. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . Buck-Saw ELxercise Housekeepers shouldspend at least an hourevery day working inthe sunshine, caringfor flowers or vege-tables, or doing otherlight work in theopen air. There is nobetter exercise forchildren than cuttingwood, raking thegrounds, washingdishes, and doing ahundred other thingswhich are useful aswell as beneficial to the health, and much better than idleness. WALKING There is no exercisethat can take theplace of walki
. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . Buck-Saw ELxercise Housekeepers shouldspend at least an hourevery day working inthe sunshine, caringfor flowers or vege-tables, or doing otherlight work in theopen air. There is nobetter exercise forchildren than cuttingwood, raking thegrounds, washingdishes, and doing ahundred other thingswhich are useful aswell as beneficial to the health, and much better than idleness. WALKING There is no exercisethat can take theplace of walking. Itis said of Gladstonethat he walked fourmiles every day. Ifthe body is held inthe right position, therespiration deep andstrong, and the move-ments tense and vig-orous, great good maybe obtained from thisexercise. Very little benefit is obtained from a lazy. A Good Con-stitutional walk. 348 Home and Health A variety of exercise will call into use all the musclesof the body. Carry the head well poised, chin drawn in—for of a spot on the top of the head, about four inchesback of the forehead,—pull the hair a bit, if necessary, tolocate the spot in your mind. Hold your head and body soas to lift that spot ashigh as possible. If youforget your shouldersand arms, chest, neck,and chin, and think onlyof the elevation of thisone spot on the top ofyour head, every mem-ber of your body willnaturally fall into aneasy and correct posi-tion. RESPIRATIOH WHENWALKING Make this walk an oc-casion for expanding thelungs, and feeding the blood from the fresh, pure air ofheaven. Deep breathing is a very beneficial exercise. Whenyou are walking, breathe as deeply as you can; stop occa-sionally and make a business of it. No matter how busyone may be, deep breathing may be practised at times allthrough the day; it will quicken the circulation,
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