Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-14
LITTLE H!NDUsSA|IG||!E !
Tells His Puzzled Friend What
He Has Seen.
saws stories Of the East Not All True,
but West Doesn't Know Every
thlne-Amateur Does Great
Feat In Chest Expansion.

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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 a friendly face. But the world
of materialism hurried all about him,
shouting orders. shutting papers,
banging typewriters. stamping up and
down in selfsufiicient 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 10 a successful business
man and holds a high degree from o
great European university, his life
concerns itself not in the slightest
with what we choose to call the
things that are"
mo, 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-
lous," 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, "and yet i have
seen a man raise himself from the
ground without any external aid"
There was no mistaking the ear
of the assertion; yet the skep-
teal capitalist snorted a trifle and
exclaimed: But the law of gravita-
toni"
Yes, my friend" rejoined the little
doctor, land just what is the law Of
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.
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 |
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
still skeptical, l cannot convince you. !
"No? You speak of physical size, |
Of muscular perfection. Well, yes,
that is something; but when it comes
to the highest degree of muscular eff
hciency, perhaps, may be able to
show you a little thing"
Quickly the doctor slid out of his
In, Il dc oh rfg
Have you a 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 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 a big
ger expansion than a prizefighter, a
hammer thrower, professional
strong man can show" gasped the
amazed American.
"And," the doctor drew himself IN
TO the full dignity of his FIVE feet two
inches you can see that am scarcely
q professional athlete"