Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11
THE RICH MANS BURDEN
AND HOW IT KILLS HIM
Wealth Without Health Futile Thing To Him Whom
Business Cares Have Buried
From Business Mans Magazine.
There ,Vas a fool tvho made a fortome-but he died.
The world called him great--but II lied.

public schools. or were matters Of gen
eral knowledge. The routine life OF the
average business man Is about as fol-
lows
He arises between and a. M, takes
no exercise OF fresh air, but partakes OF
breakfast composed largely of cereal
starch. meat and coffee, then goes at once
to his business, sits at desk until noon,
takes luncheon at a neighborins cafe,
composed OF meat. cereal or potato
starch. beer or coffee hurries back to
business, sits at his desk five or six hours
longer hurries home. partakes Of dinner
| composed OF more meat, more starch,
moro tea or coffee-no exercise, no diver
sion, no association with the great au-
thors; no music. no poetry, no change.
A friend may come In, or he may go
out TO visit, then comes the soothing and
soporlferous cigar which may have been
his companion since breakfast The mar
ket, the business. tho chances for making
or losing dollars is the topic Of discus
| sion He Is In the power OF his master.
! business and must do him continual
obedience. with the domain of the
| tyrant he lives, moves and has his being.
NATURES WARNING UNHEEDED.
| II he has an Ill., headache. sour stomach,
indigestion, a tnge Of rheumatism, dlzsl-
ness. or any one Of the thousand symp-
toms or warnings that nature gives him
for the violation Of her laws. instead Of
thinking a little and trying to ascertain
| the cause, he sends, with chesty pride, for
| his physician and his physician writes
| out something in dead lanRuage-the
| only suitable language-and the local
| druggist sends over the stuff and II Is
swallowed with that childish confidence
that htly becomes the modern business
man who knows a great deal about busi-
ness but nothing about himself.
| The days and months 60 on, the sytnp-
| toms or signals become more numerous,
more expressive, more impressive, more
! painful his physician Is called more
often, the dead language paper goes to
the druggist oftencr than II used to;
| with faith lie still swallows tho poison
Gus drugs. they relieve him for little
while. usually by paralyzinB the little
nerve nbres that are carrying to the
brain the messages OF warning.
His physician finally acknowledges dc.
feat and prescribes n trip or sana-
torium. II is either this procedure or tho
| fate that hefcl Mcssrs. Roberts, LoZler.
! Vice President Hobart Colonel InEersoll
| and The unCounted thousands who had
no reputation beyond the domain Of their
own locality.
SUGGESTIONS FOR A GOOD BUsT-
NESS MAN
Don't allow your business to become
your master.
Don't discuss business at home or in
social life.
Take cool shower bath and vigorous
exercise before an open window the first
thing upon arising.
Partake of very light breakfast an
hour after arising. eliminating tea,
| coffee, bread, potatoes and meat.
Walk TO your business II possible;
breathe deeply
Eliminate woolen underwea.; dress as
| lightly as possible.
Take an hour for luncheon; omit tea,
coffee tobacco, beer and sweets.
Keep your Office we'll ventilated.
| Secure competent help and trust them.
Leave your office early enough to walk
home, or at least part of the way.
! Masticate your food infinitely fine, and
by all means do not overeat. This Is
the crowning sin of the civilized table.
! We usually eat as much as we want then
! call into activity another set of taste
| buds by forcing on the appetite another
| kind of food.
Take from 10 to 10 minutes exercise be-
fore retlrng sleep in q cold, thoroughly
ventilated room. Spend as much time
as possible in the sunshine and open air.
Play golf. join a gymnasium. dance, sing,
/ kick and play with the boys, for It is
infinitely better to dig in the ditch for
your dinner and to be able to digest and
enjoy 1t than to lie invalid In your self
! made prison and perhaps die.