Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-18

their step, and SO on, attacking such pC
culiar physical defects as are most apps
rent
The same course of treatment, tn
author urges, which viii give a youn
girl strength and bloom, will do the sam
: by n woman With her the first thing t.
do is to symmetrize, to bring up the weak
: er muscles by special efforts, calling then
at once into vigorous action, and to re
store to its proper position the shoulder
back or chest, which has been so long al
= lowed to remain ont Of place. The sym
metry once gained, then equal work fo
all the muscles, taken daily, and in sucl
quantities as are found to suit best
After showing the great good lucl
which falls to such people as can avail
,, themselves of a regular gymnasium, th'
author devotes n full chapter to "Hom,
Gymnasiums, " in which he demonstrate.
that all that people need for their daily
indoor exercises Is few pieces of appa
ratus, which are ST. simple and ineXpen-
sive as to be within the reach Of most per
SONS Simple directions are given by
which horizontal bar can be inserted he
tween the door jambs, upon which III
abundance of healthy exercise can he
taken. Pulley-weights, are excellent
means of indoor exercise, are also de
scribed, together with their use. Having
secured these, with addition of n pair
of dumb bells, weighing at first about
ne-twenty- fifth of the users own weight,
We have, says the author, "A gymnasium
more comprehensive than most persons
would imagine Mr. Bryant (the poetl
was contented for 40 years with even less
than this, and vet look al the benefit he
! derived from it. Here is a gymnasium,
/ then, under cover. rent free, exactly nj
hand. when one is lightly clad on rising
or just before retiring, which takes up
hut little room, can hardly get ont of or
der, which will last Il dozen wears. With
! these few bits of apparatus every muscle
uf the trunk, nearly all those of the legs.
and all of the arms, can, bv II few cXer-
clses So simple that they c;in be learned
ut a single irving, he brought into activ,
play
\ particularly interesting chapter Is
that devoted to the sort of work which is
best adapted to the tleshy, the thin and
the old. A striking example of the vic
tory of systematic exercise over obesity
is worth quoting: ''ln the summer OF
1877 the writer met gentleman of mid
die age, whom he had known for years. n
very steady, hard working officer i'll one
of the United States departments in New
York city. Remembering him ms Il man,
till recently, of immense bulk. and being
struck with his
EVIDENT AND GREAT SHRINKAGE.
We inquired if he had been i'll. He re
piled that he had not been i'll, that for
years he had not enjoyed better health.
Ii 10 a1t
ance, he said that on the 18th of January,
1877, he weighed 30j pounds that hav
ing become so unwieldy, his flesh WAS IA
source of great hindrance and annoyance
to him. Then he determined. if possible.
to get rid of some of it. Having To Ice Mt
work all day, he could only effect hls pur
pose in the evenings, or not at all. So,
making no especial change in his diet, he
took To walking, and soon begun TO aver
age from three to five miles an evening,
and at the best pace he could make. In
the cold months he said he often perspir-
ed, so that small icicles would form on
the ends of his hair. On the 18th of
June of the same year, Just five months
from the start, he weighed but 2I5
pounds, having actually taken off 30
pounds, and had 80 altered that his for
that time we have again seen him and he
SAYS he is now down to 200 pounds, and
that he has taken to horse back riding, as
he is fond of that He looks to-day
large, strong, hearty man of about five
feet ten, of rather phlegmatic tempera-
ment, but no one would ever think of him
as Il fat man.
Further examples of conquered fat are
given, among them of member of the
Boston police who weighed 3l5 pounds,
went South, served for some time as
stoker on gun-boat and reduced his
weight to 1Sj pounds of an over heshy
maiden of l6 who, with horseback riding,
reduced her superiiuous bulk - pounds
in one year Brisk walking is strongly
recommended as n means Of reduction,
but vigorous muscular exercise OF any
kind, taken daily and assiduously, would
bring benefit TO all sufferers. Particular
care must be taken to encourage, not hin
der, free persplratIon, for this is plainly II
prominent element III etiectin9 the desired
purpose.
The general suggestion for the thin man
who wants to increase his size is II liberal
allowance Of exercise by which the ap-
petite will be improved and the muscular
form developed The result of this treat
ment is described by the author, who
speaks of his own personal experience rs
follows
The writer at 10 years of age spent
four weeks on a farm behind the Catskllls,
in Delaware county, n u II WAS har-
vest time. and, full of athletic ardor, and
eager to return to college the better for
the visit We took hand with the men
All the farm hands were uniformly un the
field Mt 6 o'clock in the morning, and 1t
would average nearly or quite o'clock
before the last load was snugly housed
away in the NOV. II WAS sharp, hard
work all day long, with
TOUGH wIRY, sQUAEE-LoINED FELLOW
i'll the lending swath all the morning.
But 20 follow him We were bound to or
drop, while the pitchfork or rake never
rested from noon To sunset Breakfast
wns served at $50 o'clock dinner at II
o'clock supper at o'clock and II grncr-
urIs bowl of bread and milk at . o'clock.
just before bed time, with plenty of sprug
waite between meals, while the fare itself
was good and substantial Just what yon
would find on an wcl-to-dof farmers table.
And such an appetite. and such sleep
solomon must have tried some similar all
venture when hc wrote that the sleep Of
the laboring man is sweet, whether he
eat little ur much Well, when we re-
turned to college and got on the scale
again. the 1ii pounds at starting had
somehow become lj6, and with them such
Il grip and such n splendid feeling. 1t is
notorious among those used t" trimming
for athletic contests, that their men, If
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