The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-06-05
MONDAY, JULY ), 1922.


are -uiIty, all Of us, perhaps In
'"" matter of oVcr"ating, eating the
things that we know perfectly wei
will work To our i'll and indulging in
all manner OF oNcv>ScS are the act
that contribute most TO our undoing.
We know more about the science OF
noaith than We willingly practice. W.
khow perfectly we'll that those who
eat 70 live not those who live to
eat, are the wise ones. We know,
also. that eating Wisely. t"mperately,
w'uiG prolong our a.. upon the
earth, contribute amazingly 20 our
comfort and increase Tremendously
our efficiency. But most of us go
r%ht on SHINING, SHINING against the
laws Of health and our own interest.
We trade the birthright of good health
and clear thinking Tor mess of pot.
tagc. And the amazing thing about it
I&, our seeming failur" 20 profit by
experience. We are slaves to our ap
pctitcS. Food and drink have mastered
us, bound us hand and foot. All
through the winter we eat three
square meals" in a day of from eight
to 10 hours. That is to say, we load oul.
Stomachs three times every "a hours
load to capacity, and all three expert
rnccs are within Il range of from eight
to ten hours. We go like the railway
locomotive, with a constantly full sup
ply of fuel. We are worse than the
locomotive, for it eats constantly. hut
the coal is fed at intervals. The sur
Plus supply of fuel food is carried
upon the tender. But we make oul
stomach the tender. We load the whole
charge of fuel at one time. We fiji
up, We Swill and eat and load to ca
pacity. This occurs three times :,
day. We say we are eating to main
tain strength for the run Of the dav.
In reality we are ovcrloading SO that
the body has about all it can do t.
carry itself. We are then surprised
that we can feel no zcst in our daily
work, that our emery seems to hay,
gone on vacation; that we feel poor
H." Certainly, we feel poorly" for
"" are choking every iluc in the en-
@In", oV"rcruwdng the trcbox, retard.
lng combustion and slowing down the
forward motion Of the train. The pro
cess brings pain, incnicicncy. morbid
dreams and futile effort. There is no.
/" man or Womnn in Union who does
rot know all this. We have said, time
and again, We would mend our ways.
But "" do not. We go on SHINING
against the light. We go on un;!I
our folly begins to appear in high
blood pressure, rheumatism. "indig"s-
tion," collie. headache, back ache and
other signals Of danger. We hold IN
our hands IN horror. as we should,
when we hear Of man who sends q
bullet through his own brain. We
brand him a suicide. Yet we 60 rich;
ga committing self murder. albeit we
choose slower process.
# is a great pity that this is So.
yet there seems no way to change .hc
Lad situation 10 better one. We do
rot even try to mend our ways. one
appetite has so long held sway tha.
we have become passive slaves. Most
f Us will go on to the end Of the jour
ncy in the same old foolish way. Some
few, TIE wise ones, sensing the dan
ger from the signals given, will
change, change radically and the re
suit will fully compensate these wise
ones.
We eat too much, too frequently and
of fool that is altogether unsuited to
our needs. If we could, most Of us
at least, cut down to one half, put in
a bit Of common sense and determine
to live wisely, not foolishly, we would
find full compensation for the self de-
nial in the resulting good health and
spirits. Efficiency would be greatly
increased and we would find living
real joy, not burden. There would
be less doctors bills, less dragging.
weary days, less loss of effort to ac
compish things worth while.
We scorn the sinner who sins
against others We should scorn the
sin that is against self.
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