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Show PHYSICAL FITNESS OF BUSINESS MEN (By Frank A Gotch.) In this little story I believe there is a lesson for tho average business man or for all buslnoss men Back In 1906 thero was a man of my acquaintance in a middle western city who had never enjoyed the best of health. The morning, noontime and sunset of his clay were tied up In his business career That business busi-ness of his was an altar on which he dally offered up sacrifices of health and strength and happiness. He held his family down to shop and It became be-came a burdensome trial for them. He talked shop at meals, at bedtime, at picnics everywhere. He was a pest. Then came the panic of 1907. when even the strongest were crushed o the wall and the weakest had no look-in at all This man. in common with others, borrowed as much money as the banks would lend, it wasn't enough The white rectangle of the sheriff's office was finally tacked up on his door. Tho only thing he saved was a littlo tie farm a few miles out of town. He had never been a farmer, but he was placed In a position where he dare not attempt being much else. It was hard work for a man with soft, flabby muscles and a disposition ruined by too muoh business. But when there is only one way left, that 'is the best trail to tako and he went to the game with all his might For months he was wearied beyond measure. meas-ure. He ato with the rest of a horse slept like a dead man and dragged himself to his dally toils. After he had worn away the worthless worth-less material In his body he began to take Interest In his work. He felt better. His muscles responded. He gloried In his hard work. And then he began to think. He was a man of brain and ability Here He was producing things to eat. and the food was pure. His was a wholesome existence. ex-istence. lie began to recall how he and his neighbors had longed for pure country coun-try butter and eggs and produce generally. gen-erally. Then he conceived the lden of starting a business right on the farm. Littlo by little he added to his dairy herd and his poultry flock. Then he wrote letters to tho" people ho had known, quoting prlceB by the season on eggs, milk, cream and vegetables. vege-tables. Ho sold to them direct, and his son did the delivering and collecting. collect-ing. Instead of receiving low prices ho was given the highest prices. His farm wae paying. He was specializing specializ-ing and turning his profits back into more cows and poultry. Ho is a proprietor now, riding out over his broad acres, lending his hand bore and there, working all day and planning and building. He Is making mak-ing more money than he ever made in business, and once a year he and his family take a vacation trip. He doesn't talk, shop now. He enjoys life tho way any real mortal should. He succeeded because he made himself physically fit, and the balance was easy. And It is my belief that the lack of physical fitness is what stands between be-tween many a man and success in the great world of commerce and finance. |