The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-06-16
HEALTH VS.. SUCCESS.

TO the farmers son, perhaps, who leaves
the farm at an early age for a clerkshil
or a profession the advice becomes
apropos. In fact to all men whose life
work calls for much staying indoors OF
al a desk, the advice to keep up SOME
regular, systematic form of physical ac
tivity il Of unreasonable value.
An almost innumerable list OF all
menta to which the ordinary human be-
ing is subject can be traced more or Less
directly to the lack Of fresh air and OF
proper exercise Of bodily functions. We
believe that Americans rs rule are
more apt to need the warning which
this fact brings than any other national
ity. The English are great walkers
They take their business or professional
life very easily and enter az easily and
inethodically upon the pursuit OF their
favorite outdoor pastimes. Most games
which require outdoor activity have
originated in England Football, cricket
golf, lawn tennis and even baseball, in
the shape of FOUNDERS" have long been
in vogue in the United Kingdom
The nation that can, every now and
then, lay business and professional cares
aside and spend two or three days not
hours single game of cricket, Is
not nation to die Of nervous debility.
The Germans also take business pretty
easily and are apt to make it part OF
their life routine to do certain amount
of systematic physical training In fact
the military systems alone OF the con
tinental countries are such as to insure
the physical development OF almost
every male citizen
But the Americans, despite the fact
that they have national game and
other sports, are apt to lead snch a
strenuous business or professional ex-
stence that outdoor life plays but a
comparatively minor part in their field
Of action 1t is too true that we ~ "A
race are more anxious TO make cir
cumstances' than to make health IA
n consequence the prevalence among us
OF nervous break downs and OF pre-
maturely aged men and women il some
thing lamentable.
Success in life seems to depend en-
tirely upon the point Of view, but to
our notion the establishing of big on
terprise of any kind which entails pre-
mature age and death upon those un
dertaking it can scarcely be called q
success There il a vast deal Of truth
in the old saying We're long time
dead Let w zee to 1t that while W.
live. we live,
But there II more TO this than the
mere happiness Of ourselves 1t would
be Of comparatively little Importance
to the world a. large that one or tive
should wear their lives away in unceas
ing toll or should weaken their ply
siques through neglect, provided their
but themselves But aside from the
reflex action of such u course upon
those around NJ. there il the future gen
GRAFTON to be considered. II is i'm
possible to prohibit those imperfectly
developed from bringing children into
the world and ii is equally impossible
that such children shculd have anything
but handicapped existence Every
father who for any length of time dis
obeys in his own person the laws o
health is directly responsible for ut leas
u generation OF those who, ~ unfit
must eventually fail 20 survive
We believe that there have beer
among NJ too many preachers of thu
''strenuoua life" What we need il
someone to teach III few lessons in re
taxation This need il emphasized ever
when we do indulge In outdoor exercise
| The doctors have been discovering /
new dsease which is the result of too
strenuous a pursuit Of exercise. 1t il
called drtcrtoScClDOSiS and Is the pre-
mature hardening Of the arteries ~ in ole
age So the warning comes from every
department Of our life, Too heavy in
diligence in any form Of activity bring
age and decay