Show Phy for Business Men BY FRANK A A. GOTCH A POCKET GYMNASIUM Some Somo years cars ago a n professions professional strong strongman strongman man toured tho the country countr and did a a. the he street corner cornel business He lifted weights displayed d his hie muscles balanced ploughs on ott his chin dun and caused the small town tom own folk to gasp and marvel The profit in this CY gypsy sy existence came of ot purveying rubber tubes about a foot long long- ong and reinforced with a cork in either cither enL end The tube was J nothing but tough elastic clastic and It could b be stretched to three or 01 more feet In length with length with moro more power b being required d for forthe the greater distance it was stretched Ther There There- was was nothing nothing fancy or complicated about this pocket gymnasium g but it Jt came camo pretty close to developing ln all the tho muscles i in n th the catalogue It could b be held out straight before one and it St could he bo thrown over the shoulder It could bo be used in an any position and there was WaIl no chart charl n necessary to SU suggest Ht the variety of ot angles from front which this rubber tube could 1 bo be 0 stretched ed Held back of or one with tho the hands graspIng grasp grasp- Ing lag tho lends and pulling It ft as not ani only a de developer loper of tho wrist and arms arnie but of or the tho b back u k and shoulders Hold i above ones head bead and stretched It Jt ex expanded expanded ex- ex exI I the chest cheet and made mado the forearms labor Now this simple exerciser did everythIng every every- I thing that any apparatus could bo ex expected ex- ex to do It presented resistance and therefore was equivalent to lifting weights It wax was flexible and served the tha purpose of dumbbells or clubs clubB It could bl C operated P rat d while one stooped over strengthening the abdominal muscles muscle and G giving rl rise to some BOrne me good tough work Th The rubber rubber tube retaining Its Its elasticity wasn't t such auch a a. simple to toy as on ono might fancy ranc It called for tor a A. good many pounds or SL effort fur to b be Sir stretched to Its m maximum and it demanded a a- kc keen en grip to ke keep n It stretched JihU This little t would Urn tire out the the- hardiest itt a few minutes s and when hen the work was Over Oer it could be tucked away In ln a a. coat pocket with very cry little weight and no demand on space pace In its favor tavor The business ss man usually Imagines that he must equip a an elaborate S Eu gymnasium if it he Is trainer going to Join a club or move nove Into a h me that w will 11 supply the pa for tor his rings bars pulleys anti th re it But those things are usually matters for tor to to- to morrow morrow and an and l the thc false promises keep up up v v year after atter year But the thc elastic tube costs coats only a i i few rew cents cente and It docs does the wor provided prodded one ODe will not overlook o Us Its use uee It ft l Ja is not fan fancy C It doesn't look bohr tho part but part but It is 15 a as efficient ss se the tho more elaborate devices device that thal cannot help the muscles to a R. more pronounced degree I The trong man has haa lik likely ly gone gono lets his 1 WILy nav but thin th rubber Industry a till stIll dO does S bu and the price of or a good clear cigar ar will t the thc equipment I Why not try it Il out t t |