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Nw Eniluh School of Walking.
A New Health Cult
Which
Teaches
You
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F child doet not know bow to
walk it two yaan b U eon
llderod backward, yet inoit
peoplo to throunh tifo without hav
ing accompllitied tb art that It
to aajr, without being abl to walk
prcpry.
Thla la tb theory of number
, of well known bjrgleniata who at
tribute mnr of the Ilia lo which
human feet are eubject to the man
ner In which tbrie eitremitlei
are abaeed In walking,
A tcbool hat juit been ettab-
Hthed at- Hampitead, London, (0
: teach people how . to walk. The
tjrttem taught there la known
the natural or ' itral;ht toot"
method, or, at It la aometlmei re-
ferred to, the "Hat-toot" tytlem, the
latter denlgaatloa, howerer, having
no reference, ot conr, t the pedal
deformltjr known "flat-foot."
Thla achool la conducted by Mitt
Annie Bpon- and it attended prln-'
clpalljr by children ot from' tlx to
fourteen yeart of age. although
there are quite a number of adulle .
who, reallilng that they do not know
how to walk, are taking the eourie
to learn how. '
Upon arriving at (hie novel walk
ing tchool, the pupllt remove their
aboet and itocklnga. i Thla la abno
Itttety necettary, tor most of the
evllt of modern Inoorrrrt walking
are believed to be due to tbe faulty
design of thoei. v. .
' In their bare feet the pupllt are
then taken through a aerlei ot exer
dart deviled to correct the bad
walking habltt Into which they have
fallen,
Mitt Bpong believe! that the
proper way to walk It to utlllie tue
whole tole ot the foot, that la, to
keep the tola abaoliitely ttralghL
That, ahe believe, la the way re-'
ture Intended ut to walk, and any
other method puta too much itraln
upon the llgamenta and tendona
topportlng the arch of the foot.
By far the greater aupport ot the
body la Intended to originate at the
foot of a vertical line dropped to, or
rather raited from, the heel, and the
remainder ot the human loot which
forma tbe lupportln.-. arch hai the
function of a dying buttreu, whoee
function la manifestly eubatdlary,
aave In potitiona of relaxation or
fatigue. . Through the ate of tboet
How,
to
Walk
All
Over
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Ajjain
In which the heel
It raited an Inch
or more from the
ground while the
tole la only a
quarter of aa
Inch thick, tbe
bail of the foot
la called upon (0
take an undue
Lr. of the
work of locomo
tion, od the
common result la
flatfootedneta, or
obliteration of
tbe pedal arc.
at wall
. d general limpness,
iW.. Brthn of theVoat of
tural method of walking.
uh"T ,b "l1,t MPPorted
mainly by the heels requlrea a well-
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'To get most benefit out of walking- the arm should bo
twung until they art) level, with the shonLiers.n .
trate aome ot the exercises practliee
by the pupllt at Miss Spong'a eohoeL ,
With their arms winging atralgat
op level with their ahooldera, the
children look a good deal like the
familiar illustrations ot the early
-h
rLr
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The "Flat
Footers"
Believe
in Walking
Squarely
on the Sole
of the
Foot
Which It
Impoaaible
with
Modern
Shoes.
braced, muscular body, and for wit
reason Mist Bpong requires her,P
pile to take a courts la general
calisthenics.
The "cult of the atralght line, at
It It Uught In Mlta Spong'a achool.
la thoroughly Indorsed by medical
Mist Annie Spent , Head of the "Straight-Line" Cult, Teaching a Young Pupil
How to Swing the Arms in Walking.
could scarcely ever bring It shoot
,"To utilise the ball of the toot m
walking Imposes s greater strata
than la Intended or necessary nPB
men. Dr. Francis Oavanagh, the
well known English writer on hy
giene, explains It aa follows:
"If there It any mathematical fig
ure to which the ahape of the Inner
edge of the sole must approach, it la
that of tbe atralght line, most em
phatically not that of an angle with
Its apex at the aide 01 tne oau
the great toe. An angle In tbe op
posite direction would do lest harm,
because tbe powerful tendons pass
In along the top of the foot would
greatly nullify any attempt at such
' distortion.
"With the angle directed as It Is
in the majority of ahoes, the de
formity caused by thla Is actually
Increased by tbe tendons of the foot
and la consequently difficult to re
rover from, to that a bunion once
formed la almost incurable, and
buniont are among the commonest
evllt induced by pointed shoes. Ex
cessive straining of the ligaments
which la nearly alwaya responsible
for the condition known aa flat-foot,
arises when the weight of the whole
body It continuously borne by the
front of tbe arch. Standing with tbe
weight mostly aupported by the heel
1 factor ot tbe foot which makes for
noise, elasticity and activity and dis
regards a mechanical device which
nature) baa placed at our service, but
which the prehistoric genius who
ftrat gave ahape to our ahoes for
tome reason or other completely
disregarded." ' '
Wblle Mist 8 pong believes that
bare-footed walking la tbe Ideal
method, she realties that present
day conventions make thla lmprao
. tlcable, but ahe insists that her pu
pils ahall follow the straight-foot
Idea out of school ss well aa In
school by wearing heelleta shoes, or,v
rather, ahoes whose heels are no
deeper than the soles. ...
In connection with the straight
foot Idea, Mlsa Spong'a pupils are
taught how to swing their armt
gracefully la walking. This swing
ing of) the arms waa intended by
nature aa an Incident to walking and
ahould not be checked. It la one ot
the things which makes walking the ,
best exercise of all, giving play, as '
it does, to most of the muscles, of
the body. ' .
At the Cpong school the flat-foot
method Is employed In dancing as
well aa in walking. Despite the ad
mitted grace which the professional
toe-dancer acquires, the "ftatfoot-'
era" contend that natural poise and
elasticity la bett attained when the
aole ot the toot It kept absolutely'
atralght -
The pictures on this page .fllus-
Egyptians and Chaldeans, who were
posefbly the first people to practice
the "strsIght-fooT Idea.
"Walking Is the best exercise hi
the world." said Hits Bpong, "If It
la undertaken properly. But with
the unhygienic ahoes worn by the
great majority of persons, it can be
nothing but harmful -.
"Correct walking is sn Ideal ex
ercise ' because it brings almost
every muscle of the body into play.
The more self-srident of these
muscular motions accompanying
walking are theoppoalte-slded swing
of the arms, the movements of the
abdominal muscles, tbe contraction
of those of the loins and back and
the stiffening necessary to hold tbe
head erect
- "As the arms swing, the shoulders
are brought Into play, which In
volves the pectoral muscles and ex
ercises the ribs and thorax.
"I wish that every one could walk
bare-footed. -That, undoubtedly Is
the idesl way. If there were no
such thing as ahoeleather, there
would be no such thing ss eorns,
bunions, chilblains and similar ail
ments and very little flat-too tednesa
and other mors serious pedal d
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I She's Exiled to Save Spain's Throne
!!" 1 Paris. Jan. SO. 1 ; 1 , .s- .": '"Ji ,
A Good Fly, Whose Young Eat Up Pests
IT Is sot generslly known that
but for a minute fly, known aa
the hover-fly, the food supply
or every terrestrial animal would
quickly terminate. This disastrous
state of affairs would come about
aa a result ot thev activity of the
pernicious green-fly which. If 00
ehecked, would la a abort space
of Urns, destroy every green plant
or tree on the aurface of the earth.
1r'nrsble photographa of
tnla little sentinel of nature are
shown herewith. The Importance
hea It is considered that a aingle
green By ,ny be progenitor to no
0.00.00 Individuals
!.J Rn fi-een-fliea be
come toe abnndant. however, the
, rover-files quickly appear
,Dd ,helr work ot destruc
tion oe os persistently
nntll the proper balance is
- restored.
Aa soon aa a mother
iij aeiecta a green
fly on a leaf or stem, she
places sn egg there. Three
day later a tiny yellow.
Ish grub emerges from the
egg, which when fully extended, la
not more than one-sixteenth ot aa
Inch In lengtL.
The grub travels down the stem
nntll It cornea upon Its first green
tlv. Thrusting its bead forward,
the grub seizes tbe fly. stands P
right on the tail-end of iu body
with tbe green-fly elevated la the
air and proceeds leisurely to euck
tbe pest to death, and thia. In spits
ot the fact that the victim la sev
eral timet larger tban ita cap
tor. on tbe first day ot the campaign,
the hover-fly grab Is satisfied with
three or four captures, but day by
day Ita appetite Increases la an as
tonishing manner. At the end ot -tea
days the grub eats Its enemies
st the rate of one a minute.
'The feats of thia grub are the more
remarkable wbea It is considered
that It ia blind and finds Ita prey
only by rapidly thrusting Its head
here, there and everywhere as It
travels. Sooner or later Ita nose
romea In contact with a victim,
whea a three-pronged fork, or tri
dent, at Its mouth la Immediately
throat into the green-fly's body.
At the end of the tea days' feed
ing period, during which It haa dis
posed ot thousands ot Ita natural
enemlea. the grub's appetite begins
to decline. It attaches 'Itself to a
1 leaf or stem by the trident at Its
mouth. There it hangs for another
ten or twelve days, lis skin hard-.
entng and becoming of a golden
browa color. After that. time has
passed, the ehrysalia bursts snd s -shining
black and yellow-banded
hover-fly emergea--.
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. - Tbe tajanovt Paeatita m Sweat' How-fir Grab Enlarged to Sixty ' Taw
'. f ea UA . TiM Its Nataral S
tarve - ef the
Hove -FW
Saariag a Pest aai
the Pea Baa. ' , '
Tke Lara Rums ha
He ! Socks the
Jukm frssa ti
Pests.
Paris. Jan.
ee K' I-AS. I0' Aonso! I knew
' A him well! He was a
A King of most excellent
dlscrlmlnstloa," etc.
Not Htersllyi but In words to thst
effect La Fornsrlns, the dsxallngiy
beautiful Spanish dancer thus re
fers to the exalted cause ot her en
forced exile from her native
Spain virtually, a case of exile to
save a throne! '
In a material sense La . For.
narina's exile to Paris la costing
her nothing. Quite ths contrary,
tor her beauty and ability 11 I,
s dancer would bars made ber a f a-'
vorite with Parisians even without
tbe valuable reclame of having to
leave her country for her country's
good because Its reigning monarch
could not resist her fascinations. At
tbe matter standt she Is quite likely
to duplicate, or even Improve upon,
tbe success ot Gsby Dealys al
though. In her own case, tue king
In question Is still tolerably well
seated on his throne. - -
It waa the generally accepted
theory that tbe Portuguese' mon
archy owed Its overthrow mainly to
young King -Manuel's reckless de
votion to On by that stirred King
Aironsos Ministers Into revolt
against a poenibie similar situation
in Spain. Alfonso has always been
personally popular with the Spanish
people, and up to tbe time of Maa-
ncl'a dethronement they were benev
olently Inclined toward tbe gallan
tries of their own ruler. But the
upheaval in Portugal made U For
, nnriaa too valuable an argument
for the rapldiy Increasing party ot
Republicans in Spain, and tbe ma
of Spaniards, still loyal to tbe mon
archy, began to murmur their pro
tests. Alfonso's 'Ministers, already, dis
turbed In tlieir minds, were thus
provided with an argument which
' it would not be possible for the
King to resist. So poor little La
Fornarlua wa discreetly conducted
over the border, with many well
fllled Jewel casce and a doien large
and elowly pocked trunks, booked
-traigbt through to Paris.
v Tee pretty Spanish dancer waa
mmedlareiy snapped mp by aa as
tute Paris amusement manager, tbe
Paris nerspaperes printed pretty
little stories about a certain Klnj
and a certain dancer; tbe Parisiane
were provided with a new sensatloa
. and La Fornsrlns and ber manager
were provided with funds much be
jimd their anticipations ,
La Forts rina hi more ' discreet
than arts Caby Deslya in parading
the devotion ot ber favorite king
or peranre her press agent is not
tally alive te bis opportunities. P.ut
the Is more besutlfal than Gaby
and a better artUte.
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la Foraarina, the Dancer Who Threatened Spain's Throne.