Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-10-19 | Page 9 | Letters from Telegram Readers following Miss Furlong's Lessons

f LETTERS FROM THE TELEGRAM READERS READERS' FOLLOWING MISS MISSI I FURLONGS FURLONG'S LESSONS I MISS F. F L. L writes I have been benefited by your e exercises and diet but some of the exercises seem too strenuous I have always been weak and nd pale and tonics do not seem to help me I 1 am 5 f fet feet et 4 and weigh but pounds I 1 have big hollows in my neck and shoulders and the bones stick out My chest is i's very bony and andI I 1 can count every rip rib I 1 possess C Can n you advise me of any certain exercises exercises exercises exer exer- through the columns of your our paper The chest raising exercises are the best ones for tor you and if it you find raising from the floor too strenuous try the theone the one for beginners which is much easier to master and strengthens strength strength- ens the upper arms This enables you to perform the more strenuous ones for d developing the chest and widening and filling out the narrow shoulders Take your position standIng standing stand stand- ing lug about three f feet et from the walland wall walland walland and place the hands flat on the wall Now lower the chest until it touches the wall keeping the knees rigid Repeat Repeat Repeat Re Re- peat thIs about twenty five times As you come up to the erect position lower the head until the chin rests on the chest and when you l lower the chest cheat to the wall throw the the head head as asfar asfar asfar I far back ack as it will wm go MABEL K T. T writes Should Should I r take lake Iron t to improve my hl blood od I 1 Iam Iam am very pale f fIt It is true that iron will will improve the blood and Is a nece necessary sary element clement but It should bo be taken into the body through foods that are rich in it and not from a a. bottle The inorganic hon Iron is not always absorbed hy by the system but often acts as an irritant to the he alimentary c canal nal instead H. H K P. P a man mah writes writes How How can I overcome acidity of ot the stomach stomach ach Avoid the foods sweets and starches which increase the acidity These foods ferment in in the stomach before they have hive time to th digest Take about one half the quantity of food you OU have been accustomed to eating and practice the trunk raising and liver squeeze exercises MRS EDITH K writes writes What What will remove puffs from under the eyes This condition arIses from some in internal internal internal in- in disorder and kidney trouble Proper diet no meats and total ab abstinence ab- ab b- b from tea coffee and alco- alco will remove them Lack of rest sometimes causes causE'S them