Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-07-25

In the left hand 20 put II on! Wnys
Well. they learned to do it that way
because their mothers never taught
them differently. And in putting on
. garment this way-putting the right
arm in first-the left hand performs
all the work. 1t holds the garment.
draws it on to the right arm. and then,
while the right arm crooks and the
hand comes up and catches the lapel
of the coat, the awkward left hand
goes round behind you, catches the
coat, straightens it out, as it were.
and proceeds to search for the place
to insert itself, and having found it.
goes in and actually puts the coat on.
The left hand has done it all. And
now, which hand do you button with?
Nine people out of ten use the left.
and those who use the left can not
button with the right to save them.
They never learned that way. In
guarding against the use of the lett
hand. that was one thing the mother
forgot
The man smoking uses his left hand
to hold his cigar or cigarette. He will
tell you the reason he does not use his
right is because he has got in the habit
of using his left. The fingers of the
left hand of nsarly every smoker are
yellow with nicotine. He uses the left
hand; it's simply habit The right
hand is busy with pen or pencil. and
the left hand is trained to perform this
duty, and when it has once been
trained it always performs the task
whether the right hand is engaged at
something else or not.
Pugilis:s use their left hand to pro-
tect themselves from the blows of the
adversary, and probably the hardest
blows ever struck in a prize ring are
the .left-handed'' ones. Landed one
with his left" is almost as much of
chestnut in the report of fight as
'dull thud'' is in a hanging report
Delsarte. famed for teaching the
court children how to walk, move or
sit down. and whose method Of stage
fainting. falling. walking. etc. are
studied by all emotional actresses,
says the left arm and foot are stronger
than the right.
The woman sweeping or the man
chopping wood or hoeing in the gar
den calls upon the left hand to per-
form the greater portion of the task.
Upon the broom. axe or hoe handle
the left hand goes nearest the point
of operation and directs the move
ments of the instrument while the
right simply steadies the end of the
handle.
1t is an undeniable fact that left
handed persons, or rather those who
have trained the left hand instead of
the right, from infancy, are much
better performers on the piano than
right-handed persons. One of the
greatest difficulties to be overcome by
piano players in the rendition of
classical music is the accurate execu-
ton of the bass-if it may be so called
in such a connection-and musicians
give two reasons for it; one. that the
left hand is weak from inactivity, and
the other. that it has lacked or does
lack the education which the right
hand has received.
Doctors can not tell by dissecting a
corpse whether the subject was right
or left-handed. There is no difference
in the physical construction of the two
persons.
After all. the whole subject must go
to the brain for an explanation. The
brain is in two sections. right and left.
The left side of the brain directs the
right side of the body. and vice versa
If the right side of the brain is per-
mitted to remain inactive and almost
torpid for a lifetime, while the left
side during our entire adolescence
the most important periods kept in
a constant state of activity and con-
sequent development. every nerve
centering there is raised to a high
state of cultivation. is familiar with
it's Offices and performs them, not only
naturally. but mechanically-scarcely
without any direction. There is no
reason why the brain of the left side
of the head should be more sensitive
or active than that of the right side.
We hear equally as we'll with the right
ear as we do with the left. and one
eye can see as distinctly as the other.
IN. Y. Star.