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.iii his height of six feet. only 128 pounds. had a waist of 31 inches and a chcst not much larger — how did this strange. travclcd soldicr of fortuno rcgain that pricclcss gift of hcalth wbich today marks him as a superman in the cycs of all bcholders. even as be strolls casually down the Street?

CAPI. KODKItWCS m 1W7 Weight I2S Height 6 Feet

But that is wrong. for Captain Rodrigues ncvcr "strolls." To sec him take his great sturdy strides down a city thoroughfare. walking naturally. yet with a peculiar majesty that marks him as a physical king of men. is a sight that would nevcr in the world descrve the description charactcrizcd by the word "st rolling.”

Should you ever see this man striding down a city Street, you too would stop to look and wonder — not that he is so differ-ent. for hc makes no effort to be different. cxcopt to use his natural posturę — you will probably not immediately notice cx-actly what it is that attracts so much atten-tion to him.

Right now, as you rcad this, I can imagine you assuming that this man must walk surprisingly erect. with shoulders back. chin up. back as straight as a ramrod. Not so. The Captain makes no spccial effort to walk erect — hc does not throw his shoulders back — nor does his chin go up so high that he cannot recognizc his many friends. Still the generał impression hc givcs is one of unbounding viri!ity, bealth and vital power. Yet. despite his six fcet of height and his 190 pounds of well distributed weight, he is almost slender. Wcrc you to see him giving his posturę lessons dressed in a pair of trunks and a track shirt you wouldn't find a single bulging m uscle.

Thcn what is it. what rare secret does this man possess which sets him off from his fcllows? It wouldn’t do to tell