. Dancing with Helen Moller; her own statement of her philosophy and practice and teaching formed upon the classic Greek model, and adapted to meet the aesthetic and hygienic needs of to-day, with forty-three full page art plates;. truct the classic Greekdance, and to convince ourselves that it, as well, hasnever been excelled. In this task—which is literally alabor of love—we see more and more clearly that we arepursuing the highest hygienic ideal. The spirit ofHealth breathes in every inspiration and movement ofthe Greek Dance. But for the anachronism of associat-ing one of the later deities
. Dancing with Helen Moller; her own statement of her philosophy and practice and teaching formed upon the classic Greek model, and adapted to meet the aesthetic and hygienic needs of to-day, with forty-three full page art plates;. truct the classic Greekdance, and to convince ourselves that it, as well, hasnever been excelled. In this task—which is literally alabor of love—we see more and more clearly that we arepursuing the highest hygienic ideal. The spirit ofHealth breathes in every inspiration and movement ofthe Greek Dance. But for the anachronism of associat-ing one of the later deities with one of the original Greekpantheon we should be justified in the impression thatTerpsichore, Goddess of the Dance, enjoyed the full con-fidence and counsel of Hygeia, Goddess of Health. Happily, here we are in direct accord with themost advanced modern science. It is an axiom of physi-ology that rational—that is enjoyable, pleasurable—ex-ercise of mind and body is the only single thing that canbe depended upon to promote and maintain the condition Eighty-five The ocean beach, upon which the surf rolls rhythmically, or is broken uponhalf submerged rocks, incites to the most open free and vital Our Contribution to Health of health. In the face of such a direct and simplemethod, what an extraordinary waste of time and energyis comprehended in the complicated structure of rulesand regulations prescribed by Science for hygienic liv-ing! The chemistry of food, the balanced ration—somuch protein in such ratio with carbohydrate, and so on,and so on; the intricacies of digestion and metabolism;in short, the elaborately worked out assumption that ourpoor finite minds are capable both of understanding anddirecting the operations of the most marvellous of labora-tories. Natures own—what a monument to squanderedintelligence! All we have to do is to keep our minds andbodies normal by a natural way of living; Nature can betrusted to carry on her own proces
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