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Show Indigestion. Our esteemed contemporary, Health of London. England, says: "Worry and hurry at meals are two powerful agents in causing indigestion. The one hinders the flow of the gastric juices so essential to assimilating food, the other prevents the proper mastication mastica-tion of the meal." " 'Better than pepsia or any artificial digestive," said an old physician, 'are leisure and laughter when meals are eaten.' "How well our forefathers knew- this is shown by their custom of having jesters jes-ters and buffoons to 'set the table in a roar,' for fun and merriment will help to digest the heaviest meal. They never nev-er grudged time at their repasts, but gave themselves up to the full enjoyment enjoy-ment of the board. Hence we never hear of dyspepsia in their days.' " Well, who would not take that stand, or view of life, if he, or she, could? But to do that implies the fact that you ere able to hire, a "jester," or "buffoon.'' "buf-foon.'' How many could do it at this day? |