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also various forms of " home exercisers," such as pulley 

 weights, rubber bands, etc., which are valuable. After 

 exercise should come a sponge bath. 



Games of School Children. Most of the games of school 

 children are excellent kinds of exercise. Cases have been 

 reported of injury from excessive skipping the rope ; but 

 in moderate degree it is a good exercise. Tag, snowballing, 

 racing, the various games of ball, jumping, hopping, and 

 other games may be played on the school grounds. 



Tennis. Tennis is a fine game and suitable for girls as well as boys. 

 It has the great advantage over baseball that it does not require a large 

 ground. Two can make up a game, and a little time can be better used 

 than with the games requiring more players. The exercise, 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 almost no danger 

 of injury. 



Baseball and Football. For those who can pursue the more vigor- 

 ous games of baseball and football they are admirable. All these games 

 calling for great activity and strength develop manly qualities in boys, 

 and 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. The 

 Duke of Wellington said that it was on the football fields of Eton and 

 Rugby that the battle of Waterloo was won. 



Boxing. Boxing is a splendid exercise. It calls into play nearly 

 every muscle of the body. Boxing makes one quick on his feet, trains 

 to quick movements of the arms, trains the eye, keeps the body in an 

 erect position, and especially develops the muscles of the legs and back. 

 Boxing brings out the chest and shoulders. It develops the "wind," 

 and keeps one in constant action. It teaches control of the temper 

 more than almost any form of exercise. It develops a degree of self- 

 reliance that is worth much. Like tennis, boxing calls for little appa- 



