Physical culture . sound like obscene literature? Is it not literature that we need more than any-thing else. And for carrying this educational campaign, at the behest, soit is said, of some political heelers. Bernarr Macfadden has been sentenced to twoyears in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $2, He is still fighting the case inthe courts, but is there not manhood and womanhood enough in this country to forcethe anullment of this charge and this sentence? Why should a man be branded as acriminal who is doing more for this country than any other living man? Will you use your influe
Physical culture . sound like obscene literature? Is it not literature that we need more than any-thing else. And for carrying this educational campaign, at the behest, soit is said, of some political heelers. Bernarr Macfadden has been sentenced to twoyears in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $2, He is still fighting the case inthe courts, but is there not manhood and womanhood enough in this country to forcethe anullment of this charge and this sentence? Why should a man be branded as acriminal who is doing more for this country than any other living man? Will you use your influence to have this matter investigated and free an honest manfrom most cruelly unjust persecution. Yours for Justice, To. 233 The Late Olympic Games in Retrospect By B R. Ennan DESPITE a number of sundry dissen-sions, caused by the keen rivalrymanifested by the officials andathletes of the various nationscompeting, the Olympic Games of 1908were an unqualified success. Certain itis that an athletic meet of such magni-. John J» Hayes, winner of the Marathon Raceat the Olympic Games of 1908. tude as to hold the center of the worldsstage for two weeks, must go far towardencouraging the interest of the publicat large in those manly sports whichfor the most part constitute the pro-gram of the Games. Although the final results of the vari-ous contests were in some cases sur-prising, in the fact that those who werelooked upon as sure winners were de-feated by comparative newcomers inthe sphere of athletic championship,the standard of performance in all theevents was worthy of the great meet,and records went by the board success of the newly-developedathletes in winning their laurels fromthe veterans is a gratifying sign to thosewho have the welfare of true sport atheart, and is also an auspicious auguryof the physical improvement of theyouth of the nations of the wrorld. Itmust be remembered that for everyathlete who attains the great distinctionof representing his native land
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