Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-26 | Page 2 | Ottawa, Ill., Has an Athlete of Tender Age

OTTAWA, ILL, K M ATHLETE OF TENDER AGE What Can Be Done With a Child by Beginning Early. The cosslbllltles of physical culture In child development are. clearly and forcibly set forth In the Instance o , Howard Wakefield Crowden, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Crowden of Ottawa, Ot-tawa, 111., gays the Chicago Inter Ocean. This baby -was born May 28, 1904. From birth tho little fellow had unusual strength, raising himself upon his arras full length when only .two days of age. The father, who is a devotee of physical' phys-ical' culture, at once formulated a series se-ries of exercises for the youngster, and each day the husky little fellow is required re-quired to go through this routine, to gether with variations of his own. Included In-cluded among his exercises Is one on the horizontal bar. At the age of six months tho baby Was sufficiently muscular mus-cular to hang to the bar for-several minutes. This exercise proved to be one of pleasure to the child, and he awaits his dally turn on the bar with eager anticipation. Dumb-bell exercises exer-cises with one-pound bells are pmong the regular exercises of the little athlete. ath-lete. A four-pound dumb-bell used as a bar bell Is another favorite apparatus of this diminutive athlete. No Extra Eat. While the majority of children at the age of this baby are heavy with superfluous super-fluous fat, the effect of the physical exercise ex-ercise given this little fellow has been to reduce all extra fat and transform the child Into a well-rounded, muscle-hardened, muscle-hardened, tiny athlete. The boy Is always al-ways in good humor, a qualltv which may be rightly accredited to hfs splendid splen-did physical condition. Ho feels more than the usual amount of enjoyment in living, and views sv cur In his regular lLffJpfc.' ceptlve far In eics 'mtj of his age. W"" Being especially fcfttf7 little fellow takes roocTO?1' animal owned by hi! fiP1 feeding hi the P"lBIiHt safely be left to thevB, baby. In case of acj'Bii ever, It Is necessary fC man to summon Much of his time IiM ( father's printing oflttWjft come remarkably fJI3BC cessories of a print Rf; ly at home when llMks! although the bt .Kaj accomplish thus 'M galore of "pi." mKT Not Harmful The father of tUji!L1 has carefully looM MF physical welfare, dofB, the comrrjon Idea tt4tB of a vigorous natuK.g t fants. On the other ) that the health "rt strength of his oC;5 result of the careful JB he has undergone. j viewpoint, several might be consider ,B; an easy task fo.rna. baby to lift a pair N,f bells above Us heal -jm tho tiny arms to susUMEj the body. Mhr v The Crowden Wfly, most children ai, 4 times his age. e JK firmly that a child cannot twist IftBjS tu" of war he yMKT much older The results o'SMte has undergone ayMtei ever, In his E'JK as straight ?. JML head is splend dl ' ly. muscular ""'f.'jB. fat, are strati k rl hands resemble W B or four years his legs. H sflJW the ground "jM fellow has neerwML m