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Show l-lpi Parted Little. New York Tribune. "Have you ever noticed," said a physician, "how many of the people you meet have tho habit of keeping their lips parted a little V Just observe people's mouths in your walks about the city, and you will be surprised at the truth of what I am telling you. Or perhaps you will not be surprised now that I have put you on your guard, but you will find tho number is exceedingly large. I venture to say that more than three-quarter of tho men and women to be met in the streets of this city will bo found to have their mouths habitually habitu-ally partly opeu. To sonio extent this is due to the catarrh, which almost a national disease, and which renders nose-breathing in at least some cases not au easy thing. Then I think that it, is largely the result of bad habits. Tho habit of opening tho lips a little is easily acquired, and. like all habits, not easily broken. Then, again there are some people who have the habit of humming to themselves as they walk, which naturally tends to throw the mouth open. Of course the general habit of which I am speaking is an extremely bad one. Tho nose is the instrument given us to breathe with, and only when the air is strained there, especially in cold weather, is it in lit condition to enter the lungs. Much more attention should be given to the formation of tho habit of nose breathing than is generally the case. This is a fact that ought to be forcibly impressed on the mind of every parent and every teacher. After violent exercise it is natural nat-ural and inevitable to breathe through the mouth, just as the dog throws open his jaws and hangs out his tongue when exhausted bv some special elTort. Hut tiie dog and all other animals when in normal condition breathe only through the nose, and men, women and children ought to do the same." |