Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-01-29
Saturday Evening.

Saturday Evening"
Every seat was taken in the Opera
house, Saturday evening. when the boys
assembled for Dr. Fishers talk aud the
moving pictures. The Conference Or
chestra played several excellent selec-
tions both before and during the exee-
cises. and was given the usual enthus-
iastic ovation by the audience of boys.
Pres Fuller was the chairman of the
evening As he was about TO speak to
the boys. William Walter Banton the re-
tling president, arose from his seat III
the audience and led the conference del
egates in shouts of appreciation for tue
new leader Then another lad got up
and they all cheered for BRton. Mr.
Goss led the boys in singing onward
Christian Soldier" and it is safe to say
that this inspiring hymn has not been
sung by a largcr or more earnest assem-
by since the last Boys Conference dele
gates sang ii ON the last Sunday of the
Bangor conference, held in the Gaiety
theatre in that city. Rev. Mr.. Easton of
Houlton offered prayer, and DR.. Fisher
was introduced.
DR.. Fisher told several of the latest
funny stories. keeping the boys in con.
stant good humor. He expressed his
great pleasure at once more being among
Maine ho3s-whese hospitality is so spoR-
taneous and genuine. lie is quite SURE
of this, he said. for in his many So
iourns in cities over the country he has
had opportunity to compare, aud Maine
boys are certainly peerless for Their
hearty receptions.
Some people might ask what health,
which was his subject for the evening,
has to do with the Christian life, for the
better realization of which the boys were
gathered in WatervilIe. The reason Is
that no longer. said the speaker is man
held to be a combination of three sepa-
rate entities mind, body and soul, but
he is Il harmonious blending of each OF
these. and TO aid one aids all three. 1t
is not easy for the person who is no;
well to lead an exemplary life. The per-
son who is over-fatigued finds difficulty In
maintaining an even temper, and Gener-
aIlv is not a pleasant companion.
Three stages in the advance of medical
science were discussed. The first is the
old idea of curing a man after he falls
i'll. The second is the more modern one
of preventing disease. and great progress
theria, typhoid fever, all may be practi-
cally obviated by the vaccination seruns
that have been discovered. and with the
application of the knowledge of tuberca-
Iosis prevention. Or. Fisher expressed his
belief that in 20 years cases of tuhereulo-
sis will be extremely rare. With the
discoveries in preventive medicine tnat
have been made. the life Of the average
10th century person has been heightened
by II years compared To the 18th cell
tury person. There is still newer idea
in medication. however. the third stass,
which finds WAYS and means of keeping
the well person at the highest rate of
efficiency People not positively i'll can
be made better workers and more pleas
ant companions by learning what physi-
clans have found to be TIE best way of
living Eating meat three times a day
IS not conducive to efficient working.
Young men should be extremely cfre-
full OF their health They ought not rely
on their youth and think they can get BY
Il they live in a careless or even vicious
manner Statistics show that there are
more deaths between the ages of IS and
. than there are between a5 and 90
Moving pictures were then shown a
hc Y NJ c. y. summer school at silver
Bay, y. y. where' the young men wfo
are training for positions as y. NJ. c. \.
leaders receive their training. The pic
lures were much enjoyed by the boys.
The menace of the common house IL
was shown in a film that tracked the fir
from his incubation in a piece of putrld
meat to his life of foraging on poison
ish then to the sugar bowl on the table
from the tuberculous spitoon to the nip
pie of the baby's nursing bottle, dealing
disease and possible death. Dr. Fisher
that he didn't think the boys
would have any remorse after ''swatting
the fly
The work of the National Associations
Tor the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
losis and the Red Cross was shown IN
the next film, which, albeit instructive
had a pretty little love story running
through It,