The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-20
SOME OF THE HEALTHY AND
 HANDSOME AMERICAN WOMEN

No woman can achieve anything without health. The terrible competi- tion of life today is a battle of the strong. Only the ablcbodied and the strong survive.
 A woman of waltham, Mass, Mrs. Blanche C. Martin, teacher of physical culture. breaches to her girl students and all the world the hand in hand soul and body culture. She says this IS very different from dumtbeil and massage practice to increase the mere physicai comeliness of woman
 Much of Mrs. Martins health ana beauty culture is mental She declares that whether a person attracts success or failure depends on the individuafs own mental attitude toward life. The woman who would achieve health or anything else must begin the day oy forcing cheerful, inspiring thoughts in- to her mind, if they are not there al ready. She should sway her body rhythmically and repeat with nll her force of concentration that she is hap nv f,Il Of ioy: that all power is hers. Persisting in this thought in spite of headache. sick stomach or the dumps, the woman should begin the day. If persisted in, this practice will in time bring a mental state of exhilaration which can tackle anything.
 But Mrs Martin has. besides an es- pecial preachment of her own to health seekers It is this: Sleep outdoors. winter and summer sleep outdoors.
 The preacher practices her own doc Urine. Five years she has slept on her yeranda. One corner Is inclosed by a mosquito proof wire netting. The yer anda has roof! also there is floor covering upon the corner where Mrs. Martin sIeeps. Sometimes the ther-
 tv,l- t1 temperature has no terrors for the opsn-air sleeper. Amply covered. she slumbers sweet1y till o'clock in the morning. Then she steps from her cold corner into a warm dressing room and prepares for the days work. The days work with her means steady instruc- tion of pupils from o'clock on.
 The apostle of sleeping in the all out doors is remarkable woman. She has a wondereful complexion and sparkling eyes and radiates an atmosphere Of splendid power and health wherever she appears. She is always gowned hy- gienically, but beautifully. She was born with the will to achieve. and here are some of the things she has achiev- ed: Coming with her parents from her native Prince Edward Island, she went to work in q Boston watch factory at the age of g. She was married at 20. but never went to school any till she was 26. What manner of woman soul this was that was born on Prince Ed ward Island over forty years ago may be judged from what Blanche c. Martin is today--a youthful woman who in culture, grace and mental and physical power is fitted to lead and teach her sisters the world over how they. too. may attain the same results. In the matter of getting perfect physical health, however, her strong hold is in- sistence on the sleeping outdoors plan, likewise deep breathing.
 = We'll neither prescription Is hard to try.
 Marie Spitzener was Connecticut girl whom physicians had sentenced to die of consumption. Then an athletic brother took her in hand. He led her to a gymnasium and began operations by teaching her to breathe. Again note the lesson--deep, slow, regular breath ing of prue air. The patient. now win ner of prizes in national feminine ath- letic contests, says her own experience leads her to the conclusion that half the lung and catarrhal troubles which afflict the race are the result of breath ing foul air and breathing in the wrong way.
 Miss spitzener began by practicing the breathing exercise ten minutes ev- cry day, filling her lungs to their ut most capacity, so that the extra oxygen might might give her strength to expel the tuberculosis poison from her sys- tenn After she had established the habit of breathing properly she quickly gained strength. Then her brother started her on light dumbbell practice. attended with other physical exercises that are well known to many. but made use of by few. Really, the apathy of womankind in general in regard to pure air and persevering in the physical ex- ercises that go to produce a Timber, graceful body Is criminal. Miss Spitz- ener persevered. Three years ago she was said to be dying of consumption. Today her measurements show almost the perfect dimensions of the female figure. What Is better. her health Is perfect. She can outrun, outwalk and outwork any woman she knows. She has made the vital discovery that in- flating the lungs with pure air makes the whole body feel light as a birds. Ma rie Spitzener is a girl whom it is joy to look at.
 Miss Caroline c. Smith, who was pro- nounced by a board of experts to be perfect physically, lays down exactly the same regimen for attaining health and beauty-deep breathing and open air exercise. in addition, she bids two meals a day, with little or no meat in the diet. She dresses simply iu loose, light garments and never wears corsets or high heels. She has a cold plunge eveery morning, takes long walks and plays basket ball.
 Royal in her health and handsome ness, too, is Miss Edith Draper. a stu dent in the Colorado State Agricultural College. She also has been pronounced perfect physically. To begin, she is captain of the college basket ball team. Shc has brown hair and brown eyes and an exquisite complexion. Among other devices to keep her mind and