The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-03-27
POINTS FOR THE
CHILD ATHLETE

No one has Il deeper ieoP'N' 90'
,od musician than |. and no one Oe', II
~ realizes the grand. life-Saving ms van
ion that is his But | think also ,'"' am
!, work can be made easier by adNlS- Gus
-, ahudror to take up normal by the
.ienic athletics. WIG
Baby plays aimlessIy' often ""' ~ 'N'
,rl1v merely ask his parents 10 en-
make his natural play help on his pest an
development. What pre-. II
scribe cannot harm him. 1t IS sure 10 "c
ha,n him. The child who literally De- 70
of,s life as an athlete runs pracucaHI sc
30 rick Of the countless physical III e
iuries which await the average ""- Ct
trained boy or man at every '"' L.
Such a bov learns to know his own
hodv before he even knows MS "'pI''', Il
hat And the child Tor mani VINO mas h
Gained that knowledge is well armed G
for life's battle. |
Baby Out Of Doors. t
Tbo hahv athlete should be kept ou2
of doors whenever the weather VIII
hermit Fresh, clean, outdoor All 10
the greatest stimulator OF muscle "S
wou as Of appetite that future a'h-
leto can want.
~, "fresh air exercise | do not re,
for 70 the staid walk at the size u
,,,otber or nurse along paved streets
The nroper place to bring up chllo i
, tno corntrv When he is condemned
+ to city life he should be taken da'l! -
NAV in the nearest park; not aS
, so;d 70 promenade slowly, but TO run'
y 10 All his lungs with ozone, to play.
=" uoon rolling is splendid exercise LOT
a making the right arm strong, loi 'i"'n-
~ mo- the eve to accuracy and TOR nlaN-
y. no tho whole body deXtrous. Inc
" ,rro1 disadvantage in hoop rolllns -
that # develops the little athle'e
nc right side more than his LETT &c avn"
No this persuade him to hold 'ne noo ,t
nv atio,, in his left hand and thus gWu'
~ tho hoon as often as he guides II WIZ
~ Two right In every exercise encou'
,as age the use of the left hanu anu a. =
,cb ooua,lv with the right. Ihls ma! ~
~. ,aal,o vour boy absolutely ambloF!
30 30 .noue Though some doctors claim
,ast win hut it will give him an equ
development of both sides OF the oou
hie which not one athlete in twenty ~
;, u has long been a fad with SUI
.ta x,oro,ts az trv to make Symnas's
very young children to try TO n',,
Them ambideXuous. Ihese psleI
wonder duly at their failure lots
her Two that a few years training IS
time un7 - Mot ont the inherited =
order n1ivities gained from 5000 years Oh
castors, nearly all OF Whom "
.d ia, right-handed.
''''A Ball and Rope Skipping
that Rail tossing is excellent lor
him, chest muscles of the youngsteI'
80 no o1so strengthens the arms u1 he
lungs taught TO 'oss WIN ,nhp and tr
the eve to quickness and accur"l
oniov- One of the best exercises any
do II Tor bow or man, for that ma1ler1
n this take, is rope s"ippiNe' ,irg
mean the whole body, Strengthening
cia]ly the legs, back and Thighs.
~ care should be taken, however
the skipping roI2 is used III no
w.. there are several insti
whore children, challenged to SKI
times have followed the lea' W.
attack of hip disease.
4 Let the child skip as iohs
\ wants to. but not moment loi's
AZ rot buoved up by competition
< desire to show off, he will stop d.
~ &c he has had enough and oel'
~ can receive the slightest injury
( Hoop and Wand Play
The old French game Oh
81 small hoops and catching them
.oints of wands is splendid e
N for eve and wrist, and WILL
( \ childish opponents be pl'teu
I>->ad each other, often Keep po'h
@A or an hour at time
VA Almost every outdoor gam
w bide.and.seek to tag, is goou
va wav or another for the chlio al
Rut skipping-rope, ball ana
&N the best, and the child shoul
vi duced to play with each OF u
'- for certain length OF tim'
day. .,,e
hodv will Even in rainy weather 'he