The evening world., 1908-03-16
By George HackenSch1nidt

ANY young man can become strong
II he will try. l will not say that any
boy can beJcme as strong as l am
no: that would not bc quite true, Tor
was naturally strong even when
was a schoolboy. / had !. frame
But If | had not tried hard to become
strong l might now be just 5lg and
fat.
The important thing Is TO wish TO he
strong, and to think of IT all the time
Any one VINO determines to he strong
can accomplish things that will sur
prise his friends.
The explanation is easy. If you
desire to gain In strength and yo1l
keep thinking about 1t you will natur-
ally do the things that neip you. If
You pick up something wiilout think
Ing, your muscles act with the least
possible effort. But if you think whUs
you are lifting it YOU consciously con-
tract your muscles and get more oxcc-
else. II you think of your muscles
whenever you move them you do much
more work and develop them much
more. Sometimes when l walk on the
street carrying paper in my hand /
think of my forearm and / tiglten and
a man with gripping machine in Il
gymnasium. Sometimes practise max
ing my muscles jump without chang
Ing my position. BY thinking of one
muscle and contracting and lo5sening
IL You can make it grow
"A very important thing is to put
your whole mind into a muscular ef-
fort. If you are only calf determined.
there IS no strength: but you must be
very determined. | cen always tell at
once how strong my opponent IS by his
face. Zbysco, for instance, is n giant,
but when he begins wrestling he is un-
decided. He is nabby ana shaky. He
hesltates ike an old woman. Padoubny,
the Russian, is very determined He
sets his face tiercely and comes at you
Ake a lion. He is the greatest Graeco-
Roman wrestler.
1t isn't necessary to be big One of
the strongest men | ever knew was in
france. He was about five feet five
Inches tall, and was thin ana wiry
and ABOUT silky years old He
was driver. one day re-
member he had 4 full truck, and the
wheels SUNK into a rut so that the
hcrses couldn't pu. them out. He 20;
Under the wagon ard lifted the whole
load on his back, and took the wheels
out of the rut. He had twenty-c!ght
children. All Of lis sons were big
men and terribly strong. one Of them.
when he had been drink ng little vine
and felt like joking, used to walk ua
beside cart loaded with stone or
earth. lean over and take hold Of the
axle, and throw the cart over on Is
side.
THAT was just natural strength. Some
men have it. Padoubny, when he was
unknown, entered a tournament. lie
beat the first wrestlecs SO easily that
the managers came to MIN and said:
You shall win al, the bouts u.tl! you
come to Pau Pons. You must let him
throw YOU. Then Ae will WIN the tour
nament, and you can take second.
PauOubny threw all the Others and
when lie met ions he threw INN. too
Then he stood IL the mludlr OF the
rims and told The people aoout IL. and
asked tae crowd TO s,.y untl the man
ayers PAID I'm the first pr.ze, TAe
crowd forced them 10 as. PaaJlD.y IS
very STRONG, but lie IS SO big. Ec
weighs ~ pounds.
Nv hen Was d small hov van away
one nisnt, and saw some wrestlers in IA
theatre. | sat back IN the gallery. ami
when ! saw the wrestling ] go' $50 eM-
ciIed ! trc ob.ei a.. IL ! c5UIl hardly
sit up. Aftei tual | th,usht os nutn.
ing lut wrcst !.ns wanted 90 be t,,y
strong, so l began lifting weights ana
running. Later | entered a gymnasium,
] grew big, and soon l could If, M m..r
than the men. | got a N.cNpit and rode
fast all over the country ! practiseri
jumping and tumbiing | wa studying
enplne, ring thea but most o. the lime
/ thought OF my muscles. At last a
doctor heard of my strength. Ne tested
me and found ] could lift more than
the records He was a 2rea; en,hu.
siast. He took me to live with hin,
and braugh' me ilto n fno club. whore
] could trsin. l pract scd ELL the time
liftlng heavy weights He wanted me 10
break al the records.
''At last one daN Paul Pons. the sreai
Shampion came travelling through Rus