New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-06
BOYS GAIN QUARTER TON
That's the Record of 200 Fresh
Air Youngsters.
sEVEN.P0UNDERS PLENTY
Hero of Returning Party Is One
Who Put on Eight and One
half Pounds.

John Cammarano is the latest Of the
record holders TO return to town after
his trip abroad. No. he wasn't one OF
the Olympic warriors, and there WASH
any brass hand to meet him. but he was
the proudest hero Of them all neverthe-
less
II you could have seen him as he
walked TO the Third avenue trolley
which was waiting TO bear him down
town from the Grand Central Terminal
you would have known in minute thaI
he was somebody. There was stru,
and a swagger about his gait that pro-
claimed an inward consciousness of SUI
er'orlty.
There were q hundred other heroes
Jogging along around John. many OF
them with records of their own that they
were anxious 10 boast about, ana IL
wasn't an easy matter for the reporters
to get to him. But one finally succeed
ed and shot the question at him:
What was your record john
John never abated his strut OF has
swagger jot, but flung over his shout
der the laconic reply, Eight pounds.
Whercat one of the hundred others muir
INJURED admiringly, Some record. ain IT,
mister"
But the reporter hadn't finished with
John yet, and hurled this other query at
him: How did you do it, John? Tell
US about It"
But by this time John was near that
impatient trolley car and wasn't going
to tarry 10 go into details, so he just
blurted out reply as before. never even
bending his gaze TO one side or losing
mis- stride for an instant. Yet the reply
was illuminating enough:
"Drinkin' milk and eatin' oatmeal and
goln' for walks"
That was really all there was to It.
In the course of two weeks outing at
Shepherd Knapp. The Tribune's Fresh
Air Home at Litchheld, Conn, John had
increased his weight from fifty and one
half to fifty-eight and one-half pounds
avoirdupois. OF course few ounces or
the total increase may have been due TO
the nutritive qualities of other viands
than those named, just as John probably
INDUCED in other forms OF exercise than
"takln' walks
The lad vas one OF two hundred boys
who finished their Shepherd Knapp va
cations on Saturday. There were several
others in the company who pressed him
close for first honors In weight gaining
several. for instance. who took on
seven and one-half pounds--but none
quite equalled him.
The total gain in weight for the whole
party was $50 pounds. or an average OF
almost exa,tl two and three-quarter
pounds TO each boy. In only seven cases
Gid the boys show a loss In weight One
lost three pounds, another showed fall
ing off OF four pounds, while the other
decreases recorded varied from one-quar-
ter pound TO one pound.
These figures are representative or
the results shown by the records kept
OF all parties Of children entertained at
Tribune Fresh Air homes. The party
and the nome in this case were selected
at random. The results for any other
marty at any other home this summer
would not yary greatly from the results
for this shepherd Knapp party.
In al Fresh Air boys do not make
as great gains In weight as do Fresh Air
girls. This fact is due doubtless 20 the
greater activity OF the boys. Their
strenuous ball playing and trampinS
keen them down u small gains IN
weight. but at the same time they give
"A hardness of muscle and reserve or
vitality which are FULLY as important.