HEALTH CONDITIONS 



is our part to remove the obstacles. We 

 now have colleges of medicine and of dis- 

 ease, but we shall sometime have colleges 

 of health. The mental attitude toward 

 health and disease is the first thing to be 

 considered. To a great extent, our state 

 of mind determines the bodily functions 

 and controls the progress of disease. This 

 is well illustrated in the undoubted success 

 of many of the systems of faith cure. We 

 must arrive at a sense of mastery over our- 

 selves. 



New kind of dwelling 



We must have a new kind of country 

 residence. Every building should be 

 adapted to its place and its uses, and it 

 should be built as largely as possible of 

 native and local material. Many a farm- 

 er's wife has worn herself out by going up- 

 stairs and downstairs and traveling through 

 intermediate rooms, when a different plan 

 of the building might have placed the 

 kitchen and dining-room and the supplies 

 within easy reach. Water must be taken 

 into the house and all wastes must be taken 

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