Let Our Motto Be
GOOD HEALTH
BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD
Professor of Bacteriology and Preventive
Medicine. University of Illinois,
_College of Medicine.
SPRING FEVER AND AUTUMN
DOLDRUMS
Do you ever get spring fever when
you feel dull and listless and sleepy
and you aren t able
to concentrate on
anything? And all
you want to do Is
to sit looking out
of the window, or,
better, to sit out
doors In the sun
shine? If you don’t,
you aren’t quite
normal, for that’s
quite the human
way to feel at thnt
time. And In the
fall Is there a pe
rlod when. It you have neuralgia or
rheumatism. It aches worse than ever,
and your eyes, for no apparently ac
countable reason, seem so weak thnt
you wgnder whether you shouldn't go
to an oculist for glasses? And you
have a touch of melancholia—you
know, “the melancholy days of fall are
here1’ attitude? That again is quite
the proper reaction.
We can’t any ot us avoid being part
of the tremendous change that goes on
in all nature the two times in the year
when the sun reaches its exact period
of twelve hours above the horizon. All
animal life feels that change; every cell
in our body feels it.
All the visible forces of nature seem
to awaken from a resting period nnd
become active In the springtime.
Flowers, grass, trees, birds nnd anl
mnis all take a new lease on life. The
hibernating animals nrouse from their
winter sleep. Seeds of the vegetable
world begin to undergo some internal
changes that Initiate germination and
sprouting. 'Fite sap begins to rise In
trees, followed by tlie appearance of
buds nnd leaves. Man changes Just ns
much ns the plants, the trees, nnd the
other animals during the transition pe
rind from winter to summer.
The body seems to respond with
greater ease to many disturbing Influ
ences. Eczemas <nnd Itchlngs of the
skin become aggravated. Tuberculosis
Is usually more active ns a disease
process, people suffering front certain
types of goiter become worse, and a
great many types of asthma and hives
are aggravated during the spring
months.
Spring weather stimulates us. It Is
nature's way of causing a period of
housecleaning. We burn up nnd get
rid of useless accumulations. During
the summer and fall we enjoy good
health and well being ufter this reno
vatlng and rejuvenating springtime.
Hut during the cold and depressing
winter months we again have so many
sluggish nnd hibernating cells with
their slow and lazy response to our
usual demands that by the time spring
comes around, the freshening up proc
ess has to be repeated.
These seasonnl changes In the func
tion of man are of major significance
from the standpoint of public health.
We have no more control over these
factors than have any of the other liv
ing cells In nature. The forces of nn
ture cause us to become good soil at
one time and poor soil at another time
for disease production. The season of
greatest hazards is the cold winter
season.
When spring comes we should clean
aut our bodies, just as the housewife
feels the urge to clean house, and men
get out the rake and gather up nnd
burn the winter's rubbish before they
start planting, nnd school children joy
ously enter on clean-the-city cam
paigns. Spring Is a cleaning out proc
ess; that's why symptoms of dlsense
become more pronounced—our body
forces have a flare-up of stimulation
We all have an urge to eat green
things at this time, our grandmothers
thought calomel nnd sulphur und mo
lasses were called for. But they also
anxiously walled for the first rhubarb
to become long enough to cut and for
the asparagus to push Itself up, and
dandelions were cooked or made into
a salad with vinegar nnd hard cooked
egg. It was really these things that
refreshed the body, and not the sul
phur and molasses. Today with re
frlgerntor cars that bring 11s spinach
and fresh fruits from California and
Texas nnd Florida all through the win
ter mouths, we do not have the same
urge for a diet change that our grand
mothers did. But still, psychologically
as well as physiologically, we do crave
greens at this season of the year
Tears of Joy run down the southern
era cheeks at the thought of "pot Ilk
ker” and greens—mustard greens, dan
delion greens, sorrel and thistle shoots.
Even the continued hater of spinach
will ent spinach In the spring time.
It is nature’s way oi getting our in
testinal tract in order, for summer is
the time of greatest incidence of ty
phoid fever and of diarrheas of various
kinds.
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THUMBING ALONG
"Who sent the box of candy?”
“Don’t you know? There is no card
with them.”
“Tom, I expect. He’s so forgetful."
“Yes, but Tom wouldn’t only forget
to send a card; he would also forget to
send the candy.”
MISTAKES HAPPEN
“Smudge is an impressive sort of
person.”
“Yes. He’s one of those people who
manage to have a superior manner
mistaken for a superior mind.”
PLENTY OF TIME
“Father, I'm going to marry Deltiche
-ight away.”
“I thought you were to marry De
I’oor next month?"
“Well, I've asked him to wait a year
or two.”
THINK OF THATI
The Sworu Swallower—Has your
,'rlend ZIndu Zaun had much experi
■nee?
The Fat Lady—Much experience!
Say, she’s been on the stage since the
days when audiences could afford to
bombard the hams with real eggs.
DARING YOUNG MAN
"Isn’t the country beautiful this tint*
if year?”
“Yes, tills is the time when people
'all in love.”
“Is that a hint?”
“No, Just a warning.”
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‘Don’t you ever change your mind?”
“Of course," replied Miss Cayenne.
‘It Is very desirable to change your
mind occasionally In order to call at*
lent ion to the fact that you had any
n the tlrst place."
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IN THE RAYS
Miss Hornet—Mr. Beetle should have
known better than to run nround with
Miss Firefly.
Miss Wasp—Yes, he sure got singed.
Slight Mistake
Instructor (roughly) — Suy, who
ever said you were a bugler?
Rookie (timidly)—I’m nfrald there’s
been a slight misunderstanding. I told
the man who signed me up I used to
be a burglar!—Foreign Service Maga
zine.
Father Scores
“Jack was the goal of ray ambition,”
she sighed, “but alas!"
“What happened, dear?"
“Father kicked the goal.”
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Percy, the porter, was an ardent
crossword puzzle fan, and his mind al
ways dwelt on his favorite hobby.
One day while carrying a large bag
to n train he accidentally dropped It
on a Frenchman’s foot.
The foreigner almost exploded.
“Name of a dog!” he said vehe
mently.
“'Ow many letters?" asked Percy
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NATURAL FORM
Crow—Vou must have made some
big deal to be puffed up like that.
Pouter Pigeon—No. I was born this
way.
BUT THEY DON’T
Tom—You can’t judge a man by the
way he dresses.
Hess—Oli. I don't know. I can tell
a gentleman by his get-up In the crowd
ed car.
A Good Testimony
The market "quack" was selling an
elixir which, he said, would make men
live to a ripe old age.
"I.ook at me!” he shouted to bli
audience. "Three hundred years old
and still hale and hearty I”
"Is he renlly as old as that?” an old
lady asked his youthful-looking assist
ant.
“Cun’t say, ma’am," said the young
man; “I’ve only worked for him for a
hundred years.”—Answers Magazine.