The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-14

(MacLeVy, the famous Long Island health farmer has been engaged for eighteen years in the training of athletes and the building up Of run down people, and is 8 recognized au- thority on all subjects connected with athletics, physical culture, and scien- tific exercise.)
 ''best season. for outdoor exercise, and even the hottest days of Summer and the co1dest days of Winter need from indulgence in open-air sports, although it is of course desirable for the 'ttenderfoot'' to go a little slow at such times.
 Take the average year by and large and up one side and down the other, however, and the Autumn has the shade on the other three-quarters of the year for real outdoor delight and hea1th-b building.
 have found by long experience as a trainer that the period from Sept. 18th Is, other things being equal, about the most desirable part of the year for the rundown and nervous in dividual to begin a campaign for re- newed health and vigor.
 For most people this period marks the end of the vacation season, and of all outdoor activities. The first touch of coolness in the air causes them to shiver with apprehension, and shut the windows with a bang.
 Instead of surrendering to King Winter before he has really fired his first gun, the wise person will mob ilize his forces and prepare to with stand the siege. Winter is con- quering hero, with millions of pes tiferous germs as his arms, only to those who weakly give up and re- fuse to fight. Square your shou1- ders, take a deep breath, and look hi in Uui ceive that he will quickly change his attitude, and become a. friend and ally instead of an enemy.
 A Summer vacation is all right, if rightly spent. but you can't absorb enough fresh air and sunshin in a fe weeks to keep your vitality up to par for. a twelvemonth to come. Per feet health and physical stamina are not so. easily won.
 Resolve right now that you are not going to permit Winter to "get your goat" and build up your defenses so that the army of pneumonia and grip and ssco1d" germs can't force an entrance into your inner works.
 If you will make such a resolu- ton, and live up to it, you are in for the next few months. Whats more, you will be able to do more and bet ter work, and will be able to build up your business or make yourself so in valuable to your employer that the cry of sshard times won't have any
 Begin your day by taking some light exercise, such as bag-punching, followed by a cold bath, if you can take it to advantage. If cold water showers or plunges leave you shivery, don't take them, but give your whole body a thorough rubbing with a coarse dry towel. Rub until your body glows all over, until you feel like fighting cock. A cup of hot water in the morning is also advisable, and a brisk walk before breakfast, will help to get up your circulation. Walk to your work, if you can, and at least walk a part of the way. Take deep breaths you walk, and reveI in the bracing Autumn air. Don't think about business, nor about war, if it depresses you. Start your morn ing right, and the battles of the day are half won.
 Don't gu1p your luncheon. Eat simple, easily digested food, and rest half an hour afterward, if possible Give your brain a midday rest and it will work all the better afterward. An employer who doesn't give his workers sufficient time for luncheon to permit the digestive processes to get we'll started is cheating himself.
 Most important of all. get the gym nasium habit. An hour every day, or even every other day, spent in scientific exercise under competent guidance will work wonders toward keeping you fit and fine. Let your friend Gym take charge of you for that brief period of time, eat moder- ately and simply of nourishing food which your appetite craves, go to bed reasonably early, spend as much time in the open as possible dress warmly, but don't coddle yourself, and kiss old Dame Worry good7py, and tell her
 
 you'll find that this old world is a pretty decent place after all. If you are subject to colds and "snuffles'' in the Winter, don't begin on the first cool day to swaddle your neck and chest with ''protectors,'' but Dash. cold water on your chest and throat every morning, and then rub brisk1y with a towel. IF you have nasal catarrh, keep the passages clear by occasionally taking deep breaths and then expelling with first one nos tri1 and then the other closed. If your case is severe, see. good physician or some specialist
 Whenever you have the time, or can make the time but stcutting out'' some thing less worth while, taIke a long walk. The Autumn is the sea- son par excellence for long hikes through the woods and country. Organize a walking club among your acquaintances, if you don't like | walking alone. Every person has some friends with sense enough to realize the value of long walks if the proposal is brought forcibly to their attention.
 Map out all the surrounding coun4 try. and arrange a schedule of routes that will afford a change of scene for every hike. Half of the men and women of our cities don't know, ex- cept from hearsay or by feeting g | gIimpses from car windows, that there | is any country around their home cities Go out and get acquainted with the country folk. Of course, they are only rubes, but you'll be sur ! prised to discover that. in many ways they are almost as bright and intellf- gent as you are! This will be educa-