The weekly examiner., 1901-08-31

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 luxurious commissary depart ment by an indulgent public up to last winter has not taken to the fields of the agricultu- ral west, it may be said with great earnestness that many knight of the glove has had to go to work. Those who were boxmakers before the ring offered them tempt
 ing financial plums have gone back to the hammer and bench. The paint CTS, expressmen, boiler makers, etc., in the pugilistic arena, have given up the easier although more strenuous life of the ring for the more prosaic vacations of the workshop. This does not apply to some of the more prom inent prize fighters.
 There is no wind that does not blow some good to, some one. The wave, or gust, or gale, whatever it may be called, that blew the prize fighters out of their strongholds in the largest cities of the United States, waited some of the fighting men into good positions as physical culture experts. Teaching the sedate club members merchants whose incomes are suf1- cient to enable them to afford all sorts of luxuries-the manly art of self defense,'' as the fighters are wont to call their game, at so much per lesson, associating with members of exclusive athletic and social clubs and holding themselves aloof from the associates of the prize ring, is not at all bad for men whose average of intelligence is not very high.
 4o be the greatest little fighting machine of the century-and his cyclonic ca reer developed during the last cen tury so rapidly that he was called un- beatable-has an eye to financial gain when he gives daily instructions to interested people in the art of home training. This is better than going on long trips to take on contestants who are not averse to putting up a faint-hearted resistance to Terry's showers of blows. Physical culture schools all over the country have en- larged their accommodations, and in many cases the managers have em- ployed ex-prize fighters. to assist the staff of old teachers. In one big club where millionaires resort, a former champion of his class has a well-ap- pointed room where every day his clients think it an honor to be batted and bruised apout by the athlete. ''He i hardens my muscles, you know, and keeps me in good physical trim,' is ! the way one merchant put it. And a lawyer whose voice is so soft and tremulous in the presence of the court that you would never sus- pect he was an aggressive box 1 aAr, strong swimmer and all-around --.. 5mnastfc athlete, comes from the physical culture room, his face all aglow, as he declares T gave the in structor good beating to-day"
 Everybody may learn from sthese pugilists whose public occupation is nearly gone the lesson of the impor tance of physical culture. These men are constantly telling how to get we'll and strong and how to stay so. It was but few days ago that Charlie 1 Mitchell, the veteran of the old school of pugilism, electrified the followers l of the ring by declaring that he would make a match with his old rival, ohm 1 l.. Sullivan, to show the people that 20 years of strenuous life has not made him physical wreck. John L., too, wishes it understood that a pu- gilist may keep in healthy condition by observing a daily rule for exer- else, and although he weighs close to 300 pounds, Sullivan takes his exer-