"WHEN THE HEART IS YOUNG."

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 12720, 17 November 1903, Page 2

"WHEN THE HEART IS YOUNG."

. The words at the ha-d of this article. like poetical expressions, appeal only to: the imagination. * and have no attraction for the .matter-of-fact folks who, on reeding them, .straightway consider that the heart must be precisely the same age as the- liver, lungs, and other vital organs in the same individual. Matthew Arnold held that all thin gs are possible to the man or woman under thirty, "because the heart is young..: At that age disillusionment and disappointment ha.ye not appeared in their hideous reality, and all the forces of life are at full tide. Then tho, tendency is to minimise dangers and look only upon the bright side of things." The wise Arnold has allowed some euror to get mixed with his truth on this occasion. The picture he draws of a young man or young woman under thirty looking only upon the bright side of things, and with all their natural forc?f] at full tide, assumes them to be endowed . <witih perfect health. But all too many instances wilt at oncer occur to .everybody's mind to provo how frequently sucli is not the csse. Then the heart cannot said to be young; and if the complaint be dyspepsia, the patient will look only on1 the black side of thing?. The experience of Mrs. M. Cheetham, of Winchester Road, Randwick, near Sydney. N.S.W., who is still under thirty, confirms this. "My troublo originated." say.s Mrs. Cheetham, "at the birth of my second child; in May, 1897. It was a terrible ordeal, and I was not expected to survive. However, I struggled through, and in a few weeks was able to get about again. The shock arid exhaustion had wrecked my general health beyond the power of everything but Seigel's Syrup to repair. I suffered acutely from neuralgia in the head; my eyes were sunken and .surrounded. by dark hollow circles. My .sight also ■■ became affected, any myriads of sparks and dazzling flashes of light seemed to be continually before me. Strange noises rang in my ears, and when I stooped I became dizzy and fell to tho ground. My condition caused mo the utmost depression of spirit, and I dreaded to be left alone. A sense of initpending calamity was continually upon mv mind. Though I continued' to eiiit fairly well, food did no good and I wasted away to mere skin and bone. The doctors declared me to be .suffering from general debility, nerve exhaustion, bronchitis, and asthma. They treated me for eighteen months; but at the end of that time I was worse than at the beginning. Then on the recommendation of a friend. I took a courwe of an extensively-advertised remedy. At first it seemed to do me .som<« good; but mv jubilation did not hist long, for after the second week its effect'.1 became more and more fee-ble until it benefited me no more than so much water. Another doctor whom I consulted assured me that what I most needed wnis a complete change, and advised me to go to some friends in the country. I returned from the trip worse instead of better, having worried about my home and the little ones all the while I wasi away. Not until November. 1901. did I learn of the merits of Mother Sergei's Curative Svrun and determined to give it a trial. I dkl this as a bst resoi't but it was a|hanpy inspiration. After taking; two naif-crown botles I was greatly relieved. •Thus encouraged. I persevered with the medicinei and was soon thoroughly restored to health. My troubles passed away like a dream, and I am now my old self again."

The young in heart are the peor^e who enjoy good health. because with good health comes tho joy of lifo —good looks, eood appetite, aocd temper, and everything else desirable. It is .surprising how mail" people lack these qualities who might have thorn for tho seeking.