The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04

regular and heavy exercise Of the most
violent sort.
HE goes out Of college a highly
trained athlete. with q habit of eating
enormously. yet with no incentive to
continue the hard physical exercise
What does he do? In almost all asses
at least in a very large majority Of
them-this young man settles down
into business or professional l!fe.
where almost all his time In spent in
sitting In an office
n gets very little exercise. except
Ing possibly at a week end, when he
may be able to go out OF town TO the
country. Yet he has The habit OF eat
ing heavily; he continues to feed VI
just as II II were necessary for hin.
to repair the waste formerly caused
by violent physical work. In conse-
quence he puts on beef; soft flesh. He
gets fiabby sooner or later. and in too
many instances. being a powerful
young fellow, full OF vigor. he COM
mences to dissIpate a little in one d.
rection or another.
Because OF his vigor and powers Of
endurance he finds that dissipation
does not seem to injure him as II in
lures the ordinary man. and irrespec-
tive OF the form INDUCED in he Is not
unlikely to continue II to q marked
extent. This he can keep up until he
reaches the early forties. say. when
crack! And away goes his strength
and his very life. He IL wiped out Of
existence 30 suddenly as TO shock all
who knew him.
II believe most emphaticaily for the
proper kind Of physical exercise for
every individual nan or boy In the
land. and my " personal expert
ence as a physical director for twenty
Ave years convinces me that a man
should keep up his training and exer-
else through his entire lifetime. II he
In a champion athlete. or anything APP
preaching championship during young
manhood. when he gets into business
he shoul taper down In his training
just as gradually as he worked up to
1t and under just az competent and
highly skilled advice and oversight.
II this course had been followed gem
orally by men who have been athletes
in past years I do not think the
United States Government would have
found It necessary to send out its
bulletin Of warning.
A a definite example OF what
mean take a single illustration-that
OF Richard c. Morse, who was a ia
nous oarsman on the Yale crew Nifty
Ave years ago. To-day Mr.. Morse 10
~ years Of age and as lively as a
cricket. He Is a notable example Of q
man who has kept up intelligent train
ing throughout his entire lifetime. He
stu takes his regular. systematic ex-
ercise In the open air: he still In are
ful about a proper and sufficient diet,
as he has been for half a century
grading II In quantity and quality. ac-
cording TO his needs as his years have
advanced. and he has never used
either tobacco or alcohol.
What Ia The result OF all this care
which really Is no greater care than
any other man should take who wishes
to live out his appointed span OF
years on earth and to keep himself
IN such condition that he can do his
work in the world?
The result liz that during the last
football season Mr.. Morse went down
TO Princeton to see a hard fought bat
tie between the team OF that univer-
sity and another. When the game was
over he found that he had barely time
TO catch a train back to his home city,
and without a thought OF III conse-
quences he started or a swinging dog
trot from the Princeton football field
and ran all the way TO the railroad
station without a break. The dis
lance. ] might add, IL not less than a
mile. and Mr.. Morse covered It without
the slightest embarrassment in any
Way"