The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26

, A WALK mere walk to you, or
is it infinitely more? Do you
= know how to get every possible
benefit out of it? Do you realize
that the tehth of mile may be made
more precious than long cross-coun-
try tramp? 1t is how you walk, not
how much you walk, that makes you
young and strong and happy.
1t is true that if you are summer
ing in the city your walk cannot give
you as much all-around exercise as il
can in the country. You would appear
somewhat unconventional walking ur
Broadway or State street, or what
ever your main business street may
be, kicking stone ahead of you or
performing fancy steps. Nevertheless,
there are certain exercises that you
can take while walking between your
front door and the street car-exer-
cises that are not noticeable to any
other pedestrian and that are building
up day by day a great, full chest,
throwing back your shoulders and Civ
ing you pair of lungs so sturdy that
they will be able to fight for their
rights against host of microbes
These exercises, as you must be
guessing, have to do with your breath
ing mechanism. Take advantage Of
them wherever you may be: if the
air you inhale is clean country air,
cool from some bay or stream and
sweet with grass and flowers, you
can't get too much Of it. | wish that
you could bottle it somehow in your
lungs, ready to have on hand for the
rest Of the year after you return to
SCOT and smoke and city odors. In
an indirect way, you do. The lungs
are SO benefited by their period of
wholesome breathing that they are
in good condition to face the less
wholesome city conditions.
II you are walking at a moderate
pace, it will be long enough time
to inhale during five steps and exhale
during five. If your speed increases
count six steps to the brcaths II
you are free from spectators, be sure
to inhale through the nose and exhale
through the open mouth. In a crowd
ed city street you may not like to
do this, and so this, the best kind OF
breathing, must be confined to your
room with its open window.
When breathing deeply, throw the
chest forward and the shoulders back
1t is we'll for awhile to let the hands
rest lightly on the chest, the elbows
held out on level with the shoulders
The arms will become tired Of this
position long before the lungs become
tired of their heavy exercise. Resi-
the arms by letting them drop loose
ly at the sides or resting the hands
on the hips.
One of the most famous of oul
American actresses, one who never
went to a dramatic school and gave
herself all of the early training which
she received, says that she taught
herself a graceful walk by practicine
with her hands OH her hips This posi-
ton encourages the shoulders tc
straighten and throw themselves back
ward and it gives all elasticity to The
tread. Try it for mile, resting th'
arms occasionally, and see how mucl
more vigorously you will walk. Lift
ing the arms in this fashion seems tc
lift the whole body, to relieve it o
its readily acquired droop.
If you can find a hill, either in thu
city or out of it, take advantage o
that hill. It may prove a godsend tc
you. Walking up it quickens The
breath and makes the lungs empty anc
refill quickly and vigorously. So Ions
as the painting is not severe, this i,
good for you, unless you are victim
to asthma or a weak heart. Try th,