The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-07-20

open air the hair may be made to
grow, we are told, many skin dis
eases may be cured and the very tex
ture of the skin changed for the bet
ter.
Few persons are so poor that they
cannot afford some sort Of little
walk every day, but its duration and
the degree of speed with which it is
taken must depend upon the eXerciser.
One woman may be able to take only
a half hours walk a day, but another
will need two hours of the exercise,
and still others a much longer time.
English and German women walk ten
miles at a time and think nothing of
it, doing the stunt at a quick trot that
leaves the body fresher at the end Of
the promenade than at the beginning.
NV advice to the novice in walking
would be to go at it rather slowly at
first, and confine the distance to a
mile or two. This gentle strolling may
be quickened or slackened as one feels
inclined, but the blessed benefit of out
door exercise will still be felt and
made apparent
It is not exactly sensible to walk on
full stomach, and neither is 1t the
height of wisdom to trot on an empty
one. One hour after eating is about
the time to take the trip, and, of
course.
be of a sort not to hamper easy move
ment or disturb the nerves The girls
who say they can't walk, or they
hate" to walk, generally try the stunt
in high heeled shoes and tight ccrsets.
Naturally, they fail to find any tun IN
the business. Broad, thick soled foot
gear, with high tops and fiat heels,
short skirt, light weight hat and an
easy corset are needed for comfort at
the moment and for after benefit.
The Hindoos always connect the
breath of the body with the health and
| beauty or disease of the spirit, and In
giving instructions in the occult prln-
/ Ciples Of breathing, they tell how
, Health, beauty and pureness OF heart
NAV be obtained by combining the
! Thought and the wish of the heart with
the exercise. With the intaking breath
| all the beautiful qualities, whatever
| they may be, are asked for-they may
| he physical and spiritual loneliness
and immunity from poverty; they ma
sDecifv wisdom, Cheerfulness, useful
ness and opulence. The breatheT
wishes the fair thing while hlling the
! lungs and abdomen fully; in letting
| ont the breath the unbeautiful things
are mentally banished, such as physical
! or sniritual poverty, self1shness, un-
! seemliness of the body. etc. According
/ n these teachers of the divinity of the
! hraa+h-for il is esteemed a part Of
| God-earlv morning and in the quiet
| of evening Just before sleep are the
| hest times for these exercise, unless
| thev can always b taken in the open
air.
/ Ru+ ignoring the religious sentiment
I the oriental connect with the body 5
! breath il is a medical fact that deei
! breathing-which is to say full and
ADEQUATE breathing improves the cir
/ cuIation and so effects the mind. II
will also frequently relieve a head
ache. fill out the fat chest and de-
/ crease the size Of the abdomen. II Is
/ likewise declared a factor in the cure
/ Of riIiousness, and is one of the most
! potent self efforts toward cure thai
/ can be advised the consumptive.
So complete your walking exercises
! outdoors with deep rhythmical breath
ing. for in this manner the blood vii
/ be doubly freshened and the various
organs completely strengthened.
! Practice. too. the lovely Hindoo way
Of inhaling spiritual beauty and ex-
haling spiritual ugliness, for physical
! good looks are far more than Skin
/ deep. and for all one knows their very
| roots may be in heaven. Take all your
exercise regularly, wisely, simply-ir
! short. as a matter of course and q
pleasure. And don't fancy when YOU
| find yourself improving in health anc
! looks that you can give them up. You
| Can'rif YOU want to live long and be
we'll and pleasant; IL not beautiful