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everyone the importancc ot moderation in drinking. Spirits 1 havc proved to )ie disadvantageous to the would-be atliletc, and my favoriie drink is lager beer. Heer and stout should be among alcoholic licjuors the best drink for the weight-lifter, as they are better calculatcd to build up the physieal po wers than atiy spirit drink, such as whisky or brandy. Ii a man bas been all his lite teetotal, tlien my advice is “stay so.” It must be admitted that anyone who comtnences to take spirituous liquors in moderation is. at any ratę, running the risk ot eventually succumbing, and drinking to excess. With regard to smoking, here, too, I must plead guilty, I ani not a non-sniokcr. As is, of course, true in regard to practieally everything, excess in smoking is vcry injurious. Moderation in all things should be the motto.

The man who works hard recjuires morę sleep than the man who wastes his day in idleness. To deny oneself sufficient sleep can only mean in the end a breakdown. so the man who performs feats ot strength must see to it ihzt he gets plenty of rest, plenty of tresh air, plenty of good. nourishing food, that he avoids all cxcesses. takes a daily sponge down, is quick to apprcciate any slight mnning ołT in form and to apply the remedy—rest.

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