San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-30

rotary for the Y. w. c. A.
For the angle, like the appendix, is
neither imaginary nor a passing fad,
says Miss Jimison. Adam had an
angle. Some people have straight
lines, some have stream lines, some
have curves and still others have
square jaws, but we all have angles,
she AYERS.
WHERE RIBS PART.
At the point where the ribs below
the chest part and 90 their separate
ways, is your angle. By nature it
was intended to be a wide angle-al-
most a straight line, but by laziness.
at about the age of 10 years, nearly
every persons angle begins to mar
row. BY the time we are grown We
have little acute angles that let us use
only part Of our breathing space
about 80 per cent; and this, coupled
with the fact that so per cent of our
adults have the wrong kind Of angles,
make a 100 per cent error in American
health. That is the theory advanced
by health experts.
Miss Unison has found that only
about half of the people have the
right kind of angles, that is, the
proper expansion in the region of the
ribs. This defect is especially preva-
lent among women, many of whom
have not breathed a correct breath
since they were babies. Improper
breathing resulting from a squeezed
angle is responsible for a majority of
the indigestion and companion ills of
the people. Miss Unison says.
KIDDIES BREATHE PROPERLY.
"a baby breathes all the way
down." Miss Unison said, from the
abdominal region to the throat
Children breathe properly, that is,
from the abdominal cavity to the
neck, until. they reach about the
junior school age. Then laziness
sets in. and they begin to use only
small space in the upper chest, for
that most important function-breath-
ing.
Only by practice and by deep in
halation can we learn to breathe
properly, Miss Unison says, and the
largest percentage of people scarcely
breathe at all. Laziness has thus
robbed us Of much Of the vigor we
need in order to live useful lives.
MAKES 'EM DIZZY.
Miss Unison uses a test that makes
the majority Of her classes dizzy for
the first time, especially if the class
is composed of women, whose pos
lures and angles are incorrect. This
test can be used at home, and it will
tell you whether you are getting your
share of breath, or whether you are
cutting your body off from the sup
ply of air that is needed if you are
to successfully battle life's ills. Just
follow these directions: Lying flat
on the floor. on your back, with your
feet on the floor and your knees bent,
the hands lying lightly on the
diaphragm, inhale a deep breath
through the nostrils, sending the air
into the diaphragm region. If you
can breathe properly the hands will
rise naturally, without muscular mo-
ton, but from the breath. Holding
the breath, draw the air up into the
chests upper cavity, then slowly OK;
hale through the mouth.
Miss Unison explained that in
stead of holding the shoulders back,
which accomplishes nothing, health
instructors now insist upon. pushing
up and standing tail. y" Any posture
trouble may be corrected by pushing
the body always up, Miss JimisoI
says. This will make you sit up and
stand up straight. 1t may add inches
to your height, but the effect in good
health will be worth a little added
Iength.
Never be ashamed to be tall, girls"
Miss Unison tells her classes. "Pos.
ture commands respect"