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By Mme. Una Cavalieri.
MY physician 1b one of the wise
men of this world, and I
doubt not that when be
leaves this plane ha will be one of
the wise men of another. Strange
to say, I have learned from him to
rely little upon medicines.
He, with many other clever physi
cians, hates drugs. Said he to me
one day, when I told him that It
seemed to me every muscle, bone
and nerve in my body ached: "Don't
ask me to give you any potions, my
dear mademoiselle. I wish you to
cure yourself. It is the greatest
of all cures."
Then he began Questioning in his
calm, Judicious way: "Where is the
pain?" he said; "Everywhere," I
tearfully answered. "But where is
most of It?" he persisted. "About
the knees," I answered. Said he:
"Then stretch them." He told me
that the knees should be free. When
they felt stiff or imprisoned all was
not well with them, and that I could
cure the stillness and gain the free
dom simply by stretching the knees.
It was quite simple and easily
learned. Will not you who read
this page try It?
Bend the leg quickly and vigor
ously at the knee joint. Raise the
leg slowly until the upper part of
the leg Is on a straight line with
the thigh, the foot, so to apeak,
dangling. Do the same with the
other leg. Alternate and repeat ten
times.
"It is." I said laughingly to the
doctor, "like a soldier marching very
high and fast." "Precisely," an
swered he. .
In a few minutes I, who had felt
the weight of lassitude, who felt as
L have heard some say in the United
States, "more dead than alive," be
gan to feel better. The blood flowed
through my languid limbs. I felt
alive again. It was quite pimple. .
The knee stretching had started re
newed circulation, not only in the
limbs but in the tmk. Begin the
exercises with six m o v e m e nts.
Then increase to eight and ten.
Before singing had expanded my .
lungs and enlarged my chest I had
narrow shoulders and a contracted
chest. Doctors less wise than this
one, told me I was going into a de
cline; that I had incipient tubercu
losis. But this wise doctor saved
my life and how, do you suppose?
He said: "I cannot cure you. You
must cure yourself." ,
"But how?" I asked.
Then he taught me arm circling,
that salvation of so many who are
classed with the tubercular doomed.
It frees the tightened anl half use
less Bhoulder Joints; it widens the
chest space; it teaches the limes to
do their work well. It trains to
THE MANICURE LADY.
rT seema to tne that for a girl
ber, "you take a whole lot of extra
holidays."
-I w.a ta horn, with an attack of
neuralgia, George." aald the Manicure
Lady. The doctor thought for a while
that I would nevor oe able to talk
again."
"That would have been fierce!" ex
claimed the Head Barber. -I should
hate to think how awful It would be
for a girl of your years to look for
ward to one of them long-, Dummy
Taylor existences. It would be bad
enough for you while you stay single,
but think how fierce that there malady
would eeem If you happened to set
married. Think of a married woman
that can't talk! Oil Ol!"
"Men talk more than women," re
plied the- Manicure Lady. "Men first,
barbers second and ladles third plaoe.
But as I was saying- about my neural
gia, George, It was sure a flerce ordain
to go through. Ae the novelist saye.
far week 1 lay tossing on a bed of
pain, but my splendid constitution and
splendid nerve finally pulled sae
through."
"Your, splendid nerve might have
pulled you through." replied the Head
Barber. "How did the family teUe it?"
Made Her Grouchy, '
"Kind of hard. George. Mother and
sister Mayme was a lot put oat. of
course, because 1 help a lot evenings
with the housewor. and brother Wil
fred telt bad because the pais made
me klud of grouchy and kept me from
coming across with the touches that
be has been making regular oa me
since 1 got n.y inheritance.
"Honest to goodness. Oearge, I guest
the old gent ass about the only sincere
mourner at my bed of pata. He told me
that It grieved blm more than .tongue
could tell to think that I might lose my
voice. You when my voice was
working gaod. the wa that It always did
ei'oucd here, and the old gen: was get-
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"For
aching
muscles
of the
imitate
the
mar chin s
of a
soldier, lift
the limbs
very high
and fast"
right breathing.
Clench the hands, and, holding the
arms at the sides and slightly In
front of the body, move them behind
you, and raising and swinging them
slowly, make circles In the air. Raise
the arms ae high as you can, then
bring them as low as you can with
out bending the body; next, holding
your hands behind you, raise the
arms, bringing them forward, form
ing the same circles. This should
be repeated many times a day, be
ginning with eight of the clrclings
and Increasing to twenty.
There is a state of body, and quite
as much of mind, when to use a
common phrase, we "feel our
bodies." It is a commonplace way
of saying that the spirit feels the
weight of the body as an Incum
brance. This state makes for ill
health and awkwardness. For it Is
characteristic of the strong and act
ive, and especially of the graceful
person, that he or she is little con
scious of the body. Perhaps I will
make this condition clearer to you
If I tell you that the term "general
debility" applies well to It. Some
times it leads to greater weight.
Sometimes to paralysis. But in its
'lightest degree it is uncomfortable,
if not dangerous. This doctor of
mine, when I complain of your Amer-
tin bawled out tha w J...-.. v.
uy ue nappenea uown
her t0 tn "hop, and the war would be
over almost before you kuew It. But
"er my Jaws got to aore from neuralgia
inat i couldn't talk, then mother knew
and seen ber opportunity, and the way
she was laying down the law to father
was a crime. If there was anything the
oia gent had did tor a year back, all the
way from joining a fake lodge to tinging
The Little Black Bull Came Down the
Mountain on the front step at 3 a, m.,
well, 1 would like to know what It was
"Sometimes I feel kind of sorry for the
old gent at that When It comes to a
argument with mother, be Is alwas mors
won against then winning, and tt Is get
ting to that the only things mother al
lows blm to swallow Is things called food
stuffs, so called becaus they are far dif
ferent from the old gont'a former diet, it
stems a klud of shame to me. Ooorge, to
see a gent In his declining years being
denied all ibem little comforts and
luxuries which made bis early years so
rosy.
"But to get back to my neuralgia.
George, I era sure glad that I ain't going
to lose my voice, fiametluict even now 1
wake up In tka night and think of the
awful possibility of losing my voice."
"Don t stsy awake oo tha account
kid." said the Head Barber. "Get your
sleep. You're safe."
MUTUAL.
Mbtber You have accepted George?
Why. you know very well that I don't
approve of him.
Daughter That's all right, mother.
Neither does be approve of you.
FOILED.
Office Optimist Anyway, boarding
bouses are not so bad. At ours, for In
stance, we can eat as much as we like.
Cantankerous Crank So can we at
sura, but there never is anything we
can possibly like!
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Copyright 1911.
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'A good resting exercise is to
swing the arms backward and
forward with a Ions;, free
movement.
lean term for the complaint Is "log!
ness," says; i"Cure yourself again,
inaidmoiselle. Pretend that you are
a mower." It is great release for the
body and amusement ror the mind
to fancy yourself holding a scythe
and mowing the grass that grows to
your knees and waist. With the
windows of my room wide open I
have fancied that I was actually
mowing the lush grass I have seen
growing In the green valleys of my
native bella Italy.
Use a broomstick Instead, or an
umbrella, or a cane, If you like.
Grasp it with both hands and make
long, swinging movements of cut
ting the grass. The rising and sink
ing of the body, the long, free, par
allel movement of the arms, employs
nearly every muscle In the body, and
the quickening of the circulation Is
at once felt. 6wlng first to the right
a half dozen times, then to the left
a like number of times. As the
body becomee accustomed to the vig
orous exercise the number can be in
creased to two dozen. I have known
the exercise to cure a case of curva
ture of the spine at its beginning. A
little girl who was growing round
shouldered by bending over her deak
at school was kept at home by her
mother and taught to mow, always
on the side opposite to the curving
Inward of the delicate little back
bone. For indigestion he prescribed turn--
? far around as I could,
standing upright, and remaining
, squarely on my feet, yet twisting the
upper part a. far from side to side
as I could without straining a mus
cle. Placing the hands at the sides,
palms against the waist line, encour
ages In what seems to the beginner
foolish procedure. For beneath the
palms you can feel the enormous
play of the muscles, and you vill
realize that stagnant circulation, the
cause of most of the bodily Hie, Is
being vigorously stirred. Persist in
this, and In drinking much water
and fresh fruit juice, and your Indi
gestion will probably vanish.
If the hips are disproportionately
large, leg circling, stesdily followed,
will reduce them. P ace the palms
at the waist and raising the right
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foot, swing the leg In a circle. Do
this three or four times at the be
ginning. After the muscles become
accustomed to the new exercise you
can repeat theexerclse six, eight, ten
or twelve times. It is well to alter,
nate.
It was this wise physician of
mine who taught me Belt cure of
one of the signs of poor circulation,
cold feet. Also tho exerclBe I am
about to describe to strengthen
weak ankles.
Holding the leg out before one,
swing the foot clear of the ground,
and holding It thus lifted, work the
foot up and down by
means of tho ankle
Ha J Joints. Also swing Sy I V I
Joints. Also swing
the foot round and
round. This can be
repeated many times
a day and each
from fifteen to thirty
movement
times.
If you are tired and there Is yet
work to be done, my doctor recom
mended this:
Swing the arms backward and for
ward with a long, free movement,
the clenched hands meeting In front
and et the back being on a Isvel
with the shoulders.
It la rest through different acltv
Ity. O. S. writes: "My hair Is very
thin and I am not able to mako It
curl. I may add that the crude
oil and bay rum you recommend
made my hair stop falling out, but
I should like to raise a new crop
Massage your scalp every day
unless the scalp becomes too
tender. Avoid eating sweets or
spices. I know of no way of mak
ing straight hair curly except by
using Irons, which I disapprove, or
curlers wrapped In kid, which are
less harmful to the hair.
A. It. writes: "Will you kindly
advise me what to do for my nose?
The least frost or coldness will
turn It very red. It is certainly
most unbecoming. I have used al
most all kinds of cold cream, also
a prescription by my iibyslclan.
Ijo you wear your cornets, your
collars, your sleeves or your shoes
or your stockings too tight? Either
of these m'ght cause ycur nose to
be red. If not, try this lotion,
which soothes Irritated surfaces:
Cherry laurel water 2 oz
Powdered calamine.
Glycerine
Zinc oxide
Apply with a ult
Vi dram
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cloth
dram
dram
or all
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ME. LINA CAVALIERI has an eminent physician who
never prescribes drugs except as a last resort. When
she complains of aching muscles he orders exercises for
those muscles. Pain, he believes, can be driven away, in most in
stances, by stimulating ihe circulation. 1 low she obeys this advice,
and wilh what results. Mme. Cavalieri interestingly lells
on tins page.
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"A good exercise to restore
vigor when one is tired out"
sorbent cotton, morning and evening
Mildred writer 1 am nineteon
and altogether too fleshy. Please
tell me an internal
remedy for reductng
my weight. Pasting
always makes me so
sick and weak.
I am . opposed to
obesity remedies that
are taken internally,
for they disturb the
digestion and make
a person thinner by re
ducing the amount of
'Raising the
foot swing
in a circle
size of too large hips."
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"For the heavy, feeling called
"Joginess"' make long, swing
ing movements with a broom
stick, cane or umbrella."
her vitality. The best internal rem
edy you can take, my dear, Is to eat
less food. I do not advocate fasting,
but I do favor eating lees. Try
eating a third less than usual for
two weeks. Then half as much as
usual for a month. Exercise freely
during those six weeks, especially
walking before breakfast. Drink
water freely, especially at this
time. It will make it possible for
yoi to get on with less food.
For Indoor exercise the punching
bag is useful. It will reduce the fat
girl, for the extra amount of air It
causes her to take In to the lungs
will burn up the waste fats.
What He Meant
rARTY of four, Just returning
from the theatre, called In at the
fashionable restaurant The prim old
maid, who was the guest of the even
ing, was charmed with everything, es
pecially the music.
While the waiter was standing by
the table, she asked blm to rind out
the title of the piece the orchestra was
playing. And the willing waiter
promised.
But ether duties claimed him for
time, and when be returned the ?ady
had completely forgotten ber request
When he bent toward ber, and softly
whispered something In ber ear. she
recoiled In horror. Then, recovering
from the shock, she turned with cold,
relentless fury upon the hapless man
who waited.
'How dare you!" she cried. "How
dare you:"
And It took the terrified waiter quite
a time to explain why be had merely
breathed the title of the piece ao
softly: "What Can 1 Do To Make You
Love Me?"
His View
THE circus proprietor was bewailing
his bad luck and poor takings.
"What I want, gentlemen," lie observed
to a small group gathered In the
smokeroom of the Royal Hotel, "la a
real live attraction. Something wilt
have to be done. If I could persuade
a gentleirun U enter me non- aea i
should get a good advertisement, and
thing might take a turn for the
better."
"I'll go Into the lions' den," said the
quiet man of the party.
The proprietor could hardly credit
his sense of hearing. With 'tears be
assured the gentleman that things
SOME CLASS.
"My boy John writes uie that he Is
stoppln" at the bel hotels." remarked
Mra Corn.
"Is be a commercial traveller?"
"No. He's drlvln' a parcels deliver
van."