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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1902)
THE COURIER play and. as I trust every child In this school has, some work to do, they need, every one of them, other training in or der to stand properly, to breathe correct ly, and to bring Into use, not only par ticular muscles, but sets of muscles, and to give harmonious action between the brain and every part of the body. The exercises should be varied. Swedish movements, dumb-bells, Indian clubs, marching, and dozens of systems. Bui the best of methods can be worse than useless If gone through in a careless, slipshod way. If It Is exercises to de velop the lung capacity, it is no use to take them with the shoulders hanging forward the position bad, nor no fresh air in the room. Nor should they be told at home that they might better be get ting their, arithmetic lesson. Children should be encouraged to take pride in their physical development; it Is some thing of which to be proud, and we would do well to encourage it, as was done centuries ago in ancient Greece. Harm can be done by over-development. Observe the professional gymnast, and you will see the development to an exaggerated degree of the muscles of the shoulders and back; as a result he has a round back. Fencing, It is well known, causes lateral curvature of the spine. But there is no good but that may be come an evil. Health and goodness go together. It is much easier to be in a state of grace when in a state of health. ' As to the place that gymnasiums should hold, I have never been able to determine to my own satisfaction. I know there are good results; I have seen bad; and I mean here not the ordinary Swedish movements, dumb-bells and the like, but the use of heavy weights, hori zontal bars and trapeze work. As recrea tion It may be good, but as a means of development I doubt If it is the best. With girls, particularly, we should re member that the mechanism is finer, and until we have had several generations of better health and physical vigor, the ut most care should be used not to do harm that will be Impossible to remedy. I was told that little ones would need no exercises if left to their own free will and considered as healthy young ani mals. I'll not argue the question; but one day I walked along O street, where one felt that the middle of the street was cleaner than the sidewalk, and I said to myself, '"Tis pity, 'tis true," that we must consider them such when they .are grown. Why do I say this here? Why bring in a discordant element where there should be talk of learning and cul ture? Simply this, that you who come from your cultured homes where every influence is refining, must not forget that there are children In the schools, In this school, whose only idea of culture comes from the school, and it Is their due, and their right, that In their lives there should be one place where the per fect cleanliness of the rooms, the pic tures on the walls, and the atmosphere of refinement, may counteract the op posite that surrounds them in their own homes. This you are trying to do, this Is your duty. As a summary let me emphasize: Parental conditions that will insure, as far as possible. Strong, robust children; then fresh air, baths, play, definite tasks, and systematic rational dally exercises, exercise that is never omitted, no mat ter what else Is; exercise not through school days only, but through all the years, that they may realize "the full ness of life and the mere Joy of living." love with a fair maiden who lived In the next county. He waited to propose to her, but could never summon the needed nerve. He could talk about any thing else and keep up a running fire of conversation. Finally he decided to ask her the momentous question over the telephone. She accepted, of course, and they would have been married over the 'phone, If the young man's wishes had been regarded. A certain girl in Lincoln got up a nice little flirtation over the telephone, which progressed finely for a while. She worked in a down-town office where several girls were employed. She an swered the 'phone one day, and a young man asked for a girl who happened to be at dinner. The girl was very quick to ask, "Wouldn't I do Just as well?" arid he said, "Yes, of course," and they had an Interesting talk. After that he would call her up every day, though not knowing her exact name. They talked of "books and flowers and trees, of the singing birds and the honey bees" and other romantic knlckknacks. This went on for several months; she made no effort to see him and he seemed to understand that while she was content to talk to him and "Jolly him up," any attempt at forwardness would spoil the whole thing. He asked to call or to take her to church or to lunch, but the Invita tions were all politely declined, and In lieu of the fact that no young gentle man cares to waste his time on a girl who gives him to understand in the first place that she does not care for him, the little flirtation waned. Perhaps these two will meet some day perhaps It's a TIMatioiis There Is something dangerous in the telephone, if the emotions are to be studied, for it is one of Cupid's aids. Place a young man of impulsive habits at. one end, and a girl who likes to flirt at the other, and there Is danger of them becoming serious more so than if they stood face" to face. A woman's voice sounds softer and sweeter through the telephone. Perhaps the fact that a young man is talking to a voice through the 'phone Instead of a person helps his fancy to- run riot. Anyhow, as It Is, telephone flirtations are becoming more numerous and the results more serious. People can say so much more to each other over the 'phone than they would in ordinary conversation, especially If they are a bit bashful and happen to be lovers. Any man who entertains a fond affection for a girl and couldn't get up enough courage to propose to her In person, and then falls In trying to ask her over the telephone, really Isn't worthy of her. In a little Nebraska town west of Lin coln, a young man was very much In case of what might have been, no one knows, any way, as the girl has said, "It was fun while it lasted." The eastern papers have contained so many accounts of rich men falling In love with the voice of some telephone girl, that the voices of all the Lincoln telephone girls 'sound unusually sweet Just now. Maybe they hope for the samo thing. A business man married a telephone girl not long ago, and It would be hard to And a more devoted pair. He called up a number one day and she promptly cut him off. He was very Indignant, and told her just what he thought of her, and even, went so far as to inform her that he Intended to re port her o the manager, as he was an influential business man and a regular subscriber and she might as well pre pare to be discharged. He was grently surprised when she apologized: her voice was sweet and low. He was sorry then and said so; and with Cupid leading him by the hand he went like a lamb to the slaughter. He married her and, of course, they were, happy forever after. It Is not always the telephone girl whose voice sounds so alluring over the wire; there are many cases In which other girls get up flirtations and they end In marriage. A young man wished to talk to a young lady of his acquaint ance one afternoon. Central gave him the wrong number and some other girl answered. He explained his mistake and would have rung off, but the girl seemed pleasant and Inclined to talk, so . he stayed. They met afterward. It was almost Imperative, of course. They were not disappointed In each other and, as In many other cases, their wedding was a sequence. To say the lenst, the telephone is a snare and people who arc not matri monially Inclined ought never to enlarge on the chnnce of a flirtation thereover. Judge You nre charged with using horribly profane language. Prisoner But, your Honor, I was try ing to make soft coal burn in my hard coal furnace. Judge Discharged. Chicago News. "Tell, me, Harold," she said, as the gentle old horse they were driving along the country road dropped Into a walk, "am I your Ideal girl?" "No," he said fervently. "You're my real girl!" Whereupon the horse, finding himself totally neglected, stopped and began to browse. Chicago Tribune. 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