Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-09
A Health Crank Tells How
kansas City Star

w: Earl Flynn has been called the Billy Sun
day of the Health Movement" He has also been
described as the youngest old man in the world.
The voice which lightly spoke of eght-three
years was that of man in the prime OF life. The
iace except for one or two deep wrinkles was the
face of man Of 40. The eyes held none OF the
lusterless disinterest which commonly goes with
age They were brighter than the eyes OF the
average 25-year-old Office worker The shoulders
were straight, the face clean shaven He comes
to Kansas City from Denver, where it is est-
mated he made 100000 converts to the Flynn
system OF staying young. His lectures are free;
for his expenses he depends, like Sunday on
voluntary contributions.
IF you can't put your hands fat on the floor
without bending your knees you are on the way
to the cemetery" said the health evangelist, and
promptly proved that he was still long way
from the place in question by jackknifng at the
waist and putting his own hands ON the floor
The chest expansion of the average man is
little more than two and half inches" he said
1T should be five and a half inches at the least
My own is ten and half inches" and he pro-
cecded to prove it.
He was Al years old himself before he started
on the plan of life which he is now preaching
ut was in the rottenest kind of shape" he said
i was gymnasium instructor. too. But | was
going about it the wrong way. 1t isn't only exer-
else that counts. Its the big proposition of get
ting the right kind of exercise.
u had Indigestion, and my weight was down
to lO8 pounds. had muscle, but it wasn't the
right kind OF muscle. One day it struck me that
| wasn't exercising the right things about my
body. was big in the arms"-he illustrated with
a doubling OF his elbow-"but was weak in the
places where | needed strength most 1t was
the inside OF me that needed to be walked TIP
the stomach the kidneys, the liver, the lungs, the
heart. Well, | took a brace. | cut down my
food People eat too much, anyhow. The man
that eats one meal day is an angel; the one that
eats two is human being, and the that eats
three is beast. | cut myself down to two.
Then | started series of the right kind of
exercises still use them every day, and l advise
everyone else to use them if they want to stay
young. Here's one" The knees of the man Of
83-if that is it-bent He sat down on his heels
and sprang erect again. He did it dozen times.
Let the average man of 40 try that" he said
Hell be ready for the doctor when he's done it
the first 100 times I've done it 1000 without
stopping-to make record. Here's another"
He bent at the waist and holding his legs stiff,
put his face against his knee. 1t sounds easy, but
try it.
the cemetery" said the speaker. ut exercises
the muscles around the stomach. 1t puts strength
where it's needed. Another good exercise of the
same kind is to lie down and raise the feet to
right angles with the body, holding the legs stiff
When the average man of 40 has done that
dozen times he's ready for the ambulance. can
do it 5000.
How long does it take? Ten minutes day
Let man adopt my system give it ten minutes
a day, eat nationally and take care of himself
He'll be as healthy as | am at my age. What's
life worth without some ginger and pep? Look
at the thousands of people that are dragging
around waiting for kind Providence to put them
in the grave! Yet if they'd only take brace and
use little common sense they might enjoy liv-
ing as much as man of 49,"
Flynn studied medicine and taught physiology
before he became health evangelist.