Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-11-14
4 Matter OF Hygiene.


The prince of the eunuchs was
very much taken with this you're
Judean captive and was anxious to
please him. 1t put him in an en-
harrasslng position when Daniel made
the request that he and his friends
be allowed to choose their own food
IN place of that prescribed by the
KING. lie was afraid of royal dis
pleasure, especially should his dis
obedience result i'm these four you~
men making poorer development
than those who We're highly fed. SO
compromise was effected by agreeing
TO ten days test Of vegetable diet
ana water to drink, the result to de-
lermlnc whether the kings wishes
should be set aside or not The test
resulted so favorably for Daniels CON
tention that Melzar, the eunuch
prince, put them on a regular diet
OF DaniePs choosing. Their gain in
health and strength, far from being
retarded by abstaining from meat and
wine, was tar in advance of those
VINO had been more literally, thOugh
less Judiciously, fed. This shows MS
that health and strength are NOT
found in partaNing Of the uxuries Of
HE, no matter how desirable thev
may be, but in the plain simpler food
mat furnish the nutriment the svs-
TEN demands. The highly-seasoned
foods affected by the luxurious and
the eplcurians are tempting to the
palate ana nave their food value. but
their actual benefit as nutriment is
hidden and hampered by elements
that tend to indigestion and physical
deterioration. We may not have
DanieIs conscientious scruples about
meat and wine, nor any reason for
those scruples, but the fact remains
that alimentary indulgence does not
tend to physical excellence, and we
find the clearest intellect and the
strongest muscle among those whose
daily fations are simple and nutri-
tious.
Living Clean Lives.
When the king went to examine
these men, he not only found them
physically satisfactory, but mentally
alert and capable. Unhampered by
gluttony or Overindulgence, without a
faint of alcoholism in their systems.
they had made wonderful progress in
their studies In all matters Of wis
dom and understanding the king
found them incOmparably brighter
than his magicians and astrologers.
Coming from families of culture back
in Judea, they had right to be intel
ligent. This predispostion to ex-
cellence, however. would not have
brought them to such a high standard
bad it not been for their clean lives
and their habits of self-restraint. We
have all seen many promising youths.
who had every advantage that heredi-
ty and culture could give them, old
before their time and their brilliant
possibilities wrecked by gluttony,
drunkenness or carnal indulgence.
The great lesson for the young man
of today is to realize that strength
and manliness are only achieved by
governing himself, holding in re-
strairt those desires and appetites
that would lure him into the primrose
path that leads to moral, intellectual
and physical deterioration.
Keep on the Safe Side.
The ten days test proposition was
a wise eXpedient. 1t relieved Melzar
| of his fears Of displeasing the king
at the same time that he was enabled
to do his beloved Daniel a favor
Deeper than all this, it was con-
summate piece. of diplomacy BY es-
tablishing vegetable diet and drink