New-York tribune., 1907-11-17

EDrr NorE.-In this second article Of the series
m ts- written by Doctor Hall for the Sunday
Mag. foremost living authority the subject
- .-E facts about what people didn't know
s,--.- see folk and the bitter preiudces from
r.-'.r. to equally sincere. equally misguided
rs-e-t- 1ught TO check the searching for truth.
It,-. to oe told that certain notions OF Boston
r.ae children. mind YOU Ii there were any
----~ children. II wouldn but Boston
Y.a -aalIze that Doctor Hall packs his articles
full d. gniGeant important facts worth study
ing may have noticed how. in the otthand
way et .liege president. he occasionally uses 4
w5~5 .Nis most of But are likely
st-szr proceed to swat the first possible victim
with u.. feror knowledge. For instance. there was
the v.- -t'rp IN the former article. 1t sounds
se.ar--- ..-u II, AS matter ot TACT, Il of
the o.a- most useful words III the language. and
simply stock root. family. race Then there's
rq5 0t.- the dictionary all, but there
are rt and other less useful words from similar
re1t-. tor Hall explains what II means. The new
6--- VIII have il
Doctor Han writes with cxactncs- hits the
hi. head. so he Is careful the WORD, that
exp- precise meaning thereby saving much
v4u. Space He has. perhaps. been trlhe too
scion persons who want prescriptions for par
ti-- -er. bat has been laying the broad toulda-
t.. succeeding articles. IN which he viii get
C...- T. every dav lie.
.eu how to meet some OF the most perpex-
II But these coming articles VIII be no
I-- ..5e than this those VINO think, And
-e worth htt'e thought are they not:
TT United States has a proud record in the
IKE. pment OF the new science OF child
-5y. or the oogy that deals with the
-Hl,logy. Perhaps there Is no other new
s. .. lerarture that this country has done So
1.. create. Let Us glance al the best things
re been done here and in historical order.
I.e Venerable Henry p. Bowdtch long a pro-
..- .t physiology and dean Of the Harvard
N-H ~.' deserves to be called the father
q. III. -...-.. method Of studying children. Just
ta.r-F--.. s..-- ago he had the height ar
weight of thousands # Boston school children
ages taken . er ind the rate of annu
WITH Since then scores II such measurement
i've been made and compiled IN every civilizt
-.-5 From these studies. with their many techr
.-tails Of curves and tables, the following ver
i-. -tant practical results have been established
iren do NOT gr.w uniformly but are retardt
- .e rate III which both stature and weight Il
crease from ten to twelve Years Of age: but late
t--. -ntrreeu to fifteen. there Is a vertahle ou
i.. u growth averaging Two or three inches
l...- and from eight to fifteen pounds in we.gI
...- for from one TO three years. and then Il
-.-..Ws down again toward maturity. DuriI
these years Of rapid increase children tend to
j.. 1--WE than before or after and are more casi
,...-.l by work or strain. Some children gro
-- lour 10 SIX and even more inches in a sing
E..- and those who achieve their pubcSccut grow
suddenly are far more likely To suffer from owe
ure or strain. The maNimai growth in heig
.edes that in weight by year or two.
When Girls Outstrip Boys
Il girls this sudden increase of size comes from O,
TO two Years earlier than with boys, So that
thirteen or fourteen girls commonly average bo