South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-17

The adoption Of right living demands
no extra burden TO be borne. no
more so than is borne BY the man
who obeys all the laws Of legIsla -.
ton, for there is no law except Tor
MIN who breaks it, and the penalty
for right living is TO enjoy the full
ness of life.
A perfect human body does no;
always mean perfect health, but a
person who Is physically perfect is as
the strong man, more capable OK
warding of the attacks OF disease
l. "A machine is not carefully cleaned
and oiled, detects will soon appear.
and there is no machine so intricate.
so wonderful, so delicate in its work
manship, as the human machine. :
needs much more care than the ma
chine Of steel or any other metal. but
its dura bility, if rightly used, is in
comparable. but the ability Of the
body 10 resist disease conditions Is
measured BY the power of persons
vitality and is called the vital re-
sistanCe. IL is weak in infants an'
in old age strongest in youth
hence health demands extraordinary
precautions for tho infant and the
aged. and the same precautions for
those suffering physical impairment.
The length Of a mans life is nullified
if his years are spent in sickness.
Thus we should endeavor TO live
properly and ultimately we may live
long.
: 4 mans constitution may be I'M
dermined and his vital resistance
lowered ty njudiCious exercise, by
the improper use of his mental fac
ulties. by exposure TO contagion. by
the improper maSticatioh of food OF
the eating Of bad food: by unwhule-
some air o. dampness, many otheI
ca uses may be mentioned which are
alike destructive.
a person who Is not Cleanly in per-
son can hardly be expected TO bc
I cleanly in his home; but very fire.
guently we find people who present
a very tidy appearance on the publu
/ thoroUghfares that are the worst
types of Slatterrs in the home. SuCE
persons arc eminently dangerous as
/ associates, since disease thTives IN
/ dirt. and their sossipler OF clean
clothes undoubtedly covers a dirty
/ body. TIC Keep a home or place II
/ order requires work and thus they
nave already in their keeping one o:
( the requisites OF "A hygie1ic exist
( ence VIZ: exercise.
! Exercise: \ Requisite For Health
al sfe.ts 80 rs rhn
! essentials Of right Twins. II - alb
/ solutely necessary TO health. Now
/ physical exercise does not call fCl
/ the athletic mllesrun or the lifting 81
a hundred pound weisht, 'but tbs
/ udicioOs and harmonious Use OF a.
\ the muscles Of the body in llgh
! exercise II must bc remembe
] that the athletic ideal is not th'
! hygienic ideal-athletes too frequent
/ ~ overwook themselves and, further
I they fail 10 furnish any record fol
! lorcevity.
Exercise suitable for one indiviG
ual may not 0e suitable for another
! individual. Baseball is splendif
/ game. 50 Is golf and tennis, but no
for a man with valvular ncart trou
bic.
.Saneow exercised with woodei
/ dumb bells The famous John i
Sullivan skipped rope Mlnifestly
I person OF a sc ientary occupation
can do more harm than good by Ia
/ 0CriOuS exercise. No person shOUl
. crowd two hours exercise into one
nor even in light exercise, continu,
to work until completely exhausted
y waxened constitution is rebuilt b
degrees. = workout in q ~ nina stun
should include every branch OF ap
( para.Us Systematically, 50 that So
ciul muscles VIII perform specil
tasks.
a person indulgsns IN the mile ri