Arizona republican., 1909-11-04

of money, of time ana of trouble for posterity if we would only obey.
 What a moral uplift for ourselves and for our nation Health breeds health and disease disease. and surely a
 puny and perverted people never did accomplish and never can accomplish great deeds. One of the great dan gers of this nervous age of progress
 is that we become puny- perverted It is the age of wit against wit, and We
 are apt to forget that the most ef-
 fective wit is that which is reinforced by nature. Our lack of poise is be-
 cause we lack this foundation. the
 physical support. We do not take
 time to live simply. normally. to ad-
 just ourselves. until it is too late. Like a flash we realize what life re- ally means to us and desperately i struggle for what we might have had
 for nothing or the mere taking We
 realize that nothing great is attained
 without the rounding. broadening out
 of the whole man. for soundness of
 body. mind and soul are interdepend-
 ent Tomorrow depends on and
 grows out of what today is. It is for
 our good and that of our country that
 we live more sanely. more with na- 1 ture, take better care of our persons, for in the end what does it all
 amount to if we cannot present our true account?
 It is unknown to what heights this
 great nervous. progressive race of
 ours would attain if our manner of living were saner. our physical and
  is an undiscovered country-it is un-
 known what he may do if he choose. and through each man what his na- ton may become.
 For example. the Greeks have att tained greater heights. SO far as edu- cation is concerned. than any other race; in fact. they have been the de-
 spair of all succeeding races. Why?
 We have had in no other age schools to be compared in results with the Greek schools. Nowhere else has there been such personal culture
 What did they lay as their basis? Physical culture. In that is the secret of their success Greece has given us representative men in every de- partment. We point to Greece for the greatest orator. for the greatest creative poet. for the greatest seulp- tor. for the first man in what we consider the highest mental philoso- ohy. Plato Intellectually stands at the head of all philosophers of the world. The beauty of her men and women was remarkable. too.
 Everything is cause and effect. We must remember that that which made the Greeks what they were about four or five hunderd years before Christ was the natural evolution of physical culture. For nearly two thousand years this subject lay dormant The modern gymnasium has revived it. l The only trouble is that we cannot l carry gymnasiums around with us, l so this cannot fill the needs of all the | people. The demand came from sev- eral sources for a system of physical l culture that would not only exercise | and develop muscle, but also teach | relaxation. emancipation, freedom of | movement: for a system with a high | enough ideal as to directly train the | body with reference to the soul. for l God gave the soul a body and said to it, Speak through the body" A Christian heart cannot express itself through savage body.
 Charles Wesley Emerson. con- firmed dyspeptic and a sufferer from incipient consumption, in his efforts to cure himself gave to the world d system of physical culture which is composed of only such exercises as are authorized and required by the human economy. H. not only cured himself but f1et the demand for phy- sical culture. for his system is being used in universities and schools throughout the United States and Canada. He weighed only ninety pounds when he began and 200 when he died. This does not mean tha- the system merely puts on flesh. but that it takes away unnecessary flesh and builds on necessary flcsh. Its aim is to secure and maintain the highest condition of health and beauty.
 The first step toward this is cor rect carrying of the body. The vital organs as the source of life. must be held high in the chest to perform their best work In most people the vital organs are four or five inches below their normal position. All will agree that no vital
  perform its functions properly. The first exercise secures correct stand Ing position. lifting the vital organs 10 their proper positions and over coming the stoop at the neck. Main tain this position in standing, in sit ting, in walking and in exercising and you are at least on the road to health and beauty, for the vital or yans are allowed to do their work { trouble. Deep. full breath ng is insured and that alone is a great health producer. because it ex- srcises the muscles around the waist md the abdomen. thereby moving the contents of the abdomen and quick ming their energy. Some works on physiology claim that men should breathe deeply. fully. but that women should not This is absurd. because he muscles of respiration are alike in nen and women and the stomach and . iver need the same motions in both ,exes to promote thefr activity. By promoting the activity of stomach and iver and giving plenty of good blood his system has cured many of dys- ,epsia and liver complaint. And why? Because it preserves due balance between the energy that sup