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Show FILLING THE LUNG9 No ploca of advice tho physician can give will bear more frequent repetition re-petition than tho pithy, sentenco: Breathe deeply. It is a perfectly simple sim-ple rule ot health, yot It Is constantly con-stantly broken. There are two ways to learn- to breathe. If our powers of self dlsclp-' line are poor, ,aa is the case with most Insufficient breathers. It Is a good plan to Join a gymnasium or callsthenlc class and learn to use the lungs as a baby learns 'to use its feet and hands. jBut remember (hat lessons In breathing will do no goo4 it the scholar thinks he is absolved from his tank except when he Is ,ln tho class. A simpler method for thoso who havo not tlmo or opportunity to attend at-tend a, gymnasium Is to turn life's dally routine Into a continuous discipline discip-line In breathing. If tho poor breather breath-er takes tho trouble to watch himself carefully ho will And that when bo Is engaged upon any work that calls for close attention ho does not over breatlio ns deeply as UBUal; o almost al-most Invariably holds his breath. Thus tho blood current Is vitiated when it ought to bo cleansed nnd the worker exhausts himself, not so much by his labors as by his neglect . Draw In deep drafts of air every tlmo you tako a breath and every Uttlo whllo stop ovorythlng else and fill your lungs a few tlmeB with broaths that test their capacity. You, will bo surprised to see tho Improvo-mont Improvo-mont that it will mako In your general gen-eral condition. |