickness, especially
of a nervous kind, is attributed al once
10 long hours and heavy duties, but, IL
the real cause We're known the ihdJoiI'S
of such breakdowns are the direct re-
suit Of a starved CONDITION Oh the Sy9
"Often when il is possible for these
working women to get wholesome foods.
me dishes are so badly cooked that they
are really OF no benefit. How many
times fsh is served that is so well done
that II is like putting a charred mass
into ones stomach, and instead or get
finp the nourishment from taC phos-
nbates contained in 1t. there is nothing
fbat the system can feed on, Yet the
appetite is appeased, the girl has taken
what she thinks a good meal, and on
s1Ich food she cannot understand why
she never feels well and strong Chicken
cooked too much gets tough and IS hard
to digest. and the albumen II originally
contained that would have led the body
properly is burned out by too much neat,
50 that il. too, gives little nourishmenL
The same starving process folloWs
with foods that are not cooked enough
10 bring their nutrition TO a point where
il can be easily digested, and So though
there are plenty OF life-giving qualities
in the dishes. they are not in a con-
dirion 10 be taken up by the system.
For instance. the iron that spinach
contains is not brought out until Il has
been cooked a certain number of min
utes. II il is served underdone the value
of It is lost
the weather conditions should be adopt