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an% threugh life by unwitting-
, It# blneself desliked?,' flow can
*itfilt.**eaver or net -he is disliked
p11911t.•hgning to the embarraestnent
kie* hie friends and asseclates?
One do to control bis own
Ontlant and attitudes so that he Will
better liked?
- These are all practical questionsof
the greatest , .perstonal importance.
„ And, until recently, no definite an -
's , ewers could be given to them.
To find the answers to these clues-
- tions and other similar ones, the Col-
gate. Peyohological Laboratory under-
took experimental work in which the
relative significance of nearly ono
hundred traits and babits, in their ef-
fect on personal likes and dislikes,
-was accurately measured. Only traite
and habits which we van reasonably
expect to be ab4e to alter for the bet-
' tee by an application of good old-fash-
ioned will -power and self-developmeet
were studiedt.
This experimental work produced
,evidenee that some forty-six traits
are of definite importance in determ-
ining the emotional attitude of other
people towels:1e us. About the same
eumber of other traite, d11 spite of
their apparently important nature,
-were found to neve no appreciable in-
fluence either favorable or unfavor-
able.
Watch These Traits Closely
Censider the more important traits,
the one's which definitely make most
people like us. In order of their im-
portance we have given these positive
traits a weight that, yaries from one
to three. The first nine in the.- list
below all have a weight of three.
Be depended upon to do w.hat you
say you will. This trait alone may
not make people like you, if you have
others iu large numbers which offset
it, but it is one which you can, gam-
ble on. It affects not only your re-
sponsibility to your superior, but your
relations to practically every person
with whom you come in even casual
contact. No good executive can af-
ford to overlook the lack of this one
trait in his subordinate„
, •
cuss4one 'individuals Who have
contributed to the work that in ,gen-
eral weedislikepeople for one of three
mamma We may dislike them be-
cause (1)- we, are atraid onthem. They
are (2) saTeastic, or they are likely
to make nut of us to our backs. We
may dislike them because they (3)
deflate our ego. e
Th,ey- boss us, they are domineer-
ing, they know more than we 'know,
or in some way mane us feel smaller.
I do not like, to say, as some persons
do, that they irritate, our' inferiority,
or give us an inferiority com,plex. I
prefer the more simple direct state-
ment that they deflate our ego. Again
.we may dislike them because they do
petty things of one kind or another
that annoy us.
The traits with a value of three and
Iwo bear the closest relation to de-
flating our ego or making us afraid.
Conversely; the affirmative traits of
equal values, are those which bring
happiness and emotional exhilaration
to those with whom their 'possessors
come in -contact. The traits of minor
importance, those with a v-alue of only
one, have, more tone with annoyance.
Here are the traits with a value of
two.
'Keep your clothing neat and tidy.
Cleanliness is still next to the great-
est virtues. It -is liked almost as well
as depen-dability and helpfulness.
Do not be bold and nervy.. One
s-hould have self-confidence, of course,
but should not have too much "brass"
or the reputation, for having it. The
bous,e-tethouse salesman is not a pop-
ular character. Unfortunately work as
canvassers selling magazines, Vacuum
cleaners, floor brushet, etc., is often
recommended as good summertime ex-
perience for college etndents. To my
mind the experience such an occupa-
tion gives in developing boldness is
not a good thing for them,
Do not laugh at the mistakes of
others. Never laugh at a man because
he comes to a social function in a
queer costume, or uses tee wrong
fork at table, or appears on the street
with his shirt tail hanging out. Get
your laugh from the movies, the vaud-
eville act, or the :pages of Judge. Don't
Jake ie out on other people in real
life.
Do not take a vulgar attitude to-
ward the opposite sex. Although most
people do not object to shady stories,
they do object by and large to a gen-
erally vulgar attitude toward the op-
posite sex.
Do not be inclined to find fault with
everybody else. Like a good many of
the other traits which promote dis-
like, this one tends to increase a lit-
tle with age, especially with extreme
age. This accentuation of disagree-
able traits with, a.dvancittg age ex-
plains why young people thing old
people are harder to get along with.
Do not correct the mistakes of oth-
ers. Don't tryto serve as a grammar
or a book of etiquette for your friends.
They don't Like to have someone else
point out to them that they have said
"don't" when they should have said
"doesn't," or have shaken hands
wheu they ehould, merely have bowed.
If they want to get -criticism, they•
are perfectly capable of asking for it
or learning their errors from an auth-
oritative book. It doesn't pay to give
gratuitous. advice of that kind.
Do not tell jokes at, the exPense of
those listening. Very similar to but
net the same as the trait of making
fun of people behind their backs. The
toastmaster is probably weakening
friendships as he cracks jokes at the
expense of the speakers whom he is
introducing to his audience. Most
experiencedspeakers dislike this hab-
it and say it handicaps them in mak-
ing their talk. It has put tee audi-
ence in an unfaavorable mental atti-
tude, for the speaker comes before
them in a ridiculous light which he
must first overcome before gaining
their sympathetic attention. That may
explarin why after-dinner speeohes are
usually regarded as a necessary evil.
Do not try to have your own way.
This is not the same as domineering!
If your superior tells you to 4o such
and such a thing in a certain way,
don't 'insist on going ahead doing it
the same old. way you always did just
out of obstinacy.
Do not lose your temper.
Do not take the initiative in argu-
ment
Smile pleasantly, although it is
doubtful if smiling while you, are in-
sisting on having your own way can
entirely offset the effect of your ob-
stinacy.
Go cut of your nay to help others.
Do not show off your knowledge.
Yet, the poor college professor is
hired To show off what he knows. The
teacher or parent or executive is apt
to be disliked from the eery nature
of the tasks he is called upon to per-
form. Those who want to be liked
must try to gain favor by other trans.
They must, for instance, possess the
two just described above.
Do not let yourself feel superior to
your associates, and be careful lest
they get the impression that you do.
Ore of the most brilliant young men
I know, although unconscious of his
brilliance, is much disliked. He has
no desire to eh,ow. off, to exhibit su-
periority, but that is the impression
Which others get, ' and it counts
against him- It is probably difficult
to be brilliant and atilt be liked.
Do not reprimand people who ail,
things that displease yew The wo-
man in the small town who wants to
boss everybody and manage every-
thing !-. -!--st universally disliked.
She is pee:ably doing more good for
the town than anyone else, but that
doesn't have any weight with the
neighbors. She has to pay the pen-
alty of being personally hated.
Do not exaggerate in your state-
ments: In spite of the commonness
of the habit of telling tall stories, and
its apparent innocuousness in most
cases. this is one of the traits which
was found to be most important as a
ground for dislike.
Do not make fun of others behincf
their baeks. Here is a case in point.
I know the general manager of a cer-
tain: company, a man in some ways
•very clever in social matters. His
company dominates the small town in
which it is located. 'When he came
there they almost bad the brass band
out to welconie ,him. Six months lat-
er be could' 'hardly have found a
townsman to give him a lift down the
road without a scowl.
, This man is tremendously capable.
What got him into trouble was noth-
ing that he did OTh the fel). It was
what be did after office hours. Out
on the local nine -bole golf course, in
the post office while waiting for the
evening mail, or to entertain guests in
his own home, be would tell ember-
raseingly funny things that bad bap-
- pened to fellew townsmen, or would
imitate in hilarious fashion a fellow
golfers Manner of making a shot.
Good entertainmenti--but it left ev-
eryone feeling a little afraid that "to-
morrow he may be making fun St
Do not be sarcastic. This habit
probably operates on the mental re-
actions of others in very much the
same way as the habit Of making fun
of other people.
Do not be domineerin,g, A tendency
to do this may be one reason .for the
unpopularity of *omen as bosses.
This completes the list of the traits
to which I have given a value of
three. These alone give us already a
pretty fair picture of human likes and
, dislikes and their reasons. People in
general dislike exaggeration, dislike
undependabtlity, dislike the man who
will net go out of hie way to help
'other*
These broadeFrtraits they feel very
strongly. The underlying moral code
indleated by the =Mee of these dis-
1 finitely a good one. Need-
teg sat it Is a code Which lies
detnolt deeper than stleh eurface mani-
as minor vnealatesees for
litnnigr, for ganibling, for shady stories
the .1tkd. in,themeelves those
ne effect ou the eanotione of
' peebte;t6Ward UL
Read** 'Ook*: Oke
O:ft with the traits
- a -vomit-
' 7titgifiationt of
410 * effit.
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Do net be out of patienee%rith mod-
ern ideas'.
Do not be flattering.
Do net talk about your Ponsonal
troubles. "Yea can talk -about your
health, but do -not discuss your ether
troubles, such as your fmanclal re-
verses, your family quarrels, or the
isman things other people have done
to you.
Do not spread gossip. Gossips are
not popular even among their own
kind.
Do not be dignified.
Be cheerful.
Be enthusiastic, not lethargic.
Do not mispronounce words. James
M. Barrie once used thiah characteristic in les play, "A Kiss for Cin,der-
ella," as a clever trick to build up
dislike for one of the characters, the
policeman who continuallY made mis-
takes, in pronueciation.
Do not be sus-picious teat - people
are trying to put something over on
you.
Do not be lazy.,
130 not talk continuously. Mark
Twain said to Helen Keller, "The rea-
son I like you, Helen, is because You
do not talk much." Mark himself pre -
ferrel to do all the talking, It does
not wetter whether your voice is high
pitched or low-pitched. rasping or
vehether you use pet phras-
es, foreign phrases or slang. These
habits are all neutral In effect, but
continuous talking is not. This handi-
cap seeths to be more ccnemon
mong women as a sex than men, yet
we have found in sense experiments
that, contrary'toe general impressions,
young men talk more than young wo-
men. Moreover, the young women do
not like this trait In !their masculine
acquaintances.
Do not pry into other people's Seise
nese There are plenty of lawyers
whose business is to do that They
,kpew a good deal about everybody's
affairs. That is probably one reason
why evenevlien they possess the Most
plea,sin,g Personalities, Clawyers are
generally feared: And the fear may
be easily deeeloped into dislike.
Other Important Traite
You can be a high
pressure worker or an easy going one
i1lhout any vieible effect on your
po ularity, but if you are lazy you
will be disliked for it. The older gen-
eration suffer on this count, for they
have reached the stage in Which nhee-
matiemt arteries, joints and muscles
begin to call for a life of ease and
retirement!
Do not borrow things.
Do eat tell people what their mortal
duty in
Do net correot the mistakes of °th-
ese.
Do not tell people wh,at is right and
wrong: Do not give moral lectures.
Do not 'trY to get people to believe
as you believe. This habit is eimdlar
to that of taking the initiative bi ae
gunman
DO not be a political radical.
Do not talk rapidly, Talking eon-
tinuouely has a value of two, talking
rapidly, has a value of one.
Do not laugh loudly.
The following. traits value
of one: „.
DO not 'keep year end of the con-
netention up by asking miestions.
While people like to hear theMeelVea.
talk, apparently' they de not like to
. be egged on to talk by third degree
_niethoda. The person who, after you
!'have- finieted , remittable' aft- Wein-
-eseet_or.tglittg a goo, gog, "What
ileetr'.;:le not, increasing
ilfitiVePtita*y. Pity by day in every
geiting .tifore unpeoular.
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tor intellect, ,ipso faeto, buiidiu.
dislike tor'. n& among all 9ne
erlio are net like hinestelf. He de-
flates the ego of the coMmon, people
and la feared by them. ,
Yon east oetsreomeethe handiness of
tneemenaiettneati only by extraordineret
service o eMe kind, by deliberately.
geging out of your way, to help 'others
theetrnits we nave enumerated
the aversigeeinan hold the key to the
attitude toward 'him of leis fellow av-
erage men,
Give yourself a score of three for
eaoh Of these questions you can. an-
swer "Yes": pan you always be 'de-
pended upon to d,'o What you say you
will? ' Do you go out of your way
cheerfullly to 'help others? Do you
avant exaggerations in all your state-
ments? 'Do you avoid being sarcas-
tic? Do 'you, refrain from showing
off how mut% you know? Do you feel
infester to most of your associates?
Do you refrain from bossing people
not employed by you? Do you keep
from reprimanding people who do
things that dis,please you? Do you
avoid making fun of others behind
their backs? Do you keep from dom-
ineering others?
Give yourself a score of two for
each of these questioes you can an-
swer "yes": Do you keep your cloth-
fiag'neat and tidy? Do you avoid be-
ing bold and nervy? Do you avoid
laughing at the mistakes of others?
Is your attitude toward the opposite
sex free froms vulgarity?' Do you a-
mid finding fault with everyday
things? Do you let the mistakes tif
°theta pass without carreotin,g them?
Do you loan' things to others readily?
Are you careful not to tell jokes that
wilth embatTas,s. those listening? Do
you let others have their own way?
Do you always control your temper?
Do you keep out of arguments? Do
you smile pleasantly? Do you avoid
talking almost continuously? Do you
keep your nose entirely out of other
people's business?
Give yourself a score of one for
eaoh of these questions you can an-
swer "Yes": Do you have patience
with modern ideas? Do you avoid
flattering others? Do you avoid gos-
siping? Do you refrain from asking
people to repeat w -hat they have just,
said? Do yfauga-Void asking questions
in keephig up a conversation Do you
avoid asking favors of others? Do
you keep your personal troubles to
yourself?- Are you natural rather
than dtignified? Are you usually
cheerful? Are you conservative in
politics? Are you enthusiastic rather
than lethargic? DO you pronounce
words correctly? Do you look upon
others without suspicion? Do you
avoid being 'lazy? Do you avoid bor-
rowing things? Do you refrain from
telling People their moral duty? Do
you avoid trying to convert people to
your beliefs?' Do you avoid talking
rapidly? Do you avoid laugh -Mg loud-
ly? Do you avoid making fun of peo-
ple to their faces?
,The higher your score by this self-
analysis the better liked you are in
geneTat .Each "No" answer Should be
changed through self -guidance into a
"Yes" answer. The highest possible
score is eighty-one. About 10 per cent
of people have this score. The lowest
score made by a person vb.° was gen-
erally liked was fifty-six. The aver-
age pereon has a score of sixty-four.
The average score of a person' who Is
generally disliked is thirty. The low-
est score we found was, twelve. It is
encouraging to note that the average
young person has a score closer to
that of the average petite= who is lik-
ed than to that of the avenage person
who is disliked.
You Can Change Yourself
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In one phase of our experiment ate
asked the subjects to write down as
fast as "they could the initials of all
the people they could think of whom
th,ey disliked intensely. At the end
of a ,balf-minute we stopped them. In
that half -minute some had been able
to think of only one person for whom
they felt intense dislike. Others
thought of as many as fourteen. Some
thought of those they disliked as rap-
idly as they could write down
This test showed that those who
expressed their dislike for the largest
number of pereons were the very in-
dividuals who themselves possessed
the lamest number of generally dis-
liked traits. This makes us feel safe
in stating in a general way that if
you dislike many people you probably
are, in turn, disliked by many people.
And by the same token, if you like
many people you are probably liked
by many.
It is plain from our investigation
that one cast very redically modify
these undesirable traits. Here is an
actual illustration. A. certain. boy
turned out by his own rating to 'have
the worst seore in the collection. Now
it happened' that this boy pees,essed,
in spite of that, numerous advantages
and talents which would seem to
make it comparatively easy for him
to be liked. He had wealth and so-
cial accomplishments, dressed well,
played the piano like a wizard, and
was good as an amateur in several
popular forms of athletics. Auto no
avail. By ,the admission of all the
other students in the group who knew
him, as well as by his own descrip-
tion of himself, he was shown to be
the most disliked'.
For sixteen months he had been in-
close contact with a group of about
fifteen boys of this own age. For six-
teen months, in the manner of boys,
they tad been telling him that he was
"all wet," and that he was a "pain
in the neck." He knew well enough
that the was disliked, but he honestly
did not know wby. The analyeis
which he made for himself in ten
minutes in the laboratory pointed out
definite traits as the reasons why be
was disliked. Titus, in place of a
vague realization of his misfortune he
secured a diagram of the weak points
which were to blame and which he
knew he must correct.
Two weeks after this boy had made
his self-analysis, one of the others of
h is group was workteg foie me for a
few hours. In the course ef conversa-
tion, he remarked, "Say, what did you
do to Smithers? We have razzed him
and been after him continually for
almost two years now, and here some-
thing happened up in the laboratory
-I, don't know what, -Whether it was
a serum or an injection of horse sense
but he is a changed fellow. We are
begin,neng to like him immensely."
One of the traits of this boy had
been showing off his knowledge. He
never spoke of salt except as sodium
chloride, party in fun, but also with
an underlying desire of displaying his
learning. Another trait was the habit
of trying to get others to do things
for him. He had the reputation of
buying one package Of cigarettes a
month and sneaking two packages a.
day. The arelysis had pointed out
traits like these which even the boys
who dislikedlnIm did not realize caus-
ed their dislike.
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Nearly all of the traits We have list-
ed cen be changed quite readily' and
simply. Such traits as physical a.wk-
vvardnese, which May be caused by
conditions not under the control of
the will, were 'disc -eased ,but not in -
eluded en oar tests. We hive studied
just ,ettiman.on, traits that ,the average
individual is very likely to take for
granted, net realizing the important
bearing -they have on relationships
with ether people, - Theee :unite may
keep a man out of a job, losettim op-
portunities for promotion, er make
brim very lonesome dining his idle
hours, all lbecauee people are afraid
of him, because he deflates their ,ego,
• becauee they .find, him annoying.
Lineoln saiii..":The Lord Mutt hone
loved' the eom.mokr people, beeaute he
mede sir many more of them then
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to take MOP flegeettt hOgettlites to
inente this r Ult. HIS 4igee1vo me»
eonefOrte beesene More OW Mere in-
tense, and: he took fleallY einnething
°Yarn SOW to try and certintetetise CMS -
(lintel. -
What OaP,we d9 to eI hinS7 Thte,
answer to this question requires that
we go beck 'to fleet 'principles le the
physiology and anatomy Of the diges-
tive tract.
Anatomically, the dtgestive system
consists a a series •or organs called
the Mouth, esophages or gullet, stom-
ach, small intRstine, large intestine
or &glee, and reetune. The esophagus
carries the food from mouth to stom-
ach, after 'the food has been chewed
up and masted with saliva in the
mouths he
In the stomach, certain tiny glands
torria water, aid and pepsdn and the
stomach ,ohurns the food and mixes it
thoraugitly with these fluids until the
mixture, is liquid. Thee little by lit-
tle this liquid is pushed through the
lower end of the stomach into the
small'intestine. It takes about five to
six hours for the average meal to
pass through the stomach.
In the Meal! intestine the food is
pushed slowly along -by peculiar
squeezing motions of th,e intestinal
walls. The listing membrane af the
small intestine has millions a small
"fingers" projecting into the cavity of
the intestine. These fingers. are oov-
ened by special cells which have the
ability to absorb the liquid food ele-
ments,and pass them into the bloted,
which in turn carries them to the
liver and the body generally.
The small intestine neatly takes all
tee nutriment from the food, and then
pus.hes what is, left, the waste mater-
ial, on into the colon. It takes from
six to twelve bours for th,e food to
pass through the s.m,all intestine.
We now come to the colon or large
in•testine which ie the important or-
gan concernedwith elimination. It
starts in the lower right side of the
abdemen, passes up the right side to
the ribs, turns across the middle of
the, abdomen, turns up under the ribs
on the left side, then goes down the
ant side, and after one or two large
twists becomes the rectum-. The
waste material from the small intee•
tine comes into it in the lower rtigh t
side.
This waste material jS still liquid,
and is of no further value. to us as
all the real food elements haveebeen
absorbed in the small intestine. The
colon now has for its job the reab-
sorption of water from this residue!
It moves the material slowly along,
gradually absorbing the water, .and
the residue becotnes less and less liq-
uid until in the left or 'descending
colon the actual formation of the ev-
acuation begins to take place. When
the waste material is finally passed
from the bode it is a coeipact cylin-
drical mass.
The colon is, then, really a dehY-
drating plant. It takes in at its up-
per end a liquid mass, and passes out
of itslower end a ss,olid mass. This
proceSS takes normally twelve to
twenty-four hours. It can, be seen
that if the material is hurried through
the colon, insUfficient time will be
given for absorption of the water, and
the, evacuation will be mixed with wa-
ter and abnormally soft or loose.
Throw Away Your
Cathartics
(By Dr. W. H. Glance in Your Lite)
Mr, J es came in dejected and
weary -I. g.
tor, he said, "everything I
eat t s to gas. I've tried all sorts
of diets atete nothing seems to make
any difference. My belt feels too
tight most of the time, I'm bloated
and sore through the abdomen., I'm
afraid to eat, becatase I feel so filled
up afterward. I haven't any appetite
really -but I eat because I know I
have to, to keep alive.
"Every morning I wake up with,
crampy pains in the abdomen, and my
sleep is restless so I'm tired all the
time. I've lost my pep, and don't
oare sometimes whether I go on or
not. I'm sure it's autointoxication,
but I do everything to keep up my
elimination. I take something every
night because If I don't I never get
any action and I have a headache,
feel 'dopey' and can't do my work. I
never get gt good clearing out -and
my food just doesn't seem to digest
at all."
Poor devil! He's tb,e product of the
great American habit of self-medica-
tion for consttpation. If be had any
heart symptoms he'd see the 'doctor.
If his kidneys were giving any trou-
ble he'd seek medical advice. If he
had any real difficulties, with his skin
be"d get medical care.
But when it comes to "indigestion"
he follows the lead of his mother and
his grandmother, or some so-called
"health" articles he's read, and, pro-
ceeds to dose itimself up with cath-
artics which he sees advertised on all
sides wieh .promises of rehregueation"
and "cure."
Let's go back into his history. As
a boy, if tlits ate a little indiscreetly,
his mother gave him a dose of caster
or perhaps, calomel. She didn't
feel it necessary to ask the doctor
about he needed was a good
cleaning out."
On other occasions, when. he (Jean
the doctor for a bad told or the
grippe, be was given cathartics of one
kind of' other be "clear out his sys-
tem." The faintly dootor-book reeom-
mended various "herb teas" -"gentle
aperients"-hblite matte," calomel "to
tolloh up the liver," Or castor ail for
V11'10118 "simple° digestive upsets.
As he grew up and managed' his
Men -little ills, it wan logical that all
he needed for -hie occasional attacks
of indigestion wee to "take a PhYnle
-He was raised, on the idea that
bowel* must Melte every•day, and he
found' aiti tittle went On that he )ia
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The lining, membrane of the Wien
nonnally a Pretectine- MeellStetnet
It acte.htte a beerier bettieen' the ins
testittal eontente on else side and the
bleod eream tnt the other. 'The -colon
is simply a cavity of oUrr body an
vv-hich waste eo.ateriel IS gathered =-
tit- such time as it may be. eliminat-
ed, ,
We get no polsoning or :taut:I-intoxi-
cation" from this residue remaining
ina colon whose lining is healthy. if,
however, the colon wall is inflamed
and congested from fiequent cath-
arsis, it may abseil, through its un-
healthy :surface "poisons" or "toelc
substances." Our object must be,
therefpre, not to keep on sweeping
out these' food residuewith cathar-
tics which keel)" the membran,ce un-
healthy, but rather to allay the in-
flammation and build up the normal
barrier -like action of ehe celon wall,
by healing measures.
To institute these healing measures
we ,meat understand the underlying
Physiology of colon action. The nor-
mal "push" to start nolonic contrac-
tions is the pres,enne of residue in
the right side of the colon. If a note
amount:of residue is peesent the con-
tractions will be more active than if
a small amount only is present.
The average (healthy person eats
enough residue in his three meals to
give the temper bulk and the colon
passes 'it along at just the right rate
to give A formed evacuation. Some
people have a. "touiehy" or sensitive
colon and with the average ainount
of Eisele or residue, their celons net
too fast and the evacuations are loose
and unformed.
Other people have slow-moving
"lazy" colons and require large am-
ounts of Tesidue to get the colon to
act. It is necessary, 'therefore, to
find for each individual the proper
amount of residue for his particular
colon. Tbis we determine by the
consistency of the. evacuations': if
they are too hard, more bulk is need-
ed: if too soft, less bulk. ,
Among our foods 'we have a group
called non -residue or "smooth" foods.
Meate, fish, fowl, eggs, white starchy
cereals and breads, milk, cream, fruit
juioes, soups, tea, coffee, and various
combinations of theee foods -all are
"smooth" because they are so com-
pletely absorbed in the small intes-
tine that very little residue remains
in the eolon. '
On the otber hand; 'the so-called
roughage foode-coarse breads, coarse
cereals, cooked and raw vegetables,
cooked and Taw fruito all leave vary-
in,g amounts of unabsorbable cellulose
in the colon, material out of which we
can get no nutriment and which is
therefore cliseharged front the body as
waste. This cellulose residue is nor-
mally stimulating to colonic contrac-
tions if the membrane lining the colon
is healthy. If, however, the lining is
congested and irritated this cellulose
is so coarse and rough that it causes
overactive contractions with result-
ing cramps and loose evacuations.
Now, lens take care of Mr. Jones.
He's been taking cathartics for
months or years. His colon lining is
inflamed and congested, and his ev-
acuations are loose and unformed.
He's really suffering from artificial
dtarrimea! We must therefore Start
him on the smooth foodshecause the
rough foods are too coarse for his
tender, Rick colon. smooth
foods, however, won't given him en-
ough residue to give the proper urge
to his colon, and our physiology de-
mands bulk of some kind. So we add
to bis food one of the "bulk produc-
ers."
By "bulk producers" we mean the
green of substances that have the
'Property of absorbing water in the
intestinal tract and swelling up to a
gelatinous or mucilaginous state, and
which are not absorbed in the small
intestine. One is agar, which is de-
rived from seaweed and which comes
invarious forms from powder to
coarse flakes. Another is PsylliuM
seed, which in the intestinal tract ex-
udes a slippery mucilage that lubri-
cates and softens the content of the
colon. Another is the gum of the
Bessorin or Kabaya plant.
These substances are put out by
the drug -manufacturers in many"dif-
ferent forms, and unless they are
"spiked" by tbe addition of cascara,
senna, frangula, magnesia, etc., are
harmless to the 'intestinal wall and
act purely because they produce bulk
and not because they irritate. They
can be used indefinitely without harm
They all have the property, further-
more, of reteining their moisture in
the colon.
So Mr. Jones now has a smooth diet
and a smooth bulk in his sore colon
and he -continues on, this regime for
a few weeks until the colon has had
time to recover. If his, evacuations
are too compact, he needs more bulk
producer; if too soft, leas.
As his gee pains and abdominal
soreness subside he, later gradually
adds the cooked vegetables and fruits
--still later, the raw foods, until his
diet is a general one. As these rough-
age foods,are added he may cut down
his dose of bulki producer and In time
dispense with it altogether. Some
people with lazy colons can't take
eeP
When you'ure sleePless• nervous. -
,inlhable,11130 Pr. Cifers Nene Feed- •
IVIost people =Merit a most effee-
tive restorative for the nerves. , For
new pep and energy use
Dx.ChNERvic row)
,
acceunt of lack of sufacient moisture..
Supplies are equal to demand and the
market is dem at $2.00 to the whole-
sale dealer. The early crop will beg
well cleared up In July.
The acreage planted for midseason,
marketing is equal te average. Th
Crop is developing well but reqUires
more moistuxe and flea. beetles 'are
plentiful and quite active. This cross
will commence moving to market a-
bout the last week in July with th*
yield depending largely on the supply
of moisture during the next two
weeks.
, The planting of main crop potatoes
are a.httle less than in 1937, but wereg
generally planted earlier. Germina-
tion, was good but growth to date has
been uneven and wbile some fields
are knotting for blossoms, the late
plantings are just well above ground.
It is too early as yet to estimate the -
prospective yield.
If, on the other hand, the progress
through the colon is too slow, then
too much water will be absorbed and
the residue will be hard and ball -like.
Thereat test of Whether the cones is
acting normally, is the consistency of
the evacuation. If the evacuation is
herd and difficult to move, then the
colon' is acting too slowly. If the ev-
acuation is loose and unformed, the,
colon is working too fast.
The important thing is nee now of-
ten the bowels Move, but rather what
formation the movement has. Some
people have a normal movement ev-
ery other day, and are not constipat-
ed, while others have ANVO OT three'
hard movements a day, and are con-
stipated. The average ,normal person
has one or two softlo-rmed evacua-
tions a day.
The time element or the rhythm of
the digestive tract is important. Feed
eaten at breakfaat, lunch and dinner
yesterday was passed down through
the stomach and small intestine yes-
lerday and last night, and its residue
is gathered in the right side in the
first portion of the colon this morn-
ing. During today and tonight, it will
ne moved along slowly through the
Colon and will be eliminated tomor-
row morning. Yesterday's food gives
tomorrow's evacuation, It takes 36
to 48 'hours for food to cotaplete its
trip through the alimentary canal.
Let us see what happens to • this
timing if we take a cathartic tonight
when, we retire. It passes through
the stomach, hurries things along in
the small intestine during theinight
and early tomorrow morning strikes
t'he right side of the colon. Because
it is an irritant, the colon pushes it
along to get rid of the irritation, and
when ,the bowela move tomorrow
miorning, not only tomorrow's evacua-
tion is passed, but also the evacuation
that st,ould not be passed until day -
after -tomorrow.
When elay-aftertottiorrow comes,
the bowel has dot had time to "catch
up," no movement is paseed-and be-
cause the bowels do not move all day,
another laxative is taken.
Why does Mr. Jones have his symp-
toms? Becatne he is suffering from
"cathartic colitis." His digestive or-
gans, particularly the colon, are in-
flamed and congested by repeated ex-
posure to irritating substancee called
cathartics.
Ineluded in this category are man
drugs as cascara, aloes, senna, mag-
nesia, phenolphthalein, Epsom salts,
Siedlitz ,poweler, castor oil, calomel,
etc. All have the common property
In greater or less degree of hurting
the liming membranes of the digestive
tract, and causing overattivity of' the
prcrpulatee eotttractions of ,the intes-
tinal
Net:Many, these contractiorm of ehe y
eolon wall are quiet, gentle and pain -
les -we are entirely unconscious of
them Gases are always present to
Setae degree in the colon but 'are ab -
stetted tete the blood reatficiently so
that tno disconifert is felt by their
presence.
After repeated oaths -rale hovr,erver,
the contraetiens beceme too strong
unit vigorous, giving 8enant-101W of
ciareping pain, and tumbling and
gurgling threnghout' the abdomen;
furtherntore the congestion and . lin-
petted eirtulatiOn of the colon, lining:
enough roughage foods to make their
partientlar colons work properly. They
need to continue the bulk producers
indefinitely, and are not harming
themselves be so doing.
The colon will act if you will give
It proper material 'to work with. It
resents being driven and !whipped,
and Willetna.ke you miserable if you
continte irritating it with the drug
or ealine cathartics. It is slow-mov-
ing end likes to teke its time. It has
a lining which protects, you from its
contents If Met lining is Mama':
Treat it With respect and it will serve
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The Potato Crop
Thetearly crop is melting in volume
from Leamington, Harnow, Dundas
end Ihnlingten. Some glower's in.the
Gareille-Clitikeetts district are also
marketing to alesser ,extent. The
qUelite reverted eeecl with no rot
lit evidence. fIglze, is not so large as
lit 1931, but the No. I grade 10` being
nia.intAtifted. Yielde are lower on
Fall Fair Dates
Tillson,burg Aug. 30, 31 -Sept. 1
Toronto • - Aug. 26 -Sept. le
Fergus Aug. 25, 26, 27
Sept. 2 - 5
Elmira
astock
Sept. 9, le.
Hepworth Sept. S. 9
Kinamount
Sept. 7,
Tavistock g
Sept. 9, 10
ChBeffod
sire4.
y Sept. 13, 1
D
Sept. 16, 17
Kincardine
Comberrneeawr dri n e
Sept. 15, 16
Sept. 16, 17
Sept. 15, 16
Lion's, Head • Sept. 14, 15
London (Western Fair) .Sept. 12-17
Midland , ' Sept. 15-17
Milverton Sept. 15, 16
New Hamburg Sept. 16, 17
Orangeville Sept. 16, 17
Sept. 15, 16
Wwiiiakretopnort
Sept. ln
Acton Sept. 20, 21
Ansa Craig Sept. 22, 23
Alliston Sept. 22, 23
Atwood Sept 23, 24
Dresden
. 22
• Sept, 19, 20, 21
Exeter
Sept. 20, 21.r
Sept. 21,
For
Harrow
Galt
wch Sept. 22-24
Sept. 20, 21
Lambeth- Sept. 22-24
Meaford Sept.Sept. Sept.221, 222 322
Listowel
Mildmay Sept. 20, 21
Merlin
Sept. 21, 22
Mount Forest
Neustadt Sept. 22, 23
Sept. 23, 24
Norwich
Sept. 20, 21
Paris
Saeaamfoiarth Sept. 22-24
Sept- 20, 21
Sept 22,.23
Shedden Sept. 21
Shelburne Sept. 22, 23
Springfield Sept.' 21, 22
StratfordorudeSept. 19-2
Tbie 1.
AytonAATYirvtlhemur: on
n t septSe2p2t; 2231
Sept. 26-28
Sept. 29, 3fe
Sept. 29, 30
BBayfloeindt Sept. 28, 29
Belmont
Sept.
Brussels ur ford. Sept. 32:
B
Sept. 27, 22
Caledonia Sept. 20, 343, Oct. 1 e
DDruramyton Sept. 27, 28 '
bo
Sept.
Florence Sept. 28, 29'
Fordwiah Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Glencoe
Sept.
277, 8
,228
Grand,Valley Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Harriston Sept 29, 36,
Holstein Sept. 29, 30-
Ilderton Sept. 22
Ingersoll Sept. 29, 30
Jarvis
Sept. 28, 28
Kilsyth Sept. 28, 29
Kirkton Sept. 29, 3*
LaLeanmgt°inngton' Sept. 26 -0°cctt. '11.
Lmuiteeknolwl Sege. 29, 3*
Mitchell
mpauinsiceeyy Sept. 27, 22
Se4.eral141S7t.
Palmerston Sept. 27, IP
Parkhill Sept.
gPotpriteyElgin Sept. 29,
Rodney Sept 27,
Sept. 26,
Strathroy Sept. 29, 30, Oct. I
Thedford Sept. 27, 28
Wallacetown ...... ,.)..,Sept. 29, 39
Welland centrelanad,Sept. 27-29
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Sept 27
Wyoming Sept. 28, 29
Zurich Sept. 26, IT
Zephyr
Brigden Sept. Oct.4..6
27
Aberfoyle ,
Alvinston
Oct.
6, 74
DorchesterCh"isworth Oct. 6, 7
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librngaennon Oct. 6
7
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Braigirbggraoteund Oct. 8-40
Oct. 6
t rin
teerfolf County (Simeoe)...0e:O.ent3t:- 764.
Melbourne Oct. 7, 2
Mount Brydges Oct. 4
Ofutdvegtettorund
SMgeen Indian' - .0ct. 1-4
'' Oct. Ot. 6, 7
4 -
St. Marys
.TTetieraswe'ter 00!. 3, 4
Oet. 6, 6
tiOrdwerweheonoct Oct. 4, ,6
Moraviantewn (Indian)0:te?tet• :8-1-2111
,
Ittereational Plowing Match .and '
Perm MitchinerY DeMOnstrae
to time Minesing, near lintheitige
October II, 12, 13, 14. .
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