MLLE. PAVLOWA
Way to Develop Beautiful
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WHO MLLE. PAVLOWA IS.
A Russian unmarried woman 29
years old who caused a sensation
in the United States when she :
made her debut at the New York
Metropolitan pera-house in 1910.
Pavlowa has been the dancing
idol of Europe for the past five
years ever since she first ap
peared at the Paris Chatelet
Theater in 1908. In England and
on the continent Pavlowa is re
garded by the public and the
critics as in a clas by herself;
the most distinguished artist
since the days of the celebrated
Tagllonl.
Pavlowa was the originator of
the Russian dancing craze that
has swept this country; for it
was her company that first pre
sented to the United States pub
lic the real status of the ballet of
today, at its highest state of ef
ficiency, and Pavlowa's dancing
and ideas that prompted the
Metropolitan Opera Company to
Improve its own ballet and to in
stall its own ballet school.
A woman of ideas, Pavlowa has
personally prepared and super
vised the material for the Sunday
Oregonian series of illustrated
articles.
BY MLLE. ANNA PAVLOWA.
SECOND ARTICLE.
APART from the question of es
thetics there is another factor de
cidedly more vital in considering
subject of shapeliness of one's means
of locomotion. It has directly to do
with the ease and celerity of motion
we have available. To walk gracefully
with a pair of over-large or under
developed limb3 is next to impossible.
To dance with credit to oneself and
one's partner under such physical han
dicaps is a still greater task.
All this being true, it would seem to
VITALITY IS INHERITANCE AND IS
NOT SYNONYMOUS WITH STRENGTH
Strong Men May Quickly Die When Stricken, While Weak Women Live to Old Age Practical Thing la to Live
Correctly and Conserve Forces, Says Dr. Frederick M. Rossiter.
VITALITY is the capacity to live.
It is the measure of the power,
or of the energy, or of the in
herent ability to continue to live. We
hear of race vitality, in which there is
the ability to perpetuate itself perhaps
along some distinctive line. This espe
cially Is so with the Jewish division
of men. For 1000 years before Christ
they were most of the time the prey
of other nations, and for the past 2000
years they have been scattered among
all nations, and as yet at the presenti
day the hardiness of this people, in
many ways, is in marked evidence of
their great vitality.
We tvar much in these days about
"National vitality." At the present time
there is a Nation-wide movement to
conserve the vital resources of the peo
ple by preventive measures and by mak
ing prominent the benefits of the sim
ple life. By the elimination of certain
preventable diseases, some 14 years
would be added to the average lon
gevity of the present generation of the
Nation.
But. after all, the matter of National
Vitality purely is a question of in
dividual vitality, for the sum total of
the individuals make the Nation.
Vitality Is Inherited.
Our capacity to live in this world Is
determined by the measure of vitality
we inherit and by the use made of the
intrusted" talent of the spark of life.
The man born with the capacity to live
"0 years will live 70 years, providing
his ability to live is not interfered with
by others or by himself. We might say
that vitality is the energy, or the
dynamic force, behind the individual at
birth to push him through life.
The powder behind the bullet will,
when exploded, liberate a certain
amount of energy, and, tb.e conditions
being equal, this energy imparted to
the bullet always will send it a certain
distance we will say three miles. If
the bullet meets with mild resistance,
it will fall short of the distance It
otherwise could go and fall at two
miles. It meets with hard resistance
and goes only half a mile; and then
again It meets with such hindrances
that it may not go more than 100 feet.
The same degree of energy started the
bullet each time. This, in a way, rep
resents the relation between the
capacity to live and the duration of
life. The bullet, after it starts, does
not have any more energy imparted to
it to make it go farther; neither does
provide sufficient cause to see to It
that they retain their desirable con
tour and their efficiency. Efficiency in
this respect refers not only to grace
of movement, but also to reasonable
endurance.
How often do we hear some women
saying: "I am so tired. Why, I have
walked nearly a mile." Such an admis
sion reflects carelessness upon the one
who makes the utterance. It is a con
fession of physical unfitness, a danger
signal that the body is being neg
lected, and a sure advance indication
that the services of a physician are
likely to be needed in the course ol
time.
As I remarked "in my preceding, and
first, article of this series, a properly
formed and cared-for torso is essential
to grace of body in motion. But I doubt
if this can bo any more important than
sound limbs "sound" usually being
synonymous with shapeliness. There
fore I counsel such exercises for our
engines of locomotion as will keep the
flesh at its right proportion and pro
mote a healthy condition of the mus
cles and tendons.
Walking, dancing and specific move
ments that call into action the muscles
of the thighs, calves and ankles in
variably yield results that will ordi
narily be jipproved by the physician.
Often the sculptor will give an opinion
artistically gratifying.
I have emphasized the importance of
this development for what I consider
excellent reasons. In London, where I
have the honor of knowing many titled
society leaders, the attention that is
now being given to walking and danc
ing indicates an awakening to the laws
of nature. As my old ballet master
used to say: "The Creator gave you all
your limbs for a purpose. Use them."
I can render no better service to those
of my sex than to pass on these words
of wisdom.
As I suggested In my introductory
article on "How to Develop a Beautiful
Figure," before commencing to exer
cise it is well for the woman to slip
into something loose and flowing that
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. now oiten ao we near some women 1 I ' I If ; - - s?1 H T I 1
signal tnat the body is being neg- lllll ' ' s. - ? J Jf7A,
HEALTH AND EFFICIENCY, HOW
TO MAINTAIN BOTH.
By Frederick M. Rossiter, B. 8., M. D.
Questions pertaining to health, hy
giene and the prevention of disease
will be answered in this column.
When for lack of space and when
questions are not suitable, answers
will be made by mail, providing a
stamped envelope with address is
inclosed. No question will be con
sidered without the name and ad
dress of the sender. No diagnosis
wil: be made in this column.
a person receive any further supply of
vitality after he is born into the world.
Another bullet may have a smaller
charge of powder behind it, or the
powder may be of a poor quality, or it
may be adulterated; and so the bullet
only has energy to go half a mile with
out any resistance except natural ones.
So the new human being that Is the
offspring of weak, sickly or enfeebled
panents is born with an enfeebled or
insufficient vitality, and hence, with the
best of conditions, will not attain to
old age, and if afflicted.wlth any acute
disease quickly succumbs, or has "to
be carried on a pillow" all through
life.
Water will not flow up hill, neither
does the stream of vitality flow with
increasing power from parent to child.
Again, a stream cannot rise higher than
its source, and it is just as impossible
for a new life to possess more vital
energy to live than did those that were
the cause of the new life that comes
into the world.
It is In this connection that eugenics
assumes great importance. The word
eugenics comes from two Greek words
and means "well born." It Is the right
of every human being to be well born,
and if the boy or girl could select their
grandparents much would be accom
plished to this end. But unfortunately
this cannot be done. We must be satis
fled with what vital energy is given to
us as we start in life. We have to
recognize the limitations and do the
best we can with what we have.
Life Continually Loses.
It is said that vitality diminishes In
a definite ratio to the number of years
that the parents have been away from
the soil. About 51 per cent of the popu
THE SUNDAY OKEGOMAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST lO, 1913.
TELLS HOW TO BE
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will not Interfere with perfect free
dom of movement. A pair of soft shoes
of flexible leather and without heels
is also necessary. Before beginning
the exercises take care that the win
dows of the room in which the exer
cises are to take place are open. And
before starting fill the lungs several
lation now lives in the cities and towns.
The percentage is Increasing every
year. Everything connected with city
life today is characterized by Intensity,
and with a consequent wear and tear
of the nervous system. Children
coming into the world from city
parentage several generations from the
soil are more than likely to have a
feeble inherltage of vitality. Those
coming from several generations of an
cestors using tobacco, drinkers, or of
extensive users of tea and coffee are
endowed with a low vitality, and are
always delicate and Irervous easily
left behind in the competition of life.
Adam and Eve transmitted less life to
their children than they themselves pos
sessed, and each succeeding generation
from that time to the present have con
tinued to do the same. If our first
parents had exercised a little more of
the ounce of prevention their children
would have enjoyed a longer and a bet
ter life and the same, though in a less,
degree, holds good today.
Can vitality be increased? This is a
question that can be answered both
yes and no. Vitality In Its relation to
health is something that cannot be cre
ated. It cannot be increased over the
original first endowment The persist
ent use of wholesome food, pure air and
water, proper rest, exercise and mental
poise is nature's way of maintaining up
to the maximum the vitality that each
one has.
Past May Be Restored.
However, If one has lowered his vi
tality by wrong living . and too much
wear and' tear he can restore it in part
at least by again living In harmony
with nature's laws. While a person may
appear to be as sound as ever, it is
questionable, though we have no way
of accurate estimation, whether or not
he actually has the same degree of
vital energy as before. According to
biological and physiological laws and
reasonings he has wasted something
that cannot be restored.
While it is generally thought that
great vitality and great muscle power
are synomymous terms, as a matter of
fact there may be absolutely no rela
tion between the two. Often the most
muscular men are weak in vitalfty.
Athletes are short lived. Big powerful
muscles require so much of the vital
forces to support them that the heart
is weakened and the central nervous
system is depleted of its life-giving
forces. Farmers and laborers are not
times with fresh air, hold It a moment
before expelling the breath and then
you are ready.
At the beginning I advise not more
than 10 minutes' exercise, and it should
be devoted to a single set of exercises
until they have been so mastered as
to permit one to go through them more
the longest lived. Brain workers who
take a moderate amount of mild exer
cise have the best prospect for living
to a ripe old age.
"Women Have More Vitality.
Vitality and strength of muscles are
two different things. A frail little
woman hardly able to keep out of an
invalid's chair may live 70 or 80 years
after enduring all kinds of sickness,
and a strong muscular man falls a
prey to pneumonia. Women physically
are weaker than men and yet they can
endure more pain, more exhaustion,
more loss of blood, and' recover from
all 'infectious diseases s better. It is
vitality that furnishes resistance to
disease, and not size of body nor large
muscles. There is a woman in Phila
delphia who has been in a hospital 50
years. It takes more than one degener
ative disease to kill some people.
Often we read an obituary in the pa.
pers to the effect that Mr. Blank died
at the age of 90 and used alcoholic
drinks and tobacco all his life Again,
as an argument to show that these
habits do not have a shortening effect
on. life one says, "Why, my neighbor,
Jones here, has used these things ever
since he was ten years old and now is
hale and hearty at 85." There are
men and women in the world with so
much vitality that in spite of the
abuses and misuses to which they sub
ject their bodies they continue to live
on. The interesting question is, how
long would they hav"e lived had they
made a good use of their physical and
mental powers and had conserved their
forces.
Disease Cuts Many Down.
Never in the history of man has the
close relation that exists between
maximum vitality and maximum ef
ficiency been so forcibly demonstrated
as in the present age. In the keen
competition in the business world, in
the professions, in all the pursuits, of
life, the man or the woman with viril
ity, with vital force, wins In the long
run. Those who do not possess this
valuable asset go to pieces, have to
give up, cannot keep in the race when
success seems to be almost in hand.
Some realizing that they can not keep
the pace, supplement their efforts
by stimulation, and so burn the flame
of life at both ends. Men right In their
prime, and when their lives are most'
valuable to the state and to society,
are cut down by heart disease, Bright's
disease, nervous diseases, or other de
generative diseases.
The practical problem is to conserve
the vitality by right living, do every
thing "with all thy might," fight di
sease as well a the battles of life, with
hearty mental co-operation, and never
in any case be a quitter.
Recent reports from the Department
of Public Health indicate that nippers
in cigar stores serve more than, the
simple purpose of offering a convenient
GRACEFUL AND CHARMING
the Reigning Theatrical Sensation of the London Season.
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or less meqhanically. After a week's
faihful datty exercising the time can
be lengthened to 15 minutes, and final
ly to approximately half an hour, which
is all that is needed to execute every
movement I shall cover in this entire
series of five articles.
Let us now start with Exercise 1:
Stand firmly on the flat of both feet,
he.els together, and rise to the extreme
tips of the toes. Go up slowly. It
will be' found "easier to maintain the
balance of the body by raising the
arms slightly from the sides. One can
even pick up the skirt with the fingers,
as shown in Figure 1. of the accom
panying photographs, - which will tend
to promote grace. By Inclining the
body a trifle backward you will dis
cover that the pose can be easily
maintained without dropping to the
flat of the feet"o keep from toppling
over. 1
Upon- reaching the maximum height
possible turn the left heel a bit to
ward the instep of the right foot, stfll
standing on the toes. Hold this at
titude several seconds, then drop slow
ly to the flat of the feet. Repeat the
movement again, slowly as before, and
upon reaching tlie very tips of the
toes incline the heel of .the right foot
toward the left instep. Again hold this
position for a brief momen't and re
sume the first position once more.
This is a notfCeably fatiguing exer
cise and should not be performed more
than eight to 10 times at the start. It
develops the muscles of the calves,
of the fori part of the lower leg and
the ankles. I know of nothing that
will more quickly take off superfluous
flesh or add lines in the portions of
the body affected by this exercise.
Moreover, it imparts control of a char
acter that will ultimately help to
bring grace of movement.
A Difficult Exercise.
Exercise 2 is extremely difficult, but
a marvellous help to both beauty of
line and suppleness of the lower limb.
Look carefully at the phot6graph and
place to nip off the end of cigars be
fore smoking.
A large number of mcVi from habit,
moisten the end of the cigar with sa
liva before using the nipper and bac
teriologicaLexaminations of these pub
lic cigar cutters shows that this sim
ple device readily may be a menace to
individual health. The mouth is the
habitat of at least 30 different var
ieties of germs, hence this practice of
putting the cigar in the mouth before
using- these public cutters is not only
a filthy habit but a dangerous one. It
is not an assuring thought to think
that perhaps the man that used that
cutter before you had syphilis with
mucous patches in his moutn, or per
haps tuberculosis, or infected teeth,
and a score of other things. ,
In addition to this, most men after
moistening the end of the cigar with
saliva roll the end with the thumb and
forefinger before using the cutter in
orde. to smooth it down nicely. Who
knows what those ' fingers came in
contact with last? State Health
Boards are warning against dirty hands
for many acute .diseases can be traced
to dirty hands, and the forefinger Is
the dirtiest of them all. Much dirt
Is harmless, but It is the live dirt
that is dangerous.
A bit of observation in the dish
washing department of restaurants,
cafes and hotels gives one the impres
sion that a . more thorough means
should be provided for the washing of
spoons, forks and knives. During hurry
hours these implements often are only
wiped on a filthy towel and sent back
for the next guest. Forks and spoons
not properly washed are fully as dang
erous as the cigar cutter.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
-QUESTION: "Do you consider it a
good plan to require children who are
left handed to use the right hand for
writing?" Mrs. A. H. v
ANSWER: No. There is no more
reason why a. left-handed person
should write with the right hand than
a right-handed Individual should write
with the left hand. The, latter is no
more unnatural than the former.
A child that is naturally left-handed
has a brain that Is organized to do
things with the left hand. There Is an
Intimate and definite relation between
the hand and the center in the brain
controlling the power of speech. In
the right-handed person this center
and relation is on the left side of the
brain, in left-handed people It is on
the right side of the brain. No person
is born ambidextrous, but one may be
come so to some extent by training.
Vhile a left-handed child may be
taught to write with the right hand
it requires years of diligent effort not
only on the part of the child but also
on the part of the parent, and this
time can. be passed far better in other
things. The best work can always be
done with the hand that it is natural.
(1) Mile. Anna Pavlowa. the Greatest Living Premiere Dansenae. (Copyrlalit,
1913, by Max Rablnoff.)
(2) Turn Left Lea; a Bit to the Lett With Toe Well Out, Lea; Straight, RJieht
Leg Back About 18 Ina-hea, Toe Touching the Floor, Incline Torao to Right,
(Copyright, 1913, by Dover Street Studio.)
(3) Stand Firmly on the Flat of Both Feet, Heela Together, and Rlae Slotr
ly to the Extreme Tips of the Toea. (Copyrlsht, 1913, by Max Rablnoff.)
(4) Tbta Movement la Started on the Right Leg, Which la Kept Straight,
Muaclea Are Tenael Incline Torao and Shoulders, Head and Neck Forward;
Bring Up Left Leg Backward, Almoat Rlgldt Depreaa Toe and Hold the
Poaltion. (Copyright, 1913, by Max Rablnoff.)'
(5) Turn Right Foot Slightly Outward, Stand Firm on Flat of Foot, Leg
Rigid; Bring l p Left Leg and Hold In Straight Llne Depreaa the Toe.
(Copyright, 1913, by Max Rablnoff.)
you will observe Jthat the movement
is started on the right limb, which Is
kept straight. See to it ' that the
muscles are tense, incline the torso
and shoulders, head and neck forward,
and raise the right arm 'extended to
the level of the chest and permit tna
left arm to droop backward near the
left hip. Bring up the left limb back
ward, almost rigid, depress the toe and
hold the position. ,
If a mirror is available that will
show the body at full length, practic
ing this exercise before it will assist
in mastering the correct pose. After
the attitude is maintained for seven
to 10 seconds, assume the first posi
tion on the flat of both feet with the
heels together. Then perform the
same exercise by reversing the position
of the feet, legs, arms and hands by
beginning on the flat of the left foot.
At first it will seem impossible to
control the balance, but perseverance
will bring the desired result. And
several weeks of patient, painstaking
practicing every day will yield grati
fying progress. The last exercise calls
into play the muscles of the back part
of the upper leg as well as the front
portion of the thigh and the instep.
But, above all, it aids in the cultiva
tion of that form of muscular control
compulsory to gain airy poise.
Thia Works Wonders.
Now we come to Exercise 3, as Is
shown In the photograph on this page.
Turn the right foot slightly outwaro,
standing firm on the flat of the foot,
and holding the entire limb rigid. Bring
up the left limb, which must be held
absolutely in a straight line, and at
the same time depress the toe. This
exercise is most difficult, but It will
work wonders. If the torso is in
clined a bit forward with the right
arm lifted to shoulder level, it will
assist in the balance, as will the hold
ing of the left arm out a trifle from
the left hip.
Be cautious In bringing down the left
leg to the position from which it was
started, keeping it as straight as pos
sible "all the way. When the exercise
to use. Left handedness is Just as
natural as right handedness, and such
a person appears awkward simply be
cause we are more accustomed to see
ing the right hand used for special
purposes.
Mother Goose on Health.
I saw a ship a-sailing,
A-salling on the sea;
And. oh! it looked so laden
With better health for me,
There were tonics In the cabin.
Restorers in the hold;
The sails of health unbounded.
In silken letters told.
The four and twenty sailors
Wore folders round their necks
That said: "This ship has saved us
From being awful wrecks."
The captain looked a duck.
He had so square a back.
But when the ship began to move,
I saw lie was a. quack.
M. H. R.
FORCED FEEDING PAINLESS
English Doctors Contradict Rumor
Commonly Reported.
LONDON, Aug. 9. (Special.) During
the annual meeting of the Medico-Psychological
Association in this city, Sir
James Crichton-Browne said:
"There is one subject that has be
come of great public interest lately,
and which concerns nearly all our med
ical brethren, that is, the subject of
forcible feeding. On that subject the
members of this association are en
titled to speak decisively, for there is
not, I suppose, one of them who has
not performed the operation, if opera
tion it can be called, many times. I
have performed it myself hundreds of
times, I have seen It performed thou
sands of times, and I am sure all the
members of the association will agree
with me that it has saved tens of
thousands of lives. I am confident all
the members of the association will
agree that it is grossly wrong and
misleading to describe it, as it has
been described, as a painful and dan
gerous operation.
"It is not painful If skillfully per
formed. Disagreeable, very disagree
able it is, no doubt. It may occasion
transient . nausea, the cross-channel
feeling, as Lloyd-George has called it;
but pain in the true sense does not ac
company it. And it is infinitely less
distressing than the pangs of hunger
and thirst that it alleviates, for we
must remember what Edgar Allen Poe
said, that of all tortures the worst is
'the horrible, horrible torture of thirst.'
It Is not dangerous if carried out with
due precautions. There is not one case
In a hundred in which it may not be
safely performed even under the reck
less resistance that a lunatic often of
fers. "I do not know the technique of
forcible feeding as conducted in pris- j
Is finished and the extended pose
should be held quite as long as that of
the preceding exercise repeat it with
the right leg elevated, the left one used
as the main support and the arms re
versed accordingly.
The final exercise, No. 4, in tils set '
will be & sort of relaxer. though It de
mands much of certain sets of muscles.
Turn now the left leg a bit to the left
of a perpendicular line, with the toe
well out and keep the leg straight.
Bring back the right leg about IS
inches and allow the toe of the right
foot to touch' the floor. All the while
the muscles of the right leg should bo
half flexed, which gives them work to
do. Incline the torso toward the right,
drop the head and neck in the same di
rection and raise the left arm grace
fully, without muscular tension, almost
to the shoulder line, and elevate the
right arm almost waist high. Hold the
attitude for eight or ten seconds and re
peat with the right foot forward and
the other positions of torso, arms, head,
and neck reversed.
There is need for rest In the course of
the execution of these exercises, which
will consume about 15 minutes. Two or
three times it will be well to go to the
window and inhale quantities of fresh
air. And when the exercises are com
pleted a bath should follow, first with
warm water then a cold shower if the
bodily reaction is prompt and finally
a brisk rubbing with a coarse bath,
towel.
I counsel not less than 10 or 15 min
utes' complete rest on a couch after the
bath, when the exertions will be found
to have induced a feeling of renewed
bodily strength. In the event that the
complete set of exercises advocated for
the torso in Article I .are followed be
fore taking up the exercises in this
article, the renewed vigor will be even
more marked, because more muscles
will have been utilized.
The next article by Mile. Pavlowa In
The Sunday Oregonian will be de
voted to the arma.
(Copyright, 1913, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
ons, but I know that as carried out In
asylums it has proved an inestimable
boon and has made possible the res
toration to health and happiness of
innumerable afflicted beings. In my
day the rule was not to postpone it
too long, till the stomach had lost its
tone 18 hours of total abstinence
would be the maximum allowed but
to feed three times a day, so thaf a
sufficiency of nourishment was ad
ministered, to see that the different
nutrient constituents, carbo-hydrates,
proteids, albuminoids, fats and min
eral matter were represented in proper
proportions In the food given, and to
add when necessary substitutes for the
salivary and gastric secretions, ptya
lin, pepsin and hydrochloric acid.
"I saw some time ago in an asylum
in the North of England a man who
had been forcibly fed for H years. He
had never voluntarily partaken of
food, but the forcible element had
gradually disappeared from the proced
ure. He sat down on a chair, opened
his mouth and depressed his tongue
to facilitate the passage of the tube
and himself held the funnel into which
was poured a delectable mixture of
milk, egg, meat extract, cascara sagra
da and cod liver oil. It seems to me
that something should be done to cor
rect the erroneous and exaggerated
notions on the subject which are prev
alent and to strengthen the hands of
the Government in its very difficult
task of feeding the recalcitrant suf
fragettes." AMERICAN HAS IRISH BRIDE
Massachusetts Representative Will
Pass Honeymon on "Ould Sod."
DUBLIN. Aug. 2. (Special.) The
tendency of Irish politicians and other
distinguished Irishmen to go to foreign
countries for their brides has excited
much criticism of late. It Is, therefore,
somewhat consoling to find an Ameri
can citizen coming to Ireland for a
wife.
Klllarney has recently been the seen
of one of the prettiest weddings that
has been celebrated in this picturesque
locality for a number of years, the con
tracting parties being Joseph Murphy,
one of the State Representatives of
Massachusetts, and Miss Julia O'Malley.
who claims descent from one of the
oldest families in what historians like
to call the "Kingdom of Kerry."
By way of setting example to others
who may come along to patronize the
Old Country in a similar capacity. Mr.
Murphy decided to spend his honeymoon
in Ireland, ignoring the attractions of
London. Paris and Switzerland, which
the Irish moneyed classes are so -fond
of exploring when they go out on
pleasure tours.
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