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Show i CARE OF THE BODY i r How to Acquiro anil Retain tho Priceless Posses- J X sion of Good Health J Nature's Preparation for Winter. In tho fall, when the cold weather Ik approaching, tho fur of animals begins be-gins to thicken. Trappers catch animals ani-mals in tho winter because of tho su perlorlty of their fur at that season, their summer fur being very poor and thlu. This thickening of the fur or hairy covering Is a protection for the winter. A corresponding change takes place In tho vegelnblo world, In the trees, plants, bushcH anil shrubs. As the cold weather approaches, they thicken thick-en tholr hark, draw In their sap, and tho clorophyl of tholr leacH and tho leaves fall off. Home little tlmo bofuro tho leaves fall, wo seo the green color col-or disappear. Tho clorophyl nnd tho sap had been stored up for uso in tho spring, nnd thus preparation Is madu for winter. Corresponding chnngos tnko place, In human beings If they subject themselves them-selves to natural conditions. A shrub thnt Is loft standing out of doors guts ready for winter. If It should ho taken up In September nnd kept In a green-houso green-houso at a temperature of TO degrees, It would not maku preparation for tho cold weather. Put an animal in a warm building and keep him there, nnd his fur will not thicken for winter. win-ter. Sotno Interesting obsolvatlons have been mado concerning ohcep. In tho tropics thoy grow only thin hair, but when taken to Slhoria thoy began to grow flno wool, which thickened with each generation until thoy had n thick woolly covering thnt was atnplo protection pro-tection against tho sovcrltles of tho cllmato to which thoy woro oxposod. I,cavo a Hhccp out of doors and It gets rondy for winter, llrlng It Indoors whoro It la not subjected to natural conditions, and It Is not a ft cc led by motcrologtcal changes. This samo thing Is truo of human beings. Many people, when cold wenthor comes, hldo nway In their wind-proof houses, thoroughly barricaded barri-caded against fresh air. Undor such circumstances, tho power to mnko heat diminishes, nnd they nro afraid to como In contact with cold air, bocausu they havo coddled themselves too much as tho cold weather haa como on. When a person Is In that condition, condi-tion, his vitality is lowered, his resistance re-sistance wcakoncd, and ho is an easy proy to dlseaso. Thoro Is no tonic so cood as contact con-tact with cold air. Tho body ralllos Its forces to repel tho cold, and whllo tho forces of tho bodr barrlcado thorn- solves against cold, thoy aro also barricading bar-ricading thomsolvos against germs. AH tho vital functions aro atfoctod by tho resistance of tho body forces to tho contact of cold. Tho stomach makes moro and hotter gastric Juico; tho blood-making process goes on with greater rapidity, nnd moro and richer blood Is produced. Ono who can ro-slst ro-slst cold can roslst pneumonia, consumption, con-sumption, diphtheria, In fact, ho Is prepared pre-pared to light every dlseaso. This powor of rcslstanco can bo cultivated cul-tivated by dally oxposuro to cold air. (Jo out of doors each day and got Into tlio fresh nlr moro and moro. At night let tho fresh cold air como In. Tho ono who sloops lu a tight room will strlvo In vain to nccustom himself to cold, for ho will undo during tho night all tho good ho has accomplished during dur-ing tho day. Woman's Kingdom Sacrificed. Wo havo somewhere seon it asserted assert-ed that tho women who havo done tho most to movo tho world for good, wero tho womon with natural-sized waists. Wo do not doubt tho truth of this. Deep breathing has much to do with deep thinking; n constricted waist means small vital capacity; n natural waist means largo vital capacity, ca-pacity, nnd consequent ability of healthful, vigorous llfo nnd action. Saltl .Miss Prances Wlllnrd, In ono of her addrossos: "Ho It romemhored that until womnn comos to her kingdom physically, sho will novor really come at nil. Created to bo woll and strong and bouutlful, sho long ago sacrificed hur constitution, constitu-tion, and has over since beon living on her by-laws. Sho hns mado of herself her-self an hourglass, whose sands of life passod quickly by She 1ms walked when sho should havo run, sat whou she should have walked, reclined whun sho should have sat. "She has allow od herself to become a mere lay flgure upon which could bo fastonod nny lump or hoop or farthingale thnt fashion mongers show; ami ofttlmos her head Is n mere rotary hall, upon which mlllluors porch whatever they please be It bird of paradise or beast or creeping thing. "Sho has bedraggled her senseless; long skirts In whatever combination of llllh the stroots presented, submitting submit-ting to a motion tho moit awkward nnd degrading known to tho ontlre animal kingdom for nature has endowed en-dowed nil othois that carry trains and tullsj with tho powor of llfng thorn without turning lu their tru , but a fashionable woman pays lowliest obolsanco to what follows In her own wake; nnd, as sho does ho, cuts tho most grotosquo llguro outsldo a Jumping Jump-ing Jack. "Sho Is n creature born to tho freo-dom freo-dom and bouuty or Diana, hut sho la swuthod by hor skirts, spllntordtl by hor stays, bandaged by her tight walstr and plnlou9drby her .gltiovcwtf untl alas, that I should lira to say it: a trussed turkey or a spitted goose ", her most appropriate oniblom' ' y iryv,rijv n ryy ao, nfwiM Physical Reinforcements. One of tho most sensible things a person can do, whethor ho Is sick or well, Is to rolnforco his strength fas fast as possible, by nvnlllng himsolf of all the assistance that ho can secure se-cure by tho enthusiastic and Intelligent Intelli-gent employment of tho various physiological phys-iological agencies that aio within his reach Tho most Important trio of nnturnl remedies Is dietetics, hydrothornp) and proper exercise. Other valuable agencies aro puro air, light In varloue forms, electricity nnd eheorfulncss. Most people could very mntorlally Increase In-crease tholr physical defense by se curing tho reaction from a dally application ap-plication of cold In some form. Careful Care-ful sclentlllc observations havo shown Jhat such a treatment Increases almost Immediately the number of white blood cells In tho general circulation, thereby Increasing tho ability of tho body to capture germs as woll as to repair diseased structures. A general who could bo oaBlIy add to tho lighting strength of his army, would certainly he regarded as a lunatic lun-atic If ho did not avail himsolf of tho opiKirtunity. Yot thoro arc thousarfds of seml-lnvnilds who do not concern themselves In the least as to how they may Improve tholr weakened and waning wan-ing llfo forces. There nro multitudes of theso who only need to adopt a wholesome and rational dietary to bo speedily emancipated emanci-pated from their present state of Invalidism. In-validism. Others would In nn amazingly amaz-ingly short tlmo bo nblo to shako off tho moss of dlseaso If thoy would be-como be-como sulllclently aroused to cease tholr sedentary llfo. nnd begin to en-gago en-gago lu nctlvo, stirring physical exercise exer-cise Of course, nt first thoro would bo somo rebellion on tho part of the unused Joints, and loug-tlme-neglcctcd muscles. The samo sunlight thnt can placo a halo of glory on nil nntme, can put color into the palo cheoks that have been so carefully shut away from Its heulth and llfc-glvlng beams. 'Sho will not let him In the lieusa Until ho wIjmh hln fret. Then hIhi nulls out In her lane-trained guwn. And wipes up all the street." Things Out of 8lght. At this season of tho year, when cellars aro being tilled with tho pro visions for winter, the utrnest palm should bo taken to provide against the Introduction of unnecessary dirt and decaying substances. TuberB to be stored In tho food cellar Bkould.flrst bo either brushed or washed, tha'tnc unnecessary dirt may bo Introduced Into the room. Hverythlng should h oo placed and arranged as to faclll tnto frequent cleanings, and to pro vent tho accumulation of dust nnd dirt In nooks nnd corners. Bach autumn nnd spring, tho en tire contents of tho cellar should b( lltorally "turned out ot doors," and ovory portion of tho room thorough ly dlslnfoctcd with soap and water fresh whltownsh or In somo othoi prnctlcablo way. At any time an odor ot mustluess In tho cellar should bo considered a signal of danger, tc bo attended to at once. If n careful cleaning and airing does not remove It, moro vigorous measures should be employed. lOxamlno tho drnlnageand tho contonts of tho collar, and remove the cause, if possible. If tho cause Is not discernible, tho wholo room should be disinfected, or, as may be needed In somo cases, reconstructed Tho basement or shed whoro fuel Is kept should In no wise ho neglected; neglect-ed; a floor of somo sort Is essential to protect from dampness. Decomposing Decompos-ing matter of any sort Is to bo avoid cd If ono desires n healthy home. Medical Progress. Tho materia medlcn of twenty-five yonrs ago Is obsolete. No good doc tor now treats symptoms ho nolthoi gives you something to sottlo joui stomach nor to euro your headache Theso things nro timely tlng-a-llngs nature's warning boll look out! And tho doctor tells jou so, nnd charges you n fee siilllclent to Impross you with tho fact that ho Is no fool, hut that jou nre. Tho Philistine. Kxperlenco keeps n dear school, but fools will lenrn lu no other, and carco In that. I'runklln. "Tho Call of tho Wlldernesi." The "Iteturn to Naturo" cry, which Is becoming so provalent and insistent In theso days of physical degeneracy Is. according to Illchnrd A. Haste, an effort of nature to preserve the raco. "Wo are," lie says, "becoming ovor-civilised. ovor-civilised. The rod blood Is thinning In our veins, ami the marrow of our hones Is drying up. Tho world Is too much with Is. We are wasting our powers and losing sight or our origin. "Hut thero nre times when we nro reminded of our Inheritance the rroo-dom rroo-dom of unlimited space, and our kin ship with the lire or the .flhj. In tho midst or our struggle to get on whon surfeited with books or braln-fnggod with too much thinking, when the fin-Rers fin-Rers have grown numb with the han tiling of ledgers, nnd the eyes dim with gaxlng nt the over-present dollar sign; In tho agony of aoulrepresslon that attends this otornnl strife of got ting nnd spending, there oomes to even- one. llko the echo or n memory, the dlstnit call or tho wilderness Tin call Is Insistent the Imp.ilse to heei Instinctive. It Is at once s. promulgation promulga-tion and a r"eocnltlop or the groat Haw of rnco p.eervt'un. |
