The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27

be unhealthy, lie who IL stoop-
shouldered and old before his time
Is In poor repute. He Who dies
young Is guilty OF gross. negligence
aud hardly TO be pitied. Keep
physically fit" Is the cry heard on
every hand; the first prerequisite
laid down by that modern sJlon who
points the way tC success. The bois-
terousncss OF youth, the wild dance
and even jazz itself are but symp-
toms OF the national tendency to uni
vcrsal good health. Pep, punch and
perseverance are the watchwords Of
the hour.
we know now how you won the
war-how you smashed the Hinden-
burg line and dealt the final blow
that turned turtle our massive mill
tary machine" said noted German
war lord to an American tourist 1t
is because you are all so athletic
From infancy your people engage In
sports you never stop your old peo-
pie are playing golf. We shall imi-
tate you. Already Germany engages
more eNtonslvely In sports"
Hardly year passes but that some
worlds athletic record Is broken.
hurdles are negotiated faster, the
shot is hurled farther. the tape is
VI phfH more uulthlg III llt lON NdIh
dash or the mile run, the marathon
is extended farther, more home runs
are hammered out-always smash
| ing old records. ts II not an odd
/ commentary on 1.-The age of ease and
! luxury that intaius'-alinost "a
/ paradoXiCal s.tuatlon--that with all
/ the, soft influences now said TO be
/ prevalent, men are able to climb
! higher into the air in atrplanes. tive
| deeper into the sea. scale higher the
worlds lofticst mountain Crags,
/ penetrate farther the jungle or the
/ polar sea than ever before?
And the modern girl! with all her
I alleged faults there Is no gainsay-
/ ing the fact she is more expert
/ figure physically than any OF her
| fore bears she Is taller. more agile,
/ svelt OF style, fair OF form and alto
/ gethcr independent In her own
physical might than any type OF
woman the civilized world has ever
! known. Her nearest prototype OF
! the past was the Amazon; nowadays
| very many women are Amasons.
| Mark you that throng OF pretty
/ football followers you saw at the
] Army Navy game or the Chicago
/ Wisconsin tilt or the Georgia Tech
I Auburn sctto. Were there ever as
semhled In any stadium fairer faces,
/ roster checks, eyes more a,crt or
| forms more divine thau this galaxy
| OF fair women? Did Greek god or
/ Roman hero ever worship at the
shrine Of woman mere superb In
l point OF physical perfection than this
girl OF the momcnt2 Methinks
/ hear the shouting and the tumult OF
| a far-flung answer Flung far back
/ into the limbo OF the past IL the
| challenge that the acme OF physica,
| perfection was achieved in the days
| of the chariot race and the duel with
/ the lions. the modern world chal-
! lenges the ancient and medieval ages
/ to show us anything more wonderful
( in the way OF physical splendor for
the human race.
Are we then building a superrace
OF giants and goddosses? Is this the
physical age, the age OF physical per-
tect!on, or as near perfection as the
world has ever known
Science inclines 10 the view. "Old
gge is pose" Is the popular ac-
claim. statistical tables are brought
forward to prove that men and wom-
on are living longer than their faith
ors and grandfathers; that the span