The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-13
HINTS ON HEALTH
 AND EXERCISE.
tBy Mac Levy of BaDylon-)

cal Culture, Exercise, Health Meas
 ures and Body Building.
 CMac Levy. the famous Long Island -.azealth farmer has been engaged for eighteen years in the training CT atm S=tes and the building up of rundown people, and is a recognized authority on all subjects connected with athler- fcs, physical culture and scientific ex- ercise-)
 One of the most natural and healt1i- fuf instincts of humanity is that which causes us. on the first warm days of spring. to feel an almost over whe1ming desire to shed our 'duds" and give our hungry skin a sun, ar and water bath. Our savage ances- tors implanted this desire in us. and 10 yield to it as fully as circum- stances and Anthony Comstock will permit is to provide the best health insurance.
 For centuries the Japanese have made a practice of daily indulgence, when weather permits. in sun, air and water baths. with their bodies entirely nudes and to this fact many scientific investigators have attributed their sturdy health az& endurance. The Iapanese are nd elding to the 1n- fuence of Occidef y rnodesty, a hope fu1 circumstance for those who rear the yellow peril
 The healthful and znvigorating in fuence of sun and air, as well as water, on the bare skin has long been. recognized in Europe. and in Germany, where medical science is at it's best. this mode of treatment Is in great rePute- In the suburbs of Dresden there are big solariums which are wis ited every Sunday by thousands. of people for the purpose of taking sun baths in the Adamics costume There 1Are also many solariums along the RI- Viera, where high prices are charged for treafments although it is admitted that sun and air are the real doctors, and these places are literally patron fzed by wealthy people from all over the world
 Many Europeans doctors prescribe sun and air baths in the treatment of many ailments, especially tubercu- 1csis. anaernia and skin affections A writer in French medical Journal, La CIinique," declares that favorable results have been reported in a large proportion of the cases of tu3erculo- sis. The treatment for incipient eases covers a year, while in more severe cases from eighteen months to two years Is required.
 Favorable climatic conditions and expert medical attention are necessary to secure the best results in the 'sun eure'' treatment of such diseases as tuberculosis. but almost anybody. any where, can benefit from sun bs,ths.
 During the winter. when most peo- pie wear heavy clothing and take lit- tie exercise the skin becomes slug gIsh and fnacfiveL and the excreting glands fail to perform their mission, with the result that the body becomes E7lled with pofsons. which cause skin eruptions or that tired feeling.'
 The skin is capable of holding about two-thfrds of all the blood in the hu- man body. When the skin becomes inactive, the liver and other organs
 
 come congested-
 Nearly half of the material taken into the stomach should pass from the body through the skin In one square inch of skin Dr. Watson counted B. Ez8 excretfng glands It is estimated that the man of average stature. and bulk has seven millions of these tiny glands working for him as body scav- engersremoving from the body the waste materials. which, if not elimin- ated. quickly raise an internal rock us"
 If all of these excreting glands should go on strike simultaneously, or should be sealed up, you would fnevit- ably die; and when any considerable number of them become s'syndicaI- fsts'' and loaf on the job there is an Immediate loss of vigor and vitality. Those glands are willing workers, if you will give them a square deal, but if you don't treat them well they are 2 pL To qulr or peT1OrKn acts or sSaDO- fase that will gum your wOrkst'
 Water baths alone, excellent as they are. will not fully satisfy the demands of these little workers. They need the stimulation Of the cool air and the tonic influence of the suns rays, and when the body is swaddIed with cloth ing
 It has often been said that "a heal thy skin makes healthy body.' and exposure to sun and air is necessary to secure a healthy slir- Of course. there is nothing miraculous, sudden Or spectacular in the way of benefit to be derived from a. daily sun and air bath. Those eminent physicians, sun, air and water, are not quacks who prom sse to perform marve1s of healing. You'll have to give them time
 The heat of the coming summer will have 10 sterroFs for you if you adopt now. every day when the weather is favorable, the practice of taking a daily sun bath. Wear only a. pair roof or in a back yard if possible, but if not before open window in your Toom- Don't bask too long in the sun at first, although aa little sunburn won't hurt you Tn fact, the great CT the pigmentation of the skin, the more favorable is the reaction, aI.. though 1t is better to acquire this pig 1nentation gradually
 I have written on this subject be- fore. but it is of such importance that 1t will bear repetition
 The desire to rid yourself of the 4ra nmels of clothing is a natural in sfinct, and you cannot do better than to accept Natures challenge, peel off your clothes, and let your body make the acquaintance of Old Sol.
 To secure the best results. the ex- posture to the solar rays should be followed by a cold shower or plunge.
 Henry Thoreau, the friend and disciple of Emerson was among the many fa- nous men who found health and invisy- oration in sun baths. In sfWa1deTl'' he tells how for hours he sat in the sun, sTapt in a reverie. midst the pines and hickories and sumacfls in