Show GIVES SOME GOOD G 00 WV w V ry z kofl it C ADVICE TO HIS SOLDIER SON somo isome suggestions that may prove of great value to tho the new soldier TO REST BY relaxation IWonder fut currents current curative ing and replenishing flow into tho the submissive body during moments of relaxation BY AUGUSTUS THOMAS of the vigilantes kew york this Js IB it genuine letter a document written by tho the distinguished dramatist to lite his son about to SO go to franco france sir mr thomas when writing had bud no thought of its publication we to la an enthusiastic vigilante others othera of tho the organization happened to seo sea the letter and persuaded him film to lot let it be 10 published illy hy dear son I 1 was interested in the report of tile th boys bog in their hike under tho the full packs and their readiness to foil fall when chance came at the end vt of tho the day that dog tired fatigue to Is tho the kind that brings tile tho most moat com coin relaxation and tho the fullest iw wo we learn into lo in life rome iconic of us that the secret of recuperation cupe ration find therefore the secret of power not only physical power but also power mental find and spiritual Is the ability to rolax relax you are probably going to france and it if so will often have great need of the quickest replenishment of your expended up ended strength perhaps you I 1 will remember more definitely somo some dig gest ions about relaxing it if I 1 give you tho the baste basic reasons for them I 1 used to amuse you when you were tt A little fellow by hypnotizing me you will recall that a i rno mosquito that would fly from my illy hand or taco when you tried to catch min him would sit still for me until I 1 slowly picked him up tito tho trick in that was iny illy wolfing waiting until I 1 felt ills his sting and then taking a deep breath and push ins on oil it or tensing up that tension automatically closed nil all tho the pores porca of tho the skin and the mosquito who had put his bill into ono one of those these pores found it gripped ond and held there tharo no IB a bears benr root might to lie held in ili A spring trap that closing vf cd tho the pores under ten tell islon Is one of sin tures means of protection tec tion A man suddenly plunged into water instinctively inhales and auto closes life his pores no ila does doca the some same tiling thing it if startled by danger or attacked by any emotional shock lie he does docs it also when making any considerable effort strength prom from without it la Is only with affo age and some borno humility that wo we come to realize how much of our so oo called strength comes coines from outside of us its actually lows flows into ua its and through us on oil what it if tile phrase wont frighten you I 1 might call tho the cosmic currents thero Is IB it little scientific instrument called tho the blo metro alint registers and to fjosne extent measures tills strength giving current I 1 hope it wont bore you if I 1 tell you of it briefly the blo metre la Is a small glass bell or dome inside of which there hero Is a copper needle suspended by a R bilk ilc thread the bell rests on a board under which la Is a coll of copper wire tho the needle swings free not quito bulto touching the tha supporting linse base when a man approaches tho the blo blott metre letre with lila his loft left hand the needle is drawn toward filia slightly but perceptibly when lie iio approaches tho the bell with its ills right liand hand tho the needle swings away front from hlin him moro more perceptibly than lhnn it swung toward him in tile lie first experiment it if two blo blome metres trea are used one for each hillid tho the needle in the left one la Is drawn the ilia mail and vint lint in tho the right ono one Is repelled that would heern to indicate that lint n current wua waft flowing into its and through us from loft left to right furthermore it Is possible to pro buco tills this interesting phenomenon it tho the ann tries to affect tile current ly by a tensed effort tile the right needle moyes further from him film than before but tile ifft one canses to be attracted and likings plumb tills this would seem to 1 in dacate that his file effort expended the energy which tile right hand needle registered and tit at the same time tile effort the body to any intake j ot of the ille supply 1 its ita worth thinking about I 1 to relay Is in art Som sometime oilme in tho the early nineties I 1 saw ald mccoy knock mit it fighter named between the rounds stitt toola ook the usual rubbing and fanning by lils ills seconds but mccoy occasionally a system of deep breathing felitt relaxation as lie ho stood by tile the relies I 1 believe lie was the first fighter to spar with open palms closing ahti fists only as he struck I 1 recall in which lie ho was quoted at aa saying that lie he his strength by that manner ni finner being ro re aimed when sparring fluff hellsing tell sing up only for a blow tin the fact was that hat strength flowed into jilin him in those of 0 na its it flows into all of us the big eats cats tiro tire instructive in that respect its wonderful to watch their complete in ili inot attl budea chilan ii tao linro the great peace ts Is with us its of only I 1 ly when vc we pre re completely relaxed tin and d met let pins lt It Nvere yere ji somewhat of nn an sit art it T WT 1 cant bo fully done without it deep arenth first and then tile tho let go ono one cant relax from half tension us is it were often wo we think we ore are relaxed only to fill find after hours of waiting when utter exi slumps us that wo h have ave been in memo respect holding ourselves away from tile the bed A rehearsal in ili tile ho theater Is a lire dire tiling for tightening onu one up who IH 11 directing 11 it aud and unconsciously lifting each after many henrs ive collie to recognize jhb condition in III time ind often in fit tile tho dark auditorium when tile the actors or scrub women cant BOO no ino 1 ho supine on oil tile the campot in ili till nn aisle or tho the foyer and with timis arms outstretched for it minute relax till nil over it so simple us its it sounds bounds even after the deep breath one has to think down to the he very finger tips ond toes toca and by mental command distills dismiss s the accumulated tension then last of all tile the muscles of the aneo to let them foil fall with half closed eyelids find tile the lips slipping away from tile tho teeth ns its they do on dead men its quite astonishing toni shing what it refreshing indulgence ovon even it a half minute of such relaxing Is As s ive vo said its nn all art to do it and very useful when you get it practiced by jp japs the japs japa fire past masters nt at it they were wera tri taught tight it and practiced it conscientiously in tho the japo russian war after lying supine for a minute enc each jap soldier would he taken by the head by it comrade and firmly pulled until the packed vertebrae of his spine were drawn apart and andre re I 1 leased used croul the days pressure pIes pressure sure 0 on n them your lee lec 11 tle tl UW fit r p e la c 6 alm ilm 16 bone has tri lff W at fprd p by ho it boutil outil bryll 9 about the di or 0 a lead ea a Fen cli through those holes the great trunk ervel travel with arith tho the smaller arves ranching from them A fow few hours houra march even cen without guu gun or pack sags hags those vertebrae together na as tight na carti lego cushions will mill permit lying llna down helps greatly to remove tills this pressure pros Buro but tile japanese slow blow pull on oil the th lead head does it tit once A man lilt do 30 it somewhat for himself by lifting its his shoulders its as lie he lies iles on oil his back and hunching bunching hun ching them along as an if trying trains to got them as far fai as pon pom sible from tits belt when im on oil my illy inck back for lay two ini minutes rest lest cure I 1 take two or three such hunches tit nt intervals trying to hold my illy gain each thue by an all anchorage of tho the shoulder der blades against tho the carpet generally I 1 call henr hear the alie vertebrae ns as they slip from their packed contact to in all easier nd adjustment especially if in my hunch bunch ing I 1 havo have lifted my head so eliat soule pull to IB put on the spinal col column sixty seconda ot of such buch rest rent Is worth an hour our tit lif it 11 chair richard chard davis told me ine or maybe mabe it waar irli IrvIn cobl cobb 1 I heard tell of the germa n sol ool adlers utilizing even a few minutes halt to throw themselves on the ground lot flat and extended I 1 wish try it especially over there when they send you and I 1 fancy it will M help if 1 you really believe and know ns as you yield yourself to the he ground that it Is somewhat more than rest know that into your submissive Ivo body tile tho divine nad wonderful currents are blotting lot ting curative restorative and replenishing its really the die big Ble medicine dicine 11 affect bonat ely FATI IEn |