Show J1 fi0m mad I 6ymnas Um 1 A gymnasium 13 supposed by most boys to be a room fitted with a largo number of appliances for exercijlng in various ways and those appliances cost a great deal when you buy them and > therefore are out of reach of most our readers Still any one of fop can have a gymnasium if you have an attic or shed which your parents will allow p you to use and better still you can 9 make the exercises yourself and they will not cost you anything Get two straight hickory saplings Just long enough to reach from the floor of your ittic to thc celllng and from three to four Inches thick Peel 1 the bark off carefully and shave off all of the little lumps with your jackknife then let the poles stand and dry thoroughly i thor-oughly for a week fact four blocks of wood each about two feet square and six Inches thick Cut holes In the centers of these blocks just large enough to hold the ends ot the hickory poles Put one of these blocks on each end of both poles and nail them to the floor of the attic or shed and to a beam overhead so that I the poles are perfectly upright and t about two feet apart Then your gymnasium I gym-nasium Is complete The exercise which you should do the most and which will dn you Ilia most good IH i the most simple of alt Stand with your feet between the poles grasp them firmly with your hands a little lower than the top button of Yfur coat lean back as far as you can and them draw yourself slowly fonvnru without moving your feet until your shoulders touch the poles Repeat iM for fifty times at first but as you groW used to it Increase the number It will develop your chest and arms greatly You can do a large number of tricks and exercises upon the holes such aa skinning the cat and going up the polcs hand over hand with your feet pointing upward In fact the poles t will answer almost any purpose for which the various exercises In a fully equipped gym arc Intended |