The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 2, 1904, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO S onstantly, “Will my complexion It may 1 benefit, but let t any skin o little, and t of ¥ to expect 1 will work in a 4 ¥ t is quite right to gir ¢ ues all the r outside that is T tes know full well, benefits into perfect very sim- s ' ay. There yosy and she before eauti- 8. to ‘blame Every g akes our rength, The woman who a is by far g t. the same tin £-1 for she ta s | ly thank- ves little they 1 This is m up. mot relax but old anyvthing to suggest K . nuscles. weak 2 but let me re comparatively tch out full ise and low- aily. First y until they the body, as lowered to It cer- ough, doesn't it? E if the strain is not = t t come down . or else relplessiy. Every nuscle pulled sharply and unless they 1 to this unusual work they to obey.. This exercise, simple as it is, would do a great deal for womse general if they would devote five minutes a day to it, for half their ailments and pains would disappear as though by magic, and, what is to the point, never re- already and told of the benefits running in the open it is quite tm- complish, and in this 1z exercise taken in an is a fair substitute. Trot pidly on one spot with the hips and lift the with a clean, quick mo- from 100 to 300 steps and take deep and long inspir- for ng without proper worthy of its name. rope is another excellent orrow the clothes line at happens to come iwve a good, lively jump foot, then with the and finally with both at the me. It is child’s play, I know, but if grown folks devoted a little now and then to real, hard play v e much better off for it. ise more than half an and then let there be of rest. Try to see that every gesture is well de- separate, for if one move- into another the work is 2 nd besides laziness 1 capital letters. legs are so actively en- e exercises, there are are not idle by any and these same mo- gth to other parts of In every step taken, every vigorous one, the the sides of the waist are work and the stronger they erect the body will be their business to see that y does not sway from side to you walk or that it does not one and side as in slip-shod fashion. —~ =] 8 By Pror GEo. 3. It =" MIEHLING= ¥ — best way to convince vourself that you are free from v of these i is to try thé test and then you will know absolutely one way or the other. For instance, in this ¢ try the simple device of walking on a railroad track. Instantly these muscies e brought into play and & uncom- nly busy. There are two movements that are good for this defect and 1 will give them both, so that you may make your n choice. One.is hopping straight ihead on one foot. Not hopping two or three steps and then trying the other foot, but hopping on and on for some ten or fifteen minutes. Ot course, you will find great difficulty in balancing yourself at first, but this self-same thing is over half the bat- tle and when you can hop along easily for fifteen minutes without any fatigue you will find that your swaying pro- pensity is disappearing and that your waist is becoming firm and well set. The other exercise is entirely dif- ferent. With no apparatus, stand erect. Place one hand over your head and take care to see that the arm is as straight and as high up as you can get it. Put the other arm as low down at your side as you can get it. Ralse the low hand and lower the high one. Naturally you will feel like swaying your body when you do this and in- HE native fauna of New Zealand comprises some of the most inter- esting birds in the world, notably the flightless species—the kiwi, kakapo and weka and the very rare (If not extinct tahake (Notornis mantelll). There are over 200 species of birds in New Zealand; two in par- ticular, the bellbird and the tul, are beautiful songsters. In ancient times the country was inhabited by a gigan~ tic ostrich-like bird called the moa, wingless and standing twice the height of a man. The fossil bones of this great bird are still found in various parts, especially in caves and are con- spicuous objects in the Colonial mu- seums. The modern representative of the moa is the kiwi (apteryx), a bird about the size of a domestic fowl with the mere rudiment of wings, loose floc- culent plumage with fine hair-like fila- ments and a long sharp tapering bill. It is a night rover, only venturing abroad in the darkness, and haunts the depths of the forests, particularly in the interior of the North Island and the rugged only half-explored regions of Southwest Otago, bordering the fa- mous sounds. The eggs are remark- able for their large size, sometimes measuring five inches in length. In the North Island the Maoris frequent- ly make handsome cloaks of kiwi feath- ers. The weka bird, another bird that has lost the use of its wings, is more stead of trying to hold r sway it all you possibly can. In other words, rock from side to side. I'm going to tell yvou a secret about this movement. Besides strengthen- ing the side muscles, you are giving your liver such a generous shakeup that it will wonder what on earth has happened and it will be genuinely dis- tressed, for no billous irregularities can stand such treatment for long, and you will suddenly find yourself free from terpidity of all kinds and descriptions. Nor are these all the muscles that footwork arouses to sudden and active work. Every step forward meves the lower layer of abdomen muscles and the more energetic and brisk the step, the gid and still RSB common than the kiwi, is not nearly 80 shy of man and is often a source of great amusement to campers-out and bushmen. The kakapo (Maori for “night par- rot”) is found in the deép forests of the southwest, where he lives mostly in holes under the spreading tree roots and, like the kiwi, only comes out to feed by night. Another remarkable bird inhabiting the Alpine and sub- Alpine regions of the South Island is the kea parrot (Nestor notabilis). The kea is a true mountaineer and his querulous screams are heard high on the storm swept heights and in the regions of perpetual snow and ice, On the Alpine slopes where the “further- est out” flock owners pasture their sheep the kea is under the ban, be- cause of the carnivorous tastes of some of his kind. Keas are blamed for sheep killing and a price is on their heads in many of the upland districts. The interesting bird life is one of the pleasures of a journey through the New Zealand forest. Early in the morning the tui:or parson bird (so called from having a white tuft of downy feathers at its throat like a parson’s band) awakens the camper- out with its beautiful bell-like melody which enlivens the bush throughout the day. In the South Island the bell- bird (korimako or makomako) is numerous and is an even sweeter singer than the tui. Captain Cook, (\! QN more they have to do. Watch the peo- ple on the streets as they pass you by and see how readily you can pick out those whose muscles are not strong. There is a peculiar doubling forward position that gives the ap- pearance of being weak and sickly, and, in fact, such is very often the case, for the shoulders press over on the chest and cramp the breath so that exercise of any kind is exceed- ingly tiresome. A splendid exercise is to lie flat on the back. Take a deep, full breath and draw the feet upward, keeping the krees unbent, until the knees are ver- tical. TLower them slowly until hori- zontal and then keep them rigid and stiff. Now fill the chest and draw the NORSR5000: ¥ THE FAUNA OF NEW ZEALAND -« when he first visited New Zealand in 1769, compared the music of the ko- rimako to that of “small bells most exquisitely tuned.” The scream of the noisy kaka parrot is heard and the soft “ku-ku” of the beautiful white breasted wood pigeon, noted for its size and the brilllancy and irides- cence of its plumage. Several kinds of parakeets inhabit the bush and a soclal, pretty little bird is the tiny fearless fantall. The rivers, swamps and lakes abound in wild duck, which afford splendid sport to the gunner. On the coasts there are teeming mul- titudes of all kinds of sea Birds, in- cluding the mutton bird (titi), a dus- ky petrel, which on some of the small islands curiously shares the cliffside burrows with the rare tuatara lizard. The mutton bird is captured in great numbers by the southern Maoris every season. Its fishy flesh is a fa- V;Jri(e delicacy among the native peo- ple. A wonderful migrant among New Zealand birds is the kauka or godwit. Regularly about the end of March in each year the kaukas assemble at the North Cape in immense flocks and take their flight over the sea northward. It is believed that they fly straight across the tropics and up to Bastern Siberia, where they breed, returning to their southern home in October, November or December. The tuatara lizard, a most singular survival of an anclent order of reptiles \ /% S bedy up until you are sitting erect as in figure 1. Then drop back slowly and repeat until you are tired. This will most likely take less time than the other exercise, for it tells tremendous- ly, in fact the majority of people are s0 weak that they can hardly do this once without feeling it very decidedly. Occasignally there are some people who are so constituted that it would be a physical impossibility for them to raise themselves without the aid of a toe strap. But this difficulty is easily surmounted, for an ordinary piece of strap fastened to the baseboard of your room, so that each foot will have a logp to go into, is all that is required, and it is so simple that any one can fashion it in a very few minutes. Now —a link with the saurians of the primeval age—is an interesting denizen of New Zealand. It is now found only on a few rocky islands on the North Auckland coast, the Bay of Plenty, the vicinity of the East Cape and in Cook Strait. ‘“‘Among reptiles,” says a local authority on the subject, “it occupies pretty much the same isolated position as the kiwi does among birds.” A curious thing about the indigen- ‘ous fauna of New Zealand is that it includes no quadrupeds with the ex- ception of a small black rat, which the natives hunted for food. There was once a native dog, but it was intro- duced by the Maori immigrants from Polynesia, There are no wild animals or snakes; there is nothing to fear in the most gloomy and solitary of the forests, In order to preserve the vanishing bird life the New Zealand Government has set aside two islands as avifauna reserves, where the many species of indigenous birds (some of which on the mainland fall an easy prey to cats, weasels and other animals introduced by the colonists) may live and multi- ply” undisturbed. One of these islands is Hauturu, or Little Barrier Island, in the Hauraki Gulf (North Island); and the other is Resolution Island in Dusky Séund, on the extreme southwest of the colony. Both these places are densely wooded and are the happy haunts of many varieties of native birds. The tuneful bellbird, in partic- 77 Tl S < A LN A and then it is advisable to rest by bringing the left leg well up, so that it will be at right angles to the trunk. Then, of course, the same thing is done with the right leg and later with both legs as in figure 3. The woman who rides horseback very much should practice what is known as the scissor exercise. This is ac- complished by lying flat on the floor with the arms under the head and then slowly raising the right leg and cross- ing it over the left one as in figure 4. The right leg and then the left one are alternated and then both are lowered to the floor, where the ankles are twist- ed inward and outward in order to strengthen the tailor muscles, which, by the way, is the longest muscle in ® JTeevees ular, is numerous on Hautura; on Res- clution Island the kiwi and kakapo are very plentiful. In the way of introduced game there is abundant food for powder in New Zealand. The sportsman will find the forests in the North Island full of wild pigs. Wild cattle and goats are also numerous. The grandest sport of all is the chase of the acclimatized deer. Thousands of red and fallow deer roam the rough wooded hill eountry in various parts of the colopy. The red deer carry even finer antlers than their cousins in the highlands of Scotland and sportsmen from the northern hemisphere enjoy better and far cheaper stalking here than in the “old country.” The principal red deer for- ests are the Wairarapa country (Well- ington province), some parts of Nelson and Marlborough and around the shores of Lakes Wanaka and Hawea (North Otago.) Fallow deer abound in the Maungakawa ranges and other parts of South Auckland and in the Blue Mountains, Otago. The excellent deer stalking and trout fishing, in fact, are two of the great- est attractions which the colony offers to travelers. Originally devoid of good fresh-water fish, the rivers and lakes of New Zealand have everywhere been plentifully stocked with trout (chiefly Californian rainbow and English brown trout). The fish grow to great size, are immensely game and provide the ang- ler with incomparably fine sport. the body. When the legs angle of forty-five degree first depressed and then br back, so that the muscles of t are brought Into loosened and stre: time. The mran or woman strong must begin on their neck. because that is the seat their strength. In other wofids, their power-house.. The. best exercise for this is what is known. as thH “bridge,” as in fig. 5. Lie flat on the back, tuck in the head and draw the legs until the foot-and the knee are vertical. When this position has been assumed, draw up the smail of the back as far as possible until you have formsd a bridge. Now is tHe. time for active work. to begin, and it comes in L] shape of an animated. see-saw. ‘While this is the work of a wrestler, it may. also be used by a bady two who years of age, so you see no harm can come from it. This exercise is particu, larly good for any one who is troubled with any spinal disorder, as it pulls and strengthens the muscles on each side of it and gives that arch which. denctes military training and physical endur- ance. There is one more exercige that I want to mention, because it seems . to form a part of this article,-and that is the “bicycle” motions. Lie flat on the floor, raise the legs and body on- the shoulders, the hands resting on the hips as in fig. 6. Then kick vigorously up and down, so that the thighs will come down and strike -all - the dlaphragm muscles. There.is one caution I want to give you, or élse you will have a beau- tiful black eye. At first you will wobble and if the head is not perfectly straight your knees, in passing each side of the head, will come down and strike you in the face. So; until you get the motion down to a fine point, be care- ful and go at it slowly, for just as sure as you try to hurry you will come to grief. This movement, by the way, has an- other virtue. The woman who wears corsets all the day 'should practice this until she is quite perfect at it, for -it will rest her quicker than anything else she may do. This, of course, holds good when the woman s heavy. and finds snug stays Indispensable to her happiness. She goes out on a shop- ping expedition or perhaps plays cards all afternoon and by the time she has reached her home she feéls as though she had been literally ¢ut in two. Just as soon as she reaches the house her first thought is to get rid of those un- comfortable things, but when they are off the tired feeling remains just the same, True, she feels decidedly .re- lieved, but not altogether comfortable, But if she could give six or seven good kicks as in this exercise she would limber up all those muscles, put them back where they belong and get her entire system Into goed condition again. ‘What woman has done woman may do. Look at the happiness and the exhilaration that comes from ruddy health. There is no terror from day to day, no wondering whether it:is wisest to eat this, that or the other thing, and no nervousness that resuits in fits of fretting and unhappiness that sooner or later affects the entire house- hold. . Great and unusual strength is not desirable in all women, but it s a mighty fine thing to lay in a supply of vim and vigor that .will make one appreciate life to its utmost and to pass down to old age with a charm and a bloom that is unknown to the weak woman. And it is such an easy thing to preserve this healthy look What is to be done? you ask. Exactly what is done by the young girl. Ther= are anv number of exercises, any of which, if faithfully followed up, will help materially to bring #bout the de- sired’ result. Remember one thing. The watch- word is system. Daily work will secure symmetry, erectness and strength, supposing, of course, that there is no organic defects, and that the woman is merely weak, both in_her muscular and in her vital systems. But with- out regularity nothing is accompiished, unless it be a few pains and aches that are anything but pleasant. Begin slowly, but with a determination, ana as a little strength is gained, advance the work accordingly, and the flrst thing you know you will be strong, rosy and vigorous and the envy of all your friends.