Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-12-29

For those who do not 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 not the only
things to swear off on New Years day. There
plenty of Others and for most of us the others
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 "donts"
are not advisable do" is much better than
don't Positive resolves better than mega
tive ones. If you "swear on enough good habits
it will not he necessary to "swear off, any bad
ones. In other words, positive or constructive
policies are 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 one or two OF your
pet vices. Not at all. Your New Year resolu-
tions, 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.
1 wills take good 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
cludes multitude of things. 1t actually is the
whole thing in a nutshell If you swear this par
will have health and happiness all the year, and
your bill at the doctors and the drug store will
be so small that you have extra new dress
instead. Let's see what it does include
will have "house cleaning in the house I
live in.
1 will not procrastinate in instituting prepar-
edness against disease.
This means that you will have the dentist go
over your teeth with absolute regularity once or
twice a year, but it also means that you have
sense enough to know that the rest of your body
is at least as important as your teeth -ahd that
you will have your doctor examine you from head
to foot and fix up anything that needs it before
any symptoms appear, which would simply mean
that the process had gone on so far that correc-
ton would be much more difficult If not impOs-
sible This would include examination of the
urine and the blood pressure, both of which
should be investigated every year in the
case of every person forty years of age
will keep clean inside and out
will avoid dirt.
This means not only the daily bath, but 1t
means the flushing of the inside of the body so as
to keep the sewers working. 1t means the drink
ing of about a gallon of fluid per day. It also
means keeping the teeth scrupulously neat
cleansing them morning, noon and night SO that
they will not infect every single mouthful Of food
You swallow. What is the use of pure-food laws
if you save choice selection of germs between
your teeth so as to spread them on the food which
Uncle Sam certifes is pure"
1t elso means sufficient exercise to maintain
bodily activity. that circulation will keep things
clean inside and prevent stagnation. 1t also means
plenty of fresh air. so that the oxygen will ox
date or burn up all the debris and the poisons
and the toxins which are being formed in every
body all the time the result of eating and Of
living.
Keep Smiling.
1 will cultivate good cheer.
will avoid anger, hate and moroseness.
hur fO m mbprt hat
isn't hard work. 1t doesn't cost anything L
snt simply for others that should smile. L
helps ones self even than others. Sing
Whistler Laugh! These things do not cost any
thing, either, and they help great deal We
doctors know that if can get patient tt
laugh and sing it is pretty sure that he is tht
mend and it good and strong. We also know
that anger. hate, suks, pessimism and all sucl
horrid things actually destructive. This Il
not Christian Science any other sectaranism
but just plain common sense backed up by th
lateSt laboratory experiments All these menta
conditions cause the formation of actually poison
GUS chemicals in the body and at the same tim
hinder the activities of normal health processes