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Show Outdoor feerestlons, inch aa hi recent Ashing trip ia Florida (right), help preserve President Hoover's well-being and keep slirs the vital earg which a Chief Excretive mat possess to gaiJa the destiny of ths Nation Keeping the President Physmallyi Fit Trom Medicine Ball ihEariyTMorning Until "Taps" at the White House a Famous War Hero Stands By Continually to Safeguard the t " Health and Peace of Mind of the American Chief Executive U Outdoor recreations, sorb ' ' aa hia recent Ashing trip "- ia Florida (right), help f ' : ' '.-' - ; ' ' " preserve President f , T '...'!' - rr - , .. ..." 1 " "; BooTer's well-being and f """ t - - . keep a lira the vital eerg f, ' t " V ' i I """'" which a Chief Executive V ' 1 ' t i ' I V .. ". mat possess to guirJe J k .'"'' I ' " v" -.""' th destiny of ths Na!oa IV1 ' - '' " ' f f, "-"' "'.. '' ' Keeping the President jryy PhysiGally Fit I 1 IT rrom MeHtcine Ball'thEartyMorning ' ' j t Until "Taps" at the White House A.C u ' ' u a Famous War Hero Stands By f ijp': X y ! Continually to Safeguard the J s ! jln J Health and Peace of Mind of the p.'. ( Vi M r J J American Chief Executive ) . I fel n n P IT 1 J I fefJ M Ctr Preaident Hoorer geU ry littla By Thomas r . Healey r J Vr 'y- 25 ,i,ur Bd priT,ey B v,t6hin' J ' x , xL'V- t0"' but ha uke ,re,t enJoy PRESIDENTS of the United States are I 1 'r NsJ ) X . X , ment ln ttniia Iew dy" ta guarded with such a' degree of care and I X AsX 7S tBe Pn wit P"1' ' e0,, such extreme precaution that the restraint I I i " . V"iJ Ti-A)iiK iv genisl companions placed upon them becomes one of the heaviest J i ..'. U. A " burdens of the office. The country realises, of ' " '' ,"VT-A rT3r 9 Boone won his Medal of Honor that course, that various arms of the Government I ' - , i . JlV'-4- day by repeated acts of heroism. In the operate to protect the man ln the White House. I . ic2J face of machine-gun and aircraft Are ha but only those ln close touch with the dally Ufa V - J j zJs advanced to the open to carry wounded of the President can appreciate what such pro- , V - f - 1 men to the shelter of a cemetery wall, taction entails and what It costs a normal ? SZ- where he had set up a field hospital. In human being to be separated from the rest of V ' ' I at the President of the United States, dispatches commending his action hi the world and bound to a routine so monotonous s . 1 1 Orange Juice and coffee follow ln a small commanding officers exhausted super latitat la-titat one might ask If the glory and honor ' ' H ' room on th Toun(1 Ooor ' the White tlves ln praise of him. On the same day, or the exalted office compensate for the sacrl- . i , - - House, and then Mr. Hoover dresses and when medical supplies were running low, flees It demands. ' A t" breakfasts. Boone volunteered to take a motorcycle The average American will say that no sacrl- J ' ' Pennsylvania may feel proud of the to the base for fresh supplies. He drove flee la too great, no personal discomfort too V- , young man who has been Intrusted with that motorcycle through a curtain barrage onerous, not to be offset by the prestige, the f ' the physical care of the President, and ,nd a gal attack. He suffered no Injury, power, the glory of the presidency. But he ' y'i V' 018 Nation may JusUy Join her ln that He brought up the supplies. It was hi will say thla with Insufficient knowledge of what U" x t I emotion. Likewise, the people of the great triumph of the day. His superior la hMiUn hum mural irraMm Vial finer WaaVi- ( COUntTT DltT feel aSSUTCd that the PreSl- uv. t.l,nA that thev marveled not OnlT By Thomas F. Healey PRESIDENTS of the United Btates are guarded with such a' degree of care and such extreme precaution that the restraint placed upon them becomes one of the heaviest burdens of the office. The country realises, of course, that various arms of the Government operate to protect the man ln the White House, but only those ln close touch with the dally Ufa of the President can appreciate what such protection pro-tection entails and what It costs a normal human being to be separated from the rest of the world and bound to a routine so monotonous that one might ask If the glory and honor of the exalted office compensate for the sacrifices sacri-fices It demands. The average American will say that no sacrifice sacri-fice Is too great, no personal discomfort too onerous, not to be offset by the prestige, the power, the glory of the presidency. But he will say thla with Insufficient knowledge of what Is hidden from general scrutiny. Visiting Washington Wash-ington and viewing the White House or, perchance, per-chance, catching a glimpse of Mr. Hoover, the farmer, the business man or leisurely tourist Is greatly Impressed. Very naturally natu-rally so. Ha asks himself what sacrifice ove v 2 i of w x aps. ' Captala Joel T. Boone. V: 8. N, apoa whom rests the respea-aibiiity respea-aibiiity for the good health of the President, is oae of the teat decorated aiea ia the world Judgment and tested skllL Above all else, he must be a man of discretion, for no one, perhaps, has a closer Intimacy with the President than his physician. Undoubtedly It would be Interesting Inter-esting to the country If details could be given of the exact meth- President Hoover thoroughly enjoys the simplicity ef caaip life and asks for ne Inxariea when hunting or taking at the President of the United States. Orange Juice and coffee follow ln a small ' room on the ground floor of the White House, and then Mr. Hoover dresses and breakfasts. Pennsylvania may feel proud of the young man who has been Intrusted with the physlcaf care of the President, and the Nation may Justly Join her ln that emotion. Likewise; the people of the country may feel assured that the President Presi-dent is In competent hands, for Boone's sclentlno knowledge, hia coursge and honor have been tested at the bedside and ln the field, where be ministered to American Amer-ican soldiers ln aome of the most terrible operation of the war at the A lane, the Alsne-Marne. St. MlhleL Meuse-Argonno and ln many other engagements. This Oovemment has given him every decoration it is empowered to bestow, including in-cluding the Congressional Medal of Honor. He la the most decorated officer ln the tavy, and each decoration waa earned by heroic service, as the records of the Navy Department testify. He wears the Italian War Cross. Prance decorated him twice with the Croix de Guerre with palms and again with the French Fourragere ln colors of the Croix' de Ouerre. He waa on the battlefront ln France constantly, from March, 1818. until the armistice waa signed ln November, and then he went Into Oennany with the army of occupation. occupa-tion. It is a alight task thus to sketch the record of a man's heroic service. It is a more difficult task to visualise It One must try ta imagine the strain of those eight months of Intensive service on the battlefront of the most frightful war ln history. These were months of unending service to the sick, the wouniled and the dying: of service to men under fire while other men were dying all around him. In July, ISIS, in the Solssons offensive, Dr. Boone was regimental surgeon with the Sixth RegUaaent of msnM, the regiment regi-ment which suffered the greatest number of casualties of the American Expeditionary Expedition-ary Force. The marine were in the thick of the fight and Boone was with them. Without regard to his own life be ministered to men under fire, and be has told the writer that more than one man was shot to death by machine-gun fire or bursting shrapnel while he waa seeking to bandage an earner wound or remove him from the line. - President Hoover gets very little leisure- and privacy in Washington, Washing-ton, but he takes great enjoyment enjoy-ment in apending a few daya in the open with a party of congenial con-genial companions Boone won his Medal of Honor that day by repeated acts of heroism. In the face of machine-gun and aircraft fire ha advanced to the open to carry wounded men to the shelter of a cemetery wall, where he had set up a field hospital. In dispatches commending his action hi commanding officers exhausted superlatives superla-tives ln praise of him. On the same day, when medical supplies were running low, Boone volunteered to take a motorcycle to the base for fresh supplies. He drove ' that motorcycle through a curtain barrage and a gas attack. He suffered no Injury. He brought up the supplies. It was hi great triumph of the day. His superiors have testified that they marveled not only . at his courage but at the fact that he escaped with bis life. IN THE Belles u Woods engagement Dr. Boone 'again performed such extraordinary extraor-dinary service ln the care of wounded men that his citations won for him the ' Distinguished Bervlce Cross. It was ln this engagement that his field dressing station waa blown up by ahellfire while he was treating patients, and It was here, too, that he was wounded ln the head. He waa gassed at Mont Blanc and later was seriously ill of an Intestinal disorder. On the basis of his general record during dur-ing the war, Dr. Boone received the Distinguished Dis-tinguished Service Medal. Dr. Boone was born ln St. Clair, Pa on August 39, 1888. He traces his ancestry back to the stock from wMch Daniel Boone, the pioneer, sprang. In 1923 Dr. Boone was assigned as the medical officer of the Mayflower, formerly the presidential yacht. In that year Mrs, Harding .waa taken 111. and Dr. Boone, accordingly, ac-cordingly, was assigned to additional duty at the White House aa her physician. He has been st the White House ever since. As an advocate of what be characterize common sense" ln the practice of medicine. Captain Boone alas attracted wide attention ln the medical world. He believes this is an age of overspeclallra-tion overspeclallra-tion ln medicine, that this fact give rise to excessive charges by medical men. He has talked an4 written agauist the tugh price of medxal care, and he Is a oa-sis oa-sis tent advocate of the return of the old-fashioned old-fashioned family physician. The family , doctor, be says. Is ths greatest of human Institutions. His departure, he insists, represent the loss of a great pubile benefactor. The return of the family doctor, be believes, and a reduction" of the cost of medical treatment' would be a return of the finest Ideals of the medical profession. Cast Mat Una tie would not make to be domiciled In this magnificent old mansion, with its sweeping sweep-ing lawns, its rare old trees, its fountains. It art treasures; to be waited upon by core of servant, to be sought by the great of the world and to have every . material desire gratified. This is indeed an engaging picture. One turn from it with appreciation of the power and majesty of the Oovemment which the President personifies, but, a last it I only one aide of the picture. One's attention is concentrated on the White House. Little thought is given to the executive office, where a very human person per-son is laboring at a task which takes very ounce of his physical and mental strength every day ln the week. rIB not at all strange that the visitor, picturing himself as the head of the Nation as every patriotic American will do when ln Washington should fall to t"ni''W that the President spends more tune ln h's office than the usual business man, that he works harder and with probably prob-ably less appreciation than the bead of any corporation In the country, and that when be leaves his office it Is to return to another system of routine which circumscribes circum-scribes ban until 1st In the evening, when, fortunately, be can escap to the privacy of tils bedchamber. Then only is he alone. When he leaves it ln the morning morn-ing he ceases to be an individual He la the President Secret Berries men surround sur-round hm Secretaries surround him Visitors crowd upon him. All sorts oi problem confront him His power ai President weighs upon him. He cannot think of the glory of bis high place, tlx Hlniui of men and women, the pomj and circumstance of the presidency. ' All of these things are fluff and froth, to be admired ' by the unthinking. They are merely the outward forma. The presidency presi-dency Is represented ln the problem before him. the decision he must make and its effect upon this Nation and upon the world. It is that the President shall not be harassed or endangered that one arm of the Government supplies specially trained men to protect him day and night A corps of Secret Bervlce operatives surrounds sur-rounds him and his family at all times. The White House, its grounds and the executive office are constantly guarded by these operative and by uniformed polk. And an equally necessary protection 1 supplied by another department; ln the present Instance, the nary. It is represented repre-sented ln the White House by a young man, a Pennsylvanlan. a war hero whose uniform Is freighted with Insignia of valor bestowed by this and other nations Captain Cap-tain Joel T. Boone, the President's physician. physi-cian. Upon Captain Boone rest the sole responsibility re-sponsibility for the physical well-being of the President In every other direction a large number of individuals co-operate to protect the President trom annoyance or attack. Captain Boone represent his protector against disease, overstrain and all ah physical ills that human flesh is heir to. It is a tremendous responsibility, for, along with other superhuman attributes, at-tributes, the Nation expects the man in the White House to be a superman in physical and mental stability, and thus i the White House physician ia In a sense I answerable not only to the President but I to the Nation Hence the post sequires i a physician of broad exnerlence. wise cds pursued by Dr. Boone ln keeping Mr. . Hoover ln sound health. That would be, however, an unwarranted invasion of what little privacy Is left to the President The country must be satisfied with the fact that the President Is ln better health than when he was nominated at Kansas City; ln better health, ln fact, than be has been ln many years. Something, however, of Dr. Boone's methods can be recited and are, ln fact rather well known. The so-called "Medicine-Ball Cabinet" has been the subject, of the cartoonists' wit throughout the Nation and paragrsphers have found much inspiration in it It Is the sort of medicine Dr. Boone believes In. It ha reduced the President's wslstllne, brought the glow of health into bis face and. during dur-ing the fifteen or twenty minutes of sport In the early morning with personal friends and Cabinet members. It gives him the opportunity, however brief it may be, to forget that he U President Of course. Captain Boon keeps careful care-ful watch upon Mr. Hoover ln various other ways. H sees the President several sev-eral times daily, discusses hi diet watches his weight' and Uke does account ac-count of all indication of bis physical condition. He I a keen young man, this physician, with a penetrating eye. You rather feel, when be looks you over, that be is analysing your system, seeking evidences evi-dences of fatal maladies . Mr. Hoover came under Dr. Boone's care when he was touring ln South America prior to hi inauguration. Captain Cap-tain Boon waa dispatched to the battleship battle-ship Utah when it went south to bring the Hoover party borne from BraaU. The President-elect had been going at full speed for many months. He was not In the beat of physical shape. He wss overweight; over-weight; be was distinctly flabby. He needed exercise. He was physically and mentally tired; worn out by the strain of .the South American trip, which was a back-breaking Jaunt as any member of the party will testify. After a few days at sea. Captain Boone produced a medicine baa You can find anything on a battleship. A email party was organised, and each morning the President-elect and his friend put ln fifteen fif-teen minutes of strenuous exercise on the quarterdeck. That is how th "Modi cine-Ball cine-Ball Cabinet" came into fTiatepre Mr. Hoover enjoyed the sport immensely and be signified to Dr. Boone that he would continue the exercise after his inauguration. inaugura-tion. Accordingly, a sort of court was marked out In th south ground of th White Bouse, and each morning about 1 o'clock the President Cabinet members and friends throw the ball around In strenuous fashion. Visitors to the White House are welcomed it they cars to Join the game, and a great many take advantage advan-tage of the opportunity to heave the ball |