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Show 1 Pu? T Going The PaceJHat Kills 9 t yBiSOb'P- CLAY TO X "Hf i fa-- that kills? Hibl'XTr i .t. bogging Kml's proved by tho ufl -' 1 your nanu 1 !. -LWBCt tfce day ' " WHbt Mr Bjhiai rii u. , -'th John Jones, fceri; .Kng nicely. ... I ' M B 4.S .1 Mta -a ' T KPff had u ar-W ar-W '' -"iJM.. ..r tim.- I "w. L. ' f' along with him lnBL '''id ' ' 'ldn. So. v. i, , ,mL'. " --to hwri Ir' 'poll-, b-JV" b-JV" rt?iur;-.rit . tHJi f : nit. (or It n the dadi ' M - m--. 2Jm ' , M''"'"" r"" , lAl V " 'ds fav.rlt.. P'Lmand,ne that l 5tt' irVri C n",v""M ""' .,. - ft twenty minute to cover th distance between be-tween hotel and an office in town- Broadway Broad-way ah the way downtown his worried and fidgeted for fear he would be late In keeping his appointment maUe iy mail. By the time lv reached the ..ftl.e h- was In a stew, and his frame of mind wai far from being conducive to a calm and aane dlscuaalon of Intricate buelrieaa propnsi-tiouM propnsi-tiouM However, his agitated condition was scarcely. If at all. noticed The man with whom' he was shortly meager! In consultation hod also hurriedly bolted a meal aft.-r catching a few hours "f Bleep at the fag end of the night; had all but broken hi, ii " k making a train that was being followed by several scores of others at naif-minute intervals; bad" Jumped up out of his seat a full minute before the train pulled Into his station; had pushed his wax right and left In the crowds on the street )ih If he were a bnite. and had arrived, hot, Irritated and unstrung, at his office. In similar fashion the man from the Middle West slurried about .ill tin- Ion-noon Ion-noon When lunch hour . :im- the lawyer oi whom hf was calling asked him out to lunch The invitation was aocepted as the lawyer dived for hat arid doer, and an hough there had bat n no apparent rush at the New Yorkers office, both men bolted a substantial meal In a few Inslg-Dlflcaht Inslg-Dlflcaht minutes, and b for h;rir hour had passed wer headed hot font for tho A FAST FACE: FOR THE WIFE 4Ml3 fkvscraper. When they got there they laughed and talked and' otherwise fooled away twenty minutes, then went nt the business In ban.) and rushed It through In half that time, fearful, evidently, that Gabriel might summon them beforo tney COUld put the deal through. Dinner wa. disposed Of In 1 nuch the same manner, after which the Middle Western man nnd a chance friend plCKca ,, u. hotel made irantle motions In the direction of a theater, got there just as the doors were being thrown open, and then said things about tho management worked t hem -. Ives Into an CXClted Mate ,,r mind because there would be nothing doing" for a good half hour. After the theater t h- w.is .. Ml.per of highly Indigestible I Is bolted III short order, because the men were aiUtlOUl to Lot to bed after a busy day. That object u..s accomplished somewhere h.-twean and 2 o'clock, and ..t , th- man lm m th.. Middle . ,t was up again, tor he wanted ?, may onlv three -lavs, and It WM llOOj aarv for hlin to hurry things along, which he did by bolting breakfaal and reading paper" for half an i -ifter, and then scurrying down town as on tho previous day- , . . Well to make a long itory short, ne got ,".1V as per bis revised plans, and dur- ng the hours he spent in trav I he aiso sr.ent combating. BS besl he cold with . . limited means at hand, a severe COM of ll I gc-stlon. Win n he arrlv. d a home. ' , th, worse f'T wear, and his f un- i;ukand Vends a..x...u.v In.p.lred ;.f hln, how he felt and enjoyed hlms;; f his honest hon-est reply wa. "LIHe the devil! Appalling Record of Sudden DcathB. Did you ever do anything on this order -rush vour meals, rush your play, make 7 fool of vour-self running naif P bio k for -l car aln ad) crowded to the guards C-o,,p. ad guilt v. do sou" Tie n vou a,.; eolng a pace that kills Just as surely as m more wld. lv heralded p-.c Mai. n t-2t t-2t a leading phvsldun has to say on thU Mtoe-and your own doc.,.,- will uh- BSS?8 SSlSSSi of our ...ding iln.rdan heart disease and Bright s disease was 13 per lO.Cja population. Last year It was 30. in.. re th.in double In tblrty-sl. s -w ear persotiH In New York fell BUd- d. nl dead or dying, the most of them In the streets J luring the first quarter of the present year 1700 men and women came to their end In similar fashion. Now. to what shall we attribute this phenomenal Increase, (n sudden deaths1 Th no otto r nuse than thai all of us ho live In the cities, and many of us outside who have caught tin- habit, are subjecting subject-ing our heartu and kidneys to a greater strain than th. v ought to or can stand for anv length of time by doing our ordinary duties at too swift a pace This Is the ago of the sir. nuous existence, and so we rush around like mud, doing everything In a hurry and at the last moment crowding everything together even when there Is plenty of time ror well order. ! procedure burning the candle at both ends, and never slopping to think of the conse-.pien. conse-.pien. es until It la tOO late. And the con- soquen f bolting mealpi. rushing for trains when th. ro will be "Ift. en minutes to spar-- at the depot and tailing ""ir nil aaurea In Slap-daah fashion, are worn-out worn-out hearts and kidneys and sudden death nothing leas. The mlcrobo of hurry hurry us. h isa hurry i In the air: so much bo; In fact, that' It Is almost Impossible for a city dweller, no matter how well balanced he may I"-. not to become Inoculat-'d with It. The other day a man came Into my office with a scared took on bis fat " Doctor,' ho said. 'I'm afraid I'm going to die Six months ago 1 cajne to the dtj from a go fjatrj town. Then I was ifeil, apparently, as a man could be fine app. tn. . exc ellent digestion, all that sort Of thing Now. 1 can t eat a thing thut will agree with me. ;ind I've lost twent) pounds, and 1 haven't had a sound night's leap ffr nearly two raonthfl. What's the matt.-r? 1 can't understand It'" The Way to Be Saved. " 'Well, 1 can.' I said. 'Here's what I '..- been doing since you came to the city. The first tew mornings you went to business you beheld men and women rushing madly about ) u pn all sides filing fil-ing as If the very devil himself w r. pur-sulng pur-sulng them. You saw them dive recklessly reckless-ly Into street can, tight tlu lr way out .train. You beheld them grab food off counters and beforo they had llnlshed with the last of It. scramble Into the streets again. Vou beheld all this, and mnnv other scenes .r excited hurry, and befdre you knew It, you. too, were bolt-lug bolt-lug meals, and rushing m;ullv hither and yon, and laying up the penalty against yourself which you are now paying Tho oni3 difference In your case is that you've glyen out before your fellows and have had sense enough to seek aid In time. " Now, all you've got to do to b- navrd Is to go about your business In a perX.ct-ly perX.ct-ly normal way" Do your business as you did before o.j came to this' city. Don t gel the Idea that because other people are hurrying and scurrying all about you It is i at ntiaJ for ou to WPP them, it is essential essen-tial that ynu'-should not. Be natural for a month. Then call around to sec me again.' "At the end of that period he Showed up all smiles. " 'Feeling lit." he cried. Joyfully 'Took your advlc. No longer run up and down Stairs I-et a car pass me. If I'm not (Then It Stops before It Stops. There are others, y.oi know I've found that out. thanks to you. It's early to bed and fairly fair-ly early to rise, so I won't have to throw-down throw-down a brealtfast In a hurr, give my wife n peck Instead of n Uis-. and tak- A Fast Face 5 for THE HUSBAND to my heels for the office. And I'm doing even more and better work than when I went flying around ilk-- a . nlckeh with its head cut off!' "But there are few men. once the hurry germ invddes their brains, who ever re-Covec re-Covec That's why the dally news reports every day contain the names of men who have fallen dead In the atrei ts while walking along or waiting for cats, or been picked UP unconscious and taken to home or hospital." And How About the Women? Think of It' Heart disease and kindred kin-dred diseases constantly on the Increase In our centers of population, and all other diseases annually claiming fewer and fewer victims. Hurry and worry, rush and scurry slap-bang, pell mell these words tell the tale of sudden fatalities Are you go sure now that you are not going the puce that kills. Mr. Business Man? And how' about your wife, who iiish.s from the breakfast table to the bargain counters by day and at night seeks amusement In strenuous and nerve-racking nerve-racking form lu your company? ( "opv right. 'Jf. by P C. Eastrrlcnt.) |
