The Washington herald., 1909-10-24

self would. If initiated. be Of value TO
others"
HAS he ever taken his exercises with
any show Of impotence or III humor?"
Never. The President thinks over
every act OF his life When he does
anything it is because he deems il 20
be necessary, and being necessary he
goes about II cheerfully He has never
made me feel that 7 was botherinE or
encroaching upon the time Of the Presi-
dent He makes play Of his exercises.
when IL is possible and so far as he can
/ is careful 20 follow directions as 10
diet"
Has he talked to you about his athletic
experiences al YaleT'
only incidentally He has said he
might have taken an active part in other
sports than wrestling had his father not
warned him that boys were sent 10 col
leges and their expenses paid TO study
and not TO become oarsmen. ball play
ers, prize fighters, and racers"
Must Regulate Diet.
Ordinarily. what should a banker.
preacher. lawyer, or merchant eatg"
Il have answered your question.
think. Every man should regulate his
own diet. He ought to know what agrees
with him and what does not. So far as
health Is involved. Incorporate eating is
as unsafe as intemperate drinking. The
appetite for liquor becomes morbid. and
| it is drink, drink. drink, first 20 the gut
/ ter and then TO the grave with eating
/ II is much the same. physically. Plenty
OF men get away with a terrifying din
/ ner and leave the table feeling the pangs
! Of hunger. AS a nation. We 20 TO our
meals without intelligence or caution.
/ Exercise, In our opinion. is a sheer waste
! of time that has a cash value. In my
/ opinion, Mark Hanna need not have
died when he did, nor Hartman, nor
Gov. Johnson, OF Minnesota Literally.
they were Unfortihed against disease. The
walls were down, and the enemy came
in.
In these days" DR.. Barker continued
to say, I'VE hear materiaBstic preach
ments about getting results and obtain
ing the highest efficiency But machin-
cry is meant and not man. Tracks are
torn up and relaid. roadbeds are covered
with broken stone, cars are doubled in
capacity. and locomotives are built so
heavy that they threaten all the bridges
unless they are made OF iron. What for?
Results and the highest efficiency. And
the man who originated the work and
finished It goes to pieces through GRIM
inal neglect of his own body. Was not
he worth something? Wall street may
be in some doubt about It, but ask the
mans family and the hospitals and the
churches and the orphan asylums that
enjoyed his secret bounty. Anyway. and
let us look at his case commercially, he
was cut down in his prime, and his abil-
ity. energy, and power we're buried IN
the grave along with his worn-out and
Hfeless body. The world, IN the sordld
matter Of dollars and cents, sustained
a real loss when he died
Life of Greater Value.
Results and the highest efficiency both
as appealing phrases and in daily prao-
tice should be applied to human beings
as well as to mills and factories. II
we were philosophers. We would see that
life Is the equivalent Of money-is money.
in fact-and we would safeguard life
and thus make more money. 1 am stat
ing a cold business proposition. When
a great financier, managing millions a
human key IN the arch OF public pros
perity, inHiSts upon working fourteen or
sixteen or eighteen hours a day without
physical exercise. sufficient rest. or food
that he can digest. he slowly traces hts
name at the bottom OF his own death
warrant and becomes serious menace
TO the world at large. And let me tell
you that no physician on earth can
keep him in health. or even alive. for
long, as a matter OF fact
Men win exercise their heads but
not their bodies and then wonder why