The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-19
AMERICANS WERE
CALLED PIE EATERS
ARE NOW ATHLETES AND TYPE
OF DYSPEPTic AMERICAN rs
RAPIDLY PASSlNG--LEAD IN
OUTDOOR SPORTS.

Not long ago we were nation of
dyspeptics, cartooned as pie eaters,
boilers OF food, lovers of indoor life
in srperheated rooms in winter--our
men. as rule, devoid of adequate
muscle and healthy digestion. orr wo
men physically frail specimens Of hot
house beauty al 20, who speedily col
! apsed when one Of the bedrooms be-
came a nursery. A great change has
| been worked in the last decade or so.
Nowadays almost everybody and his
neighbor" go in for outdoor sports,
and the result is the bettered health
| Of the people. women as we'll as men,
| Is apparent on every side and rejoiced
IN by every one except the family doc
tor and The drug compounder at the
I corner.
True. there are still some OF the
! typical Americans of our grand
father, even our fathers, days-men
who tumble out of bed, excitedly
swallow their breakfast in few
gulps, rush on a mad gallop for the
street car as though time. tide and
business wait for no mans digestion
| land on reaching their office idly
been passed in a slowly considered
| morning meal and n little healthy ex-
arcise in walk TO business. But
these men have, happily decreased in
number. and rhe average business
| nan of the present has learned SO
| Well the value OF muscular exercise
hat today in New York business
mems training and exercise rooms
laye been successfully established in
the heart of the financial and com
mercial districts. Isn't that sign
If the times" athletically?
In every part Of the country the
owe of outdoor sports is increasing
| naryolonsly among the women as
ven as the men. The Miss Flora Nc
'llmsey of Madison Square can do
omething nowadays besides waltz,
nd instead of coddling herself close
the fire in winter there is not an
outdoor game under the sun OF sum
ner or in the days of Jack Frost that
he does not play and play we'll
As for the men, they have become
such adopts of all around sport that
! hey have wrested what is admitted
| o be the worlds amateur single
icull rowing championship, the dia-
nond souls from England given the
best field athletics of Great Britain a
leating; made Scotland, and incident.
llly the united kingdom, weep over
the loss of honors in Scottys own par.
ticular game, golf AS for rife and
pistol shooting. they hold worlds
nonors; on the turf their horses have
Won the derby and the grand prix
while in yaohting-well everybody
knows the story, and by the way,
Is glad to hear that Sir Thomas Lip.
ton may make another try at lift
ing" that coveted cup.
One does not have to look back
ward, however. to realize that Ameri.
ca Is up and doing In outdoor sports.
There never has been so delightfully."-
busy time as there Is in summer
days afleld and afloat. Racing, yacht
ing, golf. tennis, baseball, rowing, and
any sport You choose to mention,
even cricket, draws thousands and
tens of thousands TO the field, stream,
or open sea where contests are held.
And never has money amounting to
fortunes been so lavlshly and willing
| ~ expended as it is today to encour.
age any sport, which demands i'm.
MOI Sc expenditure in its develop
ment
All this is of vast benefit to the
country at large. for it Is constant.
ly drawing the people on; into the
open air for their amusements, and
the physical Improvement observ
able in the present rising generation
will be further emphasized in the onc
Of the near future. New York Her
AID