St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-02-28
SkIPIING ROPE GOOD EAERClSE
FOR GIRLS.
English Doctor Explains How 1t Al.
fects Every Organ and
Tissue.

English Doctor Explains How 1t AT.
fects Every Organ and
Tissue.
New York, Feb. 26-1f your dough
ter has shown a more ardent des. re
TO skip rope than sitting about all
oay read ng talry stores, count your
self a lucky parent, for DR.. Robert
son Wallace tells the readers ct the
English periodicals. that there is no
single tissue or organ in the body
that is not more or less afected oy
the gorous movements SO J0yously
executed n rhymat.c unison w tn the
rope. The arms. and with them the
important muscles Of the chest anu
back, the legs and hips, the many
segmented, east and resilient sp-ne.
the lungs, the heart and the i'm
mensely important organs within the
trunk, all come with n the benehcent
sphere of influence of the delightful,
because exh .larat.ng, exercise.
There is .nD.xother exercise that
.ayors growth and increase IN heign.
u 80 great degree as Skipping. II
ministers the massage movement
known as tapotement to the ends OF
The leg bones and to the -nterverte-
oral cartilaginous disks, stimulating
the Circulation in these important
structures, speeding up thereby thel
.,uIr.tion ana consequently the rate
i growth. it is the length of the
eg bones n comb Lal4on with tue
q l, n
nat more particularly determines
EIGHT.
THE movements of the arms en-
Jloyed in sk.pp ng favor not only
.ae development OF these members,
,ut the rounding OF the shoulders
lad eApans .on Of the chest, the latte.
,eing thereby gently coaxed into pro-
I'd ng the maximum Of accommOda-
Ion for the lungs and heart, GYMS
nose lns-stent organs what We ma,
;ail the elbow room they so much re-
,,u.re. Moreover. tn healthful ex-
erc.se calls the fullest activity of the
lungs and the pulmonary circulation
generally into play under Ideal con-
j tons, s.nce children usually skip
when free to do so in parks and open
.1aces or ON the pavements, with an
"A Interrupted supply OF fresh q
md pure light, Dotn OF when ssseit.
...e essential, though perhaps II d41-
Gent degrees, TO active develop
Aent.
when intestinal action IS slug
,.sh, the liver TORPID, u4gest- on SLOW,
.ppeL te poor, skipping IS an excet-
cat mechanical a.d to cure. Here
Aga.n It's snaKlng up ana internal
.Aassage enects are invaluable, tue
esults beng an increase IN the r
.Aiat1on OF blood anu lymph anu a
.4oAe RAPID removal OF waste matte.
..GoMpau.ed W direct mecnan Ca
..-A 4u4at.On OF Inc organs mat at
:. asuiI. 1 20 AOL say tAat shlpp.Ae
.-oAe S gu-ns " 1tiucuy tAe ~ Ap-
uAuS 1 nave eAAMeiaLeu, Out 1 "
,.ly that IL q al Important ala IL
.vrfecL.Ag them, ana Aay De comDAn-
II, perhaps. tn otner effective
.vyenen.S or other means.
weak ankles, thin caves, and q
-enaeAcy TO 1.aL-toOt :; ay De pre-
,euleu or Corrected Dy Skipping, De7
cause that eAelc.s 0y its st-mplat -ns
SAec.S on the Issues concerned, y.
IS alternate VI rOus contracting
LID Te.aAAng e1lect on the muscles
4upl-eateu ;suu is tonic ehecL on the
s.4I t-lageS, DOAes ana AgamenIs Wn-cn
Alay De at iauil, strengthens All the
.v.AIs anu MancS SOUu Inc muscular
AtAclenc4eS. rlAL-IOOt 4S commonly
-.useu Dy the ancA OF the foot lacklnE
.ull development, Ow -ng to want o.
x4vper exercise. or by the carrying
- neavy burdens by one whose Zee.
-4a.ueu to the work they are called
-x~A 70 perform. Again, nat-1oot
...y ueyeAtp n IAose whose tissues
&c AA.uAaAA, y.eAu-ng aAu lacking
= stAO.I..y ANA res.sLlng power. All
"a. WuAcn 1vAs ueraLiOAs po!nt to the
-4Aportance o. sAipp-Ag as tenu ng to
--.e Ausl CoMY4eLe aeveaOpMent OF q
e..Asny, properly arcneu loot.
Even the OAa.n IS stAmplated in
IS grown anu development Dy the
.Ay genie Jarr.ng to winch it is
-..OJec.eu III the process OF Skipping.
4ere aga u we Anu MID degree OF
-44assage applied to the BRAN, me-
sI4mpIat-ng that organ (de-
spite the natural water-Ded tnat pro-
.ects 1t as 1ar as possible from rude
t4t.iiat.ng its neurOns ana
max .ng the cerebral circulation mum.
Many anauits know by exper ence
mat their Drains are always most &C
I've when Their bodies are eAperAenc-
-ng some k4nu OF vibration, as they
DO when travelling n taxes, mOtoi
ars, haASOns, tubes, buses or Wnen
pacing up and GOWN room. Bra Ii
lat que is due to the accumulation o.
ialgne products, substances .oI q pol
sonOus nature, IN the cerebral c-rcu-
latOn.. They are being proauceu
aplaG .efa,Is wolk lat 3 rate Rrearer
nan - at which It IS. .pOss DIE to
sllMlnaSe them, hence Their delete
rlOusk. acL on On the cereDrai process
IS. The exercise of sklpp -ng by sl4m-
liaIing the c-rcuAat-on N the Ora u
lai,tens Their removal and SO iayors
! speedy return to Gear thinking Oh
he part OF the youthful student.
Skipping with a rope as young
4rls use 1t IS essent ally a form ol
lssnc4ng, and lays useful foundation
ter later Developments VIII Oh genea-
Ally eventuate IN the acQu.s ton OIL
In elegant ballroom style. Ek.uu.ne
rope Gays give the little girl her hrs.
steps in elasticity and favor the &C
luis ton Of slnuos ty and grace OF
movement that are by no means the
peast OF her attractions n later Life.
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