Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-04-08

ursi thing 10 do when the digestion
OF a meal 70 interrupted by unusually
severe mental or physical work or BY
nervous excitement. is TO omit meal.
but the habit OF eating ut meal time.
whether We are hungry or not. seems
TO make this natural safeguard Inn
possible. II we do not eat We are at
once assumed to be sick.
An essential requirement for the
maintenance Of any organism Is. rest.
Sleep 10 a means OF resting the brain
and nervous system. but the digestive
and eliminatlve organs are so over
taxed by our unnatural system OF eat
Ing, that more than the period Of sleep
Is necessary to avoid exhaustion. soon.
er or later.
II the necessary nutriment can be
obtained by eating two meals. II Is .
bad system that requires the eating
Of three or even more; and thousands
have proved by actual test that bet
ter health can be maintained by eat
Ing only twice day. Superhuous eat.
ing is bad. because. IN q word, II
wastes vitality. upon which health and
happiness depend.
Now II one is TO eat only two regu-
lar meals in "a hours, the question
comes. which should be omitted?
This cannot be answered In a word.
Some argue that the chief meal should
be taken in the evening, not less than
three hours before sleeping; because
II is best to rest after a full meal,
few minutes In any case, and II the
principal meal Is eaten at noon, there
will be more or less hurry In most
cases, on account Of business condi-
lions, and nothing 10 SO detrimental to
good digestion and health In general.
as hurry-except It's twin sister, the
maker Of most of our troubles, worry.
II Ia q well-established fact that mer-
riment conduces to good digestion, and
II there Is any time In the day when
one can feel light.hearted. It is surely
in the evening. The chief reason for
having the principal meal in the eve
ming is that digestion is the principal
business of physical life and the eve
ming is the best time to attend to it.
Many omit the evening meal, eating
only morning and noon, because, they
say, they feel most like eating In the
morning and least in the evening, and
besides that they can sleep better on
an empty stomach and that they re.
gard sound sleep undisturbed by the
stress OF a heavy meal, as being Of
prime Importance.
Undoubtedly the omission Of the
evening meal makes for gain In
sleep. but It requires heavy meal In
the morning with the digestion Of
which ones work must more or less
interfere.
Many eat a light meal at noon. be-
cause It Is not always convenient for
them to get at noon what they call
"a square meal" II must be admitted
that II soup and meat and pie and half
a dozen other dishes are necessary to
a good meal, there is some force in
this argument. Those who take this
position think they must have a sub
stantial morning meal, because they
cannot have another square meal"
till the evening. In cases where the
time for lunch Is very short and the
afternoons work heavy, this may be
the best plan. Then few apples only
may be eaten, even without leaving
ones post or while taking needed ex-
ercise in walking.
We know that violent emotion stops
digestion completely. Appetite always
leaves one on the advent Of extraor-
binary fear or Joy. Mental activity OF
any kind is evidently inconsistent with
good digestion. Now when one eats
q full meal in the morning and pro-
ceeds to work energetically, It is un-
reasonable to suppose that, for In
stance, q breakfast Of fried eggs, pork
chops and fresh bread would be COM
pletely digested by IL or o'clock,
when the noon lunch is taken. When
another meal is added to the burden
Of the digestive system, followed by q
strenuous afternoons work, 1t is un-
reasonable to suppose that normal d.
gestive conditions should follow-or
good work. It is generally admitted
that the best brain work can be done
in the morning, and the eating OF q
heavy breakfast retards brain work.
When the stomach Is filled with
food, especially II 1t be Of food dimcult