New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-18
MR.. CHECKLEYS AID INVOKED.
A BIG MAN WANTS HIS FLESH REDUCED.

THE PROFESSOR BELIEVES THAT HIS FUTURE
PATIENT Is MR. CLEVELAND AND is ANx.
IOUs TO BEGIN HIS TREATMENT.
A man. about six feet two inches TALL WIN
smooth shaven face black hair piercing gray eyes aia
apparently about forty years old, entered 'nc UNIV
Of Edwin Checldey the author OF several weh-hno~a
books on physical development and on now I'd re-
duce fat I'm the Equitable Building last week. ana asHeu
him II he could reduce flesh. The visitor certinn I'M"
not enough fat to bother him. Mr. Checkcy answered
that he made a business OF reducing neSh' LII.
stranger said that the man who wantcl the 'e''"''U
was an intimate friend. wcll-known man. III iac'
one OF the best known men In the United ''a'cS u
man whom Mr. Checkley would instantly recognize "
ba once heard the namc' The stranger Ill
nmnted that II Mr.. ChecMey succeedeu III re1u''S
the flesh OF this man, It would be cou s-''o
m his pocket and a reputation that would BRING MN
another s25 900 inside OF year. Inc suaneei IT,
fused to tell his friends name or his own.
Mr. Checkley asked for description OF MS pros
uoc,ive soj 600 patent and OF his habits. Inc
stranger said the patient about five feet ten inches
high about ifty-six years old. wore w. 40
collar. weighed $50 pounds and measured hi'' n'o
inches around the waist, but" continued he s'rasei'
your urgent trouble Is that you "'u'o oeS ~ ~
for he is a great diner ont"
1.-TWO hundred and eighty pounds, MY -siA !e'''
old one OF the best known men In the Ohi'eu 'u'e.'
q No IS collar with ifty-hve inches "as'
measurement and a great dner-out" repeated VA.
| Chcckcy why you must mean Grover 'ie'e'a"u
The stranger neither denied nor affirmed thht the
,ass ,ros corrcct but said that that had nothing to
| do with the case The question is,' he siid can
Won reduce man OF this description weighing ~oo
mounds 10 reasonable weight without interfering to'
| much with his business and his eating ana drihhhs
4ycs y promptly responded Mr. Checkey. He can
| IN ohout his business as usual drink rs much as ne
plcases and eat CARLOAD at each meal II ne coSe''
and | will guarantee that within year VIII ru.e
his weight to $50 pounds. his waist measurement u
hiry-sx inches, so that he can lurh p''H '
sault as well | cam
Mr. Checlley was seen at his home NO. " Pefn-
ST. Brooklyn, by Tribune reporter last nlsn' anu
said: eyes, it Is true that this H'ys"nou'
stranger came to with such proposiuon III
the last few months have had several people come
TO me and hint that Mr.. Cleveland was anxious TO
reduce his flesh | have heard that he was uhder
Nudoon's training and spent much Of his time al
Hog Island running around the beach In n sweater
How would you 20 to work to reduce MT. CieVc-
lands Geshl7 asked the reporter
"Wel., replied Mr. Checklcy, 81 cannot without
breach Of confidence tell yon just what tie trouble Win
Mr. Cleveland is He must be taught how to breathe,
Stand sioOp, sit and walk. This Idea OF eyhi""Siu"i
wort, and dieting + all nonsense You mas reoce
aesh temporarily By these means, but Just rs SOON
os the treatment Is dropped the flesh comes lack
worse than before. Unless Mr.. 'l"'ehnu ha'
sone organic disease | will guarantee to reduce MS
weight to 900 pounds. and even less, ana MS WAIST
from y-fve Inches to forty-hvc WITHIN yea" anu
he will be- able to run mile In less than hve minutes
,,,,, .ya ipcbes whist measurement for man five
foot ton inches Is enormous know only one instance
where there Is larger waist. and that measures eNts
,,ro inches but nevertheless Mr.. Cleveiands waist
can he made an easy ortyfvc-inch measurement
Don't you think $4,000 Is pretty DIG price ior
tlhs work - asked the reporter
.f;.fM Mr.
- or n,ticnis for little or nothing. and when
g~i rich patient make them pay Just a. rnuch rs
mink they can afford. should INSIST on Mr. C".e
d dor Sting - coo or $4,000 before beginning The
ireomenr and II It Is successful. as II unquesuohaoy
viii be / should expect another SlOooo or Tlo'ouo.
had no Intention having this thing get INTO me
nap,rs How you got track OF 1t can't inasht
t,,m another source the reporter learned mat me
ycrIons stranger WIN had opened the neeo lat o ior
the rcdu ton 4 his friends flesh was Mr. NiloShDv'
Who recently received gold medal In France Tor as
e verng new method of measuring the distances vi
heavenly bodies.