Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26


stores the used-up tissues and gives the
animal side Of them a chance to function
as it was intended. Frequently. the
same thing exactly is effective to cure
men Of excessive drinking or smoking or
drug habits. For no one can conquer q
habit until his body is itself in condition
to supply the reaction formerly sought in
a drug.
IF every city dweiler would devote one
half hour day to sensible exercise l am
of our country would be increased tens
Of millions each year. A man can make
more money when he Is fresh and bright
and we'll than when he is sluggish or dull
or sick. Moreover. there would be far
fewer confirmed drunkards and drug VIC
Tins If only the people of the cities would
lead normal life. The trouble is that
what Is commonly called health in New
York is simply enough strength to keep
going. Real health would mean enough
c.es But no, one man In a hundred in
New York really gives one hours atten-
ton a day to his health, and L am sure
that because Of this every man really
loses far more In results and In efficiency
than he possibly could gain in the single
thirty minutes which are essential to his
we'll being
Cause of "Blue" Monday.
If a sudden emergency arises. the man
is physically incapaeitated to deal with it
sanely. He probably resorts to stimu-
Yants. which are but temporary in their
effect and are really but overdrawing the
physical bank account and shortly the
'circler' finds himself a physical and
nervous bankrupt, and he begins to think
Of pistols or poison as the only means of
escape from the circle. His business or
social troubles. which ordinarily would
q 10 - ~ -
stead of being a call to charge. have a
sound like taps ia his tired ears II he
does kill himself. the explanation given
is financial worry. fear of poverty or
chronic disease. or. even more frequent
ly, temporary insanity In about 05 Der
cent Of the cases the mans brain is eli
right In formation. but because he never
exercised he has let slis physical ma
chinery below his midrin get all out of
gear. In other words. lots Of what passes
for brain arrangement is really the eff
feet of an outraged liver.
Blue Monday Is only an example OF
this same condition. Men on Sunday
lounge around home. read the papers all
day. except AT meals move around far
less than they do on a business day. and
eat more good home cooking including
pie. And then they wonder why they
feel 50 stale Monday morning and moth
ing goes right. It is an old saying:
Don't throw up your job on Monday
day they put In the entire day in vio.ent
exercise. the only exercise they get during
the week. And. of course, they are tired
out Monday morning. 1t is the same as
II they tried to do all their eating Sum
day and expected the food to keep them
well and strong during the week A bath
In lake on Sunday will mot do you as
much good as q daily shower bath 1t
Isn't the quantity of water that counts
nor is 1t merely the quantity Of exercise
that counts.
Loa6ng Il Not Rest.
"An OF the crowded cities" said Dr.
Welzmiller, have regular nerve trap
for their citixens. I call it the circle of
melancholia- It starts with the failure
Of the average American business man to
take any exercise whatever. The bust
ness worker somehow has got the idea
that what he needs after business is the
sort Of rest supposed to come from .loung-
Ing at home in IN easy chair after a ieis-
urely evening or Sunday dinner. at which
he eats altogether too much. This he
follows by a night Of sleep which is about
equivalent in recuperative value to the
comatose nap Of q snake which has just