Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . l condition herself, and able to walk ten miles or morewithout fatigue, she realized that her girl charges were not intraining and that she must not expect too much from them. It is just as bad to overdo it, when taking exercise, as todo without it, she continued. And so we will stop and restfrequently today. After awhile I expect to see every one of youable to walk several miles without tiringâand you will be muchthe better tor it too. While we are resting T will just remind you that there aretwo tilings common to all mankindâw
Our little men and women; modern methods of character building; . l condition herself, and able to walk ten miles or morewithout fatigue, she realized that her girl charges were not intraining and that she must not expect too much from them. It is just as bad to overdo it, when taking exercise, as todo without it, she continued. And so we will stop and restfrequently today. After awhile I expect to see every one of youable to walk several miles without tiringâand you will be muchthe better tor it too. While we are resting T will just remind you that there aretwo tilings common to all mankindâwalking and talkingâand most people do both very badly. They walk badly and A DAY IN THE OPEN 151 their bodies grow bent and crooked, or they slouch along as ifthey had no pride in them. Our figures are largely what wemake them, by our style of walking, our method of breathing,and the like. I recommend the study and practice of deepbreathing to all of you and also that you learn the best way tocarry the body in walking. Any girl can illustrate what writers. A LITTLE HOUSEKEEPERDomestic Work That May Seem Tiresome a1 Home Becomes Fun in the Woods call the poetry of motion, if she will only take pains to walkcorrectly and secure grace of movement through exercise. That is something we would all like to do, said Im sure the club will be a big success if it only teaches usto walk properly. Mrs. Spencer then told them of the gymnastic exercises thatmight be taken by girls and women to improve their carriage 152 A DAY IN THE OPEN and figure, and said she would start them no such exercises inthe following week. What did you mean, Mrs. Spencer, when you said thatmost people talk badly as well as walk badly? asked one of thegirls. I mean that most people are as careless in talking as theyare in walking, replied the leader. They use bad grammarand fill their speech with silly, meaningless slangâand seem tothink it smart to do so, instead of trying to speak their ownlanguage
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