Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-04
FIND NO ROYAL ROAD
All People on Same Plane
When Health Breaks.
SENATOR TILLMAN'S RULES
Striving to Regain Lost Strength by
Physical Culture.
HIS DAILY PROGRAM OUTLINED
Exercises Morning and Evening,
Following Rigid Regulations of
His Own Devising.
SENATOR TILLMAN'S RULES
HIS DAILY PROGRAM OUTLINED

nlted states senator's, as the men in
other walks of life. have been unable to
find a royal road to recuperation of
broken health. That is the testimony of
United States Senator Tillman of South
Carolina He has been striving to regain
that strength of mind and body reduced
by disease. that won for him the sobrt-
Guet of 'P1tchfork Ben" TiIlman.
His rules of physical culture and deep
breathing-for ii is by that means that
he is seeking to win back the lost vigor-
arc his own. and he has recently reduced
them to writing. Here are some of them
Before getting up in the morning vieor-
ously kick the headboard of the bed.
Stand on your head-or as near as Won
can-in bed.
While lying in bed use the abdominal
muscles to pull up the lower extremities.
Loosen the muscles of the spine. like
working a rusty hinge by throwing the
head back to look at the ceiling and
stopping forward to touch the floor in
'front.' OF you. IF you can" The quota
tons are the senator's
Keep hold of the bed or chair and SQUAT
as 10" as you can; then straighten I'D
erect and squat again six or eight times.
Not All of Pleasing Character.
Pains-taking and pains-producing some
OF these exercises were found by Senator
human TO be, practiced morning and
night 1t is system that has made
settlng up in the morning and retiring at
night ceremony. But he confesses that
ne found some muscles he hadn't realized
that he had. These gave him some acheS
ana pains when he first used them. but
they were soon working as smoothly as
purring fire-fghting engine
senator T1llman lays down his rules as
a IA n
me In the days when "Pitchfork Ben"
was IN prime and vigor. There is no
swinging of the arms or legs He
INSISTS upon throwing the arms or
Kicking the legs.
Other Rules Outlined.
If Senator Tillman's rules for recupera.
tion or strength are to be followed in the
morning the alarm clock should be set
hiteen or twenty minutes earlier than
usual. and the day is to be begun yigor-
ously. His rules start off:
First-Before getting up in the morn
ing take the head off the pillow and
Sretch out. exhaling all the air out of
tne lungs. and then draw in all the air
possible and hold it between movements
NICK prlskly with first one foot and then
'he otner, ten, twelve or fifteen times
each. repeating if you feel like it.
Second-Draw up the knees. with the
heels on the bed. Throw the knees as
lar apart as they can be carried, swing
.a s mem apart and together vigorously,
SO as TO strain the muscles of the thigh.
Ihlrd-Throw one foot and then the
otner toward the headboard vigorously
Kicking 1t If You can. Still lying on the
"a oaGA. kick upward and drop the heels
at least fifteen times.
Fourth-kick upward with both feet
ana throw the feet aparo as YOU kick as
miue de you can and as vigorously as
you can If these movements are made
with vigor and emphasis. as thew should
be. 1t will be found that some new n,rscIa
used Ao' 0A'eii
Exercises on Iron Bed.
In discussing his rule for the guidance
OF others, Senator Tillman here nauses
10 remark that he has an iron he'd ,,non
"hicn to take these exercises. Tho y;eor
oi the treatment which has been laid
DOWN by him might have suggested Oh.
heed Tor a bed strong in its Construction
ma be- LING the paunch" Senator Till
aii mas Iouno the next exercise esneciaI-
iy gooo Continuing the rules. he savs.
Hth-Stretch- the hands ont touard
tne rear SO as to give leverage Pn,
then i ,b bnoer you behind the spine and
BOARD. also using the abdominaI nonScIe.
10 pun up the lower extrem ties reneat;n
up ana down so as to strengthen the abe
oomlnaI muscles by the work mn, On
thein. nve or six times. or as much as
lnis can De done with one breath bave
Ieuuceo my paunch four inches by doing
TINS, as 1t changes fat to muscle and
handens the abdominal muscles.
Sixth-Grasp the iron crossniooo.,
lIe heao OF the cot and throw both feet
Wy, puli,hg up the body and standine &c
nearly on the head as poss BILE Throyx the
rect up and down as in the next move
.neht nVe or six times. 1t Supplements
tne Preced ng movement, and the two
prdcuced together every day will kaaD
the upper part of the spine and The NM
Giles of the shoulders and chest In 800
condition III soou
SeVenth-Fasten the feet under the
crosspiece or the cot and pull the trunk
UP 10 sitting posture and drop back
and repeat four or five times. The first
TIME tried this I thought / had torn
loose something, but il was only The
sudden strain on the abdominal muscles
which were very abby and weak. and
after / became accustomed IN Il T
found no pam at all.
Etghth-Throw back the head and draw
up the feet and lift the body clear OF the
bed so that the shoulders do not touch
Two or three times is enough of this
movement"
Ready for Second Part.
Senator Tllman takes 1t for granted
that II one has been able to 60 through
these exercises he is in proper strength
to get out Of bed. This completes the
exercise IN the bed he says in his rules
But 1t Is like the saying OF the man who
announces the concert after the circus
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