Show ygo it was the opinion of dr rush hat that bat singing by young laches whom th the cu cus 1 ator lt of a society ac lety debar from irom many other kinds bf healthy exercise isto ia to be cultivated not only as an accomplishment ment but as a means of preserving heathc lie he particularly insists that hat vocal music mu tc should n never e ver be neglected in the education of a young 11 lady lacy and states that beside its sa lutary salutary operation in soothing the cares of 0 ilor ifor domestic life it hab hag a still more direct and important effect 11 1 1 I 1 here introduce a fact 11 says dr rush hush IMil clr cly has been suggested to me ly by my profession fes fess sion slon loti that theat ia Is the exercise of the organs of the breast by sing singing i ng ca contributes very much to tole toie defend fend them fr from 0 tm those diseases disease es to which the climate and other causes expose them the germans are seldom afflicted with consumption nor have I 1 ever known more ahafi I 1 one case of spitting spit ting blood amongst them this I 1 lAil believe leve lese is 19 in part occasioned by the strength which their lunga lungs acquire by exercising them i frequently in vocal music which constitutes an aw essential branch of their education pa the music master of our academy says gardener bag hag baa furnished me with an observation serration ob still more in favoron favor fayon of this opinion jfe informs me that he be had known P several instances of perc perk persons strongly disposed to iou cou consumption restored to t o health by the exercise of the lungs in singing flinging ing 11 in I 1 I 1 i the ile tie new vr establishment of infant seii seli pois gois for children of three and four years of ag ae ge every thing is taught by the aid ald of song their little lessons their recitations their arithmetical mountings coun tings are all chanted and as althey they feel the ii importance ortance of their own voices voices hen when ben joined together they emulate ench esch oar other inthe in he power of vociferating this exercise is found to bevery beneficial to their health many instances have occurred of weakly children chilgren of two or three years of age who could scarcely support themselves having become robust and healthy by this constant jt exercise of the ohp lung lungs I 1 these results are perfectly philosophical ica 11 singing tends to expand e the chest and thus increase the activity evand and aud td powers of the vital or organs aill aili boiu |