The Colorado statesman., 1909-02-20


dissipation.
Aside from the waste of vitality
which the laborer, farmer and the ath-
lete (who is usually short lived) are re-
quired to make in their daily work,
due to extraordinary physical exertion,
these eat more bread to supply the
waste of carbon due to muscular work
(Which would be better supplied by
fruit sugar and vegetable fat, as al
ready expressedD, and drink more wa
ter, because they perspire more, thus
leaving a greater deposit of ashes in
the arteries and other tissues. The
merchant or professional man who
takes moderate exercise by walking
about five miles daily will live longer
than the average farmer who has
many advantages otherwise.
A beautiful complexion is an essen
tial element of beauty. The ideal is
that of childhood, the bloom of youth
upon the cheek. There is no substi-
tute for the beauty of health.
Sallow skin pimples and blotches of
all kinds are produced by failure of
liver, kidneys. lungs and skin to elimi-
digestion, whose retention is favored
by constipation. The tissues of the
body, including the skin, become hard
ened as age advances, partly by the
weakening of these eliminating organs,
often prematurely. The skin and the
muscles underlying it become hard
and wrinked by the weakening of the
normal metaboism, by which worm
out cells are carried away and new re-
placed. AS the kidneys and liver de-
cline in power Tor rather as the vitali-
ty that actuates them declines. with
advancing years. there is a gradual
deposit in the arteries and in the it's
sues generally of mineral matter from
the food and water.
These conditions are to be avoided
by avoiding constipation, so-called
rich foods, such as pie and cake, ami
NAL fats, starch and meats, particular
ly pork, by eating few articles of food
at meal, by eating freely of acid
fruits, especially apples, lemons, or
anges and grapes and by the daily use
of olive oil or peanut oil, and by the
free use of water, including the inter
nal bath" occasionally. Proper exer-
else daily in the open air will also
serve to preserve a ruddy complexion
and soft skin.
Distilled water will dissolve mineral
matter from the tissues, and it should
be used by everyone past middle life.
The objections to the use of distilled
water raised by persons interested in
mineral waters are, think. not well
taken. 1t is unreasonable to suppose
that pure water, as we have it in milk
and in fruits, could be injurious. One
who drinks little water will always i'm
prove by drinking large quantities of
any mineral water, especially when
accompanied by change of surround
ings, better food and, more than all,
the effect of suggestion that the water
will effect cure. And by this | do not
mean that mineral waters may not be
in certain cases beneficial, as drugs
may, at times, be means of cure.
The water in juicy fruits and milk
serves the same purpose as distilled
water About two quarts of water
should be taken daily. when the
weather is moderately warm and
proper exercise is taken.
Mrs. Lille Langtry, asked for her
secret" of beauty, said: The fact
that l believe in the power of mind
over matter does not blind me to the
fact that the foundation of the whole
secret of beauty is good health. a
sick woman cannot be beautiful.
Work, sunshine, exercise, nourishing
food, fresh air and cheerfulness are
my recipe for beauty"
l accept this prescription from an
eminent practitioner as complete and
correct in every particular. Some use
full work is, as Mrs. Langtry says, a nc
cessity to keep the mind and body
normally active; sunshine benefits
both body and mind fresh air purifies
the blood and gives the skin the only
natural pink of health; exercise in
creases the breathing, accelerates the
circulation, and therefore purifies the
blood, assists in breaking down tissue
that would otherwise clog the system
and furnishes the opportunity for the
building of new tissue from the food
supply; cheerfulness and hope are es-
sential in the right mental influence;
they are the states opposed to worry
and discomfort which make furrows
and cloudy visage; and, lastly, 'nour-
ishing food" that harmonizes the vital
forces and that does not congest the
eliminating organs or waste vital force
extravagantly-th is the whole art
of beauty and youth.
The food should be plain, avoiding
waste of vitality in digestion and elm
ination; vivacity is inconsistent with
working overtime in digestion. White
! bread, pie, pickles, cakes, tea, coffee.
pork and all stimulants should be
avoided. Coarse wheat. rye and corn