PHYSICAL CULTURE

Vol. IX. FEBRUARY, 1903. No. z. . .. CONTENTS... (C<'lpyrlt;btN, 1901. by PttYSICAt. C\ILTVltll PulUS>Hll'O (",<>,) PAO£' ld1 The illccni~ llc-1un11d~of I he Stngc ...... lJ.,, /.Ja J>krr('...... l 19 t:nnntur11l )lnn ...... /~1·/0/11, R. Cor,•cll ...... l2 l From the 1.nnd or the Ptncoclc Throuc ...... B_,. /7WJ .,.1, Pn~ ...... l :.'?4 :\lninc•s 1-fntl~ At.blt"lc...... ~,· I'. O. 1;11tthy·1t Jlu:,.b:uul ...... 12i Whnt The,\· Tnkc t\nil Why io Amcrit:n ...... f~v P. Akirk JI/er...... UH A Strid of Arti('J~ ou Ph)·Sckrtl Cultt1tt nntl llcllhh ...... /.{1• Uu~rncc ,\Ii/ct, .\J. A ...... 138 Tht" Ad\·cntuf"('111:q( Trochilll's ...... l~,\' R. nr. ll 'nl(crs ...... 13G Whnt. Phy~i<'nlCultt 1n: f ..h'IJ,c,dHQuuntlnm luwJid toA«ompJi.i;h. /Jy llntt1'cPrc$tonRitl<'r ...... t,a.. a, :"l.ti~•1' No\·cl tu1d ;\fnr\·<'1()u~ "Suicide Act" ...... 14--&. Qu("lotionDc-1>nrtuk'nt ...... Hy lkr,u;rr .\t,1cfuddc,, ...... 1~ Th-c :\lodcm Cc,ok. Cnrtoou ...... fJJ• RJ''"' IV11/kcr...... 14-7 Undc Stun the World'g Gttnl<''.'ril :\fC'dK'iuc Fltnd.. Cnrtoon ...... ».v kyun Wulkt'r ...... 1·1S 1-':dit.orinl...... /JJ• llcrnarr .Vnc(addcn ...... l•S.9

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They were mOJTitd. bou.nd o.nd bonded by on indissolu.btc tic. Not, that, tho b-c,oqtifut ma.niage ceremony in itself so surely m.1dc them as one. A holy o,nd o sa:a-ed love W4S th.cl.rs... His tor her . hCt'$ for him. None other might.. come between thtm. With tbc.ir Cod they h11dcovcnontcd. 4.t\d in the pcrfcaion of their phy$k:al. mc.nt41.and mor.tl powers, they would pos.sess each tho other, and cherish with .i mu tu.al passion thoso little onC$ to Sf)ring from thclr uNon. Ah! The ~.auty ot M®.bood in o;l ma.,gnUkcnt.. mo.n. Ah? The l>cauty of Wom.o.nhood i.n :i .sqptrb woman. Such wcrc these chiJd:r"('.nof their love: noble-, perfect .specimen$ of th3t. humof his.soul, he •nswcre11$$we transcend Noture. "Tis a hc.;iivcnly joy. Oh, God's gift, c:om.c! " •'My husband 1 Gift or Cod!·• she mqrmqttd; .u,d her hcMt.. fluttered on bis bosom.. V crily: ln the C-3.rth: above the earth : nor in the regions u.ndcr the cuth. ls there a1.1ghtco eomJ)al'c with the tr.,,n~nding love o( a perfect, mo..n 4-nd a pt:r1cct. woman. He was onoStark and she WO$ one: o..nd they wereCenter two. And. lo! they were tllOJ\Y, PHYSICAL CULTURE 76 PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT SIMPLIFIED A SERIES Of' LESSONS f'OR DEVELOPING THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF VITAL, FUNCTIONAL, NERVOUS ANO MUSCULAR VIGOR. LESSONS ARE GRADUA­ TED AND ARE APPLICABLE TO TH E STRONG AND WEAK OF BOTH SEXES. ALL THE INFORMATI ON PREPARED FOR TH E BOOK "PHYSI C AL DEVEi.OP· MENT SIMPLIFIED " PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNC!lO WIL L APPEAR IN THESE LESSONS By Bernarr Mncfn drle11 The Photogrophs lllustrodng Th.,• LtSSons WtreSp..:lolly Posod for by the Editor Hlrnsell LESSON II. COSTA 1:oasc D~BATU1NG. AN O i\ on:-.nRAL RXHRCISP. , AND Sl'MCtAL 8X6RCISH.~ POR JJtl\'RI.OP tSG THF. SHOULOBR$. XE!\.IARKS. OS Tt-18 AOVANTA08S SltCURRO l'ROM OIWHI.Ol"JSG Tl-l8 DOD\'. N my Ja,,t lesson I iried to to its fulll!,;t extenl. The blood as it cmphasi7.e.in the strong• circulates through the body also gMhers est 1>ossiblc mnnncr. 1hc up an apprccktblc amount ot"impure mat­ great import nnce of ter, much of which is eliminateJ through learning how to brcnthc the lungs. 1>roperly, nnd to ncquire It is needless to emphas ize the ,·nluc a habit, while.in the open of pure blood . E,•ery reader of this air, of frcqi,enlly inhaling rnagazino thoroughl)' renlizcs its impor­ deep, foll bre.,ths. It is tance. E,·~ry part of the bod)', the imp05$ibte to imprc-~ too bones. nerves. tissues, nrc tirst c.re.nlcd strongly upon the physi• anti thc1, maintained in slrcngth and cal culture student the health l>r the hlood. Ir this blood is extreme necessity Qf this. If you nre pure, :md rich in lhoscclcmcnts essential bren thing improperly you cannot expect to the builuing of a vigorous coqdition, rewards of consequence in physical Jc• the functional processes of the body will ,•elopment . be pcrrormed for more perfectly. And when I speak of deep breathing, Let mu also agnin warn my rca.ders I litem lly mean deep breathing. Thttt against the baneful hnbil, recommended is, I mean that the nir should be brought hy mnny athletes, of holding the nbdo­ down into the lowest parts of the lungs. m\!n drawn in :'IS far as 1><>ssiblcol nil The mo\'c ment should be in the abdom­ times in walking or standing. This is inal region, ns shown in the illuslrntion unnatuml nnd injurious . U interferes of 1>rc,·ious issue. Th ere is no need of with U1e digc.stivc process. as well a.~ any movement of consequence in the with free antl natura l breathing. Thi:e bony fr:tmework of the chest walls. This part of the abdomen should be relaxed. 1>nrt of the body was not mnde lo ex• allow ing perfect freedom to ex1land and pnnd, unless n very deep, full breath is contmc l with the downwnrd and upward inhal ed. And when one breatl1es in this mo,·emcnts of the dinphrngm essential 10 superficial way,Stark that is. breathes from properCenter breathing. the upper chest, ns most corseled young ln filling the lung,; to their greatest women do, the lower part of the lungs capacity. while taking brcuthingexcrciscs. will remain unused. The air slagnntcs it is i'llwnys well to finn force out all the there, and thus hardly hnlf of the lungs air you possibly can. nnd this requires ate gi vci, the use required for the perfec t you t<) draw iii the nb11rtof the chll:il only he made tense and rigid, or held in. n11u1>osse$s J>Crfect health. There nrc two other bre(lthing exerci$CS When breathing properly, every one illu::-tratcd in this is.sue tha1 cnn be prnc­ or the minute cells of the lungs is inflated ticed with great benefit, and can be com - - •• -- -= - ---

'16 PHYSICAL CULTURE hint"d with the fuU cxpnn$ion of tlu.-lunJ...._, .uul the fh.'.'C._,,icyfor wl1: .. Ii h.,, l"'-~n l\,o lmdily machine the nu>rc cap:lblc you ~o ., th.: "l C, yo re cq 1iprw."'1 !'lotronglycmpha,i1.t.•don ~cn.•raJ rt,111ceof phy&k:-tl cul• Happfnc,-4 · i~. to a ccrtnin extent. n turt> oblnhu,:d through mu!4eular t·x\."rci"M..•, moth.'r e:,(cniu1,ari .. J( you po,,t~" n what nt.h·.ult,,·,, .., du yo•i ~.Jc 01 :l ,,,n. JN>Or ·a..-: oly, ti''-' m«h:u1 · ,na ol your 1horou1,:"hdc,·clo1-.m1.:nt oitJu..• l>ocly ! ~uw in ordcrtn convi,cc moc:hi11cwill alwoy~ he mat nf urd4.•r, tuul tho:,,c Sh:,h.·nh ,, ho n1.1y ,, 1l 1u...... , mid di,,•,L'C \\ ill bo und4!,·Mctl u~ to Che m.1L..: h.1ppiru.. •,:-. for you un­ ,·alu~ of aJI tb.i.... mJ fur ­ :att:,innl,lt:. thCm\orc IQ fonlh•h t,.-n­ J( one i, cnr1tinua1Jy thmdusL-,;with H'}!'Ul'Ol~nt$ worryin,:- ahout lhc ill!'lnml th;at theyc.,n .,(!to: r \\·t.•,1lrnl·,.., u( thl' hody. he cxplnin the ,·:iluc of a 11,1!'hut Jiulc lime fQ exert thoroughlr de, d<>1•ed for utlu,•r a111Imor..: :-.,ti,(y- Lort•. The liM duty be intcre"tctl, 1 will pro­ of '-''°'-'ry hum.an l~·inK i!'\ to ceed to con-.Ml·r 1is 1terh....-t. the rttl.~h:mh,m u! 1>ha•c of thu ~uhj,-ct. hi-.. own hoclr a, ru.•arly as Xow lo•>k UJ,. ,,...,.,ihlt.•. 'I h.11 ~houlc.1he on the IK,,I>·:,,- ., the :-.1ar1in,.:-point, :md the mnchin~. whkh bocly c,~.anuot l~ ,\ pcrfl."<:l fol low:,. your m.11.:hi nc uulc."'' it i:-. c.lc• con,n,nml-., for \ c."luJ"-·dn~ tlmrous.:-hly ii' from one ~,~Hul­ 1--il,le, .\II 111.11cldi<,,tc• poiut it i"' noth­ ly :0.\;'11~iti \'C ing more than n .icutcnc.·,, of ti l" m~chine. Th c hl'T\'l~. .md the bmin is the c1~ intuitive 1,owc.•N J,.'lnl~r. nml the of the 111i,uf•• ,re body i!I com­ on1>· ncc111irctlin ,~._'(.1or \' .1riou11 dH·1r hi,.:-hc.~tdc­ mechanical gn:•· ol J)l.!rfoc­ J>:trl"'. th.it :.,._. tiun ,,·hen lhc c:ip,1hlc ut mo, - J .. ,. ! ,· ti , IIC'('h ing taml workio,: tluirou,::hl>• n 111I at our l ·lu..".:,,,t 1>cr1,•ctly devcl- " PHOTO No. 9 Exercise N,. 6. Form the mouth so there will be a very snull opc:ninsr, t hcn dr•w in the breath very slowly ycl forcibly un1il the ~bdomin•I regions and cbcst h•vc bc,n fille4 to their fullest up,icity. If deslrw you un draw tbe air through a small pipe stem or l>rcathinR" tube when tak ing this exercise, or you can partially close the nostrils with the fingers and draw in the air slowly through tbc Starknostrils. T b.is exercise gr

quentl)" ensues. The refore. it is not tis~uc, nnd when the blood is thus onlr ncccssnry to develop parts of the mndc rich in mu$clc•mnking mnicrial, body, but the boclr should be dc,·clopc,l c,•cry 1>:artuf th1.:rnu:-cuh,r systum, bo th n.< a whole . No pnrl of the muscular internal nnd ..:xternul, js mndc $lrongor &)"Stem should be nci,:lectcd, nnd it i~ :uHI more perfect ; and the nerves, that well to remember that the dc\'clopmcnl great tcl¢gr:,phic t-ystcm by which the ' . of th<: cxtcnrnl muscles <>f the bodr. hmnan b0tly b m;_tdl.!'to mnnifes t :ill the whou combined with proper Urcathiug ,. ;iriou, Jlh"-""' uf lifo, nrc brought tu aml dieting. incrva~es. the vig• their hi!(hcst degree or or uf the cntil'\! intcmrtl func • ~rt<:ction when ::;upplic\Cmthat we owe all 1hcrefurc be no1'"(1111111 1h1: de­ th c: \'ariou~ phn ....:cs o( velopmen t of the cmotiut the in­ 1>cr(cclthi~ ncn·nu:-­ ternal ,~ital organ:.. sy,tcm. the more which rcall)' for­ dulicatcl)' nnd ni~h :mJ nrnint,,in r,cutcly you arc capable <>( fs'Cling. life. ~,re greatly ~1rungthcncd wht.::n the more you will the cxtcmnl mus,. be s-t."Curing from c-ul.lr ~y~tcm hns life. :mcl the more been thoroughly succ~ru, you will J1!vclopt..•d. be. pro\'iding. o( \\'hen the c~ter .. COUfbC', rou htt \'C nnl muscular !;)'~­ m:ulc J)fOl'M!ruse tcm is U!!Cdregular• of y<>ur powers. lr. it make~ n Strong mu~clcs

PHOTO No . 10-Exercise No. 7. This is a similar exercise to the preceding, though the force is exerted while expelling the brt:tth imtead of while inhaling it . First flll your lungs completely, tbeto forming the mouth into a small opening, as clcscribed before, force the air out very slowly yet vigorously. A pipe stem or breathing tubeStark c.,n be used through wh ichCenter to force the air in this as in the preceding exercise if you desire, or it can be taken while partially dosing the nostrils with the ling-ers. This exerci!e is for strengthening the expelling muscles of the chest used in l:re.,thing-. strong domnnd upon the blond for those in nearly every cn~c indica te the pos• dcmcn1s which :tr\: ts~ntinl in building $l'~!'oion of ~,rong ncr,·cs . Th ere m.1y mu?'I-Cul,,r ,·igor. 1'his influence...., the b~ H few exception~ to thi~ rule, but ab~orbcnt glunds. which tako up the ,uch rc,ult$ h:l\'C been produced b)" dis­ nourishment (rom the contents o( the ~iJlation, unnatura l stimulation . or otlu;ir nlimcntnry canal. to !'l;C:lccttho~c cll.1'• gr<,!-t~"rron. in the hnbit~ of life. mtnl'$ rn:cd~ in huildjng mu~cul:,r \ o mailer whal may be your objec ts 78 PHYSICAL CULTURE

in life, no mntter whnt prof8$$ion, busi­ bright eyes, nnd a well formed, shnpely noss or occupnlion you mn y select, rour bod)'. nrc nlwnys prercrred by business onergy, or cupncity_, or 1>ower. will be and professionalmen, other thing:, Ueing vnstly i11crcn~cd by th" equnl. mere development of your In other words, if rou muscular system. A clcnr nre ap1>lying for a posi­ 1 brain, strong ncn es, nnd tion in .:«>me large incr­ an nbundnnt sup1>ly of en­ c,11Hilccstnhlishment , nnd ergy arc essential to sue• if in experience.r1nd abili­ ccss nnd to hn11piness,ancl ty you were the equal of thoso much v:ilUcowe:r~ othc;:rn1>plicnnts, nnc.l ff cannot be secured in their you np1>enrcd healthier ru11 completeness un l<:$S und stronger nnd hnd n ihe llQdy is dc,·clo1,cd to cortnin phy:lic~1I co meli­ ii$ highc,;t de­ ness not 1>osscssctlto n gree of perfec­ similnrdegrcc by the other tion. n1>plicnnts,in nearly c,•. Thc11, too, cry instnncc }rou would tt11.:rcj~ much be gh•cn the preference. vnlnc in the It would he well nlso to mere posses:,. remember that the 1>0::t~cs­ sion of physi­ ~io11of a ~trong cmdbc:au ­ cnl comeliness. tifol bocly USUOII)' in<>wcr. '!'his is recog­ one's morcnp.. nized :.s n force of which pe:irnncc is of one can make splendid irent mlue in use in intlucncing othc.::rs. life. VO II Toawomnn could it frequently h"rdly menns:the abil• im:,g­ ity to grn lify i n C n her every nm .. g-rcnt bilion, and orator though it mny f1 s a not he ~o vnl· weak. unhle to n mnn, it i:; clTcmi­ nc"crthelc,;,; of g-rcnt n n t \! im1>ortnnce. In the m n n. hu,;ino.s:; or 1iro fes­ He must he strong , mag­ sion:,I world, :, whole• netic, forceful, m:o,;terful. so rnc, ,·igorous np• and pO::<..SCSSlhnl ex­ 1>cnrnncc is of great treme sensitiveness of ,·nluc. lt frcc1ucnllyStark Centerncrvt."':t3ncl power of in- PHOTO No . ti-Exercise No. 8. Form one finger of each band like a book, then locking them . together as described in the first lesson of tbe previous issue, 3nd balancing the body on the toes,as shown in tbe photo, take the exercise described in tbe previous lesson, namely, slowly raise tbe arms forward and upward, all the time pulling vigorously outward and attempting to pull the fingers apart (see next photo) . mnkes: friends and gh•c~onc opportunities tuition which nrc c:;scntial to impres.~ that might Oc\'Cr ofTcr under ordin:1r)' nnd influence an nudiencc. circumstances. A clear complexion, And thnt m:,g-nctic charm which is PHYSICAL CULTUR E 79 Jhe)' nrc fully mnturcd men nnd wome n nlways ~cs.•cd by ~llmctive _women, is merely because they hnve reached the simplr c,•,dcncc of l11ghphi•s_,cnl health, :,ge thnl should denote ond the more perl'ccl the physical their po.'>Scssioi, of these comoline:.s the mnrc ncu1c will bo complotc powers, but the the ncn•ous power or intuition , strength, emotions whic:-11is nnc.l in:;tinC t$ thcfoun• th~lt nccom1>rm)' dn tion ndult life in nll of thnl its most per­ fo~cinn­ rec I develop• t i n g mcnt. nrc nC\'Cr lo rec Celt by them in en 11c d mngnel­ :,II their ncute i~m. This intensity. You cnn be clc­ nrc not n com. vo\oped nnd per­ plcto mnn, rou nre not Cccteclby n wo111nn tl complete wonHln, un­ a.sea.Sil):n~ thcmus• til you ha\'e fully de­ clcsofthettm,s can veloped your body. If he strengthened, br thi:.< duty hns been neg­ sim1>ly 1,crl'ecling lected in early youth, every pnrl of lhc you h!\v<:. serious rca$<>n bod)' ond proper! y for regret, l)ut it is far training the mind. bettor lo begin \ale Ihm• II is, therefore, never. •11,o,;e who have m1 important duty reached thirty. or c,en thnt c,1crr humnn forty, years of age, ,1•ith a being owes to weak body hi111sc1r,or lo hel'­ nod still, sclf. lo develop shnpc- to the highest 1 e S s degree of nl• mus - t1'inab1c. ,~rfcc ­ C 1 CS• tion all !he mus• cannot clcs of the body. ex1>ecl You do not r~ach to de­ ,, el \> manhood in nll o it~mostcornplete t h e $(U\$C until this s nm c duty has l>C<>n :unount ofstrcnglh :111<1hodil)• performed. beauty which they could C,IS• Mall)" gnthrough ily hnvc ncquirOOi n youth, life under the im­ but they cnn still be im• p re~ s i 011 Starkthnt Center,ncnsei)' improved. PHOTO No. 12- Exei<:ise No. 8-Contintid. Continue, to slowly clraw the nrms opwarcl until they are far back of the heacl, ns shown in the above photo . & sure to mnke vigorous effort to pull the finger s apa r t while bringing the nrms upwnrcl. Use each of the fingers of both bancls in this mann er. This is a very gooclall-rouncl exerciser for strrogt hening the fingers, arms, ch~t ancl legs. k " variation, ii clesirecl, you can raise up ancl clown by straightening th e knees. If you hav e cliffieulty in maintaining your bnhnc:e while taking this cxei<:iu, when first attemptinir it you can lean again st a chair or table. This exercise is also specintly gooclfor rouncling the knees ancl makin g the legs shapely . so PHYSICAL CULTURE

The bony fmmcwork can be but slightly "cti,·ily of youth cease.• to be a habit, changed. but the cartilag1.-s.the muscle,;. these dead cells accumulate. You c:irry the shape and general contour of the body around a lond of them continu ,lly. Jt cnn be greatly ch:mgcd for Chebelier. grow$ hc:n•icr and hc:,\'ier. year :-,.ftcr It mny l>e a surpriMng smlcment to year. Jt is not altogether age tlml causes many. hut it i:; nevertheless thu fact, that the dccrcpitud~ wealrn~~. uglinc..~ nnd there arc degrees in life. nnd to a ccrtnin wrinkle;. thnt usually accompnny old age. extent degrees in dcmh. When your It is sim1>ly inncti,·ity. The condition bmin is clCbr rendever)· :;.cn:;.cis r11ivcand represented ns old nge should not c~ist alert, when every emotion is dclic:itcly in thc~c modem lime$. There is no scnsiti\'C co the slight• cxcu~c for growing ol

PHOTO No. 13- ExerciseNo. 9. Grasp the right elbow wit h the left band, as shown in pboto. Now bring- the rig-ht arm downward and backward (s,e next photo ). Stark Center final end, nnd in the same proportion of the exten>al musculnr Sy$1Cm keeps that the nccumulntion of this dead mut­ you young. It kcc1>saway old age. Jt ter incrcnscs, to the same degree docs enables you to enj<>ynll through life the one approach denth. greatly desired possession of youth. The difference between youlh and old When stiffnCS<', weakness nnd senility age, life and death, i$ represented simply nppcar. they do not indicate merely by these dead cells. 1"he youth is ncLh-c. thnt )'Ou arc growing old. They simply energelic. The body is ke1>i free from show that you h:l\'c allowed dead mat• this torpid mnucr by and through this ter to nccumulntc. that you nrc carrying acti"ity. As one grows older, ns the around d~d cells, and !he inte¥n~ PHYSICAL CULTURE Sl clenn!-ing influence of regu)ar muscular You need not fear cniching cold rro,·i­ ncth•ity i~ required to climinutc 1hem. dcd you arc not catingtoohcar1ilynndnrc I hcrcwi1h repeal 1hc daily r~gim~ Inking g.incml good cnrc or yourself. lt with a fow minor changes. might be well, howc\'Cr, to use con~idcr• DAIL\" JU1:GJlll-o;. <1hle care in ,,dopting the fresh air hribit. lmmedi:atcly upon rising tnkc the cxcr• Do noa go from one cx1rcme 10 the other. ciscs itlu:-tmtcd in the pre• Gradually inure yourself to the cold viou:,, i:>$uc. in the order :1ir. I wear a ·summer suit the year which lhcy are gjvcn. aud round; h:ndly Cvcr follow wi1h ihc cx­ wear :m overcoat. erci:,es illu~trnicd in NC\'Cr wcnr undcrwc:,r. this i""uc. except in the summer, Ta.kc c:,ch exer­ t() tthsorb perspi-rntion. cise vigorously ! dv llOI ad\'iS" mr pu­ ant.I ht: :turc to pils, hOWC\ICr, lo go to continu4,:c:tch this extreme ,,11:it once.. mo,·Cn\cot To be :ible until the 10 foci com­ muscles arc fortnble in tirc,l. Of a winter at• course, if not mosphere very .strong with but a nt fil»I, it light sum ­ mig-ht be mer suit as well to ~lop protection, before there it requires is n ,·cry \'Cr)• active noliccahlc circulation feeling<>( fo. throughout tiguc. If you arc :ill parts or a lx.-ginncr, you the bod)' can tnke merely nnd this the exercises cnnnot be shown in thi:, ttcquired al lesson until you (eel once. suflicicntly strong to JtoJ l o w take the exercisesil ­ the exercise with n lustrated in both les­ dry frictio11 ba1h, sons. taki11g a rough The ClCCrci$CSshould towel nnd rubbing

PHOTO No . 14- Exercisc No. 9- Continueo. To poollon shown in this photo. While the right arm goes downward and backward, resist vigorou.,ly the movements withStark the left :um, making it require Center coosicferableeffort to bring the arm back to the position shown. Take similar exttcisc with the left arm, reversing the position un til the muscles are thoroughly lirccf. This exercise is for strengthening and developing the m= lcs in the back part of the shoulder. be taken in :, room with windows wide the body thorough!)' all over, rubbing open by all meuns, nnd without clothing. back nnd forth o,·er every part. until the Cultivttte 1he fresh nir hribit. H3ve the $kin is pink from the accelerated circula ­ windows of your ~Jeeping room wide tion brought to the skin br the friction. open at all 1imc,.. The ~older the ~ir. the 1 would like to c.1ll my pupil's atten­ h:,rdcr yon will ha\'C to work to bring a tion to the spccinl benefit tha t can be feeling of w:tnnth to the external ~urfacc. derh·ed from this friction bad,. Tho S2 PHYSICAL CULTURE pores climinntc a v:asl nmo\mt of impur .. when these two meals :\re c;ncn, prO\'i­ itie.s. ""d if they nrc kept thoroughly ded that at least six houl'l! intervene be­ :icti\•c the blond is pure and there is for tween them. You can cat :tt morning less liability to di,cnse and one can more nnd night, noon nnd night, or in the easily nc•1uirc the highest degree or morning, ond nn hour or so after noon. strength under circun'l.stnnces of this If you do cal three meals per day, l nature. would at least make one of thoso meals Follow this exercise with ,,cry light. l do not a cold sponge bath, having by any means wish to convev the im .. the water as cold ~• )'OU can bear it, nnd still be able prc.,sion · th:,t you cnnnol jmpro,·c to rccupcrnte with a feel• ing of wnrmth artor­ while en.ling three meals per day . l nd· warcls. Remember thnt ,·ise two ,nc~L1Sper day because there i~ cold bath is less liability of over- beneficial onh· to eating, thnt is.. those who Can eating more than recuperntc fr◊m )'OU can dige~I. its influencu Ir.howe,·er . you with n feeling or are c:1roful not warmth. U:;ual• to cnt more. thnn ly those n<>tac• you can conven­ customed to lhi$ iently ns::;i 1ni- bath c.1n enjoy l:ttc, there is no it if preceded by ht,rm in the the exercisesand the friction three• meal• per­ day habit H 1\d bath, but ii you can improve this does not ~\ bout ns fnsl enable you to when eating g I o w three meals ns w i t h two . warm th Try and nc­ nfler 3 sufficient quire the hnbil of drinking one timu h:u; or two glasses of elapsed water either he­ 10 enable you to re­ ro re or after cupera le the.sc exercise,. If from the not thirsty, drink n

PHOTO No. ts-Exercise No. 10. Grasp the rig-ht arm with the left band behind theStark back, as shown in the illustration. Center Now, strong-ly resisting- the move­ ment with the left arm, bring- the rig-ht arm forward as far as you can (se.: next photo ) .

shock or the colt! water, it would probn­ fc.'w swallows, gradu:-i.lly increasing the bly be better for you to omit the bath amount each morning, and tinally you until you have de,•elopcd more vigor. will acquire " nntuml thin!I. ,\ t all times Unless working al ,·err hard n,anunl during the day. pure water should be at lnbor, two menls a dny shottld be suffi­ hand, nnd )'011 should drink frcelr or it. cient. nndcvcn under such circumstances, Some have acquired the impression man)' pre.for two meals to three. that hecnusc 1 recommend the nd\'isnbil­ II is not or \'cry grave importance ity of drinking freely of wntcr, that ii PHYSICAL CULTURE 83 wns nceess.1rr to imbibe vast quantities. can be taken in the CYcning before retir­ This if n very ::-eriOU$mi:Hnke. You c-nn ing. in,te;,d or in the moming, though O\'Crload your stc,mnch nnd the functional under such circurn~tanccs it would be system with water a

PHOT O StarkNo . 16-Exercisc No. !<>-Continued Center. To position shown in this photograph. Continue the exercises until the muscles are thoroughly fue

PHOTO No. 17- Exer<:i:e No. JI. Grasp the hands as shown in tbe pboto­ grnph. Now bring the right arm out­ word and upward at the side (see next photo}.

Stark Center PHOTO No. 18- Exer<:ise No. H ­ Continued. To position shown in this photograph. Strongly resist the movroient of the right arm with the left, then reverse the movement, hinging the left arm out at the side nod resisting with the right arm. Continue this ex ercise until the muscles on the sides of each shoulder are thoroughly tired, aoc! if you are taking the exer<:ise properly this will not require very many movements. This movement is for strengthening '1nc! developing tbe muscles 9n the outer i>•rt of the shoulder, PHYSICAL CULTURE SG

SCIENCE OF WRESTLING Some EJ/ eclive Tricks liln straled by tile Famq11s fVrestler, '70/111Pi ening

Beginning with this issue we intend to gi\'c our renders a few ICS• sons in the muscle building sport of wrestling. The "holds" shown J,cre nrc illuijtmtcJ by John Piemng. the fomou• Gncco,Romnn hea,·y­ wcight wrestler, with the assistnncc of Prof. Anthony llnrker. Ju the next issue we will gi"c n lesson illustrotcd b)' Thos. Jenkins, champion wrestler of the world. '!'hose who nni in the hnbit of wrestling nre ncarl)' nlw~ys \·igorous, hearty spcci• mens of mauhood; in (net, the exercises will dpmont o/ nc-ek, eho~t and o,m ...

Stark Center\ i so PHYSICAL CULTURE in the !'<'ginning to :woit.1 ti e po ,ihility nf tmin, thouKh if you wrt'lltlc with Olu.+who i:, ulw,ut )'Our strcnJ.:th .11cl ,lo 11ot bcIJ:Cllothner,

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4. DOUBLE POL£ N.SUO ,,lf. Puulng rl#ht und to/( nrm• und • r you, Opponttnt'• onn• nnd o,u,, hU nock. tockln,r th• hond1. o• 1hownr now fort:'1 your opponont ' • h •ttd down until IHt turn• on hU bock,

s. ,S"rR./1.VCLB IIOLD. Thb l1 o dt,llfll/r# ou• hold ond I• not nd ukod tn frlond• ty ,,1,ro1tlln,¥. L"Jr your trrm 11ndor your opponont."• ch In a• ,hown, forcing hoad bock~ word and ot tho 1amo tlmo u1lng J/Our l'I.Rht hqnd fo r o pry, your opponont'• nrm ond 0U41"1' htr bock, ,o '"""' him otu,,.

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A JUVENILE ARMLESSWO NDER PLAYS VIOLIN, HARP AND GUITA R, AND RIDES AND DRIVES RB IARKA8LE R6SULTS OF PERSISTENT PHYSICAL CULTURE By E dward N/;u. ,Way I 11' most rcmnrk(lblc c.,sc of successful phys ic~! culture under dilliculties 1 e,·cr witnessed or heard of is thnt of a boy whom I recently saw and conversed with in Ding­ hnmton, New York. The Iii• tic follow was born withou t nnns, nnd so was hnndicnp- 1>ed from hinh . Jl is name i~ J. Ru,,,;cll Dro\\•n, and he lh·cs with his mother and hi5 step­ fnthcr, Dnnfol S. Cratdner.

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11,is Ind is a fair-haired, rudd)' cheeked, robust and nth1cticyoungster wi1h n bright eye, n ~tcatly ncf\•c nnd rnusclc:J ~trong ns iron bnnd:,;, and is onl y hm ycnrs of nge. If Nature denied IJrown arms and hands. she com­ pC:nt-i-:1tt">tlhim with a quick wit nnd a keen pt..•rccption, Stark Centerhy which he foro~aw lhnt by 1~rsi:.h,.-ntapplicn•io n he might so culliv:ilc nnd M.a.ttcr Brown with bl• JXarp 11.ndDrum cducnlc hi:, lcJ;.~nnd foot thnt they tnil'(l1t tnkc the J)lacc of his mit--$ing hnnd~ nnd arms. l,;nlikc mos.t deformed :uid crippled pcn-ousc :\ln~tcr Ur.,\rn is of n chl."Criulnnd merry di~p0$itiou1 :md bccmuc :, fa,·ori1c ,dth the ncighhors n11d their children the moment he left his cmdl<> and began to toddle. PHYSICAL CULT URE Perhaps the most admiroblc and surprising feature of the boy's _ _,._.._...... , mental make-up is his supreme independence <1ndfron k contempt of offered nssistance in dressing, undressing and eating. His physical deficiencies have been amply compcns:,ted by his mental activity, which finds expression through the medium of will power, and his remarkable independence of spirit. li e.is a precocious boy, and, although Prepar-1.n.g armless, ca.ndre.._~J undres:; an d cat his !or ft. ap,la. meals as well and with as much eMe as o.cro•• the boys and girls of his own age, whom ~twlT)' nature bns endowed with nrms. hand and de!! fingers. .By dint oi ~rsistcnt application nn,. prnctice his lcg,i arc now as controll•ble II$ arms, and his feel and toes as dexter as hnnd.snnd fin­ gers. H.c can button his collM, tie his crovnt, lace his shoes

Stark Center nud brush his hair with the best of his playmates . At parties, to which he is so o!lcn in• I ,·itcd, he uses his knife, fork and

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spoon with ns much gusto and dexterity feet case, and :,t home he crochets and as any of his little companions. On these occasions, his own privnte :md specially embroider$ jn most dainty fashion. constnictcd chair hrui to be sent nhcad of I le plays the \'iolin, drum, harp, guitar, him, and so well groomed nrc his feet, nnd is expert at ball, boxing and leap­ nnd so carefully milnicurt..-d, or, rather, frog. II is father had a bicycle designed pedicured, nrc hh;:tOC$, thnc. though par­ and made CXJ)TCSf their free 11sc, it is reins and whip with one root, while with quite a treat to watch the liulc fellow hel1> graceful politeness he raises his hat with himself wilh milk and sugnr or pnss the the other to hi• little fair friends. Ile is same on to :;o,ncbody who wnnts aUcn­ an amateur photographer and printer, tion, or resting his feet on the edge of the and, haYing teamed n simple, method of table betwlt(ln courses, with as rnuch telegraphy, rigged a line to the house of comfort an,f grace as if they were hands . his .sweetheart, four streets awnr, over Al school he tun,s the lc:i"cs of his which the child-lo"crs plighted U1cir books and writes his exercises with per- froth nnd d:iily tmnsmit 11:ishesof love. NOTE.-A/lcr tbis ttrt iclc w11s sent to prtss we rttc iw1d n 11otc from Air. '"lny stating t:hat Ju:wr ou to 10:vcnr-old .\li:;s l~iizit1Vdsco/f, of /Ji11ghnmto11,n fcw dnys ngo, asking for Russell Brown's p"'5Cnt nddms. n11dtl1nt her nnswcr wns "I do 11CJt know the prcstnt uddrcss of Nusst:ll Brow11. [le died rcct:11t!y oltliplt th crin."-BorTOR.

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JAmU w. Oraha.ttt, St. J.;oul1, ::.to. Prtd Smith, II* worth, Xorbblr~, ltntl&Dd ~- '6 r .. ,... Still routfi!al In his •PPOAl'llJl

Tito mctbod$ by wltieh Csdcts nt t/,c United St.tltes ,\lilitary Acnden1y t.rc tlcveloped inlo the Finest Specimens of Pl,J•$icnl Mtwbood in America.

B; 1 1-l Irving Hancock, A uthor of "Life (I/ Pf/est Poi11t" FIRST PAPER (tltiutn\t'id t,.y pbot~pb• tAk~n tpttlt.Uy tor Pnna c.u . ¢11LTU11E.by «IU~ o: c»IOnC"l)IUlll Al~ l .J.('UW'D.alU KO"'hkr, tr, K. A.) 0 be1tcr specimen of phys­ Poin1 cadet is kept al s1udy, recitations ical manhood walks the and other duties nearly all the 1i111efrom earth ihnn the young 6 a.m. until 10 p.m.-1hat he goes licu1cnant who has jus1 through n Ii fo so busy 1hat in civil Ii fe gradua1ed f r om 1he his case would almosl in,.,.riably result - '. . United States Military in ncr\·ous collapsc-t11c result shown in Academy al West Point . 1he person of the graduated cadet seems 1cnfold more wondcrhil. The sccrct­ I•~;/::•,• ;;

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J)umb •ll eU Jhc~rcl ff '' IMP '0au.d.illo ~lb OTtrhea.J,bf-od tn,tnlr: forward AD4 swtocbt-11" blw• aad ~ ... PHYSICAL CULTURE under the direction of Lieutenant JI. J. Kochler, United StntcsArm y, who hns held his important position for some eighteen ycnrs. It wns he who originntcd the present system of physical !mining, nnd who through long years of accumulating experience lms succeeded in mnking the bodily instruction nt the Ac.~demy just whnt the mentnl training is-the finest to be found in any military training school in the world. The system, now thnt it !ms been per­ fected, is simplicity itself. Some of the Interwork done in the gymnastic course is done with the nid of "machines," but there is enough of the work that c,1n be done with nothing but the apparatus furnished by nature to make any reso- It must be un• lute follower of the exercises I run derstood th n t, going to describe a model of physical while West Point health . produces m n n y x aehliie tor 1t.rca.U,enla.s splendid nthletcs, tJ"n:U, t~p a.nG back that is not the oim of th c u-nining. The real athletes arc m:ttle by prnc• tice in the ,,nrious outdoor gnmes that arc not n pnrt of the curriculum . The nim of the physicn l director is the ,i development

Stark Center PHYSICAL CULTURE 98 of normal health and strength, and the nostrils, but may be let out through either building up of a sys1e111which, in the the nostrils or the mouth. Cadets are hour of hardship and stress will have a cautioned a~inst holding U,e breath as vast reserve of strength and endurance long as possible be(ore e:,.-pellingit. This to be drawn upon. No man is called is considered as being particularly dan­ upon for more severe tests of endurance gerous to the health. thnn the fighting men in the field. Ne.xt in order is learning when 10 in•

n otl:a:ont al Bai- Drill .. Lc,ap CObA,,o-kWa.rd hM!d,QS r,ct4JlUOo.." West Point graduates have always shown hale and when to exhale. Breath should themselves equal to the test. be taken while going through such an In looking over the photographs that exercise as raising the anus sideways­ accompany 1his paper it must be borne such exercises as tend to raise and dis• in mind that the young men who have tend the 1hora..x. Breath should be re• leased when lowering the anus lrom posed arc not represen1a1iveof the fin­ overhead or from a lateral position­ ished product of four years' 1rainin~ at such e.xercises as have a tendency 10 con­ West Point. They arc all "plebes,' or tracL the walls of 1he chest. If the breath e,,dcts in the first vear of their work. It becomes labored it is a certain sign that is only in the first ·year of 1hc course that the strength is being over-taxed. Pal­ gymnastic work is insisted upon. its place pitation, or any other feeling of distres,; in the three following years being sup­ gives the same kind of warning, and the plied by various outdoor drills and work rodet is instructed 10 leave the squad in 1he Riding llall. All through the and rest. The best relief from over­ course, however, cadets are privileged exertion is found in lying Oat on the to use the g)'mnasium, and nearly all b.,ck, with arms and legs spread. Bathing is always expected to follow I ' of them arc rcg\llar attendants for in­ ' struction moN Starkadvanced than that given exercise.Center Mere surface cleansing docs to the "plebes." not suffice. Ple11tyof sustained muscular \Vhen the cadet first enters the g)'m· work brings out perspiration in such a nasium he is taught to stand erect, Then way that it effectively Rushes the body. the utmost attention is paid, first of all As soon as the squad is dismissed, the to instructing him in the art of breath­ cadets go to their baths. In this co11- ing correctly. At the beginning and end­ nection no hard-and-fast rule is laid ing of each drill the young man is re­ down, F.ach man's judgment is a law quired to spend some minutes in prop• unto itself. Some require hot baths. oth­ erly inhaling and exhaling. The breath­ ers wann, still others tepid, though the ing must be slow, regular, and as deep most popular bath is the cold plunge. as possible. Air is taken in through the No bath of any degree whatever of tern- 9( PH YSICA L CULTURE pcraturc tl1at leaves the bather in a con­ cisc that has been found most valuable . diiion of mental or physical depression ln this the cadN stands with his hands is rcg3rdcd as beneficial. The bath that over shoulders, elbows sidcward, fists is tl,e proper one will cleanse and stimu­ tightly clenched, and the knuckles turned late. ll is a ma11cr of experience that up. Whatever command is given, the many of the cadets receive the most bene­ stroke must be given with as much vigor fit from sponge baths taken in tepid wa• as possible, and the return to original ~. l..._

Mu i Jt..-c:n:&ac0 11 U orl~ont.at Bart Elsbt«-.a oad.O'- exOl'Cl&.t~ a.t I.ho aamo limo tcr. Interior bathing is strongly iMiSteQ J>O$itionis equally vigorous . After tak­ upon. This is accomplished by drink­ ing position, the commands arc : (t) ing very freelr of cool water upon ris­ Strike right, or left. arm sidcward. (2) ing and nt rrtiring. and al any Othertime Strike both anns sideward . (3) Strike of the d1y when thirst comes on. D11r­ right, or left, nm1 forward . (4) Strike ing gymnastic exercise very $m:'l11sips bolh am1s forward. are a

J>umt,.B~ ll Drill ••Twlf,t \rU.D-rta;bt cwd 1.cn,.·• few times to the left. and finally it is per, 10 be published next month . the tumcd alternately to the right and left. writer will describe in dc1ail the various llcnding the he.id ionvard until the lTI1nk and leg exercises that arc used chin re.ts on the chest. and then bending with such splendid results at the United 1hc head as far b.1ckas mar be, and side­ States Military Academy. The "leaning ward. comprises the drill known as "neck­ rest'' exercises. on which great stress is hcnding." Each part of the exercise is laid as a means of ~ringing the body to pcrionncd a few times. For the benefit its most perfect de\'clopment, wi:I also be oi those who want an exact way of doing fully cx1>lained. this work. 1hc following commands from West Point c.,dcts have often bl-en 1hc West Point course are reproduced: suspected of wearing the corsets of com­ ( 1) Bend head fomard. ( 2) Dcnd head merce. They do nothing of the sort: backward. ( 3) Bend head sidcward. they wear the best and most effective right. (-1) Bend head sideward, left. kind-those. made rt nmscl ...-s. Anv man ( 5) 13end head fon, •ard and backward. who will follow the \\' est Point s,,,;1cm (6) Rend head sideward. right and lcit. will de"elop the fullest grace of figure •~10,•ing shoulders"Stark accomplishes of whichCenter his body is capable. The woman who will follow the same t rainin,::--fnr more than would be expected at first all of these exercises are as applicable 1hough1. The closed hands are held ju,t to her case as to her husb.,nd's-will find over the hips, with £orcam1s horizontal. the need of corsets gone after a liulc The commands arc: ( 1) ;\love right while. shoulder forward. (2) ;\love left shoul­ At \Ve1

THE ELECTRIC BELT FRAUD

fVc lu,.vc received quite a 1wmbcr of Jette.rs nncnt t/Jc nbo,rc nrticlc, but the most intcttsting, from every point of ,,iciv, is one, rcctivcd t.ts we nrc going to press, from Mr. M. Clnrk, ofClticago. The follo\Vi11gis fin exact copy of it. For the spelling, the distribution of cnpitals, the placing of periods lllld commas, we do 11ot ask the credit. It is all Mr. Clnrk's. Mr. Clark's son, we arc plcnscd to not ,c, is at van"anccwith bis father as. to the ttla­ tivc virtues of outdoor exercise nr1dqua .ckuy, nnd the statement of Mr. Clark, &nior, in reftrtnc.c to the rnpidity wit!, which his son dcvclo~d into a. muscular young mtm at n cost of $5.00 turns off tlzc ;, currant from tht: Electric Bnttuy 0 ir, t/Jc sale of which we haven suspicion Mr. Clark is vitally int~rcstcd .-'E1>1TOR.

CmcAGO,Dec. 12th, t 902. J3oov.~ M1sD RRcKtso Co., 1123 Oroadwny, N. Y. City. if you will alow !bent Jgnornnt Mush head I<>put shcrch an nrlicol in your book ns the one 1 sec in the Dec. No about Electric bells you aught to be dumped in the sewer-for you aught to know that Elec­ tricity is doing more to day for the eureof Disense than nil other remi­ dies and Electric belts is the best way to nply it l know of lllnny Cases of chronic cases of rheumatism stomach trouble, ,~ c c that have cured by belt_.; I wns cured by n electric Belt ofter I was given up by three doctors as to the Method or gelling the sale of the belts nll goods are worked in the some way lily house was and is fludded with your ad,•s. and Skcnms until my son send you $5.00 for Nothing onely a fad to git him crasey over And keep the house in a rip roar with the so crud excrsisc Every BO)' in the neighborhod thinks th:H he is :, prize fighter and wont do any thing els and is prnctily spoilt for any thing. Any bor or Man that dont knows enough to exersise without rour llook of Instruction is a good subject for you and aught to be put in the reform school and Manr of your victims ha,•c gone thnre the fighting saloon arc full of them so cnled students crnscy to see some one hurt some other poor fool, I nn, not Ignorant of your system for I hove had it in my house until it made a reek of Mc and all cosemed you hnve l'robely never seen a Dell Elictric and do not no a thing about them you may need one so l will :1end you a circulnr it will cure Vnricoseal & ---- the ~Inn that wrote that llclt Insult ~fay Need one, tell him when he gits the bell to put it around his head n few lims before he 1>uls it on the Diseased S1>otif you was Mnn enough toStark nf picked out some of the ~lagnetic Center fake bolts n wrote them up it would of been proper but you class them all the same when )'Ou git older you will probe Iy no More about Elictric Dells it is the finest :md best currant that can be given and can be relied on is worth lllore than any Eliclric batery nltho I have both and would not give them for all the doctors.

M. Ct.A~K, Woodlnwn P. 0., Chicago, 111. PHYSICAL CULTURE 97

THE MEDICAL INSTITUTE FRAUD HOW THE GAME IS WORKED By '.fustice

VER since I, through per• specimens of their distinguished pro£es­ sonal obser"ation, be­ sion. The advertisement usually reads came intimately ac,,, $01l1Cthinglike this: "The \'Cnerablc, old quainted with the inner Or. B., head of the faculty and director workings of the Elcc• in chief of the - Medical Institute, tric Belt and Medical Jn. has dc\'Otcd his life to the study and cure s1ituic fraud, I have of the diseases of n1cn or the ailments never ceased to marvel peculiar to women. /\ftcr years of patient at the fact that such research he has per(ccted a method of business can be carried treatment which never fails. Weak men on unchccl":d year in are madestrong and vigorous; womenre ... and year out. The licved of her manifold ailments: lost vi­ mails arc freely used. and the very news· tality restored, ~loom dispersed, despair papers that arc most loud in their asser• turned into joy.' tions of love and sympathy for the poor Take up your newspc1pcr,look over the and oppressed, are those in which you ad\'Crtising pages, and you will soon find most regularly will find the advertise­ this specimenof 30 3dvertisement, nmk­ ments of the.~ conscicncclc.con them: this thev "World's Greatest Specialist." who cures know, nnd on the stren~h of thei'r when others fail. who will treat you knowledge, by aid of a cunrnn$' play with honestly. who has your welfare alone at words, they lure frc,111their victims "t/1<· heart. There is the man of to-day. who lost pc1111y."Withthis object gained, their $0me thirty years ago stoic bodies from interest in them ceases. one or the --- cemeteries in order If J could but c0

A CONTORTIONIST OF SEVENTY-SEVEN

self in a box twcnty•thrceinchts Jont, nineteen •tD:1ddy" \Vtntworth1 the oldest contortioni.st in the world, is n.ow h,•ing 3l Bedford, ~lass.• inches d«P and ,hn«n inches w1dc. One agtd 77 ycors. hundrtd and three ~ waur botdN. wuc He hu Olltlivcd two physicians, t;ldt or put in tht box whh him :md 1ht cover w-:ts whom p.,id him $100 for the privilege of dis• 1hut down. He $taycd in this box irom ttn to s«ting his body :after dc:uh These strange twenty minut«, as a ru1c. One time in £rig.. contrads were 1mdc with ,he idea tiut land, on a wager. ht rode from Rugby to IAn• uI)a.ddy'' \Vtntworth"$ d:mgcrouJ liic would don in this box. It 100k one hour and fony• brinf::"hin1 to an untimtly end. He h:a.shad five minuttS to make the trip. He m:.dc$2,SoO 1hc best ol the b.'l'lt3in though, and is looking on the bet, but he s;J.·sht would not like to try around for another doctor who wants to take the journey apin. ch:mtc~ on buying his body. He hu rttired oow and is lh 1ing in a pretty At the :t@-Cof founccn he bcaamc a contor• little country pl:ict in Ma$$3.thusttts. Beyond tioni"t, h:wmg run away from homt to Join .1. doing the "sp1it'"once in a while, in the bac'c circus. One of his cs~c:i31 ac.ts. ori.gmatcd y:ird. '1 l>addy' 1 Wentworth hu given up bis by him, was theStark "Box Trick." Re p:i

FACTORS IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOOD HEALTH , BUOYANT SPIRITS AND HAPPINESS By Rev. :foltn Scudder MERICA has made great As a minister, I have always cncour• advance in athletics dur­ aged athletics among my young people, ing the past 25 years, for exercise is a rnncipal factor in hcahh placing the ideal of good and hap1>ine$S. There is great virtue in hcahh prominemly be­ 1hc conunand to "cal thy bread in the fore 1hc young men and sw«it of thy brow.'' Every man, woman women of the country. and child should get the equivalent of 1'cnni,; and gol f nrc at least a three-mile walk every day. lt com 1par at i vc.ly nc.w• will keep the diges tive nppar:uus in good comers in the United work ing Qrdcr, promote sound slcc1>, and States, and have co111rib- drive out the "blues." / 0111110 brli,-vcr 111cd much to 1he im- iu /011g-faccdC1tristio11ity . If you ore provement of our national stock, being mcla11rltol~·.go om/ paspirc . Wlto11!if.­ 1>ar1icipalcd in by both ladies and gentle­ seems gloomy 011dlto rdly wortlt tltc liu- men. itlg, get out of I have always doors iu //,c suu­ been a strong ad­ shiuc om/ brctces vocate of outdoor of ltcoue11.Ins1cnd sports, thanks to a of hugging regis­ sensible fa t h e r, ters in wjntcr, go who believelay base­ a strong, muscnlar ball, for iiStark will Centersystem, is worse twist your fingers off, and has less out of shape," my sense, than the low• father would say : "Go in and win, my er animals, who arc always on the move. boy, and enjoy 1he national game to your Again, flltysicol culture is 11a/11rallyop­ l heart's conlcnl." ln such cases I always flOscdto dissipotio11,011d l11·11u I tlulor.­ obeyed my father. it to be the lta11d111aitlof m,c rcligio11. At Yale University I played first baso Anyone who has an ambition 10 be strong l on the college team, wM a member of must be temperate in his habits if he tho football team, ancl rowed a "double would auain his ideal. Dr ink and de• scull" regularly for exercise between bauchcry do not promote physical times. strength, and all athletes of prominence PHYSICAL CULTURE 101 must go into t r;1ining, become abstemious arc more magnetic as 01ris1 ians, if they in their diet and regular in their habits. have sound bodies. and possess that Those who smoke and drink, and sit up ··goodnaturedness' ' which usually accom­ late at night in a riotous career, can panies "igorous heahl1. A physically never be strong in body and excel in weak and somber Christian is a very competition with their fellows. Athletic poor representati,•e oi Christ's religion emulation tends to make people virtu• of joy and hope. The Lord deliver His ous and obedient to the laws of health . Church from that style of saint, which Athletics is cl0$ely related to religion was well enough in the dark ages, but also in that it makes people more cheer• wofully out of date in this twentiet h ful and agreeable in their manners . They century .

R. P. WILLIAMS, CHAMPION ALL-ROUND ATHLETE E show in this illustratio n He claims to have made records as Mr. R. P. Williams, dircc• follows: 100 yards in 9 2-s seconds . tor of the Y. ~LC.A.Gym• i20 yards in 2 1 2-5 seconds. 440 nasium, at Sydney. N. i•ards in 4S ,½ seconds. SSo rards S. lie in 1 min. 5S sec• is n n onds. One mile in II n t h­ 4 min. 29 sccondti,. i C t C Standing jump, with of un• weights.,, 1 2 ft. 7 in. usual Two standing jumps, obi Ii• with weights, •• ft. ty, ha,·ing broken the Three standing jumps, running record nt a with weights, 38 fl. , performance at n in. Running broad meet, which, ho,,·­ iump, 22 n.8 hl. Run• c,•er, not being rC{,'U· ning hop, step, jump, lnrl y snnctioncd by -15 (1. 1 in. Running the recogni1.cd au­ high jump, s ft. r, thorities of nmntcur in. Runninghi1th kick, :-ports, c~nnot stand 9 ft. S in. Baseball as official. throw, 136 ft. Discus The one hundred yards was run in throw, 109 ft. ,<,.pound hammer throw, 9 •-sseconds :11 South llrookficld, No,·a , , 9 ft. 1 6-pound shot put, -11 Ct. 5 in. Chin­ Seo tin, on September 1 3, 1S99 . ned bar 33 times. Dipped on b:1r29 times.

Editor Pn ,·$rCAt.CULTVRE: 1" in the ~d,dlc, on a must.,n(l'.in the sunny D('u Sir: 1 will :1.dd:'l !cw line~ in tcsti• S•n Luis Volley am0"1t' the R0rnsl.:a,where I wais rc:1.rcd,our fam. pfa.inc,t food. Many timtt, when away from il>.'p1l)'~ician W:\mcd me ih:u I tould not pos• the b.i.se o f JuppHt's for two o r three d.:1)'$,I ~1bly5u n•jvc the :i.gcof twenty-one. ::u 1 h:,,ctt«3mcinfatv:ucd wilh the life of the cow­ w. F . SEV"10UJL puncher. :i11d3pcnt (our )'t":tr~nlmost const.'lnt- Ncw2rk, Ohio. 102 PHYSICAL CULTURE

THE CRIME OF FOOD AD UL T ERA TI ON By Emil Hendriclt

CCORDIKG to Professor ably by the addition of cheap prcserva• \\"iley, who is the chem­ tivcs, such as benzoic and boracic acids, ist for the Agricultumf fonnaldehyde, sulphites and borax. There Department at 'Washing­ is no escape from poi::oning in some de­ ton, D. C., 90 per cent. gree from tl1ese canned and doctored of all the manufactured (oods, and, though no class is exempt, food products in this the poorer cla..sscs arc, naturally. the country are adulterated. greatest victims. The writer held the This pcrcent:tgc of adul­ position as pantryman in a first-class ho­ teration is introduced be­ tcl not long ago. and was surprised to fore the food leaves the find all sorts of cheap and adulterated factory. The 10 per groceries on the shelves of the hotel cent. residue tha! es.:apes adulteration has pantry . still to nm the gamut of the grocery, the Enter a cheap restaurant. and what do pantry and the kitchen, and, by the time it you fet there? You find a lay-out such reaches the consw1ler, very little. if any, as 1h1s: A ,,ictim comes in and calls for escapes adulteration. pork sausage: the sausage served him is The stomach makes the man. and he not pork. but a hash made from miseella• who cheats his stomach is morally guilly ncous beef scrap. This beef comes from oi the worst offence on the calendar. an inferior grade of stock. known on the Adulterated food poisons the system and market as •·s.~usagccattle." It has a blu­ impo,·erishcs the blood: as a result, the ish appearance, but when doped with variot:s organs in the l,o,ly fail in strength saltpeter and borax it a..ssumesa fresh. and go 10 decay. Weak eyes. decayed reddish appearance. Your sausage is teeth. unstnmg nerves and weak backs. fried in pure ( ?) lard. which cont3ins with all their allied mental disorders, are cotton•sccd oil and other adulterants. Y011 hut the outward and material evidence Qf call for coffee. It is served in due course. the fraud that has been perpetrated on the and you drink it in your ignomnce of stomach. The first c,•idence or impair­ tl1e extent 10 which i1 is adulterated with ment. resulting from the continued use of chicory and roasted flour. The milk with adulterated food.~.is the IQSSof the sense which it is colored is also adulterated . of taste. llis deadened nerves no !(>Oger and contain~ starch. chalk and fonnaldc• rebel. and the victim continues to poison hydc. The sugar. added "to taste." con­ himself until his whole ncrv()us system tains barium sulphate. You have a lean­ i< affoctcd. To quiet any rebellion on ing for buckwheat cakes. but do you the Jl

I ' , lOi PHYSICAL CULTURE THE STRONGEST MAN IN -SPAIN

ECUNDO de Achn, z5 with n breast covcccd with medals. years of ngc, nnd a na­ He fcccntly distinguished himself in tive of Bilbao, holds the the Grccinn-Romnn game:. in Dilbno by coveted title of "Cham­ dcfonti,,g the famous ;ithlcte who won pion ,\ lhletc of Spain." s..-cond prize in the Roman games in He is an enthusiast in Paris . every kind of sport, but Signor de J\cha attributes his success weight-lifting is his pnr­ as an n1hlc1c to the careful and judicious ticulnr forte. His recent system of 1roining receh·ed by him al chnllcngo to Spain nnd the hands of the cclcbrotcd Professor Portugnl fo, wcight-llCl- Jose-Znmncois. who, up to his de11th, ing "grndu ­ ~ 11)•" and wns known ns the s tro ngcs I mnn "w i l h a jerk" st ill in the Ptn• i nsula, rcmnins unacce,,t­ n n d whose n a m c ed. 'l'he llnsq uc­ Nn,·arrc Provinccs boast of the finc.,t spcci­ mens of physical develop-

lll0$l prominent nthletic nssocintion in Spnin, d«u.ttdo d.e A.ch.-, •• h(\.I00 1UI tO•dA.)' ,erheS<>clcdndCimna.stica Zamncois, "tho •3 y~ar• or a&e members of which were nil pupils o( mcnt in Spain. In this part of the co1111• Znmncoi~, nnd of which Signor de Achn try cycling tournaments arc more frc- i s vice• __..._.president._ Stark Center

.., PHYS ICAL CULTURE 106

Original Slory by Bernarr M~/adtien Revised 1uitlt llte Assistance of Yoltn R. Coryell IV RTHlJR'S heart beat vio­ his e.xpression that his words were far lently when he found more a threat than an assurance of peace­ himself confronting fulne.~s. Charles Morgan, and if "I'm not afraid o! you." he had followed his fiNt ''Oh, aren't you? Well, you'd better impulse he would have, be, for l'm the wrong sort of a man to tur1\cd and run nwny; run 111>against ; and l take this opportu­ but that was only the nity to wam you of it. And l want 10 first impulse, and ns he tell you that there's n certain house you'd wa.s very far from being better make it your business to kee1>out n cownrd, he faced the of as much as possible." other, head well up. "Certainly," retorted Arthur indignant• Both were silent ior a icw moments, ly, "you take a "cry gentlemanly way of Anhur waiting for Morgan to speak, :u1d making your wishes known. Do you sup­ the latter slowly taking an up-and-down pose L would be so mean spirited as to glance over him, a sneer gathering oo his retire in the face of a threat, even if I evil face. would retire at all? You arc a poor judge "Oh, violets I" he said presently, his of human nature, Mr. ~lorgan.'' tone fairly charged with insult. "You're a worse, or you wouldn't an­ Arthur had been mastering himself , ger me with your fool talk. Don't you and was sufficiently under control now knowt you sorry excuse for a man, that to simply look :it Morgan without $peak­ 1 could handle you as l would a baby? ing; though there was a world of mean­ Now, take my advice, and don't cross my ing in the way he slowly carried the path; it won't be healthy for you, ii yon bunch of violets to his face and inhaled do." their delicious odor. Arthur could have cried with rage at "What arc you going to do with those his own impotence. To think that he flowers?" demanded Morgan, driven into must stand there and listen to such words, open anger by 1\rthur's appearance of unable to knock down the man who ut· nonchalance. tercel them. "Is that any business of yours?" Ar­ •·You are stronger than Jam now." he thur demanded quietly. retorted passionately, "but the day will "If l make it my business, it is; and I come when you will not dare address such do make it my busmess.Stark See here, young language Center to me. If you were a gentle• fellow, you and l might as well under­ man you would not do it now ; but I sup­ stand each other right away."' pose ,t is all one should expect from such • "I certainly would like to understand as _you." wlrnt you mean by stoPping me and talk­ He turned as he ended, and moved on ing to me in this way," Arthur answered. his way, his legs trembling under him, so "Don't be afraid : I'll let you know:'' great was his disturbance. Charles Mor­ Morgan sneered. "Oh, you nt-cdn't look gan sprang fiercely after him and caught around for help; I shan't hurt you unless him by the am1 with such a grip as told I have to." Arthur what strength the man h~d. Nevertheless, he took a step nearer to "Don't drive me too far.'' Morgnn Arthur, and betrayed such malignity in hissed, his face distorted, and looking all 106 PHY SICAL CULTURE the more evil for the half light it was in. taking you over my knee: but if you iry "or l'll be tempted to give you a lesson 10 brave it 0111. and come sneaking around now." Jle shook him as a terrier might Amelia, I'll make you the laughing stock a rat. of all your acquaintances." Arthur whirled about. li\'id with wrath Arthur stood silent, taking deep. con• at being so used, and, p<:rhaps, the au­ ,•nlsive brcatl,s. Morgan passed him on gri,•r tlrnt he iclt himself so un<:<1ualto the way across the park, but turned once co1>ingwith the other. to shake his finger warningly at him and ''You cur . you coward!" he cried, and 10 s.·what has taken place tion of his agony of mind. here, worse will happen 10 you. Kcc1> Herbert was shocked and alarmed out of my way, and I'll say nothing o( (earing anything, and his thoughts natu'. PHYSICAL CULTURE 107 rally leaping to Margie, he caught Ar• He cannot tell of what he has done with­ thur by the arm and cried :tmdously: out bringing more shame on himself than "What is it, Arthur? Is-is anything on you. As for Amelia, she would turn wrong with-with l\fargic ?" to you at once with her sympnthy if she "No," g-Jsped Arthur, shaken with knew of the mean ad"antage he had taken sobs, "nothing. Oh, let me go! Let me of a m:m still half sick; nnd, ,\rthur," he go I r hate myself I I hate myscl f I" added, with slow, impressive gravily, 'jto Reassured, but still alarmed and trou• shoot him would be the act of a coward : hied, Herbert put his arm through Ar• and you are not a c()ward." thur's, and with a glance about to sec '·I will not rest under the insul1 ! l which way was most clear of passengers, will not I I will not I" led him in that direction. •·I do not ask you to. If it would do He walked sl()wly, and by his calmness any good, I would make your c-11,semy and reserve force seemed to soothe Ar­ own and force him into a fight : but that thur, for the latter's sobs ceased in a lit­ wouldn't set you right with yonrsclf.'. tle while. and he walked quietly and si­ ··wm anything set me right as long lently until Herbert spoke. ns he lives?•' Arthur said gloomily. "What is the matter t· the latter asked "Would it not set you right 10 give as soon as he felt that Arthur was in a hiin a dose of his own medicine?" condition to speak with sufficient self• "A dose of his own medicine! What control. do you mean? .. Arthur hesitated. He had not meant "What if yon were to whip him; whip to tell of his disgrace t() anyone; but there him th()roughly ?" was something in tl1e strong, self-con­ •·l whip him I'' cried Arthur, with all tained man bv his side that ir.we such 1he bitterness of sci f-scorn. 1>romiseof heip that he could not with• ··Why not?" hold his confidence from him. He be­ •·I was a baby in his hands. Herbert. gan in broken phrases, and with averted he is a gi:mt in strength. You will never looks, and ended in tears and fierce de­ know the humiliation Qf the mo,nent when nunciation. he caught me in his hands and-Oh . my Herbert listened with a growing stern­ God! l cannot think of it I But l was ness. with a growing pallor, w:th clenched powerless: powerless, I tell you! I whip hands ancl with 1ightly closed jaws. H him?'' Morgan had been there the dispari1y in "T do not say to-day. Arthur, nor to­ their height and bulk would not have 1>re• morrow; but I do say that if you will vented Herbert Courtney from springing take the time you can build up a strength ot his throat. to which his is far inferior. I do sa)' "The brute! The cur!" he interjected that if you will join a good gymnasium. under his breath. as the recital was in and put your:rogress. When il was ended he turned competcm instructor. you can learn to and caugh1 both Arthur's hands in his, •1>.ubetter than he can. You arc as tall and cried warmly: "It was ti e act ()( as he: you arc endowed by nature with a low-brccl cur! The shame is his. not as good a f rarnc: you are now free from vours, Arthur." . "l"ll shoot him l I'll shoot him!'' Ar• ,liscase. Would you really like to beat Starkhim Center :11 hii:;own game?" thnr cried passionately. Arthur could not listen to the convinc­ ''You 'll do nothing so cowardly. or so 1 foolish;· said Tferbert 1>rom1>tly.master i11gtones of his $i:-itcr$ lo,·rogrcss he Arthur nccd,.,I guidance. ''What good had already made was such as to make would it ,In''"'' to You can see her CHAPTER \I. while you avoid him. You may win her lo,·c long before you arc ready 10 try How far right was Herl,\CrtCourtney conclusions with him. Beside.$,you are in saying that only a weak and ignorant only twenty: and if he wins Amelia, it womnn would love an evil man? Well. will be because she lo,·es him better than ignorance is a word to cover a great deal she loves you." of meaning. "You can talk calmly because you are If a savage torture his prisoners, and s-uccc-.ss(ulin 1o,ic." takes the lilc of his enemies by s1caltl1, ''Ne,·er mind me, Arthur,'' Herbert thereby following tlte custom of his kind, laughed, "but tell me, do you· want is he doing wrong? According 10 the An1elia unless she loves you best?'' code of the civili1.edman he is; accord• '·No.'' ing to his own code he is doing well. and naturally. Call him ignorant. if you will: "Then why not let her make her own but may you fairly call him weak. or choice? Teach her 10 love you ii you can, but be mnnly enough to rejoice in her imply that he is evil? There may be in happinC$$,even if some misery comes ,o the torturing, murdering savage the niak­ ing of what we wo11ldcall 3 high-minded you by the way." . '·RejoiceStark if she gives her love to Centera gentleman. As he i~. he is iimply what man like '.\:lorgan?" his environment has made him. Amelia \\'instcd was what her Cn\!i• ''If she is the kind of girl 10 love that ronment had made her. Good women sort of man she is hardly the sort for an ha"e loved and married bad men. Otarlcs honest, upright, manly fellow like you.'' Morgan went into Amelia ·s presence "As if a good woman could not love filled with 3 desire 10 please her. bring­ !1' a bad man ing all that was bc$t in him 10 the sur­ "A weak :lnd ignor:mt woman may. face so that he might win her. \ Vcakne.ss and ignorance arc not good­ Ts it not the ,,,ay of our world? Was ness. though sometimes mi~taken for it." he folse and a hypocrite in doing as he "Yours is an odd philosophy. Rerbert. did? Was Amelia any more open and I wonder how well it would serve you if frank than he? May she not have ~n PHYSICAL CU LTURE 109 pouting in her room, sulking 0\'Cr some Then Arthur wos saved almost with grie,•ance. the very minute before she his foot on the thre~hold of death's door, went down smiling to greet him? and had entered imo her Ii (c again, draw­ Is it nOI the destiny of girls 10 marry? ing 011 her S)Oupathy by his weakness, lllust they not let their suitors PMS in having a place in her heart by reason review before them, ro that they may. of being an old pla)anatc, and manifestly make their choice? Shall a girl study in love with her, and striving to win her phrenology and physiognomy and palmis­ to love him. try and graphology, and what not, so 1h31 So there she was with two real lov• she may get a look at the soul of the man ers, auracted to the oue by his virility, who comes courting her? and 10 the other by his weakness; but No. Is it not rather a girl's busine>s she felt herself s1rong with Arthur , and to be as stylish as possible, as good tem• weak with ~lorgan. Arthur amused her, pcrcd as possible. as coy as possible, as and won her something as a child would winsome as 1>0SSiblc?And if 3 man be by his honesty, ingenuousness and frank handsome, and virile, and masterful, and affection. She was always delighted 10 ,ucccssful in business, is a girl to go into see him, but she generally had an en­ psychology 10 find out if the man be all gaJement with ;\[organ when it came 10 tlmt he pretends? gomg out for an evening, whether for a Amelia had bcand clown the parlor 1111tilhe hc.,rd thur, and was unaware oi the strides h~ that rustle on the stairs !or which his wn. making in health and strength ; and ears had been alert, and which always Amelia no longer talked 10 Morgan of sent his heart into a Rutter of expcct.~­ Arthur, avoiding the subject when Mor­ tion. gan tried to sound her on it. This was Ile sank quickly into a chair, trying a good sign for Arthur, but, unfortu­ to give himself an air of composure, and nately for him, he knew nothing of it. not succeeding in the least. Nearer, near­ The weeks wore into months, nnd June er came the rustle, while the light pit­ had come around again. A great many pat on the hard.oood stairs told him times recently Arthur had tried to pluck Amelia was coming in her quick, child­ up the courage to open his heart t0 Ame­ ish way. lia, but it always seemed as if the right Then she stood in the doorway, hold­ moment had not come. ing the porti~rc in one hand, and peer­ One afternoon at the gymnasium the ing into the room in n certain bird-like director stood watching '1\rthur as he way that just suited her chann ing little went through a series of exercises on figure, and which seemed to Anhur quite the parallel bars. A marvelous improve­ the ntost ravishing attitude ever a gir l ment had taken place in Arthur's appear­ stood in. ance: he had filled out all o,•cr his body. And certainly she was n bewitching especially ;ibout the chest and shoulders. pieturc : rounded and plump as a par­ To the director his progress had bel., tridge, with a 1>crfcct pink and white one of the most interesting sights he had complexion, and n mas.s of golden curls ever seen. nnd he was particularly anx­ to frame as pretty a face as the eyes ious that nothing should happen to inter­ of man ever looked at and adored. She fere with that progress. had a moutlt like a rosebud. and blu~ "Stop a moment. Arthur I" he cried eyes that danced with innocent mirth most sudden!)', "something's the matter with oi her happy life, but which could take you. Twice l've noticed your elbows on an ex1>ression of pleading affeetion give ns you made n hnnd,stnnd on cakulatcd 10 drive a lover to distrac­ the bars." tion. Arthur went toward him, shrugging his "Oh I is it you, Arthur?" she said, shoulders. '·Yes," he said. ·•1 don't be­ quite as if she were surprised al seeing lieve l'll do any more to-day." him there. "Not feeling ill. I hope?" "Yes. I'm home earlier than usual, 0 1 "No. A little disturbance; that's nll.' and' - The fact was he had s.1id to himself "Camc in to sec me to kill time.'' she thnt morning thnt come what may he pouted playfully. as she seated herself would speak to Amelia that day. lie at the piano and rippled off a few b:.rs hnd been unable to settle his thoughts on of a J)Ol>ularsong. his work at the office. and hnd bct:iken '"No/' answtred Arthur~ geuin~ up himself to the gymnasium in the hope of suddenly and going over to her side. ·• I working himself into a steadier condi­ did not come to kill time, Amelia. You tion. lmow l come here whenever l lhii,k you I Tcusually Stark walked home. h11tto-dav heCenter won't object : you know .._ took the elevated train so ns to gci to Amelia, struck nt on~c bv an unwonted his destination in the shortest time pos­ tremor in his voice, had looked up at him. sible; nncl when he wns there he rushed and found her heart beginning to beat to his room and changed his clothes, part­ furiouslv. ly to do honor to Amelia, but pMtly to "Old' she intcrn,ptcd hastily. and I put off the crisis as long as he lcgiti­ speaking at random, ·'who ever said I matelv could. objected? This is one of Sousa's latest, As· it wns somewhat earlier than his have you heard it?'' usu:.1 hour of visiting her, t\melia w:.s She plunged into the perfonnance of nhliged to make him wait. for she, 100, a march, and Arthur. breathing like a had to make a toilet in his honor. Ar- man who has had n rcsoitc from some PHYS ICAL CULTURE Ul sentence, listened-or had the appearance •·I'm sorry I can1l answer )'OU, Ar• of listening-mu ii she stopped and looked thur," she said regretfully. "We've al• up. ways bcdy else better? lt isn't wrong 10 ask • ''Yes. Amelia, vou must listen to me. that, is it?" You know what i am going to say : you "I-I don't think T love anybody else must have seen the words Oil my lips bcUer. You must not make me say 100 a hundred times; you must have known much, Arthur. J-1 don't know my owu what was in my heart. Oh! who could mind. Oh, mayn't 1 go upstairs, Arthur, know you without loving you? I love and not :inswerany more questions?.. you, Amelia dear: I love you! Oh. how •rQh yes, Amelia." T love you I Have you a word of hope •·And you won·, £eel hurt ?0 for me?" "No. ·v ou did say 1 might hope?" "Oh, Arthur: please!" "Oh yes. you may hope. You won ·1 ''Don't answer me. yet," he cried in mind my going, please, A rtlmr ?'' 1 trepidation. ''Listen 10 me first. J know ' No.u ,·cry well I am not half good enough for She looked up at him out of a pair you: but nobody is that. All f can say oi troubled eyes, and then lluttered out is that T love you, and will do anything, of the room, stopping at the door to flash everything, to be worthy oi you. I've back at him a bewildering glauce that loved you for so long. Amelia ; long be­ filled him wiU, a hope her words had fore you suspected it, I am sure, Amelia failed 10 conYey. dear!'' He could not go home immediatel)' af­ She had risen in spite of the pressure ter thnt interview. so went for a long of his hand, and was standing in front walk. trying as he sn-ode along to settle of him, her bosom heaving, her eyes in his mind whether or not he might per• down. I !is voice was very pleading, and mit himself to hope. she found it hard not 10 look up and Amelia. on the 0U1er hand, locked her• give him the answer he a ·ked for: but self into her room and did the best she she was in a cruel uncertainty about her could to take stock of her fccling,a. Did own feelings. she love Arthur. or not? Certainly he "Oh. Arthur! T am so sorrv ." she mur­ had never looked so noble ,nd hnndsome !11uredsoftly. "but f can't :insw~r you; as when he stood there telling her U1at indeed. I can't." he wished her to be hnpoy at a11)' cost •·You love-loveStark him?" he gasped. 10 Centerhimscli. Ccrlainly she hnd never been "You oug ht not speak like tl1at, Ar­ so near loving him as then. thur." But did she lol'e him ? She felt n verv "No, r ought not, Amelia. I am sorrv dcli;:-htful thrill run over her as she re­ , I said it. Forgive me, won't you? And called the look in his brown eyes : and oh. Amrlia ! T want \'OU 10 know that there had been a tremor in that rich bari­ I love you so much tliat T wanl you to tone of his which had made her heart be.~t be hnppy-the hnppicst you c.,n he: and very quickly. :\nd which was very p1e.as· if I0\'ing somebodv rise will rrall1· make aut to recall. you happier thnn lcll'ing me. wl1"....:.why­ It came over her that if he had been well, 1'11try to be happy. 100." masterful like 01arlcs Morgan, and had \ ni PHYSICAL CULTURE taken her in his arms, as she was sure as his black eyes telling her how much 01nrles Morgan would have done. she happiness 1here was for him in the sight might be in his arms :.till, her Rushed face of her. 011 his breast, her heart beating in tune He held her hand in a gr3$p oo finn to his. that she could not ca$ily 1ake it awny from Ah, yes! that was the difference be­ him. and so alJowcd it to rc:mainin his tween them. Charles ;\lor.r,111was so while he loo her 10 a seat. She almost self-assured, so masterful, while Arthur sighed audibly as she thought how much was so diffident, so anxious to first be more masterful he was than Arthur: and sure or her. ;\ knock at her doer dis­ yet she really did like brown eyes 1hc turbed her 111cditationsfinally. and she best, dcmandc~l to know who was there. She wondered why :11organ had come '',\Ir. Morg:in is in the parlor, Miss nt such an unusual time, but she did not J\melia,'' the maid said. ask him, and he did not tell her a: once. "Mr. Morg;in at this time of day I On the comrary. he got her inio II very Oh, I don't want-say I'll be down in a pleasant mood by telling her a number few minutes, Jane." of entertaining things about actors and Amelia locked in her mirror, and re• actresses, and other persons in the public ceived a ,,cry good report from it. She eye. could not help knowing she w:is ,,ery "But this isn't what I came up here to pretty. Did she not, in fact, do e"ery­ sec you about," he said suddenly, thing she knew to make herself attractive? '"Didn't you come to see me?'' she asked All her friends agreed that there wasn't archly, quite at her case now. a more stylish girl than Amelia Winsted '1ndeed I came for nothing else," he 10 be found, and nature had bcc,1 !:w­ answered fervently; "not that I come ish. whenever J want 10 see you, for in that "l wonder why he comes at this 1ime case I should be here all 1he time." of day?'' she asked the pleasant face in "I suppocscyou know how to make sucl1 the mirror. "It is very unusual. I hope, pretty speeches because you are a law­ oh I hope''- She would not tell e,·en her yer." reffcction what it was she hoped, but "I assure you J don't always make pret­ $h~king her head doubtfully, went down­ ty speeches in co11r1,'' he laughed. "I stairs lo sec her masterful lover. talk from my head there and from my Jt is a proverb, if not a tnuh, that it he-arthere/' never rains but it pours. The law of "Oh I" chances no doubt will explain why ii is "But I don't always say there all that that when a thing happens, another thing is in my head, nor here all that is in my of the same kind is very likely to fol­ heart. I'd like to, though." low. "Well, won't they let you say all that's Amelia had two lovers, between whom in your head in court?" she had been hovering for some time, and "Will you let me say all that's in my whom she had kept al a reasonable dis­ he.art?'' tance all the while simnly bec.~usc she There was such a look in his glowing was hovering. Arthur had been driven black eyes that her heart came up with to action at last, and what more natural a leap into her throat. Was he going than that StarkMorgan should ha,•e been simi­ Centerto ask difficult questions like Arthur? larly acted upon. '' I don't know that T would care for Anyhow he was waiting in the parlor that," she answered, trying to laugh. to see Amelia, dctennincd to ask her to "Don't you want me to give you some be his wife. and feeling comfortably cer• mu.s1c.. )' ' tain that she would not say no. He was 0 f want you to give me music all my vcrv mucl, in to,·e with her. and had re• life, Amelia, That is wh)' I came up here cen'tty ascertained the amount of her this ai1emocn, I came up lo tell you father's fortune. that I lo\'Cd you and wanted you to be "Amelia I" he cried, stepping forward my wife. Ah I my little darling!" His quickly as !Shecame in, his voice as well am, was about her waist in spite of her PHYSICAL CULTURE 118

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0 1'""0-wtbe:n, you want to know all about It:. don't you1' 1 Drm,r t,y CflMon /AW. 11' PHYSICAL COL TOR E tcrriJicd effort to keep him away. He id«i that matters were so advanced as was masterful, indeed. "You do love me, this. Indeed I did not know that you­ do you not ?'' that she had what might be called a lover. His face was nearing hers, his black I shall ,peak to her and hear what she mustache bn,shing her check, when a cry hns 10 s:,y." of des1>.~irbroke from her lips, and she "I hope I have your good will, sir." pushed his face away. "At k-ast you have not my ill will.'' "l' know. That is, l didn't know as well

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then as I do now: and now J don't say ! ··Just 3 little ho1x-. Pn1>a?'" am at all sure." ·· Hope for both of them r· ··ohr· ··\\'ell, n little for Arthur. l lc's an ol<\ '' Uon·t sit here antl say 'oh I' ns ii 1 playmate, you know. Though I don't had done something strange. How can want to say exactly no to Mr. Morgan. I tell which man I love in such a hurry? Don"t you think he's handsome, papa?' " I didn't know Arthur was going to s.,y ''Of a ccrtan t)'J>c." )Ir. Winsted wn, anything about it this afternoon; and I'm n small . light man himself. sure nobody could have guessed that ··And oh I he's awfully strong. He Charles Morgan would come up to-day , could pick yo11up as ii'you were a baby. oi all days, 10 propose to me. Oh I but That's the way he lifts me into a car­ I'm glad you came when you did." ringc." "A rc you? Whr?" Mr. Winsted rather resented the idea "Well, if he'd kissed me. I do believe of being picked up by anybody. ·'For I'd have said yes. He has such a way my part.'" he said, "l think he is very of-of-well. having his way." much less of a gentleman than Arthur. "H'm I and you would have been sorry But you arc to do as you please. We go if you had said yes to him?" to Europe, then, do we?'' •'[ am afraid so." "0£ course we do, you dear, old Papa I "You like Arthur best?" And when do we go? Soon? J don't "L11ely I think J do; but you know want to wait :u all." I haven't had time to think about it, and "Suppose l can get tickets for next so I couldn ·1 say; but J really do think Wednesday week? "' that if Art hur had been as enterprising "Gracious! Oh do! WhM fun ! I'll as Mr. Morgan J might have given him a get Arthur to go down with us, and I'll little more hope, anyhow." have ~Ir. Morgan mceL us at the steamer: Mr. 'Winsted, who loved his daughter an() I won't sec either of them till then­ beuer than everything else in the world, not alone.,anyhow." frowned, got up, letting Amelia sit in • • • • • the chair, and begnn to walk up and down Arthur stood on the deck of the steam­ the room. She watched him with great er, by the side of the dainty little creatur<•. interest, knowing that he was pondering whose shining efcs ~nd flushed cheek$ be­ some problem, and that it would be use­ trayed her delight r.nd excitement io th,· less for her to ask :tny questions until he throngs that . surged about them. J.lr. was ready to answer them. Winsted, with a kindly glance at Arthur, "My dear." he s.1id M last. stopping betook himscll 10 the rail and looked in front of her with :i vcrv >'erious ex• down at the crowded wharf. prcssion, "l have been thinking of somc­ "You will let me write to vou, ;\melia. thins: you ought to do." won't you?'' Arthur :t$kC<:li"trcmulousl)· · ··Nothi ng disagreeable, I hope. I am ''Oh yes, T guess so. L wonder where so afraid of the thing$ I ought to do. p.~p., is. Oh I there he comes!" They are nlmost always unpleasant" •tAncl,Ame1ia. you will write to mr. "I hnvc been thinking ol this for some won't \'OU?'' time, so that whnt you hnvc just told "Yes, vcs, I will. I will, Art hur.'' I • me only has the effect of hastening "')' "Mr. :\Iorg-:1nis coming to sec you off. decision." Stark Amelia,'Center' said Mr. Winsted, carelessly ''Then it is romcthing l must do wheth­ enough, but with the same kind ly glance er I like it or not?'' M Arthur . as if to assure him on which '· I think you'll like it, my dear: I hope side his symp.,thic.• were. "lie is <.-oming \'Ou will." up the gang-plank now.'' • ''Well, go on I" Amelia looked around helplessly for a "llow would you like 10 go to Europe, moment, then drew a deep breath. and J.ondon, l'nris, Romc-:..oywhore-'' turned with a pleading smile to Arthur. "Oh. Pap:1!' ' '"You'JIstay and sec me off, won't you, "And leave these lovers without any Arthur?" :1nsweruntil you come back?" "Yes, indeed, I will." , 116 PHYSICAL CULTURE

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1 1 "Cv.c y01a1 hluc4 X:oraa.u la ,6.rU:ull"I ca.rJ 1 11 t.c&ch »~ a lcuoa you u noY« for,:tt." br11w• fy Gf/.1111111/Au,. PHYSICA L CULTURE 117 And in his heart he was vowing he There was a clamor of acquiescence ; would remain with her until Charles Mor­ there w.is a hurry of introductions to gan left her. if he had to go to Europe Charles Morgan; there was a babel of talk 10 accomplish it. until the order came 10 go ashore. "Oh, Mr. ::llorgan I llow do you do? Morgan scowled fiercely at Anhur, but So kind of you 10 come down to sec me Anhur ignored him completely, feeling off. And I know you must. be busy, 100. ready to m<.-ethim now, not only in a This is ~r. Raymond: you must remem­ crowd~d spot like this, but even in a lonely ber him. i\lr. Raymond, '.\Ir. 11organ. one. if ncccssarv. Thank you so much for the beautiful At the last moment, and just as the llowers. i\lr. Morgan. It was so thought• gang-plank was being drawn up, Mor• ful of you. I shall enjoy them so much. gan gave 1\mclia's hand a fierce pressure Oh, t\nhur. there is i\laud. and some of and dancd away. Arthur followed him . the girls, tool Won't \'OU bring them his depanurc sweetened by a smile from herct· · Amelia. "I ~hall write to vou. Amelia,'' 53id "Curse you!" hissed l\lorgnn in Ar­ Morgan, half s.ivagel;-. as Arthur turned thur's car, as t.hcy $lood on the wharf. 10 do her bidding. ''alid you will answer " I'll teach you a lesson you'll ne,•cr for­ inc. will YOU f10l ?" get. I should think you'd had enough.'' l lc was not pleading and humble, like "You cur and you coward!'' w:ts the Arthur, but almost imperative. Amelia. co111emp1uousresponse. se<:urc in the pr=ce of so many of her "\" ou dare not croSl' Morningside Park friends. smiled sweetly u1> at him. at eight o"clock to-night." "I'll ask papa about it," she said. "'Oh "I dare, and_! will." girls, I am so glad 10 see rou ! If I write 10 you. you'll write and kee1>me posted • • • • • about everything, won't you?" (To 6e

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,,,,_ Jrta.tk PHYSICAL CULTURE A CENTENARIAN PHYSJCAL CULTURIST By :James Mackay

Thomns Burton, 11 1 wouJd tlkotosltlto whoeo photogr:iph thnt mon and women ndom11thllpa~,cnjoy$ orovuyohontobomc t tho mro o~rfc.r~a o( in thcdiffcn,ut p.,ri-d-hcs h11ving li\•(-d ,,. three ot Jnmra.icri who h:wo C.."<'nturi~ J fo W(IJ:tbQrn h-' Aa long. if not n on Lho u,t c.1CAugus1, fon~rlc::\leof H(oth."n 1789, nnd during hiis 1'homas Burton. He.re tongU(ohn.;nevcrbee n nrc twoin!ft.nncHo( in. more than u fow miles dlvidunJ,_ with their beyond thu bounchlry n.._pectivo nt(Cf, who Qf hi.s own pntldh , S1. nro nlivc nnd 5trong 3l Ann, {:unniio:,, in tho thb prie>ent time: W~t ndtct3, •• 1. In the Pnritth o! 1 • F'nlhor" Burton, St. Ann tht're i$ nn old nJthough over :\ hu n, mnn who wnf n.driver dn.-dYl>t:1'1$0( Age, luoktJ of "1:wC'!I, on the s:Lmo us i( ho might ,co :u,­ CiUUi."AA Th011ll\.~ tind othar df.'Cndo nt lt.-aat.. l"ffl\Clllbtt\thlm fl'hoin, l(o rc:tnin, toa rcun11rk­ ni+)(lj n fad, Aecording nblo degrco tho ph.!'"° to the book, 'rhom1;1.sis icul vigor :ind ncliv1ty 101.)'f'nl"l'I of age. Thi_, of his c.1.rlforye;u,-.tand wOuld rnnkc the other reads without lho o.id ch.:ap :oibout 1 r.2 )'c:IU'& o! :1pcctucle:s. Hl.s In. ••2. Aw,in in ,tho tclloct ii olc:ircr OJ~d Pnritih orMontcgo 13.,y keener th.1n thnl o! ChN'Cf:t n woman who 1n03t pcoplo n ~re of tilfHUI tlut tho \vn& n ycnnt his junior. Mis young wom:ln whtn memory ill n)nn•clous , Wi11it1ml\'. ,,j.!JitcdJn. "nd his mind it$ulwllys rnnio;l.,nnd ttl;\te& th:-it, being CMried OOck to b(fog n young fellow. tho inoidcnts nnd :md full of fun, ho ecenes o( hiit youth. k£clc"id ' o( Brown'• Town, st. for tho cl.:unn.gowhcu Ann, Jamnicu, \VelJt In­ the owner nuu.lc n dies, who wit.di good noi1e. I ltt ngo mu.« enough Cosend u., tho 1rhom.e• .Ourtoo, 103 yton '1 moalh• 014 00 Ot lelbt J r2 )'Oare,." nbovo ftltl8, in writing Thorn:1.lf IJurCon nnd 1:1bo11tthe longc\·ity of the inh:.bitants of J:un:ai4 hlseornmdt9 nttributc:" their IOIIJ{ Ufo to :liCtivity , ca, adds: optn nir nnd pL·dn diet. Editor P1n·s1cA1.Cut.TUH: ------f~itor PnYSfC'AL Cut.TUM: Oc:ir Sir: ,\.4 an in.spinuion cow:ud ton, 4 Oc;ir Sir; About JS mon1h, ~go 1 ;,ppti«t cvity and llu~ 11oblc hc;ilth work stt forth nl your P1r,•~1C,\~ Cu1..TU1tt.,l !end you fl portmit for 3 Policy from the Equiu,btc Life lnsur:mcc :md brief life ~ketch oi n 1-a-year-old athlete. Comp.,ny. It was rtfustd, biliou,ncs.s :md James Jlcnnt1,lliCy w:&j born in lrcl:rnd in gr.we-I being 1hr au.sc of their rtjmion. I 18j1. llis :1ncestor~ were a !turdy. vigorou1 then con,ultcd my own physk~n, who in• t:1.(c, 50mc of ihtmStark livins to be 112 years old. iommlCenter me t1L1t 1 was troubt«t with di:tbC:tc.s. His boyhood d3y& wctt spcru in outdoor life Abo1.u thnt lime 3 Cricnd !luggcstcd r(3ding on a fann. In 1855 hC' ("3mc to J\mcrirn :md and following the :>.dvicc of PH\"~IC'ALCui.­ led a &trictly tcmpcr::uc life. Pr~r habil1 0£ Uvir1g :and iimplc and rcgul.:.r diet have '1'-Uar.. Under the guicbncc of your n~g~u:inc enabled him at 72 ycMs of :ige to perform the l followed !\ rtgubr c-ouric of cxcrci,e-s. and following ici:us, which many men u.ndcr JO w:.s :1stoniJhcd :it 1hc rnpid impro\·cmcnt in )'(at$ cannot do: my hcolth ond strl v:.udc,·illo the physical be at his best, culturist js the one who hoth in l>ody - wins out every time, nn.d and mind . the man or womnn with We arc be­ ngood tigurccnn outcl:iss ginnit>g to de ­ n phy,ically imperfect mand of our rival in ever y cast. stage fa. Olga Nethersole, ,·o rit cs • llla ude, \ d:uns, i\Irs. that they Patr i ck Cnmpbcll look ns ondJulia M arlowc well :ire unhnppy in• ,s act stance$ of grc:.t 1 h e me ntal :md vi tnl ll nrt. d i ss ip at ion, A nd which U1e phy s­ whnt icnl organ ism i~ more wM una;blc to :, o u 1- withs tand . Re- ~tirring s u It : p11r1ial, thnn the ~mdi n some sight of C3$,CS, com• a splen ­ plete proa• didly dc­ Mt9, Patrlck CAmpbc U ,·elopcd A'D0001\alOnAl vlcUm Of D(lrYOU• and con• 1~tnu1•n. trollc~l man or wom~m. ,mtr:i.n'lmelc(I by the di:;figurint dr<."S$of modcn, in:lnity, Jh•i11gsome heroic part in fulJ view of n tremulous :rnd adoring au:licncc I 'fh is tr:ition, but it is to love for the b..,autiful is inherent in every be hoped tha t with humnn he:irt, unle..-.ssupp'r'~"'-.~Cd :md di~• rest will come re­ torted by unclcun nssoci:ttions and cus­ newed vigor nnd tom. commonsen::,c . Jf The re is something sncrc,lly elc,·ating such lenders in tho in the sight o( n well cnred for, strong and Starkm i m ic world gracefulCenter nude figure Artists declare th:ol would tnke the so far from a ~tudy of the nude suggest same cnrc o( ing thoughts immoral, itis a cure for,uch their bodies that evils. nnd th:1t the form divine i n nil it~ Pntti, the qucct> originnl loveliness, nt once refines, en• of love and beau• nobles :md 1>11rificsthe mino or the be­ t y, docs o( her­ holder. Actors may enoea, ·or to concea l self, how much natural.o r rather unnnturnl i mperfections, better for thcm­ by the illusion of dress, paint and scen ic sel vcs a nd thei r accessories, bu t the glare of the footlights audiences. clearly reveals disfigure men ts tha t no nrt The act or owes can cove r ; besides, the magn etis m and 120 PHYSICAL CULTURE vitality thot is only tho result of perfect in selecting n comprmy. henllh cannot be counterfeited. I know On such nn occ,nsion~he nn nctor nnd singe mnnnger who is pre­ states, n mnn~,ger must ,·ented by ill-hcallh from luking his call in­ rightful place upon the boards. How to scr­ many brokcn-heMtcd failure,, how mnny Y i c shipwrecked li,•cs and lost :unbitions 11II hi nre C.'luscd by overworking the brnin knowlcd and neglecting tho body I llow mnny of human inmates ol asylums might be with us tc-dny if it were and he not for physi• study cal neglect aulhor' und dccuyl mennint To the :is 10 ap­ stngu 8'lpirnnt pearance l would and acm­ \ say: "Ji pc ru­ you w,-.nt ment, to know tlfld he how to a C l , ~ l enrn f i rs I howto J M. 1'. lladC4:ll live, (A Anlabnd non1Kr.uan) if you l«'mArtabte,, t~ bla 'Wt!'Uodi,l'ol,oJ)Ckl•11t1 Sfoce.N. W O u l ti portrny "- strength must .ind nn ond beau- ,tcto r who 11ot ~ ty, then only ,uw think be str<>ng the {111rt, ond t>enu­ but wl,v, t iful. i11nddi­ See­ tlon, !,a~ ing is 11 11pcci11/ bclic,·- tl n <1 ingl" .Ju.Ua Xatlowo p11rti­ Tbo t.alt111tod (UI\S VQC'CtUl ACU'OM wbc.o •~Ulnc •troa.: an1l l('A(Uoc J'lfU't.. ity to 11 ILtU'lbl&tAWO co bor OZC'OlJClll\.rhr•lqu~ a.Qd CIOru­ mon~n,o. Stark gi\·cCenter Ji/,: to t /, C David Delnsco in tho Christm:i.s num­ ber of •• The '11\eotre" is very fmnk in fl II • t!,or's his urticle "How 1 Stnge my l'lnys." He confu:;scs thnt in preparing plays c re· trtion. for the stage the first requisite is lo sec that it is properly cast, nnd so im­ portant docs he consider this part of Ole• Nc-thcr•o1c "'ho -.0 ltOQUt!tltly .uocurob, LO ,ho •tr&tn Clf ber the work that he often spends n year CllnOUO:Wp&r1,t. PHYSICAL CULTURE 121 UNNATURALMAN By :fo/111R. Coryell

OH::-1 STUART ~tlLL, in au act oi follv so :t()parenl, but it is a the course of a very choice that co11fronts one all through liic beautiiul tribmc to his to the end of making the b<.'Stof one·s gihed wife, in his auto­ scli. ,\nd the fetich o! nature is such an biography, says, among c, 1il <.metx:causc it con~t:mtlystands be!· other things. thttt she is t w~-en its worshipper and progress. utterly devoid o! ,upcr• The J>ersonwho eats mc:ttor rcfnscs to slition. C\'Cll thnt COIi\• eat it b<,causcof the cha meter of his tL'<:tl1 monc,t of all supn"l'r strength . but by poi• whether or not you sha ll risk your life in soned darts; they h:\vc few words, be- 122 PHYSICAL CUL 1'URE cause they have few and simple ideas 10 Food. \\\ : turn away ir()m the rttw expr 1.>ss;they arc ~mall and puny and mi,-. llc:;h oi the u:nur:d man and cuhiv:u~ sha1>e:n. It is pJaintheir conditions have 1hc liclds 10 make them yield us whole­ ' conque red them. some grains and fruit$ :uul roots. Um I The Marquesas Islanders live in a Jand from gathering the harvc.s1 and s1orini; ' of sunshine and plenty: tht.y wc"'r no it to k(:CJ>~way starv:uion we begin to clothing; they )l<.'rfonn linlc labor; their cat for the sake of e:,1ing. quite losing food is mostly fmits; they arc the tincs1 sight of Lhe important fact 1ha1 1hc so­ race oi men in C."-iStCnccphysically-the cial side of ca.ting h; its pleasantest, but avcmgc height being over 6 £cc1, and a least imporiam. \\'c eat three and four height of 6 kc1 4 inches being 1101un• ,ncals a day as a mauer of custom, and common. But they lh•e on an island. without ever asking ourselves whether practically undisturbed by their fellows, we arc hungry or not; without ever in• finding their food grown to their hands quiring how best to produce a h~-ahhy almost. They have had no reason a1>· body. We cat 10 cat. culli\'ating a desire parent 10 them for trying 10 alter their ior food that, we do not need; making a condition . They arc canniools ; they arc fotich of food; cramming it into the un­ given over to the most childish su1>Crsti- willing itomach C\'CII if we have to make 1ions. If you demons1m1e that a thin g new mouths in cxtraordin:uy p:lrt$ of the is better for them than ,;omething else body in order to accomplish our purpose. they arc doing. they find it a sufficient \Ve S-.'\)'it is natur~,lto ('3l so many times answer that it is their custom . These. a day and make that our reason !or do­ too, have been conquered by their condi­ ing ,;o, when. in fact. eating regularly is tions. a most unnatural thing-the natural man The pigmics and 1hc )larquesans arc seldom docs it. natur:il m~n-they hrwe \ficldrd to tht.• 8111,as with clothing and food, so with system of things-to nattirc. It would many and most other unnatural things s<.--cmbct~cr, tl1cn, to fight nature and to that we have invented or discovered for conquer natnrc-10 be unnatural. We the use anti benefit of man, we are losing do this when we build houses. when we sight of the end in the means. \Vamuh manufacture cloth with which to cover is a good thing 10 enable man to live and our naked. shivcrin; bodie.s. when we remnin strong ju a cold climate; so we mint cool and the:mmeral$ , when we do over heat our houS('s and render ourselves the countl~ss thing$ which the pigmy ~nd liable to all sorts of disorders. \V c even 1he lordly ~larquc"3n refrain from doing. learn to be mortal!\' afmid of !resit air The main difficulty is that we are 1101 lx.~use we find warm air desirable. We frankly unnatural, but Lry onr best 10 bc..-tomc confu.:;cdlx:tw<.'f:n wanu air and maintain that the natural is better than stale air, because both arc confined. The the unnatuml; and that i£ we onh• do an 111111a111ralhouse. which should enable unMtural thing often enough it ;,,ill be­ man to do better in his fight against na­ come natural. 1\n d this is one rc.. "lson ture by pro1cc1ing him. becomes almo.<:n•crsionof its· use. \Vit1• Herc is this matter of clothing. Clo1lt­ dows and doors are used to shut fresh ing should have but one us,~to protect air 0111. Think of that! the body Starkfrom undue cold. The wear­ CenterThe body. meanwhile. is acconnnodnt• ing of clothing in propriety is one of those ing itself to all this abuse-being natuml unnaturnl devices which h::.sdone much in that. anyhow. But because the body to raise us above the natur:tl man in en­ suits itself to clothes which clog 1he )lores abling us to conquer a force of nature. of the sk in and throw double work on But we now dedare that the wearing of li"er and kidneys and lungs, do 1101su1>· clothing is fundamental. and that it must l>OSCthe body is better for it. ft is being he worn. whether for the good of the natur:11, that is all. It would he better body or not. \Ve make a fo1icl1of cloth­ if you would keep it unnatumlly. Why ing. We laugh a1 the M:trqucsan for his learn only through natnml selection and $n~N-Litions. but are m:umfacturing su­ sun•i\'al of the fi11es1? \\'hy make death ~rstitions of our own by wholcs.1lc. and disease the on ly teachers? There is I PHYSICAL CULTURE . 123

nol much to be learned of them. Go 10 worse. 1na irc:c:md oprn (.\ltl!Ountcr?l lcr Iifc and health for lessons. and accept the confucing is the bc...~t:u1d s-nre.st suppress• l teaching, of truth even if they take you ing_... far away from when: you arc now. Be unnatural thttt. in this sense, that Perhnps the wretched liule pigmy of you will not be \..'bntcruwith the thing J\ frica c:111teach a lesson of health and that is only bcc.iusc it is. lusist that happines.<: it certainly would ~m :is ii 1J1cr.· shall bc a reason for your arents did it. Why, it might have been !low doc.< he come by his phy,;iqnc and the best for them and the very worst for his bc-~uty? h, it by Jiving on fruit? you. Or discover why your grand1>.~rcnts Is it by cx1>0~ingthe whole surfaceof his did the ahing. :,nd if the r\!ason tor it is body to the :-,111and air? ls it hy bathing good in your ca:-c.do it 100. so consiantly? Perhaps it is bec:mse of And if you find voursclf opposed 10 the pork he cat>. or the occasional mis• doing something in}urfous to yourself. ~ionary. Get :tl the truth and practice it. hut which society insist.< shall be done. The tnith never hurts an\lbodv: be sure 11<:\!er1hc-lcs$,remember that Rcnj:uuin of that. • • Kidd ha$ t)Ointcd out that the i>trogn~,ion: a.twnys$.lri\'ing to 11,tural lifo? \\'II\· not throw custom and all it £ctichcs the winds and make pull back the inclividunl: always e.1ger to tO m~ke marl\'r~ or 1hc \'en· warriors who up our minds to do what i~ hc~t for us morally, mcnt:illy. physicall,· > Let us arc lighting in the advnnce guard. of the not be afraid of the truth htcausc it \'Cry pioneer:, who :'lrc cl~nring the wa~• threatens 10 shrivel up some pct fctichc. for it. And the w:irriors.the pioneer$, i\nd do not be afraid of being misled by the thinkers art' alwav.s in the £rout. false cloetrin..-. Lis1<11 10 what John I\ hilc societv takes its· ,;olemn and im­ ~lilton. the great poet. ~Y•: l)Ortaot stan~I on the very ground it de­ .. •n,ough all the winds of doctrine were ~pised while the advance guard stood on let loose to play upon the earth so tnllh il. he in the fidd, we ,lo injuriously, by It is always worth while 10 remember licensing :tnd prohihiling. to misdoubt th:it the orthodoxy of to-day wa~ the her strength. Let her and folll<'hOOd heterodoxy of fiity years ago. graJ)l>IC;who cv,r knew truth put 10 the Let the 1u1oat11ralman triumph! Stark Center IGNORANCE

ll."fwn:mccf,r ~aturc·~ lnw:­ Of all C. A lrnowlcdgc of them will detect, RcmoYt.: the cause and the clTccl

-Wif611r F. G~nrltart, 124 PHYS ICAL CULTURE

FROM THE LAND OF THE PEACOCK THRONE THE PEOPLE: TH EIR LIFE AND SPORTS By Fred. A . Pape ' IS a sunny land nnd a in :1bundnnce. hnp1>y land on the Bu t t he big banks of the bronc! and ri vcr - th ei r might)" l mwndy ri\'cr, ,·cnrmtcd river and the folk who dwell - th:\I is the there nrc whnt their ,·erit.,ble :,rtcry country nnd ~urrountl­ of life. I tcOm\!S ings hn\·C mnn, thebnd Buddhism, js by no mc:Lns ~loorny in its of the teachings; ii counsels frug:ility nnd con­ tinence, and love of nature, and Hs hc:\utic-s and crc:it­ ures, so that the. result upon the "Knlfths." people has been or forcigncusJ a mO$t folicitous so for nway one. There is a­ thnt no one p I c n tr oi nil, know~ the ex- an$1 not restless :ind scekin)C to dwell in other la vi sh in parts. When the rapids nnd boulder,, nt be:-,towing n Bhf1mo :ind hcrond make it too diflicult profu~ion of for him tu ;,t-ccnd the river further, then is gooJ thing,; he content to re-l on hi$ onrs: :-endwith -fertility." his knowlcc.lge. The strenuous unknown good ,,cyonJ has no chnrms for him. llut be­ di­ low this frontier-post. when the mountain tnn~c. tnl>cs come down with their ponie$ and Starkh i lls Centermules t<> bnrtcr their guns ~u,()d:,, commoditic-s of grain nnd oil and dried and \':--tl­ fish and tc.,tile,,. there the agile an<.!dex­ leys and tcrou~ river nnvigntor is "broad with his rh ·c r~. kcen•1nowctl boat aud cnnoe. ·n1e coun• a n d try is intcr--e~tcd by thuu!'-andh of tribu• bi r ds tary rivct'8 t111d erccks. :md up :md do wn andbcnsts these ~hoot the ~,ceful ,·e.ssels, propelled n n d fishC$. by thc:-incwy arm~ and h:\ck:, of Burmese Uorm~ll -c Chll4 :ind fruit$ o{ men :mtl boy~. :-1ndvery often women n~ 8UDP ll M , '""1 l~l('b C..l ·lb,

of the \·cnctian gondolier,; ~tnnding 11pon the tips of the tinges,; gl":tso the heels. the extreme stem of the canoe, nnd pttsh­ M:i.ssagcj:,. ,•cry populnr nnd univcr.,ally ing the long and li1nbcr onr ctway from 1>racticed, which salutorr hnbit no doubt them. Standing as they do upon such a accounlS for much of the g-racc attd sc:mty foothold, scarce n foot $C}linrc, health of the people . But they seem to their dexterity and power of 1>ropulsion rely more on the a.ninml nwgncti:..m, nnd endurance nrc tru ly mnr,·clous. The transmitted from one l>oody of the onn;mnn is naked cxCcl)I for the good they ex1-.ectto derive from mns­ a loin-cloth, J>ermitting one to behold the saic thnn forceful m:mipulation, :u\(J in 1>l1tyof the m11sclcs of the nm,s nnJ the this lhcy seem 10 differ from our methods. back and the thighs with a peculi:or and The gri,atc,;I E."'mc in p<>pul"r fnvor is easy lithe grace. En.lowed by nnturc with "~ort or basket-ball, which is played by tn.11,lisso1nc bodies, thi;:;.unique nnd lo1\g­ prcfombly a do1,en youths in" circle; any co1\linucd punsuit hM developed these open spncc or rond-cros.sing scr,·ing sunny children to the ,·cry perfection of for a b:,11ground. The bnll is made of human Ucnoty. _,\nd ntJ thi$ i:; mndc thin n,11,u1,laced 1ogethcr lightly, of 1>ossiblc nnd ,s about the s~,c or our sustn isted on a rou n J foot-balls. It vegetable diet, 6, of course; springy, ckedout by some but not \ICr)' t,uoy"-nt dried fish or im Once in piny, the circle e{,,gor two at (MC of men try 10· intervnls . So ad keep ii in the air rind in 0\(..­ otion within the circle, and whoever let$

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taking of a creature'$ life that lhc stran• ii come to the ground is counted out . gcr. when traveling in th,tir mid~t. is :,11done of the $pcctn1ors Ink.es his 1>lncc. often compelled to kill his own chickens The ~kill of some i~ truly nwn·clou-,;. for his mealg, if he wants anything i11 They kick not onlr front but sideways that way of 11utritio11:tt all. :md backwords, :.metso nimble :\f'C their \ Athletic gamesStark of all ki11dshave a most feelCenter thnt they o(l .seem 10 be hoth in tile fostering care. nnd ,,re indulged in hy nir a_t o.ncc. 11,c c~nlling and laughing young and old. One often wonders at nnd Jokang arc keeping :,ll in brcrilhlcss the agile nnd 11imble feats most Bum,csc good humor during the g:imc, which often youngsten< Arc :•ble to perform in 1hc la,.t,; an hour or more without the bnll ncrobntic art. It h:::counted but 3 trivial once touching the ground. What this thing to be a ble to bend back the hody menns to the lungs and limbs of the with arms extended ov<:r the head till players can be easily undbrstood. me PHYSICAL CULTURE MAIN E'S HAT LESS AT HLET E

OODY BROWN, spar­ hoecake nnd lean meat.• have alwM·s been maker and a, hlc1c or his fa\'oritcs. Ile will drink coffee or 1ca Sourh Brewer. :\lainc. is when they arc placed before him, bm he !-till a boy in sentiments, prefers milk or 1>lni11wn1cr 10 cilher. agility and in a com,t:un J•'or half n century he ,mokca n black de$ire to enjoy himself. >ipc,and took au occa:-.ionalgJnss of rum. I le was Sz years of ;1,;:c !,111lhesc have been discarded, as he be• on .Jnl}' -1, 1902. and lie"ed th,•y mndc him 100 nc~hy for com· ha\'mg a day off from fort. lfo has 32 :;ound 11.>c1hin his jaws, lh~ shipy:trd where he is nncl can crack a hickory nut as quickly c,nploycOUlld~,,anU hi?-heart and quarts of lungs :'Ire a:,. goose b c r­ good as new. ties in the hot Working in sun and car• many un riclying his early s\1ppcr. 1rndc nm ong All his loug pci,t house, lilc Mr. Brown filled with \'Cl • low fever 3nd has prncl iced ~m:t11po,xcases, ,he tcncls of he wns never a n ad"ancc-d sick for a physica l c 111- whole day in t u r c without his life. though knowing it. l.'n­ he l0.1 :1 few til three years half days from :1go, when a his work on ac­ paper mill wns count of head­ built near hhi aches. Though home and new he has made houses b<:ctsto ering nf nny kind. 1\bout the $hipynrds. round 0,11 a <.'.'Cnturyof hard work. after in the hca1Stark of >11111mcr.am! iu the dec1> Centerwhich he propose~ to take things c:1sy. wood~. carving out s;lt,>(:I:,.when the lCrt1· For the pas, 10 y,•ars he has been losing pcrafurc was bdow zero. he has gone his huir. unlit now he has n large bald bare-headed. and with coat and wai~tcoat ,pot on top of his he.id. cli::cardcd.nncl his chct-tb'°'rc to the wind$ "That's :;omcthing which T inh~ritcd nf a northern wint~r. In ~torm,· weather from my grandsirc," s.iid Mr, Brown . he came to cam1, from his work with hi~ rubbing his shining crown. '"f-le wa.o; hair ancl bearcl so thicklv matted wi1h scalJ)<.-

THE GERMS, AND DOROTHY'S HUSBAND By Hallie Pres/Qn Rider

OROTH Y herself was wouldn't c.ue for any of 1hc gen ns. sitting on the veranda might Sp<):lkto my aum . however," s1cps when 1he genns Withom a suspicion of a smile. she c.tnic up 1hc walk. Jn­ 1un1cd toward 1hc open door. cidcnrnlly. they were ",\11111 Dolly!" she rolled, clcarly; accompanied by :i good­ "would you like any scarlc1 ie\'cr gem,, looking young man 10-day ?" c-arrying a black ~a1chcl. There was an oppressive silence: the I Oorothv tilted her chin sound of a smo1hered laugh. Then a and ";a,chcd his ap­ m01herly voice answered : pro.1ch 1hrough narrow­ .. No, ·ooro1hr, l 1hink not." ing lids, like a cnl who The agcn1 s1ood dumb. uncertain spies a chicken. whether to laugh, or swear, or nm; but Everybody know; an agem 31 sight, bu1 Dorothy got up. in 1hat brief g:,1.c Dorothy, by some un­ "I suppose I oughtn '1 10 cri1icii-e a erring ins1ir.c1. divined al,;o 1ha1 he was stranger/" she s.,icl, patronizingly. "but new at the bu:;inc..~. Her ti1>-'-curled in really, don't you 1hink it would be more rese111ru1dcri,ion. worthy oi a grea1. M rong man like you 10 "l low pcric..:1ly abominable 10 was1c line! oomc 01hcr occu1,a1ion 1hnn µ<'k<-$oi This la>1 sarcas1ic Oing. like a P.in­ 1he S1. X. C.11ildre11's llos11i1al, in Chi­ prick. brough1 1hc vic1im to himsell. fhe caf:'o," blandly beg':111the owner of the r<-d went 0111of his face. and his black fine mu;;cular outfi1. ""'c 1rea1 pa1icnis eye-• Hash,'ing,he 01> \•ials. "1 h:we lirre $01ttC very finr ~pc.."Cf.. r e.store his lost l'<)u:tnimity. In~iorothy was saying: look a1 1hem--·• · ''Aun1 Oolh· ! Oh ! You should have lie broke off.Stark ,ntlclcnh· conscious or a Center seeu hi, face ( Rude? 0£ c<,ursc I was I pnir oi h:u~I <=yesfcvel~f qui?tzicallywith I mcan1 10 be. If 1herc's a supcrRuous his. ,\ ho1 flush mantled his face. He cre..11ionon 1he face of lhis canh. 11's 1hn1 ~tammcrcd, ,1n1ggling 10 recowr himself. legalized hold-111>, a patem medicine and 1hen collapsed c111irch·. age111. For. I s11pposc ii was some1hi11g Ooro1hy sei>.cd 1hc opportuni1y mcrci­ or 1ha1 sort he wa$ trying to sell ... l=ly. Frank :\rnli eld ,miked half 1hc le1lg1h ''I'm qui1c sure 1ha1 my husband would of 1hc pretty village s1rect before he col not like the chilclr<'l1 sc11110 a ho,pi1al," lrt1ed him scll sufficient I\' to make another she said gra,·ch •. "and. oi course. I ,-:tll. When he did so.he Slal<'

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., I ha~ hC!rc aow.t YC.ry One sp,cd.mcna or Ulc baclJll,n Dr.,,.-a by Gllw•o /Aw. PHYS ICAL CULTURE 129

£ectan1 which had ~n used very s11cces.s­ working so hard to g:iin, 1he toil of self­ fully in a Chicago hospital. Jle did not denying years. going out like a bnbble. C\'Cnmention the gcm1:::and it was hours Third . :111dgrcat{-SI calamity of all, he before he got anything like peace of mind had grown to love wi1h his whole strength back again. the sweet. tantalizing. wholesomecreature Not many day$ ailer the unc"pccted. as who had wrought 1he ruin. Always, for is usual, happened. Whether a ''str·Jngc the sake of tlic ideal he saw reali1.ed in disr>cnt-ationof Provieting was lef1 behind forever. rcn1s all o"cr him. and her candid pleas­ Bc1wcen the half-fledged doc1or's ure in his presence wa.< like pamdise. So washes and potions and Dorothy's hydro­ the batt le won each day had 10 be fought pathic treatment. applied as "igorously to all 0\'Cr ag:ii11on the nc:,,;t. the prcmi$CSas to the patient, their initial One aftenioon he mc1 her coming ont case came out beautifully. Others oi the postoffice with an open lcucr in her crowded upon 1hem. Day alld night for hand. For some occuh reason his moral four indescribable weeks 1he two worked. barometer promptly (ell. so to speak. hand in hand. Meantime. "}fows !'' cried she. waving the sheet three re,·elations came to t\nificld, creat­ ai him joyfully. '·~ty Fred is coming to­ ing in his sonl a chaos like to 1he great night! I'm laking a furlough from nurs­ Original One. ing. and you must share it. Don't fail In the first place, the disinfectant. the to come over. rvc beei1 longing to have sale of which had 11c1tcdhim a fair share yOU LWO 3CQU3intclicd 10 the heal­ tend strictly to his work, cutting all 01her ing of sick,1c!'S that cleanly abstemious­ is.sues. Alas for hum:ln resolution! On ness to which he owed his own 1>c:ricc:this table he ionnd awai1ing him a note freedom from dicasc. Purification-not from Dorothy's a11111.saying thei· had re­ more of poisons-was the cure! I Je ~aw ceived bad news or 1heir expected gi1es1, the wisdom and skill which he had been :md, as her niece w:1s rather shaken up

, 130 PHYSICAL CULTURE over it, would he step in a liule while into a thousand fragments. scatteri ng that evening? them in a pcriumcd litter all about him He found Dorothy among the heaped­ and grinding them ;;.,wagcly into the car• up cushions of the divan. I for pr.tty pct with his foot. Then. with two quick eolor w:ts gone, but she was not ill, as strides he dropped on the dh·an bcsiM Arnfield had half counts'ta"k'

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WHAT THEY TAKE AND WHY IN AMERICA By F. A kirk Iller

···rva,,r THE}'T,IKB ,IND WHY IN AMERTC,I," is the ho,•su;Ar, C1Jur1;nt,•. 1J1c feature will be u permanent one, tmd in ta.ch i$SUC of tJuSma;;minc will bc-..;;-,ctnsidc from four to si.-.: of its pn;:es co n rlsuml of the mcdir:n.tcd Ji,,es of our lcadi11gst11tcs111cu. l

EL\"A A LOCKWOOD, after another, the stupidity oi her class• A. ~l. and )3. L.. poli­ mates and of the public in general. aggra• tician, lecturer~ l:tw,•c.?r, vateJ. what pains she alrelatly had a11d pc a cc commissio;1cr, added pains of all descriptions to her Presidential candidate already long list. When she received 1hc and tc.stimoni~ writer degree:\, ~I.. in 1871, she was 1101only a for patent medicine.~. w:.ilking encyclopedia of knowledge, but a born in Royalton, :--1.Y., walking encyclopedia of 1>ains as well, October 24 . 1830. In After taking a course in law she went to early infancy $he e"inced O,xford L"nh·ersity, England. and ac­ a taste for soothing quired more knowledge with more p:tins, syrup. and took same in On rctun1i11~from Europe, she seulcd $uch quantities as to alarm her parents. down to her life-work-namely, writing F,'3ring that she was overdoing the thing. patcm medicine testimonials al!d being her parents took away the syrup and tried cured. She was natui:ally much sought 10 we3n her from this habit. This angered for by the ,·arious patent medicine con­ young Bcl"a. Meanwhile she had lean1cd cenis of this countrv. She first tried Dr, to read by studying the printed labels on Green·s Nen•ura, which, according to her the soothing syru1>bottles that were gi"en own testimony.cured her of ncn•ousne...,;s1 her, and in being refused a second time, indigestion, shiepkssness, fainting spells. . raised l•ersclf 10 her full height in her loss of appetite. melancholia, tired fCul:uitygnined by it, 3 few months. A II who knew her pre­ she was nominatt.ltland ran for Pre:.ident dicted for her 3 great career. and pro­ of the L"nited States, The platfonn on nounced her the brightest girl in the which she rnn was for woinnn's rights l country. The comparative s111pidityof and Ner\'um. I other children {r.l"e her a p_1in.and as she She made a ~trong c.,mpaign, but graduated from one institute of IC3rning failed to be elected by a few \'Otes, The PHYSICAL CULTURE principal ol,jcetions again~t her were, that their legal scn~c :md not 3S. referring to if she w!l$ clccuxl, women would (r.linthe thirst parlors or love-making) . ,\ bout this control oi the country and would make time the 11.cw woman craze was at its men take tlteir medicine. Although de• height. She advoc.11ed in fa\"Or of the (cated. she continued 10 teach her doc· new woman, claiming that three bottles trincs, namely. thnt n bottle oi cure is of }..'.'ervurahad made her a new wom'111, worth more th:tn a pound of 1>re,1cntion, Her bold s1nnd on this question caused and that women were superiorto men, be- Doctor Parkhurst . the famous reformer

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'lr4C!Jlmllc of A4vc:rtlkDlt'.lll whkh appc::a,,('(I, ln the N ew York Bvc:nlntr Journ al :md tc..~timoni3Iwriter. to denounce the cause they could endure a greater number new woman in the most bitter term~. In of pains than men. the next Pre,idcntial campaign. she was She received the degree of Bachelor of agnin a candidate-she believed in the old T.aws from the Nation3l Univorsit,·. at adage. '"If at firSt you don't succeed. foil. Washington City. and secured the pass• fail agnin.'" The country was dumb­ age of a bill admitting women to the b.lr founded when it was learned that she re­ and to court (t he tenus being used in nounced Ncrvura and :u,nounced that she PHYSICAL CULTURE 133 wo uld make the second c3mpaign 011the her husband, despite tl,c fact that her Pcruna ticket. opinion~ on the medicine question ha\'C To prove the benefits or r>erunn,sh~ greatly injured his bubinc,,. To com- made a practical 1c:;1,took three bottles 1>cnsa1cfor this loss, he had the distinc­ and was cured oi catarrh, hay fovcr, cold, tion of being Melva Lockwooo·shusband. feebleness. unstrung nerves, exhaustion l le ,•icws this distinction from an en· and kidney dis<:ascs. ( Sec lCsLi111onial.) •1irdy different point oi view as did the This s~-condtcs111no11ial c,scccdcd the lirst husbands o! Carrie Nation and ~!ary in circulation, and it was acceded by both Ellen Lease. Democrats and Republicans that Lock­ ln the field o! tcslimonial writing, wood and Pcruna would c.,rry Lhe ele<;• .3ch•a Lockwood was not alone. Frances tion. 1'o counterac1thit~ sentiment, the E. Willard, o! the \\'. C. T. U., was her Congrc$sntcn and Scnntor,; oc-gan 10 ac• bitter rival. Mrs. Lockwood ·s testi­ <1uirc 1>ains ;md be cured. 1'he u. S. monials for Peruna and Ncr\!ura were Congre,-.s was converted from a hall of offset by the testimonials or Miss Willard legislation into a sanitarimn-sc>ntc had for Paine's Celery Compound and catarrh.sc,mc ha.d pains in the eye$. others \\'arn cr's Safe Cure. This deadlock con­ p,1ins in the cars. some couldn ·1 stcc1>.and tinued for a year, when JIIiss Willard en· others coulclu't kc<1>awake. They all clorscd 1{11111ford Baking Powder and agreed on one thing. howcvcr-d1cy all raised hcrscl r above her competitor; she took Pcrunn. The political baulc was did uot stop here. but followed up this the fiercest c,•cr seen in the history of the country. Belva was only defeated by a mo,•c with an cndOr$cmcm of Wool Soap. fusion of the Republican. Democratic, She lathered it all over ~ 1rs. Lockwood J>cruna, Paine', Celery Compound, Elec­ and mad,· her look like n shnmken flannel shirt. Uuforlu11ately, Jlliss Willard died tric Bitters and Ncn 111ra vote!-. l lcr de­ feat was brought about by Lhc Nervura at the h<'ighl of her fame. and ~I rs. mugwumps, who foikd lo 11pl11;1ldher Lockwood again took the lead. While not when she declared for Peruna. equ:il to the lntc Mis.sWillard, she makes She was married to lxx;tor E1.ckiel such te.stin,onialwriter:- as Julia ~l:irlowe, Lockw00tion, the fir,1 and last answer be extended (romn,uscu­ must be: l'l~· interest and strong motive. lar work to brain-work, The strong(r the motive, the greater the jm,t ns can the facullic'l concrn1rntion. 1 of arrangement, clas,ification, dis• Firsl of :ill. then, we 11111,1gel the 1110- 184 PHYSICAL CULTURE tives for taking exercise, and hence for if it were fostencd to it by an elastic focusing our :ittcntion on it. \Vhy string. Yon can look at the hand lrom should we take u,;crcisc ;u all? l'irsl of several points of view. Or you can all, for hc:ilth by use and growth . and watch the lingers one by one, pretending also by rcmo, ,al of refuse and cleansing: that each of them is a child at play. In then for strength and activity and cndur• this article it will be sufficient to tnke ancc; for sclf-co111rol ; for pr omptitude~ the first or indc>. finger. and lo exercise for rapidity: for b.1lancc; for fomc; for with that. By this means we shall be money; for better intellectual work; for able 10 learn about the chief uses of all better moral habits; and ( ultimately we the muscles in the body. come 10 this ) for happiness, including Stretch ont the first finger as for as it the actual feeling oi health and or fuller will go; that is a /111/,·.rtc11sio11. Now sensation. Let ui--decide th:tt for an,· or let the end of it sink down loosely and c~eryonco f the!-c reasonsright excr'cisc::heavily, as H indeed the nail were a is worth while. Then kl us nmkcexercise heavy leaden weight ; thnt is not exten­ a hobh1·, i( um Iii.· hobhl', I.ct us be on sion but rdu.ru1io11. Now stretch thnt the lookoutfor inv~n1io1iso i importance, linger out sharply to its extension as for remembering thnt the history oi muscles as it will go, and briskly say to yo1melf ha~ yet to be written and that we may "1." Then bend it, double it up as write some chn1>1cr or paragmph of it. il were. as for as it will go nud •• This gives 11s the spur of ambition in a <1uickly as il will go, S.'tying 10 yourscli good cause, and, 1 may add, in a paying ··~_t' Jicpcnt this 1110\'Cmc.ntwhile you cause. l•'or people will pay to learn repeat "1 --2, 1-2/' grn(lually increasing :ibout their nmscles, and why not? the pace. That i; a fast and full cxt<~•• Thi~ hring,< us to our seecmd help, to sion :rn something, nnd the :ti it, foll ,1rotch. Then add the extra musdcs which we use then. A plan of 1>arto f n cubit 10 i•~ stmurc. This is :\11 the abdominal muscles would be inter c:.tlt.·nsionheld 11.t~,.,r/1 us made. 1t i< sur­ csting. though it is useless to learn from prising how, when you think you have dfogrnms alone. Th e lnnu,n body in rc:,chcd the limit, you find that there is motion would Ix: the be,t di;,gr:1111. Of the additional fragment of an inch pos­ oourse. the biceps is one oi the easiest sibll•. So il is in lifo. \\'e can do far mu scles to watch. and therefore one of more than we think we can if we rc:tlh­ the best with which to begin the study. int,•nd to do so. J\s the conserve of thi's ,\ great hcl1> will be 10 watch ci1h,•r pre~, in the I0J>o f the finger (still keep­ the mu~clcs tht•m~h-c~ or their reflection ing the finger straight) towards your iii a looking-glass. By walchiui: them hand ; pres;: it in ns for as it will go . wt~ can moStarkre-ca~ily send the mind into Center'l' hcrc should be ,,uitc an appreciable thl'm, 1hrow the will.. forcc i1110 them. di~tancc bet\\'\. 'CU the full c:dc.'nl while Ex~rinh.•nt by thinkin~ of your right you 1>n.·$-.."" out and while you pre.~.::in, hnncrfcc1ly stiff. vnu, but think of your rii:ht hand and Do you feel something pushing in right look al it . Do this for five minute.<. 111,to ~1t>ur~houtdcr, c,·en to vour chest? This will send more blood int o that That is right. hand to feed the muscles and to c:arr\' off Now bend the whole straight finger up the musdc-M:wagc, if there be pr o1,cr toward your face. then away from your circulation of the blood streim. Kcc1• face to its full distance again. Do this the mind there; bring it b.1ck ng,,in and bri,kly. "1 -2, 1-2. 1-2- 1, 2-1-2." Now ag,,in; tether the mind to that hand as from side to side, still keeping it ,1raigh1 PHYSICAL CULTURE 136

white moving it briskly counl "1•2"' as be· kinds arc e<1ually cssenti:,1, not 10 all fore. nmsdc.~ hi11 Ml11lCto ~omt..•mus.ck:-, c)thc:r~ l\ow for :i harder c>ose1ha1 thc arm should pcrl•a1>sbe the hnrdc~t for you, just as it be able 10 do all these exercises. The is harder lO cltL-ck horses than lo let right order oi cxc,·cising will probably be them go. Move the finger 1•,•ryslowly as follows: from the run cxtcnsi()fl l() thl' run con­ Fir.,;tof .tll there will be correctness, traction. .No; do 1101 hurr,·. Thal is and therefore lhcrc must be slowness much too fnst; and attend . !or goodness together with attention. 1~hen, with sake, for moncfs sake_. H ,·on like. nucntiou Mill. thcre m:w be incrcnM: of Slowly from the run extension io the r ull endurance which will • come b,· sheer econtrol by an arrest :11 and back agn.in: the brisk .:,tnovemcnt :iny given s1>o1:1hen promptitude 10 siarl; in various directions. then t.ho:;.c~amc thtn variety and 1>0wcrto use ::mygiven movements done slowly. The brisk, run movenlent :n a moment's nolicc. movements belong 10 the Macdonald­ Throughout there must be. when nccei;­ Smith system. To this sy~tcm 1 have s.iry, rd:txntion or the muscle which is added nw own, the arrested ruovcmcl1ls. nOl being used. Relaxation is the oppo­ Make· the lull extension or the finger, site of tension. Then, last or all, giving 1hn1 finger always run attention. strength. If sl rcngth were dc,•cloJX'cdal all. It hall way. Then from this half-way is by lOO early strain and stress that we pince carry the movement through 10 lose freedom. the eml. th3t is to sav. lo the lull con­ Jr to these csscmials we add b.ilance, tr:tction. \\'c may ..r',!prcs:cut 1his by which I have specially omitted from this 1•,¼.Y,•2, instead of by 1hc :'.lacdonnld­ article lest it should complicate matters Smith 1·2. Similarily we might Jll':IC- loo much, we shou1d have here::some 1icc it wilh r-¼, ¼-¼, Y,•2, and so on. of the chief princi1>lcs of exercise. RIil 1t is tasy to \'ary thit-exercise. 1he gre,,tcst oi these is concentration. llithcrto we have onlv had one nncl the ~ecrct of roncentra.tionis inter• s1rcngth or straining excrcise-1he push­ c~t. and the hrarl oi intcn·.st is the desire ing out, then Jlushing in. r-~tcr on, for happiness, and the best happiness is 1hough it would 1101be time )Cl. ir we that which hurts no one, detracis from were going in for 1hc Physical Cuhurc the happiness of no one, bnl rather con­ or the whole body-imagine :, hea"y Lribmcs 10 1he happiness of as many weii::ht rc~isting that finger. or else use others :ts pM.sir,lc. The most harmless the other hand 10 push agnin,1 1hc finger nf h:tppinc::.St-si, that which comes from when it i, commcting, and 10 pull agninsl h1.-":lhh:met 1hr simp1cstnu'ans to health. it when it isStark extending. l n Physic.-al Centerln 1hc ncx1 ar1icl,· I shall l>cgin some Cul111rc strength must come las1 or dcfinit\: in~truction.;with r~gnrd to ex­ ncarlv last-n\!v~r fir$t, ercise and other" \,•cnncs 10 Tfo:thh.'' Jn Such arc some.though far from all. of these Mliclcs I shall deal 1101onl\' with · 1he different kinds of exercise. t\11 exercise ;md rest, but also wilh diet'. l 136 PHYSICAL CULTURE THE ADVENTURES OF TROCHI LLES By R. /,//. /,f/aller s llluslraud by C1/111a11Lo111 ThS. •tory II ~nt~ttd In tha Prl~ Coml>6thloo nrut wa W'Otlld~ pl~ to h.i\·~ l\nv fntt,N.'lfltfod rtadcnt lfrlto u tbolr crltlc!A:ni. Tho .iortt-• which OJ"OU.!M!th~ m°"t 111\-'0mbleoommt-nl wm wJn t.hl"Pr1TA.\. N a remote corner of my and the principal cities of Europe and scrap book there is America were cabled to hold all suspicious pasted n slipping from fl<:r::,Qns.Several day:, pa.scd and not the the London Times of slightest clue wa; obrnint'((. The thic,·es March 18. 1899. The and their pr(.'Ciou, had ,•anished a~ head lines read thus: '-'Y though swallowed by the earth. A mt-cl• l·,\MOUS STATUE 01' ing of the Greek ,-:ibinc1 was hastily 'rROCIIILLES STOJ..t:N: callt'lelc rec()vcry from 1hc the theft of Trochilles 10 the threatened illness which nc-ccssitntcd his trip abroad war with the 13ocrs in South Africa. l:,st wimer. Professor Morson will re­ Then one morning the great dailies came sume his chair at this Fall." flarvard out with big headliners, ru11101111cingthat It is with rhcsc two clippings that my the statue of Trochillcs had been nws1cri­ story deals, for str.mgc as il may seem# ously rcstor,-d ! :\gain the guards ))ad ah.ere is n connection belwt."'tnthem. b«11 eluded. arid during the night the Most people will remember the cxcitemem product'() by the theh of the famous marble warrior. none the worse for his nine months· vacation. had ~n replncccl Greek sta111c, Tr,xhillc,;. The fame of this marblewarrior, whc>has been univ~r­ on the great b-ise on the Acropolis. :\ house-to-house search of .\thens and the sally accepted a;. the J>er£cc1 type of 011llyi11gdistrict> rcve~k1I 110trace of the masculine beauty, together with the fl<.'CU• crimi11als. The,· had restored their fiar circumstances surrounding the tht"it. mysterious m:mner in It prize in the samC made it of unusual inter~t. $\.'emsth3t which they had stolen it. The Athenian on the afternoon of the 16th of ;\larch. police shnrgg.cd their shoulders, ex­ the Greek guard, whose duty it is to claimed "Pemchmos!" nnd were content patrol the easternStark f>.Ht of lhc Acropolis. Center to let the mnuer rest. For a time the dis­ had seen Trochillcs standing as usual on C'ussianoi the mystery was :tgttin re­ the gn"1t marble b.ise before the temple sumegrand as on lhis moonlight night. I le me 10 smile. The intense strain was stood there with that easy air of con­ broken and my sca1tercd senses came scious strength, his great arrns folded back. I knew I hen , hat I was not mad. loosely across the brood chest, and on Ins l knew then that I was a wilncss of a chiseled lcatures 1h31 superb look of de· spectacle that wo,dd defy all scicmific ex­ fiancc and 1>0wcr. Those mighty muscles planation-a putzle beyond human solu­ had been m:,tchcd against the friendly tion. I :lm no coward, bul when I S3w the s1:1tue of Trochilles advance lO the llpponents or the Olympia~• games and edge o( the great marble pcdcStal and the deadly foes of the Persian wars, and beckon me, l c-onfess I trembled like a had made Trochillcs the idol or 1he Greek leaf. To save 111ylife I could not have nation. Poets had sung his praises. and moved from the spot. Then sudde nly I his name and fame had come down heard a deep voice say, "\\'here ~rt thou, through all these years. M illiades ?'' I turned away with a sigh. The re• I final!\' plucked up courage and slam• ali1,11ionof my own weakness came rc­ mered in°:\scared, unnaturalvoice. ''\\'ho lemlcssly upon me. To be a Trochillc& 3rlicd,"and I seek Milliades. I3ut tell came upon 111c-the yc-ars of toil as an me, whoc,1l•rthou arl, wh~rc am J? \Vh:lt ol>scure student, the years or toil •• " means my 1>rt-scncein this strange place?" famous scholar. I had tasted the fruit I had become more corn rolled now and and found it to be ashes. The litlle answered c1ui1c calmly, ..It me.ins that Grt-ck lads who sometimes stopped their you ar<: in the ruins of nncicnt Athens­ play to look al the stoope00the marble pillar-my eyes glued all sc:\ted on the marble column, fearing al• the while on the sight before me. Horror most to breathe lest I spoil ll1e picwre, of horrors. ti,~ .110111,of Trochi/h•s was lest some move of mine should cause Tro­ 111wiug! First one m:irhlc ann was chilles to hurry b,1cklike a g11iltysentinel, rniseci'and Stark1hen another; both fell 10 his Centerand become agnin the impassive statue side, and the massive head drooped for­ with the folded arms and defiant look I ward upo11the great chest I \\'as I mad remember being suddenly aroused to a or was it a dream? rII those few sense of reality by a mischievous mos­ moments of suspense I lived :m age. Cold quito. which rcr,,isted in alighting on my beads of perspirn1ion stood upon my nose. Then Trochilles. far from rcturn­ brow. Then the moon came from behind inli: to his pedestal, begun agnin 10 speak. the clouds and shone upon the figure. I 'The priest was right." he repe.11cd. stared like one demented. Trochilles I le came across the open space and seated had stretched his anns above his head. himself on the pillar beside me. He musl and was yawning ior all the world like • have seen my frightened look, for he sleepy school boy. spoke again . "Do uot fear, I am not a PHYSICAL CULTURE 139 ghost, nor Cl'en a statue now. Sec-feel '·the ci1i1.cnsof Athens raised a statue my nm,, it is fle!l

ll onor or n onorflil The S tAtuc or Tro-chlll~II, waa moving, Stark CenterFlrtl Oil~ marb le Arm WA.It rAl&C"dAnd t h,rn o.nothu

years before, when I wns but n b;ibc in my Sparta lead the Confederacy now?"" mothcr·s am1s, the old priest of the )fy pedagogical instinct was aroused temple had prophesied that I should Habit reasserted itself, and as far as (car after death, return to earth. The was concerned. Trochilles might hnve prophecy hns come true." been a student in the old class-rooms nt I smiled. The story was as strange as 1lar\'ard. For s.cvcralhours we sat on the sight that hnd taken pince before me. the great column, Trochillcs asking and Trochillcs continued: I answering questions. And there, on 140 PHYSICAL CULTURE 1hat moonlight night Trochillcs learned 1hcrc while I should fetch some clothing for the first 1ime 1hat men no longer war from the hotel. with sprors bu1 with guns, that they no T slipped in a side door 11111101iced,and lo11gerrow or sail their ships, but utilize soon returned with a 1ra\'eling suit of • a new power called steam: 1hat they tweed with which I tried to gnrb Tro­ 1ra.,cl in railroad cars instead of on foot chilles. It was no easy task to get 1he or by horse; that messages arc clicked too small gnrmcms upon the massi\'c 1hrough 1he air; lha1 men hundreds of Greek, but I finally succeeded as wcll as miles apart talk over tn)'$tcriouswires: possible, and we hurried through the that towns and cilics arc lighted by an un­ town. 'fhc street$were dark,:\nd we met only a few late wayfarers. We found known force called clec1ricity. He the hotel closed, and the only light came learned for the first time of a new conti• from a far-off comer of the building. nent, far across lhe ocean, disco\'cred by By s1nnding upon the shoulders of Tro­ one, Christopher Columbus, on which chillcs f was able to reach a rusty spout• was a great nation-the Uni1ed States of ing, and with the aid of some vines I America. He learned, too, of a college, dimbed to the balcony of my room above. f called Harvard, in which the individual Trochillcs followed a moment later. beside him was a professor of Greek. The coolness with which I took the When I had finished, Trochillcs eye<\ events of that memorable evening !ms al• me suspiciously . "That sounds like the ways remained a source of wonder to talcs of the Cretan soo1hsaycrs," he said, me. 1\s we s.~t there on the linlc balcony, "the soothsayers were extra,,agnnt, but looking out over the city, it seemed 1hc 1hy talc pu1s them to shame.· Where­ most natural thing in the world that the upon T told him that he could verify my s1ah1c of Trochilles, turned flesh and statements if he wished. T was 1101pre• blood, should be there chalting easily, and pared for his reply. asking questions about the wonderful •·very well," he said, 0 1 will do so. . I earth to which he had come back. So feel no inclination to climb back on absorbed did we become that I almost yonder pcdcs1al, it is ra1her high. and forgot that I was to a\'Oid night air. besides I would like 10 sec 1hose things When T did think of it, I suggested to thou spcakcs1 of. I will go along with Trochillcs thnt we l{O to bed. He smiled, thee." and answered : "Thou art welcome to go; but 1 will remain here. I have j 11st And so he did. \Ve walked down the had a little nnp, and am not sleep)' in the hill 1oward /\thens and came upon the least." Trochillcs didn't mind nil:ht air. outskirts just as a clock somewhere olT When 1 awoke 1he ncx1 mommg the in the city struck three. ,\s I was ex­ sun was streaming in on the bed. r re­ plaining the meaning of the str iking 10 called Lhc events of the nigh t before-­ 'f'rochillcs r happened to lb.ink of some­ the moonlight-1hc temple of Zeus-the thing. statue of Trochillcs-the awakening. But "Sec here, Trochilles ." I exclaimed, J>shawI it surely must have been a dream. "you can't go into A1hens 1his way. I turned to sec 1hc little clock on the You've got to get rome clo1hes on." mantel. There was Trochillcs, clad in This seemed to surprise him. "l am my suit or tweed, sitling on the win­ vassedby. was the news of the theft oi the statue "There was a time,'' he s.,id, "when of Trochilles. Trochillcs enjoyed it im­ I.was as weak 3S thou art: ' mensely. He laughed, and slapp«i his 1 loo~ed at him in astonishment. knee, and acted in a manner quite un• ''Trochillcs was not always the ath• like :i dignified citizen of old Athens. lcte, not always the warrior. As a babe Just then we heard a tramp of feet, and l wns puny, and had I lived in Sparta, a sudden halt at my door. It was a squad instead of Athens. I would have been of little Greek soldiers with a warrant left in the forest to the mercy of wild for my arrest. Despite my protests they bc.1sts. As it was, I grew up neglected persisted io hauling me out of bed. I and despised because of my weakness. explained that 'frochillcs (I called him I would often watch my brothers, great, ► !ones) was my valet. and Trochillcs, tak­ strong youths, as they played at their mg the him, helped me to dress. games, from which I WM always ex­ Half an hour later I stood before the cluded. And then there was a m:tiden, Oiief-ol-Police, a quiet old gentleman. Ariadne was her name, and T lo,•ed her. with gray hair and kindly eyes. T ex­ But she did not deign to look upon the plained that r was an American professor we;ikling: her lover must be a man. With sight-seeing in Athens. and requested that a determination bont of despcrotion, I they search my rooms i{ they thought resolved that I would become strong . I me implicated in the theft of Trochillcs. would silence the scoffers and win her The ponly Greek landlord testified that love. For over two years I trained in I did not steal the statue of Trochillcs secret. tn the early morning. and in (which was true), and that l had been the evening ! would steal away to run at the hotel all the previous evening in the forest and swim in tl1c lake. One (which was not true). f was dismissed. day when ! thrashed my strongest broth­ with many apologies for the rough tre.1t• er, a verital)le giant, they discovered 1hat ment which I had been accorded. Out­ Trochillcs was a weakling no longer. side the door I slipped a lxinknote imo "Then e.1me the city sports. All the the outstretched hand of the portly land­ youths were 10 compete 10 determine the lord. representative of Athens at the Olym­ For weeks :md wc~ks the scar<:hwa..<::. pian Games. I saw 1101 the people, but kept up with persistent zeal. Through• the laughing eyes of ;i fair-haired maiden. out all Gret"Cethe excitement wa.s in• who w,wcd to me as I finished the race ten~e, and every inhabitant b<.'C3mefor far ahe.1dof the other runners; and when the time an amateur detective. Of { w3S victor in the boxing ~nd wrest~ course, as evcrvone knows. the search ling bouts, and was being carried about w:1,; fruitless. ft was not until a month on the shoulders of the checrini;: crowd. after the affair that we dared risk leav­ J was happy because of a niaidcn s smile." ing Athens, and then 1 forestalled sus­ Trochillcs paused, and looked out over picion and delay by securing from the the water. 01icf-of-Police a special order passing "But what of the Olympian Games?"' S<"lfand servant.Stark t asked,Center ''where you threw the discus It was decided that Trochilles should farther Lhan Admetus of TI1ebes, and return to the United States with me, for 11111faster than Hippomenes the Spartan. T rcali,,ed that he would prove i,n-aluable and de~eated Hcr,tclCS in wrestling. and as an assistnnt professor of Greek at Har­ Ncreus in boxing? You see your fame vard. With this end in view, T set about has lasted these two thousand years." teaching him English. which he in turn Trochillcs went on : "Y cs, tl1ey placed practised upon the sailors. I shall never the wreath of olive branches upon my forget the incidents of that pleasant voy• head, and Athens was proud of her $On. age. My health was greatly improved, To be the victor of the Olympian Games and those terrible coughs that rocked my was almost to be ;i god. T remember it frame came seldom now. One day, as all now, the plaudits, and the glory, and we sat upon the deck, I was seized with the moonlight night in the Athenian gar- 142 PHYSICAL CULTURE den. when Ariadne told me that she About the middle of August we left loved me. My hopes had b«omc realities for Boston. I had received a telegram at last. Trochilles the weakling had be· from the President of Harvard 10 bring come Trochilles the champion of all Hel­ Jas." Mr. Joncssy (that was Trochille's new name) on to Cambridge. As we arrived He stopped suddenly and turned to­ ward me. "Thou canst do the same. Fol­ at Boston on the late express we met low as I direct. and thou wilt find the "Pop'' S.111iord.the football coach, stand­ health and strength thou longest for." ing in the doorway of the terminal. He And I did. From that day on Tro­ came up and shook hands. and remarked chillc,; became my teacher. "l threw how well 1 was looking. 'l'hen he physic to the d~s." and lcamcd the les­ saw Trochillcs, who had just returned son of how to hvc. And when the old from buying an evening paper. ''\Vherc lis1les$ncss was gone, when the habitual did you discover that?" he gasped. ''Oh dignity sat uneasily upon me. and I whnt a find for a football tc.1m!'' I ex­ longed to jump and frisk like a colt. I plained that ~Ir. Joncssy was to be the knew that I had found the long lost boon new assistant professor of Greek. but of health. lt seemed that I ,~ould have ''Pop" interrupted: "Let him take a 10 shout to those slow-moving German course in arithmetic or Greek, or any poners and the sleepy-looking English old thing he won't be liable to flunk. but cabbics, and tell them that life was wonh make him play football."' living after all. And the outcome of the matter was We had decided to make a flying trip that Trochilles did play iootb.,ll on the of the Continent be(orc returning to the Harvard eleven that season. and played United States, and for one month we it-well, every football enthusiast re­ "did" Europe, or at least that part of it members how. Visitors to Harvard arc that interested Trochillcs-I had been still taken out on Soldiers' ~'ield and there before. It was not until the 27th ,hown the e.~act spots where Joncssy of Junc that we left Liverpool on the made that terrific plunge through the Kaiser Wilhelm. bound for New York. Yale line for ninety-live yards, where Troc:hillcs received his first impression Jones.sy StO!)ped Yale's flying wedge on of the United States from the hustling lit­ Harvard's five-yard line, where Joncssy tle rcponcr who met us as we entered kicked the field goal with thirty seconds the harbor. to play. And when a group of Harvard 1\ London tailor had provided Tro­ men get together oi an evening, the talk chillcs with· an outfit that was calculated often drifts 10 the events of that memor­ to show his gigantic figure to the best able season, and they tell again the deeds advantage. and many wcr~ the admiring of rhe famous '99 half-back. and wonder glances cast at the tall, distinguished­ whv he never rctumed to college, or was !ooking gentleman with the fine phys­ nc.:cr even seen again. Then the Pro­ ique. For another month we traveled. fessor of Greek smiles a knowing smile, go_ing as far south as O,nrlcston, and and longs to tell what he knows of the westward to Ocvcland. We stopped at adventures of Trochilles: but mod~y, Ncwpon on the wav home to Boston. or, perhaps, it moy be fear of ridicule, has and Trochillcs created an immense sen­ prevented him. until now, from divulging sation whc11Starkwe took our daily dip. Great Center the secret of the ancient Greek hero and was his disgust at the timid little fops his mysterious. return ~o e,:\rth. who played around the water and Ritted As I sit at my desk in my bachelor •!P:111d down the beach. From my posi­ quancrs. I can sec. just across the room, uon of newly-gained strength I, too. the chair in which Trochillcs sat one could afford to be critical. and we laughed memomblc evening. It was the night of together nt the fat beef magnate from rhc Yale g:imc. and from the windows Oiic:igo and the dyspeptic little multi­ we could sec the red lights and the bon­ millionaire from \Vall Street, and the fires, and hear the cheers of the happy motley crowd that parad«l the board students as the,· shouted themselves walk, so intent upon seeing and being ho.,rse for Harva"rd and Jonessy. Tro­ seen. chilles watched them until the lights were PHYSICA L CULTUR E U3 all burnt out and Lhc shouts came fainter in the science oi living. The merchant through the trees. sacrifices hc!alth on the altar of business; Then in 1he half darkness of the room the scholar neglects his physical welfare he gave whal I ha,·e always been pleased for his intellectual advancement. Both to call '"The Farewell Oration." seek happiness, and neither attains the "Well, Harvard won to-day, and Cam­ hoped-for measure. bridge is happy 10-nigh1. So it was in ''Our old philosophers and poets, 1he old days, when Sparta was beaten whose works you still study to-day, real­ at the g.imcs. I ruman nature is much ized !hat Lhe culture of the intellect and the s..,meafter two thousand ,·car$." the culture of the body were inseparable. The principle is summed up in the words He paused while 1hc clock on the mnn- of i\ristotle, 'The end of life. and, there­ 1cl struck the hour. fore, 0£ education. is the auainmcnt at '1 read a ,·cry learned article the oth­ once of intellectual, 1110mland physical er dal' on the "demoralizing tendency'' \lirtuc.' That is''- of coilegc athletics. I would like to tell Here shouts or "We "'ant Jonessy I" Ilic reverend gentleman who wrote it that came from the street below. I turned the doom of chis na1ion will be sounded. lo the window, and when J looked back, as was the doom of Athens, when its Trochilles was gone. The "Parcwell Ora­ young men neglect the culture of 01eir tion" was finished, and the speaker had bodies. Athens, grown effete, foll to departed. Sparta, and Sparta in tum 10 Thebes. The students fro111below came up 10 America must beware le-st luxurv and my room, but though we searched the wcaltl1 bring the same fate to her.· house and the garden, Trochillcs could "TI1at night on the Acropolis, when I not be found. The noisy crowd left, dis­ awoke from my slumber, I heard from consolate. your lips of the new world to which I From the station agent at Cambridge had come back : and when I learned of r lean1ed that a tall, hatless gentleman all those wonderful discoveries and in­ had purchased a ticket for the 1 1.50 ex­ ventions. l Lh1mgl11that at Inst the ideal press, and several days later J ascer­ age had come. I fuman happiness must tained, by persistent inquiry among the surely be completed! But, alas! how far different steamship companies in New from trnc I I have seen sights of which York, that an individual answering my we ancients 11c1·crdrcame. and fame. You have ad1·Mced in the Then l ,vent to meet the Senior class science of trade, but }'OU have retrograded in Greek. 144 PHYSICAL CULTURE WHAT PHYSICAL CULTURE HELPED A QUON­ DAM INVALID TO ACCOMPLISH Mr. Gordon Wancb, of lndi11n. right kn..-, c,111...i b)' whlto ' n,potis. Ind., fn giving us Rn 6wtlling. They operated on mo ~unt o( M1t .-i1mmcr bic)>ef~ and dn 1gged me, nnd lan:.lly tour, charing p.uc or whiith ho pvo mu up. 00\'C!ttd 6.J2 mile-. io 59 hou"' writes: "I took up ph~t cuHurt-. and I wnnt to a1111kyou U you 11 l'\ow lt,l mo <"X• plain to you th:.t don"t thJ,ik that ii wa~ wttl worth a11 untll a ll,w yc-ana :.go 1 h.,tl lk-too fho htard work nn fnvnlid. Wc.•11t which t do,•oU."ro. '"'1i0rMlic."'t, llt1t1 ten-«! nnd rigid on h J a b.,ck .,,,, tho floor. ,\n n11.'iiwnnt then mount•" Oh;t(r orpodc•tnl, nnd from " height ol G fc.ct drops a.n c,val r"Ol""k,wcjghSllS: <6 I..._, on tho Pro. lc:.-,.""°r'~aofo.r pfc-x. "' 'rho Protc-,wr rnnkcll nbdutd y no 1110,•o. rne,nt, nor don lu.•rntac Starkhill bodyCenter in r.onttc111ptto moot th o weight hnlf, wny . Tho rock,n!tcr- 1 m p~ct wlth hi• J"boto, eb.owJng c-xc-t11tnt dt"topwtnt l)lfl!t\l•,r('. ot Pr-orcuot Mfa:e,c•a baclc botuuli• 10 mu.etc-• n. hl'FKht P,oro,oF 'Mfu <">u ltt'lttn,r r.-ady" o I eight. ocn inchC!'-. ~(t-t.or ~U,co ptt{ormtd thl~ feat at thto lletrc,•Ulo Ath1otfc Clu'b and n.!tcrw:ar\ltl dropped tho wc(ght on n. l)r«oo! timbtt mN~u.rint two l.i)' !our by clkhtec)n Inch~ and tho rm~• broke tho timb<-r ,nto p t

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Q, ls there enough waste mater inl of your lroublo in time_, though a fast. of te n when we live on one meal a day to pre­ MY$ or two ,,·oeSc-t»or O\'tn longer , would un. vent constipation? qucstionnbJy rtrncdy it :u once. "~ There i.t 5u.niclcnt wuto m:ittcr in your Q. I hnve n thick growth of hair, but i't food to ~rnp1W. 1ho desired pu.rposo Ql ono is dry and crisp. Can you suggest some­ mc:il a d.,-y. provid<'d, o( cotu'l!loC,you h:wcw:11cr thing to mnke it soft nnd silky? at h:md :end drink ltcc-ly of a.me at nil time& Do not AOq:uiro tho irnprcss.ion that it is ne,ccs­ A. lf you Are lcccping your ~Ip properly ,. ~--uyto drink J:u'),."C!'qunntitics o( w:utt, but you cle:uucd-that ~ w:&$hingit with n h~-h ~do o( ~ould d~ro it frt'\lucntJy . · casU?ctoop at least twice:.. w«Sc-tho proeeti of pullin~ tho h::iir 0000 or twice :a d.'\y. Nn11ing Q. Have had weak stomach since nn your lmgC1"$tht"OtJgh it al'KI closing them ti~Ur nttack of pneumonia; good :tppctite, but AS )'OU 1-lighUy pull tho N.ir, tho cf'recta ol tho pain follows eating if I cat as much as I pulling and J)oli~lling pro0C!$; will be of :adw,n. feel inclined to. •~;c and tlhopkl in tln,e romcd)• your Croubfo. Would not :\dvi1octho uac of a.n oil o[ :my kind . A. Would fi~ nd\•i$0 you to drink tnOr<' (tt:e­ ly or putt ,vau•r, CX:cn:ikublowill boa foil{: fuJJt. If )'OU find thlt CX• cnn brinf at mbouL Pc-ntonl! who h:a\·e p:a-..:K"d lttmcly difficult, wou.kl odvi50 you to take :. tho growing ngc h.-ivc been known to i~ ~riClt ot short fast., fo.l\ting thrct

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Fricnd.-"Good stars, old man, you·ve ·· l am going to send my son to college," got n frightful cold. Wh3t arc you tak­ said the proud father. ing ior it?" ··That is wise. 1 le seems in need of Sick Man (hoarscl)·).-""Advice."' exercise:•

Young Ooctor.-'"l ha\'e j11st come 1\monJ the dusty leaves of a coloni3I back from a c,sc of s11spceted appen­ dame's diary, dated 178o,this c>:tmct was dicitis:.. brushed out : Wiic.-Surclr rou told 1hc p.11ientan ··This day we haer:uionwa.$ nl."Ct!'$S3ry.didn't you. dinner. and Doctor S--. who carved, clearie?" held 11p the rib on his fork and said: Young Doctor.-'"Why do you ask?"" 'llcrc, ladies. is what E"e was made oi." Wife.-'" I n~'<.•dthree new gowns r· ·Yes,· said Sistu Helen, 'and it was from pretty much the same kind of creature.'··

Old Lady.-··Young man. where do you expect to go when you die?"' Snt.,11Daughtcr.-· ·Father, at what age Reckless Young Man.-"";\(aybc to the docs a man become bald?"' grave, mad3m, but the chances arc that Father glancing toward mother.­ 1"11haul up in some medical collegc or ··Wcll. 'er, what kind of a man, Edith. other: · m:trric-dor single?''

\Vi[c (timidly).-"! read to-night that Priggish Lovcr.-"Some scientists con­ people would feel better going without clude that man has developed from an or­ Stark dinaryCenter oyster:· their cu~tOm:\rY brc.akf:l:-t.'' Husband ( s.-ircas1icalh·.-Wonder whot Girl (yawning). - ··Yes, into a weari­ IClbor-dodging cook wrote that f°' :;ome lobster."'

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the past we have receiveda few letters from those who condemn our policy of being so free with the nude. B«ause we have allowed a few articles to If appear which have told some plain tru1hs io reference to prurient prudes, it doesnot by any means indicate that WE INTEND T O ADVISE OUR READERS TO DISCARD CLOT.HING. Such extremes are not necessary or desirable. In some respeets such a change might be of aov:tntage. There also might be many disadvantages. But all those interested T he Pru de- Civilizat ion's in this subject, regardless of their conclusions, Greates t Enemy . will be compe!!ed to admit that familiarity with a perfectly formed body means a thorough knowledge of what your own body should approximate. If you have no ideals to study, if vouknow notbing- as to the shape of a normal, healthy, beautiful body, how can you discover the cfdective parts of your own body? And if you know nothing- of your defects, how can you remedy them? THE PRUD ES ARE NOT INTERESTED lN REMEDYING DEFECT S. THEIR PO LICY IS T O HIDE EVER YTHING-UGLINESS, WEAKNF.SS AND DISEASE. Merely cover it up, and as long Mothers cannot see it there i:s but little c!lfferet1ce. At leMt, this is the theory they seem to hole!. Everywhere you find these prurient victims of mock modesty, harping on the baneful iof!uence of the nude. Stark Center We want to harp on the purifying, tft'Vafir,g, enno6flng, sfrengllienlng lnf{utnct of flit nude. We admit that the nude, If 'f)ft'UJtd from flit s/4ndpofnl of the prude, is dlsg-usting, degrading, vulgar. The minds of some persons are so n:ulVJ'W, so e

150 from an :tmorbinr otg'.lD to a dcpuratinr orran. It is beiiir used to dimin:ate impurities, to throw off dead, foetid matter that must, in some way, be d~huged AND - bom the body, :10d when in such a condition the stomach '20001 direst :10ythinr. It is not prepared to direst. Food eaten at such times lrcqumtly becomes :1lmost iJ1 exists as poisonous :as strychnine. It fCffllUlts and 3~ more filth to :an :tlrcady foul body. arc iM • But tbe super«icntifie pb~cians of to-day utterly I~ these pWn bcu. would b They Fr.eel! Fr.eelI And Feed for ever :and evermore! "Never stop fudiJlg- a p:ttient" is their nuxim. And it is food tb.lt rcally keeps up the dist.uc. It is food ~ purity t that _9.reventst be functional s~tern from !ruing- itself from the disuse. U you rcally wish to know something about the care of tbe body, you h:,d better Christi• buy a pug- dog- or a l>ullpup. and, by studyinr his habits, team the value of eitp0SUI followinr normal instincts, rather than be pided by the doctors who depend on LE medicine alone. should N ot lonr ago the country was startled by the news of the ckath of that g-reat, man, c.z-Spcakcr in stroo_g Thomas B. Reed. pl "He was a man who apparently porn" d g-rcat vitality, He was talcen with men .1· an acute disu.sc. The hirh fudinr methods were, naturalfy , adopted. The great BEK.l' medial men ltnow of nothinr e~ We note in the daily papers that "it ..,,.. not EVER until his stomach refused to retain food of any kind that tber.J<.>stall hope of his HUM r«1>very,n THEY WERE KEEPING UP HIS STRENGTH, MIND YOU, dom i feeding this rreat fleshy m:1n, who could no doubt have rcl2incd life for two or three monthswithout food. And still these poor simpletons imagined that food was Icedu ncee:ssary to gi"e him strenrtb, 'I Who d:1res to say whether be would hav e lived, or whether be would have gitl, .. died, under a different trcatment? STIMULANTS, STRONG DRUGS. CHEMI­ in ne CAL POISONS AND FOOD POISONS, were used upon him without stint. Four saline injections wue given him duriJlr the last twenty-four hours of his life. di,cas They W

white flour manufactou rs are beg-inning to awaken to the dangers whieh confront them. The delicieney of that fake "Staff of Lift,'' which hey are foisting on the publie, is being detected on all sides, and they are mbeginning- to fear for the future of their business. This scxalled food whieh they ship in such lnrg-equanttties all over the world is g-radually being-known in its twe charact«. IT IS STARVING PEOPLE BY THE WHOLESALE. It is one of the principal influences which have g-iven us the White Flour Mill Owners wblte faced wrecks that stare us in the face in so many homes. It has starved tbous.1nds Scared.Stark upon thou sandsCenter and, perhaps, mjfjions and millions of children into we.kness and sick­ ness, disease and d~1tb. It h3S robbed them of their birthright, h~1lth and strength, and manhood and womanbooc!. It has starved their bodies and their minds and their charae1ers; but still tbe so-called" Staff of Life," which is really the "Staff of De.1th," continues its terrible work. But the handwriting is on the waif. THIS FALSE FOOD IS B!ING GRADUALLY EXPOSED, and its use is gradually decreasing. This • has caused the millers to become alarmed. like the patent medicine and electric belt distributors, they are searching for methods of pro­ tecting- their Einnncial interests, and as n result we bear of experts wbo are exam­ ining into the nourishing qualities of this starvation fooc!. After elaborate scientific experim,nts many of them have proclaimed in the most emphatic manner that "super(fne 'Wh{(e (/()(Jr" is far superior to that made from lf,e '.,IS THE GREATEST FAKE FOOD that has e,•e• been foisted on civilized man. It may fill your stomach, bot if does not noorish your system. lT IS A PART IAL FOOD ONLY . If you can secure nothing b.:tter than while flour to eat, you may as well fast. In fact, ii you were to attempt to live on soperfine white ff()(Jralone, and ii you possrssedan abundant amount of flesh, you could probably fast e.nti,ely and five longu than while eating white l:lour alone. T hrow a p:ece of white bread to a dog. He wilf sniff at it and turn away . He has better sense than to eat it. Throw a piece of whole wheat bread to the same d<>g_and watch the ust with which he devours it. IF YOU HA VE NO INSTINCT OF YOUR 0WN, BUY A DOG AND USE HI S. About fifty years ago there was a great discossion in France as to the rdative mtrits of white flour and whole wheat flour. At the order of the French Govern­ ment, Prof. Magendie conducted an ? GNO.R SECUNDO DE ACHA, Sp3in's strongest Pho tog aph s man, who.seJhotograpbs appear in this Issue, bas r · bun awatd the monthly $5.00 prize offered for ______, the most desirable photograph . Send in your phot<>graphs.n We pay .$J.OOe.1cb for all that we ose, and give a .$5.00 prize e.1eh issue for the best one published. -.(I -.(I -.(I are receiving fetters from readers :ti! over the country who are seel:lng more information about the .$1,000,00prize which we are offering for the best and most perfectly develol)(4 man in the world. Many hav.: sogguted that this prize be offered to the one making the gru test improwment in a year, or that we ofler anothe r prize to sp<,ciallyencourage tbOSt who :ue $ 1,0 0 0 Prr .ze Off er . I desirous of sieeuringall possiblephysical improvement. StarkWe wooldCenter be pfe;u,d to have the opinions of our readers. We bave not sufficient lime to answer all fe.ttus, but we must admit that many of them contain advice that is valuable in conducting this contest. Many maintain that they would like to enter a priu contest for /Ire grt,1/tsl {mprt:l'VtmtnfIn a )It~, , but the n~ty for fong prepa, .. tlon in otder to secure tlie chan~ of winning the prlu for /ht mos( perfuff)I dt'Vefoped man arouses a fear that there would be no possib!echance of winning.

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