The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-26

! nAtam writhss and shrssks- ~ Ter sAs
morality in tho ease 40 sstch IN slsmsaf
ne involved al alb. perhaps TIE advsnAass
. should even DO concsdsd 90 the wsAkss
brothers They yield joyousiy to big
tempt atoms whkh slay swiftly. whereas
I. like Q kind OF ssfhstie miesr. Yield only
to temptations inefab,y psltry. ! sic
before my sublinated self indalgence, and
after enough Sishinss and protestings 70
beguile the amused spectator. ] fall to.
complete the gorge ,or Whatever n 10, and
sit back purrins. After all, say. this
one Of the few indulseness allow myssh.
II IL be q trsnssression Il 10 . negligible
one e Films OF sossamsr u stacked
could obinerate the world The breathing
OF infants " sufflcienfly multiplied through
out the stellar spaces could blow out the
sun
The author ands four elsmsnts In the
regime Of health which he discusses.
from the same point Of view OF attaining
topics: Diet-shat 10. preparing the life
stream; activity or rhythm-that 10.
propelling the life stream: automatic
environment; mind. He goes on:
The King OF the Universs issued DAT
that when the clock strikes for . certain
hour the stomach mus, he fed n one
kind OF food prove benefc ial to-day. the
same kind should be taken tomorrow
since a pound OF beef furnishes q degree
Of snstensnce. a. many pounds a. man
can eat must be sfill more sustaining: n
hearty eating enables man 20 walk thirty
miles . day. he should eat - heartily whom
dropping over a desk. finally. and above
all. II the appetite b In doubt. eat do not
even humor the Jade when she positively
cries out for q respite
How irrational all this 10 becomes ap-
parent when ~e stop to reflect that food
10 fuel Would We feed another fuel con-
summing engine on these principls-s Would
Ne stoke an engine merely because the
clock strikes nine Would Ne give Il
necessarily the same ration At O'Clock
to-day that Ne gave " at the same hour
Yesterday Would We stoke II "a inees
sanity hen II has merely TO furnish heat
for the directors room as when IL mhst
keep the entire factory in fun operstion'
Intelligence answers these questions In
the negative. Instinct would make the
same answer for tho body II instinct had
= fair share in Our stoking deliberations
The non utilitartan argu ment In favor
~ drugs-the pleasure they give-con-
si~r- for q moment the nature OF those
pleasures Wine Affords relaxation after
q nervous day in tho Office. brandy 10 found
comfortable after a cold ride. tobacco 10
soothing after an excessive meal strong
noticed that every one OF These plea snres
il a substitute for something genuine which
nature originally intended The
sinister fact ahoHt the drues 10 that they
give these delights nnearned and out OF
their due sequence when . man - tired
and nothing but sleep will do. these per
suade him that he 10 fresh and vivacious
when he ought to be lively. they allure
him To take his narcotic. eass
MIR. Fisher says
mans body Is given him for working
his pleasure upon his env ironn,ent Physfo-
logic rhythm r-1y BE- divided into three
classes protracted. brief and instantans-
ous The prctrac,ed rhythm II that which
compensstes for . days labor with nights
sleep MIR willard Meyer IN his book on
The witrhsry OF sleep describes the con-
teStants in those bicycle races IN which the
object Ia 10 cover as many miles AZ possible
in ak days For six days tho monsters
work enormously. and their eating 10 com
mensurate with their working. Never'he-
lees they grow steadily thinner II IA not
their rations that are insufficient But how
can nature work these up into ttssues She
has no sleep The author likewise exposes
the folly of Napoleon. who fsncied he could
skirnp his sleep indefinitely In his last
battles. says Mr. Meyer. his power OF re-
Nde 80 rhHht Nuot w went
TO sleep during tho hshtsns. The Pounds
ton Of his downfall was laid IN RUSSIA. when
lack Of sleep and un~ise living generally
had taken away mis- mental elasticity de-
prived him Of all power 10 form and carry
out resolutions and resulted in his fnal
ruin
The brief rhythm IL that which comp~n-
safes for q spell OF output with q breathing
spell Herbert spencer so neglected its
require mAnts that in his latter years has
brain became perversa II refused TO do
consecutively his bidding The only re-
.ourr. for the disappointed philosopher Was
To- make the brief rhythms hriefer He took
10 = boat with his secretary while the
blood Was good in his brain, he would die
tate when IL vent on strike ne would work
a. 'ha oars Ave minutes for the brain. Ave
minuIes for the body And II was only by
this belat-d surrender 10 the Law Of rhythm
that Herbert spencer escaped the complete
dead centre OF ma powers
No substitutes can ever take the place Of
original methods stimulsnts and narcotics
can only initiate But the Las OF the con-
serv alton Of energy IL not TO be hoodwinked
Napoleon could not circumvent " Herbert
Spencer could not--neither can you nor !