Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-27

tefuoons II you would fRlgify or COL fem
the assertion that not one woman iu
thousand uses her lower limbs well, or
cares to learn how to employ them In .py
exercise except dancing. Where one
"strikes ont" freely and fesrlessly, the
nine hundred and ninety-and nine shufis ,,
lunge, bob and waddle.
Men know 1t, II women do not. Ask
your grown brother with how many girls
ne can Keep step en- smooth pavement
without feeling as II be were hoppled;
how often he has to execute the half-ssep
that RECEIVERS the rhy thmic pace, royalty
disregerded by his fair companion.
some years iago petition Was circu-
lated smong the owners OF large city
shops, asking that the saleswomen In
these might be allowed seats behind the
counter for use in the psuses Of active
service. The plea was humane and mer-
ciful. The wonder is that 1t should be
needed.
~ always give up my seat to an old
lady," said young msn who crosses
crowded ferry twice daily. "Young
women can stand as well as q tired fellow
who has been on HE feet all day. When
they come on board street. car or boat, l
bury myself in nay newspaper"
He was no more civil to one class and
no more cruel to the other than the rank
and nle OF those who man 'lscies cabins"
and hold the sests Of omnibus and tram.
Let US hope (chsritsbly) that all are slike
ignorant OF the truth that elderly ladies',
unless espe cially infirm, are often more
able to stand in comfort On The
way across the ferry, or to Akzk
]oltlngly for mile to e. q
roof.strsp, than are their DAUGHTERS. I
have seen rosy cheeks whiten, slender
gloved hands clench convulsively in the
agony OF the downward phil on spine and
hips, until have longed to CRY aloud
against the unconscious barbarity of thin
nsnsed, brosd-backed men who must
have had mothers, wives and daughters
OF their own at home.
Our girl Can more ssfeIy and comforts
oily run 200 yards-provided her STAYS are
not dght-thsn stand fifteen minutes In
one spot. DR.. Davis reminds us in his
Dook that "the ancient Greeks, who sur
passed all other nations in physical Gull
ture, In their mythology name Atalanta,
woman, as the most Aeet-footed of NOR
tails"
Jumping-on account of the physical
pecul1arlties that mske long standing,
without the liberty to alternate the weight
OF Tue lower trunk from one side to the
other, huftful-is not q fit exercise for
our GIL. Wnen 1t. is necessary to lesp
rom stile or vehicle she should be careful
TO al'eat on her toes, thus lessening some
what the shock to the spinal column.
Serious and incurSble diseases have fol-
lowed upon spring from fence or wagon
that would have been less than nothing to
nrmly-knit man. Swinging by the
arms from q bar, climbing, hand over
hsnd, snd lifting heavy weights, are also
1mpFudent and dangerous forms OF gym
nastic exercise for women, however
healthfuliy they may develop mems
muscles. The same may be said Of pro-
longed indulgence In amusements that
are beneficial ii enjoyed in moderation,
such as tennis, rowing, and what may be
termed modified base call. have known
girls who were capital pitchers, better
catchers, a. d tolerable batters, but the
diversion, as usually prscticed by t'clubs"
and "nines," is hardly to be recomnen-
ded to the sisters of the "niue,n
Riding combines the most desirable
Characteristics Of all other forms OF
healthful exercise. The equestrian must
' ~ ~SA1y ACi 5uOulucI6 U6Ck 6uQ
Keep square seat In the saddle, the mus
Giles OF the Whole body are excited to gen.
tie play and the recreation must needs be
taken In the open air when once the pre-
liminary lessons in the riding school are
over. The expense Of keeping saddle
horse in town is reasonably insisted upon
as an objection to the practicability Of max
Ing the habit toleraoly general and those
"9lcn sre Kept for hire are held at an ex-
brilliant price. To OBTAIN the crest good.
1t is nevertheless worth while to make
eacrihces OF the less. Resistance to the
temptation to lay out ones allowance in
lewelry, laces, brio a.brac, and numerous
roilettes would put within Our Girls
reach this incompatible mode of perfect.
Ing her physical training, of equipping
herself In mind, body, and spirits for the
gravely responsible duties that outlie the
heydsy Of youth. MARION HARLANp.