. 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 .. . teady force vigorously but not vio-lently; or inhale a full breath and holdit for a few moments under steady pres-sure until the apexes of the lungs arefilled, which will be indicated by an en-largement of the neck at its junctionwith the shoulders. A few times dailywill be sufficient. ROUND SHOULDERS A gymnasium director of long ex-perience disapproves the use of shoulder-braces. They weaken, so he thinks, themuscles whose functi
. 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 .. . teady force vigorously but not vio-lently; or inhale a full breath and holdit for a few moments under steady pres-sure until the apexes of the lungs arefilled, which will be indicated by an en-largement of the neck at its junctionwith the shoulders. A few times dailywill be sufficient. ROUND SHOULDERS A gymnasium director of long ex-perience disapproves the use of shoulder-braces. They weaken, so he thinks, themuscles whose function it is to keep theExpiration shouldcrs in their normal position. This they do in two ways—by relieving themuscles of their work, and by putting a constraint uponthem and so depriving them of a normal supply of of artificial shoulder-braces, the director rec-ommends the frequent and persistent use of exercises spe-cially adapted to promote an erect carriage. 1. Make it a rule to keep the back of the neck closeto the back of the collar. *2. Roll the shoulders backward and Try to squeeze the shoulder-blades together manytimes a 356 Home and Health Thsie can be no health without exercise. 4. Stand erect at short intervals during the day,—head up, chin in, chest out, shoulders back. 5. Walk or stand with the hands clasped behind thehead and the elbows wide apart. 6. Walk about, or even upstairs, with from ten toforty pounds on the top of the head. 7. Try to look at the top of your high-cut vest oryour necktie. 8. Practise the arm movements of breast-stroke swim-ming while standing or vvalking. 9. Hold the arms behind the back. 10. Carry a cane or umbrella behind the small partof the back or behind the neck. 11. Put the hands on the hips, with elbows back andfingers forward. 12, Walk with the thumbs in the armholes of the vest. 13. When wall^ing, swing the arms and shouldersstrongly backward. 14. Stand now and then during the day with all thepost
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