The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
THE STRONG MAN
Estate Board Of Health Bulletin)

Thebest life insurance is intelli
gent watchfulness, but even thi:
does not take from the value Of thr
kind we pay premiums to secure.
OF course, sickness comes to most
of us sooner or later in spite of all
precaution, and death is the certain
end that none can escape.
Every normally healthy man has
the firmest faith in his star, or his
luck, that it will bring him un-
scathed through the dangers that
beset all alike. His faith is strength
&c by his experiences which have
brought him few or no lapses from
the vigor or physical. or both. He
has little, patience with the constant
complainings of others, and from his
/ viewpoint of splendid health, it is
| difficult to entertain as valid any
excuse that are offered by such COM
planners.
1t is doubtless true that most, or
many, of our physical ills, are large
ly imaginary. matters Of habit or Of
laziness. They frequently are tenn
peramental and are INDUCED be-
cause the would-be sufferer has no
urgent occupation or because he, or
she, can afford it financially. With
such persons the busy, vigorous man
has no sympathy, and othen he may
include in his classification some
who honestly have a claim on such
sympathy.
Bpt what are few of the me-
naces that threaten the busy, vigor-
Gus man?
Pride goes before a fall, and the
fall is inevitable to all, though Of
ten long delayed. For such a man
the matter of growing old in his
hardest task, or rather the realiza-
tion Of the fact that at fifty he has
lost irretrievably some of the ply
steal strength of twenty.
oi iud mas soHe mendceS TOT
such man that other cooler
climates do not threaten. There is
need for him of rest, or vacation
from the urgent, pressing duties Of
his life. And how few of this kind
of men-men to whom the mere con
seriousness Of living and being able
to do things is joy-know how to
rest. They laugh when the idea is
suggested that they go beyond the
reach Of business responsibilities,
beyond the reach of mails and tele.
graph wire. and forget for time,
their real burdens.
Inevitably the long continued heat
of Florida summer, although it
is rarely excessive, "gets on our
nerves." The need for most busy
Floridians is a bit of cold, a touch
of invigorating frost in some north.
ern state or in the higher elevations
of Southern states.
But there are other dangers, the
littlethings that at most are mere !
inconveniences, forgotten
when they are passed. The sudden
shower that drenches the man
caught away from shelter, leaves its
mark unless dry clothing is put on /;
as soon as possible. and some men
dfsdain an umbrella as effeminate.
Excessive drinking, even Of
water, especially when 1t is ice-cold j.,
is harmful to digestion. Gulping in !
big swallows is less satisfactory
than absorbing the liquid slowly
And in the choice of drinks, water
cooled is far preferable to
the large variety of fountain prep
which are sweetened to
suit the taste. And though it is but ,
little appreciated, sweet is thirst
creating only in less degrees than
strong salty solutions.
The things that threaten perfect
health, that of the strong as we'll as
the weak, are around us constantly.
He escapes longest whose resisting
power is strongest, but all of us are
eventually the victims. even If it is
the wearing out of the human ma
chine by old age that conquers at
last. No one. however robust, can
afford to ignore the certainties Of
human existence.