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Show th like, most of us wouldn't have to worrj much about our health. We usually vt neglectful of ourselves to the point of mean-, mean-, ness. You hare this evidenced when radio I fan parts with $20 or more for new tubes without feeling any internal ache, but almost has a stroke at a similar bill from dentist or doctor. '.,. , . , There Is no better Investment than self that la, spending our money to keep the body running smoothly, as it deserves,, and also spending to extend our knowledge and experience. expe-rience. Man when he lived close to nature didn't have to worry a lot about his health. Nature and hard work kept him in good shape. As civilization takes us increasingly farther away from the natural way of living, our bodies function less automatically and require assistance and watching like any other kind of machinery.. The neglected machine wears out prematurely. - - ,. ' 6 ... )' T Do You, or Not? ' ) o 0 " (OP ALL the machines he uses, man takes ! V-'the least care of his only really valuable ! machine his body. Give the average man a I 5ooo auto and he'd polish and oil snd pet and generally guard Its welfare as If he had . been entrusted w-ith the destiny of the nation. I An even better Illustration is the case of the t radio bug who works overtime to keep his re-I re-I celving outfit in good shape.- No amount of ! effort is too great for the care of a bit of t . mechanism we admire and In which e take ' I pride. Compare all this with the care we de-', de-', vote to the more valuable and fragile machine, ! the human body. ... J Take the case of the stomach. Many a man who wouldn't think of overloading his 7 " motorcar or putting too much current on the I filament of his radio tubes, does not hesitate I to: gulp food without proper chewing, Jhus I throwing on his stomach s strain that would I wreck the average piece of machinery. The auto driver ' respects his car enough not to mike a practice of overspeeding his engine. How much thought does he ever give to thej matter of overexerting that extremely delicate ; engine, his heart? 4 If we took half as good care of our bodies ' as we do of our autov radios, watches and i |