Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24

in sweaters and start along the beach for
good walk of several miles. On the return,
when a mile remains yet to be done, both
strike a jog-trot which pace is not aoan-
doned until they put loot once more on the
hotel porch.
A REAL GOOD SWEAT.
Upstairs they go without pause, ana tee
candidate for slim waist is bundled by MS
trainer into roll of blankets, where for 70
minutes or so he lies on the bed, persplring
so freely, he SAYS, he actually feels the sur
plus melting away.
The DAYS work-for who says it isnt2-
is nearly done. After 25 minutes OF this
blanket sweat Latin rubs his man down
with alcohol again. By this time, suppos-
ing the training to have been in progress
week, the subjects skin is as smooth and al
most as firm as the surface of well-planeo
board. Until about $50 there is nothing
more to attract the idler's attention to the
rooms where the "circus" has been IN prog
ress. At or about that hour the big men
come down stairs once more, with steps
springier a good deal than any schoolboy's
is that late in the day, and saunter away for
another long swim in salt water. After that
there is nothing but rest, and the man about
town who is taking a course for the i'm
provement OF his figure is sure to think the
rest has come none too soon.
EARLY TO BED.
After plain hot supper, which is enjoyed
as man about town never enjoyed his
meals about town, the big men set on their
porch awhile-not for many minutes, and
then go to bed.
Senator John Jacobs, of Brooklyn, is now
undergoing a course of training exactly
such as is described above from life. Other
well-known New York and Brooklyn men
have been going through such course
every summer for years. Senator Jacobs is
taking 80 DAYS of it and expects to have
banished long before the expiration of that
period the touch of rheumatism which has
been annoying him of late.
I had talk with Latin just after he be-
gan on Mr.. Jacobs. He was in the pink of
condition, for in training his pupil he neces-
sarily trains himself He looked every inch
the original of the photographs taken in
Vienna in '73 when he was selected out of
score Of selected candidates as the most per-
fectly formed of them al, and received a
gold medal so declaring.
HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.
"The first day 1 took MIR. Collins out,
said Latin, she couldn't run a quarter of
mile without putting, and swim of 100
yards exhausted him. The last day we
spent down here together he could and did
without exhaustion row IL miles, walk
ten miles, spar an hour and swim a
mile. I spent IS days with him, just
such days as you have described. When
we began he weighed go pounds, when we
concluded, 218 pounds. Most of that
superfuous II pounds came off from round
his stomach and loins.
81 began with Senator Jacobs on August
2. He is about 8 feet 10 inches in height
and at that time weighed 1876 pounds. He
ought to weigh about 1856 pounds, and I
wouldn't be surprised to see him reduced to
that before September.
WOUND IN WOOL.
"What clothes will he wear during this
month? ALI wooden, of course To begin
with, he has a good Sweater that is, q
long-armed wooden shirt, fitting closely to
the figure and weighing about four pounds.
Then come winter undershirts and
drawers of flannel and corduroy knee
breeches. Heavy walking shoes, laced we'll
around the ankles to strengthen them, and
long wooden stockings are essential. On the
head is worn light cap or a well-ventilated
straw hat; an old one with holes punched in
it is best
"By no means least important is the band
age of ordinary flannel, about inches wide,
which every feshy man should wear wrapped
four or five times about his abdomen. OF
course, in such cases my client pays mine as
we'll as his own hotel bill and all other ex-
penses, and a months training costs him
about $780," J.P.B.