Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-14
HE SANE USES OF EXERC ISE
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have learned that the worst service
they can do their products is to send
out one that is not entirely satisfac-
tory No longer can one buy BIZ
cycle from q Responsible arm on the
hitor-miss plan. i; ,,.
Here some one will rise with tale
Of how he bought q wheel for his boy
and 1t did not last him any length Of
time at all. He gave Il no more
wear than ! gave mine, but it was 80
poorly built that it went to pieces
before he had had 1t a month. That
cured me Of high priced wheels! Get
q boy cheap one and let him use
that UP and then get him another"
That principle may have applied
once, but its day is over. The mod
ern juvenile bicycles produced by
first class house are strongly built, to
meet the knock-about usage of the
younger generation. They are made
of the same high-grade material and
receive the same care in the making
,as the adult models. As q matter
Of course, IL boy is absolutely reck-
less with them he is able to ruin
them-as he would anything else Of
value,-but instruction in taking de-
cent care of his goods and chattels is.
or should be, part Of his training.
The wheel purchased, the boy
should be taught a few things about
it. For one thing, that It Is not nee.
cessary for him to ride doubled up
over his handle bars when he is max.
ing an ordinary trip for business or
for pleasure. 1t Is entirely possible
for him TO get over the ground at
good rate. while he is in an absolute
upright position and if this is impress.
en- upon him apd he follows rules he
will grow straighter because of his
bicycle riding. have seen this sue
cessfully} tried with more than one
boy. Next, he Should be taught that
if he wishes to bend over in scorching
he does not injure himself so long as
he leans straight forward, bending
at the waist. 1t is the crouching po-
sition that stoops and rounds the
shoulders. a,s 4 - = ..@a$ n y y
Moderation in the use Of the wheel
should be inforced. Like every other
good thing It is possible to have
too much Of it If It is taken at the
wrong time. The lad who starts out
on ride the moment he has finished
meal and scorches across the coun-
try on q; hot day with a full stomach
has himself to blame and not the
| wheel il he upsets his digestion. I,
would be fortunate II it were only the
boys who did this There are men
and women, too, who have no better
sense than to follow this course. b.
All that has has been said Of the
value Of the PHYSICAL training gained
by the boys who use the wheel ap.
plies with equal force to girls Of tie
same age. It Is mistake to think
that what helps the boy to develop
his body will be Of no use to the cir
In the Improvement Of hers. OTTER
question II the girl does not perhaps
need it more even than the boy
i While she is still a child the hes
thing that can be done for her is Il
encourage her in the tomboy life, s,
far as It leads her into the fresh al
and vigorous exercise. II she has tn,
J right kind Of a mother she will hav,
all the refining and Terminating in
fluence she needs to make her TIL
sort Of gentlewoman one wishes
young girl to become. IN
OF course, there Is such q thing q
OVERRIDING the out door life and til
!. PHYSICAL side, just as there is . poss
bility Of excess on the other side
{ But the evenly balanced man OF; w
man must have plenty Of both sorts 3
( training. There has never yet bee
found . better combination than
healthy mind in a healthy body.