Show EXERCISE IN THE DAILY TASKS THAT ARE beautifying physical culture made easy if 0 on can only be brought to realize it health bringing agents not properly appreciated have you ever thought of the value of the exercise you take while attending to your household 9 some of the most valuable forms exercise are those associated with ordinary tasks of every day life the woman with a home and who Is fortunate enough to be able to look after it herself has a list of splendid exercises at her command I 1 dincov ered this tact fact a number of years ago when teaching physical culture at the same time I 1 was doing the housework tor for my little family of four and I 1 found borne some very interesting corn com karlsons parl sons there were over a hundred exercises in the system I 1 was as teach ing besides many so called whole body movements I 1 found that a large number of the exercises were exact duplicates of movements I 1 made while carrying on the homely tasks that are usually looked upon as drudge gry one exercise called the bell dell ring ers brought the arm muscles into play with much the same movement as we get from and after I 1 discovered this similarity I 1 never took a broom in my hands without thinking of it unconsciously I 1 found that the task of sweeping bad had grown to be a real pleasure and the exercise a wel come one another one I 1 recall was picking an imaginary bunch of grapes from a tall trellis requiring the body to be bal alced for a moment upon the toe of one foot and stretching the arm upward la in an effort to pluck the tempt ing fruit which hung almost out of reach the value of the exercise was in the stretching it gave the muscles and how many times I 1 have duplicated it when trying to take a clothesline from a tall pole or when reaching tor for something from a pantry shelf that was above my head one exercise which I 1 often recall was the kneeling exercise the body wag was slowly lowered while counting four till both knees rested on the floor with mith the body in an upright position this was fairly easy but the dim difu culty of the movement consisted in slowly rising from the lowly position upon four more counts without touch ing the hands to the floor or bending the body forward I 1 am quite willing to confess that while I 1 frequently as sume bume the kneeling position when oc caslon casion demands it I 1 do not always rise so gracefully and with as perfect poise as the exercise requires but I 1 always think of it and I 1 know it Is splendid for the muscles I 1 could draw similar comparisons from each one of a hundred move ments but these are enough to show the great benefit we derive from the variety of exercise we go through every day ard will serve to set us thinking a bit everything we do brings something of value to us if we do it pleasantly and cheerfully no matter how insignificant and tant it seems it will aid us material ly to gain in health and happiness it if e try to turn the homely things of dally daily life into pleasures with a full re aliza tion of their great value as health bringing agents instead of con si dering them in the light of irksome duties |