| Show t SA ON O RESPIRATION Respiration comprises two acts In and expiration tn In what way waT do we draw In the breath Let us suppose sup suppose pose that I have hae here an ordinary pair of bellows with a side valve alve so fixed that the air only can be drawn In and sent out through the nozzle It the bel extended the air must rush In inand and till It and If I the handle bandies tOJ together ether the air must rush ruh out again Now It If you OU can understand why on expanding the bellows bellow I 1 cause the air to rush In nd fill the empty space It Is just Juat ni ci easy to tee see that thaI on expanding the lIvIng the chest the air Ir must Inuit rush ruh In and fill the lungs 11 lit the act of breathing then inspire Inspiration tion and expiration ate are performed by bytho bythe the tho expansion and the pressing lo together ether again ot of the It If when w we draw In the breath we e feel a sense of expansIon lon about the po soft place In the breastbone we have hae drawn In the breath b by using wh what t I Ii called a dla This 1111 Is a muscle whIch runs across the body dIvidIng It horizontally and causing the thi chest to tobe tobe be airtight ht at Its lis base bue Some people use Ulle this muscle so much muth that th they feel fed the body expanded 10 low down don at the ab domer ThIs is not good for tor the singer Incer a It Is breathIng and It If i relied on may 11 trove rove Q a tr treacherous method for the apt to his I whole store of breath suddenly peir and then he hu hs nothing to fall hack upon It is I only one on way ay of at Anether mode mod of drawing In the breath LI II the expansion of the rib Now the Iho ribs do not lie the they slope downward and ad forward Ia ich a way that whoa th they ire INI ral raised Ihl they are also 1110 QA 4 I 1 un ida UIa W wv V h hIng lag Ing my hands In front and you will see that raising m my elbows causes me to 10 simulate the action of the ribs which will now expand The on being ral raised rI are tx expended A sInger In taking laking breath must mut Use both the methods I have hae just mentioned He must contract the so that he feels an expansion about the sort soft place In the breastbone he must also allo feel feol n a great creat ot of the ribs and the sides by raising the MagazIne for February |
