, 1874-11-12
PHYSICAL CULTURE,
Lecture uy Mrs. DR.. Chase, OF Clcv&
Tft1aG.

Lecture by Mrs. DR.. Chase, OF Clcve.
Jfthd.
Mta. Or. Chase, Of Cleveland, epoka on pLya4
cal Culture" In tho lccturo.room Of the Union
Park Congregational Church, yesterday after
noon. Tloro woro about 100 pcrsons, mostly
Indies, plcsont. Tho speakor, who Inns rapid
but CLEAR del!yssy, dllatcd somewhat upon tho
advantage derived from lho uao Of Indian clubs
by young Indies. The practice developed the
chest. strengthened tho shoulders, aud gave
elasticity to tho frame, This exercise was With
in the roach Of all classes 1t could DO harmful
to nobody, and The speaker herself waH q living
example Of tho efficiency Of
ub-sw1Nn1Ea.
She hal beou puuy aud sicklv, with contracted
thora1 and narrow shoulders. but. by the use Of
clubs, she Ind developed tho portions Of hor
anatomy alluded 10 in honltlful n,annor.
The next branch Of tho subject dwelt upon
wGa
rIuur LAo1aa.
Mrs. DR.. Chase, In aealiiug With this point, rd-
minded tho reporter OF Charles Reades ad,nira-
bio treatment OF the same matter in bis story Of
"a Bimploton." She aad It waa Impossible for
woman to 10 nntural, healthy, or cheerful
wh,la fashion compelled her to carry an Immense
almost squeezed tho blood cut Of her lungs.
Tho lecturer wore no such mons.roaity ns cor
sos, fur which rcuaon she could continnally fool
at ease-could walk, lo down. Of laugh, at her
convenience, feeling no moro discomfort than
whom she went to bed at night. Yet Ler figure
WAS fully dlsplayel aul, to the reporters iueas,
appeared to DO quite as graceful a. majority OF
thosu In tile r0oin, mud thnro were so1no very
elegant appearing ladies' there. Airs. Chase
hh1d iy1a mi IN In irf1n1U donf
for tho purpose Of being sonubly dressed.
Ladies' could wear their dlcBses cut to
tho. longth prescribed by custom, but
need not wear oil their clothing ewuug from tue
hips. aud need not have 60 many pett,coats, and
underBkirta.
THEY sllouIp cLoTllE THEIR LEas-
allo was not ashamed Of the honeat word "log !"
It was just as good word as hand. foot, arm, or
limb-aB wnrinly al men do. Than they could
wear lighter ekirts without being ahBurdiy ham,
pered a. they we're ut tho presont time. Dresses
could DO cut Hltort enough to avold the mud,
without bolug Of such character as TO attl act
uncalled-for attention on tho streets. Short
dresses, OF the style called "Bloomor," woro
hardly more absurd than tho
LONG. DIRTY, DRAGGING TnAlLB
which tyfanE Fashion compelled Indies to wear
sweeping up tho mud of tho Htreots. The strcot
waskirg-dreatos, 20 neat and protty, Which wore
in vogue in tho spring Of lSo7, and which woro
generally admired ut tue limo. ought to be uni
versally woln., They wore everything tlat could
be desired 1t. tho way of female apparol,
The absurd modo Of dressing fennle children
also received some attention. Mothers could
never give my logical reason for not dressing
their girls MS warmly 1s they did their boys !;
aud, when dtBoaHo took one OF tho lolloate
little girls away, mothers ashea fran,ically why
Providence could ba so cruel us to doprtve them
OF their dead offspring. It was not Providence
lit WAS the fond lnothcr herself who blew tho
innocent, by exposing hor tender frame to tho
cold Winds und 1ows and damps until diseased
lungs or foyerod limbs were tho result.
There wero many other subjectH Oh which sllo
would like to talk. II aho had tnle, but Rllo fe!t
rather'tatigucd after her journey. Before con-
cludtug she Haid that
THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS
of women wns almost universally liaplncod,
owing to to tho great OWL Of tight acing. Dys.
popgla was the child Of this abomlnabln habit,
aud TINT brought many Other evils In its tram.
To I'LL audience exclusively composed Of women,
slo would toll tho OWLS resulting from the fore
ing OF tho nntostinal organs INTO the region Of
tbs palvlB, the bad effects OIL tho utter
iuo organB, aud tho de,loralizat,on Of
tho Wholo system wlioA resulted. Sho expected
to deliver mahy moro locturea in Chicago, a1d
would uercr shrink from doing her duty in Talk
Ing plalnly-but always within tho hurnds OF
daeonoy-reatiyo to tho evils of te exlattng
system OF fuulels drcaa aud luck ot exercise.
Future lecturea will bo duly announced through
tho morning papers.