The evening world., 1908-03-27
SAYS AMERICAN
STOMACH SURELY
IS WEAKENING
Visitor Who Has Big Brook
lyn Following Meets Pub
lie in Manhattan.

L. T Cooper, the young man who has
created such a sensation in Brooklyn
with his new theory regarding the hu-
man stomach, is now in Manhattan at
the Riker Drug Store, Broadway and
Ninth street, where he is explaining his
IDEAS TO the public.
Cooper says that 20 per cent. of all
III health is due to stomach trouble
and claims to prove this with his medi-
cine. In speaking of his theory Thurs
day afternoon he said: practically all
the chronic III health of this generation
is caused by abnormal stomach condi-
tions In earlier days. when the human
race was closer 10 nature and men and
women worked out of doors ali day. the
tired, droopy, half-sick people that are
now so common did not exist. There
was sickness, but 1t was temporary,
There was little of this constant half
sick condition with which SO many are
afflicted.
In the animals or in any OF the wild
tribes OF Africa, or in uncivilized peoples
In any quarter Ut -he glnDe, you see no
general debility, no nSrvc-cX haUstion.
They are not smut up all DAY and they
do not stun themselves IS with food Nhen
their bodies nave not had enough exc,
else 10 just fy il. The Amerl'an peop' 9
have been doing this for years and the
American stomAcn ma; in consequence
In New York to-day there are tens of
thousands who do not know what is
the matter with them. Some say ner-
yousnej3, ptherL kidney 0, liver trouble
or lung trouble, n constipation Many
have 'treited' for all these things at
various times. common complaint is
Il have medicine that positively v.,,
do nothing but put the digestive orp"ns
In condition to properly digest ana n 7;
simulate food ! have had to ngn, in
this medicine, but l won WIFI r. -
have already, made fortune. with If
have proved to thousands in St. Ions.
be sick with sound stomach I hsve
done the same thing in Brooklyn and /
will do the same thing In New York,
leave. Myself or assistants are are sTs1 here td
explain the nature Of my prepe ration IN
all who inquire between 10 and o'clock
Among Cooper's callers Thursday af.
ternoon were several Brooklynites who
have become enthusiastic on the subject
One '9f Of hem was 1 RobeT a nls
prietor Of the Adelphi Laundr!es paw
Mr.; Patterson whose Offices are a,
No 2S7 De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn. when
asked & he would say anything about
said: ,.,.,,. ,.n r,,
II CerIilnlN VIII. ms Cooper t-ea
ment hns caused me TO alter ali a.,
plans To- tho future No man can en-
duct his business agRressively ana =,
in the condition I was six weeks nc1
on account Of my health the f,,ti1rs
looked mack to me, and ! had no en-.
ergy or heart to plan for my hue,n..ts
Eow all this IS changed 7 am ciaar.
beaded, tull OF energy and prospect.
'''F '"For r re past FIVE years hav. ,..,
! broken in health. While | could eni
had no appetite and the food dld moi
seem to give me anv nOur!shrnert ''I
was nervous and depressed ana ~
least little ANNOYANCE would do tno 'n' -,
| Tor whole dav. have often "
siIch bad zzy spells from moor cirom,ihi mh1
! ton that / would fall to the n,Gr' va"
About six weeks ago | called on AI,
| Cooper In Brooklyn and took his MI ~
cine nome with me had lille ne HSr. ".
hope ions ,aF6. 70 be sure I had htfGm bso ~ ~
| OF several people this treatiie en-, 'eari
helped but had heard thar Sort nae -,
'n'IN improved on the treulmen, yer,
! fast after the first three days. Fora n,
| nnst Two weeks nave felt fifteen V.ur,
7 tSttuger, and have been as Well as
| syar was in my lie. | lave dom. NOR,
work and more planning In d buslurs,
yy.v during the past month than ful
~ last two years. | am happy and
c,nt.uied aud have already made seq,
eral changes for The better in my bust.