The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-27
DISCUSSES SUCCESS
FOR IABOR|NG MEN
Cooper Reveals Great Obstacle
to Workingmen's Hopes of
Advancement
Stomach Man. Emphasizes
the Value of Health in an
Industrial War

"The thing that Is holding ninety of
hundred working girls out of better
positions, the reason hundreds of work
Ing men stay In the same old rut year
after year, is their noon luncheon. In
the morning they snatch a. hasty break
fast. At noon they eat cold lunch,
! or swallow cup OF hot coffee. At
night they come home exhausted. Their
work is hard, but II they were properly
nourished II would not be such drain
ON their strength. The American
working men and women need to real
| lie that their health IL their capital.
They need TO learn how and what TO
eat.-
The young Cooper stomach man.
spoke with emphasis showing his earn
estness. He had boarded a car last
night after leaving his headquarters
in the Owl drug store in the Phelan
building. where he has met thousands
of San Franciscans in the last four
months. The working girls crowding
the cars on their way home suggested
his remarks.
You see them every morning start
ing to work" he continued They are
half tired already. Most of them carry
luncheons. In the evening you see
them struggling home, worn out. Even
their laughter is nervous and half hys-
terical. The men are dull and lifeless.
Their exhaustion is sapping the vi
tality of America.
yet it is the natural result of their
lives. None of them would deliberate
ly commit suicide. Yet dozens of them
poison themselves slowly, day after
day, by the food they eat. Their stom-
achs have been so abused they can't
take care of sensible food. even when
they have a chance 1t lies there and
literally rots, poisoning the whole body
mo one can do his best work under
such conditions. The blood does not
carry the proper nourishment to the
brain and muscles. Instead of being
full of health and strength they have
to be driven to work.
The man or woman is tired all the
time. He drags about, troubled with
dull headaches, lifeless. listless feel
ing and don't know what's the matter.
He isn't interested in his work. There
is a feeling of exhaustion as the day
goes on.
Left to itself this condition may
drag on for years, never letting the
develop into one of a dozen serious
troubles. Ninety-five per cent of all i'll
health starts in just this way. Nerve
troubles of all kinds, skin troubles,
blood disorders. catarrh, dyspepsia,
chronic constipation, even rheumatism.
may result. At best, the system is in
just the condition to catch any infec-
tious disease.
II stay at my headquarters at the
Owl drug store in the Phelan building
until 8 o'clock every Saturday night
in order to meet the working men and
women who can not consult me any
other time. I have found in thousands
of cases that my treatment. going
right to the root of the trouble as it
does, clears away all these disorders,
and sends the patient to work in the
right spirit
"A good digestion is at the root of
all health. 1t means pure, rich blood
rushing through your veins, clear
alert mind good temper, abundant en-
rergy. It makes a great difference in
your value to your employer If you
come to work feeling full of life and
vigor. You turn the work off easily
and do it we'll. Radiant, riotous good
health is the biggest kind of help to
success" :.