The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-07-10

Cheating Old Age.

| begin its visible progress. has recently
caught tho spirit Of tho time nnd nd-
vanoed upon some people Mt gallop-
ing pace. Tho fault Is with tho Victims
themselves. The life.enuutaneb OF my
given persen il fixed by nature, and
tho man who draws most largely and
! steadily upon bis physical capital must
be tho frat TO display gray hairs and
discover chronic bodily weakness. In
New York anyone can find scores OF
men who Mt 80 have whitening heads
mud nerves that need "braeing" Rt
short intervals every uny. Whether
they reach this condition by too much
work or too much play (of tho kind
that unehnrtnble persons call diaalpa-
tion). tho Indications Of / fastening ngo
aro equally significant. How Ia tho
progress Of tho destroyer to bo af-
reatedp
Many physicians In Now York are
deyoting themselves to tho task Of pro-
longing tho lives Of persona who arc
not i'll. yet have begun to. wear away
too rapidly. Among tho practitioners
who study tho subject carefully, there
seems to DO but little difference OF
method. The frat and hardest work
Ia to convince their patients that Ii IL
dangerous to live "fast"=a word
which hns n special Significance which
makes 1t absolutely insulting to many
eminently respectable transgressors Of
the laws Of health. 1t sooms imposa.
bio TO persuade merchant who does
more work In one hour than his best
clerk can do In three that he IL guilty
Of fast living and dissipation. even II
he never drinks II drop aud refrnins
from MI improper pleasures, The law
yer or broker who aeeonplishes won-
ders In tho morning. but feela Hense
Of 'gonenoBs" early in tho afternoon,
cannot be made to believe that part OF
him IL literally gone and that If he
urges himself beyond that point. withs
out frat taking u little reat he eSpends
vitality with trightful rapdity. Ladies'
who. between household eares. reltgi-
ous duties and social responsibilities
hre steadily active from eight In tho
morning until midnight sometimes
wonder why tboy lose tho freshness OF
youth. while some Of thoir sex. whom
they occasionally 500. but would not
for worlds speak TO, preserve taee and
figure In spite of lives of which tho
loss said the better
But when tbesc. ia we'll na less limo.
cont elasses. arc convinced that they
nre living too rapidly. able physicians
begin to arrest the advance OF ago by
urging fest No practitioner of high
standing now prnsoribea atimulents to
my pelson not really Ill. except those
who are absolutely compelled to more
esertion than is good for them. Short
periods Of relaxation throughout the
day nre always found beneficial; some
business men have boon greatly helped
by dropping upon n lounge for Two
minutes In every hour or two, they
aiiay not-aeannot t1-stop thinking. but
there seems great feliefsih assuming n
feaumbent position for 4 little while.
During the recent civil war general
whose men were heted for coming out
Of hard march In fine lighting eondi.
ton, attributed his success to hiu Inn
pefative order that his men should lie
down whenever halt was ordered.
Regular aud full hours of sleep afu alse
insisted upon. aud until the patient on
beavers 10 adhere closely TO this rule
Nv avsH NV bbEiH w HpW
natures great restorative is diminished
in quantity by the demands Of business
and society ia great city. Ono or
two hnlfsnights Of aleep por week 10
not seem to mar The health of young
people. but any peraon who has reach.
oil Tho ago Of 30 Ia weakened by such
privatioha. aud fcw Of them who have
active nerves can over make good tho
leas,
"lligh living" Ia remorsolesaly tn
booed-not only tho custom Of drink
Ing good deal Of wine Mt dinner, but
that Of eating concentrated food. with
stimulating condiments and Haueea.
Much ment and little vegetables Ia tho
lule with active people in large cities.
II is tho result Of physical craving.
born Of rapid waste Of physical tis.
sue, for stimulation. A Woodworking
farmer. who Ia In the open mir MI day.
would not. because he could not, ent M
much meat as slightly built business
man will consume daily In New York,
md he would become eNelnble almost
TO madness were he to pntlake as spar
ingly Of bread and vegetables. Good
physicians pAee no restriction on tho
quantity Of food for n city man or wo.
man Of active habits. but they urge
that tho proportion of munts and pas
tries to vegetables be lcasehed. Tho
FREQ use Of fruit aud milk Ia strongly
advocated. TO correct tho bad effects OF
oyer-enting and OF stimulating food.
Fruit Juices are believed TO accelerate
tho natural and healthfnl action OF tho
alimentary canal. to prevent the feten-
ton OF wasted tissue. and to maintain
nt its normal condition the pefapiratory
syatem. ono Of tho m0st important and
least remembered portions Of tho phys
ieal machinery. While not delaying or
diminishing nutrition in any way,
fruit. II used In sufficient quantity, is
known to lower the temperature OF tho
blood that IL overheated by liberal
feeding combined with lack OF exer-
else. Now York has plenty OF melons
aud peaches during the summer
months, but eight Of tho twelve
months Of the year fruit Ia regarded M
luxury rather than necessity. A
physician with largo practice In \
fashionable district In New York said
recently that careful inquiry failed to
discover thnt any ono OF his patients
ever bought apples, except for special
trentment In tho Kitchen, although tho
apple Ia tho most abundant, cheap. and
eyer-prasent Of the fruits which arc
peculiarly beneficial rs food.
The few rules given above do not obs
viate tho necessity for special treat.
ment for persens who afe growing old
too rapidly, for nge nearly always
manitests its approach by tihding LIE
yietim's weakest part and attacking II,
They are. however. SO contrary to gona
eral custom that they viii be new to
most people who read them, NJ they
are to nearly all who obtain them, Tor
the frat time. from family physicians,
From The Hour, N Y