Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-07
Los ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY MAGAZINE
HEALTH,s GREATEST EssENTIAL

many to live long"
Blindness-the word should not be
interpreted as the want of sight for
the very reason that we find this
very condition prevalent among the
keen sighted. We have our eyes open
to our opportunities, but are blind to
our many follies, and the peculiar
thing about human nature is the fact
that we fail to realize that the many
follies are like unto the many fibres
which go to build up the strongest
cord. 1t is this invisible cord that slow
ly but surely will draw US and our
opportunities to perdition unless we
strive to abolish the cause.
Man, most inconsequent, will close
his eyes to the teachings of nature.
avoid the indisputable lessons which
God presents in bird and flower, and
deliberately adopt a code Of self man
made laws-why? Because his inyen-
tive genius has been extended to such
lengths that the common things OF
life seem too commonplace, His ideals
have swept him so far into the realms
of imagination that he fails to recog-
nize the lowly. He walks biindly
amidst this beautiful world heritage
and fails to see its wonderful adapt
ability to the original rudimentary re-
Quirements of man. We are through
his inventive ability threatened with
lover civilization" For instance: The
old vine which rambled over the gray
stone wall is now treilised and taught
to grow Alright; the FOOT, once snod In
light. open sandals, is now encased in
patent leather; the healing herbs or
nature that were want to cure all nu-
man ills are now superseded by the
surgeons knife; where once the sun
shone through the open window we
now have the awning; even the form
of Venus might meet crlticism-sne
failed 10 wear a corset; and the poetic
maiden of long ago, with her long,
flowing, golden iockS-Wno said rats
and ''puns' in that day and age?
The time is ripe wnen We should
take cognlzance or our surrounding
and again become in attune with our
real selves and the divine teachings
OF nature. In our great endedvor 10
live long we should necessarily aScer-
tain whether or not we are lVlng
right. Let us turn back the leaves
OF the Book of Life and see, with un-
blinded eyes, whether we remember the
Alphabet OF Health, without wnlcn
there can be no true understanding
nor full enjoyment of long life:
A bide by the ten commandments.
b sure TO drink pure water.
G onsune no more food than the body
requires.
d rink not of intoxicating liquors.
e xercise daily.
+ ind congenial occupation.
G i've the body frequent baths.
H ave regular habits.
/ insure good digestion by proper mas
tication.
Justify right living by living right.
X eep your head cool and your feet
warm.
L earn to speak kindly or not at all.
M AXE definite hours of sleep.
N ever bolt your food.
o yer exercise Is as bad as under ex-
ercise.
p reserve an even temperament.
O uestion the benefit of too much
medicine.
r emember to drink copious amounts
of pure water.
s acrifice money, not health.
I emperance in all things.
u nder no conditions neglect the teeth.
v anish superstition.
w orry not at all.
X tend the teachings of this alphabet
to others.
Y ield not to encouragement.
z ealously labor in the cause Of health,
thus gaining your reward.
Each individual subject mentioned
in the Alphabet Of Health" will be
taken up in detail from time to time
by the editor of this department. The
most essential is that of pure water
drinking, in view of the fact that the
human body consists of 65 per cent
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