The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-02
RULES FOR BREATHING.
How to Keep from Getting Fat in the
Abdominal Region.

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| BROOKLYN, Feb. IA Baltimore lady
IN most delightful and appreciative COM
munication asks me to give a few p actical
rules for breathing. IL was thoroughly
| alarmed" she writes, "whea made a test
4 IF your directions and found that / only
| breatned with the up-er part of my chest,
| and that the abb ominal muscles could not
have been more quiet if | had been dead.
\ weigh l1O pounds, aud am only abnormally
| tieShy in the abdominal region. This is
1 great modification as we'll as a great him
/ drance 70 exercise and out of door enjoy
'nent." This Is by no means an exceptional
clse- Improper breathing and Improper
! food are responsible for an incredi bic am punt
OF invaldiSm. How is it possible for n
woman to breathe naturally with
her vital organs compressed by
| corsets, and further, borne down aud
| ntiam d by the weight of heavy skirts,
| Under such conditions woman can be
| neither healthy nor useful Let no one un-
| deriake the simple breathing exercises
which shall give unless perfectly free from
| the grit of corset string, or the drag of a
| heavy skirt, because thy will do more
| harm than good. The swing-clear tea
| gowns, made of some light and pretty ma
! terial are much worn by the New York
ladies', who wish to De IN a condition 20 take
| the breathing exercises as often as nece sary,
| and at the same time to be well AMI
tastefully dressed. These dresses
should be made on gown form,
| Or, what amounts to the same thing, three
J quarters fitting princess. In this way the
! 'Yeig5s # the dress comes entirely upon tie
saOdl3srs. The new India silks-G hate to
i-y ihitAn . India silks, at almost nothing
= Ae6, fYt they are just as handsome rs
sc =sA, HAS aud In every conceivable
| 80 80 All Geslgn-aro the lOveliest goods
| tRS3iS.o tot these home dresses, as they need
| noe vega more than the usual
| robe q >tit when made up Then
thay need absolutely no trim
! M z. With the loose tea-gown fronts,
aud flowing backs. with pretty girdle Of
| riJOon perhaps, nothing can be loveier,
| and surely no dress could be more health
full AS famous physician remarked the
| other day, 1.-THE India silk tea-gown fash
| ION is the most sensible fad that women
ever tesok up. and | fiud a vast improve
ment in all the patients suffering from d s.
| placements a ID chronic internal disorders. "
Let the underskirt, or skirts worn with
these dresses and in fact with every dress,
| be securely fastened to the under waist so
! that all the weight of all the clothes may
| come upon that part of the body best abe
| to sustain it, viz, the shoulders. If cor,ets
are insisted upon as supports, see that they
are fastened when the lungs are fully in
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| to make sure of sufficient room.
In order to breathe properly. stand erect
and upon the balls of the feet, shoulders
thrown well back, head up, but IN an easy,
| natural position, without any straining OF
the neck and shoulders. This erect position
| gives all necessary expansion 20 the chest
| The diaphragm is the large muscle lying
between the lungs and the stomach. 1t is
slightly arched. When the lungs are filled
this muscle is depressed; when the lungs are
| emptled, IL rises in very pronounced arch.
| 1t is this alternate rising and falling of the
| muscle which causes the expansion and con
traction at the waist. Place the fingers
where the buckle of the belt would come
with a slight pressure. Then, using ali the
! viii force possible, take as much air into
| the lungs as you cIn get. If you breathe
| correctly, which means deeply, you will
feel an expansion at the waist. Then throw
| the breath out vigorously, and you will feel
| a contraction a. the same place. If this
| expansion and ( direction at the waist is
not perceys.~-s & IS proof chat the person
does not bTeatls deeply enough. | will
! show later how to strengthen all these
| muscles.
If the body suffers from non-nutrition,
and the stomach is we 76ened or diseased
by its futile ate npts to digest improper
food, even this simple exercise will be found
exha1sting. But patience will overcome 1t,
| II at the same time proper precautions are
taken in regard to diet. To those who
suffer from dyspepsia, l would like to
recommend an old, but an excellent remedy
end one which is much vsed by those who
are striving after better physical condi-
ZION. 1t is Koumiss, and can be made at
home with very little trouble and certainly
small expense.
One QUART of buttermil'1, two quarts
sweet milk, four teaspoonsfuls sugar. nix
the bIttermilk and sweet milk together
add the sugar and stir till melted; let it
stand near the kitchen fire for twelve
hours, covered with a cloth, then bottle.
As 1t Isl an etfervescing drink, the cork
must be tied down and the bottles kept on
their sides. When the koumiss is opened,
it should be used.
Another nourishing and healthful article
Of diet Is wine jelly. 1t is made as follows,
and can be eaten without danger of disturb
ance:
Take half box of gelatine, adj to that
half pint Of sherry wine, the juice Of one
lemon, and let soak few minutes. Pour
one quart of boiling water to that, and
swesten to taste. Place upon the stove till
the gelatine is thoroughly dissolved, then
strain through cloth and set to cool.
ELEANOR KIRK.