SING!
Some interesting data gathered ■.broad show that the practice of sing-
ing, merely as :u physical exercise, is one of the most healthful in which a person of any. age caa employ himit is asserted by certain authorities that many oi the ills which affect humanity arise from faulty breathing, by which the lungs are but partly inflated, and, as a consequence, the poisons which should be thrown off by the breath are absorbed into the system, causing all manner of mysterious diseases. One cannot sing without breathing deeply. The muscles of the chest aad abdomen mast have full play, the body must be erect, and every facility must be given for the ingress of air to the lungs. Everybody know.- the comfortable and stimulating effect of a long-drawn breath after sitting in a cramped position. This stimulating etfect, reproduced by frequent practice in singing, .trengthens the lungs, the chest, and by admitting larger accessions of oxygen to the lungs, purifies them,' and -sends its. healing and strengthening streams to every part of the body.
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXIII, 29 December 1920, Page 4
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176SING! Otaki Mail, Volume XXIII, 29 December 1920, Page 4
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