The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-29
HOME HEALTH CLUB
by pr. tDavid H. Reeder

ChicagO.) Rest and Rebuild. In nature the l season of rest is a time of gain. Strength and vigor are accumulated for renewed growth and production. Let us look at the apple or almost 1 any fruit tree and we find that as | the fall approaches the fruits bearing | it's seed are dropped to the ground
 and then covered by the falling leaves.
 The sap leaves the branches and goes 1 down to reinforce the fOots. The de- tcomposition of the leaves furnish food | that goes into the soil and is utilized | by the roots in giving greater growth | and vitality to the tree. During the | winter season the tree does not get | out of the free air and the cold and 1 shut itself up where the sun and wind ] or the cold and snow cannot effect it. Instead it utilizes these forces to strengthen the fbers of it's body and | limbs so that they. will be able to bear | the burden of fruit, during the com l ing season.
 When the frost begins to leave the l ground and the warm rains of spring g or the melting ice and snow trick1es down to the little roots they begin to
 send up material that will give great CT beauty to the tree, more coIoring
 and fragrance to it's blossoms and more abundant fruit than ever be- fore.
 Man does not profit by. the lessons of Nature as he should. When pre-
 vented by the elements from til1ing
 his fields he believes, in a great ma jority of cases, that he has conquered nature by building a fine dwelling house we'll supplied with closely fit ted storm. windows and double doors
 and thoroughly heated by stoves or
 furnace. By his energy during the growing season his cellar is well | Sfn fho fS vegetables and the pantry and store
 house we'll supplied with meats, jellies l jams and preserves. He laughs at the storm and the smoke from his pipe
 or from his frying meats, cabbage and | onions, fills the room with a conbin- ! ation of odors that should give him food for reflection instead of his stomach He has little to do but eat I and sleep and when the springtime l comes, instead of being rested and l refreshed, ready for bigger and hard CT and more abundant life with great
 achievements, weh nd him bilious and full of pains, stiffened joints, a dull brain and a year older than last spring Although the physical body has grown a year older, instead of depre- | citation there should be increased eff ficiency. During each annual resting period the mind may be actively .edu- cated and improved to such good ad- l vantage that the physical ability to produce definite results is increased
 in proportion and if the body is prop l erly fed (and not over fedl exercised l washed and aired the passing of time
 makes but a little impression.
 Constipation and biliousness, stiff 1 joints and flabby muscles, should not be tolerated and they need not be if l the practical methods of living and
 growth taught in these columns and 1I,1 1Ie a I0 the coming winter season the best of l your life; when spring comes be ready
 to help the world about you a better
 place to live because you are there. CLUB NOTES
 Dear Doctor: wrote you some time | ago about my case of neuritis and I followed your instructions and got bet
 ter, or nearly well. as could not feel much of it. I quit drinking tea and i coffee and I also quit eating meats, l as my stomach did not seem to be 1 able to digest the food. The last few
 weeks I seemed so much better that i I did eat a little meat and also drank 1 two cups of coffee daily and now i that sorness is there between my
 shoulders, although it does not bother lkrne much yet Last simmer it used
 to ache. Ikea tooth ache and it af-
 fected one of my arms so I almost
 lost the feeling in it. Do you think
 it was the coffee that brought it back ?
 also got my feet wet one day. have
 been using plasters on my back.
 which helped me while used them. ] O. E. .
 < Very likely it was the wet feet in i connection with an injudicious diet j which brought on the trouble again.
 ITO use only plasters and external 1 treatment will not cure you, as you
 we'll know->It would have been best
 for you to return to the same treat : 1nent which did you so much good ! before, and if, you had followed all my suggestions at that time, am con- fident that you would have had no re- . lapse. even though you fell before the
 temptation of drinking coffee.
 I A ombination of tissue foods of the
 same kind suggested before will
 undoubtedly do you much good also at l the present time. Drink plenty of l water Fast for few days, during
 which time you should drink as much 1 water as you possibly can. You will
 find that this will greatly aid in ac- i com mplishing your purpose without the l1east. difficulty. Take in the morning g ! a whole quart of hot Water to which | you add the juice of a lemon. This
 will only favorabIy act upon the bow
 els and the kidneys but it will also 1 have it's influence on the blood. You | will find further information upon
 this subject given in the Home Health Club books.
 Dear Doctor Sometimes my face, l hands and legs begin to swell, itch and smart, and if l get very warm | it is hardly endurab1e. have tried
 many different treatments, but with little avail One doctor told me it
 was due to poison ivy: If you can help me I certainly will appreciate it. F. I. The poison ivy and poison oak souses inflammation of the skin in cer tain persons who may touch them come within a short distance of them. The plants contain a poisonous oil.