The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-06-28

IN ~ city's health commits
H2EMl sioner, DR.. Royal S.
Copeland.
In tracing family trees. however.
one gets the idea hat more people
lived to an advanced age a half CEN
fury ago than now. In a rough way.
this impression is correct.
The average duration Of human life
has been extended largely by reducing
the death rate among the young,
especially babies.
Medical science has made it pos
sible for people who reach maturity
to live longer than their ancestors.
But usually this is counteracted by
ignoring the simplest of health rules
living the pace hat kills.
SUICIDE
Nearly every one wants to live to
be very old. BY right living and
right thinking, the average person
should live to 100. according to DR..
Royal S. Copeland.
The average person fails to reach
100. largely because he commits slow
suicide.
Every time a man takes a drink Of
bad liquor, he ships months and pos.
sibly years off his life. Slow suicide
comes IN many other ways, especial
ly over-eating.
You know the formula for old age.
But are you living up 10 the rules?
II so. you are exceptional.
RINGS
jewelers. IN many cities notice a
growing tendency Of bridegrooms
wearing rings. the same as brides.
1t is not a bad idea. A potentially
hayward husband might be kept IN
the straight and narrow II his EN-.
gagement finger" had a gold band as
a constant reminder.
Considerable opposition 70 wedding
rings have risen lately among people
who believe the tradition that the
wedding ring is a survival OF ancient
days when men supposedly used 1t
as a symbol Of possession, same as q
chain on a dog.
The origin does not matter. Most
people keep closer contact with the
psychic when they a embody It in
a material symbol. Wedding and
engagement rings are TO love and
marriage what the flag IS 10 patriot
ism or q gold badge TO q secret so
ciety.
MONUMENT.
The worlds tallest structure. Wool
worth building. now houses 1000
workers. And 100000 people a day
pass in and out OF this building which
vas erected by the 5-and-l0.cent-store
man as his monument.
Many marvel Mt this enormous
structure, created from the profits
out OF transactions IN nickels and
dimes.
Woolworth's real monument. how
ever. IS the business he created. Its
present manager expects sales this
year to reach $3.50 00. 900. A mans
works DO not always perish with him.
BALANCE
A railroad purchasing agent writes:
AN oak railroad tie lasts twenty
years. And It takes twenty years 10
grow m oak tree TO a size suitable
for ties. Observe how finely nature
balances the thing"
We lose that balance. however,
when we fail to plant A tree for every
one cut down. Teach your children
the wisdom Of conserving the forests.
CROWN
Kaiser-adoring Germans were
brought up to believe that the I'm
perial crown OF the H-ohenzollerns was
handed down from one ruler to the
next.
The Berliner Tageblatt dlscloses
that this was n hoax, that sizes in
crowns varied. same as sizes IN hats.
Each Hohenzollern. for generations,
had his own crown. built for special
occasions and taken apart aftcrward.
The trappings OF royalty arc n lot
like the stage props OF a magician.
So are many Of the symbols Of
democracy.