Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-11-12
The President Tries It.

or too weak to stand the exhaustion,
have his exercising done for him so that
his health may not only not grow worse,
but, on the contrary, constantly i'm
prove: The masseur, as the massage
operator calls himself, very promptly
answers that this can be done. Presi-
ident Cleveland has been trying li,tle
OF the massage treatment. He has wor-
weight. The buttons OH his dress coat
have been set over twice within year
to accommodate an expanding girth.
Beside that, he has recently felt hot,
sharp pains in the small Of his back,
which were attributed to some kidney
disease. \ massage operator was rec.
ommended, and IL is said that slight
treatment Of the muscles Of the back
cured the pains there. Mr.. Cleveland
desired 10 take regular course for the
cure Of his obesity, bur the cares Of his
office and the work incident 10 the time
of year prevented that. although he was
told that he could reasonably expect To
have his girth reduced two inches n
week. lie can not spare the time just
now.
General Phil Sheridan has also been
treated. The General was troubled
about the size of his collar. lie has had
to wear a larger size each year for sew
eral years. lie expects to reduce his
weight without changing his diet.
The recent recovery OF Secretary Man
ming in Washington from what IL was at
one time feared would be permanent
paralysis OF the right side Is said to be
almost wholly due TO massage treatment.
Secretaries Whitney and Bayard, who
had been benefited by the treatment,
persuaded Mr., Manning to try 1t.
Mr.. 0sbaldision, who operated OF the
President and Mr.. Manning, showed n
Sun reporter what the treatment Is. The
patient In this case was a stalwart young
man. He stripped and stretched HIM
self on his back on n long, narrow table
that would have served well for n dis
secting table but for the fact that IL was
covered with hard hair cushions. His
arms were stretched above his head so
that his chest was expanded. He was
then covered with a soft blanket. except
Il lo., Tho nnarat.r Ia hls sbtfl
sleeves and with lis sleeves rolled up,
took the patients big toe loosely between
his fingers aud gave II sort OF rotary
motion, pressing Ii In toward the foot
very gently snd yet with such force that
the patient could feel the ends Of the
bones at the joint rubbing against each
other. The friction produced a pleasant
glow aud warmth In the ankle jOlnts.
With his left hand on the patients knee
and the right clasping the heel. the OPP
orator made the joints Of the heel, the
knee and hip fairly Jingle. The limb
was twisted, turned, contortod, aud ex-
tended through all the motions Of which
Ii is naturally capable, and that at the
rate of about lG0 motionsa minute. The
other leg was treated Ia like manner. So
were the hands and arms. This wasibe
articulation" OF the joints aud muscles.
Then the operator turned to the feet
again. The muscles were caugh, be-
tween the fingers and palms OF the ope-
rator's hands, and at once squeezed, ro-
tated, stretched, aud rubbed by n COM
plicatcd movement, which the operator
said could be learned after abou: six
weeks practice.
This treatnen. was also applied TO the
muscles OF the trunk Of the body.
The patient was thea turned over, aud
the muscles from the heel to the base Of
the brain were treated. Then The pa
tient turned back again, aud the opera
tor put his hands into the form adopted
by man when lie Is going TO dip water
out Of brook when thirsty. Holding
his hands thus, the operator pounded
the patient from foot TO head with the
hollow side. The same treatment was
given to the back.
The next treatment was sort Of
thrashing. The ends Of four rubber
tubes, each a ba;f inch Ia diameter and
nine or ten inches long, were secured TO
a handle that looked Ike that Of var
nish brush. The patient was covered
with the blanket and whipped from foot
TO head with this cato -four-taiIs. The
blows were glancing instead Of direct.
This ended the manipulaiions by the
operator. There remained the move
meBts which the patient must make
himself These were sort OF calls
themes. The patient stood upright and
waved his hands about and cleDcbed his
nst In a way that brought into play ev-
cry muscle OF the arms and chest. The
head was thrust In and out and wagged
about 10 strengthen the muscles Of the
neck. The patient, with bis body erect
aud hands at bis sides, palms down,
made effort to sit down on bis own heels
by bending bis knees and rising ny on
his toes. There was strong probabiI-
ity each time that the patient would fall
OIL bis nose.
The patient finally mastered the
movement. He sat well down, rose
slowly up on tip toe, raised bis hands
above bis head, ana then came down
solidly on bis heels. That exercised
the legs aud arms both. Then the pa
tient got down on all fours, bis toes
resting on the floor close together, and
bis hands eighteen inches apart. He
then lowered bis face TO the floor by
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