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.OWN, Algernon!"
"All fours, Vincent!"
"Right, left, nil fours.
walk, Gladys!"
"Tho naughty burrs hurt your dear
llttlo Lands. What n shame, mother's
dear little Frances!"
No, theso remarks nro not ad
dressed to a dog, nor to a horse, nor
to cats. They arc the exclamations
of relatives ndjurlng tho members
of their families to drop to tho
afaclent position' of man for their
stomach's sake.
Professor Hclnrlch Schock, tho
cnilncnt biologist of Munich, htm as
sorted that ho can euro tho great
American dlscaso by reverting to tho
Attitudes of our ancestors when they
leaped from bough to bough of tho
glknt trees In th'o family jungle. Tho
cry of tho learned Gorman Is, "To
your soles, 0, Americans! To your
jlalras and solos! Thus only can
ypu banish tho acho from your Btom
soli and restore tho vanished roses
your checks."'
And the marvel is that society baa
Heeded, society that was ovor-heedless!
"It ls perhaps becauso tho idea
tickles their funny bone," said a
critic of tho all-fours movement who
Had himself practised It "It Is al
most as diverting to seo your frlcndi
mike monkeys of themselves as to
have n real monkey as guest of honor
ai.'a dinner."
At any rate, it has become tha
fad; as greatly the fad as it was
foe plump" ladles to walk or stand
for twonty minutes aftor dinner.
'X$o plump ladles believed tho mild
exercise after a" meal prevented, dis
tention of,tb'e stomach and abdomen.
Satiety of both sexes walks and
trots on all fours for tho same
reason.
Professor Hclnrlch Schock, watch.
ta a party of passengers descending
into, an ocean liner to n tender at
Gfcfirbourg, said. "Americans, nil!
Q4h you not seo with tho glasses the
Sity faces, tho worried look, tho too
jwity faces, the worried look, tho loo
116 stomachs ? Too much eating,
Wb little' exorclBo! Ah, I should
like to euro thorn." Ho went back to
hl4 abpr"aTory in Munich nnd studied
bltd.on a slide, n specimen of
American blood ho had secured, and
saw that tho whlto corpuscles wero
proportionally too many.
The distended stomach, the in
ability fo assimilate fowl, tho chalk,
ily whl(e faces wero all symptoms
of .deterioration, ho believed, and to
prevent; deterioration ho advised a
return to primitive methods.
, VTo rest tho, Btomach. to stimu
late tho circulation, to nfTord n freer
flw of the gastric Juices, to permit
the gall to pass moro readily from
the gall bladder Into the stomach
toy widening the opening into it, for
nil theso reasons descend often to
tlie posturd of your ancestors," ho
lidjrlsed.
White visiting in Berlin ho offered
hi theory at a dinner at which sev
eral Americans were guests.
"Try it." ho urged, and a
lone.
lean Kentucklan, sallow
of cheek
complied.
After tllf lfpntnrk-lnn hnrt tnniln nnn
round of tho table others followed,
rroressor Hchock reviewing
strange procession.
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Why the "All-Fours" Walk Helps
By'Dr. Garleton Simon.
rvALKING on all-fours, unlike
J many other fads, has a
strong foundation in rea-
son. The principle chiefly in
volved, and which the physicians of
Europe apply to the American com
plaint dyspepsia, is that by changin
tho relative position of the stomach
Its pressure Js relieved and conges
tion is lessened.
While walking in our acquired
posture for there is little doubt
that we had to learn to walk up
right the race first walking as the
quadrupeds do, on all fours the
stctnacb, so to speak, "settles." And
it settles It settles upon somo-
Hands to Cure Stomach Ills
"Straight, there! You'ro leaning
too far to tho right!" ho called to a
flushed young woman from Now
York, who woro her stays a bit too
tight for grace
"Come, come! Don't try to look
pretty! Head lower, splno higher!
Tho trunk should form an Inclined
piano with tho head as its lowest
point!" ho roared nt a fat Phila
delphia millionaire.
"Don't wobble!" shouted tho
Teuton nt a matron who, though
charming, was a bit affected, and
whoso bronzo pumps wcro a shade
too tight
"I feel better," asserted tho Ken
tucklan when his tall figure returned
to, tho normal perpendicular. Notice
ably brighter- wero his eyes and
rosier his skin.
."So do I," said tho middle-aged
matron,, whoso figure was "wobbly."
(And straightway each became a
missionary to his or her country on
tho efficacy of tho walking on all
f6urs treatment for tho' Amerlpan
ailment, indigestion. Tho .cult has
grown amazingly, though generally
secretly.
If your host asks you to excuse
him and disappears after dlnner.yoq
'a d c i e . .
A PMlble Social Scene m Cenh-sl Park, if Every One Took
Up the "All
would, if you woro willing to lnvado
tho privacy of his bed chamber, find
him walking hastily but awkwardly
around tho room on his palms and
Boles. A half dozen turns about tho
room and ho rises, panting, but feel
ing, ho would tell you, enormously
better.
Ono of tlie season's debutantes, re
turning after an immediately after
dluner vanishing, displayed her
reddened palms and told tho story.
Tho function being n debutants
luncheon, thero and then dignity
withdrew. Dignity, you know, goes
out nt the window when novelty
comes in at tho door at a debutante's
luncheon. In n minute thero was a
laughing procession of human buds
about tho table, while tho chaperon
played "Row, Row, Row" at the
piano,
Tho debutantes told their sopho
more friends nt Harvard, and nt tho
next dlnner-theatro-danco, to which
both wcro invited, thero was a
twenty minutes all-four romp around
tho room, at tho peril of chiffons nnd
lacos, and to the confusion of collar
buttons.
So walking on all fours became
thing. That something is tho duo
denum, the Intestine so named be
causo It Is as largo as two fingers,
that opens out of tho stomach and
into the large Intestines. There is
nlso a strain upon the apex of tho
stomach caused by the weight of the
stomach dragging at It as the para
chute of n balloon drags at the up
holding ropes, Tho more food the
stomach habitually contains .the
greater the weight
When tho walking posture is
shifted from perpendicular to horl
zontal there Is no such drag. So re
garding the solar plexus, that collec
tion or network of nerves in the
thorax Jusfln front of tho stomach.
Tho strain of an -upright position
upon this so called "brain of tha
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tho fad. Professor Schock's ndvlco is
being rigidly, though laughingly,
followed.
"To your roofs," ho said. "To
your gardens. On tho seashore. -Anywhero!
But drop to your hands
nnd feet and walk on them as many
times a day as you can nnd as long
n tlmo ns possible." Therefore, if
your neighbor peeps furtively at
you, his head just appearing abovo
tho cornlco of the flat roof of hla
house, don't suspect him of burglary.
Ho Is practising tho all-fours walk.
Walking on all fours is succeeding
tho turkey trot in popularity.
Whllo tho barnyard dance raged It
was commented on by critics ad
versely, becauso bald and paunchy
brokers and hnwlirirrvl irrnnilmnHinra
indulged in tho swaying romp to
music, Tho secret Is but It was
not because tbey wero infatuated
with tho dance, but becauso tho
vigorous exercise nldcd their diges
tions their threadbaro and sorely
needy digestions.
For the satno reason tho "nil-fours"
treatment is here, nnd for tho sarao
reason it will remain until a better
method replaces it
Your Stomach
stomach" is great When the body
drops to the support of the palm
and soles this strain Is also removed.
Professor Schock's argument that
the beasts of the field have fewer
Btomach and intestinal troubles than
has man Is doubtless correct Ani
mals suffer, though in less degree,
from heaviness after eating, nn acid
condition of the stomach, clogging of
the Intestines and tlatulcnce, than do
human beings. He contends, and his
contention Is not amiss, that the
gastric Juices are prone to settle in,
as It were, tho lowest pocket of the
stomach, when that organ is K the
position nctfssltnted by tho upright
position of the body, whereas when
the body bns descended to the orlgt.
ml latitude the gastric juice has a
better i haute to permeate the food,
by tha Star Company. Great Britain
FoureTure for Indigestion
Just Why the Latest Health Fad
Germany That Bids Us Move
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A- Patient Wearing Protective Elbow, Knee and Toe Harness o Prevent Injury.
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Diagrams Showing the Position
because the food covers a larger
area of the. stomach. '
A chief reason for this fad that
has come 16 .us from jQennany by
way of England and France Is that
walking on all fours gives to the
etomach greater mobility; Whatever
exercises the organs, if. not unduly,
is. well for their development Tho
stomach being, less packed, so to
speak, by surrounding organs, hav
ing more room In this new posture,
It move more freely, I nm a foe to
all onr-Jetlon of the internal
orguua. My opposition does not end
Rights ReserveO.
Earliest Four-footed Ancestors
May Actually Do Us Real Good
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Polly Chase, the Noted Ameri
can Actress, Who Has Made Such
a Success in England, Is an Enthu
siastic Supporter of the New Cure.
This Photograph Shows Her in
Her After-Breakfast Walk.
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Stomach Is in While One Is Walking and the Position When
Dn. I. nn All
at corsets. 1 believe that men
should not hold themselves in at tho
waistline by tight belts. The neces
sity to take these off. It there were
no other reason, would win my ad
vocacy of the new exercise for the
cure of dyspepsia.
Certainly I see no harm in it If
It will induce lazy persons, or per
sons who have not the opportunity
for vigorous out-of-door exercise, to
run about their rooms or their roots
or gardens in the all-fours posture
for their stomach's sake. I can see
good, and no evil, as a result
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A Hand-Walking Class in a German Hospital. It is Made Up
of Children Suffering from Intestinal Indigestion.
My Secrets of Beauty
No, 221 As I See the American Woman
By Mme. Lina Cavalieri, the Most Famous Living Beauty
I ADMIRE the Amorlcan woman. I
like her freedom of speech and
manner, the prido of her head
poise, her natural dignity and fear
lessness of carriage. But with tho
clearer vision that I bring after
1 three years' absence from Your
shores I seo certain points on which
I know Bho will permit mo to advlso
her.
I go to a dinner, or the opera and
I see what would seem a room full
of sisters. Sisters they must be, else
why should j they all be dressed
alike? With some slight variations
as to shado or. material their gowns
are precisely alike. It has been the
fashion or rather one of the fashions
to' make the upper part of an eve
ning gown of white lace and the
lower part of dark silk' or velvet.
A good style for a few women, tall,
women of an exceeding slenderness.
But In America there are not many
of these. How the rest of the
women look In theso gowns, squat,
III dressed, without distinction.
They have a decidedly ready-to-wear
look, these gowns on the wrong
women, and most American women,
with their full figures, are the wrong
women ln,thls Instance. Don't, dear
women friends of America, don't
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dress as other women do. Have a
better reason for wearing a certain
gown than that the woman next door
or the woman around the torner
wears such a one. If she Is tall
and dark and you are short and
blonde that dlfferenco Is an unan
swerable reason for dressing as un
like her as possible.
If I weH allowed to bring but one
gospel of beauty to this country, It
would be: "Seek distinction In
dress." Dress for yourself, not your
neighbor, your relatives, your enemy
or your asarsst friend. Taks a les
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son from the leaves, no two of
which are quite alike In form or col
oring. There are many fashions
each season. Choose that one most
becoming to you. A gown Is be
coming only If It expresses you.
Another bit of advico: I como
to you from the other aldo, where it
is a cornerstone of the beauty
structure, to never look worried. I
como back hero and I seo nearly
every woman look worried. Why?
You have moro of this world's goods
per woman than any other women
on earth. And if you have not for
tunes you have tho ability and tho
opportunity to earn your own livings.
Love affairs? Hero, as no where
else on earth, you dominate all sit
uations, even a love affair. Here
you aro not slaves to tho whim of
a man. Tho man 1b slave to your
whims. Your suitor and your hap
plness are in your hands.
Let me tell you why you worry.
Because you have formed the In
elegant habit of hurrying. We can
do a great deal of work, we can
spread our activities over a long
day, without hurry, If we start tho
day well. Rise a half hour or hour
earlier. Give yourself time to dress
thoroughly and carefully. That In
creases your self-respect, puts you
In tune with things. If you start tho
day unhurried, you will accomplish
Jts tasks unhurried. Don't think of
one thing until you have finished the
last. "Do you now this thing" Is
a good motto for efficiency as well
as for beauty. Remember that no
woman Is attractive when her man
ner Is hurried and her face reflects
worry. Banish both from your life.
It Is within your power. Do It.
.A tnIrd pomt 1 observe with'
this clearer vision which comes with
uuauuee irom you, a mental per
spective which distance gives, is
inai, wise in most other respects,
you are unwise In eating. Pardon
me if I orpresB my conviction when
I say American women don't eat
They stuff.
Often they eat without appetite
and merely because they think they
must eat. That Is a mistake. When
there Is no appetite for a meal that
Is often nature's signal that the dl
gestlve tract needs rest. Drink two
or more glasses of hot water Into
each of which the Juice of a lemon
has been pressed, and forego the
meal f3r which you have no appetite.
r." aruJe ,f yu don,t want the fd
It will do you no good.
If you must eat your meal hur.
rledly. cay ot a railway station,
crt attempt to eat a full meal.
Don't eat more than you can chew
Into llqu d fcrm before it leaves
yjrr mouth. At such time do leave
ell starches, such aa pics, pudding,
rlc or (.ctntoea out of your menu,
l-at a lev blt3 rf meat, taking time
o chrw 11 well. Swallow two or
three e jjs. fcven if raw, with a dash
of leman juice and salt, they will
nourish ycu end require little effort
to swallow and' digest. Green vege
tables, iron-crntainlng, aa beet tops
and dandelion, string beans, spinach,
or scalded lettuce, will suffice. At
such times particularly refrain from
drinking at meals. The nervous,
hurried person should avoid
starches, for they are more difficult
of digestion than a piece of meat
Never eat tomatoes nor 30ur fruits
at the same time as the starches,
whether you are hurried or not
8tarches do not assimilate with
acids. If you must eat starches de
vour them at the same time as you
take eggs or meat or green vege
tables. The starches must 'have
alkaline assistance for digestion.
Acids cause them to form a heavy,
Indigestible mass In the stomach-