Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-13

state of affairs when a man
can't even call his gizzard his own!'
In this somewhat Colloquial but impress
i've language he referred to the rigid physical
training he undergoes every day in order to
keep his body in good shape and his mind
keen for the best possible discharge OF his
official duties AS he is President, he feels
that it is his duty to take every precaution
to preserve his health. Wherefore, although
he is pointed out as the most powerful man
politically in this country, he cannot eat
what he chooses, and he has a morning
workout that would keep prize fighter in
trim.
DIR. Charles E. Barker is boss of the pres
Dental body and the presidential appetite.
1t is the doctors job to keep the presidential
weight under three hundred pounds; for, as
long as this is done, Mr.. Taft is in fine ply
steal condition.
Every morning the ruler of the country,
whether he is in Beverly or Washington, gets
up at quarter past seven o'clock and puts
in an hour exercising with Barker, the phys
ica instructor. Dressed in sweater, light
gray trousers, and tennis shoes, the Presl-
dent wrestles and boxes with Barker. 1t IS
real wrestling and boxing, and the bouts go
until, red faced and breathless, the President
is allowed to pause for few moments OF
rest. He goes about the thing in dead ear
nest. When it comes to wrestling, he knows
all about the "half Nelson" the hip lock,
and the "toe hold" He can roll and squlrm
with surprising agility, and he puts up per
Torrance that justifies the story that at Yale
he was champion wrestler of the university
When he boxes, he goes the regulation
round His footwork is his best asset IN this
waltz knows that he is phenomenally light
on his feet, and this gift stands him in good
stead when he puts on the gloves. Incl
dentallv, it affords him great opportunity
for exercise, because, being good on his feet,
he uses the talent all the time he IS standing
up against Barker.
After wrestling and boxing, the two men
toss the medicine ball. This is followed by
dumbbell work, and a few minutes of bend
ing and jumping exercises.
A story got out not long ago that IN the
wrestling match Mr.. Taft had fallen on Bar
ker and broken two of the instructors ribs.
1t was easy to believe the report; for Barker.
although well muscled and trained athlete,
is small and wirv, and the presidential
weight might we'll crush some of his bones.
The story, however. was denied, and Barker
allowed people to feel his ribs to prove that
they were whole.
During the summer vacation IN Beverly
Mr.. Taft supplements his hours workout IN
the morning with game of golf after break
fast every day except Sundays. In the
afternoon he goes for an automobile ride or
sail in his yacht the Sylph. In Washing
ton, in the winter, whenever he can take time
off he plays golf in the afternoon.
His treatment of himself to keep in good
condition is practically science. 1t does
not stop with exercise. 1t extends to the
table at breakfast luncheon, and dinner.
Barker tells him what to eat, and he eats 1t.
Also he does not eat what Barker forbids.
Sometimes he cats three meals a day, and
sometimes only two. 1t is a safe bet that
Mr.. Taft weighs himself oftener than any
man in the United States.
1t does not necessarily follow that the
President likes all this work. As a matter of
fact, he gets tired of it often; but. realizing
that he cant call his gizzard his own and
that he owes it to the people to preserve his
health, he goes through with it.
At Beverly he has a gymnasium over his
garage, and in the White House at Wash
ington he uses the same room Theodore
Roosevelt had fitted up for gymnaStic exer-
ciSeS.
WILLIAM LOEB, JR., who, as Collector
" of the Port of New York, has made
enforcement of the laws against smugglers
SDecia11y severe took n trim from New York