ed. It is a case of 'must' with us; and
although there have been times when, had I been at home, or a private
man, I could have taken to my bed with as good a right to be sick as
any one ever had, I have not done so, and have worn off the attack
through sheer necessity. It's no fiction that will power is the best
of tonics, and theatrical people understand that they must keep a good
stock of it always on hand."

A tight-rope walker was so ill with lumbago that he could scarcely
move. But when he was advertised to appear, he summoned all his will
power, and traversed the rope several times with a wheelbarrow,
according to the program. When through he doubled up and had to be
carried to his bed, "as stiff as a frozen frog."

Somewhere I have read a story of a poor fellow who went to hang
himself, but finding by chance a pot of money, he flung away the rope
and went hurriedly home. He who hid the gold, when he missed it,
hanged himself with the rope which the other man had left. Success is
a great tonic, and failure a great depressant.

The successful attainment of what the heart longs for, as a rule,
improves health and happiness. Generally we not only find our treasure
where our heart is, but our health also. Who has not noticed men of
indifferent health, perhaps even invalids, and men who lacked energy
and determination, suddenly become roused to a realization of
unthought-of powers and unexpected health upon attaining some signal
success? The same is sometimes true of persons in poor health who have
suddenly been thrown into responsible positions by death of parents or
relatives, or who, upon sudden loss of property, have been forced to do
what they had thought impossible before.

An education is a health tonic. Delicate boys and girls, whom parents
and friends thought entirely too slender to bear the strain, often
improve in health in school and college. Other things equal,
intelligent, cultured, educated people enjoy the best health. There is
for the same reason a very intimate relation between health and morals.
A house divided against itself can not stand. Intemperance, violation
of chastity, and vice of all kinds are discordant notes in the human
economy which tend to destroy the great harmony of life. The body is
but a servant of the mind. A well-balanced, cultured, and
well-disciplined intellect reacts very powerfully upon the physique,
and tends to bring it into harmony with itself. On the o