The Red Cloud chief., 1913-05-08
INFORMATION WANTED
BY JULIUS CAREY,


he approached the breakfast table.
but Mrs. Sylvester. having troubles of
her own, did not comment upon II.
Il believe | must have a touch OF
rheumatism" she remarked, lifting the
coffee pot wearily.
whatever that may be-" respond.
ed her husband scornfully. "The
truth Of the matter probably Is that
you got all tired out running up and
down stairs when you were cleaning
the attic yesterday"
"Oh. II certainly cant be that" she
replied, because you know, tho doc.
tors say now that running up and
down stairs is the very best kind Of
exercise"
THE doctors!" he scoffed. trying as
he spoke to find comfortable posi-.
tion for his left leg. "lf we are 10.
Ing to do all the fool things the doc.
tors advise, or refrain from doing all
the desirable things they forbid, we
shall have delightful time of IL!
1T grieves me to think" he contin-
ued. how many good things I've miss.
ed because the doctors forbade them,
only to be told a little later that It
didn't make any difference, after all.
l shall never cease to regret the rich
red beefsteaks I didn't eat during a
period when fondly trusted In the
assertion of the doctors that red meat
caused rheumatism"
They've found out now that It's
Strawberries" said Mrs. Sylvester. IL
was reading an article yesterday, by
q Doctor"
NO doubt you were." interrupted
her husband. ITS Just the time Of
the year that the medical fraternity
would choose for the publication OF
an article denounclng Strawberries
right In the season when they are the
most tempting. Why. had dish for
luncheon yesterday that made life
seem worth living again. SO the doc.
tors have combined to deprive us of
the solace Of eating fresh strawber.
rics. have they? Well, they cant
work 1t on me this time. I'm a pa
tient creature, but my patience has
Its limits. Not till I've forgotten the
long dreary winter, during which !
abstained from eating raw oysters tor
fear of typhoid. only to read in the
first month of the year without an II
an article by some noted medical man
asserting that the percentage of ty-
phoid due to oysters is so small as to
be negligible"
ITS best to be on the safe side
said Mrs Sylvester.
THE safe side. indeed" he exclaim.
ed. "Oh, certainly! You got a great
deal of comfort out of being on the
safe side when you used to arrange
all the grape seeds so carefully along
the edge OF your plate. II you swal
lowed a single one by mistake you
worried for weeks in fear OF an at
tack Of appendicitis! | don't notice
you troubling much about grape seeds
In late years. And why? Simply be
cause your feminine credulity has
been satisfied by the assertion o
some doctor that grape seeds are no
the cause Of appendicitis, after all!
Mrs. Sylvester began to lool
alarmed.
I'VE have been exhorted to veal
fiannels and not to wear flannels,
he went on. "We've been admonished
to drink water during meals, after
having been solemnly warned never tc
do So
They do seem to change theil
minds pretty often,' admitted Mrs
Sylvester.
Sylvester continued oratorically:
Each succeeding generation of doc
tors since the days Of Aesculapius, OF
whatever his name was, has pro
nounced false the opinions of the pre-
ceding generation"
His wife looked thoroughly fright
ened. ITS perfectly dreadful" she
exclaimed. Il really never thought
about 1t before"
"Ah-oo!" groaned Sylvester, who
had 80 far forgotten himself as to
draw back his left leg quickly.
What Is 1t. Henry?" asked his wife
anxiOusly. "Oh, l don't know what on
earth we should do IL you were to get
sick, with the doctors all disagreeing
and changing their minds every few
minutes!"
'Nothing's the matter with me-" he
replied. II was about to say. how
ever, that. of course. the doctors are
bound to hit 1t once in a while. and
there may be something. after ALL
In that idea that strawberries cause
rheumatism. I've been having q lit
tie pain In my left foot for a day or
two. and as I've been eating straw.
berries every day for luncheon. ! don't
know but 1t might be good thing to
stop In on my way to the train and
ask the doctor what he thinks about
It,"
"Do!" exclaimed Mrs. Sylvester. %
interested that her own aches we're
forgotten. ITS 80 much more com.
Portable to be sure"