The sun., 1918-09-09
TRAINING FATHER FOR WAR.
Simple Home Exercise That B Also
Good for the Exempt.

GOOD Tor the Exempt.
Father is going to become a part of
the fighting force. He Is to take his
place on the roll of military resources
and get ready to answer the call of the
President for service in any capacity
that a universal service country may
demand. With the most notable de-
/ velopment that American social life
has ever known has come a grave
problem for father. Soldiers must be
physically right. and the limbs that
| once took hurdles on the campus or
the back lots have been stiffened by
years of age and inactivity as their
| possessors have struggled to earn their
| way through a world that generally
! leaves athletics behind with the school
| books.
For the man between 35 and 40 years
Of age the new draft law presents a
serious physical question. 1t is also a
question for the military officers who
have cut their instruction and training
to fit young men and who are very
apt, without warning, to make the
| fatal mistake of trying to put dad
through the same PAGES that John,
| aged 90, went to get his commission as
a Second Lieutenant.
Such a course would undoubtedly put
father either in the hospital or the
grave.
But there is no reason why the man
of middle age, carefully handled, should
not harden to field work Some Of us.
imne,,ed nv both studious interest and
.ecess;ty have exnerinen.ed with the
,,ne nicked ITO u,eak noints and found
means N combat tho i,nz NJ Inactive
years what "a hero written 10 in
tended as an elementary guide to the
man from az to AZ in the task of get
ting AZ There is no question that OBJ
servence of the ideas will add wears
m tho lives NJ mon in advance ~ the
draft age and remedy many of the
chronic nhysical troubles TO which men
hermit tbemselves To become heirs.
at IL n tangible admiration of the
dream of Ponce de Leon" said a promi-
nent man to whom the subject was
mentioned. "Why don't YOU take 1t
ont from under n bushelo"
Which question is responsible for
this letter from a grandfather to his
fellow citizens of the same class.
Seeking for a cornerstone upon
which 10 Law the foundation of this
physical culture course. considered
from its military viewpoint, but adapt
able to civil workers. It should be
pointed out that the cardinal points
of weakness in men OF the age under
discussion are:
1.-The heart.
3.-The stomach.
/ 1.-The limbs.
The prob,em ia IN mako them f,nc-
ton normally after wears devoted TO
pursuits and measures that have con-
tributed to their undoing.
A very large majority of the men
of the tyne use either tobacco or alco-
holic liouor in some form. Both cut
the wind and operate injuriously upon
the heart. The man who wishes 70 he
born again as an athlete must make
I'D his mind to eschew both. Sudden
transitions are ALWAYS bad. and no
man who has fed for score of years
upon artificial stimulants ought TO
think OF dropping them without first
making his system ready for the
change. Cut the drinking in half for
a week. and the smoking in half. At
the end Of a week cut what ia left in
half. and then eliminate the balance.
With this treatment, which is nearly
exclusively mental, must come the
physical work. All of our class nearly
has n little bit Of fat under the heart
that makes the old machine work at
times like a gaso,ene engine that
misses fire. 1t is a weakness that is
fraught with constant danger in civil
life, and under military conditions 1t
may easily prove fatal. But it can
be remeded. Taking away the arti-
fetal stimulants and substituting eX-
ercises that will gently build APP the
Stacker heart will gradually restore 1t
to working shape. Regular sleep,
simple meals and careful avoidance
OF thlngs that bring excitement and
worry are essential accessories to the
transiorinatlon'
more men are hurt every day by
Worrying over business ana sociai
matters ana by permitting their
nerves 10 DC shaken through anger ana
aiee IMAM afe injured throush
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