The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-27
SIR THOMAS Upton SAYS IT'S
SPORT THAT MAKES The MAN.

l SFSoAS VI Tie vOuuS ldUIeS WHO nave To
waltz for husband. That is almost as
far removed as the dancing behind tie
footlights for living from the real
spontaneous movement that expresses
10y of our youth" and is health giving
Music does not come to all naturally.
and musicians, like poets I know, be
born, not made, or must at any rate be
both born and made. But would have
music taught ele1nentarily to all. That
| is part of education still to much neg
lected. Singing and playing are among
| the real recreations of life, if only as
indoor resource during bad weather.
when you are not in the mood for books
and when companions become (as the
best sometimes willy a little bored with
each other. I may add that have
played the violin in my own fashion
I since I was 10 years old.
I would go SO far as to urge compul-
sorry military Grill in schools. 1 am a
volunteer, and am now forming a COM
pany among my own employees. The
moderns have a good deal to learn in
| these matters from the ancients. l am
aware that Athens was not saved by the
gymnasium or the military college; but
the young Athenian became decadent in
spite Of, not because of, physical exer-
cises
1t is hardly necessary to ask me if
am believer in Saturdays half holiday
and Sundays rest. l have no hesitation
in saying that it is a mistake, mentally
and physically, for any man to work
seven days without ceasing, however
young and strong he may be, and how
ever ardent to make strides in business.
hOnrS from hI
far as possible in the open air. 1 leave
behind me the city at night. Even now,
when of necessity I dine frequently in
London, drive ten miles into the coun-
try to sleep. The extra trouble and the
loss of time are we'll repaid by the pure
air. That is my opinion, and I leave
others the smile at the suburbs.
| Gardening, I agree with Lord Tenny-
| son in thinking, the most perfect of re-
| creations-it gives you just enough to
! think about to be a complete distractions
yet not enough to worry you. And it is
| work-play done under delightful con-
| dltions. The hour in the garden at the
| beginning of the day or at it's close is
worth many sacrifices in the winning.
| Though have never been able to get to
| bed before midnight, I am always up at
| IAN allowance for sleep that is less
by an hour than Lord Palmerston gave
out as indispensable-at any rate for
statesmen. Other spare half hours at
home go to outdoor games-cricket, golf,
tennis and bowls. If one must be in
doors, q game of billiards I find to be
grand exercise. You walk miles, go be-
gin with; and private table is a great
attraction to keep together the younger
members of a household in the evenings.
Aks-
not a great thea ter-goer. I do not think
| have sat out play more than twelve
times in my life, and never did I do so
till the last very few years. My parents
being old-fashioned and church going,
had never seen the glare of the foot
lights; and l felt that could not prop
erly allow the time to give myself up to
being amused for so long by other peo-
ple-and in a vtiated atmosphere. felt
I could do better to myself. Half an
hour in a music hall seemed to be a Diff
| ferent matter-yOu could hear the song
you wished to hear and then come away
All the same. some of the incest people
have ever known belong to the stage.
Sport and gambling are often supposed
to be inseparable. Many millions of dol
lars are put upon yacht racing, but never
dollar by me. I have yet to make my
first bet. l race purely for the pleasure
of the sport; and I would not bet on my
own boat or any other.
l think the American boy is ahead Of
the English boy. find that in America
the managers of large concerns are often
very youthful. In England their youth
would be disqualification. 1t would not
command respect A man must look old
before he is thought to look wise. That
believe to be a great error of policy in
the affairs of a nation, business firm,
or family.
I hold, therefore. that It would be =.
good thing to send every English boy
to America when he is II, and to keep
him there for couple Of years. first
went to the states when l was Is, and
my experiences at various places all over
the country, were the best commercial
training l ever had. find that appren-
ticeship still stands by me. and IL helped
me. more than anything else, to the po-
sition I occupy.
And now, let me add, go to America
again to win something else II possible
the Cup. DO really expect to lift the
cup?" is a question am often asked.
Wen, II did not think victory possible
there would be no use at all in my en-
tering the list. OF course am not GER