Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-01
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imperfect There were children with stcl-
ptons supporting only stomach and hands;
| BOYS with 1cshess legs and perfect
mouths; girls with glorious eyes and skin
less bodies sheathcd in draperies OF
nerves; wee mortals with beating hearts
enthronod supreme in the isolation ut
desolate torsos Those parts of the body
which seemed to he lacking, on close
inspection were found to he present in
rudimentary form. Parents and physl-
clans were busy, microscopes In hand,
examining young children with the NJ
most care to discover the beginnings Of
bodily organs invisible to the naked eye.
From earliest infancy there was no
sparing of effort to develop the most un-
promising of the most microscopic rudi-
mental parts OF every child. AS soon as
children were old enough to appreciate the
disadvantages Of their physical incom-
pletencss they entered earnestly into CO.
operation with parents and teachers and
doctors to develop the weaker members
and those that, to superficial observers,
seemed to be entirely lacking
BOYS with only stomachs and hands
were showing those essential members no
neglect while striving to develop diminu-
tive feet by persistent attempts to stand
and walk Those with mouths, only, were
using them moderately In making them
serve to draw in the air that would de-
Velop lungs. Girls having eyes and nerves
were bringing these into conspiracy to
enlarge primary ears. He of heart alone
allowed it to beat in sympathy while urg-
ing it to pump life into bloodess arteries
and back through elemental veins.
In Waxland the gymna stun and electric
botterv with oil known devices for nhvs-
,col dove1onment vere institutions IN
hieb favor and II was interesting to OH
sow. Tho nrorressive march toward tba
,ool Of bodi,v nerfact,on Cbudren heoin
nine ufe with ono visible organ in the
bonv human framework. after exercise.
IN due soasor b,d two Tber inst nc snon
nc tho socord b,d strongtb sufficient IL
was piven Junior n.rtnershin to coon
crate IN bringing int working existence
, third rhen tho nbvsicaI firm was again
en1arcod en- +ba, g, fourth nember was In
snirod IN f,,rct,oroto Whom all fur had
hrougbt , af.b o-oo, into octivitv q cor.
poreal cornoratlon was formed that speed.
H., da,,o,onoa tr.o - hodi,y .rus, to sbut
nv. oil dostruc,,,e comnetitior and guar
antce fresh air nd cane exerc,se exclusive
rigb+s for tho nropotIon ~ n nononoiy
gapod IN canitaliza nresent nossesslons
- ,.ir,a,, aro,io ,,ntfor,,i+y
Ckit11opd bc pf Dickens
Is hecom,np almost reality in our dav
If snecio1ized activity Waxland is n NOS
rihlo state In tho sniritual kinpdon of
nankind Tbora st,1 lives IN tb,s country
n ouoin+ o,d nbroeonher nv name VILLA m
Hawlev smith. the author Of that delight
~, rodogogico, story ".rho Evo,ut,on Of
bod" In his Younger Years Mr. Smith
eos - nnnu,ar ner,Date,,c lecturer He
Uas tina forerunner of specialized educa-
tion and his ancestors must have come
Prom "Waxlend." before Its inhabitants
had learned that rudimentary powers
could no devotional fo- no deligh,ed 70 In
,,st unon II that all noonle were "born
.bortu and ,rus. eyor rona,r ca
William, IIow,ev Smith was n man ~
aistinction in the DAYS of his activity
uis distinctio,, u,os r,oritod ,or bo wa.
daring thinker There is ground for
the fear that we are not develoninp rs
MANY original thinkers in DIR generation
40 tho world meade for a. tbev evist tbov
evidently lack tho bravery NECESSARY IA
i,. ,.,,rossior 30 .boir crr,io,,ors NJ
smith vos M coward 10 was trne 10
be OBLIGATIONS Of bis boma , natr,otic
,tizen n gentleman of education and chi
mo cb,ri+oho 10 his onnoror,s eor-
rous 70 HE friends tender toward litt,e
bildror hu, hold nc q ,or IN ,auir,, ,.ho,
no believed In bis niddlo ne. 7 resnectod
him. In his old ope T revero him hut 7
bove ncver ogrood With hin,
Skitz,and &c n mighty en,n,ra wax,,nd
A small kingdom Ten Thousand neonle
re born in great skitzland TO every one
horn in Iittlo Eaxland
Young college folk arc citlzens Of ono
two countries Won arc eitbor skitz-
lnders or Waxlanders. The overwhclm.