The sun., 1918-09-09

he will do well to fortify himself
against the chance.
While this wind restoring process
Is under way. the fighting father will
have to be working on his stomach.
bet that eliminates everything that
is not simple, that puts sweets and
starches on the blacklist and does not
tax the digestion. begins the stomach
treatment. 1t then should take the
form of the simple setting up" exer-
cises prescribed by the army. picking
those which especially apply to the
stomach muscles.
Around nearly every forty~year- old
waist there is a belt of fat, and more
fat has lovingly nestled around the
intestines and formed an arch under
the stomach. The ambitious conscript
father bends and tries to touch the
floor With his hands without bending
his knees. He finds that he has missed
the mark by eight or ten inches. But
that ought not to discourage him. If
he will continue the bending exercise
regularly. working constantly against
the invading fat without straining
himself, he will find in a couple OF
weeks that 1t Is losing its obstinate
opposition to having him touch the
floor. and day by day he is coming
closer, until at length he can nego-
tiate the entire distance without the
slightest trouble. Powerful aids are
the bending exercises to the right, left
and rear. and the circle exercise which
includes all Of them. To do 1t the
consc-ipt father places his heels to-
gether. legs straight, his hands on bis
hips and then bends forward as far
as possible, after which he will circle
to the right. bending as far in that
direction as possible, repeating rear
ward and to the left until he comes to
the original position in front.
By taking a dozen Of each Of these
exercises Immediately upon arising
and varying them with arm and leg
movements, that belt will disappear
and activity will come back. In the
arm exercises the simplest must be
chosen, using for one that which starts
with the arms horizontally in front of
the body, then raised vertically and
forced back laterally to the sides as
a breathing exercise. Any store which
sells military books will provide a
Manual of Physical Training for a
very small price, and a novice can
select his regular muscular diet from
It. But. better still, any soldier will be
glad to mark for you such exercises as
A. the case.
The legs require suppling more than
anything else. Walking and a little
running will attend to the stamina,
but there will be creaky knee joints
and feet that do not readily work in
their hinges. which only persistent
regular use Of the elementary setting
up exercises will cure. But rest as
sured that they will cure it, and trust
to time to show you the value Of your
investment.
The young 'old" man ought to
start with five minutes OF exercising
and then increase 1t to fifteen. and
finally to thirty. Thirty minutes Of
setting up exercises day will keep a
prizefighter At. and the time that is
thus spent will multiply itself by
months and years to be added to use
full life.
The Importance OF this work for
the men who are left behind is being
daily emphasized. Not so long ago
the doors Of industry and business were
closed hastily in the face OF the man
whose hair had been kissed by the
SHOWS. Now they are wide open
There is no age limit on the worker
Of this hour. So long as he is physi-
cally fit he can earn the pay that was
denied him four years ago, and not
only serve the country in useful oc-
equations. but enjoy the vastly in
creased fruits Of his effort.
Opportunity, thus knocking at the
door Of the man whose youth has
gone deserves to be met half way
and desire unaccompanied by effort
will not meet 1t.
That, however, is a side issue quite
apart from the purpose Of this article.
There will be taken into the army
from New York city alone something
like 100000 men above the draft age
as it has stood at thirty-one years
They will come from the counting
house. the bank and the office as we'll
as from the workers who have had to
do some work of a physical charac-
ter Most of the men thus taken are
now utterly unfit to go in the ranks.
Without preparation it will be mad
ness for them to try to do real military
service. With II, they can go the
course and carry the weight.
If such men will seriously consider
the situation, they will begin a system
Of home exercises that will permit
them to step into the ranks unafraid
and without the handicap Of an I'M
dermining weakness. 1t is life in
surance and health insurance COM
bined.
And as for the officers who VIII be
called to handle these men in camp:
They should not make the mistake
Of imagining that they are training
Plattsburg candidates. The youth OF
the land had the stamina TO begin;
these elderly men must have it created
for them. The task calls for judg-
ment. common sense and n knowledge
OF men. Classify them for training
according to their ability to stand it.
and temper the wind of command to
the lamb OF whom business is so
shortly to be shorn. +.
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