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Show WHY NOT IMITATE ANIMALS? Universal Instinct Teaches Them to Go Through Certain Exercises , on First Waking. j AH tho higher animals go through certain exercises on llrst awaking. Thero seems a universal Instinct which Itenches that certain stretches, expansions expan-sions nnd breathing nro necessary ntv this time. Thu movements of nulmnls 'on awnklng arc yawning, deep drouth-lng, drouth-lng, cxpunston and stretching. Hut luen ruroly tako such exercises. As n. 'matter of fact, man possibly takes more time, whines more, and docs less than any other animal between the moment of uwaklug and standing erect. ; Although tho stretch has been carefully care-fully explained by science, few know ithc real meaning. Tho stretch extends ex-tends tho body so that tho veins, whero congestion Is most liable to tuko pluco 'and whero pressure of blood Is weak-' est, aru to elongated that tho blood ,llovs moro easily from tho arteries, 'Where the pressure is strongest,' through tho veins back to tho heart, J and circulation Is equalized nnd stlmu-luicd. stlmu-luicd. Tho yawn Is similar to tho stretch. The yawn Is u stretch of tho lungs, I while thu stretch 13 n yuwn of tho muscles, and both express it hunger for oxygen. The half hour between' waking and rising should bo freshened , by thoughts of Joyous things chuckling, chuck-ling, laughing, stretching and yawning. yawn-ing. Nuw York Sun. |