The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-13
OF HIKES.
MEAN BETTER
HEAL TIL
Capt. Rodriques' Lessons, I'm
der Times and Herald Aus
pices, insure Improvement.
By GEORGE FRANKLN.

BY GEORGE FRANKLIN.
Are you willing to put of death
a. long az possible?
What lie your physical condition
today?
Are you the victim Of some
chronic disorder that makes you1
days drag and your nights q series
Of disturbing dreams?
Is your nervous system run down?
Do you work with difficulty?
How Is your brain; il 1t on tho
The Washington Times ana The
washington Herald have secured
the services Of Capt. Godfrey Rod.
rigues, who comes recommended nv
Bermarr Macfadden, publisher OF
Physical Culture Magazine. AZ the
greatest exponent OF out.of- doors
physical culture training IN the
world. He will conduct q series of
hikes while here. These hikes will
be featured by lessons In how tO
walk ana in physical culture exer-
cises designed to correct tendencies,
leading to physical and mental
breakdown. These instructinna
would cost hundreds Of dollare he
secured through the channels usll-
ally employed In obtaining physio0l
culture training.
Lessons Free OF Cost.
Through the efforts Of The wash.
ington Times and The washington
Herald, they are offered to residents
OF washington free Of all cost.
It iS only necessary to join Can
tain Rodrigues in the series Of hikes
he will head to obtain them.
go on one hike, 20 on the first
30 az not to miss any OF the great
lessons he will teach and iIlustrute,
and you will go on the others
That has been the history wherever
Captain Rodrignes has organised
and conducted his open-air hiking
classes. He has conducted them n
many OF the largest cities Of tho
world.
Fresh air never hurt any one.
That is an old saying. Ii mas
never been challenged. But fresh
air Is only one Of the elements
requisite to building up and keep
ing up the physical condition.
How to get the greatest benefit
OF being in the fresh air is Just
as important as being out where
the ozone is the sweetest.
This is the secret Captain Rod
rigues will impart. He will teach
It by showing just what to do.
There will be no question about
understanding him. He will be
right in plain sight all of the time.
What he does he viii explain. II
he is not understood he will be
there to be asked questions. No
one hiking with him need go home
confused about anything he has
seen or heard. That is the adj
vantage OF hiking with him.
Physical culture courses illus
trated with diagrams do well enough
in the majority of cases. But to
master the principles of physical
culture, to absorb all that it i'm.
plies, It is really necessary to work,
for while at least, under a direc.
tor. Many Of the exercises, learned
with difficulty In other ways, are
easily mastered when the director
is at hand to show where the mis-.
takes are made and how to correct
them.
Physical Culture Explained.
It has been said that physical
culture is the art OF keeping well
by keeping nature functioning 100
per cent all OF the time. 1t con.
ststs Of a series OF physical exer.
cises each designed to accomplish
q certain specific result.
II practiced properly the result
il attained. But If practiced care.
lessly, improperly, before the half
set muscles have been loosened up
enough to accommodate the new
demand. they are just as liable to
prove Injurious as helpful.
There are thousands of men and
women in Washington today who
are practicing physical culture. They
take their exercises daily with the
regularity they eat their meals.
How many OF them are sure thew
are getting all there is out of them?
Captain Rodrigues is just as
much interested in the man or the
woman who is doing his, or her
physical culture" as in those who
know nothing about it. He de-
clares he wants to meet them. All
else aside the Captain is one of
those hard working disciples who
believes all that he breaches and
proves it by practicing it. Hence
his interest In others who believe
as he does.
"All over the country there are
men and women who understs nd
what physical culture has done for