The morning call., 1893-12-10

graveyard who sleep with their windows
shut.
We ought not to have any stomach and
liver coughs in this country, but the city
streets are full Of them. The drive and
hurry and rush of our business life are
answerable for good many of them. and
our multtudinous cable-car lines can ac-
count for nearly all the rest You can
spot San Franciscan anywhere by his
habit of taking streetcar rather than 10
walk two blocks. As people we do u not
take exercise enough, and particularly we
do not get out of doors enough.
In point OF hours San Franciscans work
harder than almost any other people. We
begin work earlier In the morning stay
later at night and take less time at noon.
Even our school children are held to
longer hours and have shorter vacations
than their fellows in the East. Sunday,
too, is less generally day of rest and re-
Taxation with US.
And yet we have the climate in Amer
out of life. There are few days in the
year when it is too warm for mountain
climbing, few when it is too cold for sail
over the surface of our much-neglected
bay. And right here / would like to cor
rect statement made few days ago by
writer in The CALL, who declares that
sailing in boat is no more exercise
If any one of our few yachtsmen
were to take that writer out On the bay
some day when gentle breeze is blowing
and interest him for about an hour in
the handling of mainsheet and tlller, with
an occasional shift at the jlo sheet in
tackIng. | fancy, l say, that just about an
hour spent thus, would give The CALL s
writer all the physical and mental exer-
else he could keep up with by dint of hard
trying. He would find the cObwebS
blown out of his brain, his lungs ex-
banded. bis blood flowing rapidly and his
pen fingers limbered up in way that
would surprise him. There is no better
prescription in the world for little cough
that has its origin in stomach. liver or
bronchial tubes than an hour or two, once
or twice week, in the sternsheetS of q
good yacht on San Francisco Bay.
Horseback riding is the next best thing,
albeit too expensive to be readily attain
able by the people who need it most
clerks and young business men whose
occupations keep them sedentary for long
hours-but ShaDk's naggies are inexpen-
sve and always at hand. and a good man
on his own feet need ask favors of nobody
while Tamalpais, DiablO ana Grizzly Peak
lift their heads aud say "come" If level
IS preferred and there is no mean pleasure
in walking with companion on the level,
there are pleasant stretches a-plenty for
days tramp or two in Marin, San Mateo
and Alameda counties.
Learn 20 breathe, learn to walk. learn to
ride, to sail boat and to row. If you are
afraid of deep water, cross the bay to Oak
land and cruise over Lake Merritt, but, as
you value your health, if you have a little
cough and desire to get rid of it, eschew
the bicycle. The craze for rec0rd-making
and record-breaking is snipwreckng the
health of many a good man, and the posi-
tion usually assumed by the rider, which,
in fact, the build OF his machine almost
comDels him to assume, is essentially in
furious to lungs, heart and stomach, as
we'll as to the muscles of the back.
The athletic games regarding which we
have had an attempted Outcry lately, are
particularly bene fetal for that little cough.
1t Will do yen no good To attend football
match, Tor instance, as spectator; to yell
yourself hoarse and make demon of
yourself by the aid of tin horn; nor will
it help your cough TO deplete your pocket
book by betting on the wrong team or
your morals by betting on the right team.
but il you are healthy souled, honest
young fellow, who can kick ball Yourself,
and do 1t whenever you get a chance; If
you know fair play from foul and have
soul that tempts you to cheer the one and
raise howl OF shame over the other, then
ii Will do you no harm to go to match as
spectator and get your blood warmed up
and your nerves tingling with the keen ex-
cltement of healthy sport.
Running is a good thing for that little
cough, but don't attempt to run unless you
are sure you know how. The appearance
and manner of a woman in running
used 10 be considered legitimate subjects
for newspaper wit, but watch the average
man running for streetcar nowadays
land your average San franciscan will
chase a car block to ride in it half that
diStance), and note how he does it.
Nearly every man of them runs like
woman, or no-women have improved of
late years, under ridicule-he does not
run like a woman, but lumbers along like
a cow, head back. stomach out. shoulders
waving like signals of distress, bis gait a
mixture of amble, shamble and stumble,
until he gets there. out of breath, and
coughing behind his hand.
Whatever the cause of your little cough,
and whatever form Of exercise you adopt,
| take it for granted you wear comfort
able, loose, wel-fittng garments, with
flannel next the skin, and that yuu guard
properly against Catching cold" when
heated, that you eat sensible food and
plenty of il, and exercise at least a meas
urable degree of judgment in che use of
tobacco and stimulants. Ii your cough is
actually the accompanying evil OF definite
pulmonary trouble you will need 81 ecial
care and counsel at the hands of a physi-
clan. but the other descriptions, the
cough OF commerce." so to speak, is
largely at your disposal if you honestly
wish to rid yourself of it. MEDICUs.