The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-01
WHY PR ESIDENTs GET FAT.

A President of the United States works
hard for his sS0GO a year He can find
q dozen things 10. do for every minute he
is not asleep and then viii have much
Business undispbss d Of At tne end Of the
week
1t is business. too, that keeps him at
his desk and in his Office. He must be
sedentary if he "a ,es the work of his Office.
The mere signing of his name to commits
sions and all so rts of executive papers.
20 say nothing of his maily, occupies fully
half his time. an d. obviously, President
cannot sign his name and take exercise
ct the same tin le.
The result is that Presidents set fat
President Rooss welt is the great exception
10 the stick-to4 your rule. but Presi-
dent Roosevelt is getting fat, too. Mr..
Roosevelt breai1s away. He goes horse
back riding aid takes long walks. He
boxes, fences. plays single stick and ten
nj sand does lall sorts of athletic feats
If mere exercise would keep him down
ne would be thin as a rail- He is a -vor-
acious eater. lie has been an athlete all
his life, and now that he is in the forties
is taking .on flesh. as all athletes do when
they get. along in years. The Presidents 5
struggle with fat keeps him reasonably
within b,sunds. He has gained only TWEEN
" pounds since he went into the White
House. nd now announces his weight as
ls6. If he cid not exercise he would
weight 22o. by this time. with good pros
poets for another twenty pounds in the
next tive years.
President Arthur did not exercise. Pres
ident Cleveland rarely went out Presi-
dent Harrison took long walks, but not
the kind OF walks that keep off fat.
President Mckinley went driving fre-
ouently, but there is no physical exer-
tion IN riding in a victoria. He strolIed
slowly around the White House grounds
a few times a week. The result was
that Arthur. Cleveland. Harrison and Nc
Kinley took on flesh Mr. Cleveland was
large when he was elected President. Ar
thur was a we'll nourished man. Harri-
son WAS small and Mckinley had no Fat.
Arthur became larger in girth Cleve-
land put on pound after pound Harrison
developed a paunch and Mckinley became
iatter.
Presidents live well. They have good
food and plenty Of If. Usually they have
good appetitees. They cannot help get
ttng fat. Ally man who sits at his desk
ell day and eats three meals Of rich food
VIII expand physically. If he is healthy.
BY BERNARR MACFADDEN
editor of the Physical Culture Magazine)
When a man steps into the Presidential
chair he fully realizes that he has at
tanned the highest position. in the ceun-
try. He is thoroughly satisfied with him
self This feeling of self-centent does
more than anything else to make a man
fat.
He is free from VERY about himself
He doesn't fret about +where-llis next
months rent is coming nom or where
ne is TO get money to pay his gas bin.
Again, high living. rich dinners and
such things that go With the public func-
tions he necessarily attends do mach 90
make him corpulent-
Physical activity. especially in the epen
air. is what our Presidents most ned.
Strong, vigorous exercises taken regular
iy would keep them in proper form
President Roosevelt seems 70 have the