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Show Danger in Health Fada A medical writer of eminence said lntuly that he "never knew a strict dlelarlan who did not after n tlmo become a contlnncd dyspeptic" Shackles, never produce ttrengtb In the wearer The body shackled by constant conformity to rules load Its natural vigor, Juat as the tied up Uuib loses Its luusiutsr poser. l'eople who aie afraid to open their windows lest a draught should giro them neuralgia, bo are afraid to go out it there Is a Utile rain, or a llttlo wind, or h little cold, because tboy are "so delicate ' Infallibly become more so, ni.il In time make themselves as sensitive as hothouse plants, which can only exist In one particular spot In the overhialed conservatory. There are, of course, certain general rules of health which every one ehould understand and comply with, tt they with to avoid Illness, aucb as the danger ot breathing Impure ulr or drinking Impure water contracting contract-ing chills, eating and drinking too much, nnd so forth This knowledge, however, need not turn tho caro of tho health Into a bugbear Ono can make n "fud ' of liuiltli na of any other useful thing, nn)s tho Uuulon Queen. Quo ran grow inououunlacal on tho valie of fresh air or woolen underclothing und tho lulerhHf uf our mania la not thu harm wo do nursiltcs so much as the dutmtge wo elo others In turning them nk.ilnst tho object ot our fad Take tho wearing ot wool, for Instance Have not many people been resolutely set against It by thosu faddists who persist In wearing their flnnnil shirts ostentatiously, and who maintain that their hygienic valuo Is destroyed If their hldesmsniaa Is soft cued by wiurmg linen collars and cults with thorn? |
