The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-04
DR.. MARDEN'S
UPLFT TALKS
The Aftermath of Overeating.
BY oRRIsoN SWEET MARDEN,
Author Of Pushing to the Front etc.

Author Of Pushing to the Front" etc.
How many, so far?' asked DIR. Lewis,
! who had called upon his friend, Jacob
Schneider. about o'clock one evening.
and found him alone. very seriously &C.
cupied with a big wooden bowl of dough
nuts.
''oh. eight or ten. perhaps-only few
anyway"
Didn't you have supper"
Yes, of course / did ate supper as
usual. and l shouldn't have touched these
but somehow ] didn't feel very well and
was sort O. lonesome. and these dough-
nuts are kind o. company for me, you
know. The old woman always fries them
for me in the evening. and when they
are nice and hot l sometimes seat more n
twenty OF 'em. just TO sort o pass away
the time, you KNOW
His wife would urge Jacob to clean
up the doughnuts evenings, for he
wouldn't seem to care for them at all
mornings. partly because they would be
cold. but even more because OF his ca
tarrh. biliOusness. liver torpidity, con-
stipation. sIeepiness, duIlness. low spirits.
etc. which always bothered him the most
mornings But the doughnuts after sup
per had nothing to do with those things,
or with his pimples. blotches. and yellow
or brown spots, OF course not. Those
were mysterious affiictions. which the
doctor would help him to get rid of: and
perhaps show him how to avoid.
The sin OF overeating is not peculiar to
tho Ti~h or the wcll-to-do. Jacob
Schneider with his doughnuts can be as
much a glutton as a Dives or a Lucu-
lus with rich and costly foods and rare
wines. Excess in eating is not confined
to any class or country. II has been well
said that civilized man lives upon one
fourth Of the food he takes and the other
three-fOurth he takes at the peril of his
life. The great majority OF people suffer
seriously from overeating. from burden
ing the system to get rid OF what IL can
not convert into tissue and power.
In reality. only a small part of what
Overeaters take into the system Is re-
quired for the building up and maintain
ing Of the tissues. The residue is only a
poisonous. dangerous burden and instead
OF building il up most OF il becomes the
bndy's enemy. 1t overtaXes the energy
OF the different organs, which instead OF
going to increase the power Of the whole
system. is expended in getting rid OF he
excess Of food and in eliminating the re-
sulting pOisonS.
Perhaps larger proportion Of the
American people than of any other ma
ton mar their health and happiness and
eating the wrong kind Of food. The great
majority OF US eat twice as much as is
consistent with the best physical cOndi-
ton and do not realize what a tremen-
d0ut risk We run in so doing. II never
. occurs to the average man or woman that
any surplus noUrishment taken into the
body. any food. no matter how good
which Is not necessary for the healthful
nnUrishment and maintenance Of the cell
tissues. becomes a perpetual menace in
the way Of intestinal putrcfaCtiOn pOis-
OninE. This CIO-EinC Of the system
through ovcreatiuE and the consequent
putrefaCtion Of unnecessary and unab-
sOrbed nutrment. - the cause OF more
headaches dyspepsia. hi'iousness. mental
dullness. and general lack Of ambition
than almost anything else.
Mr.. Fletcher SAYS that should eat
less and chew more He claims that the
more completely we eniov every mouth
fuI OF food the more good we will get out
Of il. the loss likely We will be to inture
! ourselves by eating too much. II will
paw to follow his advice not only from
health. hut also from an economical
standpoint because il We FlctChsriZe our
food we will feel better and happier and
We will not require more than half as
much as when we cat hurriedlv and do
not take time to mast cate thoroughly.
HahituaI overcat"rS ruin their en-
iovnent Of food They do not know
what real palate endowment is. which can
ONLY come from simple living. eating
slowly. mastiCating thoroughly. and di-
costing perfectly. Over Indulgence has
taken away their natural appetite. which
alone can give that hearty. healthy zest