Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-12-29

For those who do not care for dancins cards.
either bridge, "rum," fantan some other popu'
lur game, will do to pass the hours before twelve
Doctor Smith Talks.
Drinks, smokes and candy are not the only
things to swear off 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
Ee9s Year resolutions, however, should not con-
szst entirely Of 'swear offs.'' Too many "donts'
are not advisable. "D0' is much better than
don't" Positive resolves are better than mega
tive ones. If you 'swear on enough good habits
1t will not be 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 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 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.
I will take good care Of my body.
I will not abuse it.
Hold Up Your Right Hand.
This first pair of resolves looks pretty simple,
but if YOU think minute you will that it in
cudes multitude of things It actually Is the
whole thing in nutshell. If you swear this par:
tfcular pair of swears, and keep your oath you
will have health and happiness all the year, end
your bill at the doctors and the drug store will
be so small that you can have an extra new dr:ss
instead. Let's see what it does include.
I will have ''house cleaning in the house
live in.
I will not procrastinate in insttuting prerar
edness against disease.
This means that you will have the dentist ga
over your teeth with absolute regularity once OF
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 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 SO far that correc
ton would be much more difficult If not fmpos
sfble 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
will avoid dirt.
This means not only the daily bath, but It
means the flushing Of the inside Of the body so as
to keep the sewers working. It means the drink
ing Of about 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
Won swallow. What is the use of purefood 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."
It elso means sufficient exercise TO maintain
bodily activity, so that circulation will keep things
clean inside and prevent stagnation 1t also means
plenty of fresh air, so that the oxygen will oxi-
date, or burn up, all the debris and the pofsons
and the toxins which are being formed in every
body all the time as the result of eating and OF
living.
Keep Smiling.
I will cultivate good cheer.
will avoid anger, hate and moroseness.
It doesn't hurt to SMILE Remember that. It
isn't hard work. It doesn't cost anything. 1t
isn't simply for others that one should smile. II
helps ones self even more than others. Sing!
Whistle! Laugh! These things do not cost any
thing, either, and they help great DEAL We
doctors know that If we can get patient to
laugh and sing it is pretty that he is on the
mend and on 1t good and strong. We also know
that anger. hate sulks, pessimism and all such
horrid things are actually destructive. This IL
not Christian Science or any other sectarihnfsm.
but just plain common sense backed up by the
latest laboratory experiments. All these mental
conditions cause the formation of actually poison
GUS chemicals in the body and ut the same time
kinder the activities Of normal health processes.