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Show pawn iwwwwwrwwwiw I a iw aj I THE WRONGWAY TO WALK I J Inoloitnnt rtnd Slovonly GrH Noticed All Too I Frequently. Walking one of the mit popular and b mortal raprrlura I. will dle-cixapil dle-cixapil in flood lloiin kipping Very atnut or alourli) people allow the abdoim-n to lead drain work-era work-era worrier, all nervoua and physically physi-cally iiitriiltlrateil people '" 'heir heads lead the head la further ad vaneed than an) othtr pari of the person per-son ll)peptlrs whine thoughts are centered on their atoinacha, often tin conaeloual) lead with the walat line Just oer the offending organ Oe rational!) a weak willed person permits per-mits the kneea to lead When a thin, had walker muxes raplril). there often aeem to be a rare between noae and knea and )mi watch to ape which i will arrive at the goal first When n )oung woman a aklrt and n )oung man a trouaera ahow a bulging ahapv over the knera their owners nre leading sedenlar) lives or hae never learnid to walk correetl) This tart of the toner limbs should be kepi straight and the ball of the foot, not the heel should touch the ground first When tlm head Is bent for long hours oer sewing machine or ledger or onion lied It Is not an eaay matter to pull It hack to lis proper position and make II ala) there, nnd It seema so much more ens) and comfortable to let the cheat alnk than to hold It up to Ita right place, but the demands of health and beaut) nre Identical In the mailer of n head held easll), not egotlatlcnll) hack, nnd n cheat kept In the lilgheat mid most advanced position It Is n striking inct that this attitude atti-tude of head nnd cnest Is expressive, not onl) of health nnd grace, but of the liner mental qualities The em-harraaaed em-harraaaed bo) drops his head. If he would hold hla head up, hla nervoua-neaa nervoua-neaa would dlsapptar The shy girl thinks thai ever) one In the room Is looking at her and her ehesl sinks; but It she would hold It up assume the altltude'iif courage, though she hae It not -she wouldn't rare whether wheth-er they looktd or not The aelf conscious con-scious person who knows he Is stiff and awkward, and who knows that hla atlffneas and awkwardness are the direct reaults of hla self couacloiia-ness couacloiia-ness should Imagine that n strong string Is attached to the upper mrl of hla cheat and held b) an Invisible hand nbne him All ho has to do Is to let his body depend from that string nnd keep his head well hark of It, mid hla mind and body will nllko become eas) and free The most graceful walker I ever knew told me that she hnbltunll) walked b) the aid of this Invisible cord Tooth Brushes. I)r 8 II Arnold glvussoma Interest-Ing Interest-Ing facts and good niMcn In regard to Hint dally friend. Ilia tooth brush; Nearl) all brushes aro mada from bristles taken from Iho wild hogs of llussla or China The handles nro common beef bones. The) nro mado mosll) In Japan, France, Kngland and flrrman), nnd by one firm In tho Lnlti-d Slate. Probably Kngllsh brushes nre the best mndo nnd worst shaped The French aro next In quality, qual-ity, but far ahead In form (Icrmany nr.d Japan are grnernll) Imitators Rome nf the most expenslvo Kngllsh and French, nnd all American brushes, nro made In fnctnrles under moru or less snnllnr) conditions, but the cheaper cheap-er gradis. Including all Herman and Japanese brushes aro made In tho huts of tho peasants whero caltlo, dogs, snlne fowls nnd humans aro herded In common The bristles and beno are given out by tho denier and token Into tho country where they nro assorted by tho nged and jnung children chil-dren and diseased persons, tho strong er members of Iho family working at n'oro remunerative employment These cheap brushes nro often In the most i 'unitary and wretched surrounding, sur-rounding, imnglnnblo, and It Is n significant sig-nificant fact that after being mado they aro seldom sterilised beforo using. Tho English brushes aro generally very muoh too largo to bo efficient. Tho French nro better shaped, but aro apt to bo too long of head, making much wasto to tho brush, and aro too long of bristle A wldo brush Is not advlsablo he-causo he-causo It limits tho movement possibly longitudinally to tho tooth Iing bristles bris-tles nro not the beat, brcauso they bend when tho brush Is thrust back between cheek and teeth, and stay hent till tho brush Is withdrawn, thus missing tho Interproximal spaces so much In need of cleaning Soft bristles bris-tles becomo softer when wet, nnd utterly fall to enter tho spaces at all If tho surfneo of tho bristles Is concaved con-caved longitudinally to fit Iho labial curvo of tho troth, then when tho brush Is reversed nnd used on the lingual lin-gual surfaces, only Iho ends of tho brush engago tho teeth, hence more teeth arc missed than clrnned nnd tho user Is deceived Into thinking he has cleaned his teeth because he has brushed (hem Studying tho brush over and what Is required of It It would seem that the brush host adapted to use In Iho human hu-man mouth should hae a short narrow nar-row head, with short, rather stiff bristles, bris-tles, trimmed straight longitudinally nnd coin ex latlludlnnll) that encli lino of bristles may mine successively Into use as the brush Is rotated Orenthlng for Strength. Instead of the above heading might bo written. "Ilreathlng for life" For that Is really what we do And since this fact Is so easily demonstrated, demon-strated, H Is Strang that we havo nm nun. iiilikl and fully discovered that In ihl. vital process lies tb an n I n mi d for a thousand III It ' not ih 'able fountain of ImraOrtal )ouih Men have lived wseka without with-out eating da)s without drinking snd nights without steeping; but bow long ran we live without breathlrg! Twentv oitnrea of lood and a fw plnla of water will supply the body one da) but upon a low intimate. It requires thinv thousand pints of all In the same length of time. The delli ait machine which this volume of nlr inter, is said to contain over 71X1000 0(10 air cell, or little workshop into the walls nf these there Mows llki the sewerngo of a great ill) the foul venous blood ol the bod) In ihrae remarkable work shops II Is quick!) transformed Into a rushing red torrent filled with llto-glvlug llto-glvlug ox) gen from the air What a wonderful Invention' What a miraculous miracu-lous process' And )rt )ou nro trusted trust-ed Willi oprrailng one nf these Inslrtl-mi Inslrtl-mi nt Would you note Ita magical effect under proper mndlllonsr Then stand erect Opvn the doors and windows; or, If )ou are sick In bed lmvo them opened IJft your chest and chin, and hrenlhe the Invigorating nlr of heo-en, heo-en, till the muscks of your abdomen falrl) hound with joy Now, Isn't that n Ionic Then take It many times a da) You can repeat the dosa ofttiv liven ns I write the fresh nlr tickles in) finger tips, for when wo breathe ileepl). It goo to all part of the bod). To "The aurterln' Ntat." Thar una a little woman In a itr srry Pliant, For, alransp in tell thl. woman lllallke.1 lo dwell Willi Unlit. Hha Hoanl hrr hllmla ill. lightly. Then craped I he wlnoowa oer. For frar I lie hlpaaad sunshine would .poll hi-r walla and floor. Thta ilalnly Hill woman Orrw i-r I. and thin Ju.l llk. llio wrak iHiialo aprauta In ri-liar de.. and dim Ah, alll) little woman! Viiu Imv. in, l.o mil of .lain lip. sua )..u w. uld not 1. 1 In Ihr aw. .In. r lliala light riii in and riresld. Consumption Can De Conquered. The universal Interest In the Anti-Tuberculosis Anti-Tuberculosis movement Is shown In ever) convention held to consider thl work The discussions are practical, not theoretical The audiences aro IHipular not merel) professional Tho whole Kople nre Intercted. In a session Just closed at Atlanta, Georgia, many Important and Interest Inn phases of tho prevention and euro of consumption were considered I)r C. P Ambler gavo a concise review of tho duty of tho ph)slolan In charge, lo tho patient and family, .lllsvpaperj wna enthusiastically" received atTd adopted as tho senso of tho 1-eaguo on this subJccL Ills points wcro ns follows: First, Tuberculosis Is not tho fatal disease commonly bclloved. Second Whllu communlcablo It can bo mado practically harmless by tho proper courso on tho part of the patient Third Tho chief cause of Iho high mortality I talc diagnosis. Fourth I.nto diagnosis Is caused by Indifference of tho patient to early s)mptoms nnd carelessness on the . part of the ph)slclan consulted I Fifth Ily thorough, s)stotnatlc In-I In-I structlon of the patient better rosults can bo accomplished than by medication medica-tion Sixth instruction of patient, family fam-ily and friends, and closo observance on tin lr part of tho rules laid down will practlcall) rob the dlscaso of Its method and means of extending Items thst Count. Thcro Is ono Important fact that should bo Indelibly fixed In tho mind of over) thinking, reasoning being, and that Is that any physical derangement, derange-ment, no matter how slight, leaves Its Impress on tho system, and that the Individual can never bo exactly the same aa before, Wo know thl Is cc trary to the opinion generally held, for wo frequently hear tho remark made concerning ono who ha recently pusscd through n slight sickness: "The doctor says ho Is as sound as a brll now!" This Is optimism, pure and simple, on the part of the physician phys-ician and It does good by establishing confldrnco In tho mind of tho whilom patient, but, In reality, 't Is not so. No dlsturhanco of tho normal courso of tho functions can pass away and leavo things exactly as they were A permanent damage has been Inflicted, nnd although It Is not appreciated at tho time, Nature Is a rigid bMkkccper, and these apparently trilling debts to her aro duly entered against the Indl vldunl, nnd you may rely upon It that sooner or later the bill will bo presented pre-sented It Is tho sum total of these minor Injurlos that becomo formidable formida-ble tho accumulation of these trifling trif-ling derangement that breik down constitutions ultimately The Use of the Potato. According to statistics elted by Wal-dron Wal-dron In the llovuo pour Tous, the potato po-tato Is more largely used In Kuropo than any other food substance, tho average amount nnnually eaten per capita being ns follows In the different differ-ent countries named Kngland. 2(2 laiunds; Austria, GG2 pound, France, C07 iHiunds; Norway and Sweden, 739 pounda; (lermany 1 28S pounds; Ireland, Ire-land, 1 3f.t pounda The per diem consumption con-sumption for Kngland Is eleven ounces per day, and Ireland, three and three-fourths three-fourths pound, or nearly six time a much JE) i Sfi |