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woman's work in sanitary reform, 821
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( Continued From Page 227. J Those Women...
make them comfortable . The school forms should all be suited to the on the heig floor ht of and the all children over-cr , owding so that their must feet be can prevented rest comfortabl * All the y
forms should , be provided with backs , as to sit without a support for The the sp visitor ine is will to most do well children to observe very inj the urious posture . of the children
when standing to read , sitting to sew , write , etc . They are often required to stand to reciteetc . with their feet closed and their
the hands bod crossed y , and on the the posture chest ; , a is very therefore , small difficult base is and thus injurious afforded to to
maintain ; moreover , crossing the hands on the chest prevents free breathing . The best method of standing is with the feet several
in children should ches hang apart standing , freel so y as even by to the in afford side a good s a , firm posture It is base not , more for judicious the than body a to ; quarter the keep arms the of
, an hour . "When seated to write , they will generally be found in a varietof bad postures ; the only correct one is with both fore-arms
leaning y on the desk , and supporting the trunk , which should never lean on the edof the desk . A bad posture in writing prevents
ge free breathing , and causes contraction of the chest and stooping . The visitor will do -well also to notice hy what patterns the
• articles of clothing made in the school are cut . Very bad patterns are generally used ; and schools should , therefore , be provided with
*¦ model sets made in accordance with the laws of health , * The visitor should ascertain how much time is allotted to out-door
exercise in the playground . Half an hour , both in the morning and the afternoonshould be thus spent when the weather is suitable ;
and when it is , notthe children should march , or perform other gymnastic exercises in , the school-room , for the same length of time _.
Ling ' s Rational Gymnastics , before mentioned , are very suitable for such children .
Many other things to be observed and inquired into will present themselves to the mind of a visitor who is thoroughly and
intelligently interested in the physical well-being of the children , and a vast amount of good will result from her quiet visits .
Those of us who teach in Sunday schools may do much by earnestland frequently inculcating the duty of using all means to
preserve y and improve health , as a command of God . We should oftener explain the breadth of the command , " Thou shaltnot kill , "
show that it relates not only to instantaneous suicide and murder , by knifehalteror poisonbut also to suicide by inches , through
unhealth upon us , y to habits violate , , and the to divin slow , el murder y instituted , by forcing laws of those health dependent . If we
taught all this , we should save many from the common sin of self-* Such atterns of clothing for womenchildrenand infantsbe
p , , , may obtained Knowledge from , 17 the , Egremon Ladies' t National Place , Bri Association ghton . ; and for also the Diffusion by application of Sanitary . at the Journal
office vol of . in the . " English Woman ' s . " 2 a
Woman's Work In Sanitary Reform, 821
woman ' s work in sanitary reform , 821
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 321, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/33/
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