One point to be remembered is: Never overstrain or attempt to harden the body. Every shock is dangerous, and the delicate mechanism of the human body must be handled gently until it can bear greater strains. To plunge into violent exercises without previous training is as bad as using a delicate and costly watch as a base ball and expect it to keep good time. To train all the muscles of the body uniformly as a beginning of muscular or physical development, prepares a foundation for any special muscle training that may be desired, and guarantees success where failure would most undoubtedly result from the special training first. All the muscles of the body are interdependent. One of them cannot be trained alone without affecting another one, or drawing upon it for material to supply the waste already spoken of. But when all are trained, then it is easy to pass to the training of any special muscle. To begin a general training or muscular development of the body, it should be borne in mind that it is the muscles that hold the body up and not the bones. Both are essential to the human construction, but the muscles play a more important part in the bodily movements than the bones. Few people consider that to stand or sit properly the muscles of the body must be trained. The poise of the head, the erect position of the shoulders, the proper holding of the arms and hands, depend upon the training and development of the arms and shoulders. Most persons are negligent in this respect and allow the upper part of their bodies to hang by their bones. This is noticeable in those who are “stoop shouldered,” a habit which becomes fixed. The first thing a soldier is trained to do is to stand erect and hold himself up by his muscles. No person who can not control his upper muscles will acquire any grace or beauty of movement. The use of Indian clubs, even an ordinary chair, would be something to grasp and swing about to train the upper muscles, all the time breathing slowly and as deep as possible. Grasp something tight with the hands and swing it about the head or up in the air, or round and round and keep it up a certain length of time every day. Throwing a ball is good for the muscles of the arm, shoulders and back particularly. Let the muscles have free play is the rule to follow in every variety of exercise. The muscles of the lower limbs come next in the order of development systematically, although they should be exercised at the same time as the muscles of the upper portion of the body. The object of this is to prevent over-development of any series of muscles by training all simultaneously.