New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26

Speaking Of liquids. man who generally knows
what he IL talking about said recently
Liquids mako fat. The character OF the LIQUIDS
has good deal to do with It, but tho practice OF drink
Ing generally leads to unwfeldy bulk In cpa.n'
where men drink little. fat is unknown. In PARIS
where men content themselves wi slipping thimbies
full CT absinthe or small cups Of black oonee. the
French arc thin to q remarkable degree. Inc womeh'
tho other hand drink great quantities OF onam-
payne Burgundy and atterly OF beer ana they Arc as
q result prone to stoutncss In England men or1hk
ale and beer, and they are tncknecked. pudgy, and
heavy raoe as a rule / had observed all this many
times. and when went to Germany. where knew the
consumption of beer very great. had prepared
to find fat men In abundance. l was not olsap-
pointed. There would seem to be aosomtey no emo
Of big corpulent and unweldy men IN germany. VINO
they In the Army they are slim ana spondiu+ooh'
ing warriors. but two months aiter they leave 'ho
ranks they become heavy puffy. and beeiy to the last
degree.
This is even so In the ranks among tho older
soldiers and the cavalry were men OF such extraor-
dinary weight that they always eAci'cd comment from
strangers. This did not surprise me. do not be-
hsve In the English notion that riding reduces man.
On the NewYork mounted police force they retire the
heavy men every year If am not mistaken the
limit Is i65 pounds. AS soon a. policeman gets be
vond that weight lie is taken from the mounted force
and is allowed to perform work foo thereafter
1 do not remember ever to nave seen u more sieri,
mounted police OF NewYork. The reason is obvious
They know they will be retired If they get beyond
certain weight and they result is that they keep them
selves in perfect trim by exercise and abstinence from
liquids Wills the 1na nd officers s OF we e aWsSb
slim and almost slender men, who presented splendm
appearance I'm uniform" -,
Another piece of gymnastc apparatus made for
snccll purpose Is also shown In an accompanying Cuu
II is intended fur men who wG to keep thc musce.
Of The leg and thigh constant trim for walking IL
NAV be fastened to the bottom OF almost any arm
chair of solid construction and Is INTENDED LOT use IA
the office mainly. The weights under the char ca.
I've increased or lcssencd at WILL and the PEDALS arc
nt I'm the way when not in use. and indeed, alioi
convenient fOotrest and welcome chanee OF posl.Ut
once i'm awhile a busy need not lose inometi1o
from his duties during the dav and yet get consderaoo
healthy exercise ont of this handy machlnc. .,,nod
Baseball has advanced to a stage Whcre omS uninet
athletes of great power bat successfully asaiis'
the tremendously swift pitching. or rather throMihs'
vented especially for woudbe h0mernn makeS' ~,
which they develop those very muscles wn.n WI,
be brought into pay when they stand on inc Pa'e T r
prepare to smash the ball ont into lar right fcld
machine will not train the eye, of course or Keep
from tanning the air, but When ne uu' n, ~
hard and hard hitting Is the kind that wins me ar
companying cut shows the batter In positloh LOT ~
ing. \ cord from the end OF his nat Is a,IhrneV ~
a weight, which rms up and down q siding IRON
standard. he strikes the blow ana RECEIVERS nln
no>iti0n The weight may lie increased to almost any
extent but few pounds will suffice for the strongest
man. ,., - ~,
Many other machines are already invented, or arc
in process of invention. which are intended TO dcNclop
special muscles OF the human frame but mere Is not
INs,r to Illustrate them within me hhi.s s oi V i
article and much Of the success OF the modern m
strctOr IN ply steal culture consists IN KNOWING Wha
muscles of Ills pupil most need development ann trn
how to give them what they want. Even ADDITIONAL