The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-31
BY J. o. kEAToR.

SCRANTON, Pa. Oct 3l.-Will all
the girls who can not lift six times
their own weight please stand up?
My, what a great army
Now. will all the girls who can lift
ak times their own weight stand up?
Thank you, Miss Isabelle Langel.
OF course II there Is one girl who
is the exception I'm the great army OF
American girls, there must be some
reason. Miss Lengel was not born n
physical wonder; she has developed
into one and in order that all the
other girls may know how II was ac-
complished, what this girl does, how
she does IL, and in other ways get
more intimately acquainted with her,
| went TO her home for The Times to
talk with her.
Miss Lengel Is II and weighs III.
For pastime she toys with 50-pound
dumbbells. swings on rings and takes
a turn In making a punching bag beat
ragtime against an overhead platform.
But when Miss Lengel gets down to
real exercises, she lifts 700 pounds.
and does II with the grace and ease
that astonishes.
Miss Lengel has the appearance OF
most any ordinary well-developed
girl. Still she Is more than that; she
is a bundle OF bone and muscles
nodded in theg raceful curves OF a
perfect physically-developed woman.
The Lengels home Is at Scranton.
but not among the dwellings packed
I'm sections known as centers OF pop.
uIation or even the little more airy
suburban sections. They live out on
the outskirts OF the city where the
mountains slope to thew alley, where
the air is unmixed with the sulphur
and SCOT OF the Industries and where
the water bubbles from the ground in
all its purity-and where paved
streets broaden out into green fields.
VIM. Lengel. father of the girl physl
cal-wonder. called attention TO this.
There must be good health before
great. strength.
II anybody thinks Mis- Lengel Is not
n girl of unusual strength let them
take an iron bar 30 inches long and
hang thereto three iron weights OF
200 pounds each and then tie on two
dumbells of so pounds each, bend
over, slip into their hands, two grips
and straighten up, bringing the load
tree from the floor. This Miss Lengel
does night and morning and gradual
ly she is adding a little more weight
and says she will not be content until
she can lift 1000 pounds as easily as
she now swings 700 from the floor.
This. OF course, to be done without
the use OF a harness, for with a har-
ness Miss Lengel can now lift 1000
pounds: but she thinks to lift 700
without harness counts for more than
an extra 800 with one.
When a year and a half old, under
the tutelage of her father-himself an
athlete-the girl started training, and
wear later she lifted SO pounds.
when three years old she lifted 100;
at seven she was able to pull up 1856.
This. the father explained, was &C
complished by consistent. systematic
training that followed a schedule OF
clockwork regularity and consisted Of
sticking to IT, The training was kept
up. and at Ia years the girl showed q
remarkable development
Miss Lengel comes from a family OF
athletes. Her father. William, is a
strong man. He lefts 1867 pounds
and has a chest expansion OF 10
inches. with the aid OF harness he
has lifted 1000 pounds.
He has another daughter, Ethel, Ia,
following In the footsteps of her lis
ter. She weighs less than 80 and can
lift 210.
How about the stage?" asked the
girl wonder
AS she shook her head. her father
volunteered that the footlights were
not Turing his daughter. and while
both OF them were constantly receiv-