Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19

There would be no muscular back
achs If we had kept childhood's move
ments Of the back.
There are no super1uous muscles In
the human body, and sooner or later
those which have been diseased TO de-
generacy will be called into action.
Then, naturally, they will either fail
utterly TO respond TO the call, or they
will act beyond their strength and SUI
fer for it.
Thereupon somebody who has more
uned ucated sympathy than knowledge
saws: Rest your back II 1t aches TO
use it," Somebody else says: Sup
port it with corsets or braces" But you
should listen to hear still small voice
saying: Thou fool! This day shall
thy back be required OF thee?"
To completely ruin the muscles OF the
back prop them up, making your form
as unnatural as possible.
PALL1ATEs THE COURSE" OF LABOR.
The business, the machinery Of living
seems to entail on the larger number OF
human beings a great many strains,
compressions. crampings and stretch
ings of the various muscles and nerves
in their bodies Aches and pains fol-
low, burning feelings, neuralgia, rheu-
matism, deformities, insomnia, nervous
prostratlon, insanity.
Hard labor of one kind or another is
inevitable for most Of Us. We shall
have to settle down to that fact. But
our nerves and muscles ought to DE and
can be kept in order and repair by
gymnastics. Men, women and children
should exercise every day as vigorously
as the animals In the forest.
Many OF us are practically confined
indoors and for this reason the reliance
mast be on gymnastics. With the
right exercises the freedom OF a forest
is not necessary. They should be such
that the amount Of blood is increased,
its circulation is aided, congestion Of
the organs prevented and the body
given general feeling OF bien-etre, oil
warmth and Of vitality which is dell
cious and refreshing and insures
consciousness Of health, this con-
seriousness taking the place OF morbid
apprehensons, peevishness and III tenn
per and Encouragement.
Massage and passive exercises must
be given TO those who arc too feeble 10
move their own backs; but those who
can even sit up should take exercises
every day-beginning gently and In
creasing 10 more difficult movements.
General exercises for the whole mus
cular organism must be combined with
special exercises for relief OF the special
ache or pain.
Half OF one hour out or your sixteen
waking hours is not great zeal OF
time TO give to your personal we'll keep
ing, is IL?
BACKAcHE EXERCISES FOR SEWING Wo-
MEN.
Suppose you are sewing woman and
sit from early morning till late at night,
moving your feet on the treadle OF a
machine and in bent position drawing
| your needle and thread in and out OF
clothes thousands Of times an hour.
You should not wonder that your
back aches! You must have exploded
most of the muscle cells in some dozen
muscles without giving them any
| chance to be remade or to have their
positions refilled by new cells. You
must have compressed many a tender
nerve and stopped the circulation
through whole regions. You show this
daily repeated mischief in your round
shoulders, fat chest and sallow COM
ulexion. Medicine" will not help you.
You must either stop sewing or form a
gymnastic class or practice certain ex-
ercises for yourself. And it is not al
WAYS possible for q sewing woman 70
stop sewing.
HOW TO REST A TIRED RACK.
I give you here simple exercises which
require no apparatus:
I. (1) Stand perfectly balanced, heels
together, shoulders back-not high
head up, chin as double as possible.
! (e) Hands on hips, fingers forward.