Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-30
IT'S ONLY A FAD
(By A. B. Prindle. Y. NJ. C. a. Ply


(By A. 3. Prindle. Y. NJ. C. a. Ply
steal Directory
A young man for reasons of his
own. decided TO let his hair grow long
for six months or Il year. He in
dulSed in a whim. Suppose young
lady adopts some new stunt, we call
1t a freak, as venturing out upon tho
streets in male attire.
What is a FAD? There are many
fads. not always good ones. however.
Whoa n personal whim or freak is
adopted and practised by others as in
stead of reading stories good books or
news items for ourselves. wo follow
the path of least resistance and let the
moving picture film set 1t for us, we
call 1t n fad.
Thore are many dangerous fads.
Men, who took part in school ath-
lstics. or stood hard physical labor
during the ume of preparation for
different lines of work get into an Of
flee position cut down getting no ply
steal exercise to speak OF. We can
live for several years on our youthful
recourse. but a few more years Will
tell. Ten or twelve hours in airless Of
fices for n few years will break the
best college trained athlete in health.
1t is not safo TO Jccr at the Gods of
Science. Never. till we are ready to
graduate from the University of Life,
which ought not to be before 65 or 10.
should we cease to regard play as
one of our major electives. Play
makes a child into n man, and keeps
the man a child, growing and improv-
ing all his life long.
u The thing we are UP against Is that
we lack exercise and right living
habits. which result in hardening OF
the arteries or paralysis and down we
come like a winged duck.
"Go Get a Saw and u Saw Buck,
II YOU need exercise is an old empty
cry. Sarcastic individuals die first.
Setting UP exercises do not look good
to an eN-scrvicc man. But these arc
no arguments against physical cS-
ercisc
The majority of executive railroad
men die at the age of As or so. 1t
was not tho way they worked. but
the way they didn't exercise that is re-
sponsiblc for this high mortality rate.
Why do wo call fellow an old
crank? Some people are cranks
about exercise. diet. clothing or chew
ing every mouthful of food forty times
which is usually INDUCED in by in
valids or unbalanced individuals. A
so called crank is a poor risk for an
insurance company.
\ fad of tho systems OF athletic
training close to our own door is tho
habit of inducing profuse perspira-
ton. either by exercise in a warm
room. or by walking, jogging across
country. or rowing in heavy flannels,
out OF which has come tho popular
outdoor garment of the day under
tho significant name of sweater
This was supposed TO harden mp the
tissues melt down all Superfluous fat.
In griDiG get all
the softness out" OF the man in train
ing, so that when he had reached n
certain point where even the most
prolonged and vigorous of eNcrtions
would cause little or no pcrspiration,
he used to boast that he was "fit',
because there. was mo more water In
him" Needless to say, that II the lat
ter statement were true, he would
have been reduced to tho dimensions
of a mummy, for we nrc only a walk
ing aquarium, and every one OF our
living and working coils must be kept
flooded with water, or IL dies.
Since the work of many people is
likely to produce some unhygienic
clement which cannot be avoided, n
should he sought in an
avoCation, or a hobby" be prsctised
out Of regular working hourg 1t
should be far removed from the nature
of the regular work. Gladstone and
Horace Greeley sawed wood, or chop
pod down trees for recreation. a we'll
known engineer divided his timo be-
tween writing stories and painting pic
lures for recreation.
In some form, every one can secure
If one cannot play golf,
or polo or tennis, or swim, take part
in athletics, or climb the Alps, at least
he can walk. and if ,he tries. he can
do so in good company on tho high
ways az byways OF life.