New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
Expert Tells How Indoor
DR.. Luther Hasey GuIick Expodes Few Popular Faha-
ces Concerning Proper Methods for Nurturing
Happiness, Strength and Efficiency

I nearer 10 an explanation Of his object
your health, everybody's health. IL Is
! big job
But Dr Gulick is a big mantle sage
! Foundation. which has made him director
of its department Of hygiene, with its 1uhd
of 100000. is not. bothering with any
other kind. Compressed into a sentence, ne
is striving to establish the balanced life. in
, which there must be, if balanced work
! rest. mental relaxation, fresh air and
friends There should be pleasure, with
physical exercise; otherwise walking or
| bedroom and gymnasium calisthenlcs are
of restricted value. once, while ne was m
| Boston he heard a mother say TO her sIi'd'i
daughter. whom she tightly clutchcd by the
! hand. Take a deep breath, Mary; 1t VIII
| do YOU good" What Mary needed was to
run dodge, and jump with dog or a com
panion Then she would have taken many
/ long breaths without knowing IT, Mary
was a little girl, but the lesson in her case
| is applicable to grOwn-up women ana men.
! IT was not DR.. Guliclls purpose, in the
first place to pioneer a work of his own
/ toward a physically perfect race. lie meant
/ TO operate among the heather, to be a
medical missionary, as was his father AT
/ the time. There is the quality o. romance
/ i'm the facts that kept him at home. And
not at home, either, because he was born
on the Hawaiian Islands, in the city OF
! Honolulu. when Kamehameha Y was king.
! His childhood, however. was spent in Yoko-
hama, where he played with Japanese chill
dren and learned to speak their language
as glibly as he spoke his own.
/ 1t was in Japan, when he was thirteen
years Old that Luther Gullck organized his
first society, "The Jolly Boys Of Yoko-
hama" Son of a missionary and the jolll-
est youngster i'm the crowd he fought with
his fists and read dime novels Such novels
in those days" ne took pains to explain,
were morally clean. The heroes were al
WAYS doing something i'm the way of killing
grizzlies or rescuiug captive maidens.
Blakeleys How to Get Strong book on
elementary gymnastics. came into his pos
session. He swung on rings and performed
on trapeze 10 cure himself Of periodic at
tacks of headache, inherited from his iath-
or and grandfather. Right there he ceased
TO be a missionary in training, though he
did not realize IT just then.
Il prepared for college," he told me. at
the high school I'm Hanover, y. IL, paying
my living expenses by saving wood and
waiting on table AT a summer hotel At
OberIin University. IN Ohio, ] cut lawns.
took care Of house furnaces and peddlcd
"A book entitled What Woman can Do
the same book that was peddled by William
5. Kenyon. United States Senator from
Iowa, whose father also was a clergyman.
1 made plenty Of sales but the husbands Of
the women wouldn't accept or pay for the
books when ! attempted To deliver them.
Financially, the adventure was a failure.
While a student at the medical college Of
the University Of New York DR.. Gulick
taught physical training, which he had
learned at Harvard, and ran a milk route
in Monmouth. y. j.. getting up at o'clock
I'm the morning, milking nine cows and then
driving from customer 10 customer IN
one horse wagon. He was married year
before he was graduated. Il hadn't
cent" he said "and my expenses were $l6
month. / made every penny Of it. how
ever, as ] went along. After completing my
medical education ] settled In Jackson,
Mich. where ! became physical director Of
the Young Mems Christian Association. /
sul meant TO be a medical missionary, but
/ became interested in my work and the
father Of four children, all Of which anch-
orcd me permanently to what was, as
supposed. temporary profession"
"Oh, Americans are becoming stronger
instead OF weaker" Or. Gulick replied In
answer 30 question. "lnformation re-
celyed from different schools throughout