The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-06

the humble tomato and the blatant
onion for evidence of prickly heat, or
bile or whatever It is that these plants
get in hot weather. He has an early
breakfast, being finished usually by S
o'clock, and then starts to his Office
with his secretary
ANY man who has his garden and
his chickens" the secretary told me,
need never worry. IL is the concrete
establishment of that hoary and we'll
tried truth about getting in tune with
nature"
Gnrrison's Guttn Pcrchn Pill.
Secretary of War Lindley NJ Carl
son keeps himself in trim by indulging
in the pill OF gutta percha rather than
that of matera medica. He is one OF
those earnest golf players who dis
likes the mild and fancy shots. In base
ball he would have made 4 poor bunter,
but grand three base hitter The
Secretary of War gets his stanch firm
ly and let's fly at the ball with all Of
his 100 pounds. Unless he hits the
little globe fairly 1t is safe bet that
1t will take three caddies to find 1t
again. Secretary Garrison contends
that swinging hard loosens up the mus
cles and renders the Dody more agile.
and this is what he wants.
Those Neutrality-suspicious. who have seen
General Nelson a. Miles walking quick
~ through the crowded streets Of the
city. clad in the very latest sartorial
effects and moving like n young man.
have expressed their wonder at his
ability to retain his youth. The vet
cran warrior is we'll around the sew
enty year mark, but on a sunny after
noon as he strolls forth he looks TIT
to go to war tomorrow il necessary.
Health From the Horse.
Horseback riding is General Miles's
health fad. Several times during the
course of week a gentleman in rid
ing clothes Of civilian cut. mounted on
n horse that steps out like racer,
rides down toward Potomac Park on
the short street between the White
House and the State Department. An
the identical course. and few persons
suspect. from the freshness Of his APP
pearance. that he has been riding hard
not in the polite fashion but in the
hard army style-durinG the afternoon.
To this alone General Miles attrib-
utcs his continual fitness. and he is
always fit. Nobody ever hears of his
being sick.
About the hour when General Miles
is riding his hardest. If you happen to
be strolling along Pennsylvania Ave
nue., you viii see a heavy-set square
up the street with his coat thrown
wide OPEN the better TO catch the
breeze. He steps out solidly with the
tread OF man who Ia walking for the
exercise. Following him you viii nnd
that he keeps up tho pace. without
Tagging. over the two miles or more
to his home
An Earnest Pedestrian.
/ This earnest pedestrian is Chief Jus
/ t!ce White. OF the Supreme Court OF
! the United States. veteran pedestrian,
who claims that he has continually
! kept himself MT by this exercise Every
/ morning. except in the most Indictment
weather. the Chief Justice walks from
! his home 10 his Office, and each even
ing. as the shadows gather, he strolls
back again. apparently invigorated by
! The physical exercise after a day OF
mental labor.
Even in the hottest Washington days
and nothing outside the punishment
OF the unjust can equal the capital at
rs hottes;-the Chief Justice makes
MS pilgrimage 10 and from the Capi-
toll Occasionally he ropes In Justice
Lurton or Justice Hughes: but they are
not regular. They have Joined the
White Walking Club" as il is called
py the supreme Court members. but
TO the intense Joy OF their colleagues
day after day and week after week.
SO the Chief Justice usually makes
his trip alone
II is interesting to watch the Chief
Justice on his homeward trip ANY
person who stops him. inat,rinc a
direction. or this or that. is the receipt
ent OF carefully thought out. courte-
ous reply Some humber person. going
me Chief Justices way. may accost
MIN and walk with him for few
blocks. The great jurist and his new.
friend Will chat until the time of part.
Ing comes. and when II does Justice
Waite VIII express regret that their
paths do not lead in the same dlrec-
ton for longer distance
, CHIEF Justice White once confded 10
an associate on the bench that the tx
periences ne meets on his trips 10 and
from the Capitol are as valuable as thu
walk itself They help him to keen
young. ne told his friend
Dewey Retircs nj Eight.
Plenty OF rest and early rising II
Admiral George Dewey's panacea for
the retention OF youth II Is his health
FAD TO be in bed every evening by
o'clock and to be up with the larks
lie rarely varies this rule and. appar.
entity. successful results have attend.
+ cd !,s Keeping
On his last birthday he told n party
OF friends:
NO worry and regular hours-the
!; early to bed and early to rise maxim