The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-07-19
A Soldiers Guide

YOU. He probably knows most Oh
the others that are commonly used
There is naturally not much room
for originality in the field OF ordl'
nary exercising without appliances
What you want roughly is to WORK
your back and stomach and chest
and arms and leg muscles. There
are certain conventional exercises
! that cover this field in general
way, and practically every man
knows some or nearly all OF them.
OF course, if you can exercise reg
ularly in the open air, so much the
| better. But even if as strenuous
game as tennis is a part of your reg
ular daily program, l would still
! take the morning and evening set
| ting-up drill. This system of exer-
else, if carried out thoroughly and
intelligently, will deveop and harden
| every uuSClt III thS Uouy' <hAN -
soldier needs all his muscles.
Exercise the Feet
For instance, many man thinks
! there is something wrong with his
feet when all they need is little in
telligent exercising. He supposes
that his arches are falling when
there is nothing the matter with his
feet but weakness of the tendons
| and muscles due to improper shoes,
cultivating improper walking and a
lack of the proper exercise.
Here for example, is simple lit
the toes together-feet bare, of
course-with the heels apart. Raise
yourself slowly to tiptoe and then
let yourself slowly down on the out
side of the foot You will find that
this will give you a new pleasure in
walking after you have done it for
a few weeks
Also be very careful about lacing
high shoes tightly around the ankle
There are powerful tendons here
that must have free play. have
known of several men in civil life
who thought they had rheumatism
or fiat foot or something equally Sc
we're because of pain up the back of
the legs. There was nothing the
matter with them but tight lacing
around the ankles.
Corns, bunions, bad callouses and
similar defects cannot be handled as
simply as this. II you have that
kind of trouble, even in the slight.
est degree, my advice is that you 20
to good chiropodist and have him
put your feet in good condition. Be
careful and pick out good one.
Avoid quacks VIII advertise that thew
Will turn you out without foot
Dlemish in fifteen minutes.
you cannot be too careful and
painstaking about this. A soldier
who has the slightest thing wrong
with his feet might as well have
bullet through his leg for all the
good he is in an army. A man can.
not march brisky and steadily. he
cannot fight comfortably, he cannot
nave peace of mind or body if his
feet are bothering him.
In later chapter | will take nm in
detail the care of the feet after Won
nave become soldier-what IN do
LOT them in camp and on the march
This is the preliminary physica,
preparation, and it is among tho
most i'm portant duties Won have r.
perform before you are called 70 tho
colors.
Don't try to crowd nature uo,,
ier' mat is all. You will nroh.
ANY run across number of men who
know all about what you sbonld do
ior your feet. They will recommend
rubbing them with alcohol and a,,n,
solutions and all sorts Of ,b;no.
haruehing them. Don't do il Won
are extremenly likely to mako thon,
ea'ious' and if you do you will suf
Ter, Let nature take care of tho
haruehing process. Give bor
cnance by seeing that there arc
corns or bunions and that vo,
shoes and socks fit properly
And of course. keep them cleo,
The Care of the Teeth
of equal Importance arc
teeth. The man who was ro,oo u
Tor the British army on accom-,
e. Oaa teeth and said, q want 70
night the Germans, not bite ,sa -
!. consideration on account .,
MS wit. not the soundness 80 ~, u
sumen'' You cannot fight the Cor.
mans or anyone else if you cant h;,o
your lood' if you are laid nm n;.s
teeth or your dieest,on =.