The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-30
PHYSICAL PRErIREDNEss
Board of Health Bulletin

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:! aAu very quIcn 10 apU,oe4-e IA l, .
| 4uhe - o.c4uonl--iI 10 the Question
"a Lnu 4iour.
but tnele d more personal, init
uIt..e .ppIlca.ioA lnU 4.u......
Or AlJoL Vi US, lron lue CrauIe 10
,Ae time wneu We nave 10 sl.e up
lne AonL, lie is d sLruseie Ior eAIsL-
cnce. iue 0anoers Oh haywood iaAe
one-quarter OIL US before We are uye
Jodro oiu, oue-tnIlu ale gone W lne
twentietn DIrtnuay, ana lruiy Tor the
rest IL Is the survival OF the Incest
AZ a never ending nant asa.nsL
ucath, Wnlcn Always WINS III the emu
AZ tahes lot uI care aud conser,a-
.ioh OF physical energy 10 reach tue
allotted three score ana tel, even Tor
.noSe VINO I'VE normal ives and VINO
uOn squauuer the capILaI slock Oh
InnerIteu or acquired energy.
Inc Average man Is AZ uis physical
PRIME between - anu 80. Ile luay
.Aot reacn ms mentaI maximum uuLu
AIS Smiles. Inc Professional atuie.e,
wno Trans Ior luteusI.e eAuIUilIou,
40 oiu a. % and MS .silue down mn
uegInS early.
but Ior Inc normal man-the man
~nC uoeS not misuse ms physical
powers " excessive expenditure OF
" uisslpaIion, II Is sale 70 carry me
PEAK $ load, as the engineers can
,., up 20 the nrsl halI OF ms nIIn ue-
caut, alloWlnS mat necessary anu
repairs are Luaue " LuL |
er lCSL ana recreation. but from INC |
Iorty min year, speaking ACCORDING !
ms demand lor repair 10 more lusls.- ,
eHI ana the Inspection mus, Oh /,
ms.
engineers calculate the annual ue> |
use al the way up TO uIteen Or TWEEN
~ per cent OF the original cost. AS |
time goes by they watch 1t more |
closely and nurse it by more ire |
quent repair and replacing OF uh
broken but worn parts, until the |
faithful old hulk, although still per-
forming efficient WORK, is condemned
to the scrap heap.
The human machine is more COM
pick, ore durable than any evet de-
vised by man. More is demanded OF |
it and less scientific care is given it
than to any fabricated from iron and
steel or brass. 1t is motor that Gre
ates it's own steam, makes it's own
repairs without stopping and keeps
on moving until it stops for the first,
and the last, time.
When the man-the human engine
has reached his ultimate capacity
for carrying the sustained maximum
load, it is time to stop, look, listen.
1t is the time to begin to conserve
more cautiously the physical ener-
gies. But the trouble with most of
us is that we measure our lives by
years and not by physical condition,
and we don't realize when it is time
to slow down. At As we who have |
survived earlier dangers, are more
ambitious than ever before. We boast
of our ability to accomplish more, i,
but it's the danger time, just the
same, and it is proved by the very
fact that we boast.
Ut is the time when the strain of |
emergency, even of ordinary exer- |
ton, may break the machine at its
weakest part and all is over in a
minute with an abruptness that |
shocks our friends who mourn our |
"untimely" departure, which really |
wasn't due for years to come. It's |
the time to be weary of excuses |
whether of eating and drinking or
of muscular eXertion It's the timt |
to cut down the speed and to take |
fewer risks. It's the time to consult |
the expert machinist of the human |
er S:ne-,the physician
Not less often than once in every |