Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 77, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1927 — Page 7
AUG. 9, 1927
TELLS SECRET OF PERFECT MOTHERHOOD
PRIZE-WINNING MOTHER, ONCE AN INVALID, REVEALS SIMPLE RULES FOR STURDY HEALTH Scores All Drugs As Useless
Says Common Sense Methods Will Work Miracles For Mothers Everywhere To rise from semi-invalidism to the role of prize winner as the •'healthiest mother” is an honor few women may attain. But that is exactly what happened to Mrs. Roger H. Meyers when she was awarded the first prize of SIOO.OO recently red by Health Commissioner rris, of New York City, for the healthiest mother. The fact that Mrs. Meters carried off the prize in“a competition which had enrolled thousands of other mothers is more significant in view of the discouraging physical 1 battle she was compelled to fight for many years before she found health and happiness. Mrs. Meyers was so sickly as a child that her own mother doubted if she would survive to grow into womanhood. And when finally she married, the first five years were such weary, dyspeptic, aching ones, that she often wondered how she would drag through the long day. Speaking of the great honor so recently won: “For several minutes,” she says, “I sat there amidst the applause completely overcome by the wonder of it all. Then I felt myself rising. “ ‘I am proud to have been found the healthiest mother,’ I said, ‘l’d rather be. the healthiest mother than the richest mother or the most distinguished mother. For after all, I know what it means to be the sickliest mother.’ ” Suddenly Mrs. Meyers found herself besieged with questions. What . had she done to be so healthy? How ' did she exercise? What did she eat? And so on and~so on. Mrs. Meyers’ method was so simple that she decided to write her story. Drugs, she says, are useless, but common-sense methods will work miracles for mothers everyHer story, “How I Became Healthiest Mother”, appears in Physical Culture Magazine. Heir To Millions Faces Loss of His Fortune Jokn Kingsbury, heir to millions, Isn’t exactly a modem King Cophetua. And the Miss Nobody who catapulted into his life is no beggar maiden. But as a result of their romantic adventures, Kingsbury faces not only the loss of his for-
CHOICE OF RIGHT EXERCISE MAT NOW EASILY OFFER PROPER KEY TO HEALTH
Bernarr Macfadden Evolves Exercise System to Fit Individual Needs “There is no excuse for weaklings. There are exercises to suit you, no matter what your walk in life may be." This is tho startling declaration hich Bernarr Macfadden, worldmous physical culture expert, makes in the August issue of Physical Culture Magazine. The value of exercise as a means •f attaining physical and mental vigor and health is accepted by everyone. But, as Mr. Macfadden rexnlnds vs, the question will often arise as to what kind of exercise to take, what particular muscular activity is needed to insure the greatest rewards. ' "The answer to this,” says Mr. Macfadden, "depends largely upon -one's habits of life and upon one’s individual requirements. Avery question, therefore, is: ,'iWhat do you wish exercise to accomplish for you? "Are you suffering from an ailment which you expect exercise to “V.elp you to remedy? Are you suffering from lowered vitality? Do you lack pep and power? Do you tire easily? Have you various physical defects which you would like $0 remedy?—Or, do you think you *re not a complete man or splendid woman? And are you nesirous of building up your physical status? The answer to any one or ail of these questions will, to a certain extent, assist you in making a proper “election. “It is desirable, first of all, to get •way from the impression acquired by some people that there are secret systems or methods of building vitality and muscular vigor that cannot be secured except by the Initiated.”
FINDS CORE FOR SHOT NERVES Natural Methods Win Where Medical Theories Fail How a prominent business man in this city, after suffering a complete nervous collapse, fought his way back from the shadow of the insane asylum to robust health, has come to light through the insistence of his friends that he gjye the world the benefit of his experience. This man, who prefers to conceal his identity behind the initials A. Me. N., had been wont to congratulate himself on his perfect health. To this 'fact 'he attributed his success in business. What he failed to realize was that to have health Is not enough. Os vastly more importance was to keep his health when he had it. It never occurred to him that if he neglected his body, his mind was bound to suffer —so that when the business crash came, he forgot everything else but his desperate need to save as much out of the wreckage as he could. Asa result, he worked frantically diy and night. He “had no time for exercise.” He smoked incessantly, ate or nothing as was convenient for him. His nerves developed an “edge”. He couldn’t sleep. Indigestion, severe headaches, dizzy spells followed. Soon he was a wreck. The doctors doped him with {his and that, but without avail. Haunted by the terrors -of death or the madhouse, he got a grip on himself and tried calmly to think his way out. His story, “Nerve Shot — And How I Came Back”, is a feature in August "Physical Culture Magazine. tune but his -high social position as well. They first met one afternoon in mid-September, when he had come down from the big white house om the hill to the edge of the lake to find her just coming out of the water. Since that part of the shore was private property, Mr. Kingsbury was naturally astonished at finding the girl there —but he could not help noticing that she was a very pretty, deep-chested, strong armed little thing. Convention demanded that he ignore her, but —well, that’s the way it started. Read what happened in “The Diving Girl”, by Kingsley Moses, in August Physical Culture Magazine.
“Muscular exercise, intelligently directed, strengthens the muscles, makes one more agile and supple, and lends vigor and vitality to the internal organs,” says Mr. Macfadden. “But the choice of exercises must be adapted to one’s habits of life.” “Finding the Exercise That Suits You,” in .august Physical Culture, is a profusely illustrated analysis which anyone can apply to himself.
DANGER FROM MOSQUITO BITES Noted Authority Offers Timely Advice on How to Avoid Infections From These Deadly Pests Since the United States Department of Agriculture began to conduct its experiments with mosquitoes, flies and other insects as carriers of disease among human beings, much has been learned regarding the best ways to combat the dangers created by these common pest/S. Among the foremost authorities on this subject is Edmund C. Gray, M.D., whose findings, based on long study of insects and their habits, has brought to light many important facts which everyone should know. “The evidence against the common house fly as a disease carrier is well known,” says Gray. “He crawls over what we eat and wipes his feet on it, without regard to where those feet have trod but a few minutes before.” There are other varieties of flies whose bites are vicious and painful. Some of them, he points out, may walk over wounds and infect them by depositing infected or decomposing material. Mosquitoes are dangerous, or mere -nuisances, says Dr. Gray, according to their breed. An interesting and instructive article by Dr. Gray on “What to Do For Fly and Mosquito Bites,” appears in August Physical Culture Magazine.
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Mrs. Roger H. Meyers— winner of the first prize of SIOO.OO, recently awarded by Health Commissioner Harris for the healthiest mother in New York City.
BLAMES HECTIC NIGHT LIFE AND FAST LIVING FOR INCREASING DEATHS FROM DREAD DISEASE
Writer Sounds Warning to Nation’s Pleasure-Mad Is the mad scramble for excitement, the indulgence in all manner of excesses, which constitute the worst feature of our modem civilization, increasing the death-toll from disease? Is the nation courting physical disaster by indulging in orgies of “food drunkenness”? Do “good times” mean so much more to the people than good health and long life that they will continue the mad pace until they “drop dead standing up”—victims of that dread scourge, apoplexy? “Apoplexy,” declares Edwin A Goewey, “is one of the most .errible menaces of our modern existence — perhaps the very worst except cancer and influenza with pneumonia. And apoplexy,” he adds, “is <he result of over-eating, overwork, tremendous nervous strain pver a considerable 'period, lack of necessary sleep, lack of exercise and outdoor life, habitual ill temper and fits of passion, et cetera.” i A celebrated physician, world famous because of his skill in the treatment of brain, heart and nerve diseases, is quoted by Mr. Goewey as authority for his assertions concerning the tendency of many pleas-ure-mad Americans toward apoplexy. “There is no reason,” said this physician, “other than deliberate willfulness and an insane flouting of the natural laws, for the great number of deaths from apoplexy in this country. There are hundreds of thousands of persons in this country to whom good health and long life are secondary considerations. So-called good times, excitement, continuous pleasure hunting, excesses of all kinds are, to
Gives Birth To Quadruplets All Four Babies Survive When Mrs. William Mahaney brought four babies into the world on Christmas Day, in 1923, the chances were hardly one in a thousand that she would be able to keep them together beyond six months of their birth. The experts said it “simply wasn’t being done.” But Mrs. Mahaney’s previous record as a mother gave her courage to try. Os six former children, only one had died; and she decided to make a desperate super-human attempt to rear the quadruplets. But how? Edith May and Edna Louise, weight four pounds ten ounces, and five pounds seven ounces, respectively, were the tiniest mites she had ever seen. The experts looked at them and said it would he utterly impossible for these little mites to live more than six months, regardless of the care they received. The other two, Lyda Christine and John Douglas, weighed respectively eight pounds nine ounces and eight pounds three ounces, and seemed healthy enough. That was over three years ago—and today lit is doubtful if four sturdier children exist anywhere. How did Mrs. Mahaney do It? She has written the story, entitled “ ‘You Can’t Raise Quadruplets’ They Say—But I Did It,” for August Physical Culture Magazine.
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them, the only worthwhile reasons for their existence. So they go blundering along until something “snaps, the brain ceases to function and the undertakers, are sent for.” “The very rhythm of life everywhere,” says Mr. Goewey, “is RUSH. Crash, jangle, smash, bang. So it goes on through the dizzy day and jazzed night. And the end is—disaster. It is a grim warning which Mr. Goewey has sounded in his startling article, “Is Pleasure-Mad America Heading Toward Apoplexy?” in August Physical Culture Magazine.
Science Helps Short Men Grow Tall Dietetic Research Shows Relation of Food to Growth While science has found no definite solution to the old problem of increasing human stature, It can offer a number of concrete suggestions to help young men get the full value out of whatever growth Impulse is in thenif At. least this is the conclusion drawn by Milo Hastings, Director of the Food Research Laboratory of Physical Culture Magazine. “The growth impulse,” says Mr. Hastings, “is born into us and runs a course that Is pretty much beyond our control. We read reports of young men who have doubled their muscular strength (by exercise rather than diet), and of people who have gained fifty pounds of weight or have lost one hundred and fifty pounds of fat. It doesn’t, therefore, seem unreasonable that there should be some diet that would add the necessary two or three inches that will change a man from a noticeably short man to one whose size is accepted without notice. To change muscle size and strength, however, one needs only to fill out or expand the diameter of the muscles.” Adding stature is another matter. It is nevertheless true, Mr. Hastings observes, that selection of the right “growth foods”, and the faithful performance of body-building exercises, will materially assist Nature in its efforts to make the most out of the material at its disposal. In an absorbing article entitled “Food to Make You Grow Taller,” appearing in the August issue of Physical Culture, Mr. Hastings offers many helpful suggestions to people who wish to increase their height. The little man does not look impressive. He may become a great thinker or executive, but in courtship and salesmanship he suffers a distinct handicap. Such men will be especially Impressed by Mr. Hastings’ article. Invents Electric Diagnosing Machine Physician Demonstrates New Way to Detect Organic Disease An electric machine, which its inventor claims will practically eliminate the factor of human error in diagnosing disease, has been perfected by Dr. J. Franklin Blanchard, head of the Blanchard Post Graduate Clinic of Omaha, Nebraska. With this machine, Dr. Blanchard says he can detect tuberculosis, cancer, etc., long before they are suspected by the individual. The invention is described in August Physical Culture Magazine.
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PSYCHOLOGISTS maintain that the average man can increase his earning capacity ten times. How much money are you making, dear reader? Are you getting the full quota that belongs to you? Or have you been satisfied with the ten or twenty per cent that Mr. Average Man obtains? Money is the prize that comes with success. It gives you the power to make your dreams come true. You can pick your sweetheart or husband more carefully—have a better home —give your children more advantages. Every young man —and young woman —starts in life with a full quota of enthusiasms, ambitions, visions of success. But as time goes on he weakens; enthusiasm abates; ambitions are forgotten; life becomes a struggle for board and clothes. Men of this sort lose their determination, their courage falters. Women lose their good looks; their power to lure and fascinate. No matter what your age may be, if you have lost the physical energy which is the actual force back of success you can look forward to the return of these richly prized powers if you will apply the principies now being used by successful men and women everywhere. Superb, abounding health is the definite foundation for the achievement of “BIG THINGS.” One must have full control of his body. He must have the physical
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HIKING LURES MANY DURING VACATION TIME Walking Proves Most Healthful of All Recreations Interest In hiking as an inexpenive and healthful form of summer recreation is shown by the increasing number of vacationists who prefer this kind of outdoor activity to any other. As Edgar Forest Wolfe says In "Hiking to Health and Happiness”, In Physical Culture Magazine for August, all It requires is a pair of legs and a knowledge of how to use them. Walking, he says, Is hard work only to those who do not use their legs beyond the bare requirements of necessity. But to those who hate yielded to the Call of the Open Road, it forms one of the greatest pleasures that life can bring. The organization of Hiking Clubs in many cities and towns has attracted hundreds of Intelligent men and women who appreciate the remarkable benefits to be gained by this delightful form of physical activity. In his article, Mr. Wolfe gives many helpful suggestions regarding equipment and "safety first" measures for both short and long hikes.
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Now Makes Pathetic Plea For Right Instruction • of Young Whether her mother’s unhappy married lifd had anything to do with It, there Is no doubt that she had managed to absorb a bitter, manhating philosophy from her mother'i unfortunate experience. “Work hard, study faithfully, and learn to do something. Just like a man,” her mother counseled. So the girl finished college and went Into training for a legal career. She proved a good lawyer, and built up a good practice—of its kind. But every hint of romance was religiously excluded from her life. Success in her profession —and the money that came with success—these fulfilled her every desire and —or so she thought—brought her happiness. Then came a day when she suddenly awakened to the fact that she was a failure—that her life had been a terrible waste. Marriage, a man to love her, a home where she could be queen—what wouldn’t she give If all the success and money she had won could be exchanged for these. Was It still too late? The true story of this girl’s tragic mistake and the desperate measures she adopted to correct it appears as one of the leading features in August Physical Culture Magazine. Incidentally tho very telling of her story is a pathetic plea for the right instruction of the young. Actually it is a startling human document.