The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-03-05
The Hygienic Value OF T,ent 5


The Hygienic Value OF lent.
Now is the season when the pious#
sons E and daughters Of the church are
beginning to smortify the flesh, by,
abstinence, writes Ella Morris Kretsch-2
ma mar in Good Housekeeping; and now,
asst chances, is the season when the
man mar OF the world, the high liver, the
woman of fashion or of luxurious ease,
begin to consult their physicians for
lack of appetite for sslassitude, = per-
haps for "brain fag,' or nervousness. .
And And the physician, from the Profound
est depths Of professional wisdom with
gravity so impressive as to veil com
pletely all inward smiles), prescribes
rest stricter regime, mo excite
ment,' relaxation, "gentle, out-of-
door exercise" perhaps springs or
baths, " with, of course prescription
to be duly taken 'sas directed
=! magic medicine, so adroitly to
cloak, in your mild harmfulness, the
sovereign remedies of rest and simple
1ood; and 0! wonderful physician, to
point out those remedies in terms, so
clouded with abysmal learning that
they are gratefully accepted as occult
potent! And O! wise Mother Church,
to have SO studied not only mans soul
but his body, his impulses and instincts,
that you area Saving grace to all!
Admitting the spiritual significance of
Lent's origin, it's practical observance
blends piety and expediency past sepa-
rating. Fast days are safety valves,
and fast seasons are health reviewers
beyond the dreams of wizards art
Spring, unfortunately, in our northern
latltudes, does not arrive with Ash
Wednesday, as in Italy, Greece and
Alexandria, a fact the early church did
not reckon with. But still it is 'Etime-
~" as for nearly four months the
pretty girl has danced too much. Papa,
along with all his fellows, has met the
years maximum of work, expense and
anxiety, mama latterly goes less eagerly,
the laborer has been trammeled by
trying discomforts, the farmer has
been indoors too much, while all, every
where, have eaten far, far too much of
heavy winter fare with its probably
all-inclusiveness of buckwheat cakes,
roast pork, mince pies, sausages and
other delights, digestively exacting.
The world signs for a change.
- Lumber Camp Talk.
Richard Papenhausen who is now
working in the woods with Guy and
Harry Hatcher on Crooked Creek in
Cass county about fifty miles northeast
of Brainerd, has written the UNION a
letter in which he says that they are
all getting along in fine shape. Dick
and the two Hatcher boys are chum-
ming together. He says that the snow
is about three feet deep in the woods
and that the weather has been very
cold. The latter states that Guy
Hatcher was promoted to the cook
shanty recently and that the chances
were good for all the men seeking a
different place to board in short
time. Harry Hatcher is road monkey
and landing man. Dick says that the
country is pretty we'll logged out and
that they will soon be through with
their work in that section. William
Wetsel is logging for jeff Sanders.
The game warden dropped in on the
camp few weeks ago and caught Wet
sel.with twelve deer hides and heads
and arrested him, and it is said that it
will cost Wetsel his logging business
to get out of it. The letter says that
it will not be safe for any Princeton
hunters to 60 to that section to hunt
out of season as the Bogie man will be
after them.