^i Classes, i 1 3„5 CotpglttN? COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT FURLONG PHOTO. .yi'<^C'<'<^<>' c Zi_ Ethics of Health, Grace and Beauty BY ANNIE HAZELTON DELAVAN PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR 44 STATE STREET ROCHESTER, NEW YORK MCMVII <\\^ TuBFIARY of CONGRESS I TW8 Copies Received I JAN 8 190r y/ Copyright Entry (/a^ 7./ 9^7 /bUSS^ XXCmNo. ^ / ^ J- / s z Copyright igo7 by Annie Hazelton Delavan Rochester Herald Press Rochester, N. Y. NOTE This little volume of health thoughts is com- piled to emphasize to all who may read it the importance of right living, right thinking and right exercising. If we would keep the mind and body in a wholesome, healthy condition, we must follow Nature's laws — which are the simplest — and bear in mind always, that noth- ing is impossible to a vigorous, healthy body and a clear mind. 'God made your body And He made it greats It has a guest of might And high estate ; Keep the shrine noble, Handsome, high and whole. For in it lives God*s guest, A kingly soul." Health HEALTH ! What a world of happiness or misery is expressed in that word. With it, all things are possible; — without it, the wealth of a king's domain is of little avail : — it is the foundation of your success and happiness in life — your capital in the bank of life — which repays you with big interest in later years for any effort you make to keep the principle in- tact. "In the degree that you abound in health and strength yourself, will you carry it to all with whom you come in contact." If you are negligent of your health, wasteful of your powers, and careless of the habits in life that make or destroy body and character, you make of yourself a useless ornament in the social world and cast a baneful influence around you. If you live a clean, upright, wholesome life, you wield a strong influence toward inducing others to do likewise. It is impossible to do your best for others, unless you do your best for yourself, so from a com- mercial standpoint, you cannot afford to disre- gard the laws of health. "Give to the world the best you have, and the best shall come back to you." 7 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY "Your body is made up of two elements — power and form — and the proportion must in- variably be kept, if you would have it sweet and sound." It rests with you, whether the temple in which your soul abides shall be of stately and imposing build — one which is con- stantly growing in symmetrical architecture and beauty of design, or if it shall slowly but surely crumble away — like the ruins of a great city — after it is devastated by flood or fire. Wake up ! Keep your mind active and your vital forces strong and you can "move moun- tains". Your mental attitude toward things in life determines, to a great degree, the effect they have upon you, for "subtle and powerful, are the influences of the mind in the building and re-building of the body". The mind is everything! What you think, you in time be- come. "Sick thoughts and discordant moods are the natural atmosphere of disease." If you would be sure footed, you must be sure minded. Hopefulness, cheerfulness and tranquility open the channels of the body, so that the life forces go bounding through it with such vigor that disease cannot get a foothold. Courage is a great invigorator, and gives inspiration and tone to life. It is a courageous mind that makes the body rich in health and strength. "A falling state of mind produces a falling con- dition of the body", and in the degree that you 8 HEALTH keep healthy and young in thought, will you remain healthy and young in body. You cannot hope for your full share of health or beauty without taking proper care of your body, or without a certain amount of exercise in the open air daily. Sunshine and fresh air are as necessary to human life as to plants, for sunlight produces chemical changes in the blood, vitalizes the tissues, and tones up the whole system. Another great health producer is water, and plenty of it — internally and externally — for "cleanliness is next to godliness", and those words will apply to the inner organism, as well as to the outer body. Water forms a greater part of the body itself, and the life of all the tissues is dependent on its presence in them. "The well that is not fed by springs is sure to be a breeding place for dis- ease". Give your body proper nourishment, exercise, fresh air, sunlight and a daily bath — keep your mind free from "sick thoughts", and good health will be the result. "Then let your secret thoughts be fair, They have a vital part, and share • In shaping words and moulding fate ; God's system is so intricate." JANUARY FIRST Health is the second blessing that we mor- tals are capable of, — a blessing that money can- not buy. 4- —Walton. SECOND To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. •^ — Holmes. THIRD A healthy manner of play is necessary to a healthy manner of work. — Ruskin. ^ FOURTH Self-control may be developed in precisely the same manner as we tone up a weak muscle — by a little exercise day by day. — Jordan. ^ FIFTH We never see the target a man aims at in life ; we see only the target he hits. — ^Jordan. 10 JANUARY SIXTH There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for. many. — Emerson. SEVENTH That which we are — we shall teach, not vol- untarily, but involuntarily. — Emerson. EIGHTH My mind to me an empire is While grace affordeth health. — Southwell. NINTH Not only is a merry heart a wonderful tonic to the body; it is a clarifier and invigorator of the mind. ^ — Cuyler. TENTH He sleeps well who is not conscious that he sleeps ill. •^ — Bacon. ELEVENTH Inward repose must transform the outer life ; no power can stop it. — Dresser. 11 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWELFTH What an antiseptic is a pure life. — Lowell. THIRTEENTH Every right action and true thought sets the seal of its beauty on person and face. — Ruskin. 4- y FOURTEENTH We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count. — Emerson. FIFTEENTH O life ! an age to the miserable, a moment to the happy. — Bacon. SIXTEENTH All existence is what it has become. Become, if thou wouldst be; cease not to grow, if thou wouldst not fall into decay. — Rochefoucauld. 12 JANUARY SEVENTEENTH The mental machinery will work longer and far more smoothly when the oil of cheerfulness lubricates the wheels. — Cuyler. •^ ^ EIGHTEENTH Look at your mercies with both eyes, but at your troubles with only one eye. — Cuyler. NINETEENTH Ten thousand of the greatest faults in our neighbors are of less consequence to us than one of the smallest in ourselves. Archbishop Whately. ^ TWENTIETH To work upon or doctor external effects without altering the inner habit, which lies at the basis of them, is mere waste of force. — Dresser. y T W E N T Y - F I R S T Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. — Emerson. 13 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWENTY-SECOND Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. —Bishop Hall. TWENTY-THIRD Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away. —Pope. •^ TWENTY-FOURTH Life is more than life's circumstances, man more than his environment. — Rochefoucauld. 4- TWENTY-FIFTH A man is his own star; Our acts our angels are For good or ill. — Sir John Lubbock. TWENTY-SIXTH Things that have a common quality, ever quickly seek their kind. — Marcus Aurelius. 14 JANUARY TWENTY-SEVENTH There are certain faults, which, placed in a good light, please more than perfection itself. — Rochefoucauld. TWENTY-EIGHTH Our bodies are our gardens, our wills our gardeners. — Shakespeare. TWENTY-NINTH Nothing more is wanting to render a man miserable than that he should fancy he is so. — From the Latin. THIRTIETH Life is a progress and not a station. — Emerson. THIRTY-FIRST There is no journey of life but has its clouded days. — Cuyler. IS Poise, Mental and Physical 17 ? To be graceful of body, the mind must be cultivated by thought and study, as it is through that unseen instrument — the mind — that we reach the soul, so in order to be truly graceful, the movements of the body should be but the reflection of our inner-being. Did you ever see a graceful, well-poised person who had not corresponding traits in mind and soul ? To be mentally and physically strong, the mind and the body must be in a healthy con- dition and work in unison. Above all things, one must be well poised mentally. If you cul- tivate a calm mental poise, little things will not annoy or age you. To a certain extent, your health depends upon the poise of your mind; cheerful, hopeful thoughts put the mind in a relaxed, peaceful condition; disagreeable, pes- simistic thoughts put the nerves in a strained, unhealthy condition. "Inward repose must transform the outer life", — watch, then, to see that the body expresses the harmony between the mental, moral and physical being. Cultivate a graceful m.otion of the body and a wide-awake, energetic bearing. Carry your- 19 POISE: MENTAL AND PHYSICAL self erect, whether sitting, standing or walking; never allow your body to settle upon the bones, for the bony structure should not support the body, — that is the work of the muscles. In walking, carry the head erect, chest well for- ward and abdomen in. Carry the head so that you can at least look at things on a level, and look every one squarely in the face. Never look downward, mentally, morally, or physically, for 'tis "looking downward makes one dizzy." As Eben Holden said— try and look as though "you had bought and paid for yourself and were proud of the bargain." Your body is the mirror of your mind and the temple of your soul, and your eyes are the windows of the soul. Then give to the world bright eyes, shining with the knowledge of an inward strength, and a body reflecting a physi- cal and mental poise that is an inspiration to all who come in contact with it. "Let there be many windows in your soul. That all the glory of the universe may beau- tify it." 20 FEBRUARY FIRST Man hath his daily work of body and mind appointed. ^ — Milton. SECOND Command inward serenity, be a poised ob- server; pick up your forces, one by one, until you are master of the art of self-control. — Dresser. THIRD The mind of man is improved by learning and reflection. We place a happy life in tran- quility of mind. ^ — Cicero. FOURTH Shalt show us how divine a thing a woman may be made. •h — Wordsworth. FIFTH Not body enough to cover his mind decently with; his intellect is improperly exposed. —Smith. 21 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SIXTH Time has touched me gently in his race, And left no odious furrows in my face. — Crabbe. SEVENTH *Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. —Pope. EIGHTH The child, through stumbling, learns to walk er^ct. Every fall is a fall upward. — Theodore Parker. NINTH There are some critics so with spleen diseased. They scarcely come inclining to be pleased : And sure he must have more than mortal skill Who pleases one against his will. — Congreve. TENTH Keep the mind in the attitude of ever desir- ing whatever quality you need to succeed in your effort. It should be accompanied with this thought : "I will do what I have set out to do." — Mulford. 22 FEBRUARY ELEVENTH The mind in repose, draws spiritual element to recuperate the body. — Mulford. TWELFTH Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume. — From the French. THIRTEENTH No talent, no self-denial. No brains, no character. Is required to set up In the grumbling business. —West. •^ FOURTEENTH It is more fruitful to strive to correct one's self than to find fault with others. — Rochefoucauld. FIFTEENTH Talkest thou of miracles? Thou art thyself a miracle ; the whole world is a miracle. — Marie Corelli. 23 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SIXTEENTH Thought is health; thought is achievement; thought is success. — Lillian Whiting. •b SEVENTEENTH Throw off what you do not wish by pur- suing a new train of thought. —Fletcher. EIGHTEENTH Be enthusiastic; throw your energies into whatever you have to do. The glory is in ris- ing to fresh heights. — Matthews. •^ NINETEENTH Everything worth while comes in the form of growth. The solid oak does not grow in a night, but when once started, under normal conditions, it grows surely. —Wood. TWENTIETH The world is to us what we make it, and so is our physical organism. — Evans. 24 FEBRUARY TWENTY-FIRST As welcome as sunshine, In every place Is the beaming approach Of a good-natured face. — Anonymous. TWENTY-SECOND Every beautiful thought is an angel visit. — Claxton. TWENTY-THIRD Make thyself perfect; others happy. — Bishop Spalding. TWENTY-FOURTH Trust not too much your now resistless charms — Those, age or sickness, soon or late disarms. — Pope. TWENTY-FIFTH Small habits well pursued may reach the dignity of crimes. — Hannah More. 25 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWENTY-SIXTH We are born weak; we have need of strength ; we are born stupid ; we have need of judgment. All that we have not at our birth, but which we need when we are grown, is given us by education. — Rousseau. 4- TWENTY-SEVENTH Beauty of style, and harmony, and grace, and good rhythm depend on simplicity. I mean the simplicity of a rightly and a nobly ordered character. —Plato. / TWENTY-EIGHTH It is what a man makes of himself that counts. — ^Jordan. 26 Breathing THE breath of life ! How much it means, and yet how little to most of us. One of the great essentials to good health is to know how to breathe properly. We see so many narrow-chested people going through the world, just sniffing at the fresh air in a stingy sort of way, never taking a breath that reaches lower than the first or second rib. What a pity, when all the fresh air in the world is ours just for the taking ! It is important to breathe through the nose, not through the mouth. Breathing through the mouth reaches only the bronchial tubes and pushes the air into the lungs; breathing through the nose pulls the air into the lungs, opens the air cells, and makes them stronger. Begin now and take all the fresh air you can get. Give your lungs a chance ! Breathe deeply and sleep with your windows open; night air will not hurt you any more than the fresh air that you breathe during the waking hours. Be- gin each day, by taking fifteen or twenty deep breaths of fresh air at an open window or door, immediately upon arising ; it is a splendid tonic to start the new day with, and not only strengthens and develops the chest and lungs, 29 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY but helps to purify the blood and the entire system. An abundance of fresh air is neces- sary to health, strength and beauty. Deep breathing will tone up the nerves, and give a better circulation ; it will make the com- plexion clearer, the eyes brighter and the lungs stronger. If people would breathe more, there would be fewer pulmonary disorders. "Eat plenty of air", and drink freely of water and you will find that colds and catarrhal trou- bles will gradually disappear. If a cold asserts itself, begin at once to breathe deeply, taking all the air into the lungs that they will hold, ex- pelling, and then breathing deeply and freely again, until at least twenty full breaths have been taken ; drink copiously of cold water, and in nine cases out of ten. Nature will do the rest. 30 MARCH FIRST He lives most life whoever breaths most air. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning. SECOND All means that conduce to health can neither be too painful nor too dear to me. — Montaigne. THIRD In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. — Isaiah xxx: 15. 4- FOURTH Rest not, life is sweeping by! Go and dare before you die, Something mighty and sublime Leave behind to conquer time. Glorious *tis to live for aye When these forms have passed away. — Goethe. 31 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY FIFTH Self-distrust is the cause of most of our fail- ures. In the assurance of strength there is strength, and they are the weakest — however strong — who have no faith in themselves or their powers. — Bovee. 4- ^ Talents are nurtured best in solitude; but SIXTH tured bes character in life's tempestuous sea. — Goethe. 4- SEVENTH This is what we call character; a reserved force, which acts directly by presence, and without means. — Emerson. 4- EIGHTH If the nose of Cleopatra had been a little shorter, it would have changed the history of the world. ^ — Pascal. NINTH He hath no power that hath no power to use. — Bailey. 32 MARCH TENTH I have lived to know that the secret of hap- piness is never to allow your energies to stag- nate. •^ —Clarke. ELEVENTH The hand that follows intellect can achieve. — Michael Angelo. TWELFTH Those cheerful people — philosophers — ever ready to see the bright side of everything in life, are young forever. —Max O'Rell. •^ THIRTEENTH r The test of a man*s strength and worth is not so much what he accomplishes, as what he overcomes. — Bishop Spalding. *4* FOURTEENTH Live pure, speak true, right wrong. Else wherefore born. — Tennyson. 4- FIFTEENTH There is little excuse in this age for chronic illness or deformity. —West. 33 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SIXTEENTH Every habit and faculty is preserved and in- creased by corresponding actions. Whatever you would make habitual, practice it. — Epictetus. SEVENTEENTH To do well it is necessary to believe in the worth of what we do. — Bishop Spalding. EIGHTEENTH Gymnastics, as well as music, should begin in early years. * —Plato. NINETEENTH The great secret of education is to make the exercises of the body and of the mind always serve as a recreation for each other. — Rousseau. 4* TWENTIETH If any one doubts the importance of an ac- quaintance with the fundamental principles of physiology, as means to complete living — let him look around and see how many men and women he can find in middle or later life who are thoroughly well. — Spencer. 34 MARCH TWENTY-FIRST The first law of success is concentration. — Matthews. •J- TWENTY-SECOND He who by the plow would thrive Himself must either hold or drive. — Franklin. TWENTY-THIRD There's life alone in duty done, And rest alone in striving. — Whittier. •^ TWENTY-FOURTH It is good to be merry and wise; It is good to be honest and true. — Bums. 4- TWENTY-FIFTH Education is to teach us how to live. — not how to make a living. — Dr. Munger. 4- TWENTY-SIXTH The preservation of health is a duty, and all breaches of the laws of health are physical sins. — Spencer. 35 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWENTY-SEVENTH Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. — Cowper. TWENTY-EIGHTH The finest qualities of our natures, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. — Thoreau. TWENTY-NINTH A man's nature either runs to herbs or weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the other. — Bacon. THIRTIETH Unless your cask is perfectly clean, what- ever you pour into it turns sour. — Horace. •^ THIRTY-FIRST Simple diet is best; for many dishes bring many diseases ; and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other. —Pliny. 36 How to Get Fat MANY times it is as hard to take on flesh as it is to reduce it. First, locate the I cause of the leanness and then remove it by hygienic methods. i Lack of flesh may be due to various condi- j tions or reasons, and it is useless to try to rem- | edy the leanness as long as the cause is oper- j ating. j Poor digestion, or mal-assimilation of one's j food, as often as any other cause, interferes j with the accumulation of flesh ; overw^ork or too j much nerve tension may be productive of thin- j ness; improper diet, or a weakness of some of j the vital organs; — all of these things keep one from building up and putting on flesh. The diet of a thin person should consist of carefully selected foods that tend to produce fat; remember, it is not the amount of food eaten, but the amount digested, that furnishes the nourishment for the body. Systematic exercise should be taken every day, if only for five minutes, especially such ex- ercises as reach and strengthen the digestive organs, giving them a regular internal massage. Deep breathing aids digestion and strength- ens the stomach. 39 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY But above all — learn to let go ! Get the ten- sion out of your body, and relax mentally and physically, for no matter how well you care for the body, if you keep yourself keyed up to a high nervous pitch, and worry, fret and fume over the trivial things in life, you will destroy the good effect of any thing you may do for your body. "Physical health without a restful state of mind is an impossibility" and "cheerfulness is, to every nerve, what sunshine is to the plant". So keep the mind in a sunshiny condition. In other words, — laugh and grow fat ! 40 APRIL FIRST I am resolved to grow fat, and look young till forty. •i- — Dryden. SECOND Great perfection comes of qualities suc- cessively acquired, till they gain perfection. — Balzac. THIRD The body is continually changing its ele- ments in accordance with the condition of the mind. •J* — Mulford. FOURTH The desire of life and health is implanted in man's nature; the love of liberty and enlarge- ment is a sister passion to it. — Sterne. FIFTH All the powers of the universe are potential- ly contained in man and man's physical body. — Paracelsus. 41 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SIXTH My will is so much my own that I am only to blame if I do not will what I ought. — Fenelon. •^ SEVENTH 1/ There is a correspondence of all things of the mind with all things of the body. — Swedenborg. EIGHTH Systems exercise the mind, but faith enlight- ens and guides it. •^ — Voltaire. NINTH Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. — Anonymous. TENTH Study mental hygiene — take long doses of "dolce far niente", and be in no hurry about anything in the universal world. — George Eliot. •^ ELEVENTH Every individual is a marvel of unknown and unrealized possibilities. — Jordan. 42 APRIL TWELFTH The secret of the highest power is simply the uniting of the outer agencies of expression, with the power that works from within. —Trine. THIRTEENTH The gods give nothing really good and beau- tiful without labor and diligence. — Xenophon. FOURTEENTH Grant me to become beautiful in the inner- man, and that whatever outward things I may have may be at home with those within. —Plato. FIFTEENTH Possess a well-balanced mind. — Horace. SIXTEENTH Internal and external self-control and faith are the nature-born duties. — Bhagavadgita. 43 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SEVENTEENTH Woman is the symbol of moral and physical beauty. ^ — Gautier. EIGHTEENTH Venus herself, if she were bald, would not be Venus. * — Apuleius. NINETEENTH The beauty of nature must always seem un- real and mocking, until the landscape has hu- man figures that are as good as itself. — Emerson. 4- TWENTIETH Would you remain always young and would you carry all the joyousness and bouy- ancy of youth into your maturer years? Then have care concerning one thing — how you live in your thought world. —Trine. TWENTY-FIRST Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning, and the rest of the day will take care of itself. — Anonymous. 44 APRIL ^ TWENTY-SECOND The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger. — Jordan. 4- TWENTY-THIRD A woman lacking true culture is said to be- tray by her conversation a mind of narrow compass, bounded on the north by her serv- ants, on the east by her children, on the south by her ailments, and on the west by her clothes. — Kingsland. 4" TWENTY-FOURTH There are three things that women throw away — their time, their money and their health. — Anonymous. TWENTY-FIFTH If there can be any one whose power is in beauty, in purity, in goodness, it is woman. — Beecher. TWENTY-SIXTH I honor health as the first muse, and sleep as the condition of health. — Emerson. 45 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWENTY-SEVENTH Why do we so often prefer to believe in the necessity of suffering and weakness, rather than in the possibility of strength and glad- ness. •^ — Newcomb. TWENTY-EIGHTH By indulging in healthy thoughts, you at- tract to yourself everything necessary to your well being — happiness, health, strength, friends. ^ — Anonymous. TWENTY-NINTH Who ever has the power of concentrating his attention, and controlling his will, can emanci- pate himself from most of the minor ills of life. — Sir John Lubbock. THIRTIETH To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and of sleep and of exercise, is one of the best precepts of long lasting. — Bacon. 46 Worry ^^TTTORRY is the most popular form of ▼ V suicide" — so do not magnify the petty annoyances of life. If there are any real troubles or worries, always remember that "The darkest day, live till to-morrow, will have passed away". In order to meet life's work successfully you must cultivate a hopeful dis- position, a heart courageous and self-confi- dence. Have faith in yourself and you will conquer all obstacles. Worry, doubts and fears are stumbling-blocks in the pathway to suc- cess. Worry weakens the vital forces, and ruins health and beauty ; it adds fuel to the fire of your temper, and will disfigure your face with untimely lines. "Worry is a state of spiritual corrosion; a trouble either can be remedied, or it cannot be. If it can be, then set about it; if it cannot be, dismiss it from consciousness, or bear it so bravely that it may become transfigured into a blessing". The habit of worrying grows upon you, and it must be looked upon as a dis- ease; it is life's daily habits that affect you most, and your habits of thought need constant vigilance. Call a halt occasionally and have a general "weeding-out" time; clear the mind of 49 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY all unwholesome, pessimistic thoughts and re- place them with hopeful, cheerful ones. Just try it — you who have formed the habit of wor- rying over trifles — and see what a brighter, happier, more cheerful world yours will be. "Some of your griefs you have cured. And the sharpest you still have survived ; But what torments of pain you endured From evils that never arrived." SO MAY FIRST Worry is forethought gone to seed. — ^Jordan. SECOND Pessimism is born of waning vitality, of lack of faith, hope and love. — Rochefoucauld. THIRD Contentment consists not in great wealth, but in few wants. 4* — Epicurus. FOURTH A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of cul- ture, and success enough, for it indicates the purpose of nature and wisdom attained. — Emerson. FIFTH You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant. — Buxton. 51 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SIXTH Refuse to entertain thy troubles and sorrows, and they will leave thee. — Bishop Spalding. SEVENTH Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. / — Lowell. EIGHTH It is the ague-fit of worry that consumes strength, and furrows the cheek, and brings on decrepitude. — Cuyler. NINTH I pack my troubles in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others. — Southey. TENTH Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness; altogether past calculation its power of endur- ance. — Carlyle. 52 MAY ELEVENTH It is easy to find fault; appreciation requires intelligence and character. — Bishop Spalding. TWELFTH Care, to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt. And every grin so merry draws one out. — -Wolcott. THIRTEENTH "The world, dear child, is as we take it, And life, be sure, is what we make it." — Anonymous. FOURTEENTH Wrinkles disfigure a woman less than ill- nature. ^ — Dupuy. FIFTEENTH Without good nature man is but a better kind of vermin. * — Bacon. SIXTEENTH Come over on the sunny side of life — there is room there for all — and it is a matter of choice. — Barnetta Brown. 53 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SEVENTEENTH He who brings sunshine into the hfe of an- other has sunshine in his own. — ^Jordan. EIGHTEENTH If you have not slept, or if you have slept, or if you have headache or sciatica, or leprosy or thunderstroke, I beseech you by all angels to hold your peace, and not pollute the morning — to which all the house-mates bring serene and pleasant thoughts — by corruption and groans. — Emerson. NINETEENTH If you want to be cheerful, jes set yer mind on it an' do it. Can't none of us help what traits we start out in life with, but we kin help what we end up with. — "Mrs. Wiggs" — Alice Hegan Rice. * TWENTIETH Stop lookin' fer trouble, an' happiness'll look fer you. — Bacheller. 54 MAY TWENTY-FIRST I joined the new "Don't Worry Club" And now I hold my breath; I am so scared for fear I'll worry, That I'm worried most to death. —Wood. TWENTY-SECOND It's a poor business looking at the sun with a cloudy face. "Lovey Mary" — Alice Hegan Rice. TWENTY-THIRD Worry is the father of insomnia. — ^Jordan. TWENTY-FOURTH It is with narrow-souled people as with nar- row-necked bottles ; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out. — Pope. TWENTY-FIFTH Many a lean dyspeptic who has no appetite for his food, and no refreshing rest in his sleep, is simply dying of worry and peevishness. The acrid humors of the mind have struck through and diseased the digestive organs. — Cuyler. 55 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWENTY-SIXTH Worry is mental poison; — work is mental food. ^ — ^Jordan. TWENTY-SEVENTH Noble thoughts and pure loves improve the countenance and give dignity and grace to one's whole bearing. A fair and luminous soul makes its body beautiful. — Rochefoucauld. TWENTY-EIGHTH The three great things are, good health, work, and a philosophy of life. — ^Jack London. TWENTY -NINTH "The face is the reflex of the inner-life. The illumination of the countenance must come from within." ^ — Anonymous. THIRTIETH If you cannot do anything else to help along — just smile. •^ — Eleanor Kirk. THIRTY-FIRST It's easy enough to be cheerful when life rolls along like a song, But the man worth while is the one who can smile when everything goes dead wrong. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 56 Beauty "T^EAUTY is divine and is a gift direct -D from God." It is a fact not to be dis- puted, that beauty is power, but there are as many degrees of beauty as there are of natures, and true beauty must be reflected from within, as well as being apparent from without, for the face is the reflection of the inner-life. Socrates called beauty "a short-lived tyr- anny"; Plato "A privilege of Nature"; while Aristotle affirmed that "beauty was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world". No doubt they were all correct in their opin- ions. Beauty is surely a woman's heritage and its mystic power rules the universe. Beauty of face can be bought by paying the price for it — namely — by learning and prac- ticing the philosophy of goodness, happiness and contentment, giving out smiles in place of frowns — good cheer in place of discourage- ment, and cultivating all of the characteristics that are essential to "evolve the wonderful soul design that lies folded within each of us." If nature has not given you beauty as a nat- ural heritage, it is your own fault if you do not create a beauty all your own. Individuality is the soul of beauty, and it is foolish to copy by 59 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY artificial means that belonging to another — "be yourself, never imitate." There is no beautifier more powerful than a genuine interest in something. Put your heart and soul into work of some kind, giving it all the enthusiasm that your nature is capable of, and note the effect it produces in the expression of your face and character of your features. Every quality of the mind is expressed in the face, whether it be hopefulness, enthusiasm, good cheer, harmony, purity, health — or the lack of these things. The body is but an outward expression of our spiritual self, and is either formed or de- formed by our thought-world. "It doth not yet appear what we shall be", but much of our beauty — mental, physical or moral — lies in our own hands. "We are fear- fully and wonderfully made" and as the sculp- tor deftly carves a beautiful statue from a block of marble, so will the habit of "bright thinking" mould an expression of face which is divinely fair. 60 June FIRST If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being. — Emerson. SECOND For beauty most truly passes into the per- son who studies the beautiful. No one can give out what he does not have to give. — Hazard. ^/ THIRD Habit writes itself on the face — and the body is an automatic recording machine. — Hubbard. , FOURTH To have a beautiful old age you must live a beautiful youth, for we ourselves are posterity, and every man is his own ancestor. — Hubbard. 4- FIFTH All orators are dumb when beauty pleadeth. — Shakespeare. 61 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SIXTH The whisper of a beautiful woman can be heard further than the loudest call of duty. — ^Anonymous. SEVENTH A beautiful woman pleases the eye, a good woman pleases the heart; one is a jewel, the other a treasure. — Napoleon I. 4- EIGHTH Beauty without grace is a hook without a bait. * de Leuclos. NINTH Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll, Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. * —Pope. TENTH In beauty, that of decent and gracious mo- tion is more than that of favor. — Bacon. 4- ELEVENTH A green old age — unconscious of decay. — Pope. 62 JUNE TWELFTH 'Tis beauty calls, and glory shows the way. — Lee. •i- THIRTEENTH That beauty is the normal state, is shown by the perpetual effort of nature to attain it. — Emerson. FOURTEENTH The hand that hath made you fair hath made you good. — Shakespeare. FIFTEENTH Virtue is beauty ; in a noble mind Whatever is most fair, thou'lt surely find. — Bishop Spalding. SIXTEENTH "When we understand that every divine quality can be cultivated and brought to physi- cal expression, then shall we understand the true value and supreme dignity of beauty." — Anonymous. 63 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SEVENTEENTH Beauty in woman is power. — De Rotrou. EIGHTEENTH All persons exist to society by some shining trait of beauty or utility, which they have. — Emerson. NINETEENTH She is pretty to walk with, and witty to talk with, and pleasant, too, to think on. — Sir John Suckling. 4- TWENTIETH Refinement creates beauty everywhere. — Hazlett. TWENTY-FIRST Harmony is beauty, poise is beauty, happi- ness and health are beauty. — Dresser. TWENTY-SECOND A thing of beauty is a joy forever; its love- liness increases : it will never pass into nothing- ness. —Keats. 64 JUNE TWENTY-THIRD To oxen, horns; to horses, their hoofs, had nature given; to timid hares, their fleetness; and fearful teeth to lions ; to fish, the power of swimming; to birds, the power of flying; to man, of understanding. What, then, was left for woman? What could she give her? Beauty; above all other weapons, offensive or defensive, she conquers even iron, or fire, whom beauty aideth. — Anonymous. TWENTY-FOURTH He thought it happier to be dead, to die for beauty, than live for bread. — Emerson. TWENTY-FIFTH 'Tis not a lip or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all. —Pope. TWENTY-SIXTH Give me a look, give me a face, that makes simplicity a grace. — Jonson. 65 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWENTY-SEVENTH A free soul only, grows not old, For he lives in worlds unseen; Where stealthy Time can take no hold, Nor dim fair beauty's sheen. — Bishop Spalding. TWENTY-EIGHTH Beauty draws us with a single hair. — Pope. TWENTY-NINTH Beauty rides on a lion. — Emerson. THIRTIETH Earth's noblest thing — a woman perfected. — Lowell. 66 Self-Possession To be successful, a person must be self- poised, and to be self-poised one must have the balancing power of thought, which brings poise and even strength. It is an erroneous belief that the constant use of the brain is destructive of physical strength, for men of thought and mental force have invariably been distinguished for lon- gevity of life. The great problem of to-day is — how best to conserve our forces, mental and physical — to get the best results. There is such mental confusion everywhere ! We are living in an age of wonderful inven- tions, great discoveries, new thoughts, and un- restricted impressions; the world is literally torn up with new ideas and suggestions, each one contradicting the other. Is it any wonder that our minds are confused and bewildered, and that we lack the balancing power of thought which brings self-poise, strength and longevity ? Be thou but self-possessed And thou hast the art of living. — -Goethe. 69 JULY FIRST Stick to your aim — the mongrers hold will slip, but only crowbars loose the bull-dog's grip. ^ — Holmes. SECOND He that has patience may compass anything. — Rabelais. THIRD One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. — Lowell. 4- FOURTH Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls must dive be- low. ^ — Dryden. FIFTH Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, — these three alone lead life to sovereign power. — Tennyson. 70 JULY SIXTH Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you. — Emerson. SEVENTH Just do a thing and don't talk about it. This is the great secret of success in all enterprises. Talk means discussion, discussion means irri- tation, irritation means opposition, and opposi- tion means hindrance always, whether you are right or wrong. — Sarah Grand. 4- EIGHTH The important thing is to have an aim and to pursue it with perseverance. — Bishop Spalding. 4- NINTH Mental power helps to keep the body strong and to preserve it. — Matthews. 4- TENTH Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part, there all the honor lies. — Pope. 71 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY \/ ELEVENTH Nothing is so strong as gentleness; nothing so gentle as real strength. — St. Francis de Sales. 4- TWELFTH Brain-building is the science of the future. —Gates. THIRTEENTH Reserved knowledge is always reserved strength. — Kingsley. FOURTEENTH Never hold anybody by the button or the hand, in order to be heard out, for if people are not willing to hear you, you had much better hold your tongue, than them. —Chesterfield. FIFTEENTH Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. —Burke. 72 JULY SIXTEENTH Best men are moulded out of faults. — Shakespeare. SEVENTEENTH Culture implies all which gives a mind pos- session of its powers. — Emerson. EIGHTEENTH My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure. — Tennyson. 4- NINETEENTH Strength and weakness of mind are mis- named ; they are really only the good or happy arrangement of our bodily organs. — Rochefoucauld. TWENTIETH The human race is divided into two classes — those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit and inquire, "Why wasn't it done the other way?" — Holmes. 71 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWENTY-FIRST The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small. — ^Johnson. TWENTY-SECOND By exercise of its faculties, the spirit grows, just as a muscle grows strong through con- tinual use. — Hubbard. TWENTY-THIRD Order and system are nobler things than power. — Ruskin. TWENTY-FOURTH Let the old tell what they have done, the young what they are doing, and the fools what they intend to do. — Bishop Spalding. 4- TWENTY-FIFTH In public affairs, weak heads have wrought more ruin than wicked hearts. — Rochefoucauld. 74 JULY TWENTY-SIXTH It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. — Benjamin Franklin. TWENTY-SEVENTH Knowledge is more than equivalent to force. — Samuel Johnson. TWENTY-EIGHTH Luck is ever waiting for something to turn up ; labor, with keen eyes, and strong will, will turn up something. ^ — Cobden. TWENTY-NINTH One can stop when he ascends, but not when he descends. ^ — Napoleon I. THIRTIETH Two-thirds of life is spent in hesitating, and the other third in repenting. — Souvestre. THIRTY-FIRST Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. — Michael Angelo. 75 Exercise DAILY exercise is an important factor in life, in order to secure a healthy action of the nerves, for the nerves control all move- ments of the body. Proper exercise, giving the right amount of pressure and strain, is neces- sary, that all the muscles of the body may be- come strong and healthy, but one should never exercise until the vital forces of the body are used up in muscular action. A very small percentage of women possess the suppleness, strength and beauty of form, which is theirs by right, if they will take the amount of exercise necessary to round out the curves and angles. Exercise helps to keep the body young and symmetrical; it is the lubricating oil for stiff joints and unused muscles. Frequent ex- ercise of the muscles quickens the flow of blood in the veins, and helps to strengthen the heart action; and well directed exercises will relieve the heart of much hard labor. Few women are courageous enough to dis- cipline their bodies that they may be symmetri- cal in figure and graceful in carriage; few in- deed, appreciate the fact that grace of move- ment not only helps to maintain health, but to regain it, if lost. 79 AUGUST FIRST The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, — to live as if he were poor. — Sir W. Temple. SECOND Grace is to the body what good sense is to the mind. — Rochefoucauld. THIRD We in vain summon the mind to intense ap- plication, when the body is in a languid state. — Gallus. •^ FOURTH "As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without culture, so the mind without cultivation can never produce good fruit." •J* — Anonymous. FIFTH Perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time. — Voltaire. 80 AUGUST SIXTH He who does not take time for exercise will have to take time for illness. — Lord Derby. SEVENTH He is the best physician who is the best teacher of gymnastics. — Galen. EIGHTH The first wealth is health. — Emerson. NINTH The more the will surmounts obstacles, the more it gains in power. Hope may then unite itself unceasingly to faith. — Philosophy of Hermes. TENTH Take time enough, all other graces will soon fill up their proper places. — Byron. 81 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY ELEVENTH Style is the dress of thoughts. —Chesterfield. TWELFTH I am always in haste, but never in a hurry. — ^John Wesley. THIRTEENTH Each one of us is the builder of a temple called the body, nor can we get off by hammer- ing marble instead. — Lyon. FOURTEENTH The best doctors in the world are: Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. —Swift. FIFTEENTH We have had something too much of the gospel of work. It is time to preach the gospel of relaxation. — Spencer. 82 AUGUST SIXTEENTH Let us pause and catch our breath On the hither side of death; Lose all troubles, gain release, Languor and exceeding peace. — ^James Whitcomb Riley. SEVENTEENTH It is certain that either wise bearing or ignor- ant carriage is caught as men take diseases, one of another; therefore let men take heed of their company. * — Shakespeare. EIGHTEENTH Action is transitory — a step a blow; the motion of a muscle, this way or that. — Wordsworth. -i- NINETEENTH If I cannot realize my Ideal I can at least idealize my Real. — Gannett. 4- TWENTIETH The best is yet to be, the last of life, — for which the first was made. — Browning. 83 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWENTY-FIRST Woman is the nervous part of humanity; man the muscular. ^ —Halle. TWENTY-SECOND Thus it becomes more and more evident that true living is not merely a mechanical or even a scientific process only, but it is an art — the finest of the fine arts. •J* — Lyon. TWENTY-THIRD 111 habits gather by unseen degrees. As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. — Dryden. TWENTY-FOURTH Strong reasons make strong actions. — Shakespeare. 4- TWENTY-FIFTH A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bones of manhood. 'i' —Burke. TWENTY-SIXTH God hath made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions. — Eccl. vii: 29.— Old Test. 84 AUGUST TWENTY-SEVENTH We think with our bodies as well as our minds. Scientists tell us not only that the spinal cord contains grey matter like the brain, but that all our nerve processes are forms of thought. We therefore think literally to the ends of our fingers and toes. — Lyon. TWENTY-EIGHTH Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. •5* —Goldsmith. TWENTY-NINTH Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible. — Sheridan. THIRTIETH But when ill indeed, — e'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed. — George Colman, Jr. THIRTY-FIRST Man as yet is being made, And ere the crowning age of ages, Shall not aeon after aeon pass, And touch him into shape? — Tennyson. 85 Obesity: Cause and Cure Too much flesh is caused by the mal~ assimilation of one's food, whereby fat accumulates in and between the tissues, instead of being consumed in the body as it should be to supply strength, activity and heat. One great cause of obesity is over-eating; another cause is too little exercise of the right kind. Exercises should be carefully directed and executed, so they will reach the parts that have become overgrown or out of proportion, for good results cannot be obtained by careless, promiscuous work. Any one who really desires to get rid of su- perfluous flesh can do so if they will adopt a regular code of exercise and be careful about eating foods that create fat. Don't let "fatty inertia" keep you from ex- ercising sufficiently each day to stimulate the body to activity and energy. Get yourself out of the sluggish habits that breed fat. Start each new day with the deter- mination that you will not be tied down to earth by clod upon clod of fatty tissue. Try a little sensible fasting — reduce the quantity of your food to one-third the usual 89 y^^ HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY amount at each meal, or leave out one meal daily. You will be surprised how little food is needed, not only to maintain your strength, but increase it. Nothing so quickly clears the com- plexion, brightens the eyes, and tones up the whole system, as a little judicious fasting. In your diet avoid sweets, starches and fats, and avoid all stimulants; use no coffee, fresh bread or potatoes, and do not drink water ex- cept between meals. One of the world's most noted scientists says that "the entire human structure can be' com- pletely changed, made over, within a period of less than a year, and that some portions can be entirely remade within a period of a very few weeks." Six weeks of systematic and persistent exer- cising, careful dieting and proper bathing will produce most gratifying results — try it ! 90 SEPTEMBER FIRST O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt! — Shakespeare. SECOND The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. — New Testament. THIRD There is an inmost center in us all, where truth abides in fulness, and around, wall upon wall, gross flesh hems it in. — Browning. FOURTH Her stature tall, — I hate a dumpy woman. — Byron. FIFTH Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body came to be called in question by it. — Lamb. 91 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SIXTH The form — the form alone is eloquent! — Bonaparte. SEVENTH How can I hear what you say when what you are is forever thundering in my ears ? —Emerson. EIGHTH Not soul helps flesh more than flesh helps soul. — Browning. 4- NINTH We know what we are, but we know not what we may be. — Shakespeare. TENTH "I have fed like a farmer. I shall grow as fat — Anonymous. as a porpoise." 92 SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH The chief pleasure (in eadng > does not con- sist in costly seasoning or exquisite £avor — but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce by sweat- ing? — Horace. TWEL FTH A faultless zzdy and a blaneless mind. —Pope. THIRTEENTH Ccme forth into the light of things — let Na- r^re ce ycur teacher. — Wordsworth. FOURTEENTH -Young. 4- FIFTEENTH Few things are i~r:ss::ie :: ziligenze and skilL — Johnson. 93 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SIXTEENTH There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation, what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health. — Bacon. SEVENTEENTH Too much food is a far more common error than too little. The laws of life put a premium upon moderation. —Wood. EIGHTEENTH Fair, fat and forty. —Scott. •!• NINETEENTH God may forgive sins, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth. — Emerson. TWENTIETH My business is not to remake myself, but make the absolute best of what God made. — Robert Browning. 94 SEPTEMBER TWENTY-FIRST Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. — Bacon. •J- TWENTY-SECOND Physical culture covers the ground work of bodily well-being, and embraces every aid to perfect health. — Hancock. TWENTY-THIRD An easy manner and carriage must be wholly free from those odd tricks, ill habits and awk- wardness, which even very worthy and sensi- ble people have in their behavior. — Chesterfield. 4- TWENTY-FOURTH And ne*er did Grecian chisel trace, a Nymph, a Naiad or a Grace, of finer form or lovelier face. —Scott. TWENTY-FIFTH A daughter of the gods, divinely tall and most divinely fair. — Tennyson. 95 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWENTY-SIXTH Many things difficult to design prove easy to perform. — Johnson. TWENTY-SEVENTH There's not a monster bred beneath the sky, But well disposed by art may please the eye. — Brunetiere. TWENTY-EIGHTH Awkwardness is a more real disadvantage than it is generally thought to be ; it often occa- sions ridicule, it always lessens dignity. —Chesterfield. 4- TWENTY-NINTH She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitchfork. —Swift. THIRTIETH Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt, It's like sending them rufHes when wanting a shirt. — Goldsmith. 96 Foods IF we understood more thoroughly the me- dicinal value of foods, we could many- times use them for physical ills. For exam- ple: spinach and dandelion are good for the kidneys, celery is good for nervous disorders, rheumatism, neuralgia and nervous dyspepsia; while lettuce has often relieved insomnia. As- paragus has a tendency to induce perspiration and relieve the system of impurities. Tom.atoes contain vegetable calomel and are good in some cases for liver troubles as also is parsley. But at the head of the list, for curative properties, stands the humble onion, and in no well-reg- ulated household should they be absent from the table more than one day in the week. If eaten every day, they have a remarkable whit- ening effect upon the complexion. Pieplant is excellent for purifying the blood, and figs as a food for a sluggish condition of the system. It is impossible to prescribe a full diet for general use, without knowing existing condi- tions. Exercise care in diet, avoid rich pas- tries and all foods which disagree with you when in good health. Eat regularly and do no mental or laborious work immediately after eating, for this is the time when the stomach 99 LOFCo HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY requires the blood to assist in the process of digestion. If the digestive organs are working properly, the brain and nerves will be supplied with the pure blood necessary to keep them healthy and strong, — and a good digestion goes a long way toward making a cheerful, happy life and a de- sirable old age. Dr. E. H. Dewey says, "Take away food from a sick man's stomach and you have be- gun, not to starve the sick man, but the dis- ease." Dr. Nicholas Senn, one of Chicago's leading surgeons, says: "The average person eats too much. Simple living and plain food and a re- turn to the life of fifty years ago would rob the grave of a hundred thousand victims an- nually. People must walk and breathe fresh air, or they will stagnate and die.'* 100 OCTOBER FIRST It is possible to be cured of everything and sick of nothing. — Madame Swetchine. SECOND Health! Thou chiefest good! Bestow'd by heaven, but seldom understood. — Lucan. THIRD Now good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both. •s* — Shakespeare. FOURTH Wilful dyspepsia is an abomination to the LrOrd. * — Cuyler. FIFTH If we feel that we must have dyspepsia, let us keep it out of our head, — let us keep it from getting north of the neck. — Jordan. 101 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SIXTH If you fly physic in health altogether, it will be too strange for your body when you shall need it. If you make it too familiar, it will work no extraordinary effect when sickness Cometh. ^ —Bacon. SEVENTH In the treatment of nervous cases, he is the best physician who is the most ingenious in- spirer of hope. ^ —Coleridge. EIGHTH Physic for the most part is nothing else but the substitute of exercise and temperance. — Addison. •^ NINTH The business man who lets his dyspepsia get into his disposition, and who makes every one around suffer because he himself is ill, is syn- dicating ill-health. •^ — ^Jordan. TENTH Throw physic to the dogs, — I'll none of it. — Shakespeare. 102 OCTOBER ELEVENTH Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven. — Shakespeare. 4- TWELFTH Sentimentally I am disposed to harmony; but organically I am incapable of a tune. — Lamb. THIRTEENTH Rigid care as to a digestible diet does not mean fussiness. It means a clear head, clean blood and a chance of longevity. — Cuyler. FOURTEENTH In sickness, respect health principally; and in health — action. •^ — Bacon. FIFTEENTH Who shall decide when doctors disagree? — Pope. SIXTEENTH Even if a man has a fairly good and unmort- gaged constitution to start with, there are sev- eral practices and methods to ward off the in- firmities of a premature old age. — Cuyler. 103 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY SEVENTEENTH Plain living and high thinking. — Wordsworth. EIGHTEENTH Life is worth living, if it be lived in a way that is worth living. — ^Jordan. NINETEENTH Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend; there the whole aspect of things changes. — Emerson. TWENTIETH "Health, like worth of character, must be de- veloped from within, not rubbed on from with- out." To think, to feel, to act, to be. This is life's mighty mystery; But being is the secret spring. From which the rest their birth-right bring. — Upham. 104 OCTOBER TWENTY-FIRST What makes all physical or moral ill ? There deviates nature, and here, wanders will. — Pope. TWENTY-SECOND Our strength grows out of our weakness. — Emerson. TWENTY-THIRD Man makes a death which nature never made. — Young. TWENTY-FOURTH Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, — health, peace and compe- tence. — Pope. TWENTY-FIFTH Nothing is more absolute than the command of the mind over the body. — Fenelon. 105 HEALTH, GRACE AND BEAUTY TWENTY-SIXTH A few strong instincts and a few plain rules. — Wordsworth. TWENTY-SEVENTH There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently. — Shakespeare. TWENTY-EIGHTH By a regular system of exercise, the joy of living is augmented. — Gates. TWENTY-NINTH In nothing do men approach so nearly to the gods as in giving health to men. — Cicero. •^ THIRTIETH Simplicity cuts off waste and intensifies con- centration. ^ — Jordan. THIRTY-FIRST "For every ill beneath the sun There is a remedy or none ; If there be one, resolve to find it ; If none, submit and never mind it." — Anonymous. 106 Complexion j£i^^^^^^aBUiia