The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-06
ONLY A FEW OF US KNOW HOW TO
 BREATHE

Whereas, primitive savages and few civil ized persons whose brains have not peen aa. aa, eficiently and have greater endurance than or- dinary folk; and
 Whereas our ehesty complex Is Tnnaturaal sa along with the toeng-out aKectation of the | past generation; and quaint conceptions of physiology handicaps those addicted toi {. There be 1t
 of the B. B. Club-and who doesnt?-should abide by the rules of the order.
 The ideal of the B. B. club Is to free the dia' Ali chest breathers are belly bound: Belly breathing is not "deep breathing" It is only
 The novice, in order to reap the greatest ben- eft from belly breathing. should start from | scratch, with the assumption that what ne or | You see most popular knowledge of such things | Is derived not from the study Of physiology, but from the teachings of all sorts of propagan- dists, charlatans, Iiail-order auacks and short- l cut health "courses."
 The diaphragm functions automatically but not involuntarily
 The untutored savage breathes freely and naturally with his belly and diaphragm; so do you when you are anesthetized or fast asleep. The rest of the time the function or tho dia. phragm is inhibited or hampered by your bad
 It seems that tho adase Mems sana in corpore sano Ca sound mind In sound body) doesn ' mean anything to our educators. The policy indorsed by the great nostrum and quackery as ~s to train n % tSs mind and leave the | body to pick up training casually.
 The purpose of the B; E. club IS not to teach c or the horse how to breathe? Belly breathing merely tends to oppose or correct unnatural tricks or habits acquired from faulty physical
 Belly breathing Is a study in RELAXATION, not an exercise in the ordinary sense of the EI,oa+aa lavman eenerallv haye only yague ideas as to what where and why the diaphragm is. We have already implied that the savage anything about the diaphragm. That only goes to show that no education Is better than bad education. In lieu of horse sense little elen- | entary anatomy and physiology should not come amiss. Back in the gay nineties 1t was rather smartly faeetieus to say Skidoo and Twenty three for you and % to reter to the aiapnfag ntnna lower than the heart. To-day these quaint af- as aicroSs as gs4ts R jewery | Baby Wanted
 Please give the name and address of the par- ents in Wyoming who have the baby for adop- tion We have been married seven years and 1t seems we are not going to have any children. An Answer--i can do that only by personal let Il ter. The baby expected in September II for all know the baby may have been snapped up by some one before you wrote
 win state n sood ps method tn to relieve cramps in the limbs below the knees (cgs. my dear Madam lcgs) is to lie on hack and slowly life the limb to an angle. This .nerer fails to straighten out the kinks. Mrs L. B.
 Answer--Thank you. half dozen methods have been suggested by our readers. Perhaps we had better have a referendum and find out which method is best.
 | safe Water for Tourist
 Going on automobile trip to the coast. What method do you advise for purifying drinking water along the road? tSfrs A. IT. VI
 | Answer--Try to obtain your drinking water only in the cities you pass through. If you have Ito drink water from any roadside place. better boil it. If you can't boil 1t. add one drop oi tincture of iodin to the quart of water and lei this stand 20 minutes before you drink. | fConvrisht. sa2a. John F. Diila Col