The Washington times., 1919-01-28
G Concerning the Size of a Mans
St0mach
Stomach
Usually, But Not Always, Big Girth Mes
Inactivity.

K Inactivity.
In Canadian court of justice famous lawyer looked
rather sconful at the lawyer opposed to him The op
posing lawyer was very thin especially around the waist
The scornfu famous lawyer fs around the waist He
said to his client: T win not be hard to beat that lawyer
Ne has too little stomach"
great many people need to have, and some still have
the impression that there is something dgnsd convincing
almost intellectual about a very big stomach.
The ancient Gauls splendid foundation of the great
French race perhaps of all primitive peoples the
that paid greatest attention to bodily perfection and that
achieved the greatest bodily perfection. !
They had curious customs curious ideas of right and
wang, and Of courage. II Gaul's house took fire he
wod rush into the fire. sword in hand to show that he
was not afraid You guess what happened to him.
when rising food threatened village of the Gaul the
bravss hinge giants with yellow hair white skin and
blue eyes, rushed with bare swords into the advancing
water-agan you can imagine what happened to them
One Of the stories told about the Gauls this and
mentioned because It refers the size of the human
stomach:
The Gaul lived most abstemiousy eating to live not
living to eat Each man wore around his body a metal
ring Of certain stipulated size regulated by law This
ring between the hips and the chest 1t could
not be removed save by fling it.
ousgrew his metal ring, it was sign that his
tony and he was disgraced ...
Consequently the Gauls were careful to keep their
soschs down. keep the metal ring and not the
rolls Of fat grow around it.
There many gentlemen today who might advanta-
geousy adopt the fashion of the Gau The effort to live
up to would improve their minds and bodies considerably
The human being is machine in which through the
brain there works mysterious force called the SOUL
The machine possesses certain amount of vitality
This vitality be put either into brain work or into the
processes of assimilation of building up superfuous fat
and flesh.
The who does with his brain all the work of which
Is capable will nine times out Of ten be the with
thin waist.
majority of the great men of the world would not be
inconvennced the fashion Of the metal ring around the
body should be revived
Frederick the Great, Lncoln,~Caesar, thousands of
really great in history of the very thin variety
Napoleon began fail began to get fat around the
waist That fat carried him to St. Helena not the special
ability Of Wellington Poor Napoleon suffered not from
giuttony but from ignorance Of the laws Of health
On behalf Of fat men SOMETHING can be said
The bodies Of human beings differ greatly in their ca
pacity for developing tissue.
Occasionally you will find able man whose system
mheted from simple peasant ancestors side per
siss IN pilng fat in spite of mental work Such man
can only keep thin by devotng great deal of time vo
lsnt outdoor exercise Consequently you may occasionally
see TAT man who fat because the body rules the
mind but because the mind rules the body and refuses
to give the time and the exercise it demands Such
lat man. for instance Socrates He was big around
the stomach because all the time that had to spare be-
tween sleeps devoted to his mind and his eternal
ing Even the rgors Of warfare when he walked bare
footed in the snow, carrying comrade to safety could
hardly reduce the circumference Of his mighty stomach
In certain the Canadian lawyer was right The
man with big girth is usually possessed of certain
amount Of rough vitality The big gth shows that he has
not given fair share Of that vitality to his mind But
1t shows also that he has vigorous constitution which of
course IN his favor as an opponent and fighter Of other
man. ..-s.
We advise the average citizens not to think of the