New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
PSICHO-PHYSICAL CTL TIRE
ITS APPLICATION TO EVERYDAY LIFE
AS EXPLAINED BY MRS. G. K. ROE

Psycho-Physical Culture as Applied to Every
uaS Llie' was the subject of lecture by Mrs
Gwyneth King Roe yesterday at the homo of Ntss
SHIELDS, No. 154 Madison-ave
II is the aim of all systems of physical culture
she said. Ito teach better truer selfexpression To
attain this there must be well disciplined body
with cultured mind. Plato said If YOU would
train the limbs of the body you should impart to
lheh the motions of the soul Psychologists now
tooCH IhaI weak muscles make A weak will
Fsycho-physical culture aims the development
OF concentration and to attune the body that IT
will respond quickly to desirable inner conditions
ana give the best reactionary effect of the body on
the mlnd, as well as of the mind the body.
be1ore beginning any physical exercise the pupil
should hIst get in mind the vital of being
4hVe' and hold the thought OF funess of life. The
next thing is to breathe deeply expand the chest
and stretch the muscles
IA person mood is shown by his poise The more
depressed the spirit the more depressed the body"
Ihe speaker thought that literal 'bracing up"
would cure the case Of blues When
melancholy sad she said if one will urt the
oody into strong. erect position. one will find an
almost immediate suggestion of some former feel
ing OF courage, hope, pride sef-respect TO which
II Will not nfrequently be easy TO respond
Mrs. Roe quoted William Shakespeare musi-
clan, OF London who says: 1T is certain that a
wise bearing and an ignorant carriage are caught
as men take diseases one of another Let Us try
SAID the lecturer. Ito spread the contagton of
hedlln instead or disease
Anger, she asserted, can be controlled bv relax
ing the muscles. When very angry let the arms
hanG limp and the under jaw fall and see II IL is
possible 10 keep up the state of mind. Pro
iessor Tomlins Of Chicago says: Get boy off his
heelS and his lower jaw relaxed and you have
weakened bis strongest citadels OF defence"
right poise expresses strength a wrong poise
weakness In a tramp. the latter means weak
morals; IN a frail woman, a weak body Mrs Roe
ecdiIed me strong lines of Nathan Hale's statue
lily nan Park. and the inspiring ones of the
iylhg Mercury and the Winged Victory -
Whlch caused one involuntarily TO draw a deeper
ruler breath
she believed IT more important TO learn 10 stand
walk rise, sit and go up and down stairs correctly
that one does may become healthful exercise If
cone correctly. Everything is easy that is done
nervous people.
The lecturer illustrated, by bending the back
our, how TO make ones self look twenty years
When the dressmaker tells you she said that
you are getting longer wasted in the back be
ware. II means old age
Not only the appearance is affected by the poise
Is altered" She believed indigestion more ques-
tloI OF how one has been standing than o what
ne has been eating A right poise means correct
Dreathlng- Nervous troubles too induced by
incorrect carriage. prominent physician recent
~ Halu that many nervous diseases solely
from wrong poise. A right poise not only makes
SICK people well, but helps TO give well ones an
overplus OF strength. Mrs. Roe called attention
10 the double curve in the back. at the neck and
at the waist, which has been called the Zine OF
in the skeleton. She illustrated her lecture with
poses and exercises.