The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

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call of alarm citing the possibility
that we may all some day have 10 do
a warlike hike against some foreign
foe.
We believe that the expert advice
of Frank Gotch, the wrestling cham
pion, may carry some weight with
those who have spurned theoretical
advice. Mr.. Gotch shows that he
knows how to get toe-hold on the
English language, and also a flying
head-fall on our idea of American wit
and humor. He says:
with a possible few exceptions
every male member of the human
family goes through life believing
that, If he wanted to, he could punch
the everlasting daylights out OF any
other biped, barring, maybe the os-
trich and the dodo.
"This code of faith is harmless so
long as 1t stays in dormant state.
1t is dangerous when it is wound up
and set in operation.
"There is not one male adult out
of a hundred who can run 300 yards
In less than one minute. There is
not one out of twenty-five who can
run it at all.
Possible one out of every ten
might be able to negotiate the dis
lance on long Looping dog trot, but
if he did he would feel the air get
ting hot down in his lungs.
"And yet, in the face of this aw-
full inequality, mankind persists
in thinking that carrying out the
first law of nature is a. walkaway,
with all competitors scratched
1.-THE law, which is self-preserva-
ton. dictates that when one is hard
pressed and in danger, one should
be able to move rapidly and in the
proper direction. Fifteen seconds OF
violent exertion will put the average
business man out of commission. He
doesn't know it, and would refuse to
believe 1t until he tries,
at is the duty of every person to
be able to overcome reasonable phys
ical obstacles. One need not train
to beat highwayman, or get a
cop. But one should be able to
have sufficient physical response to
overcome a certain class of possible
disasters.
"In case of fire, runaway, a
food, an impending street car wreck,
or any of many other divisions OF
accident that really advertise their
coming, a man should be able to call
on his physical powers and get re-
sponse-and beat it while the beat
ing's good
There are other reasons, also,
that argue in favor of this fine phys
ical trim. In case of sickness the
podgy inert person has so much OF
his own pollution on hand he can
not combat disease properly. Hence
the beautiful buildings erected by
our very best undertakers.
1T Is not necessary to hold a
championship to be able to cope
with contingencies. Physical reserve
force is always good-and always
essential. 1t spells the division be-
tween s, ccess and failure, health
and sickness, escape and injury"
AS it is getting cooler now so that
little exercise will not cause a fell
low to melt and run away, why would
1t not be a good thing for some OF
the young fellows of the town to get
together and organize little ath-
letic club and rent room for Gym.
Purchase some horizontal bars, mats,
medicine ball, boxing gloves, and
sort of get in trim for an emergen-
cy. 1t would be we'll to organize a
road squad and do some cross coun-
try running. And one of the best
things we could do would be to
organize a town football squad for
the purpose of training the high
school boys. so that they can demon
alize any other H. S. team in the
country. Let's get together and talk
this over. We're in.
SKETCHES OF WOODROW WILL