The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-06-22
EDTTOR'S CHAT.
Problems of Every Day Life and a Key to
Their Solution.

Problems of Every Day Life and a Key to
Their Solution.
SIT UP STRAIGHT.
There are too many reclining chairs and sofas
and rocking chairs ia the United States. We
call these things signs OF comfort; the truth is
they the of backache, dyspepsia, eurva-
ture of the spine, lung troubles and a host of at
tendant evils.
Nowadays people Toll. they do not sit up. They
lo in easy chairs they loIl in churches; they Toll
in carriages. They Toll and think they taking
ii easy, and all the time they in such strained
attitudes Tint calls out in violent protest
hundred different ways.
When young people complain OF headache and
dizziness nine times of it is directly
able TO the unnatural positions in which they force
their bodies. The curving of the spine results in
q strain of the muscles at the back Of the neck,
and this mRnifess itself in aches and pains in both
head and back. Or where sits lopsided the con-
tinued strain OF the spinal column side neces-
siiaies corresponding depression on the other,
giving rise TO many nervous maladies, and even
affections of the brain and eyes.
Remember, your backbone was made for up
right position; that unnatural pressure Of Sec
lions of the vertebre upon one another Is promo
tive of various ills.
Remember that TO sit upright and walk upright
Is to have a straight back, full chest expanded
lungs, and clear hend, with liver and stomach
and other shftable organs in their true position.
Avoid reclining chairs and sit in a straightforward
seat when possible. Better no back at ali than
that will force you 10 take unnatural attitude,
and rack where it should rest you.
Keep your backbone straight up and down.
When you go up and down stairs hold your body
erect and how much easier il Is for you. IF you
go TO church amusement place. where the
back of your seat reclines too much never mind
the artificial back, rely upon your own.
Remember that serpents coil themselves, and
swine wallow, and worms make spiral evoluiions.
Man was made to go upright. with his head in the
air aud his eyes toward the heavens. Sit up
straight.
THE SECRET OF FASCINATING.
The secret of fascinating others is open one.
says a current writer it is easy that 1t lies all
neglected by the wayside, while those who would
give their dearest treasures possess pass il by
unnoticed. Il is this:
Fill your heart with goodwill to everybody,
and then practice at all times the best manners
you know. particularly at home. IL you begin ut
settled you and never leave you. Be just
polite your sister you would to your best girl
Strive TO gain Ihe good Of mother, father. aud
brothers and sisters and children, exactly as you
strive to gain good abroad.
There lie no place for practiciOg manners like the
home circle; pisce. permit 10 say. where il
will be appreciated. IL will be a cultivation of
heart mind and body-this endeavor 10 feel moth
ing but affection for the people at home and treat
them rs though they were worthy OF Rs ulu ch con-
sideTatiOu your hands as If they were the Presi
dent and his family. So they worthy. Then
from the home will float out around you those
sweet magnetic influences which will draw the
hearts Of mankind toward you.