The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-14
HOW TO GROW LONGER.
by Taking Turkish Baths II Can he 40
cOmplished-A Doctors Testimony.

so you were rejected. oh? I'm awfully
sorry, old iran. Thought you'd pull
through if any one did. and even hoped
you'd be sert into our precinct. How
did it happen Too heavy for your size:
Nonsense. Under stature. too: Oh. come
off. How il it they rejected you and
passed your brother: He is even shorter
than YOU ani weighs-well, ten pounds
heavier at least. Turkish baths; well.
that a new )ne on me
Thus it was that a member of ''the
finest" recently received the Intelligence
that Il friend Of his bad been denied IA
place on the force. The writer, who had
been an unintentioual listener to the
conversation, after trying for a week to
solve the question unaided, called on Or.
Charles T. Ran, to whom he put the
following query:
How is It that men who are under
s,zc and over weight can get on the pc
lice forcef'
You know" he replied. that the
police and fire department, too, for that
matter. require all applicants for posi-.
tons to be of a certain height and
weight. Some are of q height necessary
to appointment, but lack weight. Thee
men can increase their weight by a Ger
tain attention to diet and by exercising 4
certain amount OF care as tothe kind and
amount of manual labor they perform.
Others are up to the standard OF weight
required. but oftenlimes lack a tritie OF
the regulation height, on if tail enough
they are perhaps too heavy. Ii l. tins
class who are benefited by the Turkish
bath. 10 make you understand how a
man of the necessary height but Of too
great weight can be brought 10 a condi-
ton that will enable him TO pass the ex-
aminers, it Is not necessary to gay any
thing, except that we do II. What you
can't see through, however, is how a
mans height can he increased; Is that SO;
| thought so. Well. II can't be done.
that is permanently, but temporarily the
Turkish bath can stretch a man. as IL
were. for an inch OF perhaps more. Is
pecially is this SO in cases where the men
operated upon have been used to desk or
bench work.
A result of sitting at a desk or a
bench for years, as YOU well know, is q
stoop or rounding OF the shoulders. BE
sides this, the c~ar.iiaginous cushions that
lie between the veiiebgde become settled
as it were, and a mans original o. nor
NAL stature is lesseEc1 to a marked de
gree thereby. That exposure To- the in
tense L.cat If a Turkish BATH, followed d.,
rational exercise ia tie plunge and a
thorough manipulation at the hands Of a
skillful operator, should straigHtcn q man
up. stimulate the cartilage Of the spinai
column and relax the muscles. especially
Of the extremities, is only natural and it
Is men Of the class | nave 'ust named
that, anticipating q physica! examination
for positions on the police force, have
profted by the baths to the cnd ihat YOU
have Just mentioned. Being a trifle
short Of the stature required. they
have gone to a Turkish bath and linn
bered up as it were. for examination.
But for this-rIeparatiOn you might cali
it--many wearcrs Of service stripes to
dav would never have passed the re-
quirel examination New York aiail
and Express.