In the selection of the outer clothing individual taste should be used, for that which gives pleasure to the eye is an aid to health. It is preferable, however, to wear the lighter colors in the summer, as they reflect the sun's rays and aid in keeping one cool. For winter wear, the darker colors are preferable because they attract the sun's rays and transmit them to the body. The actinic power of sunlight is very essential to the health of the body. The exposure of the nude body to the sun's rays has a very invigorating influence.

Clothing should be properly distributed over the body. As a rule too much is worn about the trunk, while the lower extremities, which need the most, are neglected. Why do they need more than other parts of the body? Because the circulation of the blood is slower at the extremities and is distributed over a greater surface, thus having more opportunity to be come chilled by contact with the air before it can return to the heart. This is a useless waste of bodily heat and energy. It is a vital leakage that should be repaired.

Excessive clothing is also a frequent source of disease for it prevents the free circulation of air to the body and the transpiration of the waste matter from the seven million pores of the skin. The excessive weight also produces weariness and weakness.

You who desire to live one hundred years and retain the characteristics of youth must not allow your head to become bald. To prevent baldness follow the instructions given in the previous lesson and refuse to make yourself a slave to a hat. A hat should be worn only when absolutely necessary, and stiff, tightly fitting hats should never be worn, for they prevent a free circulation of air and overheat the head and thus kill the hair. Women are rarely bald, a condition largely due to wearing thin airy hats. Indians who have never worn a hat never suffers from baldness.

Make it a rule never to wear a hat indoors, either in the home, office, store or workshop. If you now suffer from baldness give your head a chance to get the benefit of the air, sunshine and rain. In this way many people have grown luxuriant heads of hair. Nature is always ready to supply us with renewed youth, when we are ready to place ourselves in harmonious relationship with her laws.

It is also important that attention be paid to proper apparel for the feet. Few people appreciate the importance of giving the feet any special attention so far as comfort is concerned. The feet have a vast duty to perform. They carry the entire weight of the body all day long. Unless they are comfortably clothed they must tire very quickly. Unless the shoes which are worn are correct in shape, a proper posture of the body is impossible. An incorrect posture produces an unnatural strain on all the internal organs, and causes untold suffering, especially in the case of women. A properly fitting shoe supports every part of the foot without unnatural pressure anywhere. A shoe should fit snug at the heel and over the instep so that the foot does not slip forward when walking. There should be plenty of room for the toes to spread apart. High french heels are to be avoided. Those who are in the habit of wearing high heels should make the change to lower heels by degrees so that the muscles may be gradually brought back to their normal position. A sudden change from high to low heels would cause great discomfort.

Grecian sandals are very healthful and should be worn especially in the house. It will be found a good plan and also an economical one to have two or three pairs of shoes and wear them alternately. In this way a continuous pressure on any one part of the foot, is avoided. Besides the greater comfort the shoes will last much longer.

In walking you should avoid the habit so common to many, of placing the heels down first. The greater part of the weight of the body should fall on the ball of the foot. If placed on the heels, it jars the spine, causes backache and headache and gives an ungraceful gait. Walking barefooted, for a short time each day using sandals to protect the soles of the feet is healthful when the weather is pleasant.

In addition to the kind of clothes to wear, their cleanliness must be considered. Those next to the body and those hid from general view should be kept very clean. In fact all the clothes you wear from your head to your feet, from the outside garment to those next the skin should be scrupulously clean, for these things have a marked influence on the mind and the body. One cannot have a clean body in dirty clothes, nor a clean mind with a neglected body.

One of the chief benefits to be gained from life at the sea shore is the freedom given to the muscles by the removal of clothes which restrict the respiration and the circulation. The opportunity to run, swim and play out of doors should be taken advantage of at every opportunity. To change from conventional clothing and give the arms and legs freedom and exercise in the open air, has a wonderful influence in restoring youth and creating vigor and power.

The principal rule for you to remember in regard to clothing is to choose such as fit the hygienic conditions of the body and at the same time appeal to your artisic and higher tastes. In doing this there will be no need for you to be at all eccentric in dress. Just use good common sense and artistic taste.

The earnest life culturist studying to make life complete will heed the advice given in this lesson, because by so doing he will further increase his power over health and beauty.