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MY BREATHING SYSTEM

respect. may in reality prove harmful to the vital organs of individuals who are not over strong.

My exercises )iave already bccn introduced into sonie English public schools as morning gyimiąstics for liealtb. When my exercises are thus performed by scveral children at the same time, I always wam teachers against borrowing from their lessons on drill that rule which insists on the strict simultaneousness of cvcry detailed movement. Such simultaneousness may be excellent for producing discipline, attentiveness and otlier splendid virtues, but is of no use for promoting health : and, is, moreover, directly dangerous for children whose vital organs are not yet suflicicntly strong and developed.

Does the Athlete Die Young ?

(Reprinted from “ The Sporłing Life.")

I owe the health and strength of my 53 years first and foremost to the British athletics which I taught myself as a weakly boy from smali English manuals, and seeing what enormous benefits 1 had dcrived therefrom, most years of my youth and first manhood were devoted to teaching thesc athletic sports to my young countrymen, and making the public and the authorities of Denmark interested in tliis hitherto so neglected part of their education. To-day I think l may be proud of the good results of my work, and what always makes me most happy are the many signs of gratitude from the side of my countrymen, which culmi-nated when the Danish King madę me a Knight of Dannc-brog on the 25th anniversary of my iirst introduction of British athletics into Denmark.

During the last seven years I have lived as a welcome guest here in England, and thus had the opportunity of studying closely the eflects of athletic sports and games upon the health of their followers in this country. I have

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