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Identifier: physicalculture201908macf (find matches)
Title: Physical culture
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: MacFadden, Bernarr Aldolphus, 1858-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York : Physical Culture Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Bernarr Macfadden. THE performers in a circus of thehigher class (such as RinglingBrothers show) begin their stren-uous day between eight and nineoclock in the morning, when theyleave the palatial cars, where, in Pull-man berths, they have been rocked tosleep like Vanderbilts, by the motion ofthe train. They are garbed in conven-tional clothing at this time, but it fails tohide their graceful, well-developed, sym-metrical forms. There are bright eyes,glowing and merry, in evidence, with a debonair manner and an apparentlysociable spirit. If they have heart-breaks and sorrows, and gloomy back-grounds to their lives, they certainlyknow how to conceal them. With cour-ageous front, they face the public.They actually appear well-bred and evencultured, and their manners seem fit formy ladys drawing room. We are as-sured that they have characters in keep-ing with their appearance, and for themost part are irreproachable people.There are some exceptions in their pro- 345 346 PHYSICAL CULTURE
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Austrian acrobatsâthree sisters and a brother, born in four differentcountries of parents who were both circus performers fession, as in other walks of life; but forthe most part, they deserve respect andadmiration instead of rebuke and disdain.After eating of the best hotel fare in acharming dining room, they repair totheir dressing-tents, from which theyemerge in their tournament outfits,mounted on their parade wagons anddecorated horses, to begin the daily pa-rade at ten oclock. How their trainsparkles in the sunlight! The impres-sionable beholder imagines that he hasbeen transported from a plain, common-place city or village to some charmeddenizen of the abode of kings and princes.The band begins to play, the elephantswalk around. The parade is in full-swingâfree to everyoneâand countrymen and women mingle with the club-women and professional people who linethe streets of the town. Stores areempty. The crowds are silent; even thebabies in arms are quiet. To most ofthe specta

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