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tar Readers Are Pondering Over | | \- & fee Sudden Death PRAISES JUDGE TALLMAN THE TEAPOT DOME ‘ ie K REMATURE DEATH is a tragedy! Muscular exercise that keeps the body vigorous * : ‘ You should not die until you are nearing the throughout, that pumps the blood into every minute Ww go to t t century mark part of the tissues, insures normal vigor, and when ‘ ; J accompanied with a proper amount of wholesome i: s J brew with greed, t Death at the right time is inviting—there is nothing food, bathing and general care, you have life insur- ; ‘ Or oft the lid of unpleasant about it. ance tHat cannot be financially computed, } i ete aie bao . When you have lived your life, when your children It is worth more than money to you. It is worth i are grown and married, and have families of their own, a thousand times more than ordinary life insurance 3 w ts rewing, y 1 been 1 when you have ceased to be useful, then the beck- that pays a few dollars to those you love after tt out L RENNET oning call of death can be welcomed, you are dead and gone, I. 8, Dox 467, Seattle : 7 : : But death when you have a It insures you many long ra mrn y Ww TAQTT?Y b family growing up around you, years of life. Therefore do not ASKS AUDITORIUM-GYMNASIUM ; when you have loved ones to take such a desperate risk. Bee The 5 ae ee arihtty Ube’ bn al teaioe’ gact-o¢ tite | 7 therefore, 1 depend upon you; when the H + Sudden and premature death « We hes vat , if warmth of a kiss from a loving An Editorial by comes to those who have sin- . wife lingers on your lips; then ned against the laws of life— death scourges the soul of Bernarr Mactadden another name for God's laws 1 those you have left behind as a or Nature’s laws, n red hot iron would sear the Read the FHYSICAL i t ; ork stopped,| living flesh, CULTURE magazine and — 0 Dumb, harrowing misery then comes to those learn your duty to yourself and to those you love. ' = Mart ! y f whom you have loved more than life itself. Remember that death does not come in a moment. : Cad Ont Are you protecting yourselves and those you love It is a gradual process. The vital forces become : f be against a heart-rending tragedy of this sort? lower and lower and still lower, and finally the heart ~ “peak pagps Your life depends upon the strength of your heart beat. Ceases to beat. aabvoraity st ! . ° . a told It depends upon the vigor of your digestive organs. The power is shut off. The body becomes a ~ head HAROLD 1. STRWARS “fe, It depends upon the quality of the blood that is weak, soft mass of inert tissue — Death is then ee t Stewart Mailing List ( pumped through your body. inevitable, of making the st “fats ee Bldg. dare add one m lea for ting a stop t , Vitality is necessary to life, and vital vigor cannot THE PHYSICAL CULTURE MAGAZINE 7 Sal SARROTTAR editorial maatian ta the oan the type tneniionéd be ni !| be acquired and maintained unless one gives his body will show you the road that leads away from EHAS TRAFFIC SAF EGl ARD ha seieat come: ¢ , t his depre , that particular care necessary to maintain normal S-Eaitor The r “1 ave. and two Peer | ay sae rose: 2 é bia pi death and towards health of that supreme sort majcand it: tape strength throughout every part, that makes life. a blessing to you and yours, oe G THE SIMPLE SIX—A Perfect Set of Exercises for Busy Men and Women Who Lead Sedentary Lives Very few people will go through a long series of exercises, conscientiously, month after month, as they must if they are to get the most benefit from them. It isn’t human nature to do © for intersection | 7 1 have P of street crossings that * ef, would mean much of public traf Suppose a ave. and goir light would 5 on Pike a switch on Third ave. w om Pike as the car it, the front w flash and the rea & second fla jrould be a Pike that a car was comin. & stationary light is only to mess at. There would be two switches to fide street. There would be two on WANTS POWER AND FISH, TOO pre Eiitor The Star: signal to a the living essence of the more elaborate sets that are so long you dread to undertake them. They specialize on spine and intestinal tract because with spine in good condition and intes- I simp t we can | th Sigal Tale we 80, because once the novelty has worn off they become a tre- tines free of kinks you can goa long way thru life without coming "I see there are several applications se . | mendoustask. For that reason Bernarr Macfadden has created toseriousharm. Their swing, their rhythm, their brevity will for power sites in our rivers and HORACE MIDDAUGH | “The Simple Six” ‘a set of exercises so short that they will those engaged in fishing are opposed | occupy only about six minutes of your time morning or eve- we.them for fear they will destroy, ————— appeal to you as no other exercises ever did. Completely illus+ AY their business. Now, I am interested in the fish-} | @g game, but I'm not opposed to syowtr plants. 1 would like to see} © our rivers as full of power plants as there are opportunities for them. Tiere is no reason why we cannot fave power aad fish, too. All falls ate dams and if not too perpendicular | © ind high, they form a rapids which | Paring: Get Blue-jay at your druggist. Wilke fish do ascend; and if our dams ‘are built with that idea in view, there Will be no trouble for fish to ascend Nearly all power plants natural! Oppose a fishway, thinking it (ist more and weaken the dam. As &@ matter of fact it will increase the strength of the ‘dam if properly built, and will act as a keystone docs to the arch; but all fichways should be Constructed when the dam is built and can be constructed much cheap- fe-then than afterward. OBaenin orns Never Use a Knife! It is 20 easy to get rid of a com. Blue-jay ende them. Stops the pain instantly. Then the com loosens and comes out. Does away with dangerous Blue-jay aay By the moon we sport and play; With the night begins our day: As we dance the dew doth fall; Trip it, little urchins, all. Lightly as the little bee, ; “¥"* Two by two, and three by three, oH Ne And about go we, and about go we. \ ee —lohn Lyly. WAY About 1870 Pennsylvania awoke to} the fact that her rivers were about | Gepleted of fish, both migratory and Ghers. They made a fish Iaw and Sppointed a fish commission at a} 00d salary and planted black bass, | and other non-migratory fish, and at | the present time they have some} 800d fishing, but I believe every fish Bas cost the state a dollar or more | tach. In 1873 they built a fishway | * it the Susquehanna at Columbia, Pa. | At that time I was building the out-| Kt locks for the Pennsylvania canal | at that place. I went to see their | * fishway and I pronounced it an utter | and my prediction proved In 1904 a power company was or- | | Sinized and put in a 50-foot dam at PMeCair's Ferry, and install a pat-! fited fish ladder on one side and | telow the dam leading up into the “Yay that feeds the turbines. It is a ‘Yery good ladder, but is in the wrong And is made of wood and con- Gte'and would not stand the high *: or ice, For this reason it OH not be placed in the dam. Con- Sequently it is a failure and the peo- We aré stilt fighting for a fishway. Now the people of that state know | Rothing of the habits of the migra-| tay'fish. Old men have never seén | $9,000,000 Yearly In Washington The Puget Sound Power & Light Company in its tax payments of $1,000,000, its payroll of $3,500,000 and 's purchases of materials and supplies of $4,500,000 ex- pends each year in the State of Washington $9,000,000. This amount is increasing each year. To this should be added the interest and dividend payments made to Washington security holders. This company’s tax payments reduce your taxes, its pay- roll is expended by its employees with the merchants and producers in the entire district, and money it spends in the purchase of materials and supplies stays within the district. The safety of your investment and the return upon it being equal with other geveriects you might make, is it 1 not better to invest the d. an industry which is a 's you make in Washington in ing in the development of the ning. But short as they are, they contain the basic principles, trated and described in Physical Culture for May, you will be amazed and delighted at the improvement they will make in you, “Dance Off Your Extra Pounds” “Fair, fat and forty” tively complimentary-and untruthful. Here are the facts. If you are forty and fat you are lucky to be alive. The chances are that at fifty you will be dead and forgotten. (Consult your in- surance tables for verification). If you are fat at forty or thirty or twenty or at any other age and want to live long and prosper you'll get rid of that fat. Ned Wayburn who produces the Ziegfeld Follies, prepares hundreds of girls for the stage every year. Some ofthem are fat when he gets them but they are thin when he gets through with them. His method never fails. Read how he does it in Physical Culture for May, chivalrous, nega- “I Was Doomed To Be Disfigured” This woman had a well developed case of goitre which sapped her strength and threatened to disfigure her for life. She made up her mind she would not have an operation performed but that she would get rid of that goitre. And she did get rid of it. The effective and en- joyable treatment she used will bring relief to thousands of men and women, not only from goitre but from dozens of other complaints. Read her story in Physical Culture for May, “How To Stop Sneezing In the Spring” Soft breezes—loud sneezes—white roses “What Are the Best Food Fats”? By Milo Hastings, Director Physical Culture Food Research Laboratory Mr. Hastings has just completed an ex- haustive investigation by means of actual feeding tests, of the relative food values of the various fats that appear upon your table. Butter—lard—mutton tallow— suet vegetable oils—hydrogenated fats which are best for you, which are worst, which digest most easily and which can hardly be digested at all? His masterly article in Physical Culture for May will put you in Possession of tremendously valuable information that you can use every day in your own kitchen to excellent advantage, i Other Features in the May Issue Bernarr Macfadden's View point Advertise Your Health The Menace of the Medical Autocracy A Weakling When a Boy Body Beautiful Take ’Em Before You Get Up (With Illustrated Exercises) Baby Pictorial I Made My Debut At Eighty The Lone Game Osteopathy's Trium- phant Half Century Partners Through the Shadows The Whim- Wham Boy Build a Power- ful National Evangeline Booth Says— “I Was a Cripple But Now I Am Strong” When a little girl, Commander Evange- line Booth, celebrated leader of the Salvation Army had curvature of the spine. The doctors pronounced her in- curable—sentenced her to be a cripple for life. Today she is a splendid, healthy, physically superb specimen of glorious womanhood, who rides and swims, Plays tennis and skates with the same ardor and ability with wh’zn she so ably guides the destiny of the tremen- dous organization of which she is the head. She tells her life story for the first time in Physical Culture for May. Replete with interest for thousands of readers who are striving to recover not only from curvature of the spine but many other forms of weakness. You will find her story full of helpful suggestions, ; b jane nS ON aioe ------------== Pancasn iS only in the markets, shipped state of Washington ~—red noses~catarrh—Hurrah! Spring + att %9 them from the Chesapeake bay, | hae oe “aN is here. Breezes and roses—fine—but Grae your Own ! Macfadden Publications, Inc., 234 know nothing in regard to mak: This nine million dollars is the annual contribution . how. about the | sneeres, (red noses. Ba Laas! (ee Gonld fet you ‘how to bullé one, of this company to the industrial life and prosperity of | coughs, colds, catarrh, hay fever, all You Should | 1926 Broadway, New York Pa] Pletures of salmon climbing | western and central Washington. those fever enon that ue so Be Fit 1 I am enclosing $1.00, Please enter my name for a six feet high or above sea lovel| % P ‘ prone to settle in your throat and make months introductory subscripti i ii In less than 200 fect. hate picked The money you invest outside this state pays no taxes, | life miserable? Why not become im- WG sear ced | ning with your May Numuun Rene oaumem ae: them Spat the head ot the falls maintains no payroll and purchases no materials or supplies | mune to the whole flock and get all the Banethane I! ‘ ley were resting. | ithi: i: % ‘ : “ati PRR st arte ABC, F Thiave rebuilt dams on the Juniatta | within this’ state Joy out of Spring there is in it? In Living the | Neme #98 Alo on the Susquehanna, and 1| If you are interested in a good 7% investment in a home | “How To Stop Sneezing In Spring” Physical Cul- } je Se eee | YOUld Tike to nee one built here with ny, talk with any of our 2400 employes about our Edmund C, Gray, M. D, tells the simple ture Life |S droper fishway, so that our rivers Preferred Stock, or address the Puget Sound Power & 1 formula which’ aa Y aaa always be open for future gen- Light Company, Securities Dept., 407 Electric Bldg,, Seattle, "4 and natural formula which will enable What Would ! ee nee STAC sr RET re wm arn car mw) ic and that our state will not! you to defy them all, Read it in Physical You Do In UM lett in the same situation that | Culture for May, This Case? The Name of My Newsdealer is ivanla and New York are to- tay, STAR will print no anony- iS letters on this page. Writing 10 the editor, be ue that your name and address || hy “ened. 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