Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-03-15

lofcear quoting the Following remarks itom
the Ttl ort Of the Mass. Board OF Educa-
tion for 1850 :-.Whilc we abuhdantly pro-
vide for the thorough training Of the mind,
we almost wholly neglect tie training Of
the body; aud the effect of this pressure
upon the intellect without corresponding
pressure of the body, is that The latter suf.
fers and by degrees The teebleness which
is generated 10y this want of proper phys
ical exercise for the body, extends 10 the
mind, for tie twain are incomprehensible
mystery of connection, and each is par tei-
pant of the others strength or weakness.
10 then, the mind becomes less vigorous by
reason of the f,ding vIgor Of the body, as
the body is always weakened by the fading
powers Of the mind and each gradually
participating in a common imbcciIity, all
the efforts at selfeducation are wholly par
alyzed. This is especially true Of cur girls
Our boys indulge more in vigorous aud
active exercise. Athlethic sports are of
interest 10 Them, and wisely do parents and
teachers encourage them 10 pariake thereof,
and into them they 90 with a rush and a
relish, and heartiness of fun most cheer
ing TO behold, and most excellent in its in
lluence upon their bodily health. But of
how little physical exercise do our girls
partake! and how quick are We TO cheek
sy propensity to activity in play and to
any ron.ping gambols or vigorous recrea-
tion on their part. The girls Of the ollen
time were immeasuably more sportiye han
would seem TO find favor with the siad dis
creetness and solemn gu ct Of the prema-
ture young lady dom of modern days.
Hoops, (not as now usedl) balls. battle
doors, running, dancing, in its primitive in
nocence, rope-skipping, and an endless va
riety of active sports, entirely appropriate
to their sex, were freely INDUCED in-spors
not only harmless in their nature, but Of
positive benefit to health and development
Of all The bodily powers. But all that sort
of rollicking, beneficial though il really
was to boh the bodies and the minds of the
participants, has passed out Of fashion, and
we hare no romping girls, no capering
"Tomboys." with straight limbs. active
frames, and plump with robust health, no
'cllerry-cheeked Patties,' full of energetic
f life, aud proof against rain, hail, storm, and
! sloppy roads but dwinding race of pale
aetd. sallow-skinned, wasp-waisted damsels,
totally unlike the spie...id sam lies of their
/ 80 t:s may Judge Of then, by Inv star-
ues that have come down to us) that adorn-
ed the cities of Greece twenty centuries
I ago: models of the most perfect develop
ment of the human form--a measure around
The waist Of one which would elcrcle a
half dozen of our modern victims of lung
t compressed and bones displaced by murder
: ons fashion. As | write, | recall to mind
, the girls Of our public schools especially
t those farther advanced in study. l see
. many pleasant, many lovely countenances.
: full Of the expression Of gentleness and in
t telIect but the cheeks are narrow, the
: shoulders are STOPPING and round, the spine
e cannon be rightly erect, the form is not well
/ filled ont, and natures own carmine is
. beached away though the skin had been
: blanched by the chloride of lime.
| venture TO say that not one
/ girl in ten, no,oadays, enjoys really sound,
: rugged heath /; and surely that is a veryun-
4 welcome statement about those who are ex-
/ pected hereafter to become hepmeets to
e husbands and mothers of children. =
f* Parents and teachers both should
t inculcate upon children upon both sexes,
I the importance of heallh-bringng, active
I exercise. Boys need but little urgency,
I b,a girls sho,.id be compelled to take IL. 1t
$ yigo Gus health, with excellent health, with
| excellent digestion and no nervousness
: An English girl accustomed to all weathers
) and thick shoes, considers half dozen
f miles as a mere trihe Of walk, and she
5 takes it day by day. The majority Of Amer-
{ i'cdn girls, with her thin shoes. would shrink
: from such an attempt, and regard il nearly
E an impossibilty. The reason of this is,
c that bodily exercises is the rule for the girls
/ in England, and for ours il is an exception. :"
I The ERRORS OF THE Pass" Really" !"
, said printer, in conversing with literary
man about errors OF the press, gentlemen
j should not place such unlimited confidence
: in the eye-sigh of oar hard-worked and
r balf-binded reader of proofs; for | am
ashamed to say that we utterly ruined one
: poet through ludcrous misprint."
: Iudeedl and what was the unhappy
. iinef"
/ Why. sir, the poe. intended to say =
see the pale martyr ia sheet Of are
instead of which we made him say:-
see the pale martyr rvits as shin on j6rs.'r
{ The critics were doNn on the poet; but
: we don't see why. A man " with his shirt
ON fire must be hgi,ly Poetical Object,
! as his life would be in imminent danger.
. A reporter Of experience gives the fol-
/ lowing instructions for making ones way in
r crowd: Elevate your elbow high, aud