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Show Appetite a Good Doctor. When the health is fairly good, and there is no special strain to be put npon the system, the normal appetite may be trusted to indicate the kind and quantity of food necessary to maintain that condition. con-dition. Naturally the appetite varies with the changing seasons, and unless it indicates an unreasonable extreme of indulgence in-dulgence or abstinence no attention need be paid to any other monitor. Much harm is done by injudicious or meddlesome friends suggesting that a person is too stont or too thin, too pale or too ruddy, and serious disturbances of the system often follow the mischievous mischiev-ous advice to take some bitters or pills, or refrain from fattening food or drink. Paying attention to any of tbese fads is like playing with fire. If you are ill enough to seem to warrant any radical change of diet or any application of medicine, consult your physician at once. Above all, avoid qnack medicines, To use the opinion of a successful dealer in them, whose bank balance is more liberal than his conscience, they are "mode to sell." Harper's Bazar. |