The Temple Daily Telegram. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 291, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908 Page: 6 of 8
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ECRETABY SOOT IN TRAINING AT BILLY MDLI
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SECRET ART ELIHU ROOT is a
man endowed with a physique
of such seeming fragility that
it comes almost as a shock
to learn that he has been taking treat-
ment at Billy Muldoon's. It would ap-!
pear to be the most natural thing in
the world for the Republican presi-
dential candidate to avail himself of,
the heroic methods of getting rid of.
superfluous tissue which obtain at the
Institute established and maintained
by the famous wrestler and Greco-
Roman athlete, and the entire nation
approves of his determination so to do.
but It is not so easy to understand just
how the Cassius-like head of the stat*
department can be expected to derive
equal benefit from the experiment.
That he has survived a regular course
of the treatment and is convinced that
he Is in possession of "value received"
is quite as flattering to his powers of;
endurance as it is to Billy Muldoon
and his unique Institute.
For, be it known, there is not on the
face of the earth another foundation
of the sort which the ex-professional
strong man has established at White
Plains, N. Y. It is modeled after nothing j
which has been since the world began
Originality is the keynote of the en-
tire scheme, and in its conception no
brain has been concerned save that
which rests within the decidedly class' ■
.cranium of Billy Muldoon. It is his.
and he dominates it. He is known as
"the czar" on his own premises, but
that term of absolutism expresses but
feebly the "supreme oneness" which
prevails at Billy Muldoon's. He is the
final arbiter of everything, and there
is no court of appeal
Here is the regimen which all those
who obtain entrance to the institute
must follow, with the certain knowl-
edge that If the least among the rules
is disregarded the offender must pack
up his belongings and go at once, with
absolutely no opportunity to return
6 a m Rise and report at the gymna-
sium
Sill) .t m. to 6:i£. a m. Vigorous exer-
cise with medicine and bouncing balls,
three balls to be passed between two in- j
mates Balis weigh three pounds each.
b:«;< a. m.—Drink several glasses of hot
water and take shower bath.
7 a. m. to S a. m.—Breakfast consisting
of fruit, cereals and one tneat course
8 a. m. to U m.—Riding and walking
■quads make tour covering from ten to
twenty miles.
12 m.-Returo for shower bath Two
glasses of hot water, followed by sweat-
ing process in heavy woolen bath robe.
Ice cold shower bath lasting a full min-
ute.
t p m —Dinner, with only one glass of
water allowed for drink One cigar after
ttfnner
J p. m. to 4 p m — Exercise in open air
4 p. ra to 6 p. m — Recreation,
6 p. m —Supper of one kind of meat,
two vegetables, stewed fruit and a glass
of water. After supper inmates are per-
mitted to stroll about the grounds, read
the papers and converse.
9 p m.—All lights out and inmates In
bed.
A Depew Story.
Three years ago, with a physical
system that was wrecked and a mind
perilously near serious Impairment.
•Senator Chauhcey Depew went to Billy
Muldoon's almost as a last resort. Be-
ing a m mber of the most august body
in the world and a man who had been
accustomed to "the best of everything,"
the senator very naturally concluded
that the rule of the institute would be
somewhat relaxed In his particular
case, that he would be exempted from
some of the more laborious anions, the
stunts required of other elderly men
of less distinction.
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K,Y,
illy Muldoon
picture to look upon, a perfect «•.
leal specimen, big, muscular una *
metrical. He cortalnly iook.d i ,,!^-
real thing. He was well ^a" a°
gentlemanly, and I concluded to £2
h m a trial. I put him in as my^
slstant and proceeded to hope for f?"
best. The day after he had been »
stalled he came to me and said thai
the inmates put In his care refused to
obey his orders. I told him to pjj
his baggage and clear out as ,lul,k ;
as he could. When I tell people !0 Z
things they do as I tell them. No ,nan
who cannot do likewise is of any
peclal service to me.
Then there was another candidate"
he continued. "He did fairly well 1
two days On the evening of the , °!
ond day I saw hint strolling oil with
a party of inmates. I jumped on ,
horse, made a detour and waited f0,
them behind a hedge near which t
knew they must pass on their return
After awhile they came trooping aion*
all puffing at cigars, my man as well
as the others. I Jumped mv horw
over the hedge and confronted them
I confess I was pretty mad. I orderei
the patients to get back to the house
as fust as their legs would take them
pack their things and clear out i Waj
even more severe with the man in
charge 1 would not permit him t > e..
Into the house at all, but ordered |,jB
off the premises forthwith, will, tv
final assurance that his baggage i
1 follow him."
In common with most sue* |
trainers, Muldoon will not p> rni.i i .
charges to use tobacco. As a i ;
slon to the previously acquired last,
of his patrons ho prescribes a
cigar after the noonday meal. H-i.i |;.
puts each inmate oti his honor th: i I /
will abide by this restriction H, ,
clares that he has satisfied lilms, if <.
tobacco is the greatest brain .j,
in active use and that genius is |„i,
tively handicapped by its usi
So when he was ordered by "thet
csar" to take his place in the class of
calisthenics the senator advanced;
smilingly toward the platform on
which Muldoon was standing and be-j
gan to explain to him in his char-;
acteristic manner Just why the gym-
nastic business would not apply In his
case.
"Sit down, sir!" commanded Muldoon
in a tone which did not admit of anyj
doubt as to his meaning
"But," began his distinguished pa- \
ti<-nt, bringing to bear a luscious speci- j
men of the famous Depew smille, "I:
just want to"— ■ ■ I
"Sit down!" persisted the trainer
sharply without a symptom of yield-'
ins
"Just a moment. Mr. Muldoon." the
senator persevered, rather crestfallen
in mien, but still advancing slowly. "I
once had rather an amusing experience
with this calisthenics business, and '
want to tell you"—
"I tell you to sit down!" roared Mul-
doon. now irate. "This is not a joke-
fest: neither is it a pocket edition of
•Half Hours With Celebrated American ,
Humorists.' It's a work half hour, and
I have no time to squander. Sit down,
sir!"
The senator sat down. There was a
subdued look on his face, and he did
not move a muscle until he was or-!
secretary
Elihii lloot
dered to do it. Thereafter h» was one
of the most tractable inmaw j at the
institute, and two months later, when
he returned home, rejuvenated in body
and rehabilitated in ralnd, he was el >
quent in his praise of Muldoon's meth-
ods.
Perfsct Obedience.
Perfect obedience is the basis of Mul-
doon's training system, and his ability
to secure It from his patients is the
secret of his great success. He has
devoted his entire life to the study of
physical conditions, and he has arrived
at great perfection. .His unerring
| judgment tells him at once how much
physical exertion a man can endure,
and he has so much confidence in his
own opinion »n that point that he does
not permit another to share the re-
j sponsibility. It is his theory that every
! mar has two limitations to his powers
| of endurance, one physical, the other
j mental Long after a man is con-
j vinced that his endurance is at an end
; Muldoon finds ways to keep him at it.
It is his proudest boast that he his
never yet been reduced to the necessity
of calling in a regular physician to
help out in his treatment. The teach-
ings of Swoboda and other professional
strong men meet with no sympathy at
the White Plains training institute.
Muldoon teaches that grest muscular
development is a hindrance instead of
a help in any athletic undertaking, and
his own appearance goes for to bear
out his contention. Standing a little
over six feet in height and weighing
205 pounds, he Is even now, ut the age
of sixty-three, the embodiment of phys-
ical power and grace. In his splendid
development one looks in vain for the i
bulging muscles which are regarded
popularly as the essential characteris-
tic of the genuine athlete.
Visited recently at his institute, Mul-
doon was asked if he intended to en-
large his establishment, which now
has accommodation for ctfily twenty-
five. Before he replied the athlete ex-
hibited a huge package of letters which
he had Just received from all parts of
the world, all containing requests to
permit the writers to come to him for
treatment.
"No; I do not expect to enlarge my
field," he said "Why should I become
a victim of the very thing that has
caused all these men to apply to me for
help—try to do more than I can ac-
complish with safety to my mind and
body? I am sixty-three years of age,
and I can do no more than 1 am doing
right now, not a whit I should like
to see this work go on, should like to
have it perpetuated, but who is there
to take it up after I am through with
it? It has accomplished and is still
accomplishing a good work among
men. but who is to follow it up and
build on my foundation? Where is the
man? I have tried dozens, so many
that I have wearied in the effort I
have appealed to numerous physicians
to send me some man to take my place,
and I have tried out dozens that have
been recommended to me. but none has
fulfilled the requirements. Only re-
cently a student from one of the great
universities came to me. He came
highly recommended, and he was a
The Daily Tramp.
The morning walk which is ].art of
the regular day's doings at !!:. inst-i-
tute is something from whirls i,,.,, .
mate is exempt unless he is i>hysirui!v
disqualified. It is taken across u
roughest part of the country, ana th
members of the squad arc clad i ,
heavy woolen underclothes, u •
socks, blue flannel shirts, leggin
stout walking shoes. Beginners tak-
ten mile Jog and gradually wot-., up
to fifteen miles. Wheh a man is :.i,;
to cover that distance in two hours h
Is known as a "gladiator." During th<i
walk no one Is allowed even n siji of
water, and when the pedestrians re-
turn to the institute they are ilr:; ;>in,'
with perspiration. Then they sit fo,
half an hour In heavy wool, n l it:,
robes, thus taking another sweat be-
fore going under the Shower bath. Is
regard to the treatment an inmate
wrote recently to a friend: "The *it
hours I put in every day are hard, r
on me than a whole week of work in
my office, but it is doing me good
Anything that can give a man the
ferocious appetite I now have must be
worth while."
The presiding genius of the truitiirtg
Institute at White Plains was a cat
airy officer during the civil war mil
served afterward for a time in tit-
regular army. It was while he was ■
serving with his regiment that lie was
convinced that most men may b. so
built up by a regular and simple lit-'
that they are practically recreated
This was the origin of the idea whi.-'i
he Is now practicing so successful!.•
among the hills of Westchester count*
GEORGE H PK'AKU
4- Von Zeppelin, "Ancient Mariner99 of the SKy ^
THE present is an especially ac-. which Von Zeppelin has been waging
tive season for aeronauts and | against skepticism and untoward cir-
aeronautics Never has the 1 cumstances for twenty years. The
search for a contrivance which r,r«^nt *lrsh|P is th<" fou»h great
. ,, . .. „ . „ . craft which the inventor has con-
wni navigate the air successfully been (gr ^ Thr|c( ^
»ok<*en. and never before has the prob- haJ< Wn 00mp,llt.d to acc,pt a p,,,,.
lern sht.wn such favorable signs of so- ponement of the realization of his
lution The whole matter seems to cherished hopes, but he has never
have passed beyond the stage of ex- swerved from his original intention,
plotting machines which will remain Even with this latest machine his ex-
aloft as long as they are lighter than perience has be> n enough to shake the
the medium in which they float and no courage of the stoutest heart. No. 4
longer The principle of the inflated was to have had its long distance trial
g*a bag propefled by variable air cur- on June i« To Frtedrichshafen, its
roots and steered by devices which home port on the beautiful Lake Con-
were as unreliable as they were un- j stance, went the Prussian minister of
scientific is practically abandoned to war and a small army of government
the loyinakers notabilities and aeronautical author.-
Th.- praeiii-abiiity of the aeroplane, ties from ever* quarter, all more or
an apparntos which will rise from less skeptically inclined and pn-pared
terra flrma without the aid of gas and j to be critical At the last moment
may be propelled by a motor carried 1 some minor defect in the steering ap-
by itself, seems to have been demon- paratus revealed itself, and the start
strated wtth sufficient distinctness, was postponed two days. Then Several
Henri Farman has done the trick pub- ; more defects became apparent, and the
ltcly mid more than once in Paris, and trial was put off until June 20. On the
the clever Wright brothers have been j morning of the appointed day the ele-
equally successful both in America and ments were in an unfriendly mood, and
abroad The marvelous feats per the count, almost on the verge of
formed by these aeronauts and by despair, was obliged to announce to
others make it reasonably certain that j the assembled visitors that an ascent
such an airship is sure to come, per- < was impossible under the clrcum-
haps speedily j stances. In the afternoon the wind
No matter how quickly and how had given place to almost a dead calm,
satisfactorily this desirable state of j and a flight was decided upon. Gen-
things is brought about, some of the eral von Eloen. the minister of war.
achievements of present day experi- had gone home in disgust, a profound
menters will not be forgotten. This is unbeliever In the ability of the airship
likely to be »-s|»ecially true of the as- to distinguish itself.
tounding results obtained by General Count von Zeppelin, however, was
Count von Zeppftin. soldier, diplomat, not deterred by this disagreeable fea-
englneer and inventor, with his great j ture from making the ascent. No 4
aerial Bier on the Lake of Constance rose gracefully and plrofcetted ever tf*
It Is upon this little, snowy haired Ger- j lake for three-quarters ef an hour i
man nobleman, whose untiring alert- j an altitude of SJ5 feet and then d
neas and youthful stride belie the fact scended at the steersman's will wit a
that he is already at the Scriptural age j admirable precision. On this occasion
limit, that the attention of the aero- i the watchful skipper discovered a serl-
nautical and military experts of all the oua but by no means fatal defect in
world la fastened His recent tours i the side steering gear. It was a radi-
la the air in a dirigible balloon of hlsjcal departure from the apparatus used
own construction put him far in the j on No. J and was so Inferior to that
Uwd of all other navigators who have; contrivance that Von Zeppelin re-
turned to. combine the gas bag with j solved to return to the earlier scheme,
the motor engine On June 2» his air- • The original pattern was restored to
ship made a flight of six and three- its former position, and so rigged the
Constance, the scene of his present ex-
periments, born 1838. the son of an
official attached to the Wurttemberg
court. He was educated for the army,!
was a lieutenant of cavalry in his
twenty-third year and two years later
quarter hours, carrying fourteen pas-
sengers, responding perfectly to the
will ot its skipper and attaining a
ship made its memorable a*<»nts a few
days later, two jxrf omn a rices which
made General von Einen and his su;
maximum speed of thirty-nine miles J ordinates at the .'Serman war office
hour. On the second day there-1 "git up and take notice "
after it did an even more amazing
thine. Remaining twelve hours In the
air, it traveled at the behest of Its cap-
tain over the greater part of northern
Switzerland.
It has been a long battle, this light
An American Soldier.
This rare septuagenarian who has
conquered nature's stubborn resistance
in the face of two decades of opposi-
tion from his fellows is a native of
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FZRLINAH3 VOW ZEPPELIN, SUCCESSFUL AERONAUT.
was detached from the Wurttemberg, war He joined the Army ot the Mis-i
service for observation duty with; slsslppl, In which his friend Carl:
the Union army in the American civil Schtirst commanded a brigade A born
soldier, Von Zeppelin'was not long lit
getting into th.^ fray actively. At the
{bloody engagement at Fredericksburg
a few months later the young German
, cavalryman escaped narrowly from
falling into the hands of the Confed-
erates on account of his determination
j to be where the fighting was heaviest
The count developed a taste for aero-
nautics at a very early uge, and.
strangely enough, his service in the
American army gave him his maiden
opportunity to follow hW inclination "
that direction. His first i xperlence
was with a captive balloon sent up by
the Federal corps to which he was at-
tached for the purpofe of tak'ng note
of the Confederate lines beyond H"
returned to earth enthusiastic over th-
exhilarating business and In time was
detailed to make similar expeditions
He made half a dozen such experi-
ments during his year's sen tee In 1'n-
, cle Sum's army, returning t.j the fa-
therland In time for the Pr;r» lan cam-
paign of 1S66 against Austria, n shnrp
and dfclslve business, which he saw
i from start to finish. In th,> griat
struggle which followed with France
the young trooper found no chance to
| turn his fa.oy for aeronautW to sd-
J vantage. K few hours after the dec-
laration of war be was ordered, with
four other officers and seven tnjopers,
to make a reconnolterlng dash Into
French territory. |
He won a colonelcy in this campaign
and was advanced by successive stages
to the command of a brigade in th>'
Wurttemberg army, In 1897 he went
J on the retired list wtth the full rank
and title of general of cavalry It was
then that he began to devote himself
assiduously to the study of ^croisau
tics He proceeded to equip) himself
with practical knowledge by serving
an apprenticeship In mechanics, e!ec-
j tricity and sailmaking. Although he
was no longer a young man, he went
into the preparation with great care
j and deliberation, giving to each sub-
ject under consideration the most
I painstaking attention.
A Heroic Declaration.
It was at that time that he announced
his inttntlonsas follows:
"I intend to build a vessel which will
be able to travel to places which can-
not be approached, or only with great
difficulty, by other means of tran«port
—to undisc vered coasts or Interiors, In
a ntrnigl!' !'nc across land and water
where ships are to be sought for. .'rom
i-> Hwl station or army to another,
carrying persons and dispatches, for
observations of the movements of hos
tile tK'cta or armies, not for active pai
tielpatlon in actual warfare. My bal-
loon must be able to travel sever,
days without renewing provisions, fu
or gas. It must travel quickly enmtt
to reach a certain goal In a gh>
number of days and must possess sui
tlcient rigidity and nonlnflammabilin
to ascend, travel and descend und
ordinary conditions."
This was received with Incredu'.iti
by all of the count's acquaintance-
Must of them shook their heads sad
and sighed deeply when he pas-
them by. "He's In his dotage sa ■
his friends pityingly. "Another wr
rlor gone cranky," said his enemies 1
roar of benevolent mirth, mingled wi
regret for the wreck of a once str
mind, spread over the country
old Von Zeppelin! He's up in a I
loon," was the public opinion, and i
is the way the caricaturists pi i
him.
But he kept right on. He built *>
Ktro.ved and rebuilt hundreds of "
which were admirable In theor
devoid of flying power. His rr >
fortune, estimated at more than V
00#. t-ould not stand the strain ..
took wings. The time came when
was without money or credit. The »■
eminent gave him the cold should.
He Issued public appeals through 1
press, declaring pathetically that I -
knew he was on the right track ari
asking for financial backing, but !•
met only with failure and derision I
even made overtures to other gown
ments, America among them, but l' -
ofiers were declined.
Disappointment and repeated faihe
did not daunt the man who had m;»»
up his mind that the air could be m*1
Cted' by man in spite of his lack •••
wlnav His misfortunes seen ml to
spur him on to fresh endeavor and to
stimulate him to ft supreme attempt.
in some way, he scarcely knows h.»
he contrived to build his third hi- "
ship, and with it last summer and at-
tumn he made half a dozen aucci sat-.-
Illglits, the last one a sensaiion.
epoch making trip of eight hours' du-
ration. In which 220 miles were CO!
ered. It was a splendid Iriuniph j'"
the brave old aeronaut. All hi» '-1'
tractors were silenced, the govern'"*''
purchased No. 3 at the price of
and gave the count 1135,000 for furth'
experiments. It was also agreed tha
No 4 would be purchased by the «»•
department If It could b« mads to fu" 1
fill the conditions. f
CARL VON ZBDWITZ.
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