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alike of secondary importance. The main question is not what we eat, but how we eat. And if we eat in the right manner, we shall not overeat, but can correct even that abnormal appetite which most of us possess in the matter of eating as a result of false bringing-up and indulging so-called instinct. Instinct is a will-o'- the-wisp. The savage, who is supposed to have in- stinct, overeats if he has anything to eat. Civilized man learns to train the mis-called "natural" instinct, and to develop a wholesome appetite. At least, he has the means to do so. The psychic influence of a glass of beer with a meal is thus of direct, positive value in promoting digestion. But there are also indirect effects to the same end. The quickened spirits of the man, the stimulated flow of conversation, the sallies of wit, the good fellow- ship all these things exert similar influences in pro- moting the beneficial effects of eating. I have heard of physicians prescribing the theatre, a good comedy, as a cure for indigestion. If a good laugh, the en- 14 Misery from Intemperate Eating. livening of the spirits, in a word, pleasure, joy, in the proper sense of the term, can aid digestion after food has been improperly taken, how much greater must be the tonic effect if they accompany the taking of the food and can act upon it in the early and important