The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-12
For Leading Life OF Reilly


~ DOROTHY RAYMER
BY the time Reilly gets this,
he'll be leading the life of Reilly
again, but not the life Of Reilly
~ he lived It in Key West. He
win b back in New York City
working to help keep other peo-
pie healthy, and as he puts it
squareiy. ito be physically ade-
quate IL preventive treatment
against illness"
DR.. Harold Reilly, who leads
his own life and believes in the
way he leads 1t, has q winter
home In Key West which he
maintains with his wife, Artist
Elvira B. Reilly. He's Doctor to
those who come to his health
service at Rockefeller Center,
but Harry to his many friends
here, and to most Of his clientele
who fast become his personal
friends. He's that kind Of mani
He didn't have to read Dale
Carnegie's "How To Win Friends
and influence People" It's a mai
ural ability with Harry Reilly.
He has flashing good humor,
sensible. cheerful outlook, just
enough Of Irish whimsey to give
his personality the light, delight
full touch, and he likes to help
people. He's prime example of
his own scheme for living health
lily with lots Of vigor, plenty of
vim and q twinkling philosophy
which allows for what he calls
compensation"
by that ! mean that you have
70 be In good condition to dis
sipate Z little and enjoy it. If
you eat too much and drink too
much ALL the time. you fast get
into = shape where you aren't
able to enjoy a bit of high life..
The thing to do Is compensate.
II you over-indulge one day, pull
on the checkrein for a week. If
you miss sleep one night, sleep
longer the next one. That way
you csn have some fun and live
70 enjoy II too" he said with
that catching Celtic smile Of his.
He added that he had been
asked to establish q health serv-
ice clinic in Key West but de-
clared. key West Is MY vaca-
ton place. I can't think of any
place nicer, and we've been all
over the world, for vacationing.
So ! decided against establish
ing health center here. That
would mean I'd have no place to
rest. ! take my own advice. you
know. and everyone ought to
have some place to relax. even,"
and he laughed, IF you live off
the fat Of the land as do"
Reilly lives off the fat s.. the
people who have too much of it
....a phrase aptly expressed by
Phil Baker one Of his clients who
autographed . photograph ITO
II. J. Reilly who lives off the fat
Of the land, and rightly so
People come to him to be re-
conditioned, but Reilly says that
Il would be easier on all hands
around II they just tried to keep
In condition consistently. He be-
lives In preventive physio Their
apy. I'm hcalth-minded. I like
- feel well and that's how got
my start. i was IL years old
when I began. I started a little
club In the basement Of a house
In my neighborhood in New
York. We didn't have play
grounds and the like in those
days. Once interested went on
into running. the hroadiump, the
shot-put. finally for boxing and
The art Of ju-jitsu "
Ten years later. when he was
n. Reilly was teaching $4,000
men. young and old in army
camps during World War /.
Through athletic endeavor, and
therapeutic work with the
wounded. he became interested
In the science Of health and then
began to study all branches. hy-
dro-therapy and other related
subjects. seriously. he plunged
avidly, took al the courses he
could. finally set up his own
institution in New York City at
Sind near Columbus avenue. He
stayed there for three years then