The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19


HE New York HERALD has got hold
of vital topic" said William
Muldoon in the gymnasium of the
Gedney Farm Hotel just before he went
on the floor to direct the exercises of class
of mature men. 1T Is one that should have
wide notoriety. for 70 thresh it out carefully
will work many important changes, and
am at the service of THE HERALD at any time
to help the discussion along.
But any one who starts with the purpose
of proving that the old men of to-day are
better in any sense than men corresponding
in age were twenty five years ago has got
hold of the thing by the wrong end. Moth
ing is to be gained by deceiving ourselves,
however pleasant it may sound to say nice
things Let us tell the truth as we it,
This famous rebuider of men was born
In 1S45. At an age when many men, most
men, thinking of retiring he Is making
new plans for enlarging the scope of his
own hard work In fact, he is living
demonstration of the positive side of the
mooted question. Muldoon is big man, ex
hibiting fine muscular development without
leanness or fat; his movements are DELHI
crate but finished; mind and body correlate.
Excellent as his physique is at rs, it is his
head it is the "cut of his jib," that really
proclaims the strong man. And, indeed.
whatever hand modelled this compelling
face did it in one stroke. Nothing f1nicky
about that sculptor.
Men of 60, 20 or over better than the
men of that age twenty-five years ago?
That is absurd. The average man of so to-
day is not in physique what his father was
at the same age. The age which led up to
that period of life was not likely to pro-
duce duplicates Of the old Romans. l see
signs of Improvement, however. and when a
big journal like THE NEW YORK HERALD
better things.
Calls Life Too Easy Now
And Weakness Too Common
Life has been made too easy for men.
Wishy- washy public sentiment which palli-
ates their weaknesses has harmed them.
The average man of so of to-day-or may
be / should say yesterday, for / notice adj
vance since the war due to the war that
gives me courage to face to-morrow-the
average man of so is played out. He has
nothing to offer to repay the world for his
experience. For from so on men ought 10
begin to pay back.
THE men of the older generations recog
nized this debt and paid it, The new ones
are mostly insolvent There are exceptions.
We know them. We count them on our
fingers They are too few. The old men
who are leaders to-day had beginnings which
prepared them for long years of work"
Muldoon uttered an ejaculation significant
of scorn as he said:
what do these men of so know about
work? They attribute all their ills to over
work. Seldom Is there such thing. But
there's plenty of everyday.
work he continued. never hurt any
body. Too much play, and the wrong kind.
kills. In my time what is called work has
changed so 1t is hardly recognizable. Me-
chanical progress has made this change.
With all the aids II provides. 80 per cent. OF
real work has been taken away from the
worker And for the 20 per cent. left he
hasn't enough physical and mental strength
The athlete smiled and added. as If it were
an afterthought: Then he comes to me
suffering from what he calls overwork.'
Speaking in round numbers / have had
under me for physical regenerating 1900
men. Invariably, whatever name the doc
tors give for the cause of their run down
condition, their own excuse is 'overwork
Not per cent. of the number had a right
to that excuse.
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