, 1891-01-28
STARVING THE LUNGS.
COMMON SENSE TALK FOR FLAT
cHESTEo YOUNG WOMEN. IS

An Easy and Thoroughly Practicable
Way to Increase The Chest Measure.
why Many People suner-ImProve-
ment Of -Four Women in One Month.
"It is possible for a woman to improve
her complexion, brighten her eyes and in
crease her strength, without the expendi-
ture Of a nickel or the loss of ten minutes
time a day, IL she will do US ! say"
This was the declaration made by a rosy,
well rounded matron before a party of wo-
men friends who had been discussing ills
and aches for IN hour or more in her up
town fat. Two OF them were married wo-
men, and they both looked worn and
dragged. One was childless, the other the
mother Of four children. The rest Of the
party consisted OF one 2O-year-old girl, pale.
narrow chested and weak; another girl
about the same age, whose labored breath
ing was partly accounted for when we
looked at the wasp waist and the rigid
casing plainly visible under the dress.
Then there was e third, possibly half a
dozen years older han her companions, of
better physique than they, but dull eyed
and languid. The hostess was in direct and
striking contrast with all five. Her eyes
sparkled. her cheeks gloTed, her step was
firm and there was a subtle magnetism in
her healthfulness that attracted you while
H. hlaAt gbu thNlOuA.
A LECTURE.
When Nellie's headaches, and Emma's
tired back, and Gertrude's weak lungs had
been fully discussed, pitied and sighed
over, and when the childless wife had eX-
planned about her own ailments and those
Of her pug dog, and the mother of four
boys told Of her daily routine indoors, the
symposium had nearly reached the verge
OF fearful sympathy. 1t was then that the
one healthy minded, healthy bodied wom-
an spoke. 1t was a rather rude shock to
have ones ailments so suddenly set at
nRught, but the very novelty Of the thing
made them listen.
THE trouble with you girls" she said,
and she included the two wives in this
category, SIS that you are starving"
There was a murmur of surprise at
this, and the young women looked at each
other. 81 don't mean that you are starry
ing your stomachs. 4" continued the mAtron,
but you are starving your lungs. You
don't drink in enough air, and what you do
take In you take In improperly. Now what
/ want you all to do is to try to initiate my
manner OF breathing for one month, and
take this lung exercise not less than four
times a day for the first week, and a dozen
times a day thereafter. Now, all stand up
hands at your sides-let them hang nat
urally-chins up and mouths shut. See
how | do It,"
II LESSON.
The teacher threw her shoulders back
and slowly toe a deep inhalation through
the nostrils. The well rounded bust filled
out, and the veins In the neck swelled. A
tape measure taken In hand by the speak
er before she began to talk was placed un-
der her arms and around the chest. 1t
showed a measurement OF 3ssI inches.
Then the air was slowly expelled from the
lungs, aud the tape was drawn taut at 35
inches, showing an expansion of So inches.
1T is important" said the instructor, as
she threw the tape aside, that this exer-
else should be taken in the open air, and to
gain the benefits l have mentioned you
must observe these rules:
"first-Wea no corsets at all, or. IL you
must wear them have them looser than
you ever wore them before.
"Second-Breathe through the nose and
keep your mouth shut. This Is OF vital
Importance.
"Third-Take a breath with every step
as you walk, and continue this until the
lungs are full. Then exhale the air more
rapidly than you tool It in and empty the
lungs completely. This Is as important as
breathing through the ~nostrils, because 1t
empties the lower lobes of the lungs. that
are rarely called into action except during
violent exercise. Their capacity is IN.
creased and strengthened by use. Follow
out these rules for a month and report re-
suits"
The instructions were faithfully carried
out by four OF the party. One of the girls
became i'll and was unable to make the
test. OF the four who carried 1t out the
most noticeable improvement was that OF
the young woman with the weak lungs.
had gained three pounds In weight,
her apnRtifR NVaa ppnI har ayaa hr{uhtar
and the muddy complexion showed signs
OF clearing.
IMPROVEMENT.
1T was really a task at first" she aid.
81 don't think l ever took a deep breath
before in my life. | loosened my corsets
as directed, and the first deep inhalation
gave me a pain in the upper part of my
right lung. IL seemed, too, that all the
blood rushed to my head while 1 held the
air in my lungs, and when | exhaled it all
my head began to ache This continued
for three days every time / tried It, but
after that 1t passed away, and then /
seemed to get new life. | walked over the
big bridge and took in the air from the
river twice "A week. At the end of ten
days my appetite began to increase. ate
more, and let out another inch of corset.
After that the pain in the right lung dis.
appeared, and l didn't feel such a rush OF
bAoNA - II nthA. nb CHEST EXPANSION Is
go inches, an increase of half an inch.'r
The languid young woman made a re.
port later in the day that she could hardly
be called languid then, for she was anima.
ton itself, and declared her intention OF
continuing the treatment indefinitely. The
mother of four boys reported progress.
She had, to tell the truth, forgotten her in.
structions for days at a time because there
was so much to do at home" The child
less wife was as lively as a l6-year-old
school girl, and her chest measurement
had increased from 81 TO 3lL inches unin-
fRted.
I'VE will form a society" said the ma
tron, and call il The Society for the Ex.
pansion of the Lungs There will be no
officers, no dues and no meeting place, hut
l hope every woman in the city of New
York Will become a member and strictly
observe the rules."-New York World.
The Baroness Althea Salvador, whose
letters from Paris to American
have made her quite well known, Is an nc.
complished musician, and her salon is one
of the most charming in Paris. She is q
tall and slender blonde, quite pretty and
always elegantly dressed. The baroness is
an American girl, being a descendant of
an old New Hampshire family.
Queen Victoria spends much OF her time
every day at her writing desk. Not a day
passes in which she does not carefully edit
and correct with her own hand The Court
Circular, and the amount of correspond
ence she disposes Of is simply
greater part of her correspondence
and official business is attended to in the
morning after a walk or d-ive.
No Wreck Ashore