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Why the College
ATHLETE Makes
a SICKLY
Business MAN
rHE3 collogo athlete, meaning the young man who
was a lender In collcgo at rowing, track ovcntB
or football does not dovelop Into as healthy,
rugged a business man as the college youth who did
not go in for athlotlces or find a placo on tho 'Varsity
crew, eleven or track team.
This will bo denied, as It has been denied right
along by trainers and athletes In general, but tho
mod leal exportB who have had occasion to Judge
honestly, the men who havo studied these collcgo
athletes ton or fifteen years after thoy loft collcgo
and went Into business, ngroo that thlB 1b tho truth.
Physical examinations of a group of collcgo men
who wero graduated at about tho samo tlmo show
that tho young men who did not flguro In collogo
athletics aro in far better health a dozon years later
than their companions In tho collcgo who won great
honors through tho skill of tholr muscles.
At first all this sounds Improbable, but tho facts
remain and tho explanation Is so logical that thcro
seems llltlo doubt of it. Ono of tho best authorities,
Dr. Harlow Brooks, professor of Clinical Medlclno at
tho New York University, took this stand in an ad
dress beforo tho Now York Modlco-Surglcal Society
Bis OVER-DEVELOPED BODY Needs More Exercise Than a Business Life Affords
not long ago and explained In careful detail Just why
the collcgo athlcto loses his excellent physical con
dition in after years whllo his less actlvo companions
are fairly sound and healthy at middle ago.
Dr. Brooks examined twelve famous athletes among
a great many others In a regiment of militia which
is mado up chiefly of collcgo graduates- Only one
of this twelve could bo rated high physically, that Is,
was found to be In anywhero near as good physical con
dition as those collogo men of tho average ago of the
twelve who bad not figured in athletics. And this one
thleto of a dozen who did rato as well physically as
tho non-atblotlo men, died of acuto diabetes in his
enrly thirties.
Dr. Brooks Interviewed other distinguished medical
men and learned that they had found exactly the
samo rule, that his own observances woro by no means
an exception, but tho rule,
"Tho distinguished college athlete," says Dr. Brooks,
"after ten years of severe business Ufo is physically
below the average collego man In his physical pos
sibilities and In tho mcasuro of his rcslstunco against
disease Ho may oven fall below tho lovel of tho
entirely non-athletic man. Tho defects I havo obsorved
aro chiefly confined to loslous or disturbances of tho
heart and other circulatory organs, to adiposity or
to Joint disease."
Tho explanation of this Is simple enough. Tho
athlote does not, and cannot, If ho must earn his
livelihood by business, contlnuo his oxcrciso. Tho ro
suit Is that his well being demands tho oxcrciso that
ho, cannot take and deterioration of cortaln muscles
and organs of circulation bcgltiB.
Undor modorn business conditions It Ib manifestly
impossible for a mnn to contlnuo his exercise, his
sports, hlB rowing or running or Jumping or vaulting
or football exorcises. Time will not permit. The
IS
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The college athlete's heart and mu
cle are overdeveloped and need con
stint exerclte. Putting; him in but!
ne ii like putting; a meadow lark in
a cage,
successful business man must stick to his god of
mental strife and worry. Again, ho hesitates to en
ter Into contests if ho hns a record behind him of
collego days for he knows ho cannot como up to that
and naturally prefers to live In tho glory of his past
collego performances.
The average college man goes into business. Tho
avorago college man is not a man of great wealth. Ho
has to mako his own wealth and to do this ho must
Join tho swivel chair and desk squad. This is vastly
different from training, from dieting, from pulling an
oar dally, from sprinting against tlmo dally, from
struggling with a mass of healthy, eager young hu
manity for tho advancement of tho pigskin across
a certain goal line.
Tho collego man who was unable physically to get
into the group of athletes, who so proudly and with
such honor upheld tho prestlgo of their unlversityt or
who through choice, refrained from all of that, does
not mind tho change from collogo days to offlco days.
But for tho athlete it is like shutting tho meadow lark
in a cage, putting an Indian into a steam-heated flat
or keeping a healthy, actlvo boy forever "after
school."
"It Is a law of physiology," declared Dr. Brooks,
"that a useloss tissue deteriorates; the greater loss
In function, then, the greater the corresponding
waste of tho tissue in its future possibilities."
The fate of tho muscles that have been trained to
exertion and constant activity Is that without this
exertion thoy begin to deteriorate, thoy begin to be
come loss and less healthy and useful. Evolution
and progression Is the law of nature. Nature does
not stand still; either the body improves In health or
tho health lessens. Every muscle of the athlete sup
plies more of Its own peculiar strength and cunning
aa tho athlete trains, but nature does not glvo some
thing for nothing, it demands more and mora exercise
for the muscles that give more than tho normal work.
When tho demand is not filled these muscles begin
to fall back, begin to become moro and moro useless
and unhealthy.
Tho business man cannot maintain the high-geared
tissue without hlgh-jeared training and exerclso, and
the business man cannot exercise. Under theso cir
cumstances tho degeneration must and does occur, r
no matter whether the tissues concerned be of the
kidney, liver, heart muscle or voluntary muscles. Tho
over-development of any part of the body or any
function of tho body Is always at tho expense of
some other part of the body, Just as tho loss of ono
of the senses makes tho othor senses keener, tho
loss of the use of one's legs results in making such
a person'B arms doubly powerful.
There are great advantages in being ono of the
leaders in college athletics, such as contact with
wealthy alumni, higher regard of fellow collegians and
of the faculty and tho honor of helping maintain
college prestige, but in after life it is tho plodder who
did not wear the laurel wreath of athletlcB at col
lego who becomes tho sturdy, rugged and successful
business man who wonders vaguely why "So-and-So"
should havo died at such an early ago when ho waa
"ono of our healthiest and strongest men in college."
"Physical training." Insists Dr. Brooks, "must take
place along slower and more general and more normal
lines, It must bo designed toward tho evolution of
tho strong proportionately capable human body, not
to the production of a human greyhound or buffalo. We
must learn to secure In collego athletics tho groatest
possible benefits for tho many without tho great de
fects for tho few. In athletics as in education the
collego should equip and prepare for tho moBt effl
cient life, and not strive for Immediate scholastic or
athletic records."
Why a HEN Cannot
Lay a THOUSAND EGGS
IT haa probably boon tho droam of every
poultry breedor to brced a spoclos bt
hen that will lay lndoflnltoly. "My
bens lay uplondldly up to a hundred and fifty
and oven two hundred eggs, then, thoy stop,"
explains tho poultry keeper. "Why cannot I'
get my hens to lay five hundrod or a thou
sand eggs?"
Tho answer is ns simple as Nature llsolf;
for naturo portions a deflnlto, measured quan
tity of germ plasm to each of her chlldron,
and allows a handsomo margin for accldentB.
But whon that supply 1b exhausted no moro Is
to bo bad,
When tho chick stops forth from' tho shell
It is already endowqd with' all tho eggs it can
ever lay, nor can any dovlco of tho human
mind add . so much as ono yolk to that
number. '
Farmers watch their hons, and finally thoy
will nay, "Wo had hotter kill this hen she
has stopped laying." Of course, tljbro is good
judgment in that,, for the-hon brings no moro
profit as an egg-laying fowl. On tho othur
band, sho is so much added expense,' for sho
must bo fed. Naturally, tho profit thon Is .In
making tho hons lay tholr eggs as rapidly as
possible thon killing thorn for market.
By meana of selecting good stock and food
Ing proporly, expert poultry brccdort) can
mako tholr bona lay nil tholr ogga in two
yeans. Somotlmos a hon" will lay all her eggs
in a year. Leghorns lay about 150 eggs.
Brahmoa lay about 200. As far. as known, no
breed of hens will do much bettor than 200
eggs.
Now, Naturo did not Intend the hen to lay
200 bgga in a year. Sho intendod theso eggs
to bo produced In about flftcon years. Our
hcnB como from tho wild junglo' fowl of India.
In tholr native stato thoy llvo tifton or six
teen yoars and lay their eggs throughout all
What Insanity
Is Costing Us
IT has been computed that it costs us
moro to. caro for our insane each year
than tho annual oxpenso of tho Exec
utive, Legislative and Federal departments
of our government.
Thirty-two millions of dollars is tho actual
cost of caring for tho Insano in our various
public Institutions in tho Unltod States. It
. does not cost quite as much aa that each year
to carry on the construction of the Panama
Canal, and yet this $32,000,000 la only a Bmall
part of tho actual cost of our insane. Tho
total cost haa been estimated at 1164,000,000.
Tho manner in which this astonishing
amount ia calculated is on the worth of each
adult between tho ages of eighteen and forty
tiro. Long ago It was carefully ascertained
that tho average value to the community of
tho normal adult botween tho ages of eight
een and forty-five waa ?700 per year.
Counting tho number of people who have
been withdrawn from tho community because
of -insanity, peoplo of the seven hundred dol
lar per annum value, the loss is $132,000,000.
This, with the actual cost of caring for the
insane-, brings the total up to tho 1164,000,000
mark.
The first cost meana a per capita cost of
about thirty-three and ono-third cents for ub,
or that overyono in this country, if the cost
were evenly divided, would have to pay thirty-three
and one-third' cents each year for
tbo care of the Insane. The total coat of this
Is more than the ontlro valuo of tho wheat,
com, tobacco and dairy and beef products
exported each year from this country.
thoso years. But thoy do not lay any more
oggs than tho hen in tho poultry brooder's
yards who produces all nor egga within a
year and a half. Consequently, tho domestic
hen of tho poultry fancier Is dead at two
yours, or thirteen yoars ahead of her t,lme, as
fur an tho reproduction of her kind Jb con
cerned. s
Bocauso tho wild Junglo fowl of India lives
fifteen yeara and lays oggs every year, tho
bollof long provallod that those fowl laid from
a thousand t6 fourtoon hundred eggs during
lifetime-. Intor It was learned, howovor, that
tho hon In its wild 'stato layBsltn Cclutch" or-
nqsttul of n xlozon or .about that number of
oggs ovory season, nnu no moro.
If theso munO'Wlld fowl woro put In tho
'yard urid tholr eggs taken from thorn every
day, thoy would contlnuo to lay right along,
Instead of a dozon or so a year at tho hatch
ing soaspn, until their supply was exhausted,
and that would bo tho end of it. Thoy might
Uvo ilfloon or twenty yoars thoro would bo
no moro eggs. 'Until man can induco Naturo
to provide" tho hon with a thousand gorm
pjasmB, iristoad of with -less than two hun
dred, ho cannot mako tlio hen lay moro than
tho two hundrod eggs. Thus far ho has suc
ceeded only in making tho poor, ovor-workod
hen dollvor her flftcon years supply of ogga
In about ono year.
YOU MIGHT TRY---
"Pressing" a Fur Coat.
OK course, fur-lined coutB cannot bo Ironed, as it spoils tho skin, but
wrinkles may bo removed by thoroughly sponging the outside
and hanging the coat on a form to dry out of doors.
Place for the Thermometer.
IF you havo only ono thormomotor, sacrlflco your curiosity as to the out
sldo temperature and hang it in your living- room, that you may pro
aorvo your health by koeplng tho room "Just warm enough."
Handling Paper Patterns.
EVERY woman who cuts out from paper patterns knows of tho bother
in pinning It flat to tho cloth. Take a hot Iron and smooth the
tissuo papor pattern over the cloth and It will remain Hat without
pins.
If a Lamp Is Too Full.
MANY still ubo 'olf lamps for night burning or the store room, if
you fill them too full thoro is no need of soiling everything by
tipping them up to pour out sorao of the oIL Take an old medl
clno dropper and remoyo-somo of the oil.
Sharpening a Knife.
IF you havo no whotstouo handy, you can sharpen a knife easily by
passing tho cutting edge back and forth across the unglazed end or
bottom of a .crock, bean pot or any'auch stoneware Jar.
Chasing All the MICROBES
Out of Your TOOTHBRUSH
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To Remove Iodine Stains.
F Iodine Is spilled on linen or cotton, pour boiling hot starch over the
stain. Ropoat this twice within an hour and tho stain will disappear.
This will removo nearly all kinds of ink stainB also.
pOT long ago quite a hue and cry was
raised In England over tho claim of a
scientist that every brlstlo in every
toothbrush that has been uaed a couple of
days is alivo with bacterid. Tho sclontlst
went on to explain that by means of a num
ber of rigid bacterlologlc teBts ho had found
that tho average toothbrush (meaning every
used brush ho had tested) contained many
germs.
Whon theso germs wero placed In a proper
medium, a luxuriant growth of bacteria was
noted within twenty-four hours. Then nroso
tho question among a few, "Ib not the tooth
brush moro of a menace than nn aid to mouth
sanitation?"
It might seem that It. Is, wore It not for
tho fact that other scientists havo come
forth to remind tho public that every mouth
swarms with bactoria. This does not mean
that tho bacilli aro of the deadly or dan
gerous varioty. Nor doos tho claim that the
bacilli found In tho toothbrush are of the
deadly variety.
Thoro Is no mouth, however healthy, it is
said, but what contains bacilli In Infinite va
riety, and tho germs found in tho brushes are
merely transferred In the brushing from
mouth to brush. There should bo no scare
over this, according to tho experts. It should
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Do FACTORY WORKERS Ever Get USED TO NOISE?
UK introduction of machinery into tho realm of
labor, which Is- not bo very long ago, aftor ati,
is beginning to show Its effects In many ways
which had not been considered. Ono of theso Ib tho
general result of tho roar of machinery. Employers
'of labor aro beginning to' find that thoro is a bettor
output of work in thoso parts of tho factories whoro
tho nolso of machinery is not deafening. Ono Gorman
manufacturer, perhaps thinking of his employes as
well as his own pockot, cased aa much of tho machin
ery as waa posslblo In sound-proof covers and without
paying any moro wages found that tho output of his
factory increased sovon per cont tho noxt year, and
that his employes wero better off.
Porhaps tho most tiring part of work cortalnly of
monotonous work Ib the need of constant attontion.
Tho moro varied tho work tho' easier It is to give
attention to tho ditto rent kinds of things to be done,
and honco work that is varied, though It be hard, ia
loss fatiguing than work which Is monotonous, though
It bo easy. Thoro Ib less niontal effort needed to con
contrato the attention upon tbo thing In hand.
Nolso 1b detrimental because it brings in an ele
ment of distraction, and It Ib especially disturbing
whon tho noise is irregular and Jerky as in shirtwaist
making machines and highly speeded mechanisms of
that kind. Tho same thing Is true among men workers
in sawing and planing mills, and the clamor amid
which Ironworkers toll is ono of tho most brutalizing
influences of tholr life.
The belief that "operatives got used to It" simply Is
not true. On tho contrary, exhaustion follows rapidly,
and as tho man or woman gets moro and moro tired,
tho nolso acts with greator effect upon tho nerves.
Many a norvous system haa been shattered by tho din
of a modern Industrial plant, and many a man has
taken to immodorato drinking to got. as one man
phrased It, "tho row out of his ears." The ellmina
tlon of unnecessary nolso from tho workshops of tho
United States Is ono of the most important things to
be striven for in tho casing of tho terribly hard condl
tiona of labor demanded by modern industry.
Why SINGING Will MAKE YOU HUNGRY
SINGING, It haa been discovered, Is a great appeti
zer. No Iosb an authority thuu Dr. Cyril I tors
ford of tb'o Royal Hospital, London, declares that
this Is truo. Dr. Horsford-haa mado a studyot singers,
and also of tho effects of singing upon peoplo who
were not, until ho bogan hla experiments, in the habit
of singing, and ho Is cortaln that singing is a great
aid In Increasing tho uppetitc.
Tho fanioiiB old Baying "Laugh and Grow Fat" has
a splendid running mato In "Sing and Orow Hungry."
Thoro is tho soundest of loglo in Dr. Horsford's claim
that singing aids the appetite One connot sing very
long if ho is despondont, melancholy, blue or grouchy.
Singing will drlvo away more gloom In ten minutes
than meditation could do In ten days. Every physician
will tell you that the condition of the mind has a very
great effect upon tho appotlte.
No ono enjoys a meal when all- la gloomy and silent,
but let ono havo pleasant companions or bright and
cheerful conversation, and the food tastes better, and
one eats more and feels better in every way. Singing
thon makes tho mind brighter, nnd tends to happinesB.
Happiness mcatiB a hotter enjoyment of food. This
is one of tho reasons why song will mako you hungry.
Of course there Ib a physlclal reason as well sb a
mental reason. This la mainly In the deep breathing.
One cannot sing without taking deep breaths. Deep
breathing, us every one knows, clears tho lungs and
Increases tho circulation. Tho proper tucreaso of the
circulation calls for more fuel for tho body. Food of
course, ia the "fuel" nature calls for.
Singing; expand the top lobea of -the lung, which
ordinary breathing will not do.
It has been pointed out that a very good example of
the advantages of singing may be observed In choir
boys. Many an aenemlc little lad has gono into a
church choir, upon careful trial of tho choir master,
and taken great prido In his singing. Then in time
it haa been noticed that In almost every case such
boys 8eemod to lmprovo remarkably in their health.
Their cheeks ure red, their oycB aro bright, and they
lose their aenemlc appearance. Tho singing has been
tho chief cause of this. This Improves their lungs,
quickens their circulation, and this in its turn de
mands more food.
It is a well-known fact that a great many physicians
have advised patients with tubercular tendencies to
tako up tho practice of wind Instrument preferably
the cornet, and there Ib no doubt but a great many
young men have been prevented from getting consump
tion solely through the constant practice on a cornet.
The exorcising of tho lungs, of course, has been re
sponsible for so strengthening these organs so that
they could ward off the germs that threaten tho lung
cells. Whether playing wind Instruments or singing
a great deal the result is tho exercising of tho top
of the lungs. In ordinary breathing it is the middle
and tho bottom of the lungs that expand and contract
It takes a deep breath to so Inflate the lungs that the
narrow top portions are exercised, !t is well-known
that thla top part of the lungs are almost always,
without fall, the first section to become infected with
disease. Consequently there is no mystery, but a lot
of good sound logic to Dr. Horsford's claim that sing
ing makes you hungrv ,
bo remembored that the mouth is always
septio and cannot bo perfectly sterilized by
the use of any antiseptic whatever.
But because the mouth la swarming with
bacteria It does not follow that thero is dan
ger, for there are bacteria and bacteria. Not
all Is harmful; In fact, tho greator share Is
by no means harmful. To refrain from brush
Ing the teeth becauso thero aro bacteria in
the mouth would be as foolish as to refrain
from washing because thoro are germs in
the water.
Care should be taken to keep the mouth
clean. A quantity of bacteria in tho mouth
does not mean an unclean mouth. The fact
that one can never hope for an entirely anti
septic mouth does not mean that one should
not keep the mouth as clean as possible at
all times. And without tho toothbrush the
mouth cannot be kept clean.
By taking care of tho toothbrush there la
little, if any, danger that any germs on the
bristles will harm you. Just becauso a brlstlo
of the brush may penetrate tho lining of tho
mouth it does not follow that you will be
hopelessly Inoculated with germs. But there
are always a number of good rules to follow
with regard to the care of the toothbrush.
First, all toothbrushes would bo practically
safe If boiled five minutes before and after
use. -
Second, n new toothbrush can bo used
ovory day; penny brushes being made for
1 "Js P"rPOse. which serve quite satisfactorily.
Third, thoso wishing to use a toothbrush
quite a while can rlnso tho brush in one per
cent creosoto solution or allow it to stand be
tween use in ten por cent formalin.
A healthy mucous membrane is tho foun
dation of a .successful hygiene of tho mouth,
and if the normal secretions of tho mouth
find tho tissues In a healthy state these se
cretions havo the power of overcoming tho
poison germs.
It Is both useless and daneeroua to use
strong antiseptics as a mouth waBh. Among
the things that medical expertB havo de
clared should not bo used extensively for
mouth washes are alum, formaldehyde, Iron
salts, salicylic acid and,- above all, no chlo
rate of potash.
Laziness Due to
Poor Circulation
MANY a poor lad haa been berated by
his parents and others and accused of
downright laziness when tha little
chap did not havo a grain of lazlnosB in him,
whon ho was fil of willingness to work, but
lacked tho physical ability.
This is a thing that frequently happens
with boys botween the ages of eight and
twelve. At that tlmo It is not uncommon for
tholr bodies to grow faster than their hearts.
A little boy's heart may ho unablo to keep
up with tho rapid growth of his body. The
result is that the heart is overworked keeping
up the circulation of the blood.
As everyone should know, any sort of ex
ercise out of tho normal taxes tho heart and
makes it work harder. A boy whoso heart
has not developed as fast as his body finds it
actually impossible to do a lot of extra work
He will sit about and Join In forms of play
that do not need too much exercise.
Nature is tho best guide for all this. It
will not let the boy do it voluntarily; it will
mako him feel like keeping quiet. To do
mand such a boy to split a lot of wood, carry
up a lot of coal, run on long errands, do a
lot of hard chores, is all wrong and may re
sult very badly for tho little fellow.
And then to add to his physical Inability,
a bitterness to his soul by unjustly accusing
him of being loay ia altogether too rough on
the youngster.
