The morning call., 1893-11-19

keep a cool head and get the most out oi
ones self. / wish / could do you some
good, and am, faithfully yours,
ERAsTUs WIMAN.
w. d. Howells is one of tie most con-
scientiOus workers in the United States as
well as one of the most regular. | once
asked him as to his manner of working and
why lie did n OF buy anv books ex ept those
on money-making. He replied, 81 can an
swer that question best by quoting from
one of the | allan poets, who says, Our
work of making books is all in vain IL
books In turn do nothing to make men,
Al this time Mr.. Hnwells told me that he
did all OF bis in tellee nal work in the morn
ing, and that he arose about 7 o'clnck, had
break last at and then worked until lunch
time. he believed that he did his best
work on good American breakfast. and
he thought it stood him better than the
European custom of taking only coffee and
rolls. In the letter which l have received
from him concerning the above customs,
he says that the best recipe for intellectual
health is clear conscience. He deprecates
his ability to throw aside his work when
lie leaves il. He says he nearly always
sleeps well, and that his advice to person s
overburdened with work and worry Is tenn
erance and exercise.
Perhaps the most successful business
y. II
Leslie. Her history Is known to all. How
he was left by her husband with Frank
Leslie's newspaper, and load OF debts.
How she borrowed $4,000 tn carry on the
business and built it up until it brought
her an incom" of more than 100000 a year.
Every one known how she ADDED TO the es-
ia blishment dozen or half dozen other
celebrated public ,tions, and how to-day,
though one Of the richest women In the
United States, she works on unaffected by
the worries of fortune aud big bust
ness. She has for years been ground be-
;ween the upper and neither mill stones of
work and worry, and is to-day as fresh
almost as when she brought her brains
into tile literary hopper. She writes as
follows:
My Dear SIR: 1 am asked the series of
questions AS follows: First-CaD you give
recipe for intellectual health and the
prevention of worry?
Without physical health intellectual
heal h is an lmpossibility. Brilliant work
has oftentime s been done on nerve force and
by strong will power, but 10 insure sus-
lained and continuous good work physical
health is an absolute necessity. Anxiety
OF mind is always increased, and Is fire.
quent'y engendered even by bad health
and imperfect circulation. Attention to
the rules of hygiene then is unQuesti0n-
ably The first requisite for intellectual
health and the prevention of over-eXag-
gerated worry.
oeco d-What are my own habits OF
work? My intellectual power, as with
most women Out not men) OF a highly
strung. nervous organization. is at low
ebb in the early morning. The tide of life
comes back but slowly after sleep. and so
L devote the first hour at my Office to labor
which requires the least mental rffnrt, and
as the day wears ON am more equal to
literary exigencies. My thoughts come
with greater ease. as wei as the language
in which to clot he, them. and when the day
ends am less fatigurd than at its CON-
mencement, for achievement never Tires
one as does wasted effnrts and the sense
of having accomplished nothing.
Third-Can | throw my work aside as /
leave il, and il so. how did L acquire such
power? No one whose heart is in his or
her work can. l think, put 1t entirely out
have found that The only way 10 eXnr Use
this Is by working IN some different field,
as neither Idlene>s nor repose will drive
work or worry from the mind.
FOurth-Can / sleep and have I any
cure for insomnia? We can all get sleep
at some time during the day Dr night, hut
most ofus feel that it is incumbent on US to
retire at certain hour and rise at fixed
time L found during season If great
mental depression and consequent in
somnia that by humoriDg myself and
taking forty winks" at odd times
aud in odd places l could manage to
get a few hours siumber out of the
twenty-four, which tded over the time
until relief from the mental strain was
achieved. also found it beneficial after
hours of wakefulness to rise, walk about,
read a few pages which did not require
much reflection, change my channel of
thought and then return to MY couch and
make a new start as 1t were in the pursuit
of slumber.
Fifth-What Is my advice to one over
loaded with work ami worry to make the
most of him or herself? Nv experience in
both OF these directions leads me Ia recon-
memo sleeping In cool room and with light
bed covering. A cold plunge every 10 orn-
ing, followed by friction with flesh
brush until one is all agl0w, then ten
minutes of dumb bells and pulleys and
clubs (the Home Gymnasium enables one
To have the requisite for such exer-
Ing room, and by the time toilet is
romnleted ones appetite for breakfast is
Opened" as The Spanish say, and one Is
prepared o make a substantial breakfast.
for, in my opinion. breakfast should be
the principal meal of the day. inasmuch as
il lays the foundation for the work If the
day. This regimen | have ersevered in
since my husbands death made work a
duty as well as necessity, and my health
has been absolutely perfect. have never
had head, back or tooth ache 10 twelve
years. and certainly no man or woman
during that time has had more work or
care or responsibility thrust upon them
than have. FRANK LESLIE.
Postscript: There is something should
like to add to the above letter and that
is that perhaps another reason for my alb
solu ely perfect health is that l never
drink tea or coffee and almost never wine.
FRANK LESLIE.
Such are few of the recipes of our
must noted people for healthy brains.
have suggestions from others, which |
may give in the future.
FRANK G. CARPENTER