HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 3

HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY.

\ It>"is "the.'mental decisions >in' { life that ,weary.. Us',' mind'aiid body- ,: Lcfc other's'decide y tho trifles of life and leave to us the iin- : portapt decisions,' and tho lines will be slow in' coming." Thbse .blessed with an untiring / will- generally live the longest, . and retain their energies to the last-, provided, the eyes and' tho;.ears:• do not' fail, them—two 1 ' urP portant',;aids- to beauty., Not hearing :gives a drawn aspect .to • $be' face,-, and -not seeing and constant useof'glasses' adds to.it. From •childhood ; wo : should < ' our- i eyes. Working atllessons', bycartificiaMight should be aybided'.as much.as' 1 possible; the. light: should ..be 'thrown oil- from the'back; 110 glaring,, unshaded" light should greet' the oyes ill rront.,,, Many; a childish' headache, is' caused' by over-strain of; the ' ores, arid" the •disability continues in later life if. jvo do not consider our . eyes. ' It .is . .absolutely necessary /to study'.how. to . preserve tlio health. No/ono wants to bo ill. Wo think a £reat deal too much, about/our, health, and as often as. riot worry-"ourselves into illnos's, , and , fworry and'.anxiety about health," says ; a noted .•physician,', "is the-' surest ■ way to disease. : . Mind has, a most powerful • influence, over matter. Many an invalid is cured by.medicines that are no medicinos, so to' speak ; the doctor being honest and . wise enough, to avoid, drugs. .. Nono should bo silly enough; to expose themselves unnecessarily to tho;.weathor or -to run in the wav ; of ■ infection. It is -essential to .health that .we dress warmly and keep our feet dry, avoiding draughts;;':but this- does not mean coddling or thinking too. much of our health. We should flp all weean: to - harden our bodies against coId K and ; if wo keep them normally healthy wo are riot so liable to suffer .from' germs : of disease floating in tlio atmosphere.; Eat.moderately and vary your l food; there.are.,far too' many "diets" nowa-,days.--"TJib" Queen." ■ ' . ' . >' ■