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Show Dr. James I. Vance The storv of Samson la a radtal of! phyalcel prowess. Were hi living today, i he would be featured on the nortng news page of the dallv papers. His stor stlrji us. His .idventnrra fas- rlnafe hi. Yet we feel there Is something 'arUIng Y l.i' down tlo- r'rper with n feehng of d..ai ;o'r,'n . lit Tin big lete let a woman of easy virtue rob him. af his power Toabe surdl he got lijrk at I Ida enemle In great shape, when he pulled down the pillars of the temple and killed a horde ni Phlllal men. but the crash i hat killed hi foe cost the lvro his own life. This was as far as Samson could go. Me ,-ould not get off the sporting page and he could not slay on it permanently. teraus he was m iel an athlete When ha I'lajOfi out his muscles, ho was spent. I IJla Is the biographi 0 brawn, of Ita achievement and limitations, of lt splendid victories nnO pathetic defeat, of. Its smashing pu.-cfM and humlllntlng col Inpse. The trouble with Samsavn was. he qiCfl sured tusnhood b mUgCla His sag was In his character He was weak In the hour of temptation. Ho was strong enough to cairy off the gstea of (far.a on his bnik. hut he was not stronc enough to resist the rhnrms of Oelllah. Snmson'a wax- of getting readv for n--tlon was- to ' shake." hlrnaelf. It ntlUl have been a wight tos ee. There goes the big fellow to his setting up exercises. Watch him shako himself. See his iiiui -well there ever such a bleep on a human arnC lok at the muscles of his hick See the rords s'.lffeii and K l.ix Thev are like ntrnns of steel. What! s prlxefighter Samson would have made He la loosening up. He ia shaking out hla strength Me Is m;.Mng his hedy sup pi for a fight. Hut a day conies when he dlscoveis that more la needed than physical prowess and s-ttlngup exercises. exer-cises. It Is character. An athlete n-.ust have muscle and setting set-ting up exercises, but he must hive mor-Me mor-Me must have character. He must live a . lean life. oo |