Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-25

of the home. We speak in despairing
voices and in a detected manner, We
tell how the home no longer furnishes
the moral stimulus to the children,
which is very sad, and there is no hope
in us. But I say that this Is not an
irreparable loss 1t is not even a sec
ond best that / am proposing. ] be-
lieve in the home, but l believe more
in the individual. We are to conserve
only those features of the home which
are best for us, and we must let the
others go, one after another, to the
community Just as soon as IT Is clear
that it is best for all of ue to do so.
1--WE have gained greatly by per-
forming in communities many of the
things formerly done in the home. This
is notably true in respect to industries
and education. Even play, under the
best modern conditions, is better pro-
vided by the community than 1t ever
was in the family. Modern play is
carried on under the leadership OF
splendid young men and women who
are familiar with the play traditions
which have been passed on from gem
Grafton to generation. By selecting
from among us those who are best
adapted to be play teachers we are Sc
curing for our children play lite
which is as much richer than the
product of the old average home as
modern education excels the old home
education.
1.-THE school brings about the selec-
ton of skilled individuals from the
community who shall serve as models
for our children, and since we are. on
the whole, securing persons for school
teachers who are far better patterns
than the average parent, we are i'm
proving our social inheritance. This is
only another step in the specialization
of motherhood"
To Win, Head Must Be Held Up
Keep the back of your neck against
your collar button and you will win
or at least you will stand a better
chance of winning than if you let your
chin sag" This was the fundamental
thought of a lecture on How Health
Habits Are Established" before the
association at the meeting this morn
ing. also by DIR. Gulick.
"Many business men in the city
when they reach middle life have bod
les that disgrace them" said DR.. Gu
lick, fiat, clumsy, unsightly bodies
you see everywhere showing every de-
gree of dilapidation and inefficiency.
These bodies are not capable servants;
they do not render their owners good
service: they cannot do half the work
they should do, and they cannot give
joy and pride or promote self-respect.
zone reason for this is their carriage.
The majority of men you pass carry
themselves in a slovenly manner. One
will slip along with chest fiat and his
abdomen prOtuberant; the next will re-
mind YOU Of an inverted wedge; one
shoulder of the third will be two inches
higher than the other. This man is
probably a bookkeeper. There are
many variations of these three types of
bad carriage, but these are the types.
Not one man I'm ten carries himself so
as to look at his best, but looks are
not the main thing. The way a man
stands and walks has a direct bearing
upon his health. and therefore upon his
efficiency. If his chest is fiat and his
head forward, his breathing is shallow
and his diaphragm does not do its full
work. This helps to rob him of vigor.
The man whose abdomen is so over
laid with fat that he walks clumsily
has an impaired circulation and defec-
tive respiration.
"The commonest direction to remedy
bad carriage is to hold UP your head
but it does not hit at the real diff
Guilty. Throw your shoulders back is
also familiar, but the position of the
shoulders has hardly any effect upon
the position of the body. There is
only one way of changing the shape
of the chest cavity. That is by getting
the back and the neck where they be
long by keeping the spine erect"
Temple auditorium was filled from
pit to dome yesterday afternoon with
school teachers of Southern California,
who heard the concert given by Nine.
Marcela Sembrich and her company.
The concert was one of the most en-
joyable ever given in Los Angeles, and
was the crowning event of the most
successful institute ever held in Los
Angeles. Following the concert Nine
Sembrich rushed to the depot to depart
for the north, where she is billed to
give a concert today in San Francisco