A MAN HAS BUT ONE LIFE
If he limps through the world crippled by accident or weakened by disease he has missed his fullest opportunity. He may make good in spite of this handicap, but how much better he could have done had he known how to avoid accident and to prevent the handicap of diseaser When a man is healthy in mind and body and is happy in his work and associations, he is not only rich, he has mastered the secret of really living.
upon the general tone of the body, and tone depended upon rational living, fresh air, sensible fog.d, moderate exercise, and rSst at the. time when Nature, intended we should'rest. So also in the treatment of the disease those were the factors of greatest import. TALK FF-"H AIR. In proposing a vote of thanks to Dr. Short for his valuable and instructive address, the chairman recalled the bad days of the epidemic of influenza,
"To reduce human suffering and to prolong healthy life has been an aspiration common to all ages, and the measures which have been advocated and adopted from tinta to time have depended less upon increasing knowledge than upon social and religious ideals prevailing at the time. It is not unreasonable to conceive a community trained in social ideals, intelligence, and seif-discipline, which has surpassed all previous efforts, and has earned for itself the proud title of the 'City of Health.' After nil, this community with a general concern for its health is but a city of developed common-sense in regard to its own interests."—Professor H. R. Kenwood, Medical Officer of Health, Stoke Newington, England.
and said that he had then particularly noticed the apparent extremo dislike of many people to keeping their windows open. Why? Let everyone in the hall become emissaries with a message to all with whom they might come into contact: "Keep your windows open." ON THE ENTERTAINMENT SIDE. Members of the several gymnastic classes of the Y.W.C.A., seniors, juniors, and younger girls still, under the direction of Mrs. Fuller, gave a very varied display of Swedish drill, national dances, old English games, and singing games, a quaint display in some respects, particularly in the old games and singing games, but certainly a popular display with the big audience. ; Mr. Len. Barnes and concert party, Mrs. Glennie, Mr. C. Torin, Miss Mur-
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1926, Page 7
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394A MAN HAS BUT ONE LIFE Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 91, 14 October 1926, Page 7
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