"OPTIMISM."

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11231, 21 March 1908, Page 2 (Supplement)

"OPTIMISM. "

A GOSPEL OF HEALTH. "Optimism" is the title of a* little book by Mr Horace Fletcher, the world-famed-food reformer. ATr Fletcher declares that optimism is the real remedy for men's ills, and argues that in order to have a healthy mind one/inust have a healthy body. / "Optimism," says Mr Fletcher, - "means hopefulness; faith in the benevolent intentions of Nature, of God': confidence in the forward and upward progress of evolution; and is always sturdy in the belief that 'all is 'for' the best,' that 'all dark clouds have a silver lining.' "Pessimism, is a disease — a brain disease — a product of. indigestion — a result of ignorance — a libel on facts— a slander against Divine -Providence — a wicked lie — a vicious untruth — a blot — a rotten spot on character." The following is a list of "don'ts" compiled by Mr Fletcher, and headed "A Real Remedy" :— Don't eat when not hungry. Don't ever get angry. Don't drink In a hurry. * ■/ Don't tolerate worry. ij|p Don't ever waste good taste. Don't pass it. by in haste. Don't gobble pure good food. Don't fail to feed as should. Don't make work of exercise. Don't make light of .good fidvioe. Don't ever, take half breath.. Don't thus court an early death. Don't doubt Divine design. Don't squander precious time. Don't miss to do your best. Let Nature do the rest. l ..A "foreword" by Mr William Dana Orcutt tells how- Mr Fletcher, by the practice of his rules, has progressed in strength and endurance at a time of lifo (fifty-eight years old) when jretrogfession is the rule.