The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-04-08

ural thing TO 40 when the digestion
sof meal Is Interrupted by unusually /
severe mental Or physical work or by
nervous excitement, is to omit q meal,
But the habit Of eating AZ 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 is d means OF resting the brain
and nervous system, but the digestive
and eliminative 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.
If the necessary nutriHnent can be-
obtained by eating two meals. it Is q
bad system that requires the eating
of three or even more; and thousands
have proved BY ectual test that bet
ter health can be maintained by eat.
ing only twice a day. Superfuous eat
ing is bad, because, in, word, It
wastes vitality, upon, which health and
happiness denesd. X
Now If one is to cat 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 eYening, not less than
three hours before sleeping; because
| 1t is best to rest after a full meal, a
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-
| tions, and nothing Is so detrimental to
| good digestion and health In general,
| as. hurry--except its twin sister, the
maker of most of our troubles. worry
| 1t as well-established fact that mer-
rinlent conduces to good digestion, and
IL there is any time in the day when
one can feel light-hearted, 1t 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 time1>to attend to 1t.
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
stfoss of a heavy meal, as being OF
/ prime importance.
UndouDtedIy the UfuIssIum or pue
evening meal makes for a 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 1t is not always convenient fol
| them to get at noon what they cal
"a square meal" 1t must be admitted
that If soup and meat and pie ard hall
J dozen other dishes are necessary Il
good meal, there is some force II
this argument. Those who take thii
position think they must have a sub
: stantial morning meal, because the,
cannot have another square meal
till the evening. In cases where the
: time, for lunch is very short and the
T afternoons work heavy, this may b,
} the best plan. Then few apples onl.
may be eaten, even without leavin,
/ ones post or while taking needed ex
} ercise in walking.
81 We know that violent emotion stop
digestion completely. Appetite alwayi
t leaves one on the advent of ,extraor
2 binary fear or joy. Mental activity o
e any kind is evidently Inconsistent will
( good digestion. Now when one eat
: full meal in the morning and pro
I ceeds to work energetically, 1t is un
: reasonable to suppose that, for In
stance, breakfast of fried eggs, porl
! chops and fresh bread would be com
+ pletely digested by 10 or / O'Clock
!, when the noon lunch is taken. Whei
/ another meal is added to the burdel
s of the digestive system, followed by
J, strenuous afternoons work, 1t is UT
S reasonable to suppose that normal d
e gestive conditions should foiiow-o
good work. 1t is generally admitte
9 that the best brain work can be- don
!. In the morning, and the eating of
). heavy breakfast retards brain worl
i When the stomach is filled wit
+ food, especially If 1t be of food difficul