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"VOL XXli S' ) 37 VIENNA, GA. THURSDAY, APRIL, 28 1904 TERMS *1 A YEAR CASH * OF INTEREST TO WOMEN 0Ver the oountr y - There wa? a as-cateh*oan business. But we have PHYSICAL TRAINING OF t ! LOREN'. Letter No. 10 of a series of 20. Copyrighted 1904 by Christine Herrick. A healthy, well developed body in the bcBt gift a child can reoeive. When I say this I do not mean to east any reflection upon the value of the trained mind or to depreciate the benefits of a thorough education. But fthese are of comparatively small value if the body ia sickly. I do not forget that such men as • Prescott, Parkman, Herbert Spencer und a long list of other noble students accomplished their great works m spite of painful aud wear ing physical disability. They had a message to deliver to the world und they compelled their bodies to yield to their minds. But they were exceptions. As a rule the mind is more or less in bondage to the body, if the man or woman is to moke the best of Ins or her mental equipment, the physique must be brought to its highest perfection. It is never too early to begin to do this. Those of ub who hav trained children mentally and morally knew that the S»rk is t farted when the babi« s are > u t ^ e cradle. The habits of obedience w may not be pre-natal, but they shdulu be loruied so soon alter birth as to become like nature to the child. Perhaps it may seom absurd to demand ns much for the child’s body,—but we do not know wbat we might have’made of it if wo had given it more intelligent stlcntion. Even as it is the mother soon learns that the child must not lie in unnatural pastures, that the eyes must be eaicd lor, that the back must be kept straight and not exerted too soon, that the limbs must be rubbed and flexed if they do not develop as I hey should. The eh ild must not be allowed to sit up alone, to stond or to walk too early, lest there be curvatures or mal formations. All this is done while the baby is a wee thing, but what is done in the line of intelligent physical guidance when ho--or she—if able to go about and make a way through the world? When this point is reaohed the children are allowed to look o ut for themselves. They may be encouraged to take aoti\ c exercise,•• though, indeed, Nature generally leods them to do this,- but the parents are too few who direct the exercise the'.r ohi.tireu take and see for themselves that the youngsters set about it in the right way. The b«ys go with other boys and so learu to play baseball and football, 4o swim, to_ row, to rule a wheel. The'girls meet other girls and roll hoop, skip ropes, aud bicycle. And the father aad mother feel that they have done the whole dut> of parents When they provide the means for these outdoor enjoy ments. It seldom occurs to them to make sure that they have secured jupt what the children’s physical mature demands,—much less to see that the help to exercise :s used in a way to euable the child to get from it what he or she needs. Let us take the ease of the- bicycle, for instance,—slfeqf' - t his beeausc of the revival in hie *!• mg-which is tak'ng pla.e time when it was a fad, und like most fads,"it was abused. There waB never a good thing yet that was not susoeptible’bf misuse, and the bioy'ole is a*shming example of the fact. A few years ago everyone rode a wheel. Every child wanted one and the American parent, who l* indulgent, if he does not always act with the intelligence he puts into business matters, provided his children with what they wonted. Having done that, ho felt that his responsibility had ceased. He had given the children what they asked for, aud that ended the matter for him. But not for the ohildren. Being children, they promptly proceeded to go ahead and do as they pleased, with the one objeot in view of having a good time. They may have had a few lessons m riding, but it is quite as likely as not that it was not from an iustruotor’ but from a playmate. Some ohildren, of the * -born rider” variety, fiad no changed all that. Now, when boy or a girl is to have a wheel, it is seleoted to fit. What will do for one will not answer for another and the makers'of wheels have learned that the worst servioe they can do their products is to send out one that is not entirely satisfactory; No longer can one buy a b’oyolo from, a responsible firm on tho hit-or-miss plan. Here some one will rise with » talc of how he bought a wheel for his hoy and it did not last him any length of time at all. “He gavo it no more wear than I gave 1 mine, but it was bo poorly built that it went to pieces before be had had ’ it a month. That oured me of high priced wheels! Get a boy a cheap' one and let him usp I that up and then get him another.^ • . c That principle may have applied onoe, but its day is over. The modern juvenile .bicycles produced by a first olass house, are strongly built, to meet , the knookiabout sort of gentlcwomau one wishes a young girl to booome. Of course, there is suoh a thing as overdoing the out door life and the physical side just as there is a possibility of exoess on the other side. But the evenly balanoed mail or woman must have plenty of both sortp of training. There has never yet. been found a'better combination than a hoillby mind in a ^eajtby body. , trouble, but rode at onoe and rode usage of the younger generation well. Others had a bad seat and a I They are made of. , ^e samp hjgh-, bad attitude from the first. Quito 1 grade material and reoeive the same probably their wheels had not been j care in the making as the adult selected properly and were not J n.oriels. As a matte^ of course, if adapted to theif pciebt or tbeir j a boy is absolutely reckless w4h length of Vjmb, Jf t)*§ir wheels did j them he is able to ruin them—ae ho. i Hot run eagliy,--aild lfl those days j would anything else of value,but. the bicycle was a rather different instruction in taking decent care of Fitzgerald has a nice littltf'ohioic- eti farm started by Mr W Jty Skinner and he calls it t,ho Fitzgerald. ,Ponl-i try Farm. ,Wp visited his ,plaoe 3 of business Tuesday evening and Mr.. Skinner was kindj enough ,te show us tbrougb.tjiie fprrq unftpxplaiui.tjhe different fovyls, tpodp of batoning, raising)and ,.paring.,;fqy. %>. fqwtt, generally- He has thp,,., bajrpd, Plymouth rook, white jslymouth, brpwn, loghoriii white * leghorn,’ block pnnbroa, white wyandotte, light brahma and buff odqh'eh. tie ban some of a fine fowls as wo have seen .anywhere, some iff Which oast him $10 apieoe and he gathered WOMAN’S COLUMN. Health is to be much more prized than wealth. As dawn heralds in a lovely morn ing, so does a noble thought precede an aot of kindness. An honest nmu may bothenoblest work of God, hut a beautiful woman 'elicits more genuine admiration. nrrest of women ycaripg red skirts has' been ordered tyy Pennsyl vania railroad officials, if they appear on railroad grounds, Sarah Bernhardt has kept a diary of hll her darnings, and says tbkt her tilled States engagements have been by far. the most remunerative. 'A Eleven woman never- begs her hitsbhti'd to love her always. Sho. Vuakta herself so ioyablq that potpipg< Could' drag bjfp, away frpiu, boi;. . , , .. den oral P'easant Porter, chief of ; the'dreek nation and one of the. , w ehlthiest in tho U. S.,. is to wed , a, , 'beautiful St." Louis girl., Mpre, c advertising for St. Louis • 'Hd.ppily, whirlein n‘ov6r get' over fhl “rhhke-bolieVe” habit 6f child hood. It enables ’tbeih th make a proposition from what it is today,— they took it a9 a matter of course aud proceeded to strain themselves instead of developing their museles, They evolved for thomselves what they thought the best, way to ride and there appeared a horde of “monkey backs.” Or they became enthusiasts in riding and wont on long runs, setting themselves to make or to break a record among their companions. The while the parents tpld~ complacently of'" the exploits of their children ancL~never seemed to think that there might be harm doing! In pointo'f~fadT~men l and women were not unfrequently led into exoess in this exhilarating exercise and as a natural sequej there oamo a reaction arid t'.o bioyole for a time was neglected'. Despite the passing of the ,tad, however, there has been from the outset a goodly number of people who believed in the bicycle and thought it had other 'uses than a mere means of getting, about the country and riding toand from work. Their faith has been justified by the healthy revival of which’ 1 have spoken, a re.viyal that'.’jias been helped on, ly, the : sensible utterances of physicians on the subject. When one' well’ Jciiqwn doctor says, “I" have often given hi. cycling the preference as in mode Q>fi exercise above horseback riding! aud hotting; with'an airly start.!:jd childhood it mignt take the place of gymnastics ttirougH the parent who ha’a'tholigtit'Seriously.of, the physical development of .his sons and .laughters feels that'•'if-is perljiips^.vell to lboli into this matter of h cj'Wing in some r .-othcr light than that'of au'amusement; 1 1 To get the .full benefit from‘a bicycle far a growing boy or, girt, ') e .wheel should not be' bought at’ random. At one time-, -.the acquisition of a bicycle sank to pfeity.much, the same Mao.dwig-,rtfs one. ! of,. ; the “given-away-witb-rt-' pdu'n.i: of t tea” prizes.^ ^pe^market Was fidoifed with cheap w heels' :< arid ifcTgtttin j one was a sort pf .qatch- '.1 ■ ’ -.1 “-I his goods and chattels is, or should be, part of-his Iraim. 1 :"; The' Whool purchased, the boy should be taught a few things about it. For one thing, that it is not necessary for him to' vide doubled up over his handlebars when he is making an ordinary trip for business or for pleasure. It is entirely possible for him to get over the ground at a good rate while be is in an absolute upright position and if this is impressed upotf’h’fm’iintl he follows rules he will grow straighter because of his bicycle o riding;' J have qpen this successfully tried with rpftye than one bov. Next' he does not injure himself so long as be JeWis sfekight forward!' £ bdudinig,kt' the waist. It is the crouching po sition that stoops' and rounds 'the 1 shoulders. Modefation in the use of the wheel should be 1 enforced! Lijce every other good thing it is possible to have too* much of it if it is laksn at the . wrong time. The lad who Btarts.di^t on a ride the moment he ihas finished a®ttmeal S arid t ‘s0orches across lhe country on 'a new day with,!} full stomach has himself to blame qtul not. the wheel if be upsets lii (‘digestion!') It'would be Fortunate \i it were oiily ithe;' boys who did this, |;5^bete iir^f meSv&nd women, too, who ' have tno better sense than to fdllow.thiri oorirs'e;' Aildhat has beeq, said'pf-i.he value of the physical training aaine<i bv the ‘boys '^hOj 'tise'' tiiq ^hee^'applies with equal force to girls of the-'same dgek Il ' is - 'a mistake to think that what helps thpbiy.^p .develop, hjs body wiU-. be of no use to the girl in the improve ment Of beta. I often question if ’ihe gi'rl 'does nqt -.perhaps need, it more even than the bo^r. 1 ‘While she is fetiil a childj the, be^t -)hing that camibe ,^o«e for. her. is -to enooWage hew fe the tomboy lifej so far as it leads her into the fresh air ‘tflSi vigorous -exercisej 'lUsbfe 1 las the right'kind of a mother she .will iiaVh aii’ the refrnlng add 3KMij4?zing influence she needs to make her the them from all parts of thd' ooudtry 1 . He is well pleased With hti business, | i>»)aob of a four room shanty and ft says they pay him hanpsomely ’ and Patrice bf a plodding, husband. iti 1 !.:.<•— —* An AdatUjlcss E(jen B.qrtof ,a. Lank is pro]ootod| for New York, city.' It RAPE’S HOUSE BURNED,, Tho house in which Mr Hom-y T. Rape lived caught, fire Thursday ht and was totally destryed,' and the furniture auY? along with it. •M goods is to be'capitalized and ofiioorod by women and will solicit the patronage of women oxolusivelv. , , “Got, busy, i Get Kittycries J the hlist)pg and be.imagines that oovera the whqle secret of success. But Mr Rape f r,ar | ,hat thero ' a and seven children who escaped faom | .. T ...~ the house only in then 1 night robes va ^ diffpreijcfi .between (being tusy and saved not a garfueijt more,! Mr Rape gathered up a feather bod and his pants as he ran out, and that is all they saved. In this pitiable plight they went to^ntsigjp; bol’si? hmuse' heare,-'! i>y’. ant^ weft! wrapped'in sheets and carried to Mr Q E Waisb'n’s hou^e at dayUgjit to bo oared for. 1 ' ' . The hdighbdrs sent garments. tfieqijip' Boon as' the' news ,of their .condition went; among .them, Mr 1 R'ij)ft J has J ' nillb'eVl "into' the S' K Mathews house where ti l) jWi'jji lived 1 lastyear and'.iisia ^t^rted ,aupjy; to supply his homo wjtfi .fprp^pfe anti household goods, Mr ,Rji(|. is 1 road ouerseef in the Ymnqa, district under the aUeruq^ve, ppipl lami •*-*" 1 11 . ■ 1 1 PICNIC YE^ftiRDAY. There wos a nice little picnio party went from here ^yesterday' to Flrnt river and > spent the 'day'hS hapjpy as larks among the biids And flowers df spring. "The weather ar^j meft-find was cool {enough for -comfort and ’ h > the ray ofi the sun (was soft as' an Easter morning, i.They fished’‘in the. water but nothing,eaught." There’ was some fishing ou land, the result' of ‘whiph^ig not (known. A 'dinner was prepared at .home 'by 2 , the 1 ‘deaf creaturtk who make life so nappy for the med. The folio wing'couples attended;. uoii,,- >.-• • «.«• Mr W T MoPocald, Miss 'Bertha Leonard.’ 1 M.r Ed A.Northen^Mtts 1 4-da: Powell. Mr. L.L Woodward,' Mifls Martha Manning, Mr J 'M Buybee,,, Miss, ,Kate MoArthdr. Mr.iW O, Wjlkson, Miss> BeSsiet Collier. Mr J L : .Lashleyy Miss May. r T O Modetey; 1 ••Miks ir ' , Nell McQaH,, . The chaperons were .Mr and-Mrs JiP Heard Jr, Mr and, Mrs. AE Walton. T.i .Cm. < .. >1,1). )•=■■■.u; 1 bc'ug indpjjtriojiK. A' vhry swell wedding was to take 1 place m ,! a certaiii town; the inVita- 1 lions.Jiad a, notice printed in ttfe (Oflrper,, j, “Non children 'bxjtetted.*** nn olf l lddyp “fiboy’ ’' 11 wili \vjjliCo Wi jg Sl ,ti,e eftmei ”(. , , • ' ,Ouei of. theientertainingprofeaeors ' ’• says evory married woman should ■be 'a.wago ;,<Arne*i',r 'TJnsV-lni^ht’i ” ‘ easily jbe < w^qgpl. , „-J»t ff e«eryi married i^ontau,]^ paid, |.$6 an week >, v» fur.doiiig her own house work/ - >,i >•’-»' ■ '• Ta‘0 hundred and 'ninetyl-iflevbn' men at Silver City, Nev., aro' ' teahiiii^ for wives. It . might be' ■ iroll.'hoiv'over, for.girls' whoildesire’ ita aiiiinx! the. joys of, matrimoily to-’ 1 ' try’kgain 'before starting for Silver i‘>' City! ^bioh is a hard place to get it why‘from. , „ ' ..tti I'-.o’ *> « vikt- It ill beeoipps ^piap or,,woman ,fon nu' apsail the chayaoter pfia/young lady. • .1 o by Inn uendo pr jnference, and espeo- ',1 1 r HI-fW 1 * 0 nThl thOfaght :- I ; should jbe^nonsidered well. A,small !i ' remark dropped with a r reflection , upon the character of a.young lady Oj girl mepns tiio jiften a 'tligbt tor bfe. It is takbn hp and retold until ( it roils up into a mountain of foul- ness ana no one will 1 assume the i-es^oijsiyjty of giving it the start. .,,. Stop and think befos'e you speak. ,, God ihade man, male and female, “oreated He them” him and her, and woman; was the crowning ab't'Bf' oteationj i(The ^Greater.,^opk jEvp,,,,,, ,, not from Adam’s bead that she might ,. •,,, be,his.' superior nor from ^. fpet ,/ tbrft she-'might' be l^Ls ^ inferior, jbqt, , u , from.his.side sh^i}iigji^e|^; ilt | aquaL thendqes wq W( ^ posBess^ual ripiiii^^ri^ts^wi^ avi1 , ma,rx% Only because right.” For no r . other^, season. Political inequality ‘ of the 4: § r* •i 1 i It) '.lift • .1 hit. vm -id; a .• li-v. .(•> V. hove no other foundation. ; ( m- nor iijltS'iniii ij,;> \r