The evening world., 1911-04-04
Mothers Can Bring Up Giants
By Advice of Strong Woman
Mrs Sandwina Tells How She Is Training Her
Son to Be Family's Giant No. o-Says
Work Is Best Exercise.
Brlfax3uerifc Mooers Marshall.

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Plenty 70 eat.
"11suty to sleep.
"SIsnty TO breathe.
"R1snty to work.
"fhat 10 how my boy viii be
made . giant. THAI 10 how
every mother can make her soy .
strong man."
Mrs. Katie Sandwina, strong
woman OF Germany and the Barnum
/: Bailey circus, is responsible for
ihfs programme of physical common
sense. Mrs. Sandwina, who tosses
her 156-pound husband about as
gently and securely as a kitten tosses
a ball. is the eighth generation Of a
race OF giants" Her father is said
To he the strongest man in Germany.
But tho lire is not yet ended. Her
fwo-year-old son Theodore Roose.
Welt Sandwina. weighs fifty pounds
stands thirty-nine inches tall. and 4,
as sturdy and strong as most little
youngsters three or four years his
senior.
Obviously he will be Giant No. Q
IN the family OF Sandwina. Yester.
day / thought I'd call on mis- mother
and father and ask them about the
training. of a baby strong man.
Must Be In Good Health.
First OF all. we keep Theodore
WELL" declared Mrs. Sandwina, no
one can be really strong unless he
las the most perfect health. Ho MAY
have strong arms or strong legs
n dyspepsia or nerves along With
mem. Rlf the trtfa atIa, u-.L
1T means vitality. freedom from any
organic trouble. a fine constitution,
And only In health can the
BODY develop symmstrtoslly.
beautifully. Ths poiss, the even,
equal distribution OF muscles. 4.
necessary for che grssssst physi.
CAL power"
Mrs. ~Sandwina had received me in
her own apartments. and. under a
thin dressing gown. her supple.
beautiful figure bent and curved as
she brushed her long brown hair and
talked. She Was an unconsciouslv
perfect illustration Of her text that
beauty Is strength. strength beauty.
Theodore" she called suddenly.
Theodore. whose toilet had been
finished before his mothers, wander
ed n~onchalantly across the room. lie
10 . very German little chap. with his
blue eyes,, rosy cheeks and golden
poll.
Feel his muscles" requested his
mother. and T~heodore's small 0st
doubled obl!gingly. Through the sleeve
of his roinper I could feel the frmness
OF his plump forearm.
Ia. Is strong even now" said MIS-.
Sandwina proudly. Yet you see he Il
not overdeveloped and his muscles are
not knotted His measurements are
almost perfect in their symmetry"
But how. in detail. do you take care
OF him" I asked. Tor instance, yha.
doe he eat"
Fl Is given Ave meals a day. Does
that sound a great deal to you? OF
course he is not allowed to overeat at
any one of them. But most children do
not have enough 10 eat. / do not mean
only the poor children. I mean that
many parents do not understand that a
small child needs to eat much oftcncr
than an adult. Just as babies are fed
every few hours. Their little stomachs
are too small 10 hold much at one.
and therefore the supply should be often
renewed.
'Theodo., has his breakfast with US
~ !. lie has "A cereal and some easily
digested fruit. Then he has Eggs and
toast and milk or chocolate. never any
coffee or tea. About 10 O'Clock he has A
Glass OF milk and bread or crackers.
At l he has his lunch with us, soup
ana vegetables and a little meat or fish
and some plain, simple desert. At 4 In
the afternoon he has moro milk and
bread. At ! We have our dinner. but he
cats no more meat. only perhaps one
vcsetabie and bread and milk. lie is
always In bed by S o'clock and he sleeps
about eleven hours.
We give him Practically no candy
ana very few sweets, except sweet
chocolate. which is nourish!ng. lie has
comparatively little meat. We find that
hc srows best on vegetables and milk
and eggs"
p you give him any special exer-
Cises?"
"HIe takes his own exercise laughed
Mrs. SandwIna, Theodore, turn a
handspring" Theodore did a beautiful
one. II picked that UP himself" en-
planned his mother, and ne plays with
my dumbbells now and then. lie Is too
little for Any regular violent exercise,
though when he Is older he will, OF
course. so to the ~gymnasiums.
"But I believe the very best sx-
srciss for boys ana girls and men
and women IL work. A woman's
w~ashboard r ,kss her stronger thar
indian clubs II I had q daughter
sho mould be tauGht to acruh and