Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-07-21
Farewell Meeting With Professor
LarimOre.

people, including 100 or more of
Ashland's brightest children, met in
the arbor to listen to Professor Lari-
more as he bid farewell
He said he was always delighted
to work with the children here be-
cause they were enthusiastic and less
under the influence of evil. He said
he had found but one boy whom he
had been compelled to check for a
bad habit.
In his talk to the mothers present
about their girls he said, in sub
stance, that the modern mother
should beware low she dressed her
young daughter if she would keep
her virtuous. That today the X-ray
gown, the slit skirt, the open-work
stocking and Other exposures were
wrecking the modesty of girls and
starting them on the road to ruin,
and he raised his voice in protest
and warning. He declared some of
the dresses he had seen on the streets
of various cities were a disgrace and
reflection on womankind, and that
the fault lies mainly with mothers,
who are capable of knowing more
than their young daughters of it's
evil effect on health and morals, and
said the present immodest styles
should be criticised without mercy.
He then turned his attention to
the boy and the cigarettes. He said
he was glad so few boys used them
in Ashland in his athletic class.
Many of the cigarettes, he found by
analyzing, contained saltpeter and
other harmful drugs. Then there is
the dope" cigarette, sold in every
town, that contains cocaine. The
newest in the line of cigarettes are
those so compounded that they
arouse the animal passions. He has
seen little boys victims of. the latter,
and the results from the same have
made him feel like falling to the
ground and covering his face in the
dust
He then touched upon the splen-
did $250,000 Y. M. c. A. in his home
town, San Diego. There he is physi-
cal director. He said it was the rule
there, when young man applied for
membership, to examine him phys
ically. He was not to avail himself
of the splendid advantages of bath
room or various swimming tanks un-
til he had taken a strick physical ex-
animation for infectious disease
This protected the members from eye
or skin ailments. After that his
heart pulsation was noted and hi
breathing power, so that he be al
lowed only such athletics that would
do him good. Here many cases o
tobacco heart" are discovered ant
the warning given before too late
He said the young men of Y. M
c. A. are especially warned agains
harmful habits. They learn that an,
excess saps their vitality and the,
cannot win in the Olympic games i
they indulge. They learn also tn
champion in a game of pool or bill
lizards will not be the man of ba'
habits.
In appreciation of their instructor
the children gave a yell at the clos
of his speech crammed full of affec
tion. They almost buried Professo
Larimore in flowers, and then, cap
turing him, gave him lunch up tn
canyon. This "big brother" ha
taught more than physical culture t,
the children. He has taught clear
living and given an uplift that will
follow them out in the world an,
help them to win life's battles.
Right in closing, could this tow
do better thing than erect a build
ing that might be used both fo
Chautauqua and Y. M. c. A. pur
poses? This would be especiall,
helpful if we establish the Southern
Normal School, and is worth think
ing about.
MRS. M. M. EDMUNDS.