The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-05-02

ing years, and robustness is nov more in
favor. The young omar of to-day may
swim, row, ride and play tennis, and it is
not to be questioned that these are tonics
which threaten TO overthrow the doctors
sway. But these active games, although
they develop the muscle and stimulate the
blood, are not all that is needed to produce
that harmonious and magnetic development
of mind as well as body which is essential
to w~ell-rounded characters. Character is
habit long kept up. Good food, fresh air,
plenty of sleep, and frequent bathing all
have great effect in keeping the body
natural and free in it's expression. Bodily
strength is weakened by carelessness and
improper living, yet one who is naturally
weak may become strong by proper tx
ercise.
There is a limited number of physical
schools in our country whose object is not
to teach a special set of gestures or an ar
bitrary code of manners, but to train the
whole body until it is an instrument OF
facial and natural expression. Gesture is
a language of itself, and it would be i'm
possible to give exact rules, as they would
be modified with each pupil according to
their needs. But to those who have not
the advantage of these schools, an hour of
daily systematic physical expression, will
give them an understanding of a system of
physical exercise based on certain laws
which will give a man or m physical
beauty, refined until every member and
muscle becomes the servant of a richly
cultured mentality.
My dear sisters, l can no longer be silent
upon the traffic IN birds to adorn the bon
nets. We have our bands of mercy for
prevention of cruelty to animals; we teach
fha ohilArop in ~ T. T3c IN 1a LipA
and gentle to the cat, the dog, the horse,
and all the brute creation. We teach them
that it is a great sin to rob the nests of
birds, and MG deliberately demand the life
of our beautiful birds and lovely songsters
of the forest to perch upon our heads. l
ask you, is this consistent? Is it not time
we, as White Ribboners, had taken this
more into consideration? When I meet a
dearly loved sister with our little badge Of
purity reposing upon her breast | am de-
lighted; but my heart is Immediately made
sad when raise my eyes to her head and
find it a mass of beaks, claws and feathers.
"But," as many have said, my not wear.
ing them would not prevent the killing of
them; if it would, l would take them off
Immediately" But, remember, it is the
demand for them which makes the supply
so large. 'sBut,o says another sfashion
demands it; we are bound by her to do her
bidding" Nay, my sister, in this case
every bondman in his own hand has the
power to cancel his captivity. And now,
dear sisters, if have seemed harsh, as you
ponder over these words think of my great
love for o which has prompted them,
and l would that ye be blameless and
harmless, the hand maidens of our Father
without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked
and perverse nation among whom you
shine as lights in the world. Let us live
in constant communion as an inseparable
companion of our Lord Jesus Christ,
whose power is stronger than all of our
individual faults, natural characteristics
and inherited tendencies combined. Let
us be filled with the Spirit that it may
shine out of the very soul, Illuminating
each feature and permeating the whole
body which is cleansed and kept perfectly
whole for the dwelling place of the Saviour
OF the world. Byethis shall all men know
that we are His disciples.