New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-30
DON'T THINK OF HEALTH
Unhealtby to Let Mind D5UeU ON 1t
Eat Everything.

If you want to be healthy. never make health
your object. Nothing Is so unhealthful as
too much attention TO health Better eat anything.
drink everything defy all OF natures laws. than
live to think OF nothing beyond self and health.
Even to think Of what TO eat drink. how
much exercise to take, how many blankets to
sleep under is the acme OF unhealthfulness. An
eternal round Of health maxms including dietares.
etc. reduce health iII-health and life to weari-
ness Too much anxiety about what TO eat, drink
and put on squanders life force
queer opinions. they not, from a physician
ana the author OF a book health? Yet they
might have been quoted the title page as a
text to Nerves in Order; or, the Maintenance OF
Health, by Alfred T. SchofeId Dunk & Wagnalls
| Company. No. 80 Lafayette Place. New-York).
Again and again the author recurs to his main
position. even going so far to say that he has
been haunted in writing the book by the fear Of
transforming some Of bis readers into health
pr1gs' or valetudinarans
VITAL FACTORS CONSIDERED
Nerves in Order" Is a companion volume to
nerves IN Disorder a Plea for Rational Treat
Ilenl "hich appeared last year. In his popular
sISIe the author tells the average man and woman
how to put their entire physical and mental systems
IN order. Every vital factor in this process is
nelpIuiy considered, including hygiene sanitation
ar. exercise clothing. the nerves. the special
senses work and rest. and the mind in general
Ii Schoheld believes that every parsor is how,
ny TINS world with certain amount OF life force
anu Is constructed to go for certain number Of
ts me q CLOCK The length Of time any indi-
VlouaI may expect to live may be roughly, Gallon,
ated by dividing the sum OF the lives ~ hi .;
Stors by SIX and adding or subtractina ona
year Tor every five that the result exceeds mr. "a
sS9 tilaH sixty The problem before each indi-
Vldual Is so TO husband his natural resources tb+
ne may i've out his natural span of life instead
OF being cut of prematurely A mans reserve
toFce OF vitality the author ukens TO his capital
N d Oank Some are natural spendthrtfts: some
arc natural misers; but on the extent OF this re-
OP
pend Inc average man in perfect health has
large incomei the person who dies natural death
at ripe old age has hardly shilling left In the
rank A Tast life ends in premature Bankruptcy
thousands are liable to die at any time. because
they use up their vital capital so close that the
slightest Untoward condition, like going without a
meal brings about collapse-a run on the hank
Others do very well because the times are ouiet
| ana healthy; but let sudden on the bank
| come, IN the shape Of pneumonia or typhoid. and
| the bank breaks at once.
LIVING AT TOP SPEED.
OF course. the application OF all this is natent
The young GIRL with limited allowance Of pocket
money vital force. that she is free to spend as She
likes must not try TO compete wish her brothers
who have probably two and one-haIf times as much
| to spend. Many person lives at top speed through
a season. till, 70 prevent crash he has 10 take .
( cure" 04N 9
Many through love Of fashion, pleasure or snor+
| or even recklessness live at an extravapaD+ go
I NraTl
| their goods in the shop window and M reso-
! stock behind.
To all Of these DR.. SchofeId utters a warning
! stop The failure OF your hank NAV be onIv
partial and then the doctor may be able to patch
| you UP. or IT may be absolute and thar is dasfb
Dr. Schoheld's advice as to how TO preserve
safe balance Of margin is eminentIy comfortab BILE
! and comforting He tells his readers not 10 worry
Tor instance II they have sharp pains about the
hert' or papltation Both are of small importance
TO health. and neither Of any vital Significance -
assures them. No
sHUN DIETARIEs.
As to food one should try 70 eat s,,ar,,,r,r,
! All dletaries should be Stunned BY the healthy,
| thelr adoption is confession OF weakness. and
| even ths weak should use diet tables as little as
possible Even If some food is found TO disagree
II IS better to eat less of it than TO cut it off alto
sether. Every effort should be made 70 bA sbI =
| eh' any llins IN moderation and we should be very
SLOW IN ceasing to use any food that is wholesome
| IN itself The question to ask respecting anV az
! ucIe OF diet is Do you like it?' and Does il like
your? If both questions can be answered satis-
1actorlly there is no doubt in the matter II only
the hrst' try It in moderation. and well cooked
| before you decide finally TO give 1t up
! White bread. IL well made, Dr. Schofeld considars
the most nutritious and generally useful of breads
and he warns the reader to pay no attention 10
"dyspeptlc faddists who claim to have discovered
rather late in the day that is the source Of much
| disease. 1t should be said, however in this CON
nection that English bread and American bresd
are very direren; propositions He also takes issue
with the champions OF artificial and predieeqta5
IoodS Ihese should be avoided. Hard W-orI- ~
l Houeratlon strengt hens the stomach, whereas liz
ROM With cheese Is eXtollsd as being for its h,-
perhaps the most nutritious dish that can be made
IMBECILE DIETS.
With the people who rise above the ordinary
mixed diet and live vegetables. the superior
/ class" who exist fruits and especially with
the highest and smallest class OF ALL" which in
cludes those eccentric beings who are kept alive
| by nuts and seeds only. including very largely
apple plps," the author has manner Of patience
To such heights Of faddsm or depths OF tmbe-
| cilty does dieting extend is his comment
To the American accustomed to drinking water
freely being melted thereto by his physician the
| animadversionS OF this English doctor sound
strange. Water. according TO him. Is truly dam
geTous beverage, which is certainly neither food
nor stimulant, and not seldom a poison
Drinking, he says. Is such matter OF habit that
II can be largely controlled. There is really nc
need 10 drink 50 much do, and II is a good
thing to teach children TO drink in moderation ana
especially at meal times Dr. SchOdeld quotes v-itb
apparent approval another doctor 10 the effect MAJ
| there are two times when II IS we'll never 70
drlnk-at meals and between meals. But ~
ADDS. mildly. he goes too far"
Inc author Is vlce-president OF the British Col
I iege or Physical Education, chairman OF the pa
| rents National Education Union and formerly,
! Society. The book is not a medical work bur is
! written with view to interesting a wide circle ~
/ lay readers.
COMFY ISLAND READY FOR CROWDS.
Coney Island will again be thrown open for the
Sunday crowds to-day. The big parks. with the
! exception of Greenland where extensive changes