The Washington herald., 1916-09-20
Keeping Fit-The First Success Com
nandmept
mandment.
by oRIsoN SWEET MARpEN,

BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN,
When some one eongratulsting Mrs Car
lyle on the work of her famous husband she
said very truly, But think man, what he would
have done if he had had digestionl"
| Not even genius can do his greatest possible
work when handicapped by i'll health.
Health is the first wealth. There is nothing
which pays a human being so well as to keep
in robust, vigorous health. 1t not only maltiplies
his power, but saves him many doctors bill, by
protecting him from the thousands of disease
germs that would otherwise attack him.
When the blood is pure through eating pure
food, scientifically prepared, and through right
living habits and right thinking we are in little
danger from the health enemies that might 9TH
crwise attack
How you expect to win in the great
game of life, in competition with giants, if your
vitality is low, or if your nerve cells are poisoned
with alcohol impaired by any kind of dssipa-
ton, any vicious life habits?
The grand prizes of life depend upon entering
! the race every day in a superb condition, with
every faculty intact, with all your reserve power
ready to back you in any emergency that may
arise. You can't do this if your blood is vitiated
weakened by poor food and by dissipation.
The power of every success asset is multi
piled by every bit of Improvement increase in
physical health, because robust health means the
intensihcation and Strengthening of all the men
tai faculties.
Well might Emerson exclaim, "Cive me
health and the day and l shall make the pomp
of Emperors look ridculousw
| The foundation Of all success and of all hap
piness lies in perfect health. Health con-
| hdence; it means hope; it means courage; it
means faith in ones self and faith in others.
Health vitality, virility, forcefuness, mas
terfulness 1t means larger opportunity, great
er possibilities. Health means efficiency success,
happiness. In short, everything live for is
so dependent upon good health that it becomes
our first duty to keep ourselves in a superb
physical condition.
| Keeping physically fit to do the greatest thing
We capable OF doing is the first success COM
mandment
1t is not enough to be fee from pain dis
tressing symptoms of any kind. The health
that counts is the super health, the abundant
life which radiates buoyancy, virility magnetism.
1t is the sort Of health which gives the sparkle
to the eye and elasticity to the step, the health
which sharpens the wits and puts lime in the
backbone. 1t is the bubbling over quality which
counts This is what gives sprightliness to youth
and joy to life, and this is the sort of health
that we should all strive for.
We are not superbly equipped for our life
work unless we keep ourselves in this condition.
1t is the surplus in the bank, the reserve capital
that counts in hard times, in financial straits 1t
IS this little surplus that often saves business
men from failure. 1t is the health surplus, the
reserve in the physical bank that protects US
from physical bankruptcy in times OF great men
! tai stress or physical strain in emergencies Of
all sorts.
The man who goes to his task with dcbilitated
energy and a low vitality with tagging ideals a
waverlng mind and a wavering STEP will never
produce anything of value never do great things
A dynamic. force is a great factor in the
achievement Of today, but the majority Of men
do not keep themselves in condition to generate
such force. Most people are not using half their
natural ability-becausc their bodies are not in
condition to generate the physical force that
would enable them to develop all their resources
The man who is down and out physically is
down and out mentally. If you expect to sue
coed in life you should keep yourself always in a
condition to approach your work with the air
| OF conqueror, with the assurance Of victory in
your bearing.
| You should make it the most important busi-
ness OF your life to keep yourself at the top of
your condition that you can make the best
and get the most out OF all your faculties and
talents.
Copyright 1861