Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-29
Physical Culture.

Goodness knows what is going 10
come next We have been told that no
sort Of work is alone sufficient for the
I perfect maintenance Of health. we have
been told that the Swedish movements
are sufficient and that they are not. that
DclsaftC IS perfect system and that Il
IS not, and IN fact we are told so much
that Il requires all our skill and good
sense 10 evolve out OF this chaos Of
advice on physical culture that which IS
true and beautiful Now, the very
latest tell is the tell OF man who has
been travelling boo the heights Of ilimal-
ava. ] wonder II the mau was DO sc1rch
of theOsophy and he had a sickly body.
lie found himself so oppressed by the
altitude that he was likely TO die, being
very weak about the heart. Not weak
OF heart however. for he determined to
Try an experiment lie did, and the
result was SO gratifying that the good
man gives II free gratis for nothing Co all
who care 10 read II Good thing he did
not do as one famous or Infamous,
doctor who makes you pay five dollars
20 know that which has been known Tor
years. So this good and wcak-hcaricd
man gives IA q recent magazine the
experiment which proved go successful.
lie says that he found by simply forcing
his heart 10 accelerate iis pace hy rapid
breathing he reached the same result
that others reach by means OF heavy
exercise. The gentleman tells us how
he simply sits in his chair, hrcathcs Ike
q steam engine Tor a few minutes and he
IS as refreshed as II he had taken
fifteen minutes with the dumb bells
The blood becomes oxidizcd, the heart
Is strengthened, so are the lungs, and
the whole system is rciuvcnated. lie
fails 10 state what the effect Is upon the
muscles, for that Is one OF the most i'm
puriaut reasons why We use regular and
systematic exercise lie fails to state
whether he can acquire strength to
climb hill. or row "a boat by simply
sitting in his rocking chair and rapidly
breathing Well. us very convenient
way OF taking q constitutional, for lazy
people. Why, we will all become as
lazy as the ChiuAmau who hires a ser.
want to do his dancing for him. or the
Sandwich Islander VINO gets SO tat and
lazy thlta servant has TO feed him.
But what about the suppleness and
elasticity Of the body. when Is an indis-
pcusiblc part OF health and beauty All,
well. We will have TO wait awhile an
some one gives Us further light upon the
subject. Meanwhile, Il will be good for
YOU and ] to learn this one lesson
from this new theory. nothing In the
way Of exercise is so important TO
health as the exercise which increases
the breathing capacity. No one set Of
exercises Is so much needed AS those
which bring into action every cell OF the
lungs, and which make the heart 20
pil.a.pat with the increased flow OF
blood through that organ That Is why
people IN love have their eyes bright.
encd, their lips Redeemed, their whole
bodies full Of light and life. The
action Of the heart causes the blood to
flow with yigor and force through the
whole system, aud all the old tissues
are easily thrown Oh. while new ones
are healthlully formed. We cannot fall
In love an the time. but we can make
the xscs hfiRht and tho complexion
fresh by simple diet and plenty Of pro-
per and healthiul exercise.