The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-30

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 off on New Years day. There
are plenty of Others and for most of the others
are much more important, as fortunately the
readers of this department are not victims or
and tobacco.
New Year resolutions. however, should not con-
Sist entirely of swear offs" Too many don is
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
it will not be necessary to "swear of any bad
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 on one or two OF your
pet vices. Not at all. Your New Year resolu-
TONS TO be of any real value, must be construc-
tive. You must decide not only TO quit some
things but to begin 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 viii take good care OF my body.
1 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 a multitude OF things It actually is the
whole thing in nutshell. If you swear this par
ticular 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 viii
be so small that you have extra new dress
instead. Let's what it does include.
will have house cleaning" in the house
live in
will not procrastinate in insttuting 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 important as your teeth and 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 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 once every year in the
case of every person over forty years OF age
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 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. that
they will not infect every single mouthful Of food
Won swallow. What is the use Of pure-fOod laws
If YOU save a choice selection Of germs between
your teeth so as to spread them the food which
Uncle Sam certifes is pure"
1t aIso means sufficient exercise to maintain
bodily activity, that circulation will keep things
clean inside and prevent stagnation- 1t also
plenty OF fresh air. that the oxygen viii Oxi-
date, burn up, all the debris and the pOisOns
and the poXins winch are Deing formed IN every
body all the time the result Of eating and OF
living.
Keep Smiling.
viii cultivate good cheer.
will avoid anger. hate and mOroseness.
It doesn't hurt to smile. Remember that II
isn't hard work It doesn't cost anything. It
isn'c simply for others that should smile. II
helps ones self than others Sing :
WhistleI laugh These things do not cost any
thing. either. and they help a great deal. We
doctors know that if get a 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, pessimisn and all such
horrid things actually destructive This Is
not Christian Science any other sectarianism,
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 at the same time
hinder the activities of normal health processes.