The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-27

An unusual opportunity is presented
to You. You are confronted with un-
expected responsibilities. Are you able
to handle these? You have the abil-
ity but have you the needed strength
II not, why?
How are we to preserve and increase
our strength so 1t may be ready and
sufficient for all needs and emergen-
cies?
We are a wasteful nation and there
is nothing in which we are more
wasteful than in matters of health and
strength.
We clog up the machinery Of our
bodies with food that contains no
nourishment, washed down with pew
erages the important compounds OF
which are active poisons.
We dissipate our mental forces by
lack of concentration-we send our
thoughts hither and thither. wasting
the mental force that should be d.
rected to the subject at hand
We run our work hard and our
pleasures hard. We are always en-
croaching on our reserve.
We continuously overdraw our bank
account. spending more than we de-
post. Reserve strength Is equal 10
your bank balance.
Bad physical and mental habits ex-
haust us and waste our tissues Al
the same time We do not eat nationally
and exercise and breathe sun,clehtiy
to manufacture the blood necessary to
restore them, or even to keep UP their
efficiency.
No wonder we have no reserve OF
strength, nothing to call on when the
emergency arises. Little wonder that
the use Of stimulants and narcotics Is
growing.
How are we going to teach the duty
of health? How are We going to make
1t a part of our knowledge?
We must first change our mental atu-
tude toward health-learn not to ne sat
isfied with mediocrity.
We must demand perfect physical EN-
cheney.
Health Is not an accident: 1t Is the
result of the correct action OF mind
and body. How shall we get this? BY
intelligently working for 1t.
With few exceptions good health can
be the portion Of every man, woman. or
child Age. occupation. heredity are no
Learn to breathe correctly, to walk
correctly. to eat and drink correctly.
to think and use your mental forces
correctly Train your body and mind
to do but one thing at a time. Put
all the thought necessary for certain
action INTO tHAt dCtIOH-tHdt ohA
M more In that way We get the
highest results from action and neither
waste nor dissipate physical or mental
effort.
Let US use an example common to most
of us-housework. One woman can get
a meal, serve II. wash the dishes and
put them away and the operation leaves
her as fresh as when she commenced 1t.
She has not made an unnecessary move
ment. When she turned over the steak.
she thought turning over the steak"
when she set the table. she thought set
ting the table" and SO on. When the
work In finished she has reserve of
force with which to do something else
perhaps something more pleasant.
Another type Of woman ID absolutely
exhausted by this same process Of cook
ing the meal, setting the table and wash
ing the dishes. When the work IL over
she has no reserve Of energy for any,
thing else. Why? Because there has
been no coordination between the mind
and physical action. Her mind has been
depressed and dosgedly hshtins her
work.
workers are the happiest people In the
world. There 10 no one 30 much to be
ritied as those who do not like work.
The chances are that the man or woman
or child who doesn't like work doesn't
know how to work. He wastes bis ener-
gies apd never gets snywhera He has