The Republican journal., 1904-03-17
PHYSICAL TRAINING
OF CHILDREN.
.- 1ualties in the Child's Training. Study
numerical Development How this
20 be Brought About in Both Boys and


en- be Brought About in Both Boys and
HEISTI>E TERHUNE HERRICk,
..-pf cradle and Nursery, ""First Aids
... Young Hou>eketpers, -" Housekee
Wade Easy" What to Eat I'm City
.H.- Etc.
.t 1904, by Christine Terhune Herrck.)
ii thy, well developed body is the
...- -tt a child can receive When
-.ls | do not mean to east any re-
n upon the value of the trained
o. to depreciate the benefits of a
...ug h education But these are of
.4Atively small value if the body
AV. | do not forget that such
rs Prescott, Parkman, Herbert
rr and long list OF other noble
.uts accomplished their great
in spite of painful and wearing
a disability. They had mes
deliver to the world and they
lied their bodies to yield to their
..- But they were exceptions. As
the mind is more or less i'll bond
l the body. If the man or woman
make the best of his or her men
qupment, the physique must be
-nt to its highest perfection.
r never too early to begin to do
Those of US who have trained
iren mentally and morally know
.- the work is started when the ba-
are IN the cradle. The habits of
0i}ence may not be prenatal, but
should be formed so soon after
lItt as to become like nature to the
I
-rbaps it may seem absurd to de-
rtld As much for the child's body
i We do not know what we might
41e made of it if we had given it more
r,DIgent attention. Even as it is the
a e'. tr soon learns that the child must
He IL unnatural postures, that the
-r~ must be cared for, that the back
a~r he kept straight and not exerted
.oou that the limbs must be rubbed
licked if they do not develop as
Should. The child must not be al
-vJ To sit up alone, to stand or to
* too early, lest there be curvatures
ua,formations.
$40 TINS is done while the baby is
lining. but what is done in the line
ate.ligent physical guidance when
~ she-ls able to go about and
. be- way through the world? When
point is reached the children are
Acd to look out for themselves.
may be encouraged to take active
'!se,-though, indeed, Nature gen
eadS them to do thlS,-but the
cuts are too few who direct the eX-
-e their children take and see for
Wstlyes that the youngsters set
' It in the right way The boys go
other boys and so learn to play
oalI and football, to swim, to row.
dt a wheel. The girls meet other
and roll hoop, skip ropes, and
IT, And the father and mother
" that they have done the whole
+ If parents when they provide the
-r1us Tor these out door enjoyments.
dom occurs to them to make sure
Z they have secured just what the
dTens physical nature demands
b less to see that the help to exer-
7- Is used in a way to enable the child
get from it what he or she needs.
let us take the case of the bicycle.
Pol instance, -selecting this because of
= e revival in bicycle riding which is
.Asng place all over the country.
here was time then it was a fad.
ana Ike most fads, it was abused.
ere was never a good thing yet that
Vas not susceptible of misuse, and the
"oyeIe is a shining example of the fact.
lew years ago everyone rode a
Wheel. Every child wanted one and
~ american parent, who is indulpent.
does ~ at
gtuce he puts into business mat
.''s provided his children with what
try wanted. Having done that. he
mat his responsibility had ceased.
W. lad given the children what they
''Fl tor, and that ended the matter
H am.
lat not for the children. Being chill
''e they promptly proceeded to go
lead and do as they pleased with the
object In view OF having good
'A" They may have had few lessons
ding, hut it is quite as likely as not
'' IL was not from an instructor, but
rom playmate. Some children, of
e born rider variety, had no trou-
but rode at once and rode we'll.
'siiers had bad seat and bad atti-
,'ae from the first. Quite probably
tiI wheels had not been selected
'operIy and were not adapted to their
.tlght or their length of limb. If their
Gneels did not run easily,-and in those
nays the bicycle was rather different
opposition from what it is today
.Ney took it as matter of course and
proceeded to strain themselves instead
"! developing their muscles. They
vowed for themselves what they
fought the best way to ride, and there
S%ppeared horde of monkey backs"
WI they became enthusiasts in riding
ana went on long runs, setting them
ewes to make or to break a record
"n'lohg their companions. The while
I've parents told complacently of the
Aplo'ts of their children and never
aeelled to think that there might be
a doing. In point of fact men and
e omen were not unfreQuently led into
Va Tess In this exhilarating exercise and
aoti natural sequence there came re-
" moon and the bicycle for time was
av peSpite the passing of the fad, how
go ,el, there has been from the outset a
S 81 number of people who believed
n me- 1ne bicycle and thought it had other
abo S IMAM mere means of getting