The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-23
HONOLULU MARCH % Io


else up to four and SIX hours. and those
who live in town ought TO spend this
day OF extra exercise IN the country If
possible, on account of the purer air
and the change of scene. The benefit
OF such a long walk IS increased if only
a very small quantity of fluid and fool
be taken during the walk-for instance.
a sandwich or a few biscuits and an APP
pie or an orange. one of the visible
effects of such a walk, combined with
very restricted taking in, is that the
body loses mostly between two and sew
en- pounds during the walk. The weight
lost on the long walk is usually regain
ed within two or three days.
one OF the great advantages of sew
eral hours exercise in the country is
the exposure TO the open air. which is
scarcely TO be overrated; it strengthens
the skin and the nervous system. and.
through this, the digestive system and
the whole organism; it cheers the mind;
it increases the resisting power TO
meteorological influences, and diminish
es the tendency to chills and other NOR
bid affections, and this resisting power
is one of the great factors of longevity.
Life in the open air, by itself, without
exercise, increases the resisting power.
AGED SHOULD EAT LITTLE.
Great moderation in the amount of
food, and especially of the most nour-
ishing articles (iesh food and pulses),
ought to be practiced by everybody,
particularly by old people. and is a
great aid to longevity Almost all au-
thorities are agreed on the subject that
in old age the amount of food ought TO
q
for instance, says in one of his rules:
The aged should lessen the quantity
and lower the quality of their food
gradually as they grow older, even be-
fore manifest decay of appetite forces
them to it. An important subject con-
stantly preached but almost as con-
stantly neglected is thorough mastica-
ton. Many forms of indigestion, many
states of imperfect nutrition of the
whole body are caused by boiling the
food. Nothing ought to be swallowed
until it has been perfectly comminuted
by mastication and by the admixture
of saliva. Combined with the fault of
bolting is often that of washing down
the food before it is properly masti-
Gated. This is likewise a grave mis-
take, committed frequently by great
eaters and by those who take much
fluid during meals, which is in itself a
bad habit.
ALCOHOL NOT NECESSARY.
alcohol is not necessary to healthy
persons, and most men would be bet
ter without it. Many diseases are no
doubt produced by the abuse of alcohol.
Yet a small quantity of wine or whisky
Or cognac or beer, according to the in
not injurious, to some even useful.
"A very prevalent idea with regard
to alcohol is that it is most useful to
aged people, in fact, that wine is the
milk of old people, that it does for them
what milk does for children. Alcohol
taken in any large quantity diminishes
the resisting power of the organism
against chiIls, microbes and other
causes of disease, and this resisting
power is one of the great agents in the
of life, and ought to he
in every possible way, not
weakened.
Tobacco is to many persons a means
Of enjoyment and is we'll borne by them
if they take it in moderation. 1t soothes
nervous irritability and makes many
men look more contentedly on their |
troubles. On the other hand, excessive
smoking is decidedly injurious to the
great majority of people by affecting |
the heart, the nerves and the throat |
In many cases d:minution of the |
amount of smoking or taking a milder |
form of tobacco remedies the bad eff |
;ect, while others must give it up en- |
.irely.
"a further point of self-education is |
he restraint of our passions; not only |
hat we must not allow ourselves to be- |
,ome furious if anything displeases us, !
out we must also conquer our ambition, |
ur avarice, our jealousy"