The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-13
HELPS TO A LONG LIFE


ence; but individual resistance may
be built up in surprising way by
persistent enois
As we all know, the body Is a com.
munily of cells, each cell analogous to
! the one-celled organism found in our
ponds, the amaeba The combined
/ lives of these millions of nerves, mus.
Gle, liver, kidney blood, and other
tissue cells make up the life" of man.
Although we are supposed to be born
| but once and die but once, il is a
fact that birth and death are con.
stantly going on within us. Long after
the official death of the body, cellular
activities may continue, and be pro-
longed by artificial means. These body
cells, and especially the brain and
nerve cells, may be trained to remark
able performances good and bad
The man who must have his cock
tail at eleven a. m. every day has
Itrained certain cells TO clamor for this
Indulgence. But how about the man
with the aggressive abdomen, who
takes his three squares" daily with
Hastings of meat that would put to
shame an animal in the zoo? Is he
just gratifying a natural and normal
cell demand, or he's he educated his
cellular army to demand this supply
of nutrition, far in excess of its re-
quirements?
Bodily Conservation and Discipline.
The instinct of modern intelligence
is against waste.
This principle is being applied with
increasing rigor in matters of bust
ness and government; but in the mat
ters that most deeply affect our happi-
ness and success in life-our bodily
resources and eXpenditures-the sys-
tametic conservation of scientific
development of efficiency are still woe
fully neglected.
How can one best utilize the re-
sources now available for the develop
ment and improvement of the natural
defenses of the body?
The answer should be obvious. Dig
up your family history, take it to your
doctor, and ask him to examine and
size you up as a going concern" If
he Shoes you out of his office because
you have not the obvious signs of
cancer or a broken down heart or
kidney, go to a more progressive man,
who is alive to modern ideas in medi-
sine. Do not require minute informa-
ton and fix your mind as to the work
ngs of your body; but put the respon-
on your doctor, and insist upon
the things that will injure
you, and those which will specially |
benefit and strengthen you.
This is the simplest way to get in
the right path; and the best way to
keep there is to have your body |
inspected just as it is
customary to inspect a well ordered
business institution. Good habits are
easily formed, and when once estab-
ished life becomes a condition of NOV
ng equilibrium, free from fussy anX-
ETY. and uncertainty regarding what
o eat, drink, and do If your family
history is sound, your doctor will tell
you that a combination of sound stock
md sane living is well nigh invincible
and will put you we'll forward in the
ace, instead of among the ALSO rams"
f your family history is "spotty,' he
will tell you to keep off the thin ice;
here is plenty of room on the pond in
he safe places.
This means cultivating self control
lot only of appetites. but of emotions.
The toxin of fatigue has been demon
strated but the poisons generated by
evil temper and emotional excess over
have not yet been
although without doubt
they exist. Explosions of temper, emo
.ional cyclones, and needless fear and
panic over disease or misfortune that
seldom materializes, are simply bad
cell habits. BY proper ventilation and
of the mind it is possible
10 cultivate tolerance, poise, and real
courage without being a lobster or
4 bromide"
The man whose daily work interests
him is specially fortunate. His only
risk is that of being led into eXces-
sive and exclusive attention to his
or profession.
Contrariwise, the man whose work
IS monotonous and repellent is in a
hard case. But, instead Of accumulat-
ing the poison of discomfort, an effort
should be made to balance avocaton
against vocation. Aside from the ordi-
lary, intermittent relaxations and
many of which, by the
way, are often injurious to the over
worked and nervous, the steady in
fiuence of some harmless fad, sport,
or mental pursuit ASSOCIATED from
business or profession should be en-