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.Blindfold Pun.
Experiments were recently carried out to
see whether persons blindfolded could wait
along a straight chalk line. There were
fifty people of'different ages ami of both
«exe.« 9re9^6r'W^;?to>'^'e/<rai9^>ent' of
c^eetiti^^''iiro$Eed'tBiiihbai;.'e«BepSon 'in a
perfect'circle.',' The "aduAts completed the
largest cjoies, which varied from twenty to
onft "i'a.id".ed' ipaChsHh, diahr^r. . J,'be real
reason for this "phenomeiKHi.'is believed.' -to
he that, as'Iiotih/sides of the iody 'are not
s:nr'JtTly developed,' tfadiactiari 7 of the • one
side ' is more foreefnl than^ tliat of the'
other, ' For instance, a football . player
whose right foot WM abhormaiiSy .developed"
miid'i a 'much, longer stride 'with that itab
wlu-n . bhndfolded, and/completed a very
small V-r clel .Onendeayoring-1 j correct hta
cror- 'big'. laid'itn:); much" stress ombis left
leg 'and "more than negatived the effect,
thns inalcing a circle .in the opposite direc
tion.' Most gymnasts and physical instruc
tors agree, that with -most ri^rt-handed
people their left legs,become stronger than
their Tight,For;'tiiis: reason. left-baoded
men rise from-the-bight leg when jumping,
because... it. is.,, stronger. and.Kfcely. to Kit.
them, higher. .. In order, to. walk straight
when.the eyes' are covered,1. it is as iveSl to
obtain same guidance until experienced,
otherwise eachvtim© you .are corrected yon
will begin'a circle the other . way. By this
means yoii can. discover exactly winch limbs
are-, mote , developed and '.approximately to
what/exhaust-, this is so. .
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