The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-08-27
The Strong Man.

The best life insurance is intelligent
Watchfulness, but even this does not
take from the value of the kind We
pew premiums to secure.
Of course, sickness comes to most of
US sooner or later in spite of all pre-
caution, and death is the certain end
that none can escape.
Every normally healthy man has
the frmest faith in his star, or his
luck, that it will bring him unscathed
through the dangers that beset all
alike. His faith is strengthened by
his experiences which have brought
him few or no lapses from the vigor
that has made his life, so far, one of
continued activity, whether mental or
physical, or both. He has little pa
thence with the constant complain
ings of others, and from his viewpoint
of splendid health, it is difficult to en-.
tertain as valid any excuses that are
offered by such complainers.
1t is doubtless true that most, or
many, of our physical ills, are largely
imaginary, matters of habit or of
laziness. They frequently are tenn
peramental and are indulged because
the would-be sufferer has no urgent
occupation or because he, or she, can
afford it financially. With such per-
sons the busy, vigorous man has no
sympathy, and often he may include
in his classification some who honest
ly have a claim on such sympathy.
But what are a few of the menaceS
that threaten the busy, vigorous man?
Pride goes before a fall, and the
fall is inevitably to all, though often
long delayed. For such man the
matter of growing old is his hardest
task, or rather the realization of the
fact that at fifty he has lost irretriev-
ably some of the physical strength of
twenty.
Florida has some menaces for such
a 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-mcn to
wEom the mere consciousness of liv-
ing and being able to do things is a
joy-know how to rest. They laugh |
VIXEN the idea is suggested that they
go beyond the reach of business re-
sponsibilities, beyond the reach of
mails and telegraph wires, and forget /
for a time, their real burdens.
Inevitably the long continued heat
of a Florida summer, although it is
rarely excessive, gets on our nerves. g.,
The need for most busy Floridians is
a bit of cold, touch of invigorating
frost in some northern state or in the
higher elevations of Southern states.
But there are other dangers, the lit
tie things that at most are mere tenn
porary inconvenience, 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 pos
sible, and some men disdain an UNI
brella as effeminate.
Excessive drinking, even of water, I
when it is ce-cold, is harm !
full to digestion. Gulping in big t
swallows is less satisfying than alb
sorbing the liquid slowly. And in t
the choice of drinks, water properly {
cooled is far preferable to the large
variety of fountain preparations,
which are sweetened to suit the taste.
And though it is but little appreciated,
sweet is thirst-creating only in less
degree than strong salty solutions.
The things that threaten perfect
health, that of the strong as well as !
he weak, are around US constantly. !
He escapes longest whose resisting 9
power is strongest, but all of US are I
eventually the victims. even if it is +
the wearing out of the human ma !
chine by old age that conquers at J
ast. No one, however robust, can af-
ford to ignore the certainties of hu- {
nan eXistence.-State Board of Health t
Bulletin. 4