The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-30
FAT MEN AND HEAT
MAKING A BUSINESS OF GETTING HEAVY WEIGHTS THROUGH
 THE SUMNER.
Problem of Avoiding Sun stroke and Heart strain--Exercfse Rather
 Than TdIeness the Great

Problem of Avoiding Sun stroke and Heart strain---Exercfse Rather Than Tdleness the Great ~ Preventive. ~ New York. Aug 2s.--(Special. )--one of the oldest industries in New York is probably that of getting fat men through the metropolitan summer without heat prostration or fatty de- generation of the heart, or some oth- CT organic trouble. And, according to those engaged in this business. there Is a rushing trade in it. A side branch of it Is getting New York's business men--fat. medium and thin-into con- dition for the business hustle and the long round of banquets and sessions at the club. and the turmoil of elect ion which the fall ushers in.
 The largest business in this line is probably done in the gymnasium. swimming pool, hot room, massage room and open air handball courts of the West Side Y. M. c. A. in West Eff do not answer the need, Mfr. E. M- "Bonpwan" js taken over to the near by field at 54th street and South River and sent around the running track for q few turns. And in a few days. he finds that instead of being a nuisance to himself and q drippy. jelly-iilxe ani- nal. he is fairly proof against all that humidity and degrees can do to him.
 Dr. Louis R. welzmiller, Physical Dir ector, was found yesterday supervising the work of group of a dozen men whose combined weight was consider ably above ton. In answer to a question as to the summer use of sym nasiums. he said:
 There are two great activities at this gymnasium during the summer | nf fe who are too fat. In a condition to re- sist the heat and also preparing them for their winters work. Among these are not a few actors to whom any gain in weight Is a serious obstacle. unless they want to play roly poly
 comedy. Of the weight-reducing crowd, however, the largest number work here simply for the health pro- tection it affords them against the heat. for fat men are, of course. more subject to high temperature than thin ner men. Moreover. the very weight of fat man makes him dislike the exercise which is essential to him. If left to themselves these men will so through the summer sitting around In chairs, over eating and steadily grow ling in weight, for they will drink such quantities of water that they replace any effect precipitation may have to- ward reducing them. If. however. you can supply these men with 5ex- ercise which Is gooi fun in itself. they will do work which reduces flesh and at the same time fits them to resist the heat.
 ' There is a common idea that the best way to protect one's, self from the heat. Is to keep very quiet and not go out in the sun at all This might do in some eases, if the patient also ate very little and ahstained from "cooling drinks" The truth is that people following this course eat as much as ever. The result is about the same as if you stuffed furnace full of coal and then shut off all draught { "The fat man stuffs himself with fuel. but gives no escape to the heat resulting from it. His liver and cir- culation quickly get clogged and out of order, his vitality is necessarily lower ed. and he becomes a fit subject for heat fatalities. One does not hear of farmers working in hay fields in the summer being overcome by the heat The reason Is that they are living a normal life which keeps their pores open and theif organs functioning properly. A study of tire heat pros trations in the city would indicate that few men who are doing manual labor. prpvided they abstain from alcoholic