Word: sandowe
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Florenz Ziegfeld: "From Palm Beach went forth a report that I am planning to write the story of my life from my days as manager of Sandow the strong man, down to the present. A headline in the Daily News (Manhattan) : 'Ziegfeld will tell...
...plaster cast of the Sandow statue has been temporarily placed at the north end of the main corridor of the Gymnasium...
...plaster cast recently presented to the University by Eugen Sandow has been received at the Gymnasium and temporarily installed there. It will be placed in the Trophy Room tomorrow or Saturday...
...Sargent announced at the Union entertainment last night that Eugen Sandow would present to the University a plaster statue of himself, cast from life. This cast, which is now on exhibition at the Washington street entrance to Keith's Theatre, was made at the request of the British Government and is especially remarkable as being the only instance of an exact reproduction in plaster of a living man. There are but two other copies of this statue in existence, one of which is in the British Museum and the other in Sandow's house in London...
Great difficulties were encountered in obtaining the cast as it was necessary for the subject to stand in a rigid position with the muscles tense for twenty minutes at a time, and 180 trials, covering a period of several months, were made before the experiments met with success. Sandow's engagement at Keith's terminates this week and it is expected that the statue will be sent to the University immediately afterwards. It will probably be placed in the Gymnasium...