Part 15 (1/2)

Drill is a mental as well as a physical discipline.

Work will take your mind off most of your ills.

Obesity comes from overloading the stomach and underworking the body.

Nine-tenths of the ”blues” come from a bad liver and lack of outdoor exercise.

Wearing the same weight underclothing the year around will save you a lot of colds.

Your nose, not your mouth, was given you to breathe through.

Short shoes and shoes that don't fit cost a lot in the long run.

Blood pressure does not come to the men who walk a lot out of doors; instead it looks for those who sit and eat a lot indoors.

Two men in an eight-oared sh.e.l.l may be able to go faster than the other six, but they never win the race that way.

CHAPTER XIII

GROUP IV

Wave: (The order is ”Wave. Ready--Cross. Arms up. Wave!”) a.s.sume the ”Cross” position. The arms are then stretched straight above the head, the fingers interlaced and the arms touching the ears. (See Fig. 11.)

[Ill.u.s.tration: FIG. 11.--CORRECT POSITION, START OF WAVE]

On a count of ”One, two, three, four” a complete circle, of about twenty-four inches in diameter, is described with the hands, the body bending only at the waist. The trunk should be bent as far backward as forward, and as far to one side as to the other. (See Fig. 12.)

[Ill.u.s.tration 12. Wave.

In the ”Wave” the tendency is to go too far forward and not far enough back, the result being an unsymmetrical motion. It is very easy to go forward, but more difficult to make the motion to the side and back.

Care should be taken that the arms are kept squarely against the ears.

The motion should be like waving the mast of a s.h.i.+p, the hips representing the deck and the trunk, head, and arms up to the top of the hands, the mast.]

The body should be forward at ”One,” to the right at ”Two,” backward at ”Three,” and to the left at ”Four.” The motion should be steady and not in jerks.

At ”Reverse” the same movement should be repeated in the opposite direction--i.e. to the left.

As the movement is completed for the fifteenth time the body should be brought to an erect position, stretching the arms up as far as possible; and at ”Rest” the arms should drop slowly, laterally, to a ”Hands”

position. Five circles should be described in each direction.

In the ”Wave” the tendency is to go too far forward, and not far enough back, the result being an unsymmetrical motion. It is very easy to go forward, but more difficult to make the motion to the side and back.

Care should be taken that the arms are kept squarely against the ears.

The motion should be like waving the mast of a s.h.i.+p, the hips representing the deck, while the trunk, head, and arms up to the top of the hands, represent the mast. This movement, like the others, should not be extreme at first, but gradually increased after a week or so.

Weave: (The order is ”Weave. Ready--Cross. Weave!”) a.s.sume the ”Cross”

position. In this movement, at ”Cross” the feet are spread until the heels are about twelve inches apart. The left foot remains stationary, the right foot being moved to accomplish this. On a count of ”One, two, three, four” the body is turned to the left from the hips, the arms maintaining the same relation to the shoulders as at ”Cross,” until at ”One” the face is to the left, the right arm pointing straight forward (in relation to the feet) and the left arm straight backward. (See Fig.