The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-31
Athletic Girls.

The blush Of health j. on the check #
the really up-and-up fashionable girls
OF the metropolis. writes Clara Belle
from New York. The preten,ion Is that
i was put there by rugged physical
training during the summer outing
that she has played lawn tennis pcdr>-
trianatcd, and cqueslrianated so much
that the rudy hue is truly indicative Of
rich. rushing blood. As a matter Of
fact, il may have been painted ON with
3 brush. am told that the sale of
rouge has suddenly increased, and that
pearl powder is CORES pondingly drug
in the market. It is not more than
year aeO--nay, not so much--Since
gha,tiinesS was considered desirable.
Even plump and very earthly creatures
Whtencd their check, and shaded with
black under their eyes, to make them
selves look ike Camille. Now their
model is the roseatc miIkmaid. No
longer is it deplorable to be strong.
Adipo-e tissue is despi>ed and musclei is
cNccllod.
Feel that said friend whom |
met in a parlor after her season out OF
doors
She put my hand on her arm. mid
way between the elbow and the shout
der The skin was a smooth and white
a. ever under single thickness of lace,
and the roundneSS was charming.
Grip hard. she commanded.
clasped the arm with both hands.
Then she shut her fist and drew it slow
" up to her fair shoulder. Under my
hand, rose such a bunch Of muscles as
had never felt before, except when
hanging ON the braWny partner in u
waltz. This girl had been rowing daily
all summer. The palms OF her hands
are callouscd, and she has toy wear gloves
whole size bigger than she used 10,
but she is clatcd all the same. She
doesn't lift so much a, 4 cup of tea
without managing to bring up that mus
Gle; and actually saw her writing a
letter and making the biccpS show
through the tight sleeve of her dress at
every stroke Of the pen.
And look at this, She said, a. We
were together in her boudoir. What
she proudly called my attention to was
the fact that in walking across the room,
the action Of the muscles in her calves
was visible on the surface of her stock
ng,
What q pity you're not going to
dance in the ballet instead of in the
ballroom. remarked.
You are only cnvious,' was her 70
tort.
Not bit of it, IrepIicd; II haven't
any desire to be an athlete Besides.
YOU won't be able to keep your muscle
through the winter.
Won't |, Clara Belize and she led
me into an adjoining closet. There ;
what will do it, me guyrl.
Perhaps some Of my readers wish TO
cultivate their muscle, and so will tell
how to make the apparatus which she
showed me- You can almost fix it
yourself The requirements are two
pulleys, two eight-pound window
weights, a strong cord, and a strip OF
plank with two holes in it. The cord
must run through the holes in the plank
and suspend the weights. The exercise
is obtained by pulling at the ends of the
cord. You are to assume all sorts OF
positions, so as to bring the whole mus,
GUAR sy stem into play. There isn't .
great amount of fun in il. Indeed, !
should say that rubbing washboard
would be delightful diversion compar.
co 20 it, but fashion makes slaves OF Us,
and something or other for exercising
purposes from dumb-bcllS to Il rowing.
machinc-is the thing now formy lady :
chamber.