The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-06
is the woman who will be strong and

is the woman who will be strong and healthy.
 She does not lace herself too tight; she giories in the pure air and delights to throw out her shoulders and drink in long, deep mouthfuls of 1t, and she nurses her strength as carefully as doe the trained athlete.
 This is the woman whom 1t Is a joy
 to see. This is the woman who is queen. Advce to Parents for the Health and | Rearing of Their Children. "How can train my child so he will STOW up to be an athlete?' This is a question which am asked con- l stantly. At the outset I want to say l to both fathers and mothers who put this question to me-Don't. By this don't I mean do not start out 1 with the idea that you want to make an | athlete of your boy. Just so sure as this plan Is pursued you | will overwork him in his tender years and end by sending him to an early grave. But do start out to make of him 8 big strong, healthy child who will grow into 1 fine, manly man. and his athletic bent will follow in the natural course of | events.
 Too much training for the young bones and muscles is far more harmful than I too little
 | If a child gets no exercises for the 1 muscles there is a chance for him to
 make up for this neglect when he grows up. If he gets too much, and his weak 7, little muscles are strained and his supple bones warped. he can never fully recover. l Double Strain Weanks. It must be remembered that a child's 1 brain is growing even more rapidly than | It's body. This is strain on it's sys-
 tenn, but certain amount of healthy ox- ercise will help 1t to stand this strain Too much exercise will add to the Strain
 This double strain will end by weakening the entire system.
 There is nothing that can be so easily trained as the muscles of a child. The muscles and bones are both soft end plia-
 Die. They can be molded like so much putty. See that they are tnolded the right way
 There Is not a day passes that do not nave romp with my little son. also put him through 8 regular, daily cuurse Of exercise instruct him fin gymnastic movements that will tend to ,;ake him supple in every joint. At the same fine the tiny muscles are slowly put surely building up on his little limbs and body. Ihat Is the way'they should be formed-- siowIy-aimost as slowly as the wearing away Of rock by the waves of the ocean.
 Do Not Start Too Soon.
 Another point which should be care fully followed is not to start too early to train vour children. Just so sure as you do you will put some strain upon them that their young bodies cannot en- dure. And then they are permanently incapacitated. All the bright hopes of making a, man among men of your boy are spoiled by undue haste to make a youthful wonder of him.
 When your boys, and your girls, too. for that matter, are just able to toddle around, the best thing you can do is flo see that they are kept outdoors as much as possible.
 Children cannot get too much fresh air.
 Get them up early in the morning and send them out into the fresh air, Even If you live in the city, keep them out doors when the weather permits.
 Better to have them dirty and healthy than clean and sickly.
 Follow the foregoing plan and then when you think that the children are able to stand certain amount of simple ex- ercise commence to put them through their gymnastics every morning and night.
 They will grow strong: they cannot help 1t if they will follow the rules given in the first article.