The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-27
THE TRAINERS CORNER
A Column oR Comment on Sporting and Athletic Men and Events Physical Culture, Eznercise, Health Measures and Body Building.
 .(By Mac Levy of BabyIon.]


 tMacLevy,- the famous Long Island tsheaIth farmer has been engaged for eighteen years in the training of athletes and the building up of rum down peopIe, and is a recognized au- 1hority on all subjects connected with athletics. physical culture, and scien- fific exerrise-)
 At this time unpty million city SwelIers are beginning Q serious con sfderation of the summer vacation question, and the advertising columns of nearly all the newspapers or the continent reflect this universal inter- est
 sf,ttfss ss,r,,1aa invasion of the rural dis -frfcts by herdes of urban people IS one of the best institutions of American lif6 and as a. civflizing influence It as equalled only by the annual invasion of tlle,city by the inhabitants or small 4ownss and country communities
 Under an ideal organization or nu- 71-a,1t society city folks would spend about half of their time in the coun- try. and rural people would spend EApSt sf 4iTne in the ca1y. .lz.
 when 1t comes to the conservation rT pfrvsiraz mental and moral flea lth, f1o1Esver.I am firmly convinced that xlas country is vastly snperior to the efty-
  &oS4a1 In C0lIaerss Weekly:
 a sTs 1t ,z yTs ,u11eried in recent ed1- Koz45al paragraph, much easier to be Eood in< the country than inf the city z hxd 1dr: MaictI 1evy 2 teacher of physi-s ra1s srz1lla1Te, in fhe Kind of letter an 4s<aftor. tlsadshts to receive. CAV. quitch ssr tirsz1il1,l1 answers our query in a <aecsasd afE1zn1afi ire= =
 Z me edl1ur of Golfers then quotes Nrorp my 1stters as follows:
 44<sSA. e,as11rn 5zaz tIae heart of New York and
 fsadh- buaIding p1lysicaI-culture .piant in a Long Island rural coinmun- fty, andsI have had asbundant oppor-s 1unz4y bo compare the effects of city tnrih Ie0zzzzary life on the health and ksuraAs of men. Health and morals EfasT come to pretty near being the kanae.. HYze invalid may be a near-an- iesa.s and f7xes stronE, viri1e specimen of z41xnMudtE aSnear-Hend, but they are che .ex rerz1 ons tha4sproye the rule
 s<nEcst bad people are sick people, end r,s<sti szcl people are sick because H1sey have neglected and disregarded fhe laEs of fright living, such as exer- c5fge, fresh air deep bdeathing plain and rufrit9Da7s nourishnaeut. regular .szourz. and more exercise. The city man. can, f he wills observe all those laws and live "a long, happy usefuE 4z1d moral lire but hefis not so likely #4to 10 50. az the man who spends at sIeN8E a. V<1EL< O1 EA1t5 LA4Alc HI t1AC <%OA4A-- dry On the other hand, an exclusives 1x 1uco1ic existence occasionally tends to Ignorance, bigotry and narrowness of Visiens and so may lead to III health and vicfCusness.
 AS to this Collier comments:
 Right gladly do we admit that most bad people are sick people--that health ein it's original rneanin g of Tyholeuess Is from the same stock as 0 holes0fae and 11ofiiae ess4Athast in short,
 
 not always, go together. But as our critic himself admits, an exclusively bnco1ic existence occasion all V tends to Ignorance, bigotry, and narrowness Of vision, and so may lead to i'll health azd vici0usuess. That was precisely our point in asking the question at the toptof this paragraph. True pure air ands peace are Shetter than vitiated air and ceaselessa agi gitation-s But the l scant civilization of isolated regions l no less than the Iexcessives civilization 1 and art1fciality Of cities. may prove i alike hostile to health. Wholeness and holiness Essit not, therefore, after all l q nnatter .qEtt ttlze dndivIduHl sou12s'
 As tpsfhaH query of Co11ier's, it seems to me that the individual soul cannot be Whatse soul should be if it inhabits a body pozsoned and debilitated by wrong living and dissipation and overwurk. And it also seems to me 1 that the country offers the best oppor- .fsz1it1ssS and the most favorable envir- orrznent for si4t1ng rid of bad habits 1 aid t1le bod So that it may 7}ecdt1e stz1e ernple1fbrl the ssirdivfd- uaI sUsrk In the. editorial which pro- xoked my settsr Golfers had said: =szE0rziity is stin a matter Of the in dIvt7ual soul. not a .by-pr oduct Of to- pogEaphTs race, or social position ,'' and also declared that saT hose who lose %the fight against ani1n alism lose izt as zdigastrous1y in the most beautf- frr.ff4z-f7<z and garlsh shadows of South Clark street 'or BroadzFaE- That may be; hut so- ieiad diseases assume their most vira1- 4 aeEt form In the metropolitan haunts SDf Svfce. and Those who are caught in lzf1el maezstrorn will find it much easier ,tp reform and to minimize if not es- cape fhe penalties of their vices, if they seek the country. rather than re- fna1Hs in an environment where they are eongtautly beset by temptations % besszaHty- l The Golfers editorial continues:
 But presses our thoughtful critic, if salvation is individual today just l as it always has been. why, then, is Golfers so bitter in it's denunciatfon | Uf the saloons2 If salvation is tindi- | Widua12 WzFy CoIlier.s. long and earn est I rzarzare against all the anti social in- stitutionse and interests and forces 4hat seek nD drag humanity down ?
 es, salvation is indeed individual f M tFansformation in the mind, in the | heart in the soul Of each of US. that l makes us part company with all that I is contrary to the inner unity within t us A health master, like our corres- pondent. might preach physical per E lection long and faithfully, but until l zach of his hearers puts the teachings l tHta zrH@tice within his own body | small if any, results will be apparent | The teacher, however. may have brok- | en the ground. and where before a man was sunken in Ignorance, hopeless of change, he may have caught a word of hope that gives him an impulse to start upon another path He decides pn sudden to live the life, and the |