The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-20

look the part as well as does Sandow,
posing naked for his photograph,
sandow has a method OF his OWL to
develop the muacles. 1t consists OF
various exercises with two dumb bells
weighing five pounds each. He de-
Glares that with these dumb bells he
has developed not only tho muscles
which everybody can SEQ on tine out
side, but internal muscles which
strengthen the walls OF his chest, en-
able his heart and other insides to en-
dure great strains and assure him 4
long life. He does not take special
care OF himself in the way OF eating or
drinking. Beer and wine are not
strangers to him and tobacco is his in
innate friend, lie leaves brandy alone,
however, as he does similar polsons.
An interesting feature OF Shadows
method OF training is that he can train
very we'll sitting on a chair, He can sit
down and read A paper and keep his
muscles working all the while, SO that
all development OF tat is rendered i'm
possible and his strength is kept up to
the highest pitch.
Mr.. Sandow, at the suggestion OF his
friend, Mr.. Sieverking, was kind enough
to demonstrate the fact that even in his
everyday apparel it is possible for him
to manifest his strength, lilo held up
his right hand aud requested the visitor
to grasp his forearm. Then he closed
his hand aud bent his muscle till a
lump rose up on his arm above the
wrist which was certainly rs big as a
very large orange. That lump repre-
sented the force which Sandow could
put INTO the act OF closing his fingers,
The regulation performance that
Sandow goes through with now Is lift
ing two men hidden in a dumb.bqIl
above his head, with one hand, allowing
three horses TO stand balanced on his
chest, playing with heavy weights and
lifting a man up in an extraordinary
way by the muscles of his back, q feat
which is called ia the programme, "the
Roman column" To prove that agility
accompanies his great strength, no
takes in each hand q weight OF fifty
eight pounds and with his feet tied
together aud his eyes blindlolded turns
a somersault backward.
Five minutes after the curtain went
down Sandow, clothed only is his mus
Cular development was found crouch
ing in n rubber bath tub in his dress.
ing.room, while IN attendant with u
rubber pipe doused him with cold
water. That was the chance TO study
Sandow, At first he appeared annoyed
because tho end OF his performance
found him in a p%erspiration, lilo
wished it to be understood that it was
not his performance OF lifting two men
with one hand or holding three horses
on his chest that made him perspire,
1t was the heat on the stage, and he
called up his assistant as witness. The
assistant, who had nothing to do but
10 help hall a dozen other men carry
weights, was wet through with per.
SEPARATION. This fact relieved Sandow's
pride. He said that in winterrhe never
perspired at all, and that he did not
strain himself,
Taking his visitors hand he placed it
upon his heart, which had lately helped
to support three horses, and called at
tention to the fact that there was no
violent beating. In fact, the action OF
the heart could not DO felt at all
through tho thick coating Of muscle.
When he had had his bath, Sandow,
with tho fond pride OF a mother dis
playing a large family of children, pro.
ceeded TO display his collection OF
muscles one at n time and TO dwell
modestly but lovingly upon their NOR
its. He held up his right arm and made
the various muscles move about. Tho
picture Of the arm which is reproduced
here gives but a faint conception OF
what it is in real life. There are very
few men in New York who have us
much muscle in both legs as Sandow
has in that arm. The marvellous thing
about it is the development OF
the triceps. 1t is the triceps which is
used in extending the arm and giving
a blow. The tricops in sandow's arm
is very much bigger than the cali OF an
ordinary strong mans leg. Sandow
called attention especially to his tri-
Gems, because at the Manhattan club he
had been asked whether his great eXer-
tons had not made his muscles stiff
and hard, thus rendering him incapa-
bic Of hitting q hard blow. He showed
tremendous speed in his movements in
illustrating his hitting power, and incl
dentally declared that he would under.
take, with his knuckles protected, to
drive his fist through n three.inch
board. There is no doubt that no could
do it. There is also no doubt that he
could kill any man with q blow very
easily. He could crush in tho chest,
break the neck or fracture the skull Of
any man aud not use one.half his
strength. Sandow was informed that
in this country men got ms much rs
$4,000 for a single fight. He admitted
that that was d shorter road to wealth
than the $4,000 a year which he
makes by exhibiting himself, but de-
clured that he never would DO u prize
fighter. "You can't fight Il prize fight
and be n gentleman" said Sandow. II
care more about keeping my friends
than making money"
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