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Show li Dn gumujlt IMhUtg? Ily HON. M. J. MctTTIUCK. Lont Dlitmee Walker In tarly l).y, nf Camiwtltlve PrdMtrlsnlim. ' I M'OIf 1 1 I I l.'S i. i . not I realm tlint m opiiiinti has YT Ini n iiilii lirgilv Ihihiih- of nit vouthflll JirDllllIJi'lU f in i' """ popular, thnng i now lv ncglcitcd Hi hi of nth ngv li lu imii. whiih for mi ninny tf-am Mil so warm a spot in the tjTOT h net if tin nicrican people. The merits of the iuesiion. ihll '' l'r"l"r'v li" tixttl. would call for more space limn can I, fcj iiiinnhil iiic I ' JggJ I" Iriaiing the subject I want the reader to understand LUSfclLI ''"i' ""' inquiry mentioned here refer solely to walking a n hcnlih-prmluiing, life-prolonging exercise, and hoar no refr ncc whatsoever to artificial (print walking, whlrh ia tort of paiing lotoinolion t lint it nulijcct to the mine physical teniion and open to the Mine iridium a all other heroic competitive (ports. Moderation in physical oxenim- ia a necessity. Intcinperaiicn in tins direction carries with it the name risk and penalties a all other form of intemperance. The great value of dally systematic walking, whiih the Atnerivan jieople seem to ! neglerting more and more an lite. .Man go In, lie mainly in the fait that it is a natural exercise; that it mint he done in the open air nnd ticrvcnourishing sunshine, fortified by the vitalizing and invignratiig inlluenee of a pure atmosphere. flj Tin- attitude, too, for proper walking In perfiet, animated oroitncs 9 Willi shoulder held down and pushed well baek. While the stnmnih n J held in, the head erect, the chin squared and drawn in toward the cheat, the stride should lie made from the hip, and the lieel should meet the turf before the toe. Thin, the 'lent and nnlv slvlc of proier walking, can bo t-asily aciiireil, and the resultant heuefltii of its adoption lioth in the im proved air, health and physical Mininetry of it supporters are more I rendilv exKricnced than in any other known exercise. I Character ii marked by evidence in tlw human form, and a manly flj man's nobility is frequently exhihiteil in hi postures and stride. A I ahulller in gall if apt to be a shiifllcr in principle. There ii a ioctry ot U motion that i lieauty indeicribable, and manly or womanly phyiical grace- fuliieM is generally associated with grace of ipirit and loftiness of char-H char-H ncter an well. I Tlien may he exception to this rale, a there are usually exception! B to alt rules, but the exception) arc ordinarily but example of rvcrsion, n for en beauty of cliaracter radiates from the human countenance, to loftl 1 neu of purjioM and strength of character may be seen stamped on the movements of the human body. For thi reason, why should not grace j of motion lie cultivated through a correct and pleasing st)lc of walking! when the health-giving properties of added strength, phy ileal symmetry' nd longer life accompany it? A proof of the value of a regular and cornet system of walking I exorcise, contrast the long, enduring physical power of a (l!).yenr-old long distance jiedestriaii like ftlward l'ayson Weston with the living and dead examples of other form of phyiical trait, from which the sharp risk of heart lesion nnd neru strain liavo not been clyninaled. No serious danger of heart strum from invigorating walking exercise exer-cise are ever in evidence. The development of deep breathing lung I.tiiM that win dcyelop equal coiuelinos and physical symmetry, but dnily oppor-tmutios oppor-tmutios in tins direction are uithin the reach of but fa jieople, nnd oven nt that, lis iplemlidly beautifying advantage nru not comparable to those furnished by lystcuinlic and regular ojtenair u-nlking cxerciM.ii. You I11 oIshtvc that 1 speak of daily walking exercise in proper form nnd in practice of iroier jiiilgmrnt. To the great majority of people peo-ple of both sexe such walking will prow a benefit, and to ninny n real ensure, thniigli there are some others, largely in th minority, to whom edt nanism in any form is hard work. I personally haxo Known athletic ath-letic nit'n who could row a mile with less exertion than they could walk it nt nn ordinarily decent jmce, but, as I any, they nru the exceptions who lo not appear to derive as nnirli lienofit from thi as from soini other form of exercise. In coiitliiding this incoiiiplvlo reply to the question: "Do We Wnlk llnougli?" there is ono suggestion I would mako to that ilnss of iiidividunla who dread enlarging wnUtcmits, nnd nru nnxious to kwp their wnist lines linrd mid tight within reasonable Itoiinds I ha1 naver Known n long-dis-tniuo wnlkcr who, nfter retiring from professional life, kept up reason uble daily exercise, xOio siilfercil from abdominal enlargement. What is Iruo of tliifo men may lie easily ohrxoil in my own ease. And this is duo to the fuel that, rain or shine, I nlk eight miles ngiilarly eery day, not becauso I like it, but because nfter the terribly linn! training strauil of my early life, this system of dally - l) f oxcrciw was n necessity that uould bo yttcjh T$ft'PfriCAS met in no other way. (f |
