The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1904-01-07
! STRENUOUS LIFE, f.:
The Non-Partisan Trait.
; This Highly Commended
In the President.
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FULL many shaft of satire has
found target In President Roose-
velt because he once upon a time wrote
boosS and called it "The Stenuous
Llfe." In that book he preached, with
sledge hammer directress, the value OF
outdoor life. He pointed out, broad
ly, that the span Of human years was
sharply circumscribed, and that if the
man OF ambitions wished to coin all OF
his possibilities into tangible assets, be
would fiud it imperative to call on
the utmost capacity Of brain and body
for the better part Ct the traditional
allotment of days. He held that the
nineteenth century and its successor,
the twentieth, was no place for the lazy
man. In other words, the fine Ameri-
can dogma OF "everlasting hustle" un-
der which emblem our commercial
cohorts are successfully invading lands
both next door and across the seas, was
given the forceful Endorsement OF a
man whose previous and subsequent
career has come pretty near fulfilling
the doctrine he SO vigorously enunciat-
ed.
We may admire this abourding
nervous energy and play of vereatie
talent in Roosevelt tre individual,
without acqulescing In the actions of
Roosevelt the po o'ltician. As the form
er, we see him devosing all of his men,
tai power each day to the care OF du-
ties devolving on a president OF a re-
public with population rising 1OO,.
600, GOO. The task OF meeting etrain-
gers. impoitunate office-seekers. BRASS
bold demanders of favors which must
be tactfully refused, adjudisating the
thousand-odd important problems aris
ing from the official life Of a great
govern ment and supervising the con-
duct of the nine. subordinate depart.
ments-this Is a crude summary OF
bis diurnal work. The. ordinary man
would spend a ftful night following
such a nervous drain, aud tbs next
day would find him lees than ever
fitted to meet the same implacable
mass of routine.
1t is said that morning after morn
Ing MIR. Roosevelt rises at 6 O'Clock and
takes a t1ve-mils ride before break fast
the kind of appetite he brings back
with him can be easily imagined. II
there Is slight relaxation Of the official
grind, he is to be found in company
with his sons taking long, rough, cross
crountry excursions which would tax
the endurance OF q practiced plsins-
man. Not content with this lndulging
of the lungs and muscles, he makes it
a custom to box, fence and restle with
any of his acquaintances wholesome
enough to appreciate such diversion.
And this active, healthy mode of lie
has given him a ruggedness OF consti-
tuition which accommodates itself easily
to the unremitting strain Of his large
task. Neither does he neglect the
mental side. He se,zes every oppor-
tunity to master the contents of enter
tanning and instructive hooks-the
sort recommended to him by his clean,
sanitary mind.
It is in this respect that the presl.
dent presents significant lesson to bis
countrymen. The duties of many Of
them are just as arduous, proportion
ately, as his; their ambitions no less
keen or daring-but, concerning their
phyelcal fitness to secure the attain
ment OF those desires, does the average
business or professional man, however
humble his station, assign any rational
portion of his time to the rejuvenation
of system brought below par by inces-
SAINT indoor application How often
does be aecribe the causes for the lag
ging brain and weary feet and reluc-
tant energy to their proper source? By
all means let him follow "the stren-
uous life" az far az activity and induf-
try are involved.
Health, sound health, is the first re-
quislte of the man who would keep
bis faculties virile and his judgment
lucid. It is one OF the non-partisan
traits OF the chief executive which We
can unanimously admire-and the
most significant feature is that he gain
ed 1t by his own exertions.
PRISONER IN HER OWN HOUSE.
Mrs. w. III. Layha, of 10O1 Agnes
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