The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-17

urc OF tho W hOic Eody -Dauiae' ''"''-
times Done In the schoolroom- Moral
Atmosphere Of the Home.
Children should not be compelled to
take to the streets for sport 1t should
be a part Of the household system 10
afford play. and - DO il as surely ana sys-
tematically as books and food. We have
a good deal vet e. learn about play we
should have our hours for sport and re.
taxation when the whole household
ioin In games. As home education in
crcaeas and 10 mist increase, these hours
will be doubly necessary J would not
allow a child TO study or read over an hour
consecutirelv. Then let him play and
exercise his body one hour AT what age
should we cease 20 play! If fools, we mag
stop carly in life. Only wise people never
cease t0 love and enjoy games.
But the play room is not all. Ihis is
the ace OF manual culture. The mandcst
OF innovations has occurred. Hereafter
education VIII mean the culture Of the
whole bolv-haudcralt as well as head
craft i follows that each house hat rs
INTENDED fora h3me should have its pro
vision FIR fhs education Of tho hand-a
WORKSHOP. tool room for every member
of the iam.f 10 lnI bis chosen occupa-
ton il necessary q separate building
should adio.n the house. Where there
are five children thcre may be five separate
occupations chosen One Of mine prefers
carpenters tools and engineering. another
printers and third cares mainly for
horticulture
OrR SCHOOL SYSTEM FAULTY
am low advocating such household
nppurtonlnces purely on the score OF
health Our school system is binnoer
No child should study from till II, and
especially n rooms where they must sit
A child at study should. much Of his time,
be o1 bis feet. cr reclining if he chooses,
and changing about When you add the
books taken home for evening study, you
have shown UP orr common method,
whereby. 10 perfection. We destroy the
health. yir0r. beauty and character of our
children Every one is damaged, and the
majority are spoiled insist upon play
as a duty. as q part Of life, as in fact it,
self part Of study A teacher Of play
would be fer more sensible than the piano
at s. 20 81 lesson
How about dancing? As O matter Of
health IL is generally Of no advantage
whatever II is no sooner acquired than
night is turned into day, and then the
play is carried 10 such extremes as TO be
disastrous nave watched this matter
from q physician standpoint, and object
totally t0threc or fourhours and especially
10 six or eight devoted to hilarious dane
ing and those hours the ones that nature
dovotes TO sleep There is another point
| cannot overlook 1t is the close contact
OF bodies in round Dances contact I'M
wholesome purely from q physical point
of view The moral effect others may
discuss. but object II any delicate per
son being borne SO closely into The atmos-
phore OF grosser, coarser oEes. The phys
zeal effect is not likely to be understood,
but ii is seriously evil. ! do not, there
fore care for dancing, unless conducted
as part Of home sport, as It is not likely
10 be-
A GOOD MORAL ATMOSPHERE
u is however, folly 20 talk G.
healthy home that is not charged with
good moral atmosphere assure you the
moral atmosphere is as real and tangible
and efficient as the physical, and those
who refuse or neglect TO consider it will
suffer accordingly 1t is impossible for
us to have about us in close intimacy
those Of gross temperament and physical
sensualitv. and not feel the effect on our
bodies as well as On our minds. This holds
good. of course, of our own relation TO
ourselves II we do not sustain a spirit
of self-control and manly aspiration in
our souls. our bodies are diseased as q
consequence One-half Of ell disease Is
the result Of unsanitary mental condi
tions Uniform honor. good faith, man
hood, temperate desire, kindness, Will
have @ powerful effect in sustaining Wig
orous physical health.
/ have a brother physician who insists
that If all people would keep In the best
of humOr for one hour before eating,
during meals and for one hour after. they
would never be troubled with any dis
orders of digestion, or with headaches
BE is q trihe crochety but lie is not far
from right in his valuation of good tenn
per as zoe TO dyspepsia. At meal time
it is peculiarly important that all should
be decorous and kindly. The fashion of
haste and fret at our meals Is an indica
ton Of nervous irritation. and affects
digestion directly. But in all Jther ways
a house should be delivered from the de-
stwctiye influence Of immoral or immoral
habits An habitual scold is not only a
disagreeable termagant. but a destroyer
of the physical health Of her children.
The effect on moral character is Tailed
bv the effect On the features Of the young
have supposed some to be more
sensitive TO moral atmosphere than
others, but on larger experience |
am satisfied that ali are influenced in this
way, and 70 their serious detriment The
art of building healthy hone is depend
emit upon tho art of being ourselves pure
hearted and honorable, generous, just and
adaptable-M Maurice, NJ D., in Globe
Democrat.
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