Much weakness might be prevented and often cured by light gymnastic
exercises practised twice a day, say on rising and at bedtime, giving
tone to the muscles and bringing into regular use many which in
ordinary daily life are seldom or never used. The various vital organs
of the body owe much of their health to the proper exercise of the
surrounding muscles; it will be seen then how necessary a system of
regular exercise must be. The best way to learn this is to take a
course of Swedish Drill or other good system at one of the gymnasiums
which are now so common in Britain and America. But as many of our
readers live in places where such cannot be had, we shall try to
indicate by diagrams some simple movements which can be practised by
anyone.