The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-10
BREATHING FOR HEALTH.
Many More Negligent Prop
ery-How From Colds Bronchitis Pneumonia
Grippe Consumption Keep Strong

act on my suggestions; but admire your
voice SO much and am so anxious to pre-
serve it, that I am going to be impudent
enough to give You some advice. If you
will only breathe properly you need never
have another cold
''The prima donna laughed incredulous-
ly, but politely asked him how she should
breathe.
Tho Why OF Deep Breathing.
% Just draw in a good full breath pretty
often he said. and hold it until every tiny
branchlet of your lungs is expanded, and
then breathe 1t slowly out again. You see,
half the little air vessels in your lungs
are never used. Many of them become
weakened. or charged with bad air, and it
is no wonder that we have all sorts of dis
cases in consequence. Every single one
of them was made to be used, and II they
do not get their share Of air they are
bound to stir up trouble. Now I used to
have terrible colds, but I have not had
one for fourteen years. and confidently
expect never to have another. %E
How often shall draw in these won
derful deep breaths? inquired the laugh
ing prima donna. dr. ga. l.
" oh, haven't any rule responded the
general gravely. I ought to have,gI sup
pose, but am a soldier, and not a doctor.
1 take one whenever think Of it-pretty
often, assure you--for hate to be sick
WE'LL IlOIIle ucLc1Ju1I1Su " lOOh d1CSI
my breathing henceforward. But I was
again beginning to. grow careless, when
one of my best friends came in to see me
on day with the tiding that she was about
to resign her position. an especially good
one, in famous school. +. .r,-
"'Oh, wouldn't cried; you are not
sick enough for, that, surely '...
"'Yes, I am she declared; my voice
has given out. I have to have the win
dows open. and the cars outside make
such a noise that Isimply cannot make
myself heard. For two weeks my voice
has been failing. Now it is all gone. 1t is
| as much as I can do to speak to you now.
But you can go to a DOCTOR re-
| minded her. He can help you. There are
| many ways nowadays of bolstering UP the
voice. and by and by you will become used
to the noise, and you throat will be
| stronger
I don't think anything will help me,
she walled. I understand something about
the throat myself have gargled inside
and made applications on the outside, and
nothing does any good ,'.."':
Why 1t Is Not Done.
We'll, try some good voice culturist
before you really resign begged her
Let us inquire and find out who is the
best one.
She finally consented to do this and we
selected the one most highly recon.
mended. She began going to him at once
! When she came to see me again, she was
perfectly we'll. This Is what she told me
about it, I went to him and he looked
me over carefully, and then said: Il an
not going to give you any medicine what
ever. I believe that deep breathing. con
sc1entiously followed up, will be all yo,
need. Now" he continued. 'if I shoult
give you a, bottle or two of black and. bit
ter medicine, and command you to TAX
so many drops out of each bottle once il
every half hour, you would take tn
greatest pains to do it, + want you t.
exert yourself just as hard to remembe
and do your deep breathing"
He went on describing the way o
doing it. (Which was just the old way tina
/ had already learned) and bade me tax
the breaths three at a time. slowly an
easily; then wait a half hour and tax
, three more, and so on until the cur
should be complete. He warned m
against taking more than this. for fea
of dizziness, and I was to take these wit
care. In two days I felt better In
week I was nearly we'll. In two weeks
was not conscious Of any difficulty what
overland I had done nothing on earth bu
l proper and careful deep breathing.'
: by this time I was thoroughly con
3 vinced Of the value of deep breathing, br
/, you will not be. You will keep on brea tn
r ing in the old shiftless way, and YOU wi
;. say that you don't take any stock in thI
i nonsense about deep breathing. Lots {
, doctors say there isn't anything in it, an
S you are not going to do it. It is too muc
o bOther'" iF 0