Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-20
Dean Of Boxers Tells
Men How to Be Well

much. Three times-thing of it! A
man puts three times the load on his
ulgesuVe machinery he should and
tnen he wonders why he's carrying
excess weight around the waist line
and feeling dull
Ihe food that seems to be eaten
more TO excess than any other is
meat. A man whose main exercise is
clmping the subway steps will polish
oi pound of steak at a sitting,
when no man should eat more than
hVe ounces. Then the man who over
eats nils up also on rich pastries and
cakes, when no man should eat either
simple puddings are all right. but
pastries and cakes-no
one OF the things that causes over
eating Is the habit OF drinking at
meals. Let me make this strong-eat
your meals dry.
every person should drink at least
tnree quarts of water daily. Water
purines the system and is of great help
IN keeping people well. And when 1
speak OF water l don't mean ice wa
ter, Ice water is very injurious.
me business man who wants to
keep IN good condition should eat
preakfast largely composed of fruit.
wouid say that good sample break
iast, Tor instance. would consist of a
Dig portion of oatmeal, bananas or
BAKED apples with cream and sugar,
toast and hot milk. am not a be-
never In the heavy breakfast.
For lunch the business man might
nave very little roast beef. two or
lnree ounces. with O baked potato.
Dinner should be his big meal, but
even at 1t he should remember the
Il great rule of eating-always get up
from the table feeling that you could
eat more Don't stuff. And the busi-
ness man should remember those
three daily quarts of water.
+ man who drinks anything alco-
hol1c at all is not as good a man ply
sically as he would be if he didn't take
a drop. The man who doesn't drink
always has the physical edge on the
J man who does
But If man wants to drink and
wants to keep in the best possible
physical trim under those conditions,
let him drink beer.
AS to smoking, the same thing
lapplles as to drinking. A man is
physically better off if he does not
smoke at all. If he is going to smoke,
however, he should be careful not to
smoke too much. Many business men
are constantly short of good physical
form because they smoke to excess.
The pipe is the least harmful
form of smoking. The cigar comes
next. The cigaret has no ranking
at all, because it is very injurious,
owing to the fact that the smoke is
inhaled. Smoking does not affect the
wind, but it does affect the heart,
nerves, and stomach
On this whole drinking and smok-
ing question, / can't give better advice
to any man than 1 do to my boy. l
tsay to him: Don't smoke and don't
drink and your battle is half won'
AS to meats, I put beef and NUT
ton away in the lead. l am strong
for fruits and vegetables; lots of them
VIII help any man to keep in good
physical condition. But some vege-
tables ] don't advise. 1 divide vege-
tables into two classes good and
bad. In the good class go spinach
string beans, cauliflower and cab.
bage, II the latter is properly cooked
Into the bad class so all uncooket
vegetables, including cucumbers, to-
matoes, lettuce and radishes.
"One thing is important for the bus
mess man to remember-don't eat too
fast.
Still another tip to the business
man-get plenty of sleep. Lack O
sufficient sleep causes a lot of phys
ical trouble. Everybody should TAX,
minimum of eight hours of sleep;
myself, take ten.
u.
know it is hard for many business
men to get much of that Yet almos
every man can contrive to get a wall
each day, and when walking he
Should get into the habit of deeI
breathing. Many men do not know
how to breathe. They should prac
tice taking in and expanding theil
: breath consciously, breathing beine
an unconscious function with many
'Whaf hn rtyitI, he
generous waist line do to bring bach
r his youthful fgure?" asked the in
; terviewer.
5 "He mus, turn to diet and exercise,
! said Donovan. But boxing or work.
r irg with the weights or other ordi.
!. nary forms of exercise will not do hin
any good as far as reducing is con
cerned. There is just one exercise, as
ia ras | know, which will reduce the
;; waist line, and that is what we cal
dry swimming.
> Donovan here threw a long over.
coat on the boxing room floor. lay or
his back upon it and gave an ex.
hibition of dry swimming which would
! strike terror to many "a fat man II
the rotund one thought he would
have to do likewise Dry swimming
has much the movement of swimming
on the back in water, but with each
stroke a tremendous strain is put
upon the stomach muscles. Donovan
calmly stated that he thought a mar
5 who wanted to reduce his waist line
should do this twice a day a couple
, of hundred times"
e Moderation in everything, plent,
g of common sense, and some will power
those will lead the business man tc
. good physical condition.
: Donovan was enthusiastic when ask.
S ed about Colonel Roosevelt.
There's a man." said Donovan
HE has a wonderful physique and ex
traordinary power. l tell you when
used to box with him l used to carr
= my money In the ring Mr.. Roosevelt
|, is more of fighter than a boxer. He.
7 a man-take it from me-"