The Washington times., 1910-01-17
BOYNTON EXPLAINS
THEORY OF LIVING
Sleep Under Stars, Dance on
Grass, and Grow Healthy
and Rich.

The head OF TIE House OF Boyntonz-
that family OF seven who sleep under
The welkin. dance on the green thew
NOV themselves every morning before
breakfast, talk about perseverance,
courage patience, and live generally like
The DuDCans dreSS-arrived in Washing
ION 20 try a case before the Suureme
Court and today explained all a5out fl.
He IS a prcsaic attorney at law. exce7t
when he is IN his own home. and then
he doesn't take his hat OF to the MUSES.
Maurice Hewlett's heroes or any Other
proponents Of a strictly open air policy
Charles T Boynton. his wife. and I'VE
children who made his name famous
even unto the Waldorf-Astoria in New
} ork, live In San Francisco Their
manner Of living attracted the attention
Of ScOhers near and far, and Sunday
The first thing Ar Boyuton saw on ar
irving IN Washington was an editorial
IN the Sunday evening edition Of The
Times. under the captain Wonder
What the Man Thinks Of the Scheme"
In II as described the peculiar tenets
Ct Mrs. BOyntOn and The five little
BOyntOns as follows
They sleep under the stars, she says
there are a good many OF them, q
husband and five children, although he
ngures in the conversation only once
and then with the rest Of the family
as they Upon arising, the first thing
is 10 sing a hymn TO the sun Here we
suppose the Old man comes out strong,
but he IS given no credit Then there
Is a mental exercise on some such
thought as courage perSeNeEance, or
e. kindred topic AGAIN We Ieel CurlOS-
1ty TO have some closer information on
how the foOG-pr0vider handles his part
OF this exercise
Tie writer pIayfuIIy TOYS with the
Eoyutou system ana concludes with
the challenge.
Before iudo-sins the scheme we
would ike to have a quiet talk with the
what he would confess II he could really
UnbOsOm himself
Mr. B0yntOn accepted the challenge
lie called this morning for the little
talk with the editor and said he was
willing to be quoted In 1acr he made
iJ quite clear that he Is proud Of the
whole performance even the dancing
10 mteTDretatiVe music He asserted
very emphaticalIv that he was happy
4 take IL the spirit OF your question
IS is the sort OF life therein referred
10 practical for everyday people in Ordi-
nary circumstances he declared
When Mrs BoyntOn and 7 were mar
red some ten and OuC-half years aaO
we had less than 500 between us and
] had been admitted 10 the bar but
nine months We took Up life in a city
NIere neither or us mad relatives or
business friends other than OF new &C
gUaIu-auCe- We now have five children
and solely out Of the earnings Of my
office, we have been able, with this
mode OF life- 10 lay by sufficient 10 as
sure. should my earnings now cease,
an income fairly ample 20 maintain
the FAMILY ana educate our children
without drawing on the principal
AR BOynton was just as emphatic
on the point of family health. said he
When Mrs. BoyutOn moved the fam
ily beds onto the roof ] was in doubt
BC- as 10 results, one example viii SUI
nee Our youngest IS boy two and
One-half years OLD He has never had
q cold With the exception of abeut
ten days Iast summer, when the family
were away from home that boy has
never been III Excepting during those
Ten days since that babe was three
weeks old, he has slept soundlE and
steadily every night from s p m until
s g. m. and never as much as disturbed
Us once although he sleeps beside our
he'd and months have passed at a
stretch when / nave not even heard
him CRY These facts are 10 be taken
4llerallL. with an they imply The
other children are in a state OF health
equally satisfactory
But Nj Calhoun declares where the
theory works out 20 the best advantage
is in the mental training feature
Every morning the mother leads each
child into a discussion OF some quality
OF virtue as honesty courage or perSc-
VeraEce. AS To results. here IS an ex-
ample Some months ago we noticed
our next youngest boy. the fOur-dnd-a-
h2lf-year-oid, CrIuting and struggling
over a refractory shoe lace. which had
lost its metal tip For fully three-gUar-
tiers Of an hour the little fellow kept
a. IL. and when he had finished ne
walked over TO his mother and said,
That's perseverance isn't it9-
For one hour continued ATr BOW
Ion the youngsters accompany their
mother through series of exercises
Eud games to music These exercises
ere taken on the lawn II the weather
feCmitS. otherwise indoors They con-
EiSt of movements I'm harmony with in
1cTDTeCatiEe music
M BovUton admitted he had grave
doubts about the musical exercises At
The start.
Since have watched them go
t-roUch the exercises with greater en-
rGusiasm each morning ne said -'F
gm now moro earnest about their Cur
f5uE1uee than my wife