The Sunday Oregonian., April 16, 1911, SECTION SIX, Page 2, Image 64

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Sanford Bennett, Who Was BroKen uown m wiaa e ABf. to j 0"'""" v
Youth in a Series of Exercises That Bring Into Action All Muscles of the Body-Entire System, as
Here Explained. byv Modern Fonce Dc Leon, nay. re rracucca in pea
SO .
BT SANFORD BENNETT.)
T the sc of Hi the author of thli
artlrle was physically an old man.
torn out. rheumatic, a chronic
67Pptlc and partially bald, with other
minor ailments characteristic of ace.
Twenty-one years later, or at the aire
of 71. theae Indication ef physical de
Cay have disappeared.
Believing that the simple methods by
which this unprecedented Instance of
physical rejuvenation In advanced years
liaa been obtained, will prove of
. Interest. I present thla story of an
old body made young why It has
been possible In my case and why It (a
possible to anyone who will follow
systematically and persistently the
methods I practice. The photographs
which accompany thla article will ver
ify my claim to physical rejuvenation
at "three score year and ten."
In all area mankind baa endeavored
to restore to the aged human body by
medicinal means the elasticity and vi
tality characteristic of youth. This has
been Ibe disappointed dream of the
early alchemist. It la even sow the
faint doubting hope of science, but aa
years roll en. with the precedent of
countless millions of failures and not
on authenticated success, that faint
hope la becoming; mora dim, the doubt
Increasing-: yet still, we blunder oa
aiong the same old mistaken lines.
Implicitly believing In the virtues of
any mucb advertised medicinal prepa
ration and as rumble .now as when
Pone ds Leon claimed to have discov
ered the "Fountain of Youth."
It Is all very illogical, for If any
medicinal preparation or elixir had
rer restored the conditions of physical
youth to an aged body and materially
prolonged Ufa. the fame of that prepa
ration would never die. years but add
ing to Its fame. The absolute cer
tainty la that you cannot rejuvenate
the old human body by any medicine.
elixir or health food yet brought be
fore the world.
The question at once arises: Is It
possible by any other means to accom
pliah this? Can the lost elasticity, vl
tality and strength of youth be re
stored to a human body which has
passed, say the half century limit?
Unhesitatingly., from my own ex
pertence. I answer yes, and to prove
the truth of this statement present
herewith a series of photographs
showing my present physical condition
In this the ?lst year of my life, with a
photograph taken at the age of SO.
There has been a steady Improve
ment during the past 21 yeara and
now possess a muscular development,
strength and elasticity of body such aa
I never had In the best days of my
early manhood, and this condition Is
due to a system of alternate contrac
tlons and relaxations of all the large
muscles of the body practiced seriatim
while lying In bed In the early morn
leg and before X rise-
By this simple method alone I have
recovered from chrome rheumatism,
dyspepsia and other minor ailments,
and have absolutely accomplished the
rejuvenation of a body. . which at the
age of (0 presented all the Indications
of physical age.
Koto ration Orxro to All.
Mine Is not an exceptional case, as I
ua say with absolute certainty that
the asms results can be obtained by
any on who will faithfully and persis
tently practice the simple system of
exerctee which I have devised, and by
which I have obtained this success,
without physicians, medicines or ex
pense.
To know how to become physically
young aad to remain so. It is well
know a why we become old. The hu
man body la composed of billions of
cells or molecules (I prefer the latter
term; Webters definition being, a
minute particle), and these billions of
minute particles In the aggregate form
our bodies. They come Into being from
the liquids we drink, the air we
breathe, and the food we take Into the
stomach. These materials are then
converted by the marvelous process of
digestion aad assimilation Into cellular
or molecular life. Each Infinitesimal
cell has a life of It) own as distinct
from the cell surrounding It as each
person Is distinct from all "bthers.
These cells com Into being, live their
brief lives aad then die, even as we
all must d.e. aad having become dead
matter should be eliminated from the
system. If not they will clog up the
arterial or piping system of the body.
Under these conditions the muscles and
organs are not property supplied with
blood and material for repairs; conse
quently they will deteriorate and ex
hibit Indications of what we know as
svge.
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and clogging matter could not be
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. 1 Develop sseat ef the Throat Muscles, Tea Mevesaeats
. a nrvrlopmrat of the Threat aad Neck Muscles, Tea
afevesaesta.
JIs. S Teasing Exercise fr the Whole Body, Three Move-sirsu.
o. 4 Mnx-lrs ef the sid. Tea movesaeata.
nNkealsler-HUae Slaades. Five Movements aa
Sldt.
. s Hip aad Lalaa, Ftve Merrmeaa.
. T Prrnmloa ef the Liver, Tweaty I.tarM Blow.
M m-l'wlHtlns: Kserrta. Klve Meveaseala.
av. s Hnlalaira Area Eerete Klve Moirment.
. le Krslslaare Kere Arm MerdM, I" iv
lark
.Uevemeat.
o. 11 Beelstaaee THeepe or Back Maacles of the Arm.
. J2 Mingle Arm Pnlllg Exercise for Slionldrr and Back.
o, is-.Two.Arm lulllug Exercise for Shoulders aad Back,
Five Movement.
o. 14 (-limbing Muscle of Lea. Ten Movement.
. ia Mnssnae ef x-lver Lying Ipoa Right Side, Ten Move-
K. 1 l1!owe?Abdomlnnl Muncle. Five Movement.
3Vo. 17 Exerers for Developing the Lower Abdominal
No. IS MiisVirT'ef the Xeck nnd Abdomen. Tea Movement.
No. 1 Muaelea Covering the Shoulder Blades, Five Move-
Jfe, JO ieussloa Abdominal Muacles, Frve Movement.
Ko.
SI Resistance Exercise; for Back of Neck, Five Move-
men ta. ,
No, 23 Muscles of the Throat, Ten Movement.
No. 23 Loin Mnscles, Five Movement.
Ko. 24 Bar Exercle on Bark, Two Arms, Fire Movement.
jVo. 23 Developing the Ann by Dumn-Bell Movement With
No. 20 SrVkXlv'ExercUe Either With or Without Dumb
No. 27 Sboulder-Shruga-Ing Exerclae, Five Movement.
No. 2S Using the Lifting Board.
No. 29r nar Exercise, One Arm, Five Movement.
No. SO Slasaage of Liver Lying on Back, Ten Movement.
ly be an old body even though the
years were those of youth. On the
other hand. If the arterial and venous
system m-lth lis vast network of
capillaries can be kept clear of such
deposit, the walls would remain In
the elastlo condition characteristic of
youth. . The heart would pump the
blood through those elastlo arteries
aad capillaries without difficulty. The
muscles and organs being properly
nourished and supplied with material
for repairs, would retain their vigor.
and the body present th appearance
of youth even at an advanced age, and
this is the condition which I have ac
complished at "three score years and
ten."
Why Medicine) Most FaJL.
Tbs real cause of old age Is this
waste-clogging matter. It may be
termed the debris or ashes resulting
from th process of life and It cannot
ba eliminated from tits system ferany
lymph, serum, elixir, or any medicinal
preparation yet brought before the
world. The process of cleansing these
arteries, whether the largest artery
or most microscopic capillary, can-only
be effected through alternate contrac
tions and relaxations of the muscles,
that being Nature's method of cleans
ing the body of Impurities.
It cannot be accomplished by any
other means. Cease muscular activ
ity and you commence to die; saturate
the system with medicine: stuff your
self with so-called health foods; diet
as you please: eou will not succeed
unless this dead clogging matter, the
true cause of old age. Is eliminated.-
The secret of health, strength., elas
ticity of body and longevity Is there
fore simply muscular activity. Th rea
son Is this: When a muscle Is con
tracted any worn-out dead matter
which may have been deposited at that
point Is forced out Into the glandular
and venous system, from whence It Is
carried off by the excretions of the
body. When that muscle Is relaxed
the action of the heart forces a fresh
supply of blood and tissue building
material to thst muscle and with It
that mysterious power, the vital prin
ciple, hence growth.
,Any muscle sx exercised, that is.-alternately
contracted and relaxed. In
creases in slse. strength and elasticity,
and any adjacent gland or organ shares
In the Improvement. This law apply
ing to all parts of the body. If every
large 'muscle otthe body Is syste
matically cleared of dead cells and
other clogging matter by this process, a
general rejuvenation results, and this
Is the condition which I have ob
tained. For tba encouragement of those who
feel they are too old to try, remember
that I did not commence these experi
ments until I had reached the age of 60
and that I was then physically an old
man. That my case is not one of physi
cal preservation, but rather of physi
cal acquisition.
My hereditary antecedents were un
favorable and from childhood I was
always delicate, .inheriting the con
dition, of my father, who died of con
sumption at the age of 43. I am not
of a long-lived family, and at there
was no promise that I conld over ob
tain the health, muscularity, strength
and elasticity of body which I now pos
sess, and I repeat that the same suc
cess ,1s possible to any one who win
faithfully and persistently practice ths
methods by which It has been obtained.
These alternate contractions and re
laxations are really a kind of muscle
pumping exercise, with the beneficial
effects as stated. If practiced syste
matically and persistently, they will
call into action every large muscle of
the body, bringing to you the greatest
riches the world can offer health,
strength and bodily elasticity without
expeqse, with less exertion and under
more comfortable circumstances than
any system of physical culture yet pre
sented to the world. This Is the secret
of a long life and the only possible
"fountain of youth."
Motor Ice Trains for Alaska.
Consul Albert Halstead, Birmingham.
An English motor journal contains a
notice of an Inquiry regarding motor
Ice trains, and it remarks that while
certain manufacturers have probably
built motpr sleighs for antarctic work,
there is no machine capable of meeting
the demands. . For the Information of
American manufacturers I quote the In
quiry, but have not the address of the
Inquirer. It would seem, however, that
it would not be beyond the Ingenuity
of American automobile and commercial
vehicle manufacturers to meet this de
mand, and ascertain whether there Is
any really good market for ice trains
in frigid zones:
"I am working on the preliminaries
of a scheme of motor transport, and
shall be glad to receive any information
you can furnish, calculated to enable
me to make out an approximate esti
mate of the costs, and earliest time of
delivery at Vancouver. B. C, of traction
motors to comply more or less with the
following requirements:
"The motors should be capable of
hauling loads of 25. 50 or 100 tons at
speeds varying from 10 to 40 miles per
hour. The whole journey would be 300
or 400 miles. The track might be da
scribed as level, and "would consist of
closely packed and frozen snow or of
solid ice. The approximate weight and
also the horsepower of the motor Bug- .
gested for each of the three loads
named should be stated.
"These motors would, In fact, form
tractors for ice trains to travel on a
prepared ice track without rails. The
vehicles of the train would be mounted
on sleigh runners, and the load on each
need not exceed Ave tons. The motor
itself, or locomotor, could have its front
wheels replaced by sleigh runners, the
driving wheels only remaining. These
last should be especially shod or fitted
in some way to grip well in tempera
tures from 60 degrees F. above to 60
degrees below zero and to stand the Jar
caused by a snow plow fixed in front,
designed to lift, say, one to two feet of
snow or to remove ragged ice of six to
eight Inches in thickness, which stands
up in places one to two feet high."
Wear and Tear of City Ufo.
Success Magazine.
There Is something In the superficial
life of cities which tends to deteriorate
the individual. The effeminate Influ
ences of city life sap the fire, force
and virility out of those who are coun
trybred, after two or three generations.
The brain fiber, as well as the muscle,
begins to soften and wither away. It
cannot Btand the softening, deteriorat
ing city influence much longer than
this. In other words, virility, forceful
ness, physical and mental stamina reach
their maximum in those who live close
to the soil. The moment a man be
comes artificial in his living, takes on
artificial conditions, he begins to de
teriorate, to soften. He may be more
refined and more cultivated, but it is
at the cost of vigor, stamina and force,
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