HOW STATESMEN KEEP FIT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 2, 27 September 1917, Page 6

HOW STATESMEN KEEP FIT

ME. LLOYD GEOEGE'S GAME OF

Sir William Eobertson's belief that the General Staff's ability to. cope with all te tremendous.problems is very largely due to "keeping fit" makes the recreations of our statesmen, on whom tho brunt of tb* ™ also fall , he ™ h 'l«£ rerestin» reading to men who are sufferIn" from war nerves and fatigue,, probably because they do not keep M. ■ With eolf Mr. Lloyd Gieorgo has maintaktd Ms fitnes, to face of the hardest mental work. Uive him a day oft and '™e takes not to his club but tp his clubs Golf is also Mr. Boaar Law's favomito exercise. But his joy is a ga.no of chess •_in which, among amateurs, he is a "rhf Ftat Lord of the Admiralty, SirErie C Geddes, proclaims his favour* Z ; 17 and not at all for the last three 2s-ai£Wu«3Ssp S trd aU DcvS divides his reckon between shooting gardening, iomds. boating, and yachting. £ul Bp .nf d «^fX r r e of the House of Commons l il i°i S f not uame of tennis last Sunday started « ho 'f^ e on ° Monday. Like the fig*Sde he is fond of a Chamberlain did not bel,Vve in the necessity for any exercise If -La watching orchids grow and smok--6J cfi and he remained very }.1 g S I S n S age; but Mr. Gladstone i't'tX ed hi fitneV to systematic treef fii„„ nnd Lord Roberts remained young ffiSu the ordinary limits by the excelw nnen-air exercise of hunting. 'trlS Clarke, a true veteran, j.;u- with the Volunteers. d The Lord Mayor of London believes in a good walk.