The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-20


| access to the parents money-bag-goe
| to the bad. Then it is that the juvenile
| court and its functiOnaries come to the
/ front and our children obtain nOto-
riety which may be their undOing in
after life. It is TO thwart these per-
nicious tendencies and beckOn our boys
and girls upward and onward, that we
/ advocate the public gymnasium and
! the public library.
In New York, Brooklyn and other
| large cities the results show that since
| the establishment Of public gymnasi-
| ums, swimming pools, Fairgrounds and
| libraries, Juvenile crime has decreased
| over 60 per cent. The resulting benefits,
| in virtue and economy, cannot be esti-
/ mated in dollars and cents, but these
! results do indicate, not alone the ad-
| vantages, but the necessity for estab-
/ fishing such places in our Utah cities
/ and towns for the benefit OF our own
| boys and girls.
Care Of the Young.
This thought leads to another phase
| Of the question. that of the facilities,
/ place and leadership, where the proper
| care and training Of the young can be
glVen-thrOugh that period of life when
/ the nervous system is keenly sensible to
| proper impressions. Then it is that
/ the muscular and bony systems are PHI.
able to right mOlding, as also the vas
| cUlar system to proper tOning. 1t is at
| this time that we realize the truth of
the wise mans thought, train up a
child in the way he should go; and
| when he is old, he will not depart from
| it.
Before the higher nervous system
| becomes fixed, possibly the wrong way,
l igT CiyInlG ThTnITuh
| employment OF competent skill, have
| physical Irregularities sought out, and
/ the slants made straight by corrective
| exercise and training. We know that
| the higher inhibitOry nerve centers can
| be educated to control the lower cen
| ters, whilst those which tend toward
moral, physical and mental errors may
| be so trained as to abort impending
( dangers. Thus men and women may de-
| velOpe by regular and progressive
methods, symmetrical bodies, sound In
mind and stable in temperament Dur
/ ing the developing period. the strength
/ and agility of the physical body should
/ be devoted TO building up the tissues
and bending-as with a tree-the limbs
/ in the right direction, so that a vigOr-
/ GUS body will be developed capable of
! resisting the varying storms which it
/ will inevitably encounter.
why should the medical profession
| advise corrective training for physical
| deformities, and exercise for otner types
/ of ailing humanity and refer them to
/ that abstract gymnasium in the planet
I Mars? Why not let US join, heart and
/ hand, in promoting the well-being of
| our immediate neighbOrs and our own
sons and daughters? Let us insist upon
a real and we'll equipped municipal
Z as-=V~
( scTiptiOns for particular forms Of eXer-
| else as we now write them for drugs.
| Let US refer our patients with these
! prescriptions to DR.. - in charge,
/ whose duty il would be to superintend
| the work. Thus by the careful grada-
/ ton Of prescribed work, the constitution
/ of the individual would be built up, and
! where required, tissue repair; substitu-
/ ton Of vigOr for languOr; power and
/ alertness for anemia and sluggishneSs,
all would follow. You ask, can these
/ tissue changes and repairs be made?
/ Yes, certainly. Give us the gymnasium
and let US apply the remedies. Then
those who are physically weary and
/ heavily laden may have their burdens
made light. Where possible 1t had bet
ter be done now. Let us not wait till we
reach the heavenly portals, there to be
assigned work In a corrective gym
Let Us overcome our inhrmities now,
for the good book informs us that as
the tree falls, so shall it lie Let us
train the present generation, lest we
come under condemnation.
Exercise Is Essential.
How often business men. teachers.
professors and students go TO their
work with a lack of proper circulation,
T uVBnar nutrition also pF VaE
from their routine work. Such COndi-
lions impair the basis of clear thought
so essential to the success Of the bust
ness or professional man. To such
physical exercise properly taken is the
most rational method for the diversion
and holding of their attention away
from the hum-dTum of business or
school affairs, whilst their bodies take
a much-needed breathing spell. To this
| class, exercise by prescription would
mean a good deal more than the old
/ time advice, you need exerCise-take
it 1t would mean specific exercises
and combinations Of exercises TO
strengthen this or that set Of muscles,
and so help the patients lungs or heart, /
or relieve certain forms Of stomach
trouble or other organic weakness. /
Again, one set Of exercises will help,
while another might be hurtful. A Ger
tain number Of hours Of activity might
be gOOd, but a longer time bad. In such
cases il is therefore the duty of the
/ gym director to see that the prescTip-
ton is followed, and that the patient
gets just the sort of work he needs to
| build him up and give him physical
tone.
Again, many valuable and never-to-
be-furgOtten thoughts are suggested on
the gym floor. 1t is the psychological
moment for making appropriate state
ments that VIII be rendered. The
I five-miuute talk before each drill, not a
lecture, will accomplish much, for in
a year or so these talks viii have left
such an impress on the memory Of the
parents then present, and of those who
/ ere long viii be sending their own chill
dren, that the teachings will become
part of their very selves. Thus the mu-
nicipal gymnasium viii become very
powerful force in the campaign against
sluggishness in action, dirt and disease.
Hygienio Results Follow.
"The education Of the masses in mat
tiers of personal and general hygiene
gives the greatest promise Of success in
our modern warfare against disease in
all its forms. The category Of pre-
ventabIe scourges is large, but their
prevention is generally possible under
| proper and personal hygienic conditions,
/ consequently when the public have
| learnt to appreciate the value Of con-
trolIed exercise, drills, swimming baths,
etc. they will realize not only the pleas