Garland Globe | 1906-03-24 | Page 7 | Man as Light as a Feather

Man as Light as a Feather. Ono of tho most remarkable and In- explicable experiments relative to the ' strength of tho human frame Is thnt In which a heavy man Is raised with the greatest facility, when he Is lifted up the Instant his own lungs and those of tho persons who raiso him nro Inflated with air. Tho heaviest person of tlr party lies down upon a table at fu't length. Four persons, ono at each lo,.-and lo,.-and ono nt each shoulder, then try ti rnlso him, nnd they And his ilea ! weight to bo very great from tho d!fli culty they experience In supporting him. When ho Is replaced on tho table, ta-ble, ench of tho four persons tnko hold of the body ns boforo, and tho person to bo lifted gives two signals by clap ping his hands. At tho first slgnnl ha himself and tho four lifters begin to draw n long nnd full breath, und whon tho inhalation Is completed, or the lungs nro filled, tho second signal Is given for raising tho person from tho table. To his own surprlso and thnt of his bearers ho rises almost as light ns if ho were a feather. Whon ono of tho bearers performs his part 111, by making tho Inhnlntlon out of tlmo, tho part of tho body which ho trios to raise Is left, as It were, behind.