Show I SHE'S LIVELIEST WOMAN IN U US S. S Eleanor Roosevelt Stays Active t Th Through ugh Exercise Edit Editors Editor's dit rs r's note This is th the th first of ot ofa ota a seri series of f t three re articles endorsed by Mrs Roosevelt concerning her herI I health routine By MARIAN YOUNG She She eats sensibly sensibly lightly She lives I simply laughs laugh easily joyously like a child She has learned to relax And unlike many women doesn't s seek k artificial methods of weight control and keeping fit She never shuns outdoor exercise and she he does setting up routines And there in a nutshell accordIng according according accord accord- ing to William H. H Cranker Cranker- Lake George orge N. N Y Yf exercise and diet expert you answer the next time next time somebody says lays How in inthe the he world does Mrs Roosevelt do doIt doit dot It t Or I dont don't t see how a woman Eleanor Sleanor Roosevelt's age can travel so far in a year year year-or or so fast Our First Lady doesn't just keep going on nervous energy says Mr Cranker franker who has discussed exercise routines with Mrs Roosevelt many times She stands for tor a great principle the the principle upon which physical well-being well mental alertness happiness happiness happiness happi happi- ness and of course personal magnetism magnetism mag snag depend The principle is that we retain a sound mind in a sound body through living in accordance accordance accordance ac ac- ac- ac with the laws of nature One of natures nature's laws is that we must have exercise the healthful robust variety taken outdoors To this Mrs Roosevelt Roosevel strictly adheres The Great Walker In England George Bernard Shaw Shaw- Is the great walker In America Amer- Amer lea ica ca its it's Mrs Roosevelt The First Lady more often than rot takes a brisk walk before breakfast breakfast break break- fast getting up a few minutes earlier in order to do so She never calls her car or a taxi to go short distances She walks from store to store when shopping She prefers to o explore strange cities and towns town townson on foot When she was in Albany she always walked from the Governors Governor's Governors Governor's Gov Gov- mansion to the library a amile amile amile mile from the mansion to the capitol capitol captol cap- cap itol tol and back to the theater and so on She's a familiar figure on the streets of New York York simply simply because be he- cause she walks everywhere ancI people get a chance to see her And when guests visit her in Washington Washing- Washing ton ion or Hyde Park they often are invited to walk while they talk p 4 hip S S 'S S S S S S SS S'S S' S S S S' S 5 5 k I I w 4 St S y 4 44 4 S Though she may have Just finished a long trip studded with tir tiring ing ng receptions and speechmaking Mrs Franklin D D. D Roosevelt thanks to her strict health regimen usually appears at her next appointment fresh alert and flashing the sincerely interested smile seen in this photo When Mrs Roosevelt walks she puts all her enthusiasm into it She consciously keeps her body body- erect takes akes long graceful strides swinging swinging swing swing- swinging ing her arms arnis breathing deeply Mrs Roosevelt plays games with her children and grandchildren at every opportunity Mr Cranker continued looking out across Lake George the beautiful Adirondack lake which his health lodge over over- looks And she plays games with real enthusiasm genuine Interest Then too she has developed through the years a great love for forthe forthe forthe the outdoors To her sunshine sun and fresh air are things of pure joy joy joy- things to be taken joyously Never with a some now and sun and sun attitude She enjoys picnics picnics pic plc- more than banquets or lunch lunch- eons |