HOME AND EDUCATION
HOME AND EDUCATION The borne le the real seat of government, and the Wise Men uf all uatlons bring their gffts to the cradle. Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT Another Phase...
...So, after we have mastered the habit we must always have a care against its recurrence...
...and Mrs...
...So little really seems to be known and practiced in the matter of good ventilation...
...Those who have once suffered from indigestion, lung trouble, nervous disturbance, and ether ills must take a little extra precaution against their return...
...It is as though the nervous force was like a stream of water flowing along in a well-defined course...
...The dedication to the physical and social well-being of the people is expressed in this language: "To the development of clean, strong and healthy bodies...
...Once established, it maintains itself...
...The unique location well typifies the spirit of this new institutional church...
...to prolong the spirit of youth in those who are older, to develop the social powers of love and good will in both old and young...
...It may flow on in the new course forever, or a flood may come and place an obstruction in its way, when it returns to its old channel...
...It takes time to make the new bed and banks as natural as the old...
...It is forced out of its old channel into new...
...APUBLIC-SPIRITED citizen of Milwaukee writes: "We have all enjoyed your department in the Magazine very much...
...0. H. Ingram to the Memory of Their Son, Charles H. Ingram and Dedicated to the Glory of God and the Welf re of Man...
...It floods the room with light from above, which is both restful and checi-ful, and leaves the side light for club rooms, library, and study...
...If we would learn to stand straight, breathe deeply, walk rapidly, or improve our habit in other ways, we should continue to practice until they go of themselves, and are entirely beyond the need of the direction of the will...
...Everyone has observed and wondered why after working brain or muscle along some new line, a period of rest will often add quite remarkably to the skill acquired...
...It is to be put to as many uses as it can serve and reach as many people in as many helpful ways as possible...
...Over the church door is this inscription: Ingram Memorial Congregational Church Erected by Mr...
...And this sentiment was used in its dedication to civic and patriotic betterment of the people: "To the promotion of a better civic life, a more efficient city government, and a patriotism that places the welfare of our country above personal considerations...
...In religion it is congregational...
...As a model for other church builders, and as an example of wise philanthropy, its influence will naturally be felt widely because of its location at the capital...
...But in addition to the usual conventional work of the church it starts out with the well-defined purpose of being a social center in the broadest possible, spirit...
...This equipment bespeaks the place the church expects to fill in the community...
...And as you leave, the view from the steps gives the impression that it is the center of many diverging highways...
...In regard to the work for the prevention" of tuberculosis, would you not conclude that our work in general and that of the newspapers would be more effectual if practical methods of ventilation of sleeping rooms and of prevention and segregation were kept constantly before the people...
...The basement contains a fine three-track bowling alley, a gymnasium, swimming pool, shower baths, and kitchen...
...Now, in any endeavor to improve our physical habit, we must carry our effort to the point where nutrition takes care of the new condition automatically, as it were, so that we do not fall back into the old way...
...Conducted by BELLE CASE LA FOLLETTE and CAROLINE L. HUNT Another Phase of Habit THERE is one especially important phase of habit in its relation to physical culture that is a little difficult to explain, yet well to understand...
...I wonder if the "occasional spree" cannot be explained and guarded against on this principle...
...We may strive very hard for a long time to grasp a new ^tudy or to get on with a new kind of handicraft, without making any apparent progress, when suddenly the way seems easy, and we are able to go on without further conscious effort...
...A physical disturbance will often cause the return of a well-conquered tendency...
...Ingram is a resident of Eau Claire, Wisconsin...
...Friz-zell, the pastor, who is putting his life into this large work, tells me that after studying some twenty cities in the United States, Washington was selected...
...A full discussion of the grave question of infection—how it is brought about and] how best prevented would, I am sure, be very helpful...
...The psychologists say "incessant nutritive renovation tends to fix the modification...
...We discover that we have made progress from one season to another...
...to the culture of the young in the fundamental Christian virtues...
...It is on a plot of ground where wide Massachusetts Avenue intersects a number of streets, and from whichever angle you approach it you get the impression that all roads lead to its door...
...The maxim that one learns to skate in summer and to swim in winter is based on this principle...
...The Ingram Memorial Church ANEW TEMPLE was dedicated a week ago in northeast Washington near Lincoln Park...
...GLOSELY related to this phase of habit is the recurrence of former conditions...
...It is as though the nervous force had to dig new channels, and made very hard work of it, and does not appear to be getting anywhere until it reaches an opening, daylight is let in, and makes the path plain and clear as an open highway...
...Prevention or Cure...
...A fit of illness often brings on a former ailment, in no wise apparently related...
...AS YCU enter the auditorium you see the value of the dome-shaped roof replacing the usual church steeple...
...A sick man is placed in an ill-ventilated room and the windows are open while he sleeps, while the well members of the family are allowed to sleep in closed rooms until the lungs are affected...
Vol. 2 • May 1910 • No. 21
