Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-05-17

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the Hcutunky th3rol,lf 81 horse, all
eomt,d up 70 ue Hda's aud G'nsins
no.b lr.m the uit The uulcyclopcd
resources Of This country also are tim.
uI.ats TO 6..Nolh The stories u
sc|f made "gu who have achieved mil.
lion, Of dl'a.s, fires the ambition Of
poor bog, AID leads them to oyertax
their resources Many man is broken
down at thirty who In any other conn.
try would have maintained perfect
health into the seventies.
The Tragedy Of III Health.
Nothing Is more tragic tsan the In
valids seated In the windows looking
out while the great industrial process
sion marches 10y. Many an American
Is Ike a boat lying upon the beach. so
injured a.. ~ be- unscawurthy. Happy
the Youth wins learns to treat his body
as human engine. Oillns the bear
iugS frcdn. the furnace with skill
Banking the llrrs regularly, avoiding
Fri ton In the wheels and all collision.
and disaster OFTEN too. In or great
cities boys have ne chance for body
building through exercise Their mus
cles become weak aud ilabby. while
the boys from the country come In to
seize the hOnOrs aud financial prizes
Three months drill. therefore, In the
open air, instruction rs to foods and
sleep. rest ana exercise Learning how
10 ride the horse. how 10 wreStle aud
run. how to swim and tramp, how to
dig the trench aud handle arms, how
to march aud cOnntcrmarch, under a
colonel and kindly physician and wise
instructions. would at the end OF four
years OF thNe months Instruction
bring ont city boys tall, straight. with
muscles OF steel aud nerves OF silk
The mere increment ~ physical and
nervous capital FOR the remainder OF
the life work would make this the best
possible means of increasing the prop
crty, tue intelligence and the morals
Dl the state. Athens understood. Her
rulers used one fourth OF all the blocks
In the city for gymnasiums. swimming
pools and running tracks. Her motto
was A sound body as the home for
sound mind The inevitable result was
that Athens, beginning with r-gi.
ment OF Young soldiers. ended with ar.
objects. painters. sculp,Urs, poets.
philosophers. orators marching In regi.
ments up aud down her streets
becomes oenoo' o' rA"'''''''
A fourth reason Is that no be'et
school OF patriotism has ever been de-
yi>edf tasansthe me'hod OF nnirersa
military drill In use In Swltzerlsnd anu
once IN Athens, Those OF Us WI" nave
spent many summers IN Swl'zcrIahh
and visited their summer camps anu
watched the boys during The hour whrh
their instructors were drilling them NJ
the history OF their country, the story
~ their heroes ani the nature 81 thrif
liberties, can understand why Ntrio'
Ism Is passion with the boys OF
switzerland. The noble Hebrew people
Ut the olden time used this method
They brought their children together
snd rehear sed the story OF the fathers
and the Founders. tue patriots anu Inc
prophets who were stoned, exiled. mob
he'd, who. because ~ their hdr'"r To
the great convictions, wandcre' about
In shcepskins, g"stskins, were destitute.
Iormcnted aud sn'ictcd. They led
their bodies an the wheaton LOAF. Int
they Tel the soul uron heroes. AMI
what " IN every cit. nnd rount. ~ thiS
country this summer the boys In groups
Of 100 were drilled fer three months
~ to the body. aud then wise men told
pilgrim r.,b.rs IN. s,or, NJ Washing.
ian and Hamilton. warned them with
the tales OF Rrn,dici Arnold aud Aaron
Burr: inspired them hy III. suffering,
~ brave mel nj vsll-, Forge. often
bsrefoo,ed Ia winter. wearing clothes
that were full ~ hlnM aud Nlr with
blood and bnyonrt blows. bu, nyhtinr
on: with the s,or, Of Paul Jones' In
liza the story o, Lincoln and Grant n,
wen a. OF Webster and CLAY and cal,
houn. IN. stor, OF our yres, statesmen
and inventor, aud merchant, snd man
nracturers our editor, our poe,s our
noble women What q land OF d.sr
b.roe, Ia oursi And what ~ then IN.
instructor, trained ,he,, youus men n,
Ia IN. resource, OF Canada 10 IN. north
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