Life — January 16, 1913 — page 25: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

-LIFE- REALLY, HANGING 1S TOO GOOD FOR SOME OF THESE OLD ROUES WHO ARE LEADING ASTRAY OUR YOUNG AND TENDER CHORUS LADIES opinion of a system that has so de- veloped its deviser’s muscles and egotism while leaving his thinking so flabby and his powers of expression so un-supple. But the system itself— the magic series of thirty “ exercises to be taken in bed”—only requires a trial to change impatience into enthu- siasm and to polarize prejudice into prepossession. I tried them—purely in pursuance of my duties as reviewer—for a week. At the end of that time I had queer terpsichorean impulses in my toes, and found myself turning to the football news before reading the stock reports. I gave the book to an editor friend, whose private life has that dignity and force that form the cantilever balance to a humorist’s career. A few days later I was shocked to find him dancing “Iphigenia in Aulis” before his entire office force. Since then we have tried it on others with astonish- ing results. One old fellow who was tottering on the verge of cremation— had, if one may so express it, one foot in the furnace—has already been sued for breach of promise. A lady of our acquaintance owns frankly to being some years younger than she was last year. One poor fellow who had just reached years of discretion has back- slided, In fact, the matter has passed the experimental stage. Mr. Bennett has out-Ponced de Leon. If you take our advice you will try his system. But if you are wise you will be careful. To comicbooks.com