Show soy SOME ILLS jle t OP F LIFE OUR civilization HAS ITS BAO BAD FEATURES FEA TUnES vet the men ifon 14 women or of tu 10 lo r erg rt dit are sur drIer to 0 their ancestor ante tor estis am top nace ace tor lor superfluous of clel sed life arc arr not wholesome it does nut not insure A perfect digestion which Is tb jbv basis of good health it I 1 not healthful to breathe bewer gas in houses the plumbing ot of which has teen been passed by an inspector who receives christ mas gifts from the plumber there are many other conditions which are pot favorable to tho the best physical health however in spi spite le of other drawbacks and disadvantages there Is every warrant to affirm that nover never has the standard 0 9 health strength and agility been aa as high as it la 18 today to day though an indoor life Is vicious in its influence the men and women of today and especially the women are capable of a greater physical endurance than has ever been known before the first and best beat proof of this is that at the age when our grand sires and their dames took their places in the chimney corner as capable only of vegetable existence the men and women of today to day aro at their best and as dr stevenson complains the grandmothers are demanding the right to run for public office instead of 0 being content to knit stockings A believer in the physical superiority of the savage brought out the great grandson of a famous indian sprinter to tl i pit him against the white runners of the colleges even after a systematic training he was beaten by ama deurs his celebrated ancestor ha defeated every white runner cunner hero ani in england but his record has been surpassed long since life in the open air Is 19 necessary to the best health but there thero Is 1 no reason why the modern conveniences should be abandoned on every hand are proofs of the physical superiority of the men and women pt pf to day over the people oll 0 any other known period the rules of wholesome living aro are better onder understood stood and are more generally observed it needs only for men to refrain from business excesses front from dissipating si their in the pursuit of wealth in order that they may find life well worth living the too frequent suicide of successful business men may be traced to their long and absolute absorption in the work of money getting and the discovery that it Is profitless and uns unsatisfactory the realization cf of the fact that wealth aloni doos not bring happiness comes only after it Is too lato late to effect a change the delusion that there Is no more satisfying purpose than the accumulation of money Is 1 the chief obstacle in the way of mans happiness happl nesa |