SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17125, 29 October 1917, Page 6

SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON.

HOW HE Kj^PS FIT

"How do 3 70u keep fit in London?" asked a representative of the "New York Times," interviewing Sir William Robertson, Chief of the General Staff.

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"I generally ride twice a day; sometimes I get a game of golf; and, thanks to the kindness ci the Archbishop of Canterbury, I can go whenever I like and play tennis at Lambeth Palace. This helps me. And then, I keep « clear table. (He pointed to his big table, on which there was not a single document.) That is a great secret of health —a clear table. 1 don't let things accumulate. You see, lam served by a splendid staff. We've got the Genera! Stall: into working order now We've been trying to get it into that state since 1906. We've got it now. Jt is a good General Staff. And I believe tiie General Staff is largely what it is because we all feel it a. part of our duty, a part of our morality, to keep fit. A soldier knows, it's part of his training, that he cannot do his duty as he ought to do unless he's physically fit. He owes it to the men whose lives are in his hands that he fliou.-i. have a sound mind in a sound body. I sometimes think that statesmen and men of business might learn from the soldier in this respect. Exercise in the open air is essential to health. And the more responsible a man is the less he should be occupied. Keep a clear table. Keep the mind free of all'unnecessary details. Don't let the small man fuss you. Try to see the main thing only, and in its true perspective. As for my- | self, I hardly ever dine out, see no documents at night except those of the very greatest importance, go to bed e«rly_, get up early, go for a ride, 'and then come to my table ready lor anything."