The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-22

ice-haVe Just been discussing TINS
question In public, and In both cases
their answer Ia strong negative
Both begin by dismissing the sun
ject Of unhappy marriages. winch
from their experience, they are IN
clined 10 view as an almost nesh
gible percentage. ,,,
II treat the matter from homely'
homan point OF view" says Ut,
Hollander. Married life, first ana
foremost, conduces TO comfort; IL
conduces TO regular habits In sleep
ing and feeding: il promotes pubic
morality, hyglenic conditions ana
eliminates the risks attendant on
promiscuous social indulgence.
1.-THE bachelor is apt TO become
careless with regard TO his health,
But the wife makes II her first care
10 watch over her husbands health
and once a man is married he, too.
takes greater care OF himself that
he may not fail in his duty to those
toward whom he has responslbiii'
ties.
HOME LIFE BEST.
"Home life is one OF the creates,
ingredients OF health. What mar
ried man does not look back with
ioathine to the interminable sue
cession of meals taken I'm restau'
rants? What thought did he give
to his diet?
mot only physically, but also
mentally, Is this wifeiy companions
ship a boon. Are not most elderly
bachelors, and spinsters. too. I'M
happy? Very few bachelors OF my
acquaintance who have passed the
age of fifty can honestly say that
they are completely happy.
my married friends OF the same
age, on the other hand, are mostly
in full enjoyment OF life. kept
healthy and contsnted by their
family interests
"Celebacy, to me. is a new pre-
scription for old age" says Sir
Bruce Porter.
II have met men who attributed
their longevity to beer; others to tee
totalism, others to cold baths, nut
this is the first time that | have ever
heard any suggestion that bachelor
hood led to old age.
DAY by day, with scalpel ana
microscope, We explore that strange
and still uncharted continent. the hu-
man being. More and more. as our
pilgrimage advances. do we realize
the mingling of mind and matter.
"And marriage Is mental up
heaval far greater than a physical
one.
rIt follows that the married man
is q different being from the bache-
lor. He has a different mind, differ
ent interests, and this mental atmos-
nj nt0 n hainp
MARRIED MAN YOUNGER"
1.-THE married man of forty is not
only more likely to live longer than
a bachelor OF the same age. but he
is younger in himself The great
secret. Of course. lies in his children.
Man, containing two germs on
their way through ,.Ie ages, the germ
Of mind and the germ OF the body,
should pass these on as his motif.
After middle age he lives a great
deal in the future.
when he has children and can
see in them the next links in the
chain, there is much JOY in life in
helping to make these links strong.
so that they in turn shall keep the
chain unbroken. The bachelor must
have the feeling of regret that in his
him. the chain ends.
Youth begets youth as sure as
sunshine breeds health Age Is a
question Of environment.
Love Is great factor in health.
The average old bachelor is the sad
dest thing in life. Curled up in his
chair, forlorn, disconsolate, he is a
derelict. with no star by which to
set his course.
"A wife gives her husband addi-
tional motif, rhythm by which to
march. A son sets his brain glowing
with the memories Of his own tri.
umphs in the past. A visit TO the
nursery is a greater restorative than
visits to health resorts.
I'VE live, to a very large extent.
because we want to live. And when
the motive has gone life stagnates."