The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-13

BOYS How TO Be Physically Fit
Get flenty4of Blsep and Keep
Away from Cigarets, Jim Dun
can y Advice to Boys and Young
Men Of Bismarck. W
Nv & LANES / DUNCAN b X

=: -. BY JAMES DUNCAN. : ( -
In an Interview with r, NJ. Kerby.)
Any boy can put himself in excel
lent physical trim and Danish illness
from: his life II he wants to do IT,. y
The first necessity for boy who
wants to make himself physically per-
feet is SLEEP a. i. .,..
make it a point to get nine hours
sleep every night. No young man
can follow the bright lights and get
by physically. Plenty of sleep is abso-
lutely necessary to keep the body in
good shape. | have done this all my
life, since L was little chap
=. \ Next, I would advise a boy to
keep away from cigarets. I have
never smoked in my life. 1t is
bad for the wind No athlete can
afford to smoke, and no young
man who wants to keep in ply :.
steal trim can indulge in tobacco.
Alcohol is just as bad. I never
drink anything stronger than a
glass of beer, and that very occa'
siOnally. {" .-'. -. Z w.. H..
And food is most important. Plain
cooked food, and not to excess. at
regular hours, is my program. I eat
q good breakfast and dinner, but a
very light luncheon only a little
fruit!
Then comes Cleanliness: The body
has got to be kept free from impure
ties and the pores Of the skin al
lowed to do their normal work Of
casting off body impurities If the
young man is to keep physically fit.
I take two baths a day regularly win
ter and summer. Before my morning
bath take number. Of deep breath.
ing exercises, and then jump into a
cold bath. This IS q fine tonic for
the system, if the system is strong
enough to stand it. But the body
ought to be in good shape before it
is tried as regular practice. take
a warm bath before bed every might.
It not only keeps the pores open and
the body clean, but helps to get the
nerves in shape for good nights
sleep. '.
The boy who wants to get into ply,
steal trim ought to start. with walk.
ing, keep on walking, and never give
it up. | am great walker-it is the
finest exercise l know I've got six
prizes for walking and am as proud
OF them as of any ever won. ~.
How about sports? Anything and
everything in the line of athletic
sports is good. have played foot
ball, baseball, and have been a swim.
mer all my life Swimming, too; is
one Of the very best things for a boy:
Every boy ought to learn: how to
swim when he is a youngster and
keep it up. - @4 g., ~, -. 5.........
do these things as a matter Of
course. They are not burdensome
routine with me- but just part of my
daily life. enjoy my bathing, walk
ing and swimming. So will any young
man who gets the habit 1t would
be fine thing for the nation If every
boy had been encouraged to get the
proper physical exercise all during his
life. am afraid that the physical
examinations for the new army are
going to show too many of our young
men below par physically OF course,
in many cases this is not their own
fault. Boys who have been yanked
off to work before they were out OF
school have had little opportunity to
become athletes. But everybody has
some chance to improve himself in
this respect, and he ought not to ne
glect it. .
Why did l enlist? wanted to an.
swer the call at the first opportunity
didn't want to wait to be drafted.
It is the duty of the young men OF
the country who are physically able
to 20 to the front at the first call. !
hoped by enlisting now to encourage
other athletes to get into the coun-
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