The morning call., 1890-12-07
had prepared to find fat men in abundance.

had prepared to find fat men in abundance.
was not disappointed. There would seem
TO be absolutely no end of big. corpnlent
and unwieldy men in Germany. While
they are in the army they are slim ana
splendid-looking warriors, but two months
after they leave the ranks they become
heavy. puffy and beefy to the last degree.
This Is even so in the ranks among the
older soldiers, and the cavalry were men OF
such extraordinary weight that they always
excited comment from strangers. This did
rot surprise me. L do not believe in the
English notion that riding reduces man.
On the New York mounted police force they
retire the heavy men every year. II l am
not mistaken the limit is 165 pounds. AS
soon as policeman gets beyond that weight,
he Is taken from the mounted force and is
allowed to perform his work on foot there
after. do not remember TO have seen
more alert, powerful athletic lot of men
than those Of thes mounted police of New
York. The reason is obvious. They know
they Will be retired if they get beyond
certain weight, and the result is that they
keep themselves in perfect trim by exercise
and abstinence from liquids. While the
rank and hie OF Germans were fat, nave
observed that the officers were invariably
slim and almost slender men, who presented
splendid appearance in uniform"
Another piece of gymnastic apparatus
made for special purpose Is also shown in
an accompanying cut. 1t is intended for
leg and thigh in constant trim for walking.
1t may be fastened to the bottom of almost
any armchair of solid construction, and is
Intended for use in the office mainly. The
weights under the chair can be increased or
iessened at will, and the pedals are not in
the way when not III use, and, indeed, afford
convenient foot-reSt and a welcome change
| OF position once in awhile. A busy man
need not lose moment from his duties dur
| ing the day, and yet get considerable healthy
ont Af II, ham y, Ia,
Baseball has advanced to stage where
| only trained athletes of great power can bat
successfully against the tremendously swift
pitching, or rather throwing, now in vogue.
| Accordingly, a machine has been invented
especially for wOuld-be home-run makers,
on which they can develop those very mus
| cles which will be brought into play when
| they stand on the plate and prepare to
smash the ball out into far right field. The
| machine will not train the eye, of course, or
when he does hit the ball he may feel rea-
| sonably sure that he will hit it hard, and
| hard hitting is the kind that wins The ac-
| companying cut shows the batter in posi-
| ton for striking. A cord from the end of
| his bat is attached t. weight, which tuns
up and down sliding iron standard as
| he strikes the blow and RECEIVERS his posi-
| tion. The weight may be increased to al
| most any extent, but few pounds will SUI
| lice for the strongest man.
many otHer machines are already invented,
or are In process OF invention, which are
intended to develop special muscles of the
human frame, but there is not room to illus
| trate them within the limits of this article,
| and much of the success of the modern in
| structor inphysical culture consists in know
ing what muscles Of his pupil most need de-
| velopment, and then how TO give them what
| they want. Even additional beauty may be
| impaired to the face and neck, it is asserted,
| by developing those muscles of the cheeks
and neck which become flabby under disuse
neck scraggy. Speaking on this head. a
woman who has devoted much thought and
time to such matters said last week: