The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-18
AN ATHLETE TALKS.
SENSIBLE ADVICE FROM THE LIPS or
A PERFECTLY MADE MAN

liked big men-men who are physically
big-and when they by some accident
do care for little men it's ten to one the
brains are big. To every woman, and
woman is at heart an uncivihzed crea-
ture, there is certain pleasure In the
that man can, ii he wants
to, kill you with a blow. The woman
who has not had this sensation Is the
one who has cultivated the original
woman out of herself and Is busy search
ing for fresh emotions. Consequently
Hercules is to O woman more beautiful
than Adonis, and If she admires man
who mentally is strong, thousand
times more does she care for the man
who can if he will govern by physical
strength and become what Swinburne
calls liking Of Pain" You can't deny
this, nor explain it, but it's true.
The churchgoing young woman who
met Mir. Muldoon was inquisitive, and
she made up her mind that she was go
ing to get some points on bigness and
beauty from him; SO with the audacity
of the fox terrier, the dog Of the day,
she asked:
"Mr. Muldoon, what constitutes per-
fcctly made mann"
"One whose neck, biceps and calves
all measure the same"
1t was a bit impertinent, but that is
the prerogative of woman and SO she
asked, do yoursY'
And he quietly answered, eyes"
Then she inquired, "What is the
reason that as one walks in New York
one notices that the women are larger.
look more healthy, walk better, and
from a physical standpoint are better
specimens than the men," .....
"Well," said he, "the trouble begins
with the care of tho boy when he is a
little chap; everything here is sacrificed
to the cultivation of the intellect, and
the small boys physical condition isn't
paid much attention to. You see the
sons of rich men who are weak, miser-
able specimens, killing themselves with
cigarettes, smaller and less strong than
their sisters and having no strength
physically. A good many of them are
towards. Train a boy morally and
physically first, and his brain will re-
spond when you call on it. Train the
brain at the expense Of the body and
You have just such specimens of man
hood as you laugh at"
Mr.. Muldoon, when you get q man
down and are looking him straight in
the eyes and know that you have him
almost in your power, what are you
thinking OFF,
IL am thinking only of ono thing, and
that is where | can best get a hold of
linn and how can best keep him where
want him to be-" H.. r..
Then he waa asked, GLOW long have
you been an athlete?"
Since was fifteen years old, and !
IN how forty-one. weigh els pounds
IL my tothes, EOS in fighting trim, or, as
the say in the south, in the buff. After
was thirty-fiv years old allowed my.
relS to gain ten pounds, because aftel
tnat H,,2 | think man needs little
more flesh. | have never used tobacco
aud do"'t drink.
What do think Of women? To be
quite honest, am q little afraid of them;
they are not so trustworthy as horses OF
dogs? What kind of woman do like;
like womaTly woman, woman who
is gentle and affectionate and who isn't
loud. l like woman whose face il
clean, not daubed all over with rouge
and powder. like woman who has q
little bit Of consideration for man, and
who, while Ire is willing to give her de.
votion and love, is ready to return il
with affection and kindly thoughts.
"But DO you want me to tell you what
is killing half the population of this
country"
The inquisitive one said she did-she
was seeker for knowledge.
at is the vilo air that is in tho cars,
boats, half the houses and hotels, and in
all the places Of amusement. You get
in a parlor car, and there is one person in
that car an invalid. or a woman, who
insists on having all the ventilators
| closed, and you have got to sit, possibly
sleep, in that foul air, breathing in the
diseases that everybody else has. If they
would spend less money on making q
car handsome ard more on making il
healthful, there would not be half as
much wickeJness as there is, for when
men and women are thoroughly well
| there is not much chance of their going
wrong"
"But about women
Il think there are 100 good women
to enc good man, and where woman
makes mistake it usually is the fault
Of man. 1t is perfect nonsense, how
eve, shooting such creatures, as we
have heard of lately. They ought to be
caught by the nape of their necis and
tossed out of window and left to get
rlong as best they can
"Who Is your favorite actors"
MIR. Booth"
"What are your favorite flowersT
"Violets."
"What is your favorite color?"
"Pale blue"
And then, with characteristic jump
from flowers and colors, the inauisit:ve
one asked, "At prize fight do they
spill much bloodT"
"No," said Muldoon; "the amount of
blood spilled is usually very much ex-
aggerated. When Sullivan fought Kill
rain, on July s, 1880, the fight lasted two
hours and eighteen minutes, and there
wasn't enough blood shed to entirely
stain pocket handkerchief.-AW Woman
in New York Sun.
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