New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-20
LIGHT GYMNASTICS.

To Doctor Do Lewis and lis disciples is due the
cr,di, of dusng the system by which pbyea usnins h
made srscve through light and gl.eul and capiivat
,ccla sports Precisely cultivation Of the mi1d often
td py ingenious devices q tgTeeablo method % - TIE
aeyeopmep. Of the body onnningy Invited By his pan o.
dexorous e1erti.e The srn. Is ,eduocd into Vs1r sls
tclty aud fulaess 10 Sre Of Itself The muscles ana
news so entcel away from sn ,uor and debility. sud re-
stored their simplest functions by pIeees'.s 20 gradual ihs'
tbe result anticipates al expectation. Physical edueaAon
bic pol1 OF view Involves no rgor or severity u e
m H. but /. with such confederate sCoompAHiments
ofineIet ana ert.rsim That the ae,ual osjson almost
rgo,ten in the plessnneI Of tho surroundings To this
eject were Tire eIt Gious gwen FiiJsy by Dr. Lewis
himself IN btiel lecture tie Cooper Institute and tn
s.trson Afforded to large interested sudenc- by
Of The most advanced of biz rapis The object u The
exhibition WA to Btrhct sertn - system OF healthiu
education which need. only neiO city 70 secure of Ia as
wont sles a universal recognition.
Dr. Leviss system l. Illustrated IL EewYok at the esis5
Lueus Of Mrs P.uub sal Mr.. Frederick Smith and Mrs
Elinwood in Brooklyn accomplished srsdGs.' from the
or incl Boin Academy II de'eT0rd 10 ,h- t1'snat'y
pamphlet oNrs Piupb nDtefths tile Of" Light 0ynns' i'
which compse.y enough Conveys s general iotens "sfe
e l observer Of the wokings Of the capemett to
sues.s less literal d-sisra5D should eonfiay ELECT
n tie gay and grces'u Of tho dsnos. shch
the svoiu,ops Of tn pusus eoatnuslly suggest -ne
t,ioe tiznhcanoe Of the word "gyinpascs' appear D.
h., 100 contrary the pi, Of the teachings TO justly repre-
sb the Gyun,tcs bowoysr, under shreNd and Hlin q
ds.es they unqae aud as Tie foa purpose 81
The n.trncons ,sdSus and Praci,'i will not do TO iHe
WITH the ite Whoever visits Of hsso schools Indeed o.
among sUy Of the nun srous classes wal discover ihs,
tie ,pb.et a "a no ,ense ,rdini ore, however al O. in
,sres, II may be-
The sHee.es are not IN snsken sney brit by number
lin sang which gives thea special value in W.
hous Wys The cssss wbic! there distinctions Of
o. szs Stationed with military precision each me 1-
Dor confronting h ne0or al such di'aace a. the character
Of enc exc lay require One pTIctosd wth
light vsads stats which WELDED sepAfseiy IN sn
3er small wooden rings employed innocent enough, -
al appeafses Of ooupcity with any systsm Of pnJ'irs
traniog Which, the sA'p Of opposite couples tTfo
become. were, partners IN hearty paf % P~''N
ing porous ,1scisel pot TO tho most oomr7'e aud
pfensiVs sJuuss OhsT courses involve sifl
Gus snisn'y with dumb5sis C. Ubs aud ike iiruants 10
iauseusr reform Such & the simplicity % The oCsss"' that
10 variation "a Beoesary fer the strongest or the "sake sab
ie. Cbidr.n snd adult. pr.ece them with precisely tre
.u- eo.e precisely the b,psdts THE Il I.m4rt-
able in tbo oircuussrce that they are % sduasd ss
bring fuc.sssvely into play every muscle Ia the suG,
hoGy horough uess, Dr.. Lsvs explained IN his Friday
svniogs remarks uyou the subject b tho Iusnco a
numerabs 1eriun,s By which the virtues Of tho szeI-
see t8ssy adopted have been sbundautlJ te'ted while
have been tIs5 and ~, aide unequal TO Their n
The OccssnL s4hib tons Of regular ,asa are Of codro
more thorough than the hesty experiments Dr. LeWis
lecture could be- An inspection Of any ono Of tbs.s
cos. further than Argument could possibly DO to club
,a the soundnsss Of the tyse. TO the un'am r sroc
tor die Uiciure is alike e.dsitsning and in.rociVe
sort of military IN the direction Of asT y ie first
feat.le ,ha. compel attention II the i'i'0T enters dni"f
ous Ct the inte!va recreation be hnds hussk surronnded
~ N Cd y bat coufot,s,iy co5tsued sBscmb!sge ut" no
cons before Tomsfke5, In Ieg-rd 70 sex o. @e
The l5i,. arc tost eeye Of m rsied Blo0mefsu. The
gentlemen sngEest the popular portraits oil orbAd lhs-s
loose saa cay vssiirta though e,sen greatly i'd
70 the .uccessu Practice Of the e1eEces Al
,pdjsu signal ron tho yreccP0r. order resolves isef from
the cEao. Of irregular groups Forty or fifty pupils mango
ihenDslvss IN lines equdis.snt fon nDoiAe Music Is
heard 20 the SOUND Of which AZ march forward sne 81 pas-
icq sior st enc end OF the hs receive tho impls,gs
Of e oce1sionfngs wauds clubs, the case may b.
Tie ngs bost illustrate the virtue. Of the systeD Always
rureAips uiic tie pupils eaonge tlemseiyes 30 coup
sscl IliI linf,c together by tie two rng. which
are GrlIy held IN tie handa When III PREPARED live.
sr - oven sut be- n, ia time win which the rOutus u lie
is Tequsisd The uuiees Of tho tlase nt
brought into pay. The 0ed dopped spread apart ald
the econ VI ech pes0n being simultaneous "ih
that Of eli Then, BY Daturai grsdl'n other p'-
docs Of the frame are wrought upon. TIC bady 3 turned
bent asrs end there coLt2rod IN iut tho te' required 10
stranls:s n tho srows tpd urged through o.
rfry OF cur.0Js and always groeful svolG.o.s which
simple a. their progress eeIns hsve besa caeioy deyca 70
spur into gradual sct.vity etch doInsi pfyeal uty
The .xerce sfis some fifteen twenty minutes and the
participants nere it glowing and bnoye aud without
vest, Of undue agus to Ocos oa any fsns' Of sLor IN
The sperttOn After sufficient interval. OF fest oho s1er'
c's ave taken up until tie p.asrs ed couie fol the evo
N z ia exhausted.
Of tie renous pre.iea vOlu. of these Institutions
there eann0 Do say quesoni end ihs fSrmeon II ne"
case. At No. 80 We.t Fouytseuth street by MI' Plumb
Gna In o.ber p,ee. by Nh Smith and M' Eibnv ood, n
VOL bs se % upon suitable opportunity by which
thia easy msn, Of hesfu and elastic ygor may 10 en
6Tseod We cordially end attention to Tia eneI'Ae
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