Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-02-23

and Elusive. Don't think and talk too much about
Giving hygiencally." Don't be too severely plain
in diet Don't live in houses through which the
air whistles mercilessy night and day. where fierce
draughts strike the weak places in your body I'M
der the hallucination that you are ENJOYING the
benefit of heathful ventilation.
Pure air and plenty of it is essential to well-be-
ing; but pure air is not necessarily an Arctic tenn
perature or cold winds whstling where they list.
All the pure air of the universe blowing about
you will be of but little help unless you know how
to breathe it properly The art of breathing is
yet to be acquired by many who are learned in
other ways. Never breathe through the mouth.
Ii you do you invite pneumonia and help to break
down your general health.
Deep inhalation is said TO be the key to health
and beauty. Breathing like learning, is danger
GUS thing taken in small draughts. Breathe as
we'll as drink deep if you would be refreshed Men
of science frequently assert that if we breathed
properly we should have no impure blood. Be-
sides, the art of breathing properly will keep any
one in natural and graceful attitude while stand
ing, sitting, or walking. Treat your lungs with
respect, and your entire body, as we'll as the
mental part of you, will respond with gratitude.
You will have health and good spirits.
writer on the subject says, s'Few of us ever
thoroughly fill the lungs with air, except while
gaping" DR.. Kitchen, in one of his works, re-
marks that the majority of people are born, live
and die without ever knowing that the have a
diaphragm. The ancients considered it so import
ant that they supposed it to be the seat Of the
soul.
Singers usually have better health than almost
any other class of people, simply because they
have been thought to breathe properly. They
can't sing if they don't understand the art of
breathing The breath is the physical life. The
air-capacity of the human body is spoken Of as the
''vital capacity" and they who have the largest
vital capacity have the most life, the best health
therefore, the most happiness.
The occultsts speak of the "dvine inward
breath" through which all blessings and high
knowledge are obtained. Perhaps the simplest
rule for keeping well is, "Respect your lungs"
Whoever does this keeps his chest up, his back
straight, his head well-polsed-in short, keeps on
good terms with grace as well as health
How is this deep breathing done? Frank H.
Tubbs says: Simply thus. Stand, inhale deeply
fully, completely. As you do so let the waist ex-
pand, and don't be afraid to have the abdomen
protrude. AT the last of the inhalation let (don't
make) the chest expand. Let the air out grad
ually, and repeat the operation five to ten times
He who thinks he must begin inhalation by making
the chest spread falls into serious error because
this course prevents complete inhalation. Thirty
or forty deep inhalatons in as pure possible
will do more to keep the circulation of the blood
good, the blood itself pure, the lungs well and
strong, and the movement of the secretions active,
than all the medicine anyone can take"
Ladies who encase themselves in corsets which
narrow their waists to painful proportions, or no
proportions at all, cannot practice deep inhalation
Neither is it for the taior-made girl; she has all
she can do to breathe at all and stagger under the
weight of the heavy skirts which hang upon her
bustle
Pure air and deep breathing have a share in
making that coveted possession-a good complex
ion. Fresh air and exercise will work wonders.
Yes and cheerful temper will help the good work