INDEX
A
Activity develops parts used, 153.
Actress, reduction of weight of, 150.
Air, "tidal," in lungs, 69.
Airs, national, singing of, 93; of Scotland, 96.
Alexander the Great, 255; body of 256.
Alfred the Great, 275; body of 276.
Alpine climbing for the calves, 170.
Altitude of organs gauges vigor when, 101.
American, women, exercise of, as runners, 10; as walkers, 10; playgrounds, 16; Henley, 120–124; physique, average, improvement in, 125.
American-English friendly feeling increased by annual contests, 124.
Amherst College, Beecher on physical culture at, 83.
Amount of exercise for women, 44.
Anderson, Dr. W. G., 98; work of, 111; treatment of consumptives, 142.
Anderson's, Madam, walking, 47.
Angina pectoris, 63.
Apoplexy, 63.
Appetite improved by golf, 72.
Aristotle, 254; body of, 255; teacher of Alexander, 255.
Arms, of girls, 25, 35; of women, not developed, 37; 15-inch ones scarce, 113; slim, exercise for, 197.
Assimilation improved by physical exercise, 65.
Assistants of physical directors, 117, 118.
Athletes, development of, 18; do they die young? 47, 482; working in ruts, 113.
B
Backs, of girls, 35; upper, development of, 190.
Bag-punching, 232.
Ball-playing, 12, 13, 71.
Bank-president as to benefit of sleep, 53.
Banks, Nathaniel P., education of, 483; swimming of, 483.
Bath, daily, 68.
Beard, Dr., on anæmia, 202, 203.
Beauty, foundation of, 33; enhanced by deep breathing, 202.
Beauties of mythology, 32.
Beecher, Henry Ward, on getting rich, 70; on Dr. Hitchcock's work at Amherst College, 83; neck of 203; sketch of, 406; body of, 409, 470; physique of ancestors, 409, 410; on eloquence, 468; on getting rich, 473; popularity of 473; power of, 473; as sexton, 474; training of, as a speaker, 474, 475.497
