The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-19

Dr. Clendening Will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
before dinner, or to play handball
before dinner. These are all based
on the idea that what we need II
more activity.
I wish to echo the sentiment Of
DIR. H. s. Diehl, who wants to In
stitute some Rest Clubs. Most Of
the people that / see seem to me to
need rest more than they do activ-
ity or exercise. Sometimes 1t takes
hours for business men Of my &C.
quaintance to get over the session
in the gymnasium - hours and .
little artificial stimulation.
Place to Relax
How nice it would be in con-
trast to going in and taking the
trouble Of putting on gymnasium
suit and q sweat shirt and pushing
q big heavy ball and swinging on
the horizontal bars until the glazed
eyes stick out Of the flushed face
to 90 to . nice quiet rest club,
where all you did in the afternoon
was walk into q room, lie down on
. comfortable couch with . soft
mattress, and relax and relax and
relax.
The club rooms Of the rest club
must be placed in some entirely
quiet environment; the windows
should look out on . scene of-bu-
collie peace. Far from any ele-
vators or street car tracks or jazs
bandsl The carpets in the room
must be thick.
The members will walk in and
be assigned to their individual
couches, and prepare themselves
to unbend for an hour or two. No
newspapers will be ratified; no
body will mention the war. Read
ing will be permitted II desired,
provided 1t consists Of detective
stories or such stand-bys - "Alice
in Wonderland, " 1.-THE Three Mus
keteers" or the "Pickwick Papers"
Conversation win not be prohibi-
ted, but win not be encouraged.
There can be women's rest clubs
also, but the sexes will be segre-
gated during the rest period for
obvious reasons.
Nobody can calculate how much
benefit this would be to the health
Of the nation, especially in the
present crisis. Nobody can over
estimate the value Of rest - .
means Of treatment and Of refill
ing the reservoirs Of energy. had
Q patient once who said to me, "n
everyone stayed in bed every min
ute Of their life, ! believe that no
one would ever die" Ironically
enough, she died doing some noun
tain climbing.
We al have too much Of . feel
ing that we should do something
positive and vigorous about our
health. We must come to the reali-
xation that simply lying quietly in
q rest club will be Of much more
benefit than q lot Of strenuous ex-
ercise.
When Nation Grows Up
1--WE are still too much inclined
to boast Of the small amount Of
rest on which we can get along"
says DR.. Diehl in his book Health
full Living" (McGraw-Hill Book
Company. "We still cling to the
mad desire to get everything done
in a day. To entice the average
American to rest in the daytime,
one must camoufage the rest with
mysterious measures such as light
treatments, massage or sun-bath-
ing. Possibly when as . nation we
have grown up, we shall learn to
take life more leisurely."
xvEoIIUro AND ANSWERS
C.H. G.:-'Ts It possible to drink
too much wateri What II one
drinks when he ia not thirsty, but
feels he must drink q great deal
each day for maximum health?"
Answer: There Is no harm In
drinking extra water when one Ii
not thirsty, nor does It do any
good. The water balance Of the
body is one Of It's most delicate
adjustments. When water IL re-
moved from the tissues, the great
regulator Of thirst comes into
play. Under normal conditions,
an intake Of ,2k to 3 quarts Of
water Is adequate except In warm
weather.
as ne may be personally. he doesn't
belong In the prohibition classinca-
ton so long a. his dryness ID his
own, exclusively. II q prohibition
list doesn't do any drinking, he's q
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