The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-18
THE RE-EDUCATION OF BARTHOLOMEW
 J, BELLY


 Most of us smile or laugh outright at the quaint person who says "limbs' when she re- fers to legs lot of our ignorant educated class do worse. speaking of the abdomen" when they
 The belly is the front wall of the great body cavity properly called the abdomen There IS ne n pedantic and ridiculous to say the anterior ab- domnal wall when belly will do. ing what belly means. The term is derived from a Greek root meaning bellows Think of your belly as your bellows and you'll have better chance to be we'll Give your belly its proper place in human economy and you'l live longer
 savaGes and animals breathe more efficiently than do educated men. That is because they breathe naturally. with the bey educated men try to breathe with the chest.
 Back in the dark ages, was it the early Vic torian, when 'limbes' the correct feminine gender of legs, some ignoramus conceived the idea that it was coarse and vulgar to breathe with the belly, why, only the animals and the lowest of human beings breathed that way; so the whole world of snobs, and who isn't a snob when he can get away with it, began throwing out the chest and repressing. restraining and so belly.
 This notion that the belly is not proper part of refined human being has been instiled in our minds from the kindergarten right on through college and university. To-day the greatest snobs in this particular respect are col lege and university graduates, people who don't really know enough to recognize their own crass ignorance, but who have the cheek to attempt to impose on the rest of the world their own little notions of good form and propriety.
 We perhaps more thoroughly inoculated Meh e peops of other country In until learned something in England and France. the ridiculous military posture and the more ridiculous uniform were the least of the absurdities into which the chesty complex led us. In all of physical education the throw ing out of chests and the pulling in of bellies has been prominent feature and it still is a comical feature in much so-called physical training. Any or rp caIishenie % Movements into to- program is a- most certain to include some choice bits about pushing out the chest and lulling up the belly - only he usually calls it the abdomen or, If his mind is very dirty, the diaphragm"
 For efficiency. endurance. good health and long life should breathe with the diaphragm and the belly, and either disregard the chest alto gether or try to imagine the chest is paralyzed and incapable of moving at all.
 This is not easy IS it may seem if you have not tried it. You cant undo the effects of life- time of bad education and unnatural habit all in a day. in a week, but if you get through your head what the diaphragm is and what it should do, then with regular belly night and each morning you may in time learn something of the advantages of natural breath
 If you want to try it out on your dia- phragm just write and say T want to practice belly, breathing. and inelose a stamped envelope bearing your address. No clipping will suffice.
 Copyright, John r. Dille Co.,
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Timely and Untimely Bee Stings
 Last June I had what the doctor called ana phylaxis after bee sting. My 10 year old nephew had 8 similar condition. but his began immedi- ately after the sting. We were both treated in the clinic but not warned against a second sting. Now arc informed n second sting may prove fatal. (L. O.
 Answer-In first rate mystery drama recent ly broadcast the scoundre first sensitized his vic- tim by injecting some bee sting extract hypo-1 dermically (pretending it was part of some pre- ventive treatment against hay fever), then lured moved the bees till they sallied forth and did the ghastly deed But in real life 1t does not happen that way. Perhaps second sting at just the right time may be very unpleasant-that time is from Subsequent stings. after the two-week interval, are likely to bother you even less than the first. People handling bees seem to acquire immunity if the stings are properly spaced.
 Circumstantial Evidence
 have a peculiar allment. I bite my tongue when sleeping This occurs every few weeks and has occurred for several years. (E. Al us have mild types of epilepsy and scarcely re- alize it. Biting the tongue in sleep is common manifestation of seizures occurring only when one is asleep. There is nothing to do about it.
 Bimbo Born with Bump
 Two weeks old baby has large bump on one side of his head. Doctor called 1t caput sOme- thing and said it Is from pressure during deliv- cry. Could this have been prevented in any way? (Mrs S. V. L.)
 Answer-No it is common occurrence. It will disappear presently here's hoping the bim- bo will never be more harmed by the bumps he will have than he is by this one.
 Mentally Deficient
 At the age of our sons tonsiIs were removed We were told after the operation that he had come to and had tO be out under ether again, and ever since he seems to suffer from shock. Now we are told ne Is mentally deficient. Could the shock have caused this? (Mrs l.. E)
 Answer-No.