The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-02-20
ODD METHODS OF EXERCISE.
The Man who Goes Out Only at Night
Another Who Walks Only with the Wind

The Man Who Goes Out Only at Night
Another Who Walks Only with the Wind
Most people who have passed their
first youth discover that some particular
form OF exercise suits them better than
any other and often end by becoming
devoted 10 that special exercise. In a
few eases hobbies Of this kind develop
in such peculiar fashion as to be worthy
Of record.
An example in point is that Of we'll
known Londoner recently retired from
the active management Of an enormous
business which is still in existence and
undertakes contracts for almost every
Government in the world. This gentle.
man when residing in his London house
gets up early, takes a bath, then goes
to bed again for two hours. He rises
a second time, partakes OF light refresh
ments and then puts on very heavy
clothes. Though he has splendid car
riages OF his own, an ordinary four
wheel cab is called and waits at the
door IL is the buffers duty To find out
the exact direction OF the wind, and
when this has been aseertained The gen
tleman gets into the cab and drives
al near as may be exactly into the eye
of the wind Tor distance Of precisely
Two miles. He then gets out aud walks
home with The wind ut his back at a
measured pace, the cab following close
behind
This same gentleman has at his eoun-
try home an asphated walking track
precisely two miles long At certain dis
tanccs are small rest houses, ID each OF
which is to be found a goodly stock OF
umbrellas and mackintoshes, rs well rs
Refreshments, solid and liquid. He him.
self walks round this track every morn
ing and expects all his guests 70 do the
same II IL rains they are, Of course,
always whiting reach Of shelter and can
either wait till the rain ceases OF con-
tinue under cover Of macintosh OF um-
brella.
Another wealthy Londoner, who is per-
hnps one OF the busiest men alive, de-
clares that he has no time for taking
ordinary exercise sufficient 70 keep him
IN proper health and condition. He has.
however, discovered substitute Every
morning he is driven to the house OF a
wellknown electrical specialist and there
receives hall an hour Of electrical mas
sage. This, he declares, is worth two
hours Of any other form Of exercise, and
his appearance seems to confirm his
statement.
There are instances Of men whose
only exercise is taken in The hours Of
darkness. An eccentric millionaire who
has villa at Cimiez on the Rivera,
fears the light OF day rs he would the
plague owing 10 witcli's prophecy, and
walks out only at night, closed and
suffered carriage always IN attendance
lest any accident might possibly delay
him till the dreaded dawn,
A wealthy American, Mr.. John Kams-
Ter, who lives near Detroit, has had q
treadmill fitted in his house. The story
IS that many years ago he was imprison-
cd for an offence of which he was limo
cent. He found the treadmil such a
splendid form of exercise that after he
was released be had one constructed for
his private use, and every day takes
two half hours upon the machine. lie
declares that there il nothing like it
for keeping down weight -Iit-Bits.