The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-06

He Gives Us Talk To-day About the Edu'
cuticu OF Children.


cnticn OF Children.
II has often occurred to me that chill
dren are Sent TO school at too tender an
age. Their brains are not capable to
great extent of receiving the knowledge
Unmarried to them, or VI received, Is not
nv any means assimiated. How often
have we used and heard the expression
"learned by heart" What does II mean!
a mass of facts drilled into the BRAIN
by a process the reverse of study. When
such knowledge is gained, of what use is
IL? In most Eases, none.
study. on the other hand, we might
saw. is the thorough mastioation, digestion
and assimilation of knowledge. Cram
ming" as IL is called. is indigestion.
read an article some time ago predicting
the form OF man centuries hence. Accom-
panying the article was an Illustration OF
a htdeous nightmare-immense mead
small body and tiny appendages repre-
senting limbs. Probably, II our pernicious
form of education is kept up, mankind
will come to this. IL strikes me mat our
educators have lost sight of the meaning
of the word education, process OF draw
ing or leading up. They apply it, forcing
in"
The place for children from five or six
10 eight or nine years of age Is the kin
dergarten. Facts under pleasant guises
dixie a sugar-coated pilD are here readi-
lv absorbed. a good foundation is readily
laid. and not by an unwholesome forcing
process.
There Is a certain sight that may be
viewed in many homes every night of the
scholastic year-children beating their
heads or their breasts. 1t is typical of the
process Of education" (sic).
DIGESTION.
The rule should be, says an authority,
TO chew each mouthful of food as long
as there are any Jumps or portions. even
| the smallest not reduced. II makes no
| difference If this be done rapidly or slow
| ". so it is done thoroughly. The toughest
| potato can be digested, II it be reduced
completely. The same applies to the hard
| boiled egg, which is considered indi-
gestible because it's toughness resists
mastication, while a raw or soft-boiled
egg. or one boiled d long time, until II
| becomes "mealy," is quite easy OF di-
gestion.
Henry Ward Beecher said: I have
| known men who prayed for a good tenn
| per in vain until their physicians pre-
scribed eating certain amount of meat,
| for they could not endure such stimula-
| ton. 49, It is quite in vain to pray for
| a tranquil spirit when the organs Of diges'
| ton of prayer being answered is measur-
| ed by the degree In which IL leads us to
| study the conditions that tend to bring
about that for which we pray. We are 10
| work for IL, not without prayer, but not
| to pray for 1t without work.
| Spices have a salutary effect upon the
organs of digestion, stimulating their Sc
| cretion Children should not be allowed
| TO use much of them, as their digestive
4 r.. L.
| supplied. II is only as We advance in
| years that our appetites fail and digestive
| fluids begin TO grow scant. The hygiene
| Of moderation should apply here.
| The Englishman with his curry and his
| liver IS one of the most miserable beings
alive. Take warning.
| THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF SANITATION.
In the close Of his Introductory 10 the
| tenth biennial report of the Maryland
State Board of Health. the secretary, DR..
James A. Stewart, says
1.-THE world over. wherever sanitary
| laws have been enforced, the death rate
| has steadily diminished, whilst the eff
fective force of an increased producing
power has been correspondingly increased.
The loss I'm earning capacity in all
| classes Of workers is In exact proportion
| TO the amount of sickness which has pre-
| vailed during a given period of time. No
better example can be cited than in the
| improved productive power OF the people
OF the eastern shore of Maryland. through
the improvement in the general health OF
that section of the State. Only a few
years ago the value of land in that Sec
ton was at the lowest ebb. owing to a
general reputation for unhealthfulness
whilst at this time farm lands have
doubled, and. in some places, quadrupled
in value"
Is comment upon this necessary? There
is our great State of Virginia publishing
books TO encourage immigration, and the
State Board OF Health, appointed to look
after sanitation, haven't even two cents
appropriated by the Legislature where
with TO purchase stamp.