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'"N1 : A . C- j Goocl IcmrproloRa md Tern 1 T I . nf7r Lfi vt yM T WOOC HX.TCHt.NKOV fe.vrrtate. i: a. Mwrttt THE ganarai ml hold that when av.r w fl pleaeur. and .njoy pial at mirth. wh.n.v.r w emtl. r laugh. though th eaus b a witty remark or a comic picture, w. tlmulat th flow of oar llva. w mil and laughter are. from a par oloatcal point of new. one of the meet health-promoting and lif-ln:h-eniac eiercisre i:it we can poasibty Indulge la. Thi mark mar be aald fairly pol tivly. B.it there appear to be bow hih probability that their b.n.nvial effects go (tta farther than merely dl- sttv. and eaatmllattv. Improvement. Th reasoa la that th oppoelt. emo tion, thoa. of f.ar and rase, hare re cently yielded up th.lr sac r. la In mlraruloa manner to th teat tub and the mlrroKop ami ther Indul g.nc. and .xpreaeton have been found ta result la pouring Into th blood fer ment and stimuli, railed hormones, which produe th mot extraordinary erTect upon th balanr and activities of th body. Ther Is. for Instance, on amala aland raited the udr.nal. ih. fa.-t that li lire upon th kidney. which, whenever an attack of faar or rag Is nroduol. promptly aoura Into th blood not lea thao nr.. diffarent hormones and .nsyrn. tha first of thes stimulates the heart bt. so aa to rata th team preasur f th atlr b!y In preparation for " a Bghl or a run: in ixom onai m blood ! of th muaifi all over th body a provide Ihem wth K . , during or shortly after a meal. Finally, frown down upon as.i.c o, . . " ihlrd hormone causes the liver to my of reverence, and oral power, of ...imitmtior, .nd up- blood m u ountlty remark, ,bou, th. building all ov.r our bodL. So that .,..,., mu. fu.i .ur.r. . ...,. ,h. not" and no CU AMPION ATHLETES DIE YOUNG ?- ?nm,;rrcrf tew c7cvJ0o, cfemousc&fystcc Director? Gie T M!MT ltKn mjrm H"! I'mted Stata t;ovrninnt. air w ; ft T RKr athleta lives longer than the ordinary HK I'nited Mati t;ovrnment. man la by no means proved. The thrancb It Public Health tarv- matter la on of such uprem Impor ts, ha leaned a sharp not of tanr to boys and young men all' over 1 . . ... h...,.d yrwwr P'Ci J warnma ' " - r innvtinai ot j w n s " r 1 " add Ihi iniftrni sentence. "Th champion ath:t di young." Caldriig ti fad that per cent of Ih s-hoolbots in l I'nlted Urates bv distinct amMtlona to become champion athlete, and that unnum bered laooaamls In various oitd"r rlab ctlnu tat amMtlon long aft thT -hvl. aa well aa rir1Kar ftt that In co!laa and th unl- the lr.!d who ar atrivina ron-s te.ma. m ..r..... ' of , , d al . ic In athlatlr port oeen nii irom m- Pny... m. Ti i,Ih.r thla the aa at which athlete die. Who n Ponl in for "To-aw alhlrtlc.- of such well-known Institutions aa th . ..... , ,K. m.mK.ra of "There ar a larce number of. Wis- cxt warn Ih r.ornmnl at Wa.hlngton; fnlveralty of Wisconsin. Columbia Lnl- . . . con,n alumni who wer prominent In "Th vrU modratly. but do not try to veralty. Tal. Cornell and Indiana, and in . .n.ral athletlca 20. 35 and 80 years ago nd pro vrlti all over Is Und It la atMeitc young men a almost any othr rorm nfl berUM tbtr hav given o much reason, however, why a man at th be repeated only at infrequent inter ...... m.. ... mn thoucht of etreas. .. j ..ki.iir. .r. r in who was In athletics at valu, but If a gam Ilk baseball or f mor tun history. literature, phlloaeehy or cnra corvidrrlng ail thla l be actrnllr tru. th PsMic Health lUrvtc -m to hav cpnd a toeic fov lia-usaln, hch la or Cl rcl lmrtanc to a lar proportion of Atnrlcn youth, as wall ea lo their ..a.M . n4 Alh.ri viraMv In- l.raatad la ih wattar run, l"J-IJn. ther has been an In- If It a t" thai hard, conilnwia crease In the death rate of athlete at aMt training I a bd thing for Ih Tal. especially among th crw men, avsrec If it braka him down nd. add Or. Anderson, "th finding In early mlddi at if it brines on d- ar noi aatiafactory.-- ,,.. -f th. heart aff-ct the rr. Anderson also I In doubt a lo m " ' .. . . . . . . . kidneys r l-inga. why tr rop or thut eexntry ouen I b Informed ' , u..tloa thai outdoor .-o-ts If all ktada ar b.omiB mor and mor general avary year aad that glrla thrf la ao unrrtatn term, for ther as .a wail ae boy, that women a well ar. ctir'.ni iiti r-iulr'rg . . . ...tr... Tb.i .re Via In for a llf of tnu- I. , " "tl.. in a .cor. of dirJtion whu-r, ts-ir mother, n.vr ,a,7,l und.rt.aln T?t definite and poa.tlv at.te- wJ.t ekeu'd have aon. out from a n.wara ar tra iriif ma run .w.v.r. ,r ,h. rl.r.l .Jovernm.nt ha. 7 .k. seal urpri. frrl ''' J . " u . w systematic aadercoing ..u..ai aarTri. .ap.rr-ia.iv . ii; " u . w ..... - . - - - . . ,w i . .. w . .. , . . w. ... . ... . . . ..,.. ... . t. . pkvJcal d .or, f many coll.... Phy.lc.l work to on. of -little or no m,tch,a than he wa. before th.t time. - - ' - " nu, ... -a -' -- - time h. can at basketball practice 11 tie quantlly and auallty accordlng to his Ir-W..it., o hav. .rant tn..r ay.t.mat.c .xarcla. I. r.apon.lbl. for x yOUEg.r man I. Ih. early to. 1. thltte. M a c ? atn.W thft athfete. do lltt,e he B 'nt train,t,g: " Ume ceds as hi. years have advanced, and tryin lo .ho. that atM. th. ..rlou. conu.nce. which follow Kaer adapts to Ih. track .v.nt that th. eo lie. "u 1 !T ! than Char he develops an enormous ap- he ha. never uaed either tobacco or Vall: of th. sne-t va.i.bl. In too many Th,. I. hi. ...... Th. young man In th. ,..n . and rVtate'me ISlTZ lZtl'VX pv" "TZ VZTl , , iVrrtktrThtvr'b.roVa'f.w?. ""I, my .xp.rl.nc. that th. athl... TJ? . 1 JJ- Jg, .T J..?"" "T HTJirw of men who achl.ved pro-,- who I. In th. habit of training hard to .njure klm..lf '"''- S'rtS JiZ plVle. and from datl 7, ,7b, Dr "1B -.sketball matches with other otner Jan 8noud uk, wM wlsne v.nou, forms of athletic rk and constantly for ,m. team. uch fort. .ha. th. boy of Ugh. hool eg. ,; J , oiVtMutrlMMVnl, kPPlauded by enthusiasts of va his appolnted Bpan of yea ICxZ V. and th.a sudd.ly d a. footb.IL end breaking off abruptly. .d than th. man over 10 or In the 40 hll. J now of o'' I Km the game and widely heralded by th. on carth and to keep himBalf In ,u:h Tt e.ry id-ll. .... t- th. aurpr... of u v.ry apt to .uff.r ..rlou. h..rt "With r.f.renc. to the form, of .port a" be supported bVfact "here are ituSv . u rlr, eoncluTlve'ly That ewspapers-U .B",v" condition th.t he can do his work in !.vLr -ho had .n th.m tB lh.tr trouble. I f..l r. thi. would no, b .u.t.bl. for th. man of 40 or 4. th. Z',ZJtJt HVLl "Jl FlVt "l,? tot a greater Incentlve-but during thfi worW, prim. .. ku.hr rromfnet-t w on th. th. If b. I M down ? "1 ' heTke'tbalu rowfr.. or .uch a. bask.tb.ll and ,n. quart.r and ."ve. longer Ind In I f-tball field. -..mbera of coll... Hy u ib. tr.m.d -P "V1'-'? 'enunud T.'nnU half mil. sprint. In track, which to my the av.rag. tn.n. Of w. a tr pl.y.r. of bblL baa- a r. ,, of ,. bowl- mind have little or nothing to com- be true, a. they are a k.m.11 .M m.al ai.r. " ' "ri"," " " u i. " T..,L ..immi,s. modarat. md them a. contributing to th. m.t b. more robu.t events.. ' . ' . . ... , ... , ..rin.i horaaback phy.ical welfare of the contestant, and the average. ,, w..ld ...orally b. .uppot that d.ntly 'J!! '.-'n tZlV fl.M anJTunUn th. more strenuous form, of com- "I am of th. op.nl m.a who d.v.iop. hi phy...l ton and th.r.for. UKptlbl. to vart- r,dlns "iB- t"MnK ,na unun p,tltlon .. t0 be carefully prepaid uonal health .ervlc. pew. I. such an unusu.l .nllhl "'" man of mlddl. eg " Irjurlou. after effect. Ju group lntere.ted. if h. Ih.r.by acuir. tarn, not ,o m.a- . . ,"-,.,- to dl.. -hould eat .per- carefully guarded against by gradual oughly Investigate. .tea Ike Joy or winain inumpn. "' ..,. . ' ...,,. out alcohol altogether, readjustment to a more eedentary man- own .atisfaction aa fee gret udi.-. -t rr.b r I"". .... ........ ' , h..ark.dlv th. orot.ld n.r of living, but assuming that the f.ct th.t athletics I iM r'r " '"r. sr. aa.VhVlL oll .r.mat.,a In food tof which red mt amount of .xercis I. thu. gradually tation of life. I think live t. .14 a, lb- hi. fll.w .tudent cr,..v mllcta. ball, handball. oll.y ""'J" 'Vtlpnlble). On the decr.as.d I bell.v. tk. w.lght of testl- early death of an atl wa h(4 along .jul.tly taking ex.r- ball. etc. .,,, whole, however. I believe that ab- mony ,. on th elde of better health tentlon I. rt.pon.ible eta. elr mod-rat. hind Her l r"" et.mlo.na In e.tlng for a man of M ,on,er f, for ,ne alhlM, ,han for tn4t perhap, athleti .Ka laValxaT aTin aV Rwrtl w ! a" . mr - nMi k Sk ST a 1 rnnre IinLHJI lUl kU . . m . .- . i 1 14 trmJaing. Th Is theory. however. that the liquid fuel, the blood, and at th tamo tim, contracts th blood vle la th stoma h and tnteetlnes. whr blood le not Immediately leeded. aad para- lyxra the unatrtpped muscles of their watla. This Mormon X.laln th Iro- madlat. wll-known wrckae of th discretion thst can be produced by bad new, sudden fright or a lit of anger as to b ready for a struggle, a light or a run for life. If all these significant, far-reaching change can be produced In th heart, llver. Intestine and th blood limply by an attack of rag, it Is certainly not unreasonable to auppo that th oppoalt type of emotions, pleasur and mirth, will be accompanied by ecr- tlons and chances which ar aJmoat a profoundly beneficial aa th other ar disturbing This helps to explain th extraordi nary valu which unschooled and un spoiled humanity has always placed upon laughter. Ther i nothing that th people will not pay a man. noth ing, almost, that they will not forgive him. If he will only make them laugh. Th eagerness with which th average man ka th corfipanlonthlp of th man who has a reputation as wit. who has a ready now ot numor sua drollery, or is a gooa story teller, is aom - thlng almoat pathetic, and wouia b. a.tonl.hlnt If It war ttot so com- mon. Nobody speaking with authority has ever told Mm that It ... - . . as par........ . Th doctor ha uaually ben rather In clined to think It bnath hl prof' -r athleta lives longer than the ordinary man la by no means proved. The .Ka vry Til I If il nf whom ar 1 ' - -' - thlr written opinions. Th mn In chart of th physical training of sfident at uch Instltu tlorw as the possess not merely theory but actual knowledge as to what happens to th young athlet whtl In col!c and after h leave ther It sems to b In general opinion thai excess In th heavy of athletic work la almoat r aian.ni. W. o. Anderson. . v. - rrofeasr and director of lb Tal gym- nasi um. K..n.. n,,i ik. r.ct that whil up to lb yr lS "the Yale man who - - - -" - - - - cam to Mah honor In tne major srorta in Ih Uat hair cantury naa mor than th ordinary man shar ot long life." rt during th last ten wnetner in cone ainivi m-t. . . . to unusual OKI as ao so bkhm n In Mihly developed In athletic sports or b-au of th. original str.ngth of th man blmaelf. th athl.t b.lng a sp- cially selected man from specially s- lectea group ot American ;"""- On th other hand. Pr. Jam A. ft.-... nk..lf.l il!r.lni at th. lRn vers.ty of Indiana, say. that. In hi. opinion. Ih, iroubl. with too many col- . athlet. I that -ban th.y go Into bu.lnea. or profe.aion.l llf. they .hut down on th. athletic Iralnln and x- ercl.e which Ihey had been keeping up . . ------- - fr aes.ral yeara pr.vlou.Iy and that .k aa r-h.na. of a I'f. from hard ..... . -. - . authority on phy.ical training at Co- lumbta medical opinion, after I. Uy e slonal diitnlty to advls bis patUnts to go and get a food laugh, although th most successful and popular prae- tltloner of th heallns rt r often precisely tho who bav th gift of humor and th capacity for Inducing thlr patlenta to look upon th bright side of things. Th theologian has been Inclined to laughter as the ene- mak disparsg "cracklng thorns "laughter of the fool." Th philosopher has usually been deathly afraid of It, for few of his pompous statements would stand its electric shock and flashlight revela- tlons of absurdity. But th man In th street. In spite of th authority of all th blg-wlgs. baa Insistently demend- ed two things bread and laughter, Not only is laughter most valuable and healthful for its age-long gastro- nomie associations, so deeply Imbedded in every fiber of our being, both phyii cal and mental, but also In its later developments ar.a Ita derived effects. In It more activ forms it Is an ex tremely valuable respiratory gymnas tics and general muscular exercise. N'o gymnasium-designed system of exer cises can equal It for a moment or call Into p!ay half so many widely separat ed muscles. A good, hearty laugh ventilates every cranny of th lungs, shskes tiie shoul- ders. stretches th side, mssnaces the intr, imwmi m m.in Mit of th fac. flushes the wnoie sKin menfi an wci in. ...... of saliva and th nasal mucus, stimu- , 1. 1 J - c .h. K K- lm ., - .,H you hav,puiiea yourseit logciner. plck-d up your apectacles. blown your . t lPf ' - of xprtnr briefly that on th taken Prt In college athletic earlier way athletic port tor tn great maas of men do mor good than harm. he add, "and snowing no enecia oi ran iimiuuti, ..neiiih states is tnat oi proper pnysicai um "On th other hand I am very confl- physical or mental deterioration." A track avenU. except that I would not ing or every boy and every msn who dent that a good many cf thos who to th exerclees that can wisely b in- advocate continuous athletic -training lg a member. During th last few .i,......!)!. ..rinua iinai aarl- dulared In by the average man of 30 of a strenuous nature for any one. A years th international committee of ously overdo, both In training and In romnotHioiv and that a consldsrabl number of eolleg athlete who drop their training and participation In sport too completely and quickly aftr i. ,.,, roll. r. worao off In th .. . w . - , i con a inr ra pi nuniuvr vi yiviiiinrii h,fc ....,,. .h ,... . . . . ... . .- jl atonal, nava D.rn auo.tvci iu urifDms tlve dt.,aM. organic In character, and ,on,e hav died becauae of organic d- cr, havB bn ,,!!, for many year. . h known of a considerable rum- btr of ,ampls of man who hav been di.tmguWhed In athletic sports end wno haT, either suffered from organic jnM. 0r who hav died from such trouble. Juat what would hav hap- Drar4 t0 tham If thy had not par- tirlpated in athletic at earner g . s (mposalble, of courae. to y. .To ,tate my opinion In another way, th(ai x bllv that xcslv Indulg- ,nc. , athletics, particularly If ac- companled by udden ctlon of such vigorous haita of life, la deleterltme to heallh In varloue waya. -1 . l .a .th.. miMllAna ua r ..... - ,v Th. ,y,rae man or 10 may play base- ' ,f he I. In good condition and hs. k,pt consistently In training. I doubt whether th avera. ma. ot le ahould contlnu. to play ba.h.tball. -A m,n between 10 and 40 In good condition and In training la a. well ir ,t h.ti.r .oulnned to row In - - jjue.tion From th director of physical educa- P"""'" " -! wm v however, that I none, wiped your eyes, mopped the per- splration from your brow and straight- ened out your vest and collar, you feel like a diiereni man. or, wuw .mi. like a boy again. One touch of laugh te. makes the whole world kind, and a laugh is the most potent humanizer. the best reduoer of all things and per sons to their common denominator on earth. It Is the finest reliever of ten sion, the best flusher out of dammed up secretions, the greatest mental dis- infectant and ozonizer known. just how those more violent and ex- tensive bodily movements. ... .... snaking ana convulsing us nvm aniv to loe. came ii milder grinning and gurgling and anticipation, is a difficult question, ine ...... 1. a. K.An ""i. "IIJ .h.M. la that they came about gradually by -ir. s? -m XSO KrCO f Q lO In Ihl field. Is Hon at th University of Wisconsin, at athUtic competition is th stlmu k.t. .k r nanr.a w. r.hler. also comas word lus It affords to large numbers of that he baa no available data on which to bs anything of valu concerning nu years Dr. tnier nas some very ounnui opinions. "I should consider It unwise," he writ, "for th average man of iO to go Into competitive sports ir he Ha not been In them previously. Ther Is no .honl or rnllrff and has kept blmseir - m condition during the Intervening x-. . r . .hmiM not rnntlnu In v aorous ' - - ' - - -- - sport up to JK. or even longer, partlcu- larly barebaU. basketball. tennis, "Competitive rowing ana traca events, not Including field eventa. constitute too Intense a strain under competitive condition to be continued with safety after 30. Handball, golf, swimming, boating and canoeing may be continued by the average man till very late in life, provided that he maintains more t... ...... I. .nrf ..l.mitl. Ir.ln. "l -- , f """"" "witn respect to oiei mr m ni man of middle age 1 would aay to eat meat not more than once a day. and paruk freely of fresh vegetables and fruit. "Appetite and tat ar gooa guinea for" the man who keeps himself In good . ..... . . Pbre.cai cona tion oy an -"'bunt of dally exercl.e. Th chief protective meaeure I not to . over eat. Avoid experimenting with ''" tarle. Taka plenty of time to meal, en"h L' w' ,L ...r ""'," "j;." .. " ...-. believe the best thing about the lntercollejfl- m ine non-iinieic j.iKe me roinHiei revulsion or reversing; i. as nearly as possible exactly the op- pogjte'of what we would if our inten- .. . w , hostile and menacing, so as to show how perfectly friendly and harmless our intentions are. This comes from the. fight, rather than the food, side of our experiences. " ' , which has become the conventional and means a further step up In the wmcn mental scale. It Is. of course, obvious greeting of civilization. But what ,1 our expression, of pleasure, ever may have led to the extraordinary of pain, or dislike, were originally vibrations convulsions and cack ings .. ' , . , , i of "laughter holding both his sides' quite uniniennuna. .u.u...u.o. without any special reference to their :, (k. eUCCl U1UM uihci. " "v. i.j.bi.b oso Tint It was not verv Ions: before they ,. , .nrf fnf.mreted -"CI . , as indications of the state of our mind and temper. From this it was but a step to the deliberate, to speak, artificial, use of our expressions. for the purpose of conveying messages i . s JLt' students to participate in aimem-a u attempt to reacn varauy . ever actually no enir upon mo rem form of training and contest. averaga man of 80 might very perly engage In almost any form ' ' . , mor or iraa iinnuuu. howevr. can be undertaken without undue risk up to tne age ot ja, i should say, provided th individual is of normal development and -prepares properly for it. If it is k rac it should tennis It can be, carried through ..... ,i ... . . . whole season, with lighter forms oi exerciee aunng UK irainam m the ofv the . year. For the man of iS ind over I snouia stigjten lun.i. ml .v,, as golf, horseback riding, cross-coun- try , -......... cases even more active forms, such a nanoDau. squaon. iriuu. ..v . "With regard to his eating the aver- age man of middle age needs to be cautioned particularly against drink- ing too much with his meals and eat- ng too many patrla and highly sea- ....a IaaiI. Th. tm.n Vi ... fall. i'" . - - - - ....... kl. rf.ll., .nnn..infcM.nnr exercises in ine open air or in wan- ventilated room and who does not over- load hi stomach with food or fluid ahould be active and energetic at B, after which time he may be left to act upon Impulse.' The University of Missouri, at Co- . .. . . . . . . . H. "T.", " l"e f , ,,Y"l"n m.titu Ion. whr physical training In general, and athletic .port. . pirtlc- ul". r. given wld and Intelligent ett.ntlon The man m charge of thi. fcroclx o education,, Df- C' U Brewer, Iu. I"! ..u,.;" a mi UB.ft.,u w -.ur u better health than course thi. should and stronger than Ion that the Ka- or any other they will thof- can prove to their well a. other, the ncrease the expeC- tbe fact that the athlete attract, at- for the thought .horten life. athletic. son who goes WI-ong "Baseball. basketball, track, tennia to others, of like or dislike, as uic case might be. So that In this way many original mlia and slight move ments and sounds have become very greatly magnified and increased in range for dramatic purposes. Thla la very clearly . seen in the hostile and aggressive emotions, as for Instance, the horrible frowns and grimaces, th menacing gestures and shrieks and roars, which not merely animals, but savage and barbarous men make use of' In order to strike terror Into their enemies. Something of the same sort seems to have occurred in laughter, only In the opposite direc tion; i. .. instead of assuming an angry air and a rigid, menacing atti tude, ready for a fight at the drop of the hat, as the saying is. we throw ourselves Into our most relaxed and helplessly undefended condition, throw ing our heads backward, our hands up In the air, and swaying the body backward and forward, or shaking it from sldo to side in a very ecstasy of relaxation and soft barmlessness. Just as a -man in a somewhat diffi cult situation nowadays will try to "imirh it off as a joke. Or as a savage, meeting men of a strange tribe to show he meant no harm and coming (a..f for peaceful Darley with them, will throw out his arms wide and hold his hands spread open to show that he has no weapons either In his grasp or his belt or up his sleeve, and walk slowly forward with face held erect Out of this, for instance, has grown the most irrational-looking habit ol shaking hands. Two strangers on meeting both throw out the right oi sword arm with the hand widely ex tended, to show that they bear no weapon nor malice. When they come e., by doing .,. , each one grasps the out- stretched and open hand of the other. and endeavors to raise it to his lips for the purpose oi pome saiumnu... will be outdone in politeness and each tries to kiss the other's band, and the ........ i ,-.. o-crl a in J-ha sinciiTnr un- . - - ' .,. ih.t it i. nn of .- - - - - the nnest inaoor spurn khowu. Another good association which still hangs aDout laugnter irom us eariy ,rly pleasures-of-the-table origin, is the frame of mind and the character of the things with which it is associated, Without attempting to open the terri- ble question of Just why a joke is cTiir Opinions &a2 Jett and ail sports requiring intense effort are not suitable for anyone but the young. The middle-aged man must se lect an exercise or sport such as golf, bowling, riding, walking, fishing, etc., where the effort is leisurely. A man from middle age on must eat mor lightly and less meat than during me growing, fllling-out athletic years." one of tho most important depart- ment8 of work carried on by Y. M. n a. rganJzatlons in thousands of - --- --- --- Toung Slen s enristian Associations nas - D.en aeVoting much time and attention to encouraging athletic sports, and It nai developed a very large staff of spncalista, at least one of whom is !oc-ted ,, practically every large cen- ter where th Y. M. C. A. has a home. Regarding the warning sent out by th Public Health Service, one of the International Y. M. C. A. physical di rectors. Charles A. Ball, says he has no .doubt that in very many esses champion athletes do die at an earner th. , -.neiisftry. ..Tne ract of tne matter is, air. mn c,ntnues, "that a lad who gets -In- trested in athletic sports oecomes mor and more deeply Interested as he develops his powers and meets with increasing suocees. whether at gymna- ,!om work or In the open air. Those, especially !n colleges and universities, .. . . ..ui V, 1 1 1 ,. (. Hrnneh wno enow . ... . . . I. 1,B.i pr anoiner oi uurt by coaches end physical oireciora x are aided la makk themse -Take a in every possidi way iv themselves doubly proficient. a concrete example e. MmaJI , almost any college of con- slderable size; he goes In for basket- bal eay 4na basketball. In my opinion. - ' U the hardest of all sports in its re- 9UTemtnilt of hekrt kctlon and power. o( rMplratlo. Fot thls reason and becaus. )t , playe(1 almost alto- etner not in tne open air. l m not favorably mcllned to it ex- ceptlng In the case of special men. When the freshman spends all the these years ne i .... tire bodily sy.tem to reBu..r nu ..... trained athlete, with a habit of eating enormously, yet with no incentive to continue the hard pnysicai exercise. What does he do? In almost all cases nt least in a very large majority of th.m this young man settle, ciown Into bu.tness or professional life, where almost all hi. time Is spent In sitting in en office. . "He get. very little exercise, except- In Possibly at a week end, when he may be ame to go out oi town to me country. let ne nas tne naoii ui eat- ing heavily; he continues to feed up I funny and why certain things are laughable and others not, one general rule can be laid down, and that Is, that the incidents which provoke laughter must be of a pleasurable nature, or at least far from painful and distressing. We laugh uproariously, for Instance, if we see a man meet with some gro tesque or trifling accident, where w know he is not much hurt. But wo would feel anything but like laughing if he had broken a limb or was In danger of drowning, no matter how ridiculous his contortions might be. The result is that laughter Is one of the kindest emotions, one of the ex pressions and impulses freest from cruelty and unkindness which stirs the human bosom. The things that we laugh at may be unedifying; they may not teach the most delicate refinement or the Highest morality; but they must be free from obvious cruelty and gross injustice or unkindness. Much as we may deplore some of the influences of popular amusements, vaudeville shows, moving pictures, etc., they have one great 'and overmastering virtue, and that is that they for the most part make us and leave us kindlier, more humane, better pleased with our fellows and with ourselves. Those things which are considered too high and too serious, and even too- sacred for laughter, valuable and indispensa- Dle as they may be, are precisely tho realms in which we have gone to tho most lamentable extremes of cruelty, intolerance arl Injustice. Whenever we begin to take our selves, our politics, our social or re ligious views too seriously, because afraid to laugh at their extremes, we run into danger at once. That which cannot be survived being laughed at, good-humoredly, in some of its re spects, at least, is either ill-balanced. Ui u,.1Uu..u. warped, extreme, inhuman Jiews aa attitudes upon any question is good- natured ridicule and satire and fun. The "Sunday Funny" and thi character, artist of the stage are far more human izing and civilizing than the Greek myths and half the folk-tales and fairy, tales. There may be unkind and unfeeling l,a-hter. hut it is only very small per cent of the total. That which we laugh at must be enjoyable to us and. under civiiizea conaiuoua, eimci joyaoie or at leasi l0ie.ou.c who are the subjects or the victims of it. Joy is the sunshine of the soul. and laughter the greatest antlseptio and mental purifier on earth. just as if it were necessary for him to repair the waste formerly causes by violent physical work. In Conse quence he puts on beef; soft flesh. Ha gets flabby sooner or later, and In too many Instances, being a powerful young fellow, full of vigor, he com mences to dissipate a little In on di rection or another. "Because of his vigor nd powers of endurance he finds that dissipation does not seem to injure him as it in jures the ordinary man, and irrespec tive of the form Indulged In he Is not unlikely to continue it to a marked extent. This he can keep up until ne reaches the early -4us. crack! And away goes say, when his strength and his very life. He is wiped out ot existence so suddenly as to shock all who knew him. T believe most emphatically in the proper kind of physical exercise for every individual man or boy in the land, and my own personal experi ence as a physical director for 25 years convinces me that a man should keeD up his training and exercise tnrougn his entire lifetime. If h is a .thiotp or anvthinsr n- pr0aching championship during young manh00d, when he gets Into business he noud taper down In his training jUBt BB gradually as he worked up to )t and uaer Just as competent and highly skilled advice and oversight. lf thiB COQrse had been followed gen- erally by men who have been athletes . . . . ..!. ,1.. m past years i oo not mum ...... .' ... united States uovernment wouia mm Iouna it necessary to send out tta bulletih of warning. ... . denni,e exampt of whet I ,.k. . -n,i. lliin.tra.tlon that f RlchBra c. Morse, who was a fa- mou8 oar8man on the Yale crw 55 years ago. Today Mr. Morse Is 74 years of uv., ag a cHcket. ,g . notab,e simple of a man who has kcpt up intelligent training throughout hi. entire lifetime. He still takes regular 6VBtemati0 exercise jn the open air; he still Is careful about a nrober and sufficient diet as he has Deen for half a century, grading It in -The result is tnat during tne last football season Mr. ICorse went down to Princeton to eee a hard-fought bat- tie between the team of that unlver- Blty and another. When the game was over he found that he had barely time to catch a train back to his home city, and without a thought Of ill conse quencea he started on a .winging dog trot from the Princeton football field and ran all the way to the railroad station without a break. The dis tance, I might add, is not less than a mile, and Mr. Morse covered it without the siightest embarrassment In any way (Copyright, 1915, by the Wheeler smai- cate, inc.-
