Physical Exercise 



the surface. If the exercise be vigorous and the weather 

 hot, a profuse perspiration ensues, the rapid evaporation of 

 which cools the body. The skin is thus a most important 

 regulator of the bodily temperature, and prevents any 

 harmful rise above the normal 

 which would otherwise result 

 from vigorous exercise. 



98, Effect of Physical Train- 

 ing upon the Personal Appear- 

 ance. Judicious and systematic 

 exercise, if moderately employed, 

 soon gives a more upright and 

 symmetrical figure, and an easier 

 and more graceful carriage. 

 Rounded shoulders become 

 square, an awkward gait dis- 

 appears, and there is seen a 

 graceful poise of the head and 

 a bearing of the body which 

 marks those whose muscles have 

 been well trained. Exercise 

 improves the condition of the 

 tissues generally. They become 

 more elastic, and in all respects 

 sounder. The skin becomes 

 firm, clear, and healthy. 



The delicate, ruddy aspect 

 of the complexion, the swing of 

 the body and the bearing of the 



FIG. 38. Young Woman prac- 

 ticing at Home with the 

 " Whitely Exerciser." 

 (From a photograph.) 



head and shoulders of young women whose physical training has 

 been efficient are in marked contrast with the characteristics of 

 those whose education in this respect has been neglected. 



99. Unsuitable or Excessive Exercise. Exercise, like 

 everything else which promotes our welfare, may be car- 

 ried to excess. The words "excessive" and "unsuitable," 

 when applied to muscular exertion, are relative terms, and 

 apply to the individual rather than to the amount of work 



