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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

acquired by an individual in his life
time cannot be transmitted to his
descendants. Weismann cut off the
tails Of mice for twenty-eight genera
tons, but the tails of the last genera
ton were as long as those of the
first generation. Hence Weisrnann
concluded that the acquired charac-
terlstic could not be transmitted from
parent to offspring Professor Gates
saw that so far as the mice were
concerned cutting off their tails was
not an acquired characteristic, but
simply an accidental reformation.
He then trained white mice to use
their tails, compelling them to dis
tinguish between different weights,
pressures, touches, temperatures and
currents of electricity. BY this
method the mice were compelled to
use their tails, and this resulted in
the development of new brain cells
and the corresponding development
of the tail in strength and activity.
The fifth generation of these mice
was born with tails two and one-half
times as long as the tails of the
first generation; the tails were also
much larger and much stronger and
much more sensitive and active.
In other words, the characteristic
of the animal was transmitted to the
offspring whenever the parent had
made an effort to distinguish certain
activities or conditions relating to it.
self. In every case where the effort
was not made the characteristic was
not transmitted. .
Dogs trained from puppyhood to
distinguish many shades and tones of
color gave birth to young who were
able, before any training had been
given them, to distinguish many
more colors than ordinary dogs ever
could. Guinea pigs were trained to
distinguish musical tones. This de-
velopment was transmitted to the
brain cells of the hearing region Of
the offspring of the guinea pigs and
the brain cells of these young ones
were better developed ut birth than
the brain cells of ordinary guinea
pigs are at maturity.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

trained to stand solidly on the foot,
putting the weight on the ball of the
foot with a reasonable f1exibility of
ankle movement will always be
more balanced mentally.
Leg exercises have a decided value
in the development of the will power.
They constitute a fine cure for fid
gets and tense states, and directly
develop poise, control and psyche
physical equilibrium.
One of the most important exer-
cises is the forward balance. Poise
and relax the body, then extend the
right hand and right arm in
straight line in front of the body,
slowly bend from the hip joint, place
the right hand on the floor, then
raise the hand from the floor, raise
the left foot from the floor, stand
balanced on the right hand for one
minute. In my classes | insist upon
each movement being Immediately
reversed so that the corresponding
nerve centres of the brain hemi-
sphere shall be equally stimulated.
These intricate balancing move
ments call for the highest degree
of coordination between brain,
nerves and muscles. / have found
them panacea for persons suffer
ing from spinal affections and for
nervous and digestive disorders.
The exercises given in this course
stimulate the brain and make it
easier for the blood to circulate
there. The cause of balance is gov
erned partly by the feeling of the
muscles, partly by the sense of sight
and in part by the balancing organ
in the ear, the centre of equilibrium.
The balancing exercises have a
tremendous value and reveal in many
instances the possible remedy for
some ataxias, paralysis and diseases
mot organic) involving the loss of
control of muscles and nerves. In
less abnormal conditions they have
the greatest value IN stimulating
clear thinking and capacity for men
tai work.
Variety and variability of move
ment is the keynote of this work I
teach rhythmical body movements to
increase the power of expressing
ourselves and so restore the motor
cells of expression. This variability
of bodily movement increases the
potentiality of brain centres. 1t
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faculty of speech is located in the
hemisphere of the brain which gov
ems the hand that is most used. and
the hemisphere is on the opposite
side of the body from the hand most
used.
Hand and speech, therefore, are
physiologically connected This re-
markable fact brings us back to the
very beginning of the faculty of ex-
preston in the human race. 1t
Began by one personality longing to
communicate with others, and the
very first thing he did-and that
every human being does still when
endeavoring to communicate with
those whose physical speech he does
not know-was to make gestures
with his best hand
Gesture language, therefore, was
the first language and few people
are aware how much gesture Ian
guage still continues in living use. 1t
was the hand evolving out of the
directing will an ever increasing
subtlety of power that made possible
the human brain The hand devel-
oped the brain.
II results from this anatomical con-
dition that to-day the power of eX-
pressing oneself well and clearly in
speech must be accompanied by an
adequate use and development of the
hands and body. All parts Of the
brain which preside over voluntary
movements are developed by muScu-
lar exercise.
An interesting observation by Doc
tor Luys in his work, The Brain"
shows that after the loss of the use
of limb certain parts of the gray
matter of the brain undergo atrophy
due to inhibited action of the motor
cells. If the loss of the use of a
limb can injure the brain in this way
we can see that its increased use
within proper limits will promote the
efficiency of the brain.
Muscles are in a most intimate and
peculiar sense the organs of the will
and | have found that by training
flabby, weak muscles, weak will is
strengthened.
Skill, endurance and perseverance
may be called muscular virtues.
Fatigue, caprice, ennui. restlessness,
lack of control and poise may be
called muscular faults.
The training, developing and
strengthening of the viii is the
most important factor in school life.
We begin with precise movements in
balancing classes. then teach yarl-
Gus technical steps leading up to
a graceful standing and sitting posi-.
ton and also a reclining position
with which to show the relaxation of
the body. Standing well upon the
feet is the basic exercise in will train
ing. Then follow exercises for pre-
else and co-ordinated movements of
the various muscle groups.
The child who habitually leans
backward on the heels is degenerate
ing physically as we'll as mentally.
He reveals an immobility that is
not conducive to change or devel-
opment of expression. He is, strange
as it may appear to the unthinking,
undermining MS will power and ere.
ating what is just as dangerous-an
obstinate will-because there is no
poise in the body. The child who is
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Riding on Railways Is More Dangerous Than War

IN his Price of Inefficiency" Frank
| Rooster shows that riding on
railways is more dangerous than
war. The loss of life by railroad
accidents in the United States in the
last ten years has been three times
as great as any country has ever
suffered by war in the same period.
In the daily battle of transporting
itself about the city of New York.
the population of the city is re-
duced by $50 killed and 200 in
jured every year. That is, of those
who start out to ride on any given
day, one will never return and seven
will be brought back injured, the
price of inefficient transportation.
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is thus fully explained The first moment you
feed the tinging. exhilaating action my treat
ment eNerts. the rorerunner of the splendid
development soon to follow, you will then be
able to realize why it cannot fail to cause dor
mant tissues to rapidly develop as they awaken
TO new life.
Without knowing it. you already have the
facilities for using the treltmsnt in the
strict privacy oT your own home unknown to
your most intimate friends. My only caution
TO you is, do not use the treatment unless you
really require at least three to four inches OF
more bust development Do not use it to de-
velop other parts of your body without de
veloping the bust for while it greatly inn
proves the general health and fills ont neck,
shoulders and chest it is certain to act primar-
lily upon the mammary glands of the bust.
As the development is permanent and cannot
he reduced afterward be sure to discontinue
the treatment as soon your bust becomes
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

also develops fieXibility, sweetness
and melody in the human voice.
Great pains should be taken with
the sitting position. The hips should
rest against the back of a chair. the
small of the back as we'll as the hips
and shoulders should touch it easily.
The hip joint is a hinge, and we
should lean forward from the hips,
not allowing the body to sag at the
waist or double at the shoulders.
Any child or grown person should
be interested in the illustration of
the deltoid muscle of the arm as
demonstrating the power of the will.
Any ordinary muscular man can
readily lift at arms length a fifty
pound weight. The arm is about
twenty inches long and is a lever
which has its lifting adjustment
about an inch from the point of rest
at the shoulder joint, SO that by
Well-known mechanical laws to lift
fifty pounds weight with the hand
requires a lifting force of 1000
pounds at the fulcrum
From this it is evident that 4
muscle stimulated by vitality and
controlled by the mind has a lifting
force of 1000 pounds and yet this
same muscle removed from the body
would not sustain fifty-pound
weight without being torn asunder.
In the first place this lifting matter
is subject to the will power. In the
second case it is dead matter with
only a cohesive power
The will acts upon the muscles.
and the muscles in turn create new
brain centres, with which the will
may work. Thus the will creates the
brain. For this reason it is essential
to concentrate the will upon the
exercises that are being performed.
A very interesting Illustration of
the connection between bodily activ-
ity and brain development was fur
nished by Professor Elmer Gates. the
distinguished American scientist
Weismann, the great German biolo-
gist, laid down rule which, roughly
speaking, is that characteristic
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

~ appliances, carelessness of the
public itself, negligence from begin
ming to end of all concerned and the
final negligence of the public to
place responsibility, the harvest of
death, disaster and misery, the bur-
dens of sickness and the suffering of
those bereft and injured continue.
In railroad transportation the sit
uation is even more appalling. In
1910, 1881 were killed and 102,075
injured, a total ranking with the
great battles of history.
An important addition to the cas-.
ualties is the great number killed
while trespassing on railroads.
which has amounted to $4,000 killed
and $4,000 injured in the past IL years.
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The cost to the transportation
companies amounts to about $1,000
600 in damages and $1.0OO,O0O in le-
gal expenses while to the public
the cost is vastly greater, since of
the damages they receive at least
half is consumed in legal expenses,
while the amount recovered amounts
in no case to very large proper
ton of the actual loss.
The situation in New York is du-
plicated in more or less magnitude
all over the country, both in a po-
litical sense and in the inefficiency
Of operation.
Due to carelessness of employees,
faulty methods of operation, poor
equipment, disregard of proper safe
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

Further on in this article | cite
scientific principles and experiments
that prove how exercising certain
parts of the body develops CORES
pOnding areas of the brain. At the
beginning let me call attention to the
accompanying photographs showing
exercises that are particularly useful
in stimulating the mind while de-
yeloping a supple and vigorous body
1t will be seen that these eXer-
ciseS consist largely of balancing
oneself upon the head or upon the
upper part of the spine.
These particular exercises have the
effect of making the blood flow free
ly through the brain, stimulating all
the mental faculties. The average
person spends three quarters of every
day sitting or standing, thus Great
ing a congestion and stagnation of
blood in the lower parts of the body
and a deficiency of it in the brain.
The mighty force of gravity is
pulling constantly against your mind,
If you do not exercise scientifically.
| employ gravity to stimulate the
brain
Rheumatism, disordered circula-
ton and other diseases caused by
the accumulation of waste products
in the body are primarily due to our
ordinary standing and sitting posi-
tons. We get rid of them by
balancing on the head by limbering
up the backbone and the joints and
by rolling around freely in every di-
rectiOn.
These exercises form part of one
series of twenty that develop
the whole body Symmetricaly. In
cidentally they cure obesity. Hard as
they may look, it is surprising how
quickly they can be learned, for each
exercise makes the next one easier.
A young housewife of my acQuain-
ance suffered severely from rheumat-
ism and was greatly depressed by
her household cares and the constant
danger of losing her cook.
In three months she mastered
these exercises, got rid of her rheum-
atism, while her mental outlook
changed 80 completely that she look
ed upon doing her own homework
as a healthy and pleasant occupation.
You must of course learn the easy
preliminary exercises before doing
these hard ones
One of the most striking illustra-
lions of the influence of the body
over the brain is the relation be-
tween the hand and the centre of
speech in the brain. Paul Broca,
the great French surgeon, proved
there is a definite locality in the
brain which is the sole seat OF our
articulate speech. 1t is found in a
limited area in the lower and pos
terror part of the third convolution,
which Is now named Broca'S convo-
luton. 1t is tiny patch of gray
matter situated in front of the tip
of the ear.
This speech centre in the great
majority of persons lies upon the
left side of the brain and is the
only one-sided centre in the body
Loss of speech accompanies right
sided paralysis in right-handed peo-
pie, and the same affection accom-
panies left sided PARALYSIS in left.
handed people. In other words, the
-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08
Flat CheSted for Is Years
She Developed Her Bust Six Inches
in Thirty Days
Any Lady Can Now Do the Same by Following the
Directions Given Below.


No longer need any woman suffer the hu.
initiation of fiat scraggy chest, nor endure
the thoughtless shafts of ridicule or pity which
pierce the hearts Of those unfortunate mem
hers OF her sex who TACK that distinguishing
and essential attribute of perfect feminine
beauty--a perfect bust For fifteen years l
Talnly longed for this alluring attraction that
Nature had denied me- and the lack of which
overshadowed every other attraction | pos
seseed. fOolishly and vany tried worthless
and harmless pills and medicine, also massage.
creams, exercises. vacuum appliances, appara-
tts. electricity Prescriptions and everything
else ! had ever heard Of, but only harm ne
suited, so l finally obliged TO give M in
despair and conclude that gny condition was
hopeless and must be due TO hereditary causes
like being too tall or too short
The mlracle-wOrking discovery which finally
released me from this condition was purely
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

h6Chliy CASl CISlllS yOul UOuy
You can, in fact, develop an ability
TO talk clearly and Interestingly by
proper exercises of the hands and
arms. You can strengthen your will
by balancing properly on your legs.
Standing on the head, even, may
have a high mental value.
Many people realize that the mind
has great power in developing the
Dly. And this is indeed true, but
truth that the body develops the
I'd is less thought of and is even
re important. In education the
p chronological order is the body
and the brain after, for the brain
originally developed by stimula-
from theexternal partsUf the body.
This Importance or the body is the
1damental principle in my system
training which | call brain cul-
,"-" through scientific body build
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

NOTE,-On referring this neto meth
cd Of bust Development to DR.. Coin
nag, Of the Faculty Of Medicine.
Paris. for diSintereSted opinion of
its efficacy. his report is as follotCS /:
'No matter tohether a tOomdn be young
or old. nor Uhat her condition Of
health mag be, firmly belieue that in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

this treatment she has an infaHible
method for developing and bedutifying
her bust In UieC Of this praise from
the highest medical authority, rem
dered after careful examinations of
the treatment, there can be no cause
for hesitation for recommending IL to
every reader UhO requires anything of
the kind
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

"ThGSe pictures Shoto the q0onderful bu
accidental and one which / shall never cease
o. regard as proyidential A dull dreaty
World became gay and bright again | felt
IKE bitterly newly burst from its cocoon.
IN single month my bustS were developed
sis iucho,. the hollows in my cheeks neck
e est, shoulders were guclly filled ont and
made indryellpusly smooth. graceful, fascinating
contour. From hat-chestod imperfect, angu-
Tar. mas,ulineappearing member Of my sex
l was transformed into the fulbosomed and
sub me perfection of ideal womanhood.
neither need nor desire the slightest profit
tor explaining to Others the method that did
$50 much for me, and | have nothing what
ever 70 sell, this offer being prompted bs
gratitude alone
found that the breasts. being the only
organs in the human body which lie idle and
out of use the greater part q ones life time
they positively can never be developed by
treating them though they were simple
muscles or other organs in use daily with reg
ular and constant functions TO perform.
firmly believe that the ncw and radically dit
ferent method of developing which / discov-
sTed is the only one in existence which takes
this fact into consideration. and the utter
failure Of all the other methods treatments,
medicine and appliances which | formerly used
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

development referred to in this article.
exactly the size and trmness desired Growth
cannot continue after treatment is stopped
but on account Of the strong stimulating
action cxerted you may begin To gradually les
zen the treatment as your busts begin TO reach
the required size and frmneSs.
inquiries concerning my method have been
so extremely numerous that, although many
are Letters from personal acquaintance | have
found it impossible TO write a personal letter
in reply TO each, | have therefore decided TO
have a full description of my method printed
IN the form Of a small booklet for free dis
tribution 70 any ladies sufficiently interested
to send me two two-cent stamps for return
postage | have nearly a thousand of these
booklets left and this offer is made in the
belief that il may prove Of interest TO the
general public, as well to my personal &C
luaintancee. Simply send your name and ad-
dress. 70 Marguerite Merriam. Suite l6lSB.
Pembroke House, Oxford Street, London, w.
England. and while they last. a regular copy
OF my booklet viii be Sent TO you by return
post sealed in plain wrapping. Postage on II
letter TO England is only two cents and no
money is TO be sent me for l have nothing TO
sell and that Ii not my object in consenting
to have this article published.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08

P4oT0S Er
MATT ENE gu
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-08
BY Mrs. Theodore Parsons
Author Of Brain Culture Through
Scientific Body Building"

r fave you ever thought that you
IT can develop your mind by intel
- ligently exercising your body?
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-16

Joy Of IT.. But everybody sat down
At the beginning of the repetition
with the exception Of me and NV
girl friend. To my delight the peo.
pie again stood before he was half
through the repetition. due TO the
wonderful way he played the song.
! DO wish people could see patriot
ism through my eyes! II would make
the older people feel ten times Young.
er' J am sure. and the kids, like me.
would have II beautiful inspiration.
hope ! have expressed my senti-
ments the way ] wanted to,
WILLIAMSBURG GIRL.
Chances In British Cola m bis.
To uio Editor Cd 1h' Evening Word.
II Is so hard TO secure a good posI :
ton In New York at present / am
thinking OF going to British Columbia,
where ] have heard one can earn very
good wages and save more than ii,
New York. l would take up any Kind
OF work. even " It's very hard. VIII
readers who have lived IN British
Columbia tell me about the condi.
uens ana ehaases tberss r. J.