Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-06
Physical Culture for wome,

An excellent paper ia the English magazine
Do'k Btue contains the following hints on tn
physical education OF women:
IL il undeniable that women infer mapv all
ments, both of mind and body, from detirie, ?
exercise; and ailments from this cause are re-
mar kabiy common, partly from that ase OF
machinery iii all the productive arts of life
which has the effect Of merciessly overworkin.
so many women, whilst MANY Others hav.
come IVA this way 20 live n idleness; A.,
well as from their regard for a fslse
them 10 sacrifice all better culture 10
luxurious ostentation ard selfish iniol nee
Ii rs alleged that the garments worn by the En-
peror Augustus were made and fash ioned by th /,
ladies' OF his own family. But not only do youpy
ladies Of modern times not make their fsther's
gai ments-a thing not desirable-they Cannot
even make their own. All domestic work has
come Ia he regarded a. meniai-as NJ any work
cosid, simIly i'm itself, be mental. Even wbra
the state OF maternity de mands it, our mo,iern
heroine Is oitimes found unequal to the task OF
nursing her own infant; Its back H. 80 held as IN
grow out at An acute angle; it's head is allowed
Ia Toll over the arm till il is wonder how in con-
trives not to drop of from its shoulders
Seeing that this Ia the state of things and ;ba,
some enterprisng perSons-percciying whittier
all this luxury and indolence are tendlng-haye
prov Inducements TO a higher culture i'm the
direction of mathematics aud political mot
hcusehold) economy, involving sedentary hahits
and exhaustive competition-it behooyes Ms iu
despair OF ANY specialized or domestic :rainin9
winch is '.menisl,") to devise some general
shall mt them 10 perform, with less difficulty
than heretofore, the practical duties Of life aud
ireFeht not only common ailments, but ais,
those Of worse kind which are sure to follow in
the wake of hi intellectual endeaVor.
With admirable insight into a great want of
our time, the council OF the Tnrn-yer.iu in
England, has organized a ladies' class. under
the guidance of NJ. Schweizer, their talented
gymnasiarch, who has perfected system or
physical education for women, i'm syrh accord
ance with their organization his wide knoyyI-
edge of the physiological bearing of eSercis.
emine ntly qualify him TO carry out. This system
might be introduced, with the greatest benefit
into all schools for ladies where mafbs-
matics and political economy are 10 ne
studied. But foremost among healthy ex
erciSes for young women stands the AIT
of dancing; though dancing. as Comment,
praciiced, If rather injurious than otherwiss
To he of any real service a. an exercise. dane
ing should be practiced in moderation. not Ies.
frequently than every other day., I'm order tina,
the muscles may not become relaxed and unft
for exercise in the interval As custom now i
dancing IL performed al much longer intervals
chiefly in the winter, and 10 such late heurs in
the morning that Young girls are laid up hair
the next cay with an attack of what Is tecbni
cally known as gymnasium fever" As much
a. possible, this exercise should be eniovel h,
the open air, for crowded and ill-ventiiatel hall
rooms are anything but wholesome places WIEN
the lungs are in vigorous action.