Show The Lesson o of Summer i i When the man an 11 who is fighting ng a n desk all Year reaches that p period of the calendar al devoted to vacation time he learns a a. le lesson son from the outdoor season 1 He understands practically what his doctor r has b been n tea teaching hing fr fresh sh air and exercise are the best h him m all the time that sunshine medi medicines ines and tonics possible for any man He learns that the lungs are made to be filled filled filled- not filled not ot neglected That although his vocation may may not require the use of arms anns a and id idl l legs gs as s does the a work of a black blacksmith smith or oran or-an an athlete it is is far better better- for him to set aside a few minutes every day for gen general ral exercise than to neglect his body and le let it become a pitiful wreck In these days of systems bf f culture it seems a waste of time to outline any series of exercises for foi the business man Experts and specialists men who have studied the human body with a view t t to building it jt up in the best and m most st sane manner unite in declaring that the business man does not want to become muscle bound bounda a mass of useless weight and power which will vill willo o only ly Y hinder him film But they do declare without a dissenting voice that exercises which help the internal organs organ's organs and digestion and i tone Htone up the whole system are necessary ary t to success Nor do they I I neglect swimming as a means of helping the man of sedentary 1 habits to get fit To a certain extent the teaching of of the control of brain over body hody has been almost overdone Yet even this method of system systems is s not neglected by physical educators one whom of whom went so far asto as asto asto to illustrate the use to which the mind may be put in developing the body as follows He placed the subject for the purpose of experiment on a carefully carefully care care- fully balanced alan ed plank Then he told the subject to think o oi his I right hand and then of his left The blood supply sent by th the brain to first the right and then the left hand haId tilted the plank alternately to the right and then to the left So this teacher teach l argued if one while exercising would place on the wall waIl before him t the e picture of some some athlete and think how v the muscles muscles' of neck and shoulders sa say Y were developed toped in that type he too could the themore more easily develop a similar physique by having the brain thus aid id th the body J. J The TIle outdoor ou season gives everybody an opportunity of exer exec exercising exercising into the sunshine and of learnel learn learn- learning el eling sing in the open air of getting ing ng the value of exercise Many Manya a man who has neglected his body as far as proper j exercise goes goe returns from an outing in the woods or by the seashore seashore sea sea- shore shoe e or on the mountains so revived and built up by the outdoor lif i and the exercise which he found absolutely necessary under conditions of camp life that he has as been won over to adopting some system of exercise exercise for his body thereafter All year through gh the exercise maybe may be tak taken taken n fifteen eh minutes a aday day ay the West Point physical l di director once said said- was sufficient fo for business men The lost art of deep breathing may be found by persistent effort for a week or so and then become natural The wealth of a healthy body lies at the hand of every man W We may not all be But we can be healthy and ana feel fit as s our our English cousins describe it r is one well veIl worth learning I As one physician expressed it Perspiration followed by a abath abath abath bath and rub down is a veritable elixir of life I |