just as we would feed a babe. When you feel you would
like something else besides milk eat a grated apple, three
to four grated almonds, or use a few leaves of lettuce or
endive. In case you think milk disagrees with you, take
one-half teaspoonful of charcoal first and sweeten your
milk with a little honey. Five weeks of milk diet will
suffice to set one right. Where bowels won't move regu-
larly use two hot water injections and finish up with an
after injection of two quarts of hot milk. Expel slowly,
but do not force yourself. Drink the milk thru a strazv,
not paper straws. If you have no straw, then be sure
you sip your milk slowly and thoroly masticate it before
swallowing.
LEMON DIET.
Lemon is one of the few acidulous fruits that can be
used to a great advantage. In heart, liver, bladder and
kidney troubles particularly effective. Use the juice of
one lemon, well salted, one-half hour before each meal
and the clear juice of one lemon after each meal. When
hungry place a sHce of lemon on tongue and expel as soon
as turning bitter. When thirsty use lemon juice. Add
more lemon juice daily until you can take seven to more
lemons. Take the juice thru a straw. Always wash
teeth after using lemons.
Lemons hold their own nearly all the year round and
can be used to great advantage as nerve-tonic or a purga-
tive, depenciing on the combinations made. In cold water
lemon proves cooling ; in hot water promotes perspiration ;
well salted raises the heart action thru the mild operation
of the liver. Taken immediately after a cup of drip
coffee with a quantity of rich cream it acts as a purga-
tive. In small quantities oil proves nourishing; lemons
mixed with oil make a skin food, eradicating skin dis-
ease, all else being equal ; the same applied to the scalp
removes dandruffs and stops falling out of the hair ;
beaten into sweet milk, the juice of one lemon to a glassful
of milk will eliminate acids from the system and cure
rheumatism, kidney complaints and bile troubles. In fact,
the lemon can be utilized in so many ways that it may
safely be called a universal remedy.
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HINTS OF THE SEASONS.
WINTER.
DECEMBER.
As an indisputable principle the observation of the sea-
sons and the selection of foods as to the products of time
will continue to hold good forever, and the more strictly
we observe this simple, natural rule, the less trouble we
shall have in knowing just what shall I eat and what shall
I drink, for the joys of life in a kingdom of God do not
consist of mere eating and drinking. We shall then more
fully understand that the food and drink themselves are
not the defilers of the body, but the results thereof.
With the advent of cooler nights and colder days the
average m^an resorts to heavier underwear. This is a sad
mistake and is one of the principal means of creating colds,
catarrhs, neuralgia, coughs, fevers and stomach troubles.
Remember that the home, the office, the shop and store
are warmed, and only when going outdoors you want
protection, which is furnished by an overcoat, mantle,
cape, high collar and frequent ^change of stockings.^ Even
the use of overshoes and rubbers ought to be decried inid
only resorted to by those whose vocation is that of stand-
ing in water or wet places for hours.
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Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
just as we would feed a babe. When you feel you would like something else besides milk eat a grated apple, three to four grated almonds, or use a few leaves of lettuce or endive. In case you think milk disagrees with you, take one-half teaspoonful of charcoal first and sweeten your milk with a little honey. Five weeks of milk diet will suffice to set one right. Where bowels won't move regularly use two hot water injections and finish up with an after injection of two quarts of hot milk. Expel slowly, but do not force yourself. Drink the milk thru a straw, not paper straws. If you have no straw, then be sure you sip your milk slowly and thoroly masticate it before swallowing.
LEMON DIET.
Lemon is one of the few acidulous fruits that can be used to a great advantage. In heart, liver, bladder and kidney troubles particularly effective. Use the juice of one lemon, well salted, one-half hour before each meal and the clear juice of one lemon after each meal. When hungry place a slice of lemon on tongue and expel as soon as turning bitter. When thirsty use lemon juice. Add more lemon juice daily until you can take seven to more lemons. Take the juice thru a straw. Always wash teeth after using lemons.
Lemons hold their own nearly all the year round and can be used to great advantage as nerve-tonic or a purgative, depenciing on the combinations made. In cold water lemon proves cooling ; in hot water promotes perspiration ; well salted raises the heart action thru the mild operation of the liver. Taken immediately after a cup of drip coffee with a quantity of rich cream it acts as a purgative. In small quantities oil proves nourishing; lemons mixed with oil make a skin food, eradicating skin disease, all else being equal ; the same applied to the scalp removes dandruff and stops falling out of the hair ; beaten into sweet milk, the juice of one lemon to a glassful of milk will eliminate acids from the system and cure rheumatism, kidney complaints and bile troubles. In fact, the lemon can be utilized in so many ways that it may safely be called a universal remedy.
HINTS OF THE SEASONS.
WINTER.
DECEMBER.
As an indisputable principle the observation of the seasons and the selection of foods as to the products of time will continue to hold good forever, and the more strictly we observe this simple, natural rule, the less trouble we shall have in knowing just what shall I eat and what shall I drink, for the joys of life in a kingdom of God do not consist of mere eating and drinking. We shall then more fully understand that the food and drink themselves are not the defilers of the body, but the results thereof.
With the advent of cooler nights and colder days the average m^an resorts to heavier underwear. This is a sad mistake and is one of the principal means of creating colds, catarrhs, neuralgia, coughs, fevers and stomach troubles. Remember that the home, the office, the shop and store are warmed, and only when going outdoors you want protection, which is furnished by an overcoat, mantle, cape, high collar and frequent ^change of stockings.^ Even the use of overshoes and rubbers ought to be decried inid only resorted to by those whose vocation is that of standing in water or wet places for hours.