Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-18
oLu srAii.sNFN oS INTELLECTUAL
HEALTH


oLo srA1isNEN oS INTELLECTUAL
HEALTH
Judge Holman tells me tht, tic secret
| &. h good mental condition b. Ia q
I good dot and sleep. Ne believes iu
/ hlfd work. and says. Mere men ave
I Killed Us shirkiu. heir work lhan by
/ doing IT, lie aEas % culd BATH ever
morning.. and s1.s Doe loses great deal
] 0l intellectual v.sOr wh.ngyef he m.sttH
it Gov. Curtin once tod me that he
thought DIS utelCctull hslltl came
from h.3 care in Dds ult Tic said he
could go 30 div without eating and not
I notice o. Henry D. Payne ihc famous
] Ohio eN.7 major, told me that he owed
hs good mind 90 Che fac, that hc was
temperate in ull things. aud also Co bis
/ h1lit Of walking long distances every
day Tie believes that more men are
killed by iutempennce in work than hy
iutempcauCc BOO drinking, and s Hn
active advocate of short hours aud long
rest Csssius 10 Clay once told me
ihlt he could never set aluug on less
ihan nine hours sleep. aud that Doe did
not believe that man should be walked
Doc tle morning he believes that q
good MENTAL condition can oniy Dee kept
uy daily exercise 900 open a.r aud by
cold baths. 10 was the same with a
number Of old men whom inter.
viewed. or these men there were
a1ou, % dozen famous ociogenadans.
and without exception they attributed
their good mental condition 90 open air
rAcrCise, lrequaui bathing and moderate
. drinking. knew Gllrs. Bancroft W %
during i1e latter years NJ bis lie. He
took l ride every day almost up 90 The
day of bis death. and hc was BOO the
saddle l1r hours every day between the
yeats OF eighty and ninety Tie Wtri.
bui.d h.e long life 10 BIDS exercise and
temp rance.
TENaIus WigtS oS tSrElLEgTuAL
uENLIu.
Among my letters from prominent
brain workers is one from IHsiu9
Wn1n lie is. YOU know. "a scl..mlde
man aud has certainly had bis share Of
ups and downs. Ilis pen just at the
pr. ent time is more interesting than
when he was ar the top of the swim Is
a Wall street millionaire. His letter
reads.
Efw yoRE ~ y, Sept a., 1898.
Ny Dear Sir;
wish ! could give q recipe for intel
lcgtual health lul freedom from worry.
Worry and work ought not 20 De haf-
MESSED together so constantly ls they
are, but they travel DO pairs 10 q FAR
greater degree than is desirable. Intel
lcctual work and worry make old men
OF the be and brightest of our race
and ] fear will do so 10 the cud OF the
chapter.
Wursing ai night Is TO me the worst
thing that can happen, When darkness
COMES 400 nature seems To De at rest aud
] don't believe it pays Co labor after
dark To- the morning before dawn
darkness may De made available, but
after the exhaustion OF the day intel.
leetual work Is burning the candle at
the other end.
To- answer 10 YOUR question as to my
habits of work ] beg to say that from
s 10 IN the morning are my best work
ing hours lur reading and writing. and
that the rest OF the day Is givrn 10
business, with % total cessation Of work
and worry At night.
Sleep Is the best as you suggest and
many man can sleep NJ 9 or go till 3
or 8 q. M. that can't sleep from 1850 ur
1850 10 Z am My pull on good health
and vgor OF body and mind Is In the
ability TO drop asleep al the plebeiln
hour OF 9 O'Clock. A snooze Ia the mid.
de Of the day after lunch on the Terry
boat or iu the train Is the best Of t9nigs
In the middle OF the day.
Strong cigars, cigarettes or nibbling at
tobacco seems to me 10 handicap hun
dtcds Of nervous organizations. ! found
tobacco and tea so completely relaxed
my nerves that completely cschcwed
them and will never again indulge.
Strong black coffee is equally hurtiul.
These are trying times and there Is
more TO follow. To avoid stimulants,
to live regularly, eat spirngly and sleep
when you can will enable one to keep q
cool head and get the most out Of ones
self wish | could do you some good
and am, Truthiully yours
EgAsrus WlMAN.