Evening star., 1921-09-07
With and Without Cream.

The effect of the drug caffeine. an
average dose of which is contained
in each 'cupful of good coffee. is to
increase the rate and force of the
heart action for two or three hours,
to increase the depth and speed of
thought for the same length of time,
and to increase the elimiantion from
the kidneys for about the same length
of time. This is a stimulation. But
1T is an extraordinary stimulation,
unlike any other stimulation of which
1 am cognizant. at least, in that there
seems to be no appreciable after
depression attached to it. AS rule
when we apply stimulants. medicinal
or otherwise, with measurable effect.
there is inevitably also an after-de-
nn or wheh has she
driven by the stimulus. In the case
Of coffee, and in less degree of tea
also, the period of stimulation is
|clearly marked, but even with instru-
note any Compensatory after-depres-
sion. This Is peculiar to coffee and
tea, SO far as know. and these bless
ings to mankind are therefore fully
entitled to the esteem in which they
are held throughout civilization.
When coffee is permitted to boil.
even for a few seconds, the boiling
extracts from the coffee grains con-
siderable tannin (tannic acid), which
is an abomination to the stomach and
Of the coffee. The aroma of coffee is
best brought out by a brief prellml- :
nary treatment with cold water-let
it stand a little while before heating.
and remember that a pot that
shouldn't boil must be watched. Va-
rious percolators make fairly good
coffee, l agree, but 1 can see no I'M
provement on the old-flshiontd coffee
roD. I take mine with all the cream.
the time and place afford, and all the
sugar + dare shovel in. However, 1T
is just as beneficial, from the hyglenic
viewpoint, without cream or sugar, If
you like it that way.
All, Sweet sixteen!
I am sixteen years old and have
heavy. long. curly hair. 1t is time fer
me to do my hair up now, as I am
soon to enter college. But when 1 do
my hair up it gives me headache, it
seems so heavy. Would it be wise to
bob my hair? Do you think it would
grow long again in a few years?
q. Al
Answer-Impatient youth. Why do
your hair up? No. regulation about
that to any college worth the name.
If you have the hair bobbed now it
will be discouraging burden for
years.
Vegetarian Diet.
I tried vegetarian diet and bene-
flied so much by it that l induced my
husband to try it for the summer
months. He was eight pounds below
average weight. but generally well.
In three weeks he has lost three
pounds. He does quite heavy work.
He says he does not seem to have the
energy he had when he ate mea.
every day. but has no more intestinal
trouble. This is a sample of his daily
regimen:
Breakfast-Orange. Two scrambled
eggs. Corn mullins. Two cups Of
cocoa.
Lunch.-Two whole wheat bread
lettuce sandwiches. Three glasses of
milk.
Dinner.-Baked potatoes. String
beans. Spinach. Bran mullins. Wal
nuts. A cereal pudding of straw
berries with cream. One or two
glasses of milk.
Can you tell me why he should
feel undernourished? (Mrs. r. Al
Answer-It is not a vegetarian diet.
Eggs are meat Milk is meat. l think
| it would be better for a man doing
! considerable work to eat some roast