Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1871 — Left-Handedness. [ARTICLE]

Left-Handedness.

Many parents try to cure their children of left-handedness bv using severe measures, such as whipping, or obliging the child to go for weeks with thp left hand tied to the body. Some even go so. far as to make it a matter of special shaming and mortification. These should never be tried until a patient trial of pleasanter measures has failed. Left-handedness certainly produces an awkward effect, but it is not one of the cardinal sins. If a child can be taught to write with her right hand, to use her knife, fork and spoon properly, raise her glass, and’offer thp right hand in salutation, it. is by no means necessary to cure her of using the left hand occasionally. In many cases, to be ambidextrous is invaluable to women. Al! needld-work should be carefully taught with the right hand as needle-holder, but left-handedness should not be treated as a crime, to be punished. The child should be kindly told its disad vantages, and shown how awkward it lookstj A pretty coral bracelet of beads strung on elastic, worn on the right hand, has a marvelous effect jjn left-handed gifls, and is always worth trying.— Hearth apd Home. Anthony Trollope says that a good digestion is “ heaven on earth.”