The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-27
/" WILD JOY
OF LIVING
Has Not Had a Cold Since She
Began to Sleep Out Of Doors,
Summer and Winter.

"You Will never know what the wild
10y OF living Is Until you sleep rs 40
exclaimed Mrs. Blanche G. Martln, IN
s,ructor at Lusell Seminary
1t would DO difficult to describe Mrs
Martins enthusiasm for hor out-of-door
sleeping arrangement Last winter
slept where the thermometer was Is de-
grees below zero. In fact, ,have slept
thus for four years and during that time
have not had q cold. Mr.. Martin, too,
Who was in consumption when we were
married. has been cured by this fresh
air trentnlent.'
Mrs. Martin believes thoroughly IN
rlenty OF fresh air. About four years ago
she found herself in nrvitally impaired
condition, which was tho result OF over
work. It was impossible for her TO
60 away from home,
The idea came 10 her, she said, that
If sleeping out OF doors would MAGE
people well, 1t would also keep them
we'll SO at her home, no. $50 Moody
Street, Waltham, she had part OF the
tlont piazza OF the house inclosed Win
screen wire sides to the height Of any
room, except one end where there IS an
ordinary door, which tastens for protee-
ton. AS there is no g;asS about ms
unique department tho nir III II. whatever
the Temperature may be. Ii as cola as ~
| is outside. ,a,
.Dasscrspy on the street, MIS- Nlarlll mas
had 4 dado on boards set up Lightly ABOUT
tic room, Dllt this Gees not precluoc ti;e
air from corning INTO the iltta ap PA
lngs which provide an nuditlonal shieiu
I IN ! ht gaze OF tho "
Inside tiic rrGHi t!icie !s Il couLn ncu.
or which Mrs. Martin sleeps every night
| through the summer and winter F0r tli!s
season Of the year, it is supplied witn
a couple OF pairs Of heavy blankets, and
an eiderdown puff If the weather should
| De extremely cold. Besides, the coucll
there are several chairs In the room.
Nov conc inside the house, SAID Mrs.
Martin, az, she led Il GloDe reporter ilo1n
her breezy chamber. Here Is the couch
that Mr.. Martin sleeps on, lishl by these
windows that open into my room. Tho
windows are down all night, and his
head is close beside them, but he Is
healthy and strong
Quite apart from Mrs. Martins hardy
passion for cool, fresh air, she. is a re-
, niarkabIe woman. not remarkable merely
in the manner OF her uttalnnelts, But
n woman who Is as truly self made as
| was ever any man who mas arisen from
the drastic environment of early life to
! the realization Of an unQuenchablc am
biiion by virtue Of heroic strivnss.
Assume ufafIhlctlly tllitl SDI arc WCll
and strong Is her command to all.
Mrs. Martin llnitcs moral and mental
| with physical culture by means OF right
! exercise she believes the vital organs
! the lungs heart stomach ana liVer-are
/ stimulated so that great reserve power Is
/ created The nerves, too, must be brought
/ under the control OF the will SO that they
may respond 10 thought and feeling,
You must awaken the solar plexus and
the nervous system by taking exercises
/ and expressing thoughts. !" SHE explained,
1 80 that you will experience the exhllur-
I atis effect on the whole personality,
when includes mind, SOU ana body;
| When you exercise say: II am well and
happy hurrahn OIL am strong, am
/ lie. / am health
Utter positive statements of good VIII
toward the whole world, because you
without making The body respond The
| mental and the physical united mako a
| new kind OF health.
Personal development includes body,
tho character as d Whole. There needs
to be general awakening, mentally and
| physically. for twfthrds OF the people
are asleep PsychoTphysical culture has
| Lasell, many of whom, like the daughters
! OF wealthy parents elsewhere, are indffer.
| ent to most things they see around them,
| ltut the training makes them realize that
they must do Tor themselves. * mind that
Is alert must be followed by responsive
| ly healthy body"
Mrs, Martin wears all her garments
suspended from the shoulders. Her gown
| ~ made like any other gown, except tina t
/ the skirt and the waist are sewed logeth-
er: INC effect IS that OF a princess robe.
There are many women, She says, who
| sleep out-of-doors through the summer,
| but who have lacked the courage thus
far to follow tho practice through the
| winter.
Mrs Martin firmly believes that all sue
| cess or failure Is In the Individual A
| proof OF her theory seems TO be found In
| The fact that, though she began without
| money, she Is now one OF the largest
prosperity being the result OF her own
interchangeable labors.-Chlcabo Tribune.
Killed Four Horses.