Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-02-15
from Our Young Folkl.]
Walking.

Walking.
I Americans are bad wa kers lt'i. rare
to find an exception, en- IN the army
Among Europeans, and the ahorigines of
our own continent, noble mein Is not
uncommon / understand the causes of
this ugly defect, among ourpeopie, but ID '
present purpose is simply to call attention
to it, and to point out the remedy.
! In Eaglish and French books on the
mi itary drill and physical training, Who'll
chapters discuss the Subject of walkiag.
! We are told that this or that part of the
| foot must touch the groundFirst.- the
angles must he so ;'nd so, &c. dc. Twill
not say that this advice is not right, bfit +
wi say that very few have been helped
| by it
! Look at a good walker Shou ders head
and hips drawn well back, and the chest
thrown forward What firm, vigorous
tread Such wa may easily be secured
! by carrying Il wei 5hs upon the head. An
/ iron crown has been de ised for this pur-
pose. 1t consists of three crowns, one
within the other; each weighing about
nine pounds One or all these may be
worn at a time,
The water carriers Of Southern Europe,
although belonging to the lowest class,
I n'iNe IL HpDie tcTltili HceTptS III
the South, who tote burdens upon the
head Il business, can be readily pointed
oat in q crowd The effort required
to keep the burden directly over the spine
80 deyelope> the muse es uf the back and
neck that III the absence of the burden
the head is carried in a noble, erect atti-
tude
BY carrying one Of these crowns upon
~ - al
I day whi walking in the garden or
through the halls OF the house, one may
soon become II fine walker One tenth Of
the time occupied in learning few tunes
on the pinno, given 10 Tins exercise, wOu d
insure any girl Il noble carriage. The
rOwn is not necessary. ANY weight
which does not press upon the very crown
If the head. but aOOut it, VIII answer the
purpose equa ly we !.
The mutf draws the shoulders forward
and produces an ugly gait Let boy
wear Il shawl, and hold il together in front
with his hands, and he will have the same
iisaTreeuble waddie. Ii he wears 1t en-
or one winter, he WI learn To stoop.-
Muffs. shawls and those cioakS which do
not allow the arms to swing freely. should
ali be thrown overheard. Over coats
should be worn by both sexes.
The arms are almost as necessary in
walking as the legs The first time you
ire walking with Tour hands ut liberty,
stop moving them and hold them by your
sides. \ ou will be surprised 70 find how
soon your companion will lea e you behind
,ithough you may hurry, twist, wriggle,
md try very hard to keep up One rea-
son for the slow walk among girls is to be
,ound in this practice of carrying the arms
motion.css Three mi es an hour with the
arms still, is as hard work as four miles
with the arms free
| have seen queens Of the stage walk
have seen n few girls and women of
qneenly bearing walk IN the street and
drawing room. They moved their arms
in free and graceful manner. Con d
ths habit become universal among girls,
heir chests would enlarge and their bear
ing be greatly improved. See that girl
tlkin. with both hands in her muff-
How she wriggles and twists her shoul-
icrs ami hips This is because her arms
ire pjnicned Give them free swing, and
her gate would soon become more grace
iul
You have seen pictures Of our muscle.
Those of the upper part Of the body, you
remember, spread out from the shoulder.
I IN All ultcclloa>, Ike Il IAN. NOW IL ) va
hold the shoulder still, the muscles of the
chest Wi shrink, the shoulders stoop, and
the whole chest become thin and ugly
Bat some CIR WI say, Swinging the
arms must be very slight exercise
True, it is very slight, if you swinG them
but once or ten times, but If you swing
them ten thousand times n day, you will
obtain more exercise Of the muscles Of the
chest than Y all other ordinary move
ments combined, Indeed, if were asked
what exercise | thought most effective for
developing the chests OF American cir :,
| should say at once s1CingjRg tie arms
,chile caiking.
+ DIo LEWIS.