New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-11-21
AMERICAN WOMEN ON FOOT.
An Account Of a Walking Club That
Had Great Success for a Time.

Had Great Success for Time.
I complained before the Lion the
other day of headache. Not little,
ready-excuse headache, but real out
and-outer. AS usual, he gave me the
ordinary dissertation upon the necessity
of exercise for American women. A
man is very practical. The Lion laid
out at least six months of physical
training, and promised that if I fol-
lowed it faithfully l should find myself
cured of my headache at the end of
that time. Vivace, who was present,
caught at the idea, and suggested
walking club. We organized it upon
the spot. There were but two O; us,
but we hoped for more. Vivace said
she would not be ready to walk for two
or three days, as it would take her chat
long to get'u a costume. Vivace does
everything in costume. 1t is the larg-
est part of the enjoyment of the affair,
in hand. On the third day we met up
on the corner of California and Frank
lin streets, as agreed Vivace looked
very comfortable She wore a dark
blue Jersey and !. lSil Ell skirt-a gem
uine kilt, such as they make for High
landers and small boys, not rebellious
plaits laid on a Foundation. Beneath
she had discarded rust:iag skirts for
loose wooden trOu ie::s, .J:,n led at the
knee, and long CATERS covered her
boots in true pedestrian style. The
boots were new, but broad and long,
and tiat-heeled. Her ii.ssy locks were
brushed off her face, a.ll covered by
comfortable lite Jttl.' t..,:i... We had
solemnly agreed to leave IL money at
home, lest we he I. NJ i<:.i to try the
cars. When we nd D1,n sworn, and
sworn truly, that W, hasl Gone so, we
set out upon our I':lil. y, & struck out
at brisk pace. wiiic:i VIC kept up for
very long time. 1t IVES !. krlyht, beau
tiful, clear morning. with the sun high
overhead, and 80 promise OF the wind
a strip OF beach that lay inv. tingly shin
ing in the sun, and we went down to
dig in the sand, quite forgetting that
the pedestrian must nov2: drop his pur-
pose. We both apostr,p nizcu the sea
in all the poetry We l.n-W. | adjured
it to ''rolf on in 1u.l Byronic flow,
which it did. Vivace requested it to
break on it's cold, gray stones, and she
would her voice could ,:,vr, etc., which
it did. We felt quito like IL pair OF sue
cessful Canutes, when su.i>i:;nly the fog
rolled in and the wild ;ts We clamb-
cred up the cliff ana lu,.4AA it harder
work than going down, ;:s:i we set out
to walk home. Our sIn.ts teIl in the
struggle, the fount 81 Qua quotations
had dried. We brt"t ,c,l hard, and
perspired protuscly, and cast side
chances at each o,ller. nd wondered
and prayed fcrven,l, .t'i the moment
to come, 1t did come, Dcc:li!se it had
to. In the bleakes', coi.;o,t, loneliest,
part OF the road, we sat gown together
exhausted, and eric | is. BABIES. We
had not SO much as = ear ticket be-
tween us, and long piece OF The road
lay between us and tnc ears, il we had.
The road itself seemc. alto, yether un-
travelled. 1t seemed hours since we
had seen wheel. Nc uu,a;ed what
to do, and agreed that there was moth
ing for us but TO take the road slowly
and in small sections, ;.nl ii we ever
got home, to never, never, never be a
walking club any more. 1t this des-
perate moment a lt,;n:tr.. wagon came
in sight. The laundry wagon is a hum
bic equipage which, IN ilappler mo-
ments, | have never noticed much, but
out there it seemed Il golden chariot.
We climbed thankfully, like Falstaff,
among the soiled linens, and were
borne homcward. He offered to set us
down at the California street cars, but
we preferred to go home, where we
were set down at the back gate, and
almost dumped ANONYMOUSLY into the
yard. or course, we commenced wrong
but it discouraged us. We have con-
cluded to abandon the American wo-
man to her f:tr. Like the Chinese wo-
man, she was not intended to walk.
Vivace has laid away her costume for
mountain tcuG, and we carry car
tickets when W 90 only to the corner.
Sen E'rU:lcl,;uo CIR nice.