THERE ARE TWO KINDS of health; one of the general body including the flesh, the nerves and the brain; the other relates to the electrical vitality which is allied with the sources of magnetism such as are described in this work. It is never a fact that mere physical or mental or even nervous health brings magnetism into use; for there may be a dozen counteracting influences that offset what is gained. There are robust farmers and robust city dwellers who seem to possess perfect health, yet who are lacking in personal magnetism. Any student of this book will see why they are not gifted with such power.

On the other hand there are persons who seem very frail who are quite magnetic. So there is another basis of success other than mere health of the body and its parts.

But it is true that anything that saps the vitality prevents the accumulation of magnetism; and PAIN of any kind is one of the greatest enemies in this line for it is exhaustive of nervous and magnetic energy.

We have never seen a person who was suffering from the toothache who had any magnetic control over others. This affliction not only saps the vitality and draws away its vigor, but sets up a still more dangerous enemy in the shape of irritation.

Whatever will irritate a person, whether in physical pain, or torture of the nerves, or mental aggravation, will rapidly reduce magnetic power. This fact is known to most persons whoare crafty, who take advantage of it to destroy the coolness andcalm demeanor that are so attractive in an opponent. It requires skill of personal management to ward off the attempts of another to irritate you; but this is generally mental irritation.

Pain from a toothache racks the nerves, if severe; and vitality flows out of the body faster than it is generated.

We have never seen a person who was suffering from head-ache, or rheumatism, or neuralgia, or neuritis, or other acute malady, who was magnetic at such times; although they might have been highly so when conditions were normal. We recall on one occasion hearing Beecher say in private that his last address was a failure because at the time he had a most painful attack of indigestion; and his hearers must have wondered why he was so stupid; yet under ordinary circumstances his personal magnetism exceeded that of any public speaker of his times, and his control over audiences was almost unlimited.

Pain.—It is one of the axioms of magnetism that anything that saps the life out of the nervous system is sure to demagnetize the body, which means that no person can hope to acquire power when the avenues of escape are as great as the opportunities of acquisition. Pain is the surest and quickest of all enemies. It wearies mind, nerves and flesh. A boil will lower the tone of the system through its exhausting influence, as also will a toothache, a headache, rheumatism, or any kind of physical torture.

How to get rid of these enemies is easily answered. A boil is not so great a problem, for the cure and the prevention are both at hand. The same is true of headaches and rheumatism. The toothache can be stopped in most cases by extraction or by treatment. But, whatever the cause, and whatever the remedy, the principle remains the same—there can be no magnetism where there is pain.

There are several reasons why bad teeth should be treated. One is that they generate pain, and so sap the vitality. Another is that they send into the blood and into the general circulation of the whole body, a virulent poison that affects the brain, the mind, the heart, and especially the nerves. One tiny drop of this poison contains billions of bacteria, and these spread far and wide in the blood and do injury that until recently was unaccountable. This injury may prove to be neuritis, or rheumatism, or neuralgia, or brain taint affecting the processes of thinking and even the criminal nature. Therefore the most sensible thing a sensible person can do is to get rid of the teeth if there is no other remedy.

But there is a still more potent reason why decayed teeth should not be allowed to remain in the mouth. The odor is offensive to those who must come in contact with the breath from such poison. In addition to this odor which is due to the height of neglect in personal care, every exhalation carries out upon the air millions of floating bacteria from open rottenness both in the teeth and tonsils. Speaking of the modern insanity known as "petting parties" in which painted girls with rotten tonsils, decayed teeth and intestinal poisons saturating the breath through blood circulation, kiss and are kissed by boys and young men with rotten tonsils, decayed teeth and intestinal poisons saturating the breath through blood circulation, a physician says: "From knowledge obtained in a professional way it may be stated with certainty that ninety-nine percent of these young people are foul physically, no matter what they are morally."—Such conditions are repellant, and therefore there is no hope of magnetic attractions in them, and they grow up as hopeless in after life as now. They furnish the common herd, without which there would be no chance for ambitious people to rise in the world.

"We have been informed of many cases where men with decayed teeth have been rejected by women who were repelled by this foulness. We have heard of many cases where women with decayed teeth have been unable to attract and win men worth having. Foulness is unmagnetic and therefore repellant. People with more desire for wasting their money in frivolities than for making themselves attractive, go through life losing friends and opportunities because of rotten teeth; and we have had information covering thousands of cases to the effect that chances for getting on in the world and winning greater rewards in every way, financially and otherwise, have been lost because of the stupid refusal to spend some of their earnings in getting cleanliness of the teeth, while they waste it for doubtful forms of pleasure. They injure their health, lose friends, lose respect of decent people, and lose opportunities lor bettering their financialcondition. Only recently have we learned of the case of a very brilliant young man who was in line of advancement where his salary would have been ten thousand dollars a year; and, instead, he was discharged. We asked the employer why this was done, and was given this reply: "He had been with us seven years. Our manager suggested to him that, as he had to meet many people, he should have his teeth looked after, and he told the manager that he had not employed a dentist at any time in his life and he did not intend to begin now. So we let him go. Since he has gone the air in the office is not as foul as when he was here."—It is a fact that one person with ulcerated or decayed teeth can send out into the air of a large room a very offensive odor.

Hence it is easy to see why ambitious persons will fail in life, even if capable and efficient. Another employer said, "There always comes the time when one or more of our employees may rise in their positions, and one or more may be dismissed. Personal habits or neglect have much to do with promotion and demotion."

The tonsils, when decayed, generally discharge pus in small drops from their pores. This pus, although very small, contains billions of bacteria which spread rapidly as they enter the circulation of the blood. In the "petting parties" it is estimated that practically every one of the petters has pus oozing from the tonsils; and this pus works its way to the lips and is transferred to the co-kissers; but in eating food or in drinking water or other liquid, the pus mixes with it and enters the stomach. Congestion in the stomach is fertile soil for germs and poisonous bacteria, and the rapidly spreading cases of ulcerated stomachs will be the result.

Under such conditions magnetism is impossible.

Personal neglect is always unmagnetic, even if it did not lead to disease and loss of vitality.

Any influence that tends to bring genuine success is an aid to magnetism; and it is a fact the odor of a bad breath is sending more men and women into the ranks of failure than any other unpleasant habit. The people who can help them, avoid them as much as possible.