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Vitality Supreme
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Bernarr Macfadden
19
There
has
been
much
criticism
of
American
men
on
the
ground
that
they
are
inclined
to
sit
down
on
the
small
of
the
back.
They
slide
forward
in
the
chair,
with
the
back
bent
over
and
the
shoulders
humped
forward.
But
the
fault
really
lies
with
the
construction
of
the
chair.
The
back
of
a
chair
does
not
fit
the
human
back,
and
the
seat
is
not
at
the
right
angle
to
rest
the
body.
Why
is
it
that
men
commonly
like
to
tilt
a
chair
backward
on
the
hind
legs?
Even
when
they
do
not
place
their
feet
on
a
convenient
table
they
are
prone
to
tip
the
chair
back
and
partly
balance
it
on
the
hind
legs.
Why
do
people
instinctively
prefer
a
rocking
chair
as
a
source
of
comfort,
even
when
they
do
not
rock?
The
fact
is
that
it
is
not
the
rocking
that
makes
a
rocking
chair
comfortable,
but
the
position
of
the
seat
of
the
chair,
with
its
downward
slope
toward
the
back.
The
rocking
chair
is
comfortable
for
just
the
same
reason
that
the
ordinary
dining
chair
is
made
more
comfortable
when
a
man
tilts
it
back
upon
its
hind
legs.
The
reason
is
that
in
this
position
one
does
not
tend
to
slide
forward
off
the
chair,
the
weight
of
the
body
naturally
carrying
the
hips
to
the
back
of
the
chair,
where
it
is
supported
naturally.
In
order
to
avoid
the
"sliding
down
the
cellar
door"
character
of
the
conventional
chair
a
change
should
be
made
in
the
incline
of
the
seat
similar
to
that
found
in
the
ordinary
rocking
chair
and
in
the
chair
when
tipped
back
in
the
manner
I
have
described.
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