The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-04-16
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ana you will feel refreshed. 1t fills
me lungs with pure air and often the
lungs need it badly. They are GRAINED
ana are not allowed the freedom which
is necessary for health and beauty.
when deep breathing is painful as
/ otlen happens, then there is some trou
pie. 1t may be organic or it may be
merely muscular difficulty. In either
case 1t should be treated A long. deem
breath will cause coughing If the Inns
are not strong. Or it will give one q
sharp pain in the side. Again. long.
deep breath brings on a "crick' in the
| pack or there are pains in the ribs
| showing muscular rheumatism
For organic diseases the services Of
specialists are required, and there is no
| need OF trying to effect a cure by ply
seal culture alone. There have been
cases where lung troubles have been
cured by living in the open air and by
e 1eta But 1t is dangerous for the
amateur to decide upon this matter.
but Tor muscular difficulties and for
nervous twitchings. and for cricks and
sl1ches deep breathing is cure. If il
- painful to take a deep breath then
lIy not bath after the exercise. After
the not bath rub a little skin food into
the skin, lnassaging the ribs and the
lungs.
There are skin foods which are heal
ing not only to the skin but to the mus
cIes. They feed the tissues Pure gly-
Germ and lanolin, mixed in equal parts.
makes good massage lotion for those
VINO can use glycerin. A cheaper skin
FOOD is white yaseline melted in a dou-
Die boiler and thinned with almond OIL
Ihere are skin foods made of that most
soothing and most excellent skin tonic
mutton tallOw, and to this is added
enough red Vaseline to make a paste.
II too thick make thin with glycerin. if
your skin will endure it, or with Ian
olin.
Massage is a powerful agent at all
times. 1t acts as exercise upon the
muscles and gives them the needed
amount of work without firing them.
Tired people, sick people, old people
and those who are prevented from TAX
ing out-of-door exercise should indulge
in massage. Massage and deep breath
ing vii lwork wonders for a person who
ing VIII work wonders for a person who
is not firm in health
exercises and why must practice arm
movements daily?" asked a woman
not long ago of her physical culture
teacher
My husband enjoys perfect health,
yet he does not exercise with dumb |
bells nor does he swing Indian clubs. !
Yet he IS not fat. nor is he short of |
breath. He is well proportional and |
strong. Yet he never exercises unless |
he is compelled to do so. Please ex-
plain to me why this is So
The physical cucture teacher smiled. |
Madam" said She your husband |
rises early in the morning
and goes TO his business. He is on
his feet all day. He goes out to his
MONDAY meal, and, perhaps. before he
gets home at night. he walks several
miles. He stands for hours and when.
not standing he is busy with his
arms.
Your husband" continued the ply
steal culture teacher. "gets not only
physical exercise but mental exercise
as we'll. He works all day with his
head as we'll as with his heels. his
arms, and his whole body. BE leads
an active life.
Your muscles are seldom exercised.
You dress you body tightly, and when
you walk you walk with your lower
limbs alone. You do not move your
whole body as in rapid or vigorous
Even your neck is not ex-
.rcised, for it is tightly bound up in
/ stock You get little or no muscu-
ar exercise.
But there is no woman living Who,
f she be in good health, cannot loosen 1
er clothing and take daily exercise.
he can lift her arms, she can balance
erself on one foot and on the other. j
he can breathe deeply. She can throw
ack her shoulders. She can bring in
0 play every muscle OF the body ana |
he can gradually build herself up in
) muscular perfection, taking off her :
uperfuous fat and making herself i
woman" I