The Washington times., 1918-08-30

ed it would do haxm that why it is cOnradicted here
The wise goose says that we MUST fill our stomachs
and then 90 to sleep He bases his decision upon the fact
that the animals gorge themselves and sleep as soon as they
are filled.
There is nothing more foolish than the assumption to
which many professors addicted that human beings
should pattern their lives after the lives of animals and
that must always accept nature as guide In all things
Many of the animals this recently talking professor says
take in all the food they at night time and fall into
deep sleep instantly
To think that we ought to do the same and that what
is good for animals necessarily good for nonsense
The wolf fills his stomach with meat and sleeps He swa
lows the meat whoe-our professor would hardly advise
us to do that And he would hardly advise US to initiate
the that chews her cud going over her supply OF grass
second time.
As matter of fact there is nothing to prove that it
is good thing for the animals to sleep after eating They
fill their tomachs at night then go to sleep because 1t Is
dark and they cannot to do anything ese They sleep
also after eating because in state Of nature they stuff
themselves to the last degree and could not keep awake
they would
But even supposng that it is good thing for tiger
or lion, in what way would that apply to man?
wolf walks along on four legs his stomach and in
erna arrangements parallel with the ground When ne is
lying down his digestive apparatus is in the same position
But man walks erect on his hind legs his front legs
ing transformed into and hands. This change OF
position great change to which the digestive ap
paratus has adjusted itself through the ages The stomach
relies upon gravity that is to say downward IN
dischargng its preliminary functions Of dgestng you
function and in addition there is change In the crcula
ing process of the bodyhe blood the gastric juices etc.
baby it true can go to sleep advantageousy with
its stomach full These explain the difference be-
tween the human baby and adult: First the baby-n
proud mothers will us-s much to the ami
mails than to the human being in its digestive processes R
geson with it. as with the animal is the main occupation
of life next to eating It lives in recumbent position so
that it is always lying down the attitude of sleep That
attitude therefore does not interfere with Its digestion as
it does with that of an older person.
Second the baby's food is absolutely simple, 1t IS
liquid and that requires very little assistance from the
digestive apparatus In addition the little baby has huge
liver three times big proporonatey that of the adult
which enables to wrese successfully with its milk sup
ply Furthermore the babys method of getting the milk
involves the utmost stimulating Of the salvary glands
which dmnishes the amount of work to be done In the
stomach The unfortunate babies who must take bottle
instead of mother would be much better off if the doctors
would arrange the bottle to compel very slow supply
of milk and especially the necessity of energetic sucking
and consequent activity of the salivary glands.
Apoplexy and all sorts of congestive troubles are
brought on by sleeping full stomach If you will make
rule go sleep for at least hour and half
after eating you will find your health will improve greatly
Professors who tell you to fill your stomach with food
and to to sleep because wolf does it, might as well tell
you to initiate the boa constructor or the toad.
The snake swallows donkey whole then sleeps for
month The toad eats few flies then bures himself in
the mud and stays there all winter without food or air
You would laugh at anybody who told you to initiate the
toad then why listen to the goose that tells you to initiate