The morning times., 1896-02-16
MUSCLE CURE IS SURE.
Gymnastics That Will Cure
Any Case of Dyspepsia.

Il beg your pardon, my dear, but 1
took you for your younger sister. How
charming you are looking. To what miracle
do you owe your recovered health and
bcauty?''
oh It's quite a long story. You re-
member how i'll was when you last saw
ne?''
Yes. indeed. and altogether hopeless
about ever being any better
Quite so, and l grew much worse after
that. In fact. / suffered so grevousIy
from indigestion that eating became a
dreary pennance and all mundane things
seemed delusiQa ana a snare. One day.
standing in strong light, 1 beheld re-
fIeeted from my mirror the face OF an old
woman. My skin was dtscolorcd and with
cred. and my whole face as deeply scanned
with wrinkles rs that OF woman of sixty-
five. This sight siung me into resolution
For two years had been under the care of
the best specialists. and here / stood at
thirty years of age this hopeless wreck
Something must he done l Immediately set
about making Inquiries, which resulted in
my casting medicines TO The winds and en-
tering upon a persistent course of gyInnas-
ties, from which / have never deyiated for
a single day, and now / can do my duty by
a WEIGH rarcbit at midnight with the best
and sleep the Steep of the Just afterward.''
do you mean 10 tell me that your cure
was effected solely by gymnastlcs?"
BY gymnastics alone"
DO tell ne what aIc the special move
ments. myse'f snffer agcnies fIom in
digestion at times
with the greatest pleasure The chief
aim of each movement Is, of course, TO
exercise the muscles of the stomach and
abdomen. The ordinary caiisthenlcs for
the arms with which everyone is fsmiiiar
are the first exercises upon my pro-
gram. Then-always Standing upon
the balls OF the feet-extend the arms
upward parallel with the head, and,
keeping the knees perfectly stiff. bend
the body until the fingers touch the floor,
thence back into an upright position.
This should be gone through with from
fifteen to twenty minutes. You now extend
the arms outward until they are at right
angles with the body, and, holding the
right leg firm, bend the body toward the
right until the fingers touch the floor,
then back to position again. After do
ing this four times, 90 through the same
exercise toward Tie left, and then alter
nate from right 10 left.
THE next exercise upon the program
is TO lie fiat uron the back with the arms
parallel with the body; then raise the
arms as slowly as possible. drawing in
the breath at the same time, until they
have described q complete semi-circie
and are extended at full length upon
the floor upon the head; then very
slowly move them back into position.
letting out the breath simultaneously
with the motion. Ii is best TO do ibis
exercise four times with each arm sepa-
rately, and then both together.
Now comes the last and most difficult
exercise OF all Still on your back. raise
the legs very, very slowly, with the knees
stiff and toes pointing outward, a high as
you can get them. and then let them drop
as slowly as possible back into position.
without, OF course, bending the knees. This
is very severe exercise, and can rarely
be done more than three times in succession
with safety
And did you do nothing directly for
your complexion?''
"Oh, yes Every day after washing it
in very hot water. rubbed it at least five
minutes with a flesh brush, being careful
to always pass the brush from the eyes and
mouth in the direction of the ear. l fol-
lowed this with a generous application OF
cold cream. gently rubbing it in until it was
quite absorbed,''
"And do you never have even slight
symptoms of the return of the old enemy?''
Occasionally do. But instead of TAX
ing any of the so-called aids to digestion,
l don my loose gyhlnastic gown and go
through my exercises, and 1 have never
failed to find immediate relief"
THANK you. my dear, so much. But tel
mehowlong doesit take to go through these
exercises"
only half an hour; and if you know any
one suffering from chronic Indigestion
do not fail to recommend to them this most
effective treatment. Sure cure and no
pay"