The Dolores star., 1915-01-08

should not be dihicult to preserve
ones health. And It 10 not. But be-
cause health Is inherent In Us, and be
cause we are elastic and therefore
tend persistently TO revert to the nor.
NAL. whatever the provocstion. with
very few exceptions we obstinately
and fatuously cling to habits and prac.
tees certain to impair our physical In.
heritance. until some sharp and severe
| experience lashes US into q conscious
ness Of corporal limitations and com
pels the recognition Of natural laws.
| Without exception Ill health. phys
ttcal debility. sickness and suffering In
general come through repeated viola
lions, either on one'r own part or on
| the part Of others. Of the laws Of this
universe, of which we are a constitu-
ent part
II is said, Every man is either fool
or a physician ut forty" meaning. Of
course. that every intelligent person
should develop sufficient powers Of OBJ
servation and judgment in 40 years
| experience to enable him to live sane
ly, and therefore BEAUTIFULLY. But the
appalling increase in deaths from the
degenerstiye diseases occurring among
those aged forty years and upward. d.
rectly the result Of personal habits and
indiscretions. raises q question az to
the soundness Of the old axiom and Of
the wisdom Of depending solely on
ones ordinary personal experience a.
| a guide.
Too often irreparabIe damage 10
done to vital organs before we become
conscious of the breakdown. and then
It Is too late to do anything worth
while.
As q matter Of fact the problem Of
life itself can be solved only by the
study OF what takes place in the mi
mute portion OF the cell. for It 10 10
the "centrasome"-a roundish body
alongside the nucleus Of cell that 10
undergoing division-that the new for.
nation OF an individual begins. Re.
member that cells increase by divi.
sion: there 10 no corpse: each cell
splits into two, indefinitely. We can
not all become cytolosists-cell o..
perts-but we can easily acquire per
sonal working knowledge from obser.
walton Of any one Of the lower organ
isms-such a. the chicken. for instance
l-sufhcient for all practical purposes
a. . safe guide To better things II vs
will but open our minds to the truth,
To begin with. We do not know.
here In this country, how many chill.
dren are born annually, because only
few states require birth registration,
and we are therefore unable even TO
approximate the percentage Of infants
sttllborn As the result OF conditions
Identical In principle with those thai
cause the death Of the chick In the
shell. But we do know from statistics
returned on approximately so per cent
| Of our population Of l0O. 600. 900 that al
least twenty-five per cent OF all infants
born die before they reach one year
Of age. In contrast with this condition
We know that II sitting hen 10 given
eggs from the same pens from which
the incubators are supplied and from
which an so per cent hatch Is consid.
cred highly satisfactory. the hen will.
with but few exceptions. produce
matches approximating 100 per cent.
The mortality In the incubator ID In
significant compared to that which
takes place among chicks under artifs
cial brooding and feeding conditions,
that Is to say. during that period Of life
before the chick 10 sufiiciently mature
to be able to look after its own needs
II the death Of forty to sixty or more
per cent Of = given flock OF chickens
ended the matter We might content
| ourselves with the idea that inasmuch
a. each species tends to increase In
| ordinately. the check known always 70
be- In action. even though We are not
able to perceive II. which IL simply
natures method Of preserving = bal
ance, must result In m Improvement
OF tho breed hut unfortunately. this
IA found not TO be- true: for Invariably
those survivors Of conditions which
produce these very heavy mortalities
are themselves so shattered physically
TINT under the same conditions only .
few generations sufice seriously to de-
teriorate =, fins strain and. II persist
entity followed. quickly lead to total
determination Of the line.
On every hand We md these coudi.
tons closely paralleled In the human
species. Deficient food supply 10 the
pregnant woman gives the same ~.
suits following lack Of heat In any
other incubator. and m excess pro
duces about the same effect ~ too
much heat In the machine: both inevi'
tably lead 10 deterioration In the
child; while artificial feeding h knows
10 b fully - disastrous TO the child -
n n % clearly proved 70 b. 10 the
chick and It's descendants.
| The solution 10 comparatively simple
and consists In nothing more tAaa
training women TO have . q apprscis-
ton Of the obligations Of motherhood
/ and Seriously and eonscientiousiy a
veepars 10 meet the natural demands.