Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-04-03
LITTLE HINDU SAGE GIFT OF REQ HI7
Tells His Puzzled Friend What
He Has Seen.
Says Stories Of the East Not All True,
but West Doesn't Know Every
tnine-Amuteur Does Great
Feat in Chest Expansion.

Into one of the big downtown ad-
yertising Offices strolled a dark little
man, olive brown of complexion.
straight of hair, with dull gray eyes
and thin nervous fingers. says the
New York Sun. In the midst of the
hustle and rush of the office the little
stranger hesitated awkwardly. tim
idly, looking about him in futile search
for friendly face. But the world
of materialism hurried all about him,
shouting orders, shutting papers.
banging typewriters, stamping up and
down in self-sufficient disdain Of this
visitor from the far land back of
the beyond" For though the little
Hindu sage who stood and lived In
the center of the whirl of the twen-
tieth century is successful business
man and holds high degree from a
great European university. his life
concerns itself not in the slightest
with what we choose to call the
things that are
NO, many of the stories Of the
East are not true replied the little
doctor, when at last he had been dis
covered by his capitalist friend and
ensconced in the inner Office. For
instance. it is extremely doubtful that
the reported phenomenon of the Yogi
who threw a rope into the air and
then climbed up the rope has ever
been authenticated by veracious testi-
mony."
Why, of course not. that's ridicu-
LOUIS" interrupted the hard headed
friend.
And yet" the little doctor paused
and pressed the tips Of his thin
brown fingers together, staring hard
at his companion. land yet l have
seen a man raise himself from the
ground without any external aid"
There was no installing the ear
nestness of the assertion; yet the skep-
teal capitalist snorted a trifle and
exclaimed: But the law of gravita-
tom"
Yes. my friend" rejoined the little
doctor, and just what is the law Of
grayitation?"
Why, it's the law that"
The birds. the balloon, the clouds,
do they comply with that law"
why, yes, they all come down
eventually"
The man came down. also"
The New Yorker threw up his
hands. go ahead, doctor, what next"
There is nothing next, my friend.
Strangely and wildly impossible as
our whole system may seem, that sys-
tenn is based upon that which you
call physical Development; only we In
the East have studied the development
and training of the body for over five
thousand years; hence, we have ar
rived at a stage of efficiency uncom-
pretended and incomprehensible to
you.
I'VE work best on a minimum of
nourishment, on but an hour or two
of sleep. That which we eat We as
simulate. There is no waste, no USE
less expenditure of energy. You are
rtill skeptical, l cannot convince you.
mo? You speak of physical size,
of muscular perfection. Well, yes,
that is something; but when 1t comes
to the highest degree of muscular ef-
ficiency, perhaps, I may be able to
show you little thing"
Quickly the doctor slid out of his
coat and stood in his shirtsleeves.
Have you tape measure here?
Yes? Good. VIII you measure my
chest?"
Then slowly, regularly, the little
oriental began to inhale great drafts
OF air. Twenty times at least he
breathed in deeply through his nose,
and as he breathed his chest swelled
and swelled until the buttons of his
waistcoat strained at their fastenings.
Now measure" he said.
The tape showed an expansion Of
five and a half inches.
THAT is but one of the things we |
can do" smiled the doctor as he
bowed himself gravely from the Of !
fee.
But, great Scott, man, that's big
ger expansion than prizefghter, |
hammer thrower, a professional |
strong man can show" gasped the |
amazed American.
And" the doctor drew himself up |
10 the full dignity Of his five feet two |