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Show AUTOMQBtLiNG IS AID TO HEALTH Touring to Be Prescribed by Physicians. One Writer Believes. We are told by the scientific medl-col medl-col men of the nation that this country coun-try will In another SCOfe of your be-COmo be-COmo not il for the health standard 0( Its entire population due mainly to the u of the ni't..r rar. An aat mobile ha many lunrtlons. one of whii h !s to Improve itu- health of th.' I 111. I Ql I I I I'M N N This ii dOi without question to luclt a dr-Rreo that In some caes the r- -hulta almost are uncanny. One of Ihi 'well-Unowu nerve peolj!i8l9 relaH-H (many cure."", due entirely to the faoi I that the patient went motoring for I health The fundamental principle behind be-hind motoring for health I that tt diverts di-verts the mind and aluo gives a con-s'jin con-s'jin ohaiigo "f air. "Korget it." the nervous man i lobl. but bfl cannot forget ho easily unles there in a more potent fone tending to divert his mind from hi? bodily ailment. ail-ment. We arc also told that the mental men-tal condition of a patient if properly ;..lv n care of will. In turn, produce desirable de-sirable effects on the bod v. Nothing lin more Influential In diverting the imlml away from oneself than motor- ! m. I OR III M.l II I The automobile manufai tiirer pre diet that 4 0 per cent if Hu- car wi'l lin future be sold for health purposes, the other GO per cent for buoineeje re- 'sons' We are inclined t think tnat I the nation can save money in the end DJ enCOUraeTini tm invcstmoni iii auto-I auto-I mobiles rather than spending the same or more money In medicine, operations, opera-tions, etc.. whlh In the end will not produce the most dOglrable results We are not In poeilion. of course, to tell the forms of disease or aliment that should be treated b motoring ; but most doctors will agree tha' rlJ-lir.g rlJ-lir.g and even driving an automobile 'will do much toward bringing i ' iiiiiu ; patients t ncaitn. NBRVOl 8 POIiKS I It may be pretty hard for a nervous nerv-ous patient to believe that h can i drive a car. but u has been demonstrated demon-strated time an. I again that the VOrj act of driving so changes the mental state as to remove the nervousness. The patient must, however, drive cautiously, caut-iously, and ho must confine his driving to the countrv rather than the city The driver will find that bis heart beats, his respiration and hlx whole system will react to the tune of the Car. If Ihe car Is driven slowly; ten -i, nes of the muscles Is removed, as the speed increases there Is an invol-luntarv invol-luntarv ae 0-ra ; Ion ..f the hcurl and 1 1 he lungs. Thin Is not always o, but It Is, generally speaking, a characteristic of a nervous person at the wheel BE TREATED f'ertaln nervous conditions are func-..' func-..' others are orgnnlo, and both of them can be treated by motoring In a i ut. case a woman woe talcing treat -l( B.1 by a great specialist foi over-r-t:o,i .f the ihyro'.d glands. The ,. creecretton made her extremely ner-nrul ner-nrul affected almost every organ ..t the body .Motoring was recommended as a his of assisting the scientist in cur-lllig cur-lllig the woman, mid In about one your Ishu not only became well and required no further treatment, but sh" became an expert driver In the bargain Thi." like manv cases, may turn out more satisfactory If the doctor is permitted to u.Uch and I real his patient while the motoring Is being used as a means Of mind diversion. Tlvre Is one thing about motoring Cor health that hiumi be understood. Wd that Is that II must be pructlc.od i dlcioualy. ne cannot expect to ride 100 continuous nules in a hard-tiding and get out thoroughly relieved 1 1! his trouble, If th car is bar. I iiuK. drive slowly over good roads. Speed is not ssssntlal. To make the best of motoring, one II drive along the good roads and study the Hurroiindlng landscape, the I buildings If there are any, perhaps the Oar vou are riding In, other cars on thi road, etc., Merely sitting at the wheel and making an occasional turn on i lonely road may make the drivsr lonely, hence susceptible of thinking l himself i 8Y PO LI K Automobile mechanism Is easy to Itarn and understand: get Into discus-1 slons while in the oa: about the operation opera-tion of the car. about ways and means "i promoting safety, about all matters' psrtainlng to motoring. Continuous driving is bad Drive twenty miles or so and then get out of the car and ( walk around for ten or fifteen minutes, i keeping your tnlnd always either on' the cars, whore you ore going to drive In the next half hour, and nil the hundred things that come out on a' short motoring trip. 00 The hand mode shoe Induetrv i i still of great importance in Srj.iin ' |