The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-07

The future looks very rosy to Said,
fisherman and beggar of former days, but
the book of Saids fate as unrolled by the
years shows that that jinni of early days
had not forgotten the fisherman thus
raised to high estate.
Out Of this material MI. Pickthall makes
a story Of very considerable interest He
is evidently very familiar with the scenes
.of which he, writes, with the Mohammedar
mind, and with the history which is the
basis for the most stirring parts Of his
story. The massacre alluded to above
must have caused more than a. thrill Of
horror thruout the civilized world at the
time-1S60.
'"rhe human race is i'll. The human
race Is anaemic, and the world, which
is a paradise, but by man converted into
hospital, is seen and judged thru the
eyes of the invalid With that does
Mary Foote Henderson Of WASHINGTON,
D. c., begin her book, The ArIstocracy Of
Health. The book Is a comprehensive
treatise on health and happiness. There
| Is without doubt vast amount of good
| to be had from it, if one will heed but
one oft-repeated caution therein, and
| that is-beware the favorite poisons Of the
| race, from pepper to pills, from coffee to
| cocaine, beer to booze of stronger sorts.
| Mrs. Henderson, with Eustace Miles, the
amateur tennis champion of England, be-
|
"a positive and active tendency toward
| What is good" not mere absence of
| certain more or less definite signs Of ill
! ness" There is something worth ponder
ing in that-that active tendency toward
what is good when one is in perfect
| health.
| 1t was no mere ALTERATION that led
us to mention pepper above as one of
the poisons Mrs. Henderson cautioned
! against She has scientists support for
her position that pepper is poison and
| that its use with other condiments leads
to liquor. And. coming to liquor, Mrs.
! Henderson punctures the hope that smok-
| ing and drinking lead to longevity ''The
man who smoked and drank all his life
| and lived to be 80,'' she quotes DR.. Hew-
lit as calling "the DEVILS decoy ducks. -
She asks: IF it were possible (Which it
| is not for Mr.. Smith to smoke for half
a century without tremor of nerve, with
out impairment OF digestion, without
| strain of the heart, without loss Of per
/ feet sleep or acute memory, the question
/ would arise, what capital of health did he
/ inherit from his ancestry, and In what
condition did he transmit it to his son?''
\ AS for beer, She says ''there is grim
humor in the circulating pamphlets OF
the brewers associations, which assert
that beer is food beer is temperance
drink and Germany is temperate coun-
try"
Mrs. Henderson further gives sever
rules for longevity and five for happiness
Il If these rules work-and they look as
tho they ought to and many people who
have tried them are ready to testify t.
their. efficacy-the world owes Mrs Hen.
derson a debt Of gratitude, for to Give
long and be happy is the supreme wisf
} of most persons.
AS a closing service to humanity the
book offers a proposed constitution fol
the United States National League fo
: Physical Culture
, A collection of short stories by Henryl
Sienkiewicz, the well-known Polish au
thor, is announced for publication thi
spring by Little. Brown & Co., the author
lied publishers for .Sienliewicz in th
country. These stories have been trans
lated by jeremiah Curtin, who has jus
paid the great Polish author visit at hi
: home in Warsaw. The title Of the bool
will be Life and Death. and Othe
, Legends and Stories the initial story
: Life and Death" a Hindu legend, being
: Sienkiewiczs latest work. The autho
read this legend before an enthusiast
audience in Warsaw last month.