The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-01-03
MAKING FOR HEALTH
SYSTEMATIC DAILY EXERCISE 4
NECESSITY OF LIFE.
Future Health Of Children 0epends
Largely Upon the First Years o.
Their UpbIIIding-Fresh Air
the Vital Point.

1t is really pathetic to see young
girls and women who for the want Of
a little systematic daily exercise are
thin. pallid and weakly. Many women
are really not what they make them.
selves believe they are. At the slight
est eXertion they say they are fatigued
all tagged out, unable to do anything
else for the rest Of the day. This
feeling is really just habit that they
have acquired and should get rid Of
as soon as possible. II you want to
live long and be healthy get the no.
ton out Of your head that every it,
tie thing tires you all out. and that
, 1t Is impossible to do more than few
regular, necessary little duties every
day
Unless woman is bodily i'll or Grip
pied there Is no reason why she can.
not send the blood bounding through
all her veins in such manner as to
stamp the glow of health upon her en-
tire body. Mothers of large families
with a household to superintend have
not much time, l know. but 1t Is their
duty to see that their children take
some form of exercise daily aside
from the regular routine Their III.
ture health and life depend upon It.
Dozens and dozens Of sickly and con-
sumptive children are being saved
yearly by hygienic habits, fresh air.
sunshine and exercise.
It Is not necessary to adopt exer-
cises which take up great deal OF
time unless one wishes to and has
the time to give, nor Is It necessary
to have all sorts of apparatus to OBJ
tain the best results In exercising.
One of the best built women ever
saw told me the other day that she
exercised ever since she could re-
member, and never had any bought
instruments for her work. Everything
was homemade. To their use and to
sunshine and pure, fresh air, she owes
all that she is today.
It is an easy thing to add simple
exercise to ones regular toilet work
in the morning and again a little at
night before retiring. It may be just
learning to breathe properly. Yet this
alone can save you from cold or per
haps something more serious.
In the morning when you awake, II
possible. have someone come Into
your room before you rise and throw
wide your windows If they have moi
been fully open throughout the night
Lie limp in bed. Inhale through the
nose. Fill your lungs to their fulles'
capacity and then slowly exhale. DC
this at least four times or six If you
wish. Just before retiring at night
and without any restrictive clothing
stand at an open window with hands
on hips, thumbs pointed backward and
while inhaling rise slowly upon th'
toes; hold the breath while counting
three, and slowly, while exhaIlng
drop back upon the feet. Repeat
half dozen times. Six minutes nigh
. and morning is all that Is necessary
, The true value of that twelve minutes
Of exercise every day, II continued
for five or six months, will be so full.
. apparent that IL it required twice tn
amount Of time you could not D
tempted to give it up.
II the coming generation Is to D
I strong and healthy the present on
/ must pave the way. and to do this pa
rents and children alike must TAX
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