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grounds. Tennis is a splendid game, and suitable for girls 

 as well as boys. It has the great advantage over baseball 

 that it does not require a large ground (which often means 

 going some distance from the school grounds or from home). 

 Two can make up a game, and a little time can be better util- 

 ized than with the games requiring more players. The exer- 

 cise, too, is more evenly distributed. There is no long waiting, 

 as in some games, but a constant interchange of play, active 

 but not severe, with practically no danger of injury. For 

 those who can pursue the more vigorous games of baseball 

 and football they are admirable, and should not be objected 

 to by teachers and parents because occasional injury comes 

 from them. No vigorous exercise is wholly unattended by 

 risk, though it is usually slight when the proper care is used. 

 All these games calling for great activity and strength develop 

 manly qualities in boys, arid do much to make them active 

 fearless men, men who in time of danger have not only 

 strength and endurance, but well-trained muscles, cool heads, 

 and brave hearts, men who know what to do and how to do 

 it in an accident, as at fires, upsetting of boats, etc. A few 

 strong, cool-headed men, by their presence of mind, often stop 

 a panic and save many lives when there is an alarm of fire, 

 which often proves false. 



For men in middle life, in most cases, milder exercises are 

 preferable, such as shooting and fishing and horseback riding. 

 Every person should have some form of exercise that takes 

 him into the open air daily. The English are more given to 

 their " constitutionals " than their American cousins, and are 

 the better for it. Doubtless if we paid more attention to 

 these matters, we should lose something of our national repu- 

 tation as a " nervous people." English women are noted 

 walkers, and do not seem to pride themselves on the smallness 

 of their feet. The signs of the times would appear to show 



