Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1915 — Kansas City Business Men Are Becoming Sylphs [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Kansas City Business Men Are Becoming Sylphs

KANSAS CITY.-Visitors to Kansas City havebeencommentingoflatepn graceful svlnhlike figures possessed by many of the city s mia die-aged business men. Not so long ago these gentlemen were moaning about

their physical architecture, for the part of them from riba to hips —their itining rooms, so to speak—had assumed the appearance of bay windows. "Hey, doc!" said a man thus afflicted to Dr. J. A. Reilly, physical director of the Kansas City Athletic club. "What am I going to do about this?” "That’s easy,” said "Doc" Reilly. "Just give it away.”

“But, doc, I wouldn’t wish this on any of my slim, trim, natty friends if I could, much as I hate them for their greyhound waists.” "I didn’t mean that.” the physical expert said. “I mean give it back to ok Mother Nature, who handed it to you. Stationary running is the little old Santa Claus who will carry it back to her. , . > "Stand with your hands against the wall at a point three or four inches, on a slope, from the shoulders. Hold your head up so you can breathe. Then run. Heels ofT the floor; every step on the ball of the foot. Lift the knees; not too high at first. . “Do this twice a day, morning and evening. Run 50 steps at a time th firtt day, counting them aloud. When I say aloud. 1 mean loud. Wrench the sound out of you with a heave and a grunt. Increase the number of steps by ten and fifteen for a few days. In a week you should be running three or four minutes at a time by the watch. In ten days you will notice a diminishing waist line.” , . .. , , The man spread the Joyful news, and now many members of the club may be seen "running” daily, and waist lines have come back.