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coffee in its place. One noted temperance worker it is said, 

 would get away with twenty cups of strong tea in as many 

 minutes. Now hygienists say tea and coffee should take their 

 proper places with all other stimulants and nervines. 



The second source of vitality is the air. The importance of 

 proper breathing has been recognized in all ages. In many 

 religious systems the breathing has occupied first place as a means 

 of training in self-control. The breath means life. Without 

 food we may live forty, fifty or sixty days. Without liquids for 

 several. Of all the essentials to life the oxygen of the air is most 

 important. The more we breathe the more oxygen. The more 

 oxygen the more life. Throughout the animal kingdom from 

 the mouse that breathes 150 times in a minute to the elephant 

 that breathes six times, the same rule holds good. The stronger 

 the animal, the deeper and slower it breathes. Our great men 

 of all times and countries, our Napoleons, Martin Luthers, Crom- 

 wells, Websters, Gladstones and Bismarcks have all been deep 

 chested, full breathing men with well-developed, active lungs, 

 the consequence being vitality and the force that comes from! 

 vitality. In an examination of over a thousand men and women, 

 less than one per cent, made proper use of their lungs. Of all 

 the vital activities the breathing is most under the control of the 

 will. When chests are sunken and lung capacity small, a few 

 months patient, persistent work under proper direction will, in 

 most cases, show improvement in both form and vitality. 

 Shoulders are appendages of the chest. Rounded or stooping, 

 they can never be made to take their normal place until the chest 

 is expanded and uplifted by active lungs. One hindrance the 

 business women of today will be obliged to meet is the condition 

 of business places. Many reek with foul air, bad ventilation and 

 unsanitary surroundings. The mass of women do not hold 

 their health as dear as they ought. Even the housekeeper clings 

 too much to her own fireside, especially in cold weather. The 

 woman of vigorous constitution may be able to pull through, but 

 most need a daily constitutional to feed brain and nerve with 

 pure oxygen. Some say they are too tired when the time pre- 

 sents itself, that thev cannot do this, too tired to walk and breathe 

 vigorously enough to expand the lungs. Breathing does not 

 tire, but strengthens heart and lungs, purifies the blood, and 

 stimulates the entire system. Oxvgen is a far better tonic and 



