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2 ADVENTURE A Queer Human Kink HAT strange bundles of contradic- tions we all are! We tell each other earnestly that health is-one of the most precious things in life—and yet what do we do to keep it, to protect it? It’s a queer kink in human nature, isn’t it, to think one way and act just the opposite! The Harm of Self-Diagnosis You know how idle people love to talk Over symptoms and recklessly recommend all sorts of cure-all remedies. What a tremendous amount of harm is done by attempts at self-diagnosis! Here is an example: A prominent man made up his mind that he was eating too much meat and heroically put himself on a strict diet. Sometime later,-he was taken ill. doctor astonished him by saying that while most men of his age would have benefited by doing what he had done, his case was an exception and that lack of meat caused the trouble. How Long Do You Want To Live? Just so long as you are well and happy? Good!—but suppose you keep right on living long after you have ceased to be His : You would not treat your car as you treat yourself. You constantly test the steering gear and the brake bands. You make sure that bolts are tight. You listen to the motor for the faintest “knock”. You are careful about the fuel mixture—it must not be too rich nor too lean or the engine will not pull properly. But do you know whether the food—the “fuel mixture”’—that you give your own body is too rich or too lean? You can re- place parts of your car, but you can’t re- place a worn-out heart, an abused stomach, an over-worked liver or frayed nerves. Years Alone Do Not Age Us The physical changes ascribed to age may be due to poison, infection, wrong food or emotional strain, principally worry. And these things are in large degree under our own control. - Go to your wisest adviser, your “an own good friend, your Doctor, “t ‘ within the next few days, and { have a thorough examination. | If you are well, you will be eee d glad to have his O.K. And $2: &, if he finds some slight defect, 3 =» JZ: e yy £3, “~~ / be thankful that it can be ¥ {:) © corrected in time—before it ah well! becomes serious. racial Stop right here and think about it. Begin the New Year right! ee ith ror ne The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company be- It is not difficult to understand why this should PGR lieves thoroughly in the value of the annual happen. Many of the policyholders who had ee | LEK CE physical examination. All of the 8,000 employees been examined did not know that they were im- | ix re Baa he of the Home Office are carefully examined each paired. They took the advice of the physicians ue? "at oe. ad year; also its field force of nearly 20,000 em- seriously; they followed instructions and thereby eee a ployees. These examinations are carefully fol- averted serious trouble. me etre NA lowed up and those employees who show impairments receive particular attention. The result of such intensive care is very gratifying. During the past ten years, the Company has arranged for the examination of various classes of its policyholders and is extending this privilege every year. In the first 6,000 policyholders examined, a re- markable lowering of mortality occurred. Instead of 303 deaths in the five and one-half years subse- quent to the examination, only 217 occurred—a saving of 28 per cent. in the expected mortality. The great waste of life that still prevails can be prevented. If people will make an annual inven- tory of their physical condition and will follow the advice of trained physicians and live hygienically, they will add whole years to their working lives. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company will be gladto mail you, without charge, a booklet entitled, “An Ounce of Prevention”. It will help you in guarding that most precious possession— your health. HALEY FISKE, President hi 7 i | rn adh! ma ue ary Published b pac! Ia aL oe ts ¥y vo tay aw a i gtehss METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ~NEW YORK Biggest in the World, More Assets, More Policyholders, More Insurance in force, More new Insurance each year Kindly mention Adventure in writing to advertisers or visiting your dealer. CoOMmicbhooks.c© S|