The Parker post., 1914-03-14
INEFElClENCY A TYPE OF
DISEASE.
(By DR.. r. r. Daniels.)

,CnnoCtlOn between Dduly NeHliIetC-
ed bedroom, three heavy meals
day,no physical exercise, three cigars
day, and a low salary with no ad-
Vancement; but the fact remains
that the cause Of many a failure to
succeed is due simply to bad body
care.
Bad hygiene always lowers mans
efficIeLcy in some direction, usually
apparent in the particular man sWeak-
est part. In the nervous tempered,
over-ambitious man with the usually
active mind, bad habits of eating and
living in general often rob him OF
physical strength and endurance nee
essary to success even in mental pur-
suits. AID the result is that this man
is out-done by the men who have
considerably less mental ability
How many of the bright boys at
the head of their classes, as they
reach manhood when the impetus OF
youth nc longer enables them to with
ing, an6 they begin to neglect physi-
cal exercise, use tobacco, and fre-
quently to fall into sexual excesses-
how many of these boys drop back
into the rear to be outstripped by the
boys from the foot Of the class who
have less inherent ability but whose
t1,cta hn h
and-tumble way Of living, and who,in-
cidentally are less likely to contract
enervating habits?
In the man with an unusually good
physical body, possessing good vigOr-
Gus organs, bad hygiene seems to have
little or no effect This man can ap
parently do anything he wants and
it doesn't hurt him." However, in
this man bad habits of eating and of
living in general, affect the meE-
tality; they frequently rob the man
of that keen PERCEPTION necessary to
successor course, there are many men
who take no care whatever of their
bodies,a and which in spite of abuse
outstrip their friends who are more
careful of their health. However,
these men are the exceptions; the
man who can neglect his health and
still succeed in these days Of keen
competition is one of those occasion
al persons who has been endowed by
nature with an unusual amount OF
health. Even this man is working
under a tremendous load: he is like
a locomotive carrying a big dead
weight. OF course, if the engine is
sufficiently powerful it can carry the
weight and still make schedule time,
but the average human engine can't
make the schedule time and carry
dead weight
1t is interesting to note the rapid |
ly increasing tendency toward simple
habits Of living among our captains
OF industry and those who are at the
helm in the business world. The Sat
urday Evening Post in its issue OF
January 9Th gives us an insight into
the personal habits of the leading
financiers of the country and shows
that nine out of ten of them are
men of simple habits, especially in
eating. Many have adopted the two
meal a day plan gradually eliminat-
ing tobacco and heavy meals as they
noted that such changes brought
about an increase in efficiency. The
City Bank of New York, one of t
largest banking institutions in the
country, furnishes its employees with
their lunch, served in the building
they have found it an economical
plan, the men do much better in
the afternoon without the heavy moo:
meal, the after lunch cigar or cigar
cite. and the occasional cocktail.
The head of The National Cash reg.
lister company, Of Dayton, Ohio, is
man of most abstemious habits of
eating. Care in eating. has undoubt-
edly gone far in giving him the eff
cheney which is responsible for the
wonderful growth of his company
This company sees such a value in
real health that it spends thousands
OF dollars each year in bettering the
health of it's employees; not only
does it provide the best sanitary fac
tory surroundings, but large part
OF its efforts are directed toward
proving home conditions of its men
and in educational work along health
lines. This company has found that
real health means real dollars.
Practically everyone knows that al
coholic drink even in occasional small
amounts rObs a man of just that
much mental vigor The use of to-
bacco is responsible for many more
unsuccessful men than is generally
supposed. Nicotine is a nerve poi