The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-14
THE NEW MAN" ARRIVES.
HE HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED, BUT
is HERE NEVERTHELESS


He Outshines the "New WOman"-He
Cares for His Health, Dresses
Plainly, Doesn't Think Ii Is Fash
iOnable TO CarOuse, Works Faith
fully and Takes Cold Baths. "a
Thing His Grandfather Never Did.
From the New York Press.
A broad-minded man. with abundant
silver hair, with eyes that had the snap
and fervor of youth, a man who had
made a fortune by his efforts before
Sumter was bombarded, who has lost two
fortunes since then and has paid every
debt. dollar for dollar, started the CONVEX
sation which ended in this article by Civ
ing an athletic young man in his office
a caressing pat on the back
In the midst of this talk about the
New Woman" he said 81 wonder if it
has occurred to any one that there is
New Man? 1t seems to me that he is
more tangible than the new woman.
You can place him. you can point him
out on the street. Nobody seems to be
able to point out the new woman. But
| the new mamie is right here"
The young man blushed a little. He
did not know whether he had been com
| plimented or was about to be criticised
Sometimes old gentlemen are given to
curtain lectures and are quite sure that
the young men of to-day are degenerate.
compared with those of yesterday.
Il suppose you drink little and smoke
a little, eh?' continued the old gentle
man.
Yes. And 1 suppose We young fellows
are a great deal worse than you old fell
lows were when you were young. I ex-
pect that you are right We live fast in
these days If any of us ever reach your
age, and have your health and vigor-
and your good looks" and the young
man bowed.
Now, sir, you think you have stolen
my thunder, you young rascal But the
joke is on you. The young men of to-day
in New York are far ahead Of the young
men of my day. both morally and physi-
cally. As for myself. if you wish to con-
slider me an example of healthy old age.
l will say that l hardly followed the GUS
TOMS which prevailed among younge men
OF my day. i was poor, and came from
| the country to be clerk on meager sal
airy. had to Work-or | did work at
least1sixteen hours a day, for l was very
| ambitious. Wen. l have outlived all of
| the young men who went in for pleas
ures OF the moment and who were quite
| certain that l was working myself to
| death. | remember a few other Young
| men who put in sixteen hours a day Mavor
Strong and Governor Morton are among
| the number. They have worked pretty
hard, and there are few like them. But
| nifty years hence such vigorous men will
be common sight. and I'll tell you why
| The new boy behaves himself much
better than the old boy. l said YOU were
| little wild, Ell? All the Joke is on YOU
again. You take care OF your health you
exercise. The old boy did not. Why,
| remember the time when dumbbells were
only for the use of professional athletes,
when you never visited a house without
| drinking wine, and when every young man
who made any pretense at fashion was I'M
| der the effects of liquor before he went
| to bed Men wore ribbons and were senti-
mental and eXcitable. In the morning a
man took his glass of liquor as regularly
| as his breakfast. 1t braced him up for
the days labor On the other hand, there
was the man who never drank at all and
| who was not nearly so common as he is
| now. Almost invariably he was narrow
| minded, and thought drinking little short
! of a sin, But he took no more exercise
| than the drinking man.
Rich and unwholesome foods were eat
| en- by those who could afford them. To-
| day young men of wealth refuse to eat
| such foods, as matter of temperance
You were educated al college. Remember
/ that age makes these things appear diff
| ferently, and don't take without a reserVa-
/ tive the statement of your father when
he tells you that college men had a better
| idea then of how to take care of them
| selves. | have seen the Harvard students
| of 1916 and of 1895 Those Of As would have
stood no chance in tug-of-war with those
of '95. Why, they had no gymnasiums
then, no physical culture. They paid no
| attention to their bodies, and were sup
| posed to pay all of their attention to their
| minds-head was everything, body moth
ing. The result Is that the young man of
| to-day has much better body and, con-
| sequently, a much better head-a better
| head for all-around purposes.
Now, don't be fiattered-the joke is on
you again. The young men of to-day don
| deserve all, although they deserve some of
! the credit for the change They a "a IF
of the movement of the age-of the mighty
wave of industrial activity following the
! war. Hou must prepare yourself accord
ing to the new custom If you want to be
| in the race at all. Never has there been
such interest taken in equipping the body
| of the boy so he shall be able to stand
| long hours of labor and the strain co-exist-
/ ent with the struggle for success. The
new man is a soldier. He needs no officer
to discipline him. He disciplnes himself
| In the future we shall see old merchants
as well as old generals with rosy cheeks
| and square shoulders.
YOU are all right, my boy I tell YOU
You are much better than your grand
| father, or father, or even the brother who
! IS ten years your senior 1t does the hearts
| of US old men good to have a look at Won -
By that time the old gentleman's cigar
had gone out and the sturdy pair walked
| arm in arm over to the Rector street sta
ton of the elevated railway.
You may see this New Man upon our
| streets any hour Of the day You will
| know him by the old gentleman's descrip-
| tion-neat, plain dress Involving no fop-
pishness) the healthy glow in his face.
| the broad shoulders ana the alert step
He is not given to gossip. and when he
talks with you he tells what he wants
rs quickly as II can be told He may
drink with you, but not carouse with vol
| Usually but not always, by any means
| he was educated at college, where he
got that healthy glow and those square
| shoulders Probably he is pursuing a
| specially, and, like all specialists his
| work is his life But he never talks shop"
! outside OF business hours. After dinner
he rests-rests as thoroughly as he works
! and this Is the old genrleman's idea OF
| discipline. He may 80 to the theater or
| ing. Seven o'clock the next morninn
| finds him emerging from q cold bath
] having that reunited brightness az tho fIol-