Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-03

Swayed here and there by wind anI tide,
Yet still below doth fixt abide
Fast rooted in the Eternal Love.
DEAN FRENCH.
YAwNING BOTH PROPER AND DESIRABLE.
1t has long been taught that to yawn in
the presence of others is both inelegant
and improper; that we must suppress such
signs of weariness, if it takes all the will
and muscle power we possess, and if at
last overcome by the inclination, must
yawn as delicately and slightly as possible
bshind concealing hand.
Yswnipg, however, is one of Dame
Natures many remedies by which we bene
fit without payment or acknowledgement.
1t is, according to German physician,
natural massage-lung> gymnastics which
are healthful, Strengthening and comfort
ing; nothing to bs ashamed of, and nothing
to suppress, any more than one would be
ashamed of, or suppress eating and sleep
ing.
In these lung gymnastics not only the
muscles which move the lower jaw are
used, but also the breathing muscles of
the chest, and whoever yawns deep and
satisfactory yawn throws back the head,
extending and raising the arms. The
eyes are nearly or quite closed, the nostrils
dilated, the tongue arched, the palate
stretched, aud the uvula raised, almost
entirely closing the space between the
nose and throat, and there is long drawn
forcible inspiration, followed by shorter
exhalation. The exercise is not a grace
full one; it is not becoming to the gymnsst,
or attractive to the locker on, who some
times even resents the action as suggestive
of the part he may have played in weary
ing or boring the yawner-
DIR. Naegeli, the ply sician alluded to, is
SO strong an advocate of this natural mas
sage that he would have people ignore the
conventional idea of good form, and yawn
when and where they list, regardless. Bet
ter than this, however, is his idea that ev-
cry morning and evening, and between
times also, one should exercise the lungs
and all the muscles of respiration by yswn-
ing and stretching to the hearts content.
Chronic lung trouble may often be thus
prevented; nasal catarrh, Inflammation of
the palate, sore throat, and earache have
been wonderfully relieved by this remedial
process, "taken" hourly if necessary in
doses of six to ten yawns at one time. Dis
comfort and pain caused by an accumula-
ton of hardened wax in the ear has been en-
tirely cured by deep and mighty yawning,
as prescribed by DR.. Naegeli.
AS curative agent the operation must
be more agreeable and certainly "comes
cheaper" than most prescriptions. And
you don't have to hurry to a drug store,
wait there while half dozen less anxious
customers are served, linger, wearily read
ing the labels on the jars and the artistic
advertisements of corn plastsrs and freckle
exterminators, counting the sponges in
their wire cage or the bars of black licorice
that make up the cob house arrangement
in the window. while the pharmacist
measures and grinds and Sits and mixes
ard shakes the different ingredients to-
gether, and lastly, with exasperating pre-
csion, ties lavender string around your
little white parcel. And you don't have to
hurry back only to be asked by the impatient
sufferer from auricular agonies if you had
to wait while they sent to Siberia and Bra
zil for the component parts of the COM
pound. Everyone must see that this nat
ural remedy possesses marked advantages
over any combination of drugs, and the
physician who recommends its use is
sensible man and a philanthropist who will
probably be obliged to make all his profess
sional calls on foot.
Much the same augment as to the
hsalthful properties of this opera
ton has been advanced by Mrs.
Edmund Russell in her little vol
ume entitled "Yawning." The Russells,
as the apostles and exponents of physical
grace, have school of disciples who are
ready to adopt any and all of their ideas.
1t is possible that public yawnipg swill be
encouraged by the bsst society-it will no
longer be condemned as an ill bred and of
fensive expression of wesriness, but will
| be practiced as a wholesome and stimulat-
ing exercise Yawning classes may also be
formed and teachers who can instruct in
the art of rhythmic yawniug, according to
true Dslssrtian principles, will be in great
demand, for, since we have resolved to
yawn, let us do it with ease and boldness
and with a poetic grace of movement which
shall be as attractive as the act itself ia jus
| tifable. HILARY.