The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-22


? or a physician in matters of diet H
has usually found out for himself wha
kinds and amounts Of food agree wit
him and what do not.
Most men after forry-f1ve, or Ger
tainly after fifty, will notice a Sigh
but distinct falling off in appetite
, I!.is is a hint that the body can no
utilize as much food as before, ant
should be acted upon. Although thi:
diminution of appetite Is a sign of ces
sation of growth and the beginning o.
failing vitality, it is not one of dimin.
ishing efficiency. On the contrary, by
virtue of its reserve power, momentum
and trained experiences, the body-ma-
chine may do more work in proportion
TO it's fuel-needs from forty-five to
f5ftv-fve, or even sixty, than in any
previous decade.
Experienced generals prefer grizzled
veterans in a trying campaign to
Youthful troops, no matter how we'll
drilled or conditioned, because they
stand more knocking about On shorter
rations and less sleep.
/ However, when Nature doesn't need
she'll let you know. Till then give her
all she calls for. 1t is a very good sign
/ for a middle-aged man to have a big
appetite. 1t indicates that he has lots
| of work in his motor yet.
! The dangers of overeating has been
enormously exaggerated. Gout, rheu-
matism, kidney disease, cardiac degen-
Grafton liver trouble, even obesity, oc-
cur quite as often in those who from
recessity undereat as in those who live
high.
A moderate and comfortable increase
in weight, after the age of forty, is a
natural and healthful process, a lay
ing by of capital against the evil days
that are coming. Unfortunately, short
ly after the age at which this deposit of
fat-surplus occurs the body-engine is
apt to begin to show signs of wear and
tear and original defects in tubing,
boiler, steam gauge and gearing reveal
themselves under the strain With in
fantile logic we say the first change
caused the second. AS a matter of ex-
perience, fat men of middle age show
these strain-defects less frequently, less
early and bear them better than thin
ones.
Obesity is not disease, but in nine
cases out of ten normal process, ben
eficial rather than harmful. Fat lai6
on after forty-five is usually lost before
seventy. and is neither sign nor a
cause of disease, 'Anti-fat" advertise
ments to the contrary notwithstand
ing.
The dreaded fatty degeneration of the
heart and liver has nothing whatever
to do with general increase in body
weight, however generous. It occurs
more often in the enaciated than in
the obese. Therefore, don't hesitate to
laugh and grow fat, or starve yourself
for fear the fiat will get round your
heart" Nearly all weight-reduceng
diets and treatments reduce strength
also and are dangerous if long persist
ed in. Fatness of even quite Fa1staf-
fan proportions is perfectly compatible
with the highest grade of efficiency.
SLEEP LATE If YOU WANT TO.
Next, take plenty of sleep. Time
spent in sound sleep is never wasted.
The man Of middle age will find that
he can not take quite as much sleep as
formerly; he tends to wake earlier and
the more insistent to take all that he
possibly can. He can not stand the
loss of sleep as he once did. II he has
been up till the wee sma' hours he is
more apt to feel it next day.
The power of recuperating completely
in a few hours of sleep is the prerog
ative of youth alone. The fewer hours
OF sound sleep we can get the more rest
in bed we should take.
AS the sleep at night becomes short
eF and lighter nap in the middle of
the day should be made custom Half
an hour to an hour after lunch will
increase the days efficiency wonder
fully 1t is much better to sleep in the
middle of the day than to go to bed
at an uncivilized and unsociable hour
at night.
To rise up at the voice of the Bird
is very pretty poetry, but poor physi-
ologic economy, unless you should hap
pen to be a farmer. Sit up as late as
you can keep up an interest in any
sensible subject and sleep as late as
you can in the morning. Early to bed
and early to rise is an excellent motto
for the unprogressive.
Above all things. the man of middle
age should keep UP his interests. The
more points at which we touch human
life and interests, the more alive we
are and the longer we will remain So
If you have any taste for music. cult
vate it; don't let it decay. You may
have given up singing, but go to the
best concerts and operas. Develop any
liking you may have for pictures. es-
pecially landscapes in the original: read
plenty of good poetry All these will |
tend to keep you elastic, responsive. |
resourceful. not only mentally but
physically. Life is response to envi- |
ronment: when that diminishes we |
begin to die.
Now is the natural time of life for |
politics. both as diversion, the finest |
game on earth, and as a civic duty. |
Our own position is fairly established. |
and we can spare a little time to help |
others. especially the rising generation |
If man of the dominant decades is |
so unfortunate as 70 have no hobby. by
all means let him beg, borrow or hire |