Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-09
, PHYSICAL Culture
Weak Muscles And Stif Hh6es Being
strengthened BY iMactlnes.i
ALL Wa0 LOOK STRONG ARE, NOT
! Reconstruction Hospital Reports En-
eourasins Success N Use of Dial
Devices-Patient Can Watch His
lpprovsment. d, ..tr,.e 81 !
Nv EIizabeth Smith

III
Samson wouldn't have given q
tinker's tuppenee about being the big
boysif the other boys not SO big hadn't
been around to see him pull down the
pillars. ,.4 Co. c,-.
A man may, look as though he had
the pep of a wet ostrich plume, 5@'>5
His heart action may be as uhre-
liable as a feminine wrist watch. ~"
His muscles may register the''far-
famed one half Of one per cent in
strength. AftA g. ~
. Yet, all the same, he aspires to- be a
Samson, just to show the. other boys!
Because such is the working Of his
mind, psychology has been called IN TO
assist In the eauipping of one of the
strangest gymnasiums in the world
located at the Reconstruction Hospi-
tai, at Central Park West and Tooth
street New York. ss44 - ~
A psychologist designed the. exer-
cising machines of this remarkable
gymnasium whose function is to re-
store to. normal use, useless legs, arms
and muscles, lordinariiy, a, physical
trainer might be, expected to outfit
gymnasium with apparatus for 'exer-
cising bodies, bht in this instance
Professor E. A. Bott,, OF the University
of Toronto, was enlisted to designlthe
extpaordinary .exercisers, Hisadesigns
were supplemented by others devised
by. DIR. ]. TAFT Mackenzie of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. .~5
Briefly the secret of the success ac-
corapHshed with these machines lies
in the fact that each has a dial or
measuring device which records be-
fore the patients eyes the. progress he
makes. ~
Showing yourself and the other boys
again, you see. Ff .f,
May Be Seen at coney.
Professor Bott and DR.. Mackenzie
did not have, to go as Tar back as
Samson to prove the truth of their
psychology. A trip to Coney Island
would have sufficed instead. Y
Down at Coney, men crowd to pay
money for Ybe vriv,leoe of. swinging a.
sledre hammer ON a contriyance that
sends an indicator mn toward, q hell
The indicator is measured of, like a
thermometer ta,record the force, of
the blow The having worker swings
bis,,s,edre. and then cranes his neck
hopefuIly to see the ,rresspuit recorded
The same man. however. wc,ild tire
promptly If given a ,sledge hammer to
work or;exercise with. The indicator
on The other HAND. gives him the prop-
er Incentive. e..
The mocha notberany exercisers of
the DEMONSTRATION Hosnital ,re bni,t
on this game ba sic nsvcboIog;ca, fact.
Interest inspires ,effort,
Nearly FORTY man and fwon,en and
children come each dav tn tbe bright
sunny room. at the hospital that has
been fitted up as a gymnasium, Here
the work Is directed bv Miss Film
Petronella Stenstrom who has been
an expert in her line for MANY Years.
Those who come here have stiffened
hands, lame arms, legs or hacks. re.
s,,lts of industrial iniur;es ~. v,r die
abilities. Although not bedr3dden thew
are not capable of lresumink fheir
usual physical work Manvlweys non
yinced that tbav vo,,ld .,e,e,. ,s,.;n
have the use Of disah,aa rouscras
E,ver,, DIV tha ,,ecbs
Is crowded with tbose ,yh, ors ,..z.5,
eating these n,,soIos CO th.+ e..
NOV a a., s,.,.' -
,Eyerv eyercisa ,s nrssor,had ~, -,
sicians Miss stenstrom carafnuv
studies the case when IT comes into
her hands, and sets to work annlvinp
her knowledge of nsvcbo,opv as we'll
as of pvmnas stjcs
A proun of man with st;ff ,r,, ,d
crinpIed hands arc cot 70 tbrow;rr
ball Were these Same mon mt n
plain hand -limbering exercises thew
might weary Of It promptlv with ex-
ercise djsp7,ised as n,av bowevor tbov
forget that their hands cannot o,o,a
and nresertlv tbey are ,r;n,i,, +ho
hal, IN catch or thron,