The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-24

A ooacner. OF b ysical culture n this city
,xHo has had rerna kAble SUCCESS with MS
SUPPLE belle, ed in whirling as the most
natural. the speediest and NE pieasantes.
msthod Of exer Using He advocates 1t
1ot women especially but he mas many
p,itais among business men as well
~ cou sc tho method is hedged about
with due precautions Sero warnings
are given K those who show tendency TO
y1sei iAto this as into every other new tmns
IN a haphazard. reckless manner, and VINO
imagine that because tn teacher "hirls
with apparent ease and grace movement
every other person can do the same thihe
rs easily and gracefully.
What seems a mple thin, when done
by the te cher is. however, as all md VINO
fry the motion careless y, a very difficult
move rent 10 make and to sustain II
one attempts t heedlessly. bruised hmb
or a fall, due to dizziness. Is invariably
the result And not few people VIII have
had this experience have for the time oeing
Inserted that th> whirlng could not be
done ex ept by few peculiarly constituted
persons But 1t is declared to be fact that
every man and woman who will persist in
the practice can become expert whirlers
and the majority can be experts in the art II
tbere IA the will and the desire to persevere
in the movement.
II take a nervous. overweight woman
who at this changing season OF the year
Il tired and feels a lasstude unus al to
her," said the teacher IN explaining HIS
method, -and try first to have her relax
her grip on her nerves. l tell her they
arc too tightly drawn, that the tension is too
great to ontinue without a collapse OF the
whole system, and instead Of putting her
through the usual exercises OF the class,
] ask her to take the mpest finger and toe
motions; not that the fingers and toes
may be exercised, but that her ttention
NAV be directed to their resent unnatural
condition.
-she il told that her fingers are in restless
melton almost continuously, while her
toes are hsid In notionless, constrained
position. enoased in shoes and never ex-
posed 10 the sunshine and air. To exer-
Disc hpt teee, with her shoes Oh, OF course.
and TO resi- her hands, is the lesson to be
learned BY hsr, and II Is not less difficult
one than the spiral motion.
.WhlrHnS. when properly performed
under fight physical conditions will ex-
hilarste and renovate the human body as
no other exercise ever did or ever will
II b the natural way to put the body into
q happy, because harmonious. state
What 10 the AIst thing you teach pupil
about whirlinxi'
Tho Art thing teach every individual
who comes to me 10 to breathe correctly.
ind ! try to interest my pupils In the sub
ject By telling them that they can retard
the time q dsath u they will conform to
this fifst law Of life.
}.NoA pAe man In . million breathes al
he'bessdlh OF his lungS every time he In
hales; not ono 10 tan millions, I may say,
b. perfect truth. The majority rarely in .
lifetime pay the least attention to the sub
ject and those who are Instructed and
know their needs are, as a rule. strangely
indifferent and neglected. OF them.
Concentrate your mind for a moment
on your breathing; now. you are not breath
ing, you are inhaling only enough air to
supply your lungs to limited degree;
they are not expanding and contracting
inhaling and exhaling as nature made
them to do: you are only half alive. II
you would breathe to your fullest capacity
every moment OF the time that rs to be
You're you would be miraculously changed
and improved Immediately. and your powers
would be increased a thousand fold
"The first thing. then. that teach my
pupil ID to breathe so that she may have
power over the breath. and by this mean
that she can breathe In an even and uniform
manner, under any and all circumstances
This means acknowledgements self'
control,
breathing Is a mere physiological mat.
tn. a question Of air and oxygen, only to
tie. generality Of people. but prove, by
, my system Of whirling. that more than
sir and oxygen IL involved IN the act
Motion Is it's most important consequence
spd by creating motion in the lungs
, shs eatire body partakes OF the benefit Of
tho sctivity generated
what |. the secret OF your whirl.inl
motipn'' e.
' III you viii not emile at the simplicity
Of my answer. I will tell you. ! simply
teech my pupils to move IN accord with
the. law 81 motion. Once this is accom-
p.ished the entire body Is rejuvenate ted
and the pupil 10 like changed being. Whal
4 the pupils do is to stand In the position u
which put them and then whirl around
In the. direction tell them. II am right
!, b posing them according to their needs
tho results are sure and prompt. and II
q have not rightly placed them. they viii
hho~ h by ursteadinees OF motion, and
aversion TO the motion"
Bow do you decide individual csses''
BY Anding out from each person wha
faculty IN her orSanism has the creates.
activity in It. You know we have an OLD
aaying that the ruling passion oonquers
DEATH Well. 1t is . mighty truth a.
found out for myself long ago.
u learned which one OF my faculties
governed the rest. and seeking, found the
magnet 10 my own life that drew me te
what We define as fate. But. fear you
~iIinot understand mo by my explanation
% readily as by my illustration.
h, aNow. for instance, have pupil who i
quite clever Of mind, and She has Q power
Of rscsptivity that, accelerated by tn
viin~tory action Of lofty ambition, woult
make her genius in some departments o
We. ] explained tn her that the plan o
life was the same for US all, and told he
that she would 6nd the explanation q
the different results obtained by dtfferen
people to he entirely in the vibrator.
uower possessed by them: that . person
like herself had swifter vibratory actiol
than nnofhaY md oo,lld aOcounr,liah 1raate