Show little lights on LIVING by I 1 MARIA RIA LEONARD dean of women university of illinois a western newspaper union A modern DUODECIMO OF HEALTH EVERT persons that are 0 OF now alive 30 36 will dle die from preventable diseases before they reach sixty fine fhe hearg eara of age it if you want to be one of the sixty four who reach the age of sixty five follow these rules part of 0 which are dr thomas D woods creed of keeping lit 1 eat less chew more 2 smoke less breathe more 3 ride hide less walk more 4 I 1 bundle less bathe more 5 worry less work more G hurry less read more 7 idle less play more 8 talk less think more 9 0 go less sleep more 10 waste less give more 11 scold less lauh laugh more 12 preach less practice more scold less and laugh more for there are far too few morning faces seen today in our thoroughfares instead there Is a worried tired look as though people had forgotten how to smile the depression has taken much cheer out of the world stocks and bonds can go but the radiance must not go p from our every day living let us s not dot forget the healthful exercise of laughter some one has said it takes fewer muscles to odille than frown childhood loves laughter and life children exercise they are always moving and growing growling they are happily busy and busily happy this Is why they live abundantly health Is the greatest asset of the human race daily are we beginning to wake up to the fact that phy phail 41 clans are for the purpose of keeping us well rather than petting getting us well not only is individual health kept constantly before the public mind with its health column in the tha newspapers cautioning oer eaters the radio answering diet questions outdoor summer camps camp s for younger children and health books and maa magazines but community health Is being beg brought to the laity alao through cities safe water and mill milk supply cleanliness of streets and new methods of sewage disposal health at its best means resistance to disease relaxation from mental tension calm fro from in anxiety regularity at all times power through play temperate living and thinking spiritual en enthusiasm thul for ones nork health brings a radiance in our living and gives us and others life abundant RELAXING CAN C AN you relax to relax means to slacken acken and relaxation does just that hat to human beings it slackens them some individuals grow more tense as the day grows rushing hither bither and you tremendously busy with tremendous trifles seven days a week Is this program enacted until haste becomes a habit tension is a foe to modern 11 living r 1 1 business folk often start the day d ay tensely by trying to do two things at once reading the morning paper while eating breakfast the whole goal of american living seems to be to save time we eat faster we drive faster which means we really live faster all to save time much of the work of the world becomes an endurance test in seeing how ion long we can hold on because of ten tenseness ness and rigidity that comes of gaining it and the arch enemy of the human race appears on our horizon horns hoof and tall in the shape of FATIGUE normal fatigue Is natures way of calling ones attention to the speed limit as a protective measure from driving too fast she takes this way to assert her own rights if tills sign iq 19 unheeded she sends a danger signal which one cannot ignore in the shape of OVER over fatigue claims a tremendous toll from the human race in the form of health efficiency and joy and leaves in their places strained nerves poor or hal liala done llone work worry and irritability physicians tell us that ton ten man minutes dully daily complete relaxation mind blank body limp on couch with or without sleep preferably alter after lunch hinen recreates body and soul with renewed energy and outlook on life for the other half of the lie day it Is an art box however ever and how to do it successfully must be learned like learning to play a violin relaxation of this sort should be planned in a days regular schedule like meals are planned for it Is of equal importance to mind and body if ignored accumulative ra fa trl ue comes sneaking up behind us and insidiously undermines us at our dully daily tocks unaware of its harmful influence wo we keep on keeping on until some lay day we fall fail to appear at our accustomed place and lind the physician says sadly badly too I 1 bad too late tills this Is ii a nervous breakdown breal doii n think this oer r it in time and dally for ten minutes rest repose 1 1 renew new revivify and dejoice le joice t through r 0 u g h relax relaxation a tion |