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Show the heirt has to pump the blood stream the full height of the body. When lying down,! gravity tielps the blood flows parallel with the ground, like water through horizontal pipes. , ' : .-. - - I . The second big need Is fresh air and lots pt It Exercise comes third. Combine it with play, to relax the nerves. There'll be .plenty of time to scrub the floors and do other physical labor later. Flnallyffhe thing that is wrecking the nerves of the American people is needless rush hurry at breakneck speed and without any special .destination. We have to speed up at our work, but it's time to slow down and "take things easy" when the bell rings and we qurTour jobs until tomorrow. . -, ..-i '- neeaeavsawaxeseesaeeaeeawn i Beet Exercise' V r , , i .""pHE best exercise for fat women who want t to reduce is scrubbing the kitchen floor, cjaims Mrs. Catherine H.Griebel, of New jrsey state college of agriculture. Maybe jn,: but it's like telling the tired business man a would do him as much good to get a caddie b as to play golf. Wood chopping is about J5 fine exercise as there Is. But there's no danger of wood shopping becoming the national na-tional sport People when they "exercise" ffant to git away from work. 'Z Afttr all, it's a good thing for us to try Q get our physical exercise in the form of play. Exercise helps the muscles and Internal orrans, but play makes the nerves relax, which Is just as important as developing the muscles, there isat much relaxation of tense nerves when we combine hard work with our exercise, the average person who "needs exercise" usually is the victim of nerves rather than of physical inactivity. This can be proved by going to bed and staying a week, thereby getting get-ting rest and nerve relaxation that will do many of us as much good as a whole season of golf. . ''.' :--Jfs a mistake to start a campaign of strenuous exercise unless we're prepareJ to gf t more hours of sleep than we're bee used to. Sleep does us more good than all (he pills, serums and other forms of "dope" ever devised. The person who feels "all rim down" should start his building up campaign 1 y getting plenty of sleep. Also by lying down r-vera! t'.mes during the day, for about twenty i m'.es at a tune, to rest the overworked , i.-L Remember, wben we're standing up , |