Pulp Fiction, 1938 · page 147 of 148
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# Analysis This is an **advertisement page**, not story prose or editorial content. The page promotes Charles Atlas's "Dynamic Tension" exercise system through a testimonial format. It features photographs of muscular men and includes a dialogue at the top where someone named Bill asks about training, and Atlas claims his method produces results in seven days without special equipment. The page includes a coupon offering a free book titled "Everlasting Health and Strength" and promises to transform the reader into "a New Man" through a seven-day trial. The advertisement emphasizes rapid, visible physical transformation and includes Atlas's address in New York City for mail orders.
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“ABSOLUTELY NOT! - THE HE ATLAS DYNAMIC TENSION system BILL, vou sure HAVE A SWELL BUILD! DID YOU TRAIN FOR A LONG TIME ? Here's the Kind of NEW MEN i Build! Do YOU Want to Be One? An actu untouched phote of © tava Atlas, twice winner of e title, ‘‘The Most Pe Developed Man*’—who onegs 8 you & this amaz 4 TRIA J. G._O’BRIEN Atlas Champion Cup Winner This is an ordi- nary snapshot of one of Charles Atlas’ Califor- nian pupils. EN—meet J. G. O’Brien, of California, one of my Silver Cup Winners! A smashing example of what my Dynamic Tension can do! Look at that strong neck— those broad, handsome, perfectly proportioned shoulders— that muscled chest and stomach. Read what he says: “It seems only a few days ago that I mailed you that coupon. Look at me NOW! Dynamic Tension works like magic. Those 7 days certainly proved you can make a fellow a NEW MAN—right in the privacy of his own home. I’m proud of the natural, easy way you have made me an ‘Atlas Champion’ !’’ Do you want a _ prize-winning body like this? Are you fed up with having no strength, no vigor, being only HALF-ALIVE? Then listen: YOU’LL SEE AND FEEL RESULTS IN ONE WEEK! That’s all IT ask—SEVEN DAYS! In the This Sterling FIRST WEEK I’ll absolutely PROVE that Silver Cup I can give you, too, the kind of body men Being Given respect and women admire! You will ac- Away tually see and feel the improvement in even this short time. And as the weeks go This valuable cup by you will see yourself transformed into stones Fi 14 a NEW man—a stronger, healthier and Black ree ae more handsome man! base. I was once a skinny, timid weakling of only 97 lbs. I didn’t know what real health or strength were. I was afvaid to fight, ashamed to be seen in a swimming suit. Then I discovered the amazing secret, that changed me, like magic, into ‘‘The’ World's Most Per fectly Developed Man’’— the title I won twice and have held ever since, against all comers. My secret is Dynamic Tension, it is the tested natural I will award it to my pupil who makes the most improvement in his development within the nest three months. oo And I'll PROVE in Just J DAYS § Can Make YOU One? method of developing you inside and out! It not only can give YOU the powerful, rippling muscles you’d like to see in your own mirror. « oe JE also digs down into your system after such needless joy-killing conditions as ordinary constipation, pimples, indigestion, underweight and overweight. My Dynamic Tension methcd will make a NEW MAN of you in double-quick time—and I’m ready to PROVE it to you in a 7-day TRIAL OFFER. Unless you get results in the first week it costs you absolutely NOTHING! FREE BOOK Let me show you the amazing results pro- duced for thousands of other men! I’ll send you FREE my famous book, ‘‘Everlastiag Health and Strength.’’ It shows actual photos. It tells exactly what I can now do for your body! Write your name and address carefully on coupen. Mail to me personally today. I’ll rush your free copy to you AT ONCE! Charles Atlas, Dept. 499, 115 East 23rd St., New York, N. Y. PS SS eee ee eee ee ; CHARLES ATLAS g Dept. 499, 115 East 23rd Street, New York, N. Y. I I want the proof that your system of Dynamic Tension will gmake a New Man of me—give me 2 healthy, ve J home ant 1 hig muscle ee 0) yen ne me your F | book, ‘‘ LASTI IND AN TRENGTH,’’ and full details about ; your 7- pay Oy PER i INUENEYD Ope: vacateyene) oclele avsor ov aig: onSliglla, 02 odidhin oWeaeya’ ei Meme apa Aone enemas ;: “*(Please print or write plainly) — Address ..... Fe Se a eee ee eS oc a Je ee a ee a C© CO