Gilpin observer., 1916-12-21

For those who do not care for dancing, cards.
either bridge rum" fantan or some other popu-
lar game, will do to pass the hours before Twelve
Doctor Smith Talks.
Drinks smokes and candy are not the only
things to swear off on New Years day. There
plenty Of others, and for most of us the others
are much more important, as fortunately the
readers of this department are not victims OF
rum and tobacco.
New Year resolutions, however, should not con-
sist entirely of swear offs" Too many "don'ts"
are not advisable. do" is much better than
don't" Positive resolves are better than mega
tive ones. If you "swear on" enough good habits
II will not be necessary to "swear OFF, any bad
ones In other words, positive constructive
policies better than negative or destructive
ones. This applies to health just as much as to
anything else in life. So, don't think you can "get
by" simply by swearing off on one or two OF your
pet vices Not at all. Your New Year resou-
tons, to be of any real value, must be construc-
tive. You must decide not only to quit some
things, but to begin some things, also.
Good resolves and swear offs may be grouped
in pairs, and to advantage, it seems to me. Let's
try it that way for change.
will take good care of my body.
will not abuse it.
Hold Up Your Right Hand.
This first pair of resolves looks pretty simple
but If you think minute you will see that it in
cudes multitude of things. 1t actually is the
whole thing in a nutshell If you swear this par
ucular pair Of swears and keep your oath, you
will have health and happiness all the year, and
your bill at the doctors and the drug store will
be so small that you can have an extra new dress
instead. Let's see what 1t does include.
will have ''house cleaning" in the house
live in.
will not procrastinate in instituting prepar-
edness against disease.
This means that you will have the dentist 60
over your teeth with absolute regularity once or
twice n year, but 1t also means that you have
sense enough to know that the rest of your body
is at least as important as your teeth and that
you will have your doctor examine you from head
to foot and fix up anything that needs 1t before
any symptoms appear, which would simply mean
that the process had gone far that correc-
ton would be much more difficult If not impOs-
sible This would include an examination Of the
urine and the blood pressure. both of which
should be investigated once every year In the
case Of every person over forty years Of age.
I will keep clean inside and out.
I will avoid dirt.
This means not only the daily BATH but II
means the flushing of the inside of the body so as
to keep the sewers working 1t means the drink
ing of about gallon of fluid per day. 1t also
means keeping the teeth scrupulously neat
cleansing them morning. noon and night, so that
they will not infect every single mOuthfu of food
Won swallow. What is the of pure-food laws
II You save choice selection of germs between
your teeth MS to spread them on the food which
Uncle Sam certfes Is pure"
It oiso means sufficient exercise to maintain
clean inside and prevent stagnation 1t also means
plenty Of fresh air. that the oxygen will oxi
date, or burn up MI the debris and the posons
and the toxins which being formed in every
body all the time the result of eating and Of
livi5g.
Keep Smiling.
wn cultivate good cheer.
will avoid anger, hate and moroseness.
1t doesn't hurt to smile. Remember that.
isn't hard work. It doesn't cost anything. I
lsn'c simply for others that one should SMILE
helps ones self more than others Sing
Whlstlel Laugh! These things do not cost my
thing either, and they help n great deal. w,
doctors know that If can get n patient t
laugh and sing It is pretty sure that he is on tn,
mend and on It good and strong. We also know
that anger, hate. sulks. pessmism and all sucl
horrid things actually destructive. This Il
not Christian Science or any other sectarianlsm
hut Just plain common sense backed up by tn
latest laboratory experiments. All these menta
conditions cause the formation of actually poison
chemicals in the body and ut the same tim,
hinder the activities Of normal health processes