Life — August 4, 1904 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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410 Our Fresh-Air Fund. Previously acknowledged , loterest on deposits oa B. it Long Branch Lyman, Poley Herbert C. Pell. Lire’s thanks to the Taylor, Smith and Taylor Company for a large barrel of porcelain, which is just what we needed at the Farm. Physiological. HE art of keeping ourselves alive is rapidly becoming rushed to death. It will not be long, when, in the midst of many systems of exercise and in the face of so many hygienic mutterings and dietetic gauntlets, we shall all be glad to go off somewhere and die peacefully, sur- rounded by all the things we ought not to eat, and in bold defiance of the latest invention in muscular development. ‘There are some of us, indeed, who are already beginning to suspect that when this final step is taken—when we have bidden adieu to all the rules and regulations imposed upon us, there may, after all, be achance for us left. Perhaps we may not die. Maybe, by some misdirection of energy, we may possibly arise again from our premature graves and kick off a few more goals, before the tocsin sounds. Arising in the morning, Smith rubbed himself off briskly with the sanitary towel advocated by the Board of Health, and with the windows all open, where he would be scruti- nized by the neighbors, raised his chest to the ceiling one hundred times, and dropped it quietly and unofficiously to the linoleum floor. ‘After this, he plunged into a cold steril- ized bath, and drinking four quarts of Great Dane spring water, lay on his back and imagined he was a jellyfish for thirty minutes. Breakfast followed, consisting of prepared bed slats and cowless milk, after which Smith walked four Weaman me, Towerto— A FOLLOWER OF * powIE.” AT LIFE'S FARM, OUT FOR A STROLL, miles to business, taking his temperature every two blocks. And so on through the day. This was six months ago ; since then Smith has discovered an entirely new system, which he confidently predicts will make several more men of him before the year is out. The only real trouble with Smith is that he has an in- curable disease and doesn’t know it. His ailment is the inability to forget himself. If he could only let himself alone long enough, he would be able to get along hy obey- ing his natural instincts. What we all need is a lack of exercise, plenty of unpre- digested food, an ability to rise above advertisements, and an easy conscience. And then, if we should happen to get sick and don’t send for the doctor, we may pull through. Education. You can no more take the need of hard work out of education than you can take it out of life —Chancellor Whitelaw Reid. DUCATION isa peculiar thing. It is not for everybody; only for those who work for it. It is not to be given; only to be got. It is not a matter of public bounty; but a matter of private effort. The easier it is to get, the less it is worth having. But some of us are a long time learning that a man is to be finally reclaimed only in virtue of force which he himself supplies. comicbooks.com