San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-03-09
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sically and mentally and q continuous
reciprocal OVERRIDING and working
has of course not remained without
some grand immensely results.
The national wealth of tine United
States according to the national CEN
sus of 1850 amounted to 81. 135, 500, 900,
which would he equal to SSOS 90 per
head of the population. In
the year 1880 the wealth of the
nation had increased TO
| S43, 642 ,0C0, 900 which then would be
| $50 in round figures per capita and
I it is no exageration when we say ii
has increased by this time to 500 per
head, consequently it can be safely
claimed that the ma TONS wealth has
| IMPLICATED itself since 1850.
But this stupendous fact is not al
tered, even the circumstances much
regretted, that this gigantic mass of
wealth is only beneficial to compare.
lively few and does not change the
main facts themselves in the least.
But what q stupendous quantity of
energy, constant, never ceasIng work
and mental and physical strain was
necessary to arrive at such grand re.
suits!
However. proofs seem to multiply
con tinually before us that these over.
strained human constitutions will
sooner or later take bitter revenge
| on the present and coming genera
! tions. Not only the male part of the
| human race, the female sex is suffer-
ing from the curse of this 'newras-
theny," while different causes
i nvs,
producers than those with
the male. sex. One thing or
cause, however, exists equally in
both sexes and this is the lack or
want of physical exercise and recrea-
ton and hence the disease can be
called with equal justice disease of
overworked minds of room cranks in
cities, for in the country where every
one has sufficient amount OF healthy
| physical employment with plenty Of
fresh air this disease is entirely I'M
known.
DR. Edison lays q great deal of fault
to the press Of the present day and
it's consequent overwhelming of the
nervous system Of the American peo-
pie. Morning and evening the most
powerful presses throw off the most
gigantic products, ranging all the
way from the smallest to grand VOL
luminous Issues of twelve, sixteen and
twenty pages and In many cases more
among the people whose place 1t is
now to devour with the greatest haste
possible all the latest news, reports
and thoughts and mentally digest
them. Now here flow the most d.
verse pieces of news, reports,
etc., to all the readers, of
these are many which do not
concern him in the least, but also
others which owing to individual in
terest touching his material existence
and endauge ring the same and his
undertakings. All these Impressions
will resu 1t In lasting influer IS upon
the mel veous sy stem, specially If no
time for rest Is given in which the
tortured brain has time and chance
for proper and timely recreation.
DIR. Edison is positive that this
national evil Is spreading In q most
dangerous manner IL the causes
which create them are not opposed
in q most systematic and energetic
style of opposition.
The question: how this is to be
done, he answers by saying: the best
way of all would be to at once discon-
tinue all this frantic haste aud racing
after the dollar and all it's accom-.
panying evils. But since this Is be-
yond the power of the single individ-
ual who is not in q condition to make
radical changes in ais mode of living,
there should be at least some kind of
opposing agency of the physical sys-
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soul.
Physical training and recreation is,
according to DR.. Edison, the only sue
cessful opposing force and means
against nervous prostrafion; howeve' :,
these exercises should be regulated
by systematically established rules
in such q manner that the respective
individual would feel painful void
! when once in condition to be unable
to con tinue these exercises.
This Is the reason why DIR. Edison
is such grand devotee of turning
| and sgymnastic exercises ina. degr Q
of which very few can he found among
| Anglo Americans, and he re-
commends to all those who by their
| occupation are compelled TO do q
great deal of sitting with but little
! physical exercise and corporal strain
to apply themselves to turning and
other physical exercises OF the kind,
and If these for some cause or another
cannot be had, to have regular room
gymnastics in regular manner. Any
kind of these modes of training
he recommends, especially the
swinging of clubs, dumb bells and
la general use of all those
agencies and arrangements which
tend to increase the strength of the
muscles and the regular trials of
strength, "Chest Weight"