Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-27
NOT y EAk- BODIED.
CITY PEOPLE QUITE AS ROBUST
AS AGRlCULTURlST6.

Course of Training Which a Fat Pupil
Must Undergo.
1t Is n common idoa that people of means
IN a great cit, are weak-budi i There are
certain we'll established rhetorical phrases
which are reSpUnsihIe Ior the notion partly
Orators and writer's, geueralIling in an epI
EramlnatIC ami IrreSp nSlbie manner, have
made 1t easy 10 thInA OF all ii H5rIruIturists Is
a. lusty sIn.wy and robust, Clear-cyed,
horny handel and all OF thu CITY people As
pale, eiTemlnato. hight WASTED, round shCul
( drrrd, consunpttvc and without calves In"
/ fac;s are much To tn. contrary, but people
are not accustomed to rely for their impres-
slons altogether upon facts Again it il
natural, PERHAPS to pr sumo that man
with plenty oil money would be encouraged
to take his eae, that, having coupons
enough, he would b. ready to omit the
hutlt oi eating his bread IN the sweat of his
hrUw ant tie satisfied to Contine his atten
ton TO his senses an let his muscles take
care OF thrms Ives ltut, IN point of fact,
this Is not the case with the city man of
' means. a. IA rule Some of the leisure
CLASSES of course, do nuGhing but pauder to
their senses, out II has been found a draw
back to unstintei graft cation of this sort
that tho people who prac ctlce it do not live
long. " hat Is money handicapped with
Dyspepsia, or with nerves that are out OF
time. And really the achievement of a
proper physical and muscular condition
amounts TO Il qualification Of the sense
\ scRTERKANEAN ArADEMY.
There are many places in the town where
a man can 90 in tor muscular cultivation,
but II is sufficient to consider one This
pace is in Fifth avenue in the basement Of
on OF those Oli-time brown stone mansions
now given over to trade. The pupil has an
appointed hour, and If he docSn appear he
has II pay all the same at the rate of about
- lesson Let us suppose he appears
IIINnS down a broad set of basement steps
he opens the door of this subterranean
academy, and simultaneously a brazen gonI
above his head o ,crat,s with a trema andOus
cIang. lie Is IN room fifty feet long and
twenty five wide with a hard wood flooring
l,uIIshrd ly wear. About the walls hang a
lot OF ypO,tlnr prints, and i'll one section,
etUrh hruini the top of the wains cot AMI
tackled to the wall above it, there is IA con
steilatlon Of boxers III photograph, poaei 50
50 aS 10 show their muscles to the best ad-
vantage. For furniture the academy con
taIns 4 rack OF wooden dumb bells and skip
ping rope, a ten pound wooden ball that
wound til a bu-hel basket and whole grove
OF hONing gioveN
From room at the back peers out a de
corous- looking head ga nIshod with gray
hIIr and spasctaCles As he steps forth
AMI says 20 ID morning he reveals the some
what prtly person of a man nearing ~
years of age five teen ten inches in height
wels hing 90 pounds, AMI clad in Ileecy
white sweater or jersey, pair of trousers
h .afn Ia l. .lya prNI .frS
per. The pupil enters the back room
strips and dous his working toys Thsy
vary according to his fancy or his means
cme Of the swells have beautiful tights and
T.unks and others are careless about the
clothes that they do the work in. II the
pupil Is fat, however, he must bury himself
IN Ilannel> The last article he "A sumes Is
tb, sw. ater, wh!ch is c.oSely woven of wool,
Of great thickness, and gives HIM the aspect
Il polar Lear
Thus i-tulrd, the pupil returns to the
Ehaln room and leSin> his work First he
,wIuE~ an ri,ht-po M club in a particular
PIanner fifty times IN ea"n hand Ih n he
swings lit en- pound club fifty times with
both hanIS and does 40 rapid motions
wuh pair of five pound dumb bells Next,
Ipon tL" treailc an arran cement OF pulleysl
he pulls hImsef up to hIs chin forty times,
raisung what would be Equivalent to one
thirl of his weight each time, AMI performs
{. compound motion of arms and legs loo
times
EXERCISING ALL THE MUSCLES
Next he pulls the rowing weight fifty
times rise, and falls owly upon his toes
100 times, Iults upon his heels ami slowly
rises to an erect / osture four times, and is
then ready for work with the boxing gloves
II he has taken rest he has b,en twenty
minutes at the preliminary exercise. The
Skipping rope and bail are extras, which are
taken occasionally by some. The twenty
minutes work that has been described l.
supposed to afford decent exercisr of all
tho m IscleS of the human body, and | may
say after experience that any man who tries
i, for the first time will seek i'll vain for a
square inch If himself which does not feel
- If it had not been cudgeieI
But it is tue boxing which really calls
upon the muscles OF the Individual The
mbJect doe, not dream of the work that he
Is doing or that is being done TO him The
master skill ully leafs hlm on, of, ring him
self as Il sacrifice hen one has succeeded
IN catching his master on the peak of the jaw
one feels AS though he could 60 on boxing
forever The master understands this. and
MAKES the peak of his Jaw stand the racket
be conseI IeuCe is that the subject quits the
business wreck- He can not lift his arms
Ills lungs are burning and apparently burst
ing. He totLers to the back room and falls
upon a couch 4 deft attendant piles him
yard hIyh with blankets. How he sweats
At the end OF ten minutes he comes out like
ID spaniel from a pond He is still amazingly
weak be is holsted to his feet and assisted
l. / Al.
II hot stove and no end of towels Here he
is striped in Jily and rubbed dry, and
when he is dry he is led still further along
and put into a bath of - degrees.
Here he is kneaded and rubbed, and when
he comes out he feels Il trite better.
Tie is carefully dried ngain and led back
to the hot room, where the skilled atteniaut
dons pair OF hair mlttens and beats tat
too all over him 1t is an astonisnIngIy ex-
hilaratinL process All the blood in the
body leaps to the surface and stops there,
tinghng. The subject is lobster red and
ieels Ike a king. In another minute he feels
Ike all the kin ; in the pack The attendant
has soused him with bay rum The subject
robes himself, and walks forth one who
treades on air. \ man VINO has never tried
.roxinr hair -mittens and bay rum can have
no notion OF what the combination fees
like 1t is heaven and no mistake In con
cluSIOn let me say that the city men whO
20 through this performance daily are not
weak bodied They tread the tiagstOnes like
coIs, and horny handed a-ricuiturlsts may
take note that a blow from one OF them is
ike the kicG of a mule New York Cor.
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EnectuaI way of Gripping Crime.
The difficulty OF preventing the escape of
criminals has at all times grieved the
friends Of justice, but the most radical
solution of the problem has probably been