The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-04-29
GET INTO THE OPEN;
HEALTH IS CONTAGIOUS

Ingersoll was a very brilliant man,
but one time he said very stupid
thing.
lie was hclittling the belief In an
.all-wise and ull-poweriul Creator. aud
he sought To- do il by running down
His works.
Why" he said in effect Il could
have done a better job myself For
one thing. if / had been doing it 7
would have made health contagious
instead OF disease"
And the shallow pated. who were
always his easiest victims. laughed
and applaudrd what they thought a
strong point.
Make health contagious? Why the
Creator made health so contagious
that mankind has To- do the most eN-
raordinary things l." escape il,
For instance. the greatest healing
agency on earth is clean. fresh air. In
Itself. il is mighty coutaglon OF
health-iar more contagious than any
disease.
To escape this cOntagion Of health.
man has 10 hattcn himself into unyen-
tilated homes and Offices where he will
stew in his own u,rdup breath. He
has 90 take the most astounding meas
ure, 10 unpurify the air he breathes--
Ike stuf'ing it ful. ol smoke and dead
- fumes ana steHchcs.
And pure water-another life giving
agency 81 q kindly proyidcnce-man
has 10 do the most amazing things 20
unpurify that, ike running sewage in
To 10 before he drinks H.
But fresh air, which attacks and
kills the germs of disease, which re-
ioices the soul and gives life to tho
blood, which fills the lungs and
through them the body with an elixir
mon" powerful than man over has IN
venlcd-fresh air il Itself the very
contaficn Of health. and u is free 80
eyerybpdy
Probably that's why it is $50 little
used. II 10 cost money! il were pos
aible 90 monOpolize it and advertise Il
and charge four dollars cubic yard
for tit would Dee the most popular
remedy oE earth.
We are moved 90 these thoughts bp
the coming 81 spring when men and
women can get out in the open and
breathe the Lords fresh air and &c.
His rontagiou Of health. They can
do that any time of the year. Ca
course, but mostly they avoid it in
winter because II il incOnyenlcnt and
if you take that unpleasant
q" get 0ut ion the open and fiji their
systems with the life-giving elixir oil
fresh air.
Are you tired, mentally ana physl-
cally? Is your system so loaded with
thc accumulated self-poison of the
winters indoor Incidence that your
head aches and IS thick ana sluggish
is IT'S processes? Docs the coming Of
the spring give sou spring fever
lassitudc, uuaccountablc tircdncsscs
lud weaknesses?
Then here's prescription. Get out
In the open ana breathe Gods fresh
air Take q half day and walk
Three. four five, six or eight miles
grading it according 10 your strength.
Walk far enough and long enough To
get good and tired, but stop short "
exhaustion Walk brisldy enough 10
keep Your blood circulating. actively.
bat don uvrrdo. II spu are not used
T." II, start moderately. There's no
sens" in OVERRIDING. But walk your
'"li tircd and hungry and happy. For
. person who is organically well but
out of sorts" it is better
han an expensive trip to a health re
sort. Try It.
or, there's that back yard of yours.
Have you "a garden there Work In it
Z there Is no garden, make one. Spad-
ms, hocina, rakinE-bcnding the back
md working 4 variety OF muscles and
stirring your sluggish livcr-it's vast
y better than drugs. Try that. too.
Health not contiguous? Absurd
All sou have 10 do is To stop trying to
'srapc 70, aud us more contagious
han smallpox Duluth Herald.
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