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Popular Science Monthly 



A Doll Which Is Meant To Be Abused 

 for the Sake of Exercise 



EUGEN SAN- 

 DOW, the pro- 

 fessional strongman, 

 has invented a phys- 

 ical exerciser which 

 takes the form of 

 a doll or figure. 

 It is hung on the 

 wall and bat- 

 tered into submis- 

 sion; its legs and 

 arms are pulled at 

 will without caus- 

 ing it any incon- 

 venience. 



The inventor 

 plans to supply the 

 child with a doll that 

 can be turned into an 

 unconscious exercising 

 medium. The ordinary 

 rag doll is easily dismem- 

 bered. Mr. Sandow's doll 

 is elastic and will thus with- 

 stand any amount of youth- 

 ful pulling. 



The arms and legs of his 

 doll consist of coiled springs 

 with hands and feet attached. 

 The covering fabric is securely fastened to 

 these coils. The child can grasp either the 



Wind a Spring and Let the Pugilists 

 Fight It Out 



WITH the season 

 for mechanical 

 toy novelties in full 

 swing, the one in- 

 vented by Charles 

 E. Keffer, of Mem- 

 phis, Tenn., will 

 doubtless arouse 

 interest. It is an 

 animated butting 

 match, between 

 two darky pugil- 

 ists and depicts a 

 favorite sport among 

 the Southern negroes. 

 The two figures are 

 connected on a slid- 

 ing-block in such a 

 way that when the 

 interior mechanism of 

 the toy causes them to 

 approach each other only 

 their heads touch. But 

 the force of the contact 

 is so great that the con- 



are made of coiled springs for 

 exercising a child's muscles 



testants rebound briskly. 

 The arms and legs of the doll ^^^^ ^^ ^^ j^ again and 



again, however, as long as 

 the referee, who is the youth- 

 ful owner of the toy, cares to prolong the 

 fight. 



hands or legs and pull away at them without One leg of each of the figures is pivoted 



tearing them from the body. The fabric on the body so that in the rebound move- 



stretches with the springs. Con 

 venient grips are provided at the 

 hands and feet of the doll. 



An exercising 

 harness to be fitted 

 over the doll or 

 figure has bieen 

 provided by the 

 inventor. The 

 hand grips, con- 

 sisting of dumb- 

 bells and elastic 

 cords, extend just 

 a little beyond the 

 doll's hands and 

 feet. 



This toy is a 



veritable "strong 



doll" and will 



hold its own DOVL- 



under the most^J^'}-, ,, 



•1 ^1 GROOVED 



Violent abuse quidl 



PIVOTED 

 ARM AND LEG 



SLOT 

 FIXED 

 ■STAPLE 



which a healthy 

 child can inflict. 



SPRING 



RECESSED 

 RECIPROCATING 

 BLOCK 



CAM 



CRANK 

 HANDLE 



One foot of each of the pugilists is attached to a 

 staple connected with the mechanism underneath 



ments it seems to 

 step backward. 

 The arms are also 

 pivotally attach- 

 ed, but they have 

 no other part in 

 the affray than to 

 give a lifelike ap- 

 pearance to the fig- 

 ures. The fighting 

 is done by the 

 heads alone in 

 true billy-goat 

 style. 



A hollow stand 

 is provided which 

 conceals the mech- 

 anism and serves 

 as a platform for 

 the fighters. 

 Around the top of 

 this, ropes are ex- 

 tended, making a 

 regular "ring." 



