The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-20
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

perspiratiol from my forehead 1 I was too uncomfortable to enjoy the game in spite of the fact that it was fast and snappy. Bob McDavid had passed me with his score book under his arm Joking like he wished he was in the Roebuck pool. Henry Vance lounged by and said, Doc come on up in the press box"
 | But I didn't have energy enough left to make the climb to the roof, and chung in misery to my seat I looked around to see if others were as hot as I seemed to be, and found that hats and fans were in motion, and it looked like "mop-up brigade" the way handkerchiefs were be- ing used to catch the falling dew. found one oasis, however, in the arid Saharic heat, for on top seat, on the left-hand side of the grandstand. spied "scotty Chestnut" looking as cool as flowing spring in his natty Palm Beach, and as colorful as a whole garden of roses, for his boutonniere was only out
 
 He made restfll picture in the otherwise torid frame.
 He caught my eye and gave me a friendly wave. and so got up and joined him. for I at least knew that would get the benefit of breezy conversation, and it was just what I wanted, something to break the stiffness of the air which seemed absolutely dead. He made room for me and soon I had forgotten my physcal discomfort in his rapid-fire talk
 
 He is perpetual bluebird, for while the cheery hamburger of spring puts glad note in the birth of the awakening of new life in the march of the seasons, "Scotty" in appearance is always a sym phony of color in his Joseph raiment, and in his speech is a perennial gladsome note that is natural cure for the blues, for sunshine.
 It is wonderful thing to have exhuber- ant vitality of body, and "Scotty'' just radiates good health and is long on animal spirits. Say what you please, the Greeks were right in their care and almost wor- ship of the body and my versatile friend is a standing rebuke to-those who ignor- ing their bodies take a sad kind of pleasure in posing as spiritual I stand for gospel of health. x "Scotty," by his attention to dress | fr,,,, tho fa ot that his clothes are a bit loud and his cravats a. scream, got for himself somewhat of a reputation as 1 dude" Now I do not think his color scheme was worked out with any desire whatever to call attention to himself, but 1 that it is just part of himself, and l is simply the natural outgrowth of his love for bright things. You might as and yellow as to chide him for the gor- geousness of his apparel.
 l sat by his side, and laugh as you may about those who pay attention to their l raiment, but the much abused dude 1 has done more for the happiness of the world than the saints of old who hid themselves in the deserts, and looked down on clothes and starved themselves in the hope of finding favor with heaven. The former took pride in his body and exercised and kept. it clean, while the latter neglected it and lived in wretch | edness and filth.
 | It is a great thing to be physically lit l I never tire of reading about Thomas Car lyle, the dour peasant, and Jane Welsh Carlyle, the brilliant lassie whom linking her life with that of the man of genius Ealmost made shipwreck of it. Now l am not going to reopen here the propriety of the disclosures made by Froude, for in recent years we have had chance to cor rect some of the unloveliness of the pie ture by the publication of her love let 1 ters: but I am convinced that the tragic | story would never have been acted anu then given to the world if Carlyle had paid more attention to health and been able to overcome their dyspeptic tenden- cies.
 looked 'Scotty' over carefully, and he was good to look at with his we'll knit frame. his clear eyes, his ruddy com nlexion--for he gave out the. impression of a man who ate his food with pleasure and who could joy in vigorous exercise Now I am not trying to make hero out of him or hold him up as q paragon and vet he~.is q fine example Of a good fellow who gets and gives pleasure as he goes through life.
 
 Now. here is where I am going to shock the grave but mean for I wan' to tin off the presidents of Howard col lere and the Birning Southern uni | versity. that when the next season opens and they are on the watch for men witf message to speak to the student bodies that they do not overlook my frienc .Scottv'' Chestnut I think they migh we,l for once drop some preacher of note coming with hectic flush from hls study to grab hold of man with tar or his cheeks fresh from ths athletic fields. know the boys will agree witt me. for he is a prime favorite with red blooded lads.
 I take pride in the fact that l havs always cared for my body. and from my youth up have kept in touch With manly came. I am writing out of long ex perience, for I have received rich divi !, dends in daily living because l neve | xxy,th ctrA rAr,cy