The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-27

few possess it,
"a combination and a form, indeed
where every god did seem to set his
seal TO give the world assurance Of q
man"
This happy combination. however, is
as tree TO woman as man II she but
will it so. After some years of investi-
cation and observation 1 am thor.
oughly convinced that health, strength
and grace lie within reach of the great
majority of women. Nothing can be
had without effort; but the object is
worthy all the effort that we bestow
Let US first consider the subjects Of
Health and Strength.
These two great blessings are not
wholly within the hands of physicians.
nor can they be found upon the shelves
of even the most noted drug stores.
Sir Norrell Mackenzie, after life
time of extensive practice, exclaimed,
If there was not a physician nor a
drug in the world the rate Of mortality
! would be less than it is today" How
many thousands of people yearly find
! an untimely grave by swallowing the
unknown ingredients of the various
lostrums that are advertised to cure
! all the ills that flesh is heir to. 1t re-
/ minds me of an epitaph l once read in
a country churchyard:
II was well. but took medicine to feel
better,
Here am"
The coming physician is the one
whose counsel rather than his medicine
will be sought. If the whole tale could
be told Of the destruction of health
and life by false and narrow medical
theories, it would rival the horrors of
war. Ignorance and falsehood may hold
their ground for several generations
/ inc demon CT tiCn am
not advocating so-called Christian
Science, although a firm believer in
Mental Science; the latter being in con-
tra-diStinction to the former; the
former ignoring the presence or posi-
biIity of disease The fashion of mental
healing by resolutely ignoring disease,
fixing the mind upon the conception or
perfect health and the all-pervading
benignity of the diety, is not irrational
in essence, but is mingled with so much
of metaphysical. nonsense in the denial
Of the existence of disease that no
practical person can accept its theories.
Health and strength should go hand
in hand. Proper exercise, proper food
and fresh air-other things being equal
will produce both health and strength
indefinitely. The system can be put
and kept in perfect condition by obey
ing natural laws, not the least of which
is regular bodily exercise to keep one s
vitality in perfect condition for the re-
SiStance of disease. More depends upon
the regularity of physical exercise
than upon the amount.
Having spent three seasons among
the charming, hoSpi'ta BILE people of the
Sunny Southland 1 discovered two
erroneous ideas quite prevalent among
them: first. that in a warm climate
fruit and vegetables should be the only
diet; second, that physical exercises
should be largely dispensed with.
Come, let us reason together" ANY
healthy man or woman who lives by
the sweat of his brow or the sweat of
his brain will not find fruit and vege-
tables to be an adequate diet. Good
blood is the all-essential element, and
it comes from the liberal eating of
blood-making food, and the deep, full
breathing of pure air; moving air be-
ing preferable to the still air of q
room. Nothing can take the place of
properly cooked meats; no climate can
obviate the necessity of physical ex-
ers find out these truths
the better. You might as we'll
try to get blood out of an orange by
squeezing it, as to eat it for that pur-
pose. Fruit does not make blood but
cools the blood already made. Fancy
a prize fighter training on apples and
oranges. That which enricheS the
blood of the athlete will do the same
for the literary worker. When the
training teacher eats a plenti-
full supply of fresh, sweet beef or NUT
ton each day he is not eating muscle
food but blood-food. He takes care of
his blood and then by proper exercise
he wastes tissue where he wishes to
improve it. If he exercises his arms
most he wastes most tissue there, and
there the pure blood reneWS it with
increment. The brain worker must do
likewise. In breathing, eating, sleep
ing, exercising one should always have
reference to his blood. If the blood is
rich, healthy and plentiful it will re-
new the brain with interest whenever
tissue or nervous energy is wasted
there 1t must be borne in mind, how
ever, that the brain not being a muscu-
lar organ must rely upon bodily ac-
tivity- to draw down the blood that
has been used and make room for
new; for unless the supply of the blood
TO the brain is frequently changed IL
this way the organ loses its capacity
for vigorous thought; then follow head
ache, congestion, insomnia, etc The
best exercise to produce the quickest
results for the over-worked brain is
to stand erectly and raise the weight
Of the body entirely by the calf mus
cles; rising as high as possible on the
balls of the feet. This should be done
forty or fifty times-untl
the calf muscles ache.
Grace.
Of what need is grace? Is it only
for women? No, men need to be grace
full. What is grace? According to
Delsarte it is composed of three ele-
ments-precision. harmony and ease.
The possession Of this trinity whether
natural or acquired, is the only true
grace. 1t is needed because It teaches
harmonic poise, and harmonic poise
means health or perfect equilibrium. i
Grace should not be taught simply for ,
the sake of grace, but because it is /
directly opposed to awkwardness: and (
IS an undue expenditure
IF vital force; hence grace should be
taught for the sake of vital economy.
How apparent this is in regard to
he carriage Of the body, When the
body is erect, the chest active the
abdomen drawn back, the muscles pro-
1erly educated to place and to keep
he whole bony frame work in proper
position; then, and then only will the
Yital organs be in correct position to
lct freely and untrammeled in all
heir functions.
The woman of today is fast breaking
he shackles that have so long bound
Ter, and she has lost none of her
dignity in proving to the
world that though she may be cIassed
Is the weaker vessel, she can as fully
possess health, strength and grace as
an the lords of creation, and these
;elf same lords are in quest of iust