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Show I LONGER I I By JOHN CLARENCE FUNK I J A. M Se. 0. X Director W Public Health Eoucatlen, J SUU af PnwrlrMi. .Blood Pressure ;, 1 AI.MAN sitting to an office across the hall was designated by a friend as a "blood pressure victim." The term was mentioned In an awesome awe-some manner. And one could almost visualize a funeral. Alt very terrible. Indeed. But the strange part about It Is that the only people who do not have blood pressure are the dead ones I Blood pressure fan be likened to the force back of water In pipes. It Is ss necessary to distribute the blood to the tissues ss It Is to breathe. And blood pressure does the trick. However, ehnoroial pressure la the condition that is professionally referred re-ferred to as "blood pressure." But It must be understood that the mere presence of this type of trouble. In many Instances. Is far from being a deaib warrant Quite otherwise, the men and women who are fortunate enough to discover that they possess high or low blood pressure are in the main more likely to live longer than Is the person who pities such people and drops over dead the next week or yonr or decade himself. This condition Is based upon so many causes, ranging from worry, nerves and hard work to s crippled unenai system ana a aiseasea nearc that stub a diagnosis often means nothing more than taking rare, mending mend-ing habits and living longer than the fellow hi has not had the advantage advan-tage of such warning. The main thing In connection -with "blood pressure" Is to find out that you have It That Is where tbe annual an-nual physical examination comes in. Then follow the doctor's orders and live, as countless pressure victims have done, to a ripe old age I In any event, don't get overexcited about this "blood pressure" business. A rational observance of the rules of health Is the basis of prevention. And it goes without saying that normal blood pressure Is the best pressure. That Leisure Time ONE or the results of this wonder, ful machine age Is leisure. Never Nev-er before baa there been so much of It as there Is In tbe United States today. However, to hundreds of thousands thou-sands of people It Is comparatively a new toy. And new toys, ss Is well known, are not slways properly handled han-dled or understood. The person who allows his spare time to slap back at him In terms of III health or a devitalized physical condition would perhaps be better off If the day's Job utilized more of his time. And yet many people do Just exactly that They are victims of their leisure. Take for example, the young men who spend their Saturday afternoons and all their evenings In the smoke-laden smoke-laden pool or card room. Consider the women who play bridge continually continual-ly day after day. Think of the thousands thou-sands who habitually waste their precious pre-cious leisure In s misguided expression of alcoholic sociability. Or If you please, keep In mind that tremendous armv of neonle who. with tha radio turned on or s book In hand, regularly glue themselves to a chair during their leisure hours, All these people appear to forget that health Justifies some consideration during the time that consideration can be given to It The sensible person who has a real desire to enjoy life to tts fullest extent, ex-tent, as well ss to persist In that enjoyment en-joyment for as long a time as possible, will give serious consideration to regular reg-ular outdoor exercise, plenty of fresh air and sufficient sleep during the hours that these things are possible. Enjoy leisure, of course, but put It regularly to work for you also. Tou will find It the most powerful builder tor physical fitness. Joy and happiness in the world that Is, if yon give It a chance. &, 1131. W eater n Newepeper Union.) |