The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-18

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HOW TO TRAIN 4 CHILD.
CAN HAVE HEALTH AND STRENGTH
BY BREATHING RIGHT.

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Shorld Ee Straight AID the Muscles
soft-ListIe Good in GynAasiums.
Over in Brooklyn Is little nan with a
! gigantic chest and zaaryelOuSJ strong
muscles. He is TIE 2unSa= OF 8 new sys-
tam OF physical e5zcatiea. T2irty~s1o
| years age, when he WIS wearing hts first
knickerbockeTs, he wa SO pany tkRs bis
| parents thought IS waz handy worth while
| to encourage him 90 So On living. Today,
| although he is small lie Ia as ssro1g as 3
| bulldog and delights in enuSng his
\ friends ann astonishing strangers BIZ lying
/ flss on his back and liStfag Ep go pound
men at arms Isagth. Ee thinks the Gus
/ tom OF putting yo22E. Ane-SRns through
| q course Of csIfst1e2ic and Symnastic ex-
| ercises is oil w-dag.
THE pTesesS sJ5ton IS wrong from be-
giIningto end, he said 70 reporter
Pick up eix months old insant. . he
added, hold him in an unstcS1nssd upright
position, and you Wal End that his back is
| broad and nGt and that tis s-61S Is perfect
II Straight. As 5000 as the cEiId begins to
walk the spine beglcs to curve. Ehyt The
weight OF the akGnElea csseses tie lower
part Of his back-1The hollow OF ms BACK
SO cal?ed-to sink forward and sGg down
There is error numoet one. Subsequent
physical training Uslkes 10 notice Of it,
OBJECTS oE CALIsEEFzHIcS
You Will ind, tSo, int an infant in
arms has the power, while sitting bait up
right, of putting bis fo35, or 81 least part
of il, in his mouth. This. = because his hip
joint IS perfectly free and EezibIe. He loses
this fiexibiHty almost fFor,. she moment he
begins to walk. TIE ordinary system OF
athletic CT calisthenic training takes no no.
tice OF this loss
Now, claim that above all else child
should be taught how 70 stand end how to
breathe. Next he should be instructed as
to the proper way Of using every muscle
and joint. Teach him tA9se things and he
will be graceful, healthy, strong man.
Neglect them and while ne may become
temporarily strong his power is neither
lasting nor couduciv56O long life and vigcr-
Nothing is more I'M DrtGRt than toteach
children tho general principles of right
development. 1t Is mere nakeShlft to
bring forward calisthcaics. Only 4 small
minority Of the chl5.ren in cfasacs for
physical training give any vigor or mean
ing TO the few insignificant movements Of
the arms. N0st- ef the boys and almost all
Of the girls make merely superficial move
ments with no sense OF the meaning and
no feeling Of exhilar&tion. II anything has
been said to the>chiidren about breathing
no effect is visible Ii anything hes been
said about the carrisge OF the body the In
struction has-been confined to en- injunc-
ton TO keep back the shoulders
POSITION Is EVERYTHING.
''In a nervous effort 20 obey the latter in
junction children are often found with hol-
lowed backs and shoulder blades driven In
against the spine. When theshoulderS are
violently and persisCaE1iy thrown back the
shoulder blades almost meet. They press
on the spine and jam the upper part Of it
forward. This effect Is simply unavoida-
bic.
"If a child is sent tosschooI at the age of
or 9 the teacher should watch him at his
desk to make sure thHst he maintains an
erect position It viii 5esfUuud { hat ri the
head is kept properly be81 erect the chin is
bound to draw up the oreast bone. By
holding the body ercct and straight tho
child will find it easy 60 breathe IN the
costal way-that is, wiJh-tlie upper part of
the chest. This l claim IS the proper way
to breathe. OF course 1t Is not easy TO
learn eli this 1T once, bi,t.a careful teacher
by taking pains could soGl bring her class
into such q condition tkst ,:hey would fud
it easier TO stand, waIk.ssnd sit right than
wrong.
1T Is Tot necessary toespend any special
half hour day III teaching thoss things
The Instructor who Is with children all
the tins is the ono TO keep them standing
or sitting properly. 'FO2dh9 the auns,'
the present attitude ofresp ect+uLattenti0n
is one that cramps the chest and this
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practiced. Let the teacher instruct her
children to keep the upper point of tho
forehead and the. most prominent part Of
the chest always upligted, as il trying to
push up through the ceiling Aword now
and again will soon incnica&e the right
sort of carriage. Lot all bending forward
be done from the hip ioint,-noG from tAe
waist The back bone need nosand should
not be bent in stopping TO pick up any
thing.
VIZ SHOULD ALL LIVE TO BE;4sO.
Instead Of wasting taUne over rods and
vands teacheTs shesEd nal1e,the children
learn how to hold Their bodies and how TO
move the shoulders, hips and otker joints
properly IN the ordinary cuisines Of life
Children can get GtIie good from Whs5
they learn mechanically. The yoInysteT's
interest must be aTozSsa. Teach ham that
not dumbbeils but tho ,k1ldSEle6ss he &C
quires in the carriage and department Of
his body wHl make him agile and strong,
and then his physical sEncstiOn viii
amount TO something Physical eIfnos-
ton Is properly ACCOM- ritstred only through
the mind.
The mere acc iIreTZ1sT Tt OF muscular 10
Sue is rot Of so much iulfsortancH az good
sheath Of sound, healthy, aCiie bono cover
ing. By that naaGa elaztbc, supple ten
dons ard muscles working in harmony, di
rected by a weil regulated ni9d- That Is
what children need
The shoulders shOuld not Re strained
back of the hip Joint These two joints
should DO ON the same pelPec6icuier Inc.
The chest must bsve prominence on It's
own account, and the sh1ubgrs when held
back far eoe1gh 70 give tbe chset <r.E do
velopgneut ind natural hRd comfortable
center.
7 an no believer IL the thsory OF extern
sive destruction IN tiagEes and hurried &c
building Of them 70 seosTe iznak.b. Such
trimming Il AbnerEnzL Inc cat, the Eorso.
dog. tiger and other levsr animals keep
their strength for she raosE part vita light
exercise Tbe tSzGs2sY OF ha0G eSeT0hse Is
hard n uzclsx. and hard ia ISe<ezs are bad IL
l. In the conssrTat4G-e sf s1ssFsCy. and not Ii
the proGsS1i CIsssp7s8a2 u eI1as-gy. tazt4hs
ryrea-as+ It-eng1h and frFfilrz-Izr8 II the