The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-03
THOUGHTS ON HEALTH AND EXERCISE By Mac Levy of Babylon, Famous Physical Culture
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A popular belief for which there is little basis in fact is that brain-work- srs do not, as a rule, live as long as those who follow occupations purely manual. The ideal life Is the one that calls both brain and muscle into exercise If mental labor IS con ducive of early death, Herbert Spenc- nr would not have lived to the age pf eighty-three; Charles Darwin Io seventy-three; Thomas Henry Huza- lev to three score and ten: Alfred Rus sell Wallace to past ninetys Voltaare to eighty-four; Nevreul to 1O3; SIT JOS sph Hooker to ninety-threes Lord Lis ter to eighty-four; Lord Kelvin TO sighty-three; Virchow and Berthelot TO be octogenarians, nor Lord Avepury 10 seventy-nine. Ernst Haeckel Do gan his eightieth year last Februarys and Prince Kropotkin celebrated his seventy-second birthday last month. Rrain-workers are rarely as healthy as xnusc1e-Workers, but they take pet ter care of themselves They have frequent warnings, and, if they are really wise. they heed them, and begin The physical exercises which their sys- tems demand. Muscle-workers with strong physiques often disregard all The rules of health, and are suddenly stricken down with fatal levers nervous temperament is a great dis Hcvantage in some ways, and in those
 
 ty or insanity. The brain worker of nervous temperament may, however, live to ripe old age. if he regards the danger signals that are so fre- quentIy flashed before his eyes He must get out into the air and sunshine Rs often as possible, and renew his youth in healthful sports and exer- fise It isn't brain toll that kills, but worry, stress, strain. and the failure to heed natures warnings The atn- -s.-I s~z~ 1r1rwr f, err4 to an early grave as the thinker who never exercises. Both live unnatur- al lives and must pay the penalty During long experience have found that it Is easier to develop the mus rles of thinker than to develop the brain of an athlete who has never formed the habit of thinking. This Hoes not mean that there are not mary professional athletes who are thinkers There are many such, and they are usually the leaders in their respective lines.
 In men of nervous temperaments and sedeutary habits, digestion is more likely to cause serious trouble than znything else. Nervousness upsets the properly digested poisons body and brain and increases nervousness. In severe cases of this kind, it Is of ecurse desisable to consult a physician but they are simple and effective rules that will alleviate and may ultimately sure dypepsza and indigestion An i'm portant point is to take plenty of rest At my Long Island physical culture farm g o'clock is bedtime Light ex- ercise, such as bag punching, or the use of duxnbbe1is or Indian clubsb with 1eep breathing, should be followed by a cold bath. If the bath room is of average temperature, an immersion of a few seconds, followed by a brisk rubbing, will serve a, tonic that will strengthen and invigorate the whole system have known men who thought they could not begin work in the morning until they had taken a ~bracer'' to find the cold bath a perfect substitute For extremely weak people of course, a cold bath may not be de-