San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-08-15
WOMAN AND HOME.
WHAT FORM OF EXERCISE is BEST
FOR YOUNG LAolESa
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What is the best form of exercised is a
question frequently asked. And there can be
but one reply: "Such exercise as will de-
velop alike all portions of the body" IL one
has hollow chest and round shoulders the
chest must be expanded and the lungs in
creased In size. If the arms and back are
weak, these muscles must be strengthened;
and If the muscles of the lower limbs are in
such condition that one must always rely
upon carriage or street car-unless there is
organic acknowledgements be brought under
the hardening process.
Thus it is seen that there is no one "best
form of exercise" To attempt to train a
girls mind by forcing her to follow a single
line of study, as Latin or mathematics, for
example, would be no greater folly than to
try to develop her physically by the practice
of single form of exercise, as walking or
swinging Indian clubs. For one who has
never taken exercise systematically the gym
nasium is the best place to make a beginning,
and in many of our large cities now there
are gymnasiums either specially fitted for
women's use or where ladies can practice and
receive instructions during certain hours
Where there are no such places | would ad-
wise that dozen or more ladies in COM
munity form a womans athletic club, fit up
a small gymnasium and employ a competent
instructor for few hours each day; and my
word for it, the small outlay will prove far
better investment in few months than If
put into western mining stock or seal skin
cloak.
But here is an important point to note at
the very outset. One cannot indulge in any
form of physical exercise in tightly fitting
garments or stays and receive benefit from
it, If you do not believe it put an animal
into stays and see with how much grace it
will walk-until it falls or lies down
The first thing to ascertain is the capacity
of the lungs How often do you draw a full
breathe Can you, when standing with the
arms and hands extended before you. and
after taking full inspiration, touch the
knuckles behind the back without the tend
ency to coughs Can you touch the backs of
the hands at all in this position or even make
the elbows meet without assistance9 Try it,
reader, not once, but often; if you cannot ac-
complish it at first keep at it until it is &C
complished, and you will be surprised, in
time, to find you are not quite so round Shout
dered. Keep the head erect.and the shoulders
thrown back, filling the lungs as fully as
possible at each breath; make a practice of
doing SO, and before long the chest will begin
to expand the lungs will demand more air,
and with the blood better oxygenated the eye
will grow brighter, the cheeks more ruddy
and the brain clearer.
Do you have sick headaches or suffer from
lassitude and weariness1 Try walking. Not
the kind Of walking you do when you go
shopping, and the mind is absorbed in the
monstrous little things of life, but brisk
walk for health, with a genial companion,
and ones thoughts upon pleasant themes. so
there will be eXhilaration as well as exercise.
Dress for it; wear common sense shoes; walk
with head and shoulders erect and let the
arms swing naturally, nor burden them with
holding up trailing skirt or i'll any other
manner. Walk a couple of miles at first, if
it is a new experience, gradually increasing
the distance, and some day a walk of ten or
twelve miles-the usual limit of some Of my
athletic lady friends-wil be accomplished
easily
Would you walk gracefully, with an elastic
step, practice at home, in slippers, this move
ment; First stand squarely upon the soles of
the feet, then alternately raise and lower the
making the movements deliberately and reg
ularlv for several minutes. Or better, if one
has access to the gymnasium, try somewhat
similar movement upon the spring board.
The advantages of physical culture by out
door recreatlons, where they may be en-
ployed, over gymnasium work are two fold:
one is sure of pure air and plenty Of it, and
the mind is more agreeably occupied. In
fact, think the mind has quite as much to
do with the beneficial results which usually
follow out door exercises as the pure air.
To conclude, there are few forms of exer-
else practiced by men at the present day
that women may not indulge in, if she prac-
tees them judiciously. The main thing is to
get up an interest in the subject; ascertain
the kind of exercise that Is most desirable,
and after making beginning let it become
as much part!of the daily routine as tho
bath or ones breakfast Exercise out of
doors regularly, keeping the indoor air as
fresh and pure as possible; and, above all
things, let recreation be for the mind as we'll
as the body. Then will one grow handsome,
graceful and strong.-Charles Richard Dodge
in Woman.
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