Young Socialists Magazine 1916 Jan June.pdf

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THE' YOUNG SOCIALISTS' MAGAZINE
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FOOD.·.
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'rhe average person lias little
idea of the nutritive value of the
things he eats. He does not know
how his food should he combined
in quantity or element, or how it
should be varied to give him the
best return. He just stumbles
along in the dark, eating and
drinking according to the custom
of his countrymen, blindly following
hi s appetite. which is
often an unsafe guide because
improperly trained.
During the acti\'c growing
period of a h ~a lthy childhood
and young adult years, and in
older p~plc who fotlo\\' 3n
energetic physical and mental
lif~ of work and play. a good cooilitution
somehow survives the
f"Ough abuse to which the ordinary
individual subjects it in
feeding. ~liddlc life is safely
reached and passed. O ld age
comes shuffling 0 11 with more
deliberate step and silvered
crown. "And when those robbers,
Time and Death. athwart the
path. cOIl!'piring. !Otand;' their
prospective victim is--a watch
run down. a bullet spent, a bios·
sam born to bloom and drop its
peta.ls in decay. Men say. l'He
fitlcd full his allotted time and
died at a ripe old age:' This is
the resu1t w'hicfi the average man
would like to have for himself.
But what of the people handicapped
from birth by faulty digestive
and eliminating organs
How abollt those who inherit fine
appetites, but are cursed with
occupations which steat their
chances for normal exercise ~
How about a dozen other kinds
of folks. who, to li ve out their
threescore and ten, must have a
better system in dining
An excessive di et of carbohydrates,
if digested, will rUIl to
excessive fat ahout the heart, as
well as elscwhere, and burden the
heart in nourishing it. It is prone,
also. to disturb digestion. It is
bad for dyspeptics. Those with
stomach trouble wi ll oft en bcnefit
by resorting to a judicious
meat diet.
On the other hand. an excessive
meat (protein) di et overworks
the eliminating organs a nd
brings on degeneration of the
heart, blood vessels and kidney,
with high blood pressure. This.
in a broad way. means Bright's
disease ~nd premature old age.
Look at the many in dividuals
in the class of "forty, s~out. "
Their prominent abdomens are
burdens of useless fat. Bulky,
paunchy, flabby people, short of
breath and long on appctitethey
are onded and lInd er~
worked.
:\. pi g has appetite plus. and
little brai n. A man is little more
than a porker, if he rUll s to banquets
and neglects hi s biceps.
Forty inches about the waist
in a mall five fcet eight inches
tall. whethcr t wenty year~ old or
fift y, is a porcine proportion. If
he is not lazy. hi s energy rUlls to
pushing a pcn, eatin~ enough fo r
twO a nd "sitting tight." He rides
to and from hi s office. behind a
chauffeur, if he has one.
Ten to one he has to consult a
doctor suddenly, some day, for
gall stones, kidney stones,
Bright's disease. or other serious
trouble. "He spends the last
ten years of his life trying to
escape premature decay.
Added to these pudgy people.:
pampered on sweets, and t l··
seder'ltary people who make the
meals on meat, there is a thi,'
class. These habitually su fi"
fro111 faulty elimination. Thl
are constipated, bad breathed an·
coated of tongue. The 111otioll :­
of their eliminating tracts arc
slu gg-ish, and there is sand in the
gearin g of their gray matter.
Ch ronic absorption from their
thirty feet of scwer poisons their
hrai ns and vital organs. Their
scant exercise, careless habits ~!!4
faulty quality of food catcr to the
undertaker. Man's muscles, mind
and meals Illust be well balanced
to in sure comfort. comeliness
and long life.
Finally, food is a misfit wh en'
worry. fear, anger, hate or disappointment
dominates. They
check the Row of stomach juices
just as they interfere with appetite.
Good appetite and good
digestivn ,line with good cheer.
(October Bulletin. Department
of Health, Chicago.}'
BALl.OTS WILl. EDUCATE.
By Will. E. Bohn
1 n the public schools we ar ~
!lpending more mOlley on the eelu·
cation of girls than on that of boy~.
O ne of twO things is true. Either
the educated female is a good prodtlct
pa rtly wasted. or she is a poor
product and our monty is wasted.
As a matter of fact, she is a good
product. But she is not as good
as she might be. Give the girls the
prospect of active participation in
our political life and a wide range
of studies will gain new meaning
for more than half our pupils. They
wi ll learn more without the expen·
diture of an additional dollar. Anli
what they learn will gain in mean·
ing. The girl graduate will lean
~ hool a fitter person becau!'e she
ha .. seen from the start a reahln
for intelligent cithenship.
'l'ltE YOUNG SOCIA.Ll8TB' J[AOAJinB
I ! THREE LITTLE WAR PICTURES' ;s
• • date itself to their pace, the tune
very slow, sad, and ",ou:~lrul,
sounds Illm:h more hke a
; - By Allen Clarke . funeral march than a battle
~ ._ • challe n g"~.
I.
heen in a ('amp in a rura.l district.
This batch represent!' those
In the seaside town where 1
Their faces were brown and red;
who havc been to "the front" and
li ve, there were last winter some
their eyes bright; their step vivacious;
thcir voices brave and jolly
through the fire. They are ~ lIrthousands
of troops in training.
\'ivors. remnants of just such an·
as they sang a Illusic·hall ditty as
other fi nc .mel strong" fivc hundred
as the re gim ent 'Ipprnaching
Early in the 1'.;' ew Year they
they marched along. !\ot a limp,
went away.
not an llllsound limb. not a faltering-
foot amongst them all. All at The fi\'c hundred who ha\'c nnt
them.
Most of them ha ve now "died
for their country," as the news·
th eir best. all in splendid condition-
ready to go to " the front," ing- !'pecilllclls who havc.
yct "been in it" stare at th e~e liv·
papers say, and will come back to
Britain no more.
read)' to he transformed into-­ .\nd !,nme of the1l1 beg-in to
This autumn there are again
what
wonder.
some thousands of troops here ill
It i~ not an encourag-ing' specta("le.
f,lr thong-II it rOIl~es
training. Fresh batches; fresh
IT .
their
fuel to feed the great war·fire, the
mad bonfire of kings. They arc
being got ready ~o s~!!d to "the
front," to the line of sl~tlghter.
They are being well fed. They
are being drill ed and exercizerl to
make them fit and strong. They
are marched about inhaling the
rich seaside air that many of them
would neve r have ta!'tecl but for
the war. They are being de\'cIoped
to their ph y!'i~a l best , into
as fine specimens of manhood as
good food. fresh air. ilncl exercise
can make them. \\'hat for That
they may become healthy ci tizens
and thl' progenitors of a sounder
race Are they thus heing pre·
pa.red that they may ble!\s the
world with healthy useful li fe ~
O h dear. no! Xothing so
uto:)ian as that in this practical
age!
:\0, it is for death they are being
made so fit and strong.
The other day I saw a regiment
)f them marching along the prom·
cn ade. The. bugles blew; the
1rl1lnS rattled; the thousand feet
\\'c n ~ forward rhythmically. These
men had been in training for
!ilonths. All the summer, before
coming to our town, they had
The answer is !'omewhat sup·
plied by another batch of soldiers
('oming- in the opposite direction.
These are not so numerous as the
others-there are not five hundred
here-there arc only about
three dozen. The other fo ur
hund rcd anti odd of this lot have
not answcre d ihc roll·cal!. They
lie in France and F landers.
This batch is coming from the
(OIl\"a lescent camp at the other
end of the town. They. and others
like them. come out on ly for an
airing. T hey wear a rcd tie and
hlue tronsers-the badge of the
w()l!n(kd.
The..:e art" not walkin~ hri..:kly
alonr,-far fmlll it. They are not
e,"en in step-their injurie!' prevent
marching in uni~ o n . Some
:'Ire limping. somc hohhling. other:-
drag-ging a foot. others helpin~
thelllseives along with sticks.
\~hile still ot hers have an arm in
a !'Iing. or a bandage round their
head. Some of them look vcry
pale. \'ery weary, as they march
along. They have no bugler and
no drums with them ; but they are
whistling a tune as thet creep
along. But, in order to accommo-
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pity it also raises questions.
Are they-bri ght. strong-. actin
Tllcn- to run the risk of being
tllrned into slIch !'trkken weal,
crc;-otures as the!'e. by bayonet
and Indict all(1 shel\
I ~ there IW wa\' to seltk inter·
nati(lnal quarrel!' iltlt this
III.
It i~ three o'dork in the !11 ~1r Iling.
I t is a Su nday mOr!\mg.
am awakened fr om sleep by a
..:hrill whistl e. I know that
wh istle. It is the whistle SUnlmoning
(he soldiers \0 a5sefllhlc
for paradc. There arc nlany
~o ld ier:- billet('"d in Ollr street.
O ppo~ite our window,; i~ a hotlse
used a..: onlerly-ro