Queries at a mess table : what shall I eat? what shall I drink? / by Joshua Duke.

  • Duke, Joshua, 1847-
Date:
1908
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Credit: Queries at a mess table : what shall I eat? what shall I drink? / by Joshua Duke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I 6o QUERIES AT A MESS TABLE. to be in fair working order. This latter is important, and we should not then read of deaths in the football and hockey field, such as an announcement I culle(^ from a local paper yesterday : “ During a football match at Scarborough yester- day, K. ]\I.,ait. i8, goal keeper, fell to the <:round and died in a few minutes. Deceased is said to have suffered from heart trouble.” Next to running, skipping is one of the best exercises, and possesses the advantacre that it can be carried out in all weathers, or anywhere. In training for boxing, 1 believe skipping is used between the bouts. I imagine skipping without a stop for lo minutes is equi- valent to running a mile or more. It would be interesting to record the miles, some delicate ladies, who would not dream of running even a furlong, waltz, in a full-sized dancing hall. The heat of the plains is not an objec- tion to running. Men play at-rackets, tennis, as at home. Personally, a certain amount of heat seems an advantage.