The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-07
THn MINIS DOC1UR.
How 10 Train Childron--e.rnmon sense VS.
hash o I'll 0 Bicycle.

| How 20 Train Children--~ eninon sonse vs..
hash I'll 0 bicycle
The doctor Intended writing some time
| ago on difference IN Training and the
| following EXPIRE sses 50 well what he wisn-
ed 20 say that he gives 1t IN anothers,
| irstead of bis own words.
4 distinguished lady Of wealth and IN
nueacc. noted for model specimens or
children was asked by friend and moth
er. why are my children sick and crOupy
! and yours always free from such condi-
| tionSY' The reply Was, You rear your
children indoors. !. nine out yours are
educated TO be waited on by your SER
! wants, | discipline mine 10 wait en- them
selves; my children are early TO bed, you
give parties for yous with late hours.
and allow u EN- tc attend parties, and
| keep late hours from home, fashiondbly
| dressed; my children have plain whole
| ~ me food. adapted 10 their years. yours
| eat swect-meats, rich and hghly-sea-
| sCncd dishes. and are over-fe1 generally:
| teach mine to love nature, and TO feel
! that tnerc is nothing arrayed so finely
| as the lily Of the field, the bees and the
| butterflies: that there is nothing so mean
| $ d lie, nor anything so mis- cradle as
disobedien e, that It is a disgrace 70 be
sick, and that good health. good teeth,
and good temper come from plain food,
| proper clothing, plenty of sleep, and be-
| irg good"
DENTAL HYGrESF.
4 prominent dentist. in speaking on this
/ subject. said that the temporary teeth
| should De cared for as diligently as the
| permanent ores. They are needed by the
| child who is growing and requires an
| abundance Of I-roperly-masticate food.
| The premature loss of the temporary
| teeth interfercs with the development OF
! the jaw ana causes iTegularity in the
permanent arch. The child that Is
taught to give proper attention to the
| temporary teeth will form habits which
will insure the preservation Of the per
manent teeth later in life.
Brushes should aot have all the Dristle
the same length, and vertical move
mcnt Of il Is more effective than hori-
zontal one. For mcUth-wash. listerine
cam OF be eXcelled.
COMMON SENSE vs.. Fash OK.
A well-known hygienist, iLclosing an
| article on this subject. said Goddess Hy-
geia was not a devOtee Of fashions she
was endowed with common serse and did
her own thinking Fashion IL a case of
follow my leader you know, conse-
qucntly, when she saw her old father,
Aesculapns calmly waiting until humani-
~ made itself sick and then trying to
cure IT. she doing her own thinking,
mind YOU. wondered why people were
so foolish as to make themselves sick,
and then fuss about getting well; she
wondered why they did not try as hard
10 keep well, as they did to get well.
Had she been slave of fashion. she
would have followed In the footsteps of
her master; she would not have thought
for herself these original and benofcent
reflections would not have found birth
in her unslaved mind and we would all
still be locking the stable door after the
horse is gone"
Hygiene demands one of two conditions:
hoo ffl ri of
many TO the teachings OF common sense
on the part of a few, or a development
Of common cense on the part Of the
many And without one or the other Of
these conditions disease and premature
death will continue indefinitely to afl,ct
those who have not the moral courage To
break the erslaving chains Of fashion.
WOMAN ,Np 1Fr wHrrL
1T is a good thing" said the small
boy, 80 III push 1t along. The doctor
r. doing this literally, and, as his aTti-
Gle last week manifested, fguratively.
OF course there are certain persons. 1
started 10 say "f0gg- es.'' who are contend
ing that the wheel is beyonds woran's
sphere. l do not hold with thes,. Fresh
air, fun, deep inhalations of It, and ak
crcise, 10 strengthen the unused ana
abused muscles, visions Of country scenes
to rest the eyes that are weary of end
less row upon row Of houses, of lawns
laid out with mathematical precision,
freedom from the dust and noise OF busy
streets. these and many more are the
consummaticns d"voutly TO be wished"
And what is better TO attain them than
the Wheel that seems to be a living thing
and I'm sympathy with your every mo
ton? One would have thought I had said
enough on this subject, but Il is a hobby of
mine, and propose 10 ride IL Until the
stopping place OF Never" is reached.
Now that we have had our prelimi-
nary, let us so on to the main point, and
i shall give you the words of another
Dne who is an authority, and can be re-
He'd upon, even though yours humbly
may not
In a discussion of the bicycle as "A
means Of exercise. a writer in the Medi-
cal Age says: The necessity of main
tanning the unstable equilibrium of the
bicycle is its chief characteristic. In his
work on the physiology of the Bodily
Exercises" Dr. Lagrange states that the
best forms, those which assure the sym
metrical development of the BODY. are
exercises in equilibrium, even the simplest.
The bicycle is the most perfect appara-
tus recurring the maintenance Of equilih-
rum, and IL Is easy TO operate the wheel
so that this maintenance may be made
more difficult by requiring the more ac-
tive cooperation Of the muscles Of the
trunk (riding with one hand IN the han
VIC bdIs WltHotl MINUS, IItlutul turn
ings, ctc)
The foregoing shows sufficiently my
reasons fer holding that women will find
in the wheel the most perfect means OF
physical exercise, and experience further
confirms tbs. l DO not approve of races
for women, however; my observations
have simply taught me that wheeling II
kept within wise limits. is highly proilta-
be, and v III go to give woman mus.
cular development which many of them
sadly need; that IL will improve the gen
eral health and radically modify many of
the forms Of malaria. begott IN by too
scdentary form of life. Let ne add. the
exercise implTts a certain suppleness
precision and address to the movements.
besides cultivating courage. anu quick
ross Of eye. and may further inspire a
salutary curiosity for travel.
The employment OF the wheel intro
duces new ideas into the life and adu,l-
ton. ] go so far as to dclara that ii is
a moral agency since IL VIII permit wife
end children 10 participate IN the eyer
cisos Of the husband ana father Among
all the sports. II IS perhaps. the only
ore Viii n may unite an entire family in
the same exercises and pleasures.
SANITAS.