The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-02
MANS HEALTH.
That His Be Good, and Not Long Life
Is What Man Wants.


Man is on the health path. Books
every day advise him what TO eat and
drink, whether TO take exercise or not. II
work will help him or idleness contribute
better TO long life, while newspaper al :
vertisemcnts teen literally with search.
ing questions Of his health and how he
may feel good again. Vacation time,
supposed to build up tissues against
wear and tear another year, is, curiously
enough, the season when the worker and
the leisured man alike have forced on
them the consideration OF their health.
Holidays, It may be, give the former
just snack" Of life without sufficient
time for his recuperation A few weeks
change, indeed, although enjoyable, may
leave him worse off than before when
warmed to harness The wealthy, on
the other hand, at this time suffer from
tile too elaborate life. At any rate, their
doctors recommend sojourn at some
watering place. where outside topics be-
come smothered in the usual sanitorium
talk
Houses need spring cleaning. SO do
men, who think il right occasionally to
raise an cutlery against graft or inn
morality and also to investigate their
state Of health One modern feature of
this intermittent hygienio scare has
been the readiness of doctors to respond
In print TO various suggestions for the
conduct and prolonging of existence,
Alcohol Is naturally the central point
around which health advocates do battle,
Hitherto abstainers have enjoyed pres
tige from the admission of its bad eff
fects. Alasl this comfortable assurance
now Is practically denied them, and they
must fight on equal terms. Tea and
coffee, too. are stated to be stimulants,
and beer, wines, spirits, sedatiyes, Man
is, in fact, undecided what to take, es-
.pecially as water threatens to become an
acquired taste, so seldom is 1t pure at
all. Food presents the easiest problem,
So-called breakfast stuffs have had their
day, while John Bull recently has bit
terly hewailed his lost roast beef, the
lack of which is telling on his CURE. In
deed, with all respect to vegetarians,
they fail to give one the impression OF
well-nourished people. A writer famous
on political economy who left off meat,
when he returned to ii committed to the
flames all work done in the interval.
de to exercise, ii il as difficult to
know. Several living politicians still in
their prime refuse Of their accord to
stir yard. Other men ofiequal promi-
nence are never happy unless actively
engaged in limb stretching Set hours,
again. may suit those used to them.
But that regularity itself gives health
Is d pleasing modern fiction. Weary Will
liam Is robust enough.
In health discussions stress is laid
upon longevity, whereas, to the majority
Of men. the daily sense of being well is
what they want, not extra years. As
someone asked the other day, who
cares to live beyond the Bible limit I"
None, certainly, save those perhaps who
have already reached it. Meanwhile
health finders mob exceptional cases Of
extreme old age as if TO wiring from the
deefepit creatures some subtly guarded
secret Of long life, Not bad advice was
that bestowed on such a one by an old
dame, herself for seventy years an inyet
crate pipe smoker, to the effect that she
never worried but took things as they
coined. -Harper's Weekly.