Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-08


A day Of Sullivan under the Muldoon regime
Was much more laborious and included longer
and more violent exercise in the way Of run
ming, wrestling, punching the bag and walk
ing.
after physical culture plenty Of work and but
little fun; the exercise Ii not relieved of any Of
lite irksomeness BY the suggestion OF sport
There are no birds to be shot or trout to be
taken by way Of amusing the mind, - veil -
exercising the musclea
FRED oKBHARD WITH LAyLYN.
day With Latin 10 quite different Freddy"
Gebhard has been with him for some time mp
in Pike county working mp muscle and working
on fat Ex-senator Jacobs Of Brooklyn spent
month With Latin ct Fire Island not long
ago.
A day Of Gsbhsrd with Latin up in Pike con-
sists Of this: Rising at 6 or half past; Q short,
brisk walk before breakfast; start for the woods
trout brook with rod and creel, in flannel
shirts, stout walking shoes and knock about cos
tune; brisk run, inst hard enough 70 set the
heart pumping blood through the arteries on
the return In the evening; then . rub down
and sponge bath, and dinner or supper; then .
| little smoke and talk and bed
SENATOR JACOBS srAsHoRE rREArMrxr.
The most attractive program Latin holds
out to . seeker after more wind and On uscle
and less fat is his seashore treatment Take
Senator Jacobs, for example. A DAY Of his with
| Latin on Fire Island would be as follows: Rise
| at six, walk half mile to the beach, strip and
Jog trot mile or more on the sand; plunge into
| the surf. come out quickly, rub down with
sand and then jog back; here take another
plunge into the surf, another rub down, dress
and return TO the hotel; . light breakfast fol.
lowed by rest for two hours; get into boating
clothes and 60 to the beach again, strip to the
waist and row six miles; get into heavy sweaters
han hnx,a a..
to the ocean and swim a mile; 90 home and
rub down, have dinner and rest two hours;
then swing clubs and box with eight-ounce
gloves for an hour; rub down with alcohol: walk
three miles along the beach in sweaters; Jog
back to the house, get into blankets and sweat
for twenty minutes; rub down with alcohol,
rest an hour or two and take another long
swim!
There's good deal Of work about that, too.
MIND TRAINING MUSCLE
Now that was not the way the ancient Greeks
trained for the Olympic games, the victors in
which were the favorite models for the worlds
greatest sculptors. Theirs was an open air
| training, however. and running long distances,
throwing weights, wrestling and the cestus
we're their favorite exercises. The Greek train
ing, by its all-round development and its &C.
companyinR mental culture, produced ideals Of
male and female beauty.
Yet Mr.. Edwin Checkley declares that given
the same training our modern athletes would
greatly surpass the Greek records Muscle
molding schemes" says Checkley, that make
men die in middle life may be pictorialiy inter-
esting and may sound heroic. but the, are not
for that wise average mortal who vishe simply
| to feel light and strong and il need be, to find
himself ready to enter safely on any reasonable
physical undertaking. There is more straining
than training in a good many popular systems
prscticed in and out Of the college gymnasium.
THE strength Of q man so trained il only
afi Ne h.
properly or forfeit all chance Of ever becoming
| really strong; We must stand properly il We
| wish to give the body and its muscles chance
| to do and be their best"