The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-08
NEVER sMokEs CIGARETTES.
what FitEsimmons Says About Get
ting and Keeping strong.

fWfN the ANFN A0ih 1RhtAaAs
Mr. Fiizsimmons IL the oldes. as well
az the greatest fighting man on earth at
present His profession we cannot ad
mire although he Is only doing for
smaller reward what Duguesciin did In
the old days when France needed saving
Ile IS whipping every man in sight.
Al an age when other fighters have lost
their voices telling OF tho rast. he IL SIN
ready and abe His muscles and brain
work together with precision. Ia his
blows reside the FIRE OF youth AMI the an
noying precision OF the old professional
q rare combination.
Ask Mr. Fitzsimmons why he is great
In spite OF years His heavy hand pen
sively rubs the freckles OF his brow. con-
ccailng that brow. but leaving visible
two small. piercing blue eyes and face
which - bright and rosy wherever the
freckles give II chance. With an inter
esttug accent he says:
It's Just living right You don't have
70 get Old early u YOU don't want TO.
Fighters are usually past their prime ~
o. and old men At 3. 50 foolish people
think that physical coalition cannes out
last those few years.
It's not time is foolishness that make
men. Old.
Drink. late hours. cigarettes IN youth
and the idea some men have thsi the
way TO have fun TO ruin your health
those things make young men old.
live quietly, steep regularly. drink
moderately. a little ale or beer. never
spirits
I would as soon learn TO crochet as TO
smoke a cigarette In fact. Ia rather
crochet. II a man criticised me for doing
thst ] could give him sorse kind OF an
answer or az least give him punch
Tor ori,icislng. Bw n he caught me
smoking a cigarette Ia have 20 confess
that had gone wrong.
I keep young because live the way we
were intended 20 live.
Millions OF men and boys who cannot be
reached by the pious parson. the earnest
editor or the weeping woman will listen
eagerly 20 Fiizsimmons and believe him.
Boys especially will listen 20 his earnest
denunciation OF cigarettes. A paie-faeed.
narrow -chestcd editor an auaemic. soulful
clergyman and q good woman with deli
cate soul and body may all say at once:
Little hoy, YOU should not smoke cigar
cites. II YOU want 10 be a big strong
man. YOU must not smoke cigarettes "
The little boy will look az the parson. the
editor and the lady and laugh deris.vely
lie will say. You don't smoke cigar
cites and YOU are not much to look at
] don't want TO grow up 10 be like any
OF you. 80 I guess III smoke"
But let Fitzsimmons say:
Little boy. my name h Fitzs.mmons -
II licked Corhett
Il licked Rubin.
Il licked Sharkey.
II licked 50 many that it's all my wife
! can do 10 remember their names
/ 4 licked over a hundred with hare fists
/ IN Australia"
There YOU have your little hoy. with his
! eyes bursting out Of his head and his
/ brain ready 10 take for gospel truth and
[ forever remember whatever may come
J next. Then lct Fitzsimmons say:
Little hoy. never mind what nnvbody.
I else tells YOU. YOU listen 20 me. / tell YOU
/ cigarettes are poison II YOU smoke them
I your muscles can't grow n YOU smoke
cigarettes MS zen 10 one YOU viii 20
] through life and never lick ANYBODY"
/ No boy will disregard a threat Of that
I kind The boy who would shiver with
shame az admitting that he let cigarettes
alone to please his mother would be proud
/ 60 say:
Il don't smoke cigarettes. and neither
does Fitzsimmons. I took his advice
! about a."
Many grown men. as well az boys. will
I be impressed by Fitzsimmon's advice.