A bill has been recently introduced into the Senate of the United States providing for the creation of a department of physical culture, whose head is to be “a member of the Cabinet.” Each State, moreover, is to have “a Commissioner of Physical Culture” at a salary of £800, whose duties will comprise the preparation of plans for playgrounds, gymnasia, parks, public baths, and other facilities for physical culture, and who will have general charge of all such matters within the State limits.