Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-01-26
NATIONS AND MAIDS.
HoWs AND WHY'S OF nousp
HOLD MANAGEMENT
Why 50 nany school children suo.r
'F'm found shoulders and sp,nal
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i"'s Ways 20 John's Heart
splns SUPERINTENDENT.

pf1u8tu over,
/ A. the twig il bent So the tree
grows. Is claimed To be as true =,
physical as Of vegetable lie. INA,
y % say, the bones Of young eb,ldrsr
are soft aud viii take the position h
which they are babitually placed
therefore,, much is 70 be heard a. y
the attitudes children should b. mai.
y take a. school la writing Or stndy.
'ns, OF Praetic.ng AZ home on The
piano Recognizing the serious feet
- earelessnrss in this line phvs..
rlans have looked thoughtfnllg into
The matter and devised desks tbat
should remedy the evil IL possible.
Orders they give are that the seat FOR
. eaiid Ahoull not be deeper than tbe
ieng'h = the thigh OF higher than
i1e length Of the leg; lis back
4 not % be above thc shoulders and
should be arehei ~ a. 10 1T in the
hollow 81 the back d hard cushion ~
Z = falsN back maAe ~ leather stiHenssl
"ith eI+el would meet the rranire.
inrnts nicely Tie back 81 the char
ahonia slope haes Aard slightly. form,
Tag an angle % loo 10 ITO degrees
Win thr scat. sud sAaull serve a. 4
+ 0p.mrt iu lhr whole ul the splne
hen chiii leana backward The
distance from tar iDp ~ ihp seat "a
Inc tap of the table sh0ald be one.
eight ~ girl or one seventh 81 i
b9y The edge ~ thc table should b.
just atef tig vise ~ the chair. and
the slopg should &c lNo iurht, Ia
,ae,re Ia breadth
- much fur the desk An1 seat
Aez' 20 imp5rtanc IS she attitude
n Sitting
The boay ah18ll 81 80 well into
gar chair. Arnls touehlns ale wood
Wish Ehe inwef part ~ thc Spine,
tsuuR irid erect .rgs traisat before
trBnA aab fcr, rrsllng tHau .lopiug
cricket nh.eh .tea.i.rs tle legs The
iarysFn, shua'I rest 1880. thirds
lenFiss ga 81 iahlr Tolls position
asrpt att snusc.ra sud bones 10 ihe
rrap,r place this s. thc correct
Way e. ets Whru Older ID Is well 20
train every rhitj after this manner
from : common sense siaudpo.u;. IS
all laws 81 physical culture are
founded an practical reasons
That many cases of latcra. carva.
tnFr ~ lhe spiBe are dnc 60 this las.
rs as school and AZ home with chill
drsn who having weak backs as.
suns continuous faulty attitudes
there s. no ga,nsA ing
iicriin physician. having cx.
auiucd % school children who were
wFi,8us. found 20 500 cases that the
trunk inclined IN thlrly.four the
trunk inclined toward the right. bat
,hc body twisted toward tho left IN
only aiN cases there was tho trunk
straight In only thiriy.ciRh was
the transverse axis Of the body par.
aiicl with thc dcsR
Two girls twin sisters have also
been noted in New York who sat at
the same deal, on beach. ono leaned
habitualiy on tho left arm. with ihc
body twisted. the other on tho right.
and rurvaturcs were developed In the
girls according a. thcir sitting.
OF course. IA is true that grown poo.
plo assume equally incorrect posi.
tious, hoe tho frame "a developed and
Tho bones ARE lcss pliablc. The weak.
est part ~ child Il that long stretch
down the spinal column from the col
lar to the bclt a part that is more
apt 10 wrigglc and drop aud twist
and lounge than any other portion q
their anatomy Continuous mus
cular action IS necessary for hold.
ing II erect. and favorable conditions
must be- supplied to aid tho body. II
no, shc spinal column bends the mus
cleo overstrctch and distortion re-
suits.
The stir created by the abolishing
% benches aud other improper seats
in school has made many mothers so
anxious concerning possible curva.
turc in their childrcns backs that
they have had their backs photo
Rrapbcd aud these pictures carried 70
"A doctor. This i an excellent way
for the surgeons to keep informed Of
o growing child
Even II no htHAhNH efihaA ~" Wv -
from sitting badly,eNcessivc
round shoulders or badly prominent
shoulder blades, as result. will ruin
N iirnrc or walk for after life
Troubles that arise from faulty
nos,tinns are what the surgeons call
proximato causes. The prcdisposing
aausas arc ricketts,, want Of nutrition,
inheritance and that brings about 50
much Of the deformity in the world.
These can only be rcmedied, the
other can be averted
Even older people, whose backs are
weak and continually dropping,
when they assume sitting position
can strengthen them marvelously by
a syatcm of gymnastics. The best
recommended Is TO tic on the lounge
with the head dropping over the end;
IN This position use dumbells u viii
no found Co develop the muscles
about the spine and those Of tic neck
stncls and other mechanical APP
pllances are apt 60 weaken the
These euryatures are more likely ~
sebool girls than school boys; the
= - f,aa and Tho bnrls Is never