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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, NEW YORK. SUNDAY. AUGUST 21. 1UU4. 8.

DENTISTRY. Here Is a Physical Culture Training That Develops Them Into for Babies Strong Men and Women. KNOWN AS NEURO-MUSCULAR EDUCATION. Philander F. Chase, The average modern dentist may claim expert knowledge in one of the six branches of but there his expertness ends.

Of the other five branches, each requiring skill of a different sort, he has only a theoretic knowledge. Both the natural ability and the daily practice of the average dentist are too limited to acquire skill in more than one branch. In my office there are specialists in each of the six branches. Moreover, each specialist has perfected himself to the highest degree of proficiency in his chosen field, and is kept up to that degree by constant and exclusive practice. Specialists not only do work better than others, but they do it quicker, also.

They save time. This makes their work cost less, because time is the principal expense in dentistry. ARTIFICIAL TEETH. Artificial teeth made in my office fit, because the two men who make them, do nothing else. We use plates of rubber, gold and porcelain; the former most, because it is the easiest made and therefore the cheapest.

There is a great difference in rubber, as well as in teeth. The best of both will prove cheapest in the end. My price for the best In the world is $15 per set, but I make cheaper grades for $12, $10 and $8. I have made the regular $5 sets, so much advertised, but do so no longer, because good work cannot be made for that price. I am unwilling to jeopardize my reputation by anything which I cannot recommend.

For $8 I make a good set of teeth, with no charge for painless extracting. When I say painless I mean absolutely painless, not comparatively. I pride myself on my record in this branch. Architect, Who Has Become a Specialist in Fitting Children for Life's Work, Remarkable System of OiHILANDER F. CHASE 13 a Chicago architect who for the past fourteen years has devoted his time and attention almost exclusively to the physical culture and development of very young children.

Within this period he has drifted from his iJ i i mm mm Unfortunately most dental operations cannot lie examined and criticised by the pntient. It they could, many dentists who now enjoy a. wide reputation wonld be following Nome calltnK where smooth words, and not mnnnal dexterity, was the main requisite. Time only will tell If the work I do for yon is good or bad. But you can base your calculations on what I have done for others.

For this reason 1 have a 44-pase booklet, which contains the names of hundreds of people who hove been cominis to me for years, nnd who gladly recommend me. Yon will find attached to each name the address. All are in this city or its suburbs, and can easily be communicated with. I do not oiler lonar-distnnce references. Send or call for the booklet.

It also gives a description of my methods and prices. EDWARD EVERETT CADY, D.D.S., 346 Fulton Street (cor. Court Square). I original profession and has become a specialist and an expert not only In the physical, but in the mental, development of babies, particularly of what are called "backward babies." Mr. Chase first became actively interested In the subject of infantile culture while filling the position of superintendent of the Children's Aid Society of Chicago.

Here he found himself in charge of two or three hundred children ranging in age from 1 month to 6 years, and it became a problem with him and his associates In the management to prepare backward children, or those poorly developed, for the Inspection of people who came in search of babies to adopt. His observations and study of the subject have led him to the development of a complete eystem of "Infantile Culture," which he practices, or directs parents and nurses in practicing, with the aid of various devices of his own invention. An infantile gymnasium has been fitted up at his home In Berwyn, 111., a Chicago suburb, and it is his hope and expectation that he will be able within the present summer to establish a larger and more complete gymnasium in the central part of the city, where he will be able to carry on his work on a more general scale and be within reach of 'more families who may desire his services or advice in caring for their children. While making no great claims to scientific orteshntcal knowledge, Mr. Chase has become convinced himself and has satisfied a 2 0 WlvS ffffM(rWral I 01 BIG WHEN liE CAN CLIMB I i i naaijj 0 a Chicago until It has learned to creep and that It should bo taught to creep by seeing other babies creeping, If It tails to learn by Itself.

Stair climbing Is another form of exercise which la prescribed by My. Chase and which he has found particularly good for heavy-weight babies who are slow In learning to walk. It must not, however, be overdone and the child should not be urged to take It beyond Its own Inclination. Tho first apparatus contrived by Mr. Chase for his Infant gymnasium Is a chair, so constructed as to enable the toddler to reach Ilia sent at the table by his own unaided efforts.

Ily tho Insertion of additional runga to au ordinary chair a ladder la provided by which the baby can climb up and got to bla aeat through an aperture In the back of the chair. Such a chair can be used with safety by the child, who takes to It naturally and ri-Ji lces In hla ability to act alono. The exercise develop! the flexor and the gripping muscles of the forearm, tho lifting and pushing muscles of tho shoulder and backjln such manner aa to give an erect carriage. It helps the development of the back, hips, tlilglis and legs, and Increases the digestive powus. It stimulates tho respiration and Ireiilitlon and nourishes the brain with rli her and more abundant blood.

Tho brain Is thus prepared to recelvo the sensatlona and impressions conveyed to It through the senses and a more vigorous mind is the result. To add to the effectiveness of high-chair climbing the Inventor added a toboggan slide for use In rainy weather, when children are confined to the bouse and aro deprived of their outdoor exercise and lose the benefits of sunshine. An Ironing board is attached to the front of the chair, tho upper side of which is waxed with floor wax. The children climb up and through the chair and slide down, the pleasure of Blidlng Inducing them to climb up many times and the continuous climbing affording the needed exertion. A third contrivance for Juvenile gymnastics has been found in a single-pole swing, which may be hung In a doorway and Is easily removed when net In use.

It affords exercise and amusement for one or two children and has, Mr. Chase claims, proved to be a good all round developer. It gives the boys a manly nnd elastic tread and the girls a good poise on their feet and a graceful carriage In walking. Us best feature, however, is that it carries on the development of tho baud grip of the children, with a cor responding development of the brain and central nervous system. Still another original idea which this student of child nature has carried out is what he calls the "cradle-car." It is much like the ordinary crib, but Is provided with wheels and serves as a bed by night and as a portable pluyroom during the day.

The wheels are about the alzo of the small wheel of an old fashioned bicycle and are rubber tired. One foot and a half below tho level of the spring mattress a wooden platform Is sccuroly attached to the four legs of the cradle-car. During tho day the mattress Is lifted out and put to air and sun whllo the cradle may be used aa a miniature gymnasium or playroom, which can be easily and noiselessly rolled from ono place to another. The cradle-car la chiefly Intended for use during tho winter, as tho floor affords the best playground for tho natural baby during tho aunmer months, on which to roll, creep, Hand and walk. Tho prcctlte of mothers and nurses cf carrying the baby In their frms continually Is condemned by Mr.

Chase as highly Injurious. It necesrarlly or unconsciously brings too much pressure to bear on the tender body of the child, which often result! In permanent Injury to Ihe dcllcatf unformed muscles and bones. On the other hand, sitting In a rhnlr for hours at a time AT THE FAIR. while to maintain the balance In development. Having learned to kick, the baby soon will roll, which Is tho first effort at locomotion.

Roiling leads to sitting and a sitting baby easily takes to creeping, although many children aro found backward in this accomplishment. To develop It the Imitative Instinct, which is the strongest Impulse of Infancy, may be appealed to with good results. Creeping la considered very Important. If not absolutely eseentlal, as It strengthens and develops tho muscles of the arms and legs. If a baby Is backward In creeping visits from the neighbor's bablca and occasional baby parties are to be encouraged, anl they will also servo to awaken the mind of tho backward child.

The creeping anc Is looked upon by Mr. Chaso as Ihe first gnat crisis In the baby's life, it being the pi riod nt which tho three Important physical changes are having their effect upon Its health. It Is being weaned, it Is tei-tlilng and Its head Is closing. Nature, he says, has provided tho exc-rciBO of creeping to cuiinti tho weakening Influence of this trying ordeal. It brines Into play alt muse lea except thnsa of the feet.

It asi-ltts ingestion und Increases physical endurance, while It provokes sound and health, fill slt-tp, which a powerful brain tunic. Ills idea Is I hat a baby should not bo wi-anid AZTEC INDIANS Men Who Give Away Millions. Continued From Page 1. that the authorities there have decided not to accept his offer of a library because public feeling is against using the required sum from the municipal treasury every year to support such a luxury. His eyebrows raise with a suspicion of vexation as he dictates to Secretary Bertram the reply which is taken in shorthand.

This reply is alwaj-B courteous, the author of It expressing regret that the town will not accept a library on the terms offered, adding, however, that the conditions which govern other library endowments cannot be modified in this particular case. After the mall is disposed of, the manager of the private trust company is admitted and answers are dictated to the fortunate applicants, naming the sums that Mr. Carnegie Is willing to give to them and the conditions that accompany the donations. Then Mr. Carnegie makes Inquiries concerning the progress of the work In hand and, after a consultation of an hour or more, the work, as far as Mr.

Carncglo Is concerned, is finished for the day. Miss Helen M. Oould gives away about (500,000 a year. While thia sum Is small In comparison with the vast fortunes disbursed by Rockefeller and Carnegie, her charities are nearly all of a personal character. A charity statistician, who has had great experience, estlmatea that Miss Oould supports and contributes to more Individual charltlea than any other person on the earth.

She Is assisted in this work by Miss Elizabeth Altman, through whom more than (3,500,000 has reached tbousanda of beneficiaries. Miss Altman's offlce hours are from A.M. to P.M. She has an assistant and a stenographer and a complete set of books are kept. Every check signed by Miss Oould is made out by Miss Altman.

Of the 200 begging letter! which lha receive! each day, very few are read by Miss Gould. They are thoroughly aifted, however, by the aec-rctary. The greater part of the applicants, upon Inveatlgatlon, prove to be unworthy. The magnitude of the demanda upon Miss Oould will be made apparent when It known that in one week request! were made for (1,500,000. The greatest secrecy surround! the charitable work of J.

Plerpont Morgan, which la much more extensive than is generally supposed. As a matter of fact Mr. Morgan is well up toward the head of the great givers of the world. Hla annual gifts will reach nearly (1,000,000 and much of hla time la rpent In philanthropic work. Ono of bla chief philanthropies ia keeping boya off the afreet.

As vestryman In si. oeorge a wnurm. in Sluyveaanl square, Manbatun, he has A Inr Ihia nurnosS. ind out Of tho club hai grown tha New York Trade School, as well as a smaller trado achool connected with the church. Mr.

Morgan endowed Ihe first club with (500,000. Amcug the gifts of Mr. Morgan are (1.000,-000 to Harvard College. (l.JWf.000 for a private hospital on Bluyvesant aquare. (500,000 lur the Cathedral of Bt.

John the Divine, (lOO.ooo for the Y. M. C. (500.000 for the Uf.mis Hospital for Consumptives. (IftO.OOO fcr a library In Holyoke, where his lather was born; (125.000 for preserving the Palisadee: (350.000 for a new parish bouse aid itctory on Bluyvesant square; for the collection of porcelains and (1,000,000 for the Tiffany gem rolled Ion for the Mxtrcpolltan Museum.

In addition to thia list there are many private benefactions In mines and Europe of which there Is uo public record. Aurust lic-lmont Is a liberal man, moat of his donations being devoted to church work. He gave the chapel to the Cathedral of Bt. John tha Divine. John fl.

Kennedy has given quite largely la restricted lines, mostly for churrb work. He baa given generously to tbe rrcsbyterlsn Hospital and toward tha construction of the failed Char-Itles Dulldlng which waa given to the Charity Organisation Boclety of the Clly of Now York. Another man who hoe been a persistent and consistent giver of great auma of money la Charlee Lanier, whose endowments and private charltlea have been varied and liberal. The Vatiderbllt family are not known aa large givers to charity. Cornelius Vender-bill, during hla Ufa, gave freely, and William K.

Vanderbllt la said to have given generously to private charltlea, Ihe nature of which II Jealnualy guarded. The Vanderbllt women, however, have evinced a desire to continue the work of the head nt Ihe family In matter! pertaining to charity. Mrs, William D. Bloane endowed the Blnane Maternity Hospital and Mrs. Elliott f.

Bheppard has given a great deal to private charltlea. The Astora and the (loelets are little kaowa as given, and tha Oouldi, outside of I WE TRUST EVERYBODY And We Sell Everything for Housefurnishing. Long Island Furniture 44, 46 48 Myrtle Corner of Pearl Bklyn. Will Closs at 1 P. Saturdays During July and August.

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Juno.U'wsy.kta si a Columbus av.M.T. Miss Helen Oould, give comparatively little to charity aa far aa la known. E-Maynr Beth Ixiw gave ll.ecni.ooo In a net sum for the Columbia Library and the Havcmryera put up a building In tho college grounds. Collator W. A.

t'lark la not known to have done milch for charity, but ho espends fortunes fur art. Charles T. Yerkes, another millionaire who spends hundreds of thou sands of dollars fur paintings, Is not an extensive atibserltier to charitable undertakings. He, however, endowed a msgninrent observatory at Geneva Lake, Wis. Three other Chiengnans have given freely of their large form ties.

One la Marshall field, tha dry gnu Is merchant, who endowed Ihe Fie ld Columbian Museum In t'hlcsgo and has given something like to Ihe Chicago t'nl-verslly. Dr. I). K. rearsnna, of Chicago, Is a World known philanthropic millionaire whose methods are somewhat on the order of Mr.

Carnegie's. He la trying Industriously to give away his fortune before he dies, being nnw well along In the eighties. Ha haa already given away moro than H.onO.oeo, most of It going to (-durational work. Tha lata I'. 1).

Ainioiir. nf Clilcaan, gave away millions, the most substantial mooiino-nt to hla memoty Ihe Armour Technological Institute In Chicago. Itussell gage haa never been known as a philanthropist. The money that be has given lur philanthropic and charU labia wnrk haa been, for the most part, 4a Bated tinder aa aseuaied name. 11 DOWN 1MB Matt Is about equally dangerous end frequently results in spinal curvatur3 and other troubles of tho kind.

It is claimed by the Inventor of tho cradle car that the develop ment of winter babies is in many cases pre vented or delayed for want of suitable, means end opportunities for natural end invigorat ing exercise during cold weather, and that for this reason tho springtime finds them on tho roll of "backward babies." Years of application to the study of nor mal and abnormal children have brought Mr, Chase to the opinion that almost every case of backwardness and focble-cindedness can be cured If the sufferer Is taken In hand coon enough and Is conscientiously and per sistently given his simple treatment for neuro-musculnr development. He likewise believes that at least 90 per cent, cf such cases can be entirely prevented If children nre properly cored for and Intelligently herdlod by their parents in time. There i one fruitful cause for stunted physical and mental growth end malformation in chit dren which ho calls attention to and which la often lost sight, of or ignored by physi cians -nd parents. It is tho substitution of the bottle for the natural method of nursing babies, which Is resorted to es. peclally by mothers who devote much of their attention to the demands of the social world.

Tho "bottle baby sits too long in his high chair, Instead of roll ing in his mother'a arms or creeping on the floor. Posterior spinal curvature ia common complaint among tho children of the wealthy, but they can be rapidly tnd perma nently cured by being taught to creep and to climb Into the high chair, but these things must bo attended to before the child Is old enough to go to school. In regard to this not uncommon deformity In children Mr, Chase says: "I am persuaded that nearly nil of tha cases of spinal curvature bad their origin In the high chair, or were cauoed by being bolstered up with pillows while lit ting on tho floor in babyhood. Every case could have been cured In four weeks' time by creeping when tho boy was one year old or in three months by chair climbing when to was 3 or 4 year! old. After be la grown up it will lake yenn of heroic work in a gymnasium with the chances that bo will tcver bo cureciyai an.

To Illustrate tho beneficial effects of phyi- leal culture upon tha mind and character of young children, Mr. Chaso relates the fol lowing Incident: I was standing oa my buck porch one day watching the approach of a wind atorm. Just opposlta me, on vacant lot, a small ti nt had been pitched for a pluy house tor some children. Tka wind struck the tent and shook it violently and out came four little girls. Two of them were 6, one was 4 and ono was 1 year old.

I rccognlitcd In the little 4 year old a neigh bor's child who had been using ono of my Kly-niup chairs for a year. The children all ran toward homo for safety, and the older ones outran the little one, who screnmcl violently. I noted with pleasure that it was Ihe physically cultured child who turned back In tho face of tho storm for the baby, whllo her older lister wis too much frightened In think of anything but lo own safety. Yea, It Is true In every In-staiict, while developing their bodies, havo d'-velnped their Independence, their a- If-relinnce, their presence of mind and Ih -Ir courage. Mr Chase Is a grandson of Philander Chase, who was tha Episcopal bishop of Ohio and president of Kenyon College In fiat state.

It was at lhat Institution that the present bearer of the nama got most of his education, which waa chiefly confined to a course In engineering. Ha Is now fl yrara of age, but might be taken for a man of 43. Ills thceks ar runny anci arms rcem. bio ihoi of a beautiful woman In their and uniform development, whlih he says la the result Of bla own methods of physical training. Mr.

Clmse saya lhat there are about one Ihnisand "I'm kward" children In the public sc hools of on an iverage, and that tha number Is on Urn lm ruse annually, lie attributes Ihe growth of the evil to lae ntg. of parent In having their children treated at the proper age. which hn pliers b-tween I and years, lie claims to hav demonstrated that Ihe number of deformed and I' el.li'-mlndecl children ran be redured to the vanishing point by the use of his system of treatment or of similar ones. Mia theories and his achievement, have attract' id 1 In- attention til the physiological and psyc hological protc s-nts nt Chicago I'nl-verslty ami hav not wuh Iheir apprval and encouragement. The Impression made upon the interviewer that be la a philanthropist first, and that hla Inventions have been made solely with a view to tha realisation nl his pel theories in regard to tha eradication of tbe ills which ar peculiar to childhood.

FROM OLD MEXICO number of leading educators that he has entered ono of the lcRlttmate deDartments of education, namely, the development of imperfectly formed and dellcato children and itrengthening of the normal and healthy ones. During the first years of his work in teaching babies to creep, to climb Into their chairs and to crawl up and down slalrs. Mr. Chase mougnt ne was but aiding In the work of strengthening the muscles and nervous systems of the children, and he discovered quite accidentally that his treatment was also exercising a beneficial effect upon the brain. This happened about five years ago when he took his own little girl, who had been delicate and backward, and whom he had treated, to be tested by Professor F.

W. Smedley, then auperlntendent of tho Department of Child Study of the Chicago Board of Education. It was In the laboratory of the department that Mr. Chase first became aware that his efforts on behalf of tho physical development of Infants were having a corresponding effect upon the mental powers of his subjects. Since then he has attracted tho attention of some of the leading professors of psychology In the country, live of whom have assured him that on laeaa and nls methods aro in harmony wun sclent illc theories, and that his field of experiment and Investigation is closely allied to those of pedagogy, physiology and piychology.

At the same time he dcclnres that his work must be dono before, or at least during, the kltidereiirtcn age, and that he cannot do much a backward child ufter It has passed Its sixilt year. Tho name recently adopted by Mr. Chase for his system Is that of "NYiiro-Musnilar Education or I). ip i)llBoa ystem and Ills ut In ly upon the natural instincts of the (hil always tearing In mind that the brain and the nium-l-s develop together, earn helping tlm the application of his system of physfi-til exercise the principle of 'Vi urn nindo of fundamental importance, it t. ma iniiim-d out that, while tho activities of lult serve but to maintain the brnln and not'.

In a healthy condition, thop of ire condurlvo to the actual growth mi .1. Tcloptncnt of both tho bodily and niinul omanltiitlun. The set-mid principle emphasized Is Ilia' of reciprocity, or tho natural relation Istlng btw-in the nervous nnd gyntim, and tht-lr The nam, si! activity of the child invuivtM the excrcl both mils, h-a ntul brain, the former gain-to In and ttn-ngth because of the i s-rclfo and the it lis of tho latter Inrren Ing In sue an I in precision of action the 11 --I Tlie 11.1t urn I Institute are tnlcm as guide In providing nnd ilirti-tlntr tho t-lniis eenlrcs, a. well us In arranging the htor at which they aro to be tnk'-n. The linn-fur discontinuing th- or of refraining fro-u them Is also rrguiatt-l by natun-, and I'm Is an Important point, as the dnniri of over-trulliltig Is ur-hi In childhood and inn lie carefully nvoliid.

To utilize II10 tliil-iim Instincts, Mr. Chase provide suitable environments nnd attractive apparatus. Ill theory Is not Ihnt a si-b-rt few of the-elrnnger thlldrm bit rrnwtM forward to phenomenal devclopim nt of doubtful vh tint that neuro-niun'-tiliir education shall help II th wrnk ones, well as the strong ones, and bring all In a common staulnrt of rxcellim In phmlnil and iii' timl rrnwlh The in 1 urn I Int lltiniinn of a 6 monihs I ib- klrkshouM be cultivated and all hindrances thereto should h- frond. Il rhnuld be droned In short loth-a to allow free fining tit the hips Slid to rtllil Ic It to lle l'K In klklng It lour riieour I to kit by tying a newspaper acrocs tho top nf the cradle, whlh will rattle lnitri-d, and by aewlng li. Il on the ions of the IMUt atocklnes, I'tilling off the stockities titer-elses ihe muscles of the arnia and ir and develops those of the shnul Ic r.

el, I hips To It, a bright button to each toe for th bly to play with, after security pinning the clockings to th rloihlng. If the baby favnrt one foot mora than the etbrr rernora th or button from the fagrd aide and liavg Iht 01 lor ou fur a .1 i 'A i I Vl 1 1 1 1 i'1 i i1 li i T1 I Ar.cc Indians of Old Mexico, in Their Native Cnne Huti at the St. louii Fair. a I S'i Mi have hern t.ken to th World's at Ht. Uula.

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