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Show PHYSICAL EXERCISE U WINTER. TUe Gymnasium Not a Cheerless Place Baths-A Hint. "Winter is to the gymnasium what it is to the theatre," said a professionial gymnast. "Athletes and pleasure-lovers must find enjoyment indoors, and the young men who would have strong, supple bodies in the spring must do the same. To the uninitiated a gymnasium would doubtless be regarded as a cheerless place, with the mercury from 6 to 15 degrees de-grees below zero. Those are the days, however, when a young man in physical training most delights to don his tights and rubber-soled shoes and take a spin on the track or a fly at the rings. "Then, a bath in such weather is most enjoyable under favorable circumstances. circum-stances. The bath-rooms in most houses at the ordinary temperature in winter are not comfortable; with the mercury 15 degrees below zero they are not habit-u habit-u . Ia P1 constructed bath-rooms the shower-baths are so arranged that steam and cold water are mixed at will by the bather. Most of them will turn on , the hot steam until the bathroom bath-room is filled as if by a warm cloud, then they will let cold water into it in sufficient quantities to compel the steam to fall like a warm summer's ram. The sensation is delightful all the more if the bather has heated up his blood by the proper exercise. It is as j mi i 4;, ,m ureams witnout their ill effect. The swimming baths are patronized extensively in the bitterest v,011600134 da-v las week 300 members of a city gymnasium used the bath. The gymnasium is given up in summer for the bass ball field, the cinder path and other means of outdoor exercise. To be prepared for these the young man must keep himself in active exercise during dur-ing the winter. Thpro ora cr r- eional base ball players who neglect this! snrl-nnJheSpnng ey et eumatism sprained arms and a dozen other ailments. ail-ments. When they don't work they get fat and consequently weak in muscle.; Then a month before the season opens I they are forced to run for several hoursa day with heavy coats on and flannel ab?u? their necks. Alternating with this exercise exer-cise they are compelled to endure for several hours a day the torture of lyin mSl? th? heavy iupingandtumblini mattresses to sweat the fatty tissues out of their system. This treatment leaves them in good condition, but somewhat Lirf?!16 to 8tand the work o the ball field in the earlv sprint If people would keep "up a system of SE? dMiD the Winter theTwoufd not be troubled with spring fever. Winter Win-ter is the season of meats, heavy gravies fn iTZf: teaves.tri system the Tnrimr "Sht "SeIf in the spring requires a feverish effort, ugiit, rapid exercise and quick, vieor-ous vieor-ous bathintr ana i,k; -if 71. ' vl&or cha r 8-Proof aSsnS changes of seasons.-Cucag0. News. |