The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-10

Adequate nourish ment ia the first req
uisite, for all growth, development and
repair of tissue are the result of nutri.
ton, and diet which yields the largest
amount of nourishment for the least
amount of digestive exertion will best
accomplish this end. Perhaps the
greatest error made in this respect, one
which shortens life and minimizes power,
lie the universal habit of eating toe
much.
Let me say that tea and coffee contain
alkaloids which are injurious to the
nerves and stomach. | never drink
either. Water is natures offering to
the thirsty, and, when distilled, cannot
be improved upon. Il should always be
taken when the stomach is empty.
Good health depends upon sound
sleep as we'll as upon good nutrition. l
encourage as much sleep at one time as
possible. People who seek to do with a
small amount OF sleep are burning their
lives ut both ends. and wasting nature'e
reserve of vitality.
A habit of regularity is valuable.
believe one should bathe almost as often
az one should eat, and jast as regularly.
The function of exercise is twofold.
For development and growth in child
hood it is a necessity. In adults. while
the necessity for exercise 10 not so great,
it still ranks among the most important
requisites for health.
One of the curses of civilization is the
large amount of sedentary work, in
which the brain and the hand are en-
ployed while sitting at deck. This is
Mellworn theme. and yet its import
ance is very inadequately perceived, and
there is only small proportion of the
inhabitants of cities who duly appre-
ciate it. A few people in England hab.
itually take daily walks; in America
there are scarcely any who do this. The
difficulty is to find an exercise that is
attractive and entertaining. A man may
accept walk OF a couple of miles, where
there are no omnibu6es or public con-
veyances; but if asked to take this walk
daily, for the benefit of his health, he
hesitates and declines.
Out-of- door sports are, therefore, espe-
cially to be encouraged. Lawn tennis,
which is now so popular. is an admir-
able exercise.
The gymnasium has its value, though
| have not much faith in gymnastics as
they are usually taught, for they do not
bring out the muscles one uses in every
day life. Again, exercise carried on in
covered building is not so advantageous
as that in the open air.
MY faith is pinned to dumbbells, and
do all my training with them, supple
mented with weight lifting.
l would impress upon the young
reader that excessive exercise 10 in
furious.
1t is not the mere acquisition OF
strength, or even skill in the perform
ance of certain feats that should be
aimed at, but that degree OF health and
vigor of mind, which shall best fit the
race for it's various vocations.
II / had a son l should begin to train
him at tive years OF age. A boy OF 10
or IL years should use s3-pound dunn b.
bells from IL to 15 years, 4-pound, and
from Is upward, | consider 5-pound
mbbells quite sufficient for any one.
But it is only waste of time to exercise
with dumbbells by fits and starts they
should be used persistently and system-
atically.
With the breathing process carried on
properly, with correct habits in the pose
and carriage of the body, with plenty of
pure air and good wholesome food. much
is secured that goes to the founding and
maintaining OF health.
In America the children are undoubt-
eddy farther advanced, intellectually at
IL, than in the old world at IA, bat at
what fearful cost.
By observing the rules which have
outlined. and exercising intelligently
and persstently, have attained perfect
health and some strength, and find IL no
longer necessary to do much training.
do not keep to any special diet, but
eat whatever have taste for, without
stinting myself unduly nor do restrict
myself seriously in what drink. | en-
deavor to have my meals at regular
hours, and prefer that they shall be
simple and easy of digestion. / take
plenty of sleep and find this essential to
nv well-being.
There lie no easy road to longevity
1t is only by steady obedience to the
laws of health that old ags may be
attained, and by judicious regimen that
it may be prolonged. 1t is claimed that
the natural life Of man is from 100 to 100
years, and that the race has so dsterior-
ated. by various excssses and indulgen
ces, that there is deficit of fully 30