The Washington times., 1920-02-03
I'VE Were All Left-Handed Once
That Was Natures Work Now We Have to Edu

The French Academy of Medicine advocating that all
school children be taught write with the left hand well
- with the right.
This action results from the difficulties which French
soldiers who lost their right hands in the have in
quiring proficiency with their left hands
q There is indsputable evidence that primitive man was
naturally left handed.
- The oldest herogyphics and earliest art done with
the left hand The cuneiforms writings baked clay
which constitute earliest written history all bear ev
dence of left handed execution.
It was fighting that the right hand received its first
training.
The heart the most vulnerable point of the body for the
early weapons of stone and bronze being the left side
the left used for protection while the attack
made with the right.
Later some inventive savage bethought himself of max
ing shield which could be held the heart and the
easiest way keep in position to fasten it in some
way to the left forearm
- From that time the left purely defensive
implement and in order to make the right strong for
battle the burden of work transferred to it, and the
human race became right handed
Physically there is good why the right hand
should be any useful handy than the left and
mortem examinations have shown difference in brain
srucon development tsween the right and left handed
The infant child to be equally face with either
hand and the development OF seems to
begin with the effort talk This has led to the theory
that the otor speech function controls the right side
Of the body there connection between the develop
of speech and right handedness This is however
rather far drawn conclusion
The German government authorized some years ago a
careful investigation of lefhandedness using the army
the basis of study The work under the direction of
DR.. Stier, eminent Psychologist.
In seventy-seven per cent of the lefthanded he
found that the right and hand the stronger and
that almost all of left handedness hereditary
He also found that in great number of the child
history of handed people showed disorder
usually outgrown in early youth
The value of ambidexterty, the equal of both
hands would to be easily established To be able to
shift task from hand to hand without losing efficiency
would fatigue and in such occupations telegraphy
where exetion required avoid the early
ing out of the muscles
The training of the left hand is not all difficult The
awkwardness and unmanageabenes which accompany the
first attempts very quickly disappear if practice per-
sisted in Many artists train their left hands during their
studies in order that they may acquire equal proficiency
and not lose their capacity in case of injury.
The pianist necessarily has equal power and adeptness
each hand and the vonist has greater facility with the
left hand than with the right.
Landseer the great painter of animals not only used
either hand with equal proficiency but frequently aston
shed his visitors by drawing with both hands at the
time.
The man who works equally well with either hand has
two weapons instead of one condition which in kinds
of battles is considered an advantage.
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