The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-07
By Mime. Lima Cavalier
4 RE You . ten or coffee drunk.
Do you blush easily. and q
the wrong times ana placesf

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Do you blush easily. ana q
the wrong times and places2
Are you irritable?
Have you . hobby?
All these seemingly unrelated
questions have ! bearing upon what
will talk about to you to-day. II -
the army Of soldiers within a.
which easily become traitors. They
are the nerves
An eminent medical director q
an asylum for the insane in your
country borrowed-he did not cay
he had coined-the phrase. brain
storms" An English authority has
recently said that much tea and
coffee drinking causes nerve
storms" Recall the excessively
nervous women you have known.
They have all been. unless illness
caused their stake. addicted to
much tea or coffee drinking. or to
the other foes to the nerves,
alcohol or cigarettes.
The active principle OF tea 10
theme. That OF coffee IL caffeine.
Both are powerful poisons. It Is
this poison at work In 4 minor de-
gree that gives you the impression
that they are nerve stlmulants.
Caffeine IL the stronger and has 3
more direct and powerful action on
the nerve centres. Most persons
drink too much coffee. Nervous
II a. -
drink any.
u you have either habit and
lind Il very hard to foresWsar
them drink cocoa Instead. for
cocoa 10 undsniably . food. A great
dIstlcian compared ito nourtshlne
qualities with those 81 the eoo, n
deed ehristened Il "a vegetable
egg" u contains nitrogen In the
form Of gluten, much fat, some
starch, and 4 mild stImviant o.
ito own, theobromine. Authors.
ties on food have placed Il beside
the egg In the rank 81 perfect
foods.
Il 10 we'll that yeu knew the
proportional amounts Of alcohol
In the various wines and liquors.
In whiskey, brandy, and GIN. Tor
example. thsre 70 hfty PER cent
alcohol. II you drink . glass o.
brandy you are Hrinkine half .
elassful 81 alcohol. In the ease
49, 81 sherry yoU~ DRINK q quarter ~ Z
siass o. alcohol. clarets end
buraundies contain one-tsnth 70
ons.twsntteth alcohol. Seer Il
about one-nfth alcohol. should
any one order you 10 drink glass
OF pure alcohol you would think
he was crazy and would probably
call for help; but there you hAvs
the table Of the amount you con.
sums, at dinners Or Wlserever
thss4- Ars DRUNK.
' In this age 81 ne demanded
equality Of the ssxes 4 ssems
heresy 20 say that Wenen may
not drink and smoke II men Do:
but Mature herself has raised that
bar. Drinking 10 IN evil Tor both,
but q qreater evil Tor women. -
10 cigarette onseklnlv Ter women
are o. 4 more highly keyed nerv-
Gus system than man. "Moro -.
tive In thought. nnoss Intuitlvo, q
keener perception. her nervous
system 10 more likely 20 dsveIop
the unstable state" says one ~
Ensland's orsatest msdleal -au'
3horities.
II you do none Of these against
which have uttered warning and
you are still irritable yU. should con.
slider your manner Of sleeping and
kind Of food. In London while
was singing there last Winter ! saw
. bed especially inveutsd tor usrv'
Gus persons. The principle VA
the same % the rocking Of the
cradle for infants. except that tn
motion was quite opposite. Thu
bed was tilted at gentle slope
toward the foot It was ifxpd at IL
centre ana from this point b. ! NJ
chanical contrivance was SLOWLY
lowered and raised. producing I
gently soothing uotaoa tAst Sradn
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