The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-11
THE FREEDOM OF THE DIAPHRAGM

Data on the weight height, chest measure ment and lung capacity of 6,O00 college fresn- men girls IS to 1s years old, recorded in five colleges in the past fifty years shows that In that period the average weight has increased per cent, the height less than per cent, the cnes, measurement shade less than per cent, anu the lung capacity nearly per cent.
 To the casual layman this signifies that the belles to-day are bigger and better than ever. To me it-we maybe had better not rlsk the wise crack. But may be permitted to point out tne discrepancy in the figures, so to speak. HOW shall account for greater increase in lung capacity than in chest measurement? It Is little difficult, owing to the prudery of the cen sors Perhaps we can get by with an allusion to the diaphragm The girls nowadays give the diaphragm q better break
 Frankly we skould give credit where credlt IS due. It is the gradual insinuation Of physical education into the common school and hlgh for the bigger and better women that bless the world to-day.
 No use arguing about this. A girl cant run a race or hop hurdle or play fair game Of bas- ketball with corsets French heels on. There fore it is fine thing for the future of the race when you compel every girl who is physically able to attend school to make every gym class and learn to swim and all the rest of it. Too often through the ignorance and indulgence of parents who do not quite comprehend what education means, school girls manage to evade physical training on one pretext or another, sometimes alas, with the help of an incompetent or unprin- cipled doctor. Lucky the girl who attend school where physical education is as compulsory anu unacceptable mathematics One of the fin- est high schools in America graduates girls only when they have shown proficiency in swimming TnatS education, ana no SnlVeunS HlSnDTOW whose education was totally nil from the neck down question it.
 know most readers will not understand what we're talking about when we speak of the free dom of the diaphragm Not lay adult out of dozen knows what the diaphragm is A lot of dowagers, if they could be made to speak of such horrid thing at all. would tell you it is the bulge for which they wear this or that type of harness.
 instructions for breathing and navely enough he endowed the diaphragm with the power to squeeze air out of the lungs The Creator, having no coach. rigged it to draw air into the lungs It served in that capacity quite satisfactorily until For several generations then the diaphragm was of little use; in fact it became almost vulgar to give 1t any freedom. much less to mention it in polite society
 Women wore stays and other belly -suppressing clothing nearly iong enough to establish new style of breathing, that is mainly with the upper chest. But physical education arrived in time to save the race Now women are learning how to breathe naturally, that is, maily with the dia- phragm, belly breathing That accounts for the fact that they have gained more in lung capacity than they have in chest expansion.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 For Foot Itch
 I wish to thank you for your formula for athletes foot" I had suffered two years and several physicians had been unable to give me relief. took the formula from your column It proved miraculous. It completely cured the itch in less than two weeks. I carry it with me and have told many others about it. and know several who have found it equally effective. Lest you have forgotten inclOsc the formula. G. P. M.)
 Answer-The formula is as follows: benZoic acld 25 grains oallcync acld ................ To grains ooIt pafaHln .......,............ 7 drams Cocoanut oil, enough to make the measure one
 ounce.
 Apply small amount to the affected patches of skin each night, washing it off next morning. Continue for 10 days Then rest a week or more. second course of treatment later if necessary.
 Dare To Be Original
 I have very good teeth and friends frequently comment on them, but l dare not tell them never brush or wash my teeth. I go to the dentist once a year to have them cleaned I eat three apples every day. Does that keep them clean? (A.R.)
 Answer-Yes. the eating of apples is fine for the teeth. What does your dentist say about it hope he comedies that now and then one who never brushes his teeth may have just as good and as clean teeth as anybody who brushes them religously.
 Take Dozen BelIowsful of Air
 I want to tell yOu of the fine results those belly breathing exercises had for my daughter, who used to suffer so each month now she is away at school and has scarcely any trouble at all. For myself, it does not only help me to go to sleep but relieves of that awful "gassy" condition am very grateful. (Mrs A. F)
 Answer--Delighted. Detialed instructions for the belly breathing exercise will be sent any reader who ask for 1t and incloses stamped ed- dressed envelope
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