The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-01
WITH BOW AND ARROWS
PRETTY ARCHERs TAKE UP Gu
PID'S IMPLEMENTS.


Love Sport That May Rival Tennis
Yet.
NEW York, June 30.-There must be a
decided revival Of interest in archery this
summer, when it becomes known that the
'firs: lady, is the most recent convert to
the sport
\ couple of Brooklyn girls just returned
from Washington tell a tale of an after
moons drive to Redtop and a delicious half
hour on the lawn in the shade Of a big elm
watching the mistress of the establishment
aim her arrows at the gold. Mrs. Cleve-
lanl is fairly good shot, say they, and She
couldn't have shown a more girlish inter
est in the fun if it had been her first day S
outing after a term at boarding school
Every time She mis- ed the target there was
a delightful pucler made up Of a combina
ton, of laugh and frown. When she struck
the red there was a look of quiet satSfac-
% "4- urea an arrow was in the gold an
audible crow When her arrows were ex
haus.ed She ran 10 pull them out of the
1 'Ect tOc herself and came back flushed
% '''''n'pg, with her wide hat falling on
her shoulders
"d-, anxious that her guests should
s. a $50, and made pretty picture for
'll II" she placed the other in posi-
ton, whirling her about by the shoulders
FOR She proper attitude before the target
and putting "A hand on each check 10 brng
the head into pose. The Brooklyn girls
shot wild bee ause their hearts went pt-a-
pat under the touch Of those cool fingers,
but they begged a pansy each from Mrs.
CIcv tla4da huWer beds and came home To
I'rnc' .'a daily in the park with bow and
arrow.
1t is eight or nine years since the archery
crazo died out, but this summer, an it
please YOU maId Marion will sling the
culver over her shoulder again Maid
Marion Is going into the country and be
fore she comes back in the fall she will
make some fine scores. Maid Marion likes
~ bow with its cloth yard shaft, be-
cause she has a good chance with it as
/agal ST ROBIN Hood, for you must remem-
Der good my host, that weapons are welded
not by strength, but by art and slight of
hand" She likes it further because it calls
for the hunters green, the color of the sum
mer, and because she hugs to her heart the
famous old ballet dancers saying that the
archer's pose as tho arrow is loosed Is for n
pretty girl the most graceful in the world
TO SHOOT WELL MAID MARION
needs, first, good outf or, to begin at the
beginning, n good bow. The enthusiastic
archer who shoots from dawn till dusk the
longest of these long summer days will tell
her that there is nothing like yew. A
straight bit of yew without knot in il is
the archer's ideal and Maid Marion, If she
can send abroad for it, may send from
500 to $3.50 after that same beautiful en-
bodiment of elasticity and spring. A good
bow is like n fine old violin; its owner
makes a baby of it, and passes a hand low
ingly over every inch of ITS polished wood
never thinking of reproaching it for the
extravaganza it bred. Not, however, that one
needs to spend any such sum. LancewOod
lemonwood snakewood, beefwood bows,
either in one piece or backed, that is made
of two pieces glued together, come very
much cheaper, almost indeed at any price
Maid Marion chooses TO pay. Five dollars is
as low as it Is economy TO go and $40 or
$l5 bow will give better satisfaction in
the long run
Maid Marion's bow is lighter than Robin
Hoods He shoots with a thirty-hve to
fifty pound bow. Forty pounds is perhaps
his average, though if his muscles are well
seasoned lie may not stick at sixty pounds.
Maid Marion begins at twenty TO twenty
two pounds and unless she shoots a great
deal seldom gets above twenty five There
are good bow women in Brooklyn and New
York, however, who shoot ha6itually with
a mans bow of thirty to forty pounds.
Pounds, Maid Marion will explain to YOU.
means the power required 10 bond a bow
sufficiently to draw the arrow to the head
Next the bow come the arrows. of sea
soned pine, straight, smooth, feathered
with peacock feathers and OF lighter
weight for lady's bow, proportional to its
drawing power. The culver is a thing Of
fancy, pretty as Maid Marion may please
When a target has been provided, S2G is the
sum which will cover an economical bill of
expense.
OF COURSE, THERE MUST BE A GOWN.
White flannel Garibaldi blouse, with full
short skirts of green cloth, and WIDE belt
makes a favorite club costume. Habit
bodice and skirts of green throughout. with
white or scarlet facings stands harder
usage makes possible pretty attitudes on
the grass and has regard for September as
well as July. here are a few points for
the making. All ribbons, if ribbons there
must be, on the skirt, not a fiutter showing
above the waist line. Whisking things de-
stroy ones aim, and "A touch from them
on the bow string will ruin the flight of an
arrow. No puffs on the sleeves, no floating
laces at the neck no wide brin on tire hal.
for the same reason. Wear IA close shoot
ing cap ami keep things snug in all WAYS
above deck il you want to make good
score. Well fitting soft kid gloves. WITT
the finger tips cut off, though minor de-
y.
the flesh be proud or utterly rebelious, for
archery is Il muscular exercise
Equipped for the field there are two awk
ward preliminaricS for Maid Marion TO
manage. Soc must learn to string her own
bow and she must learn how TO stand. The
archer'S uosltion is a peculiar one. The
bow woman who would master il rnnst
take her place with her left side turned to-
ward the target, feet squareiy on the
ground, heels some few inches apart. TN
toe Of the left foot pointing TO the right of
the target, faco turned over tho left
shoulder looking straight at the gold This
is on the assumption that the bow has n
ready been strung. To perform this deli
cate operation the handle of the bow is
grasped WITH the left hand, the bottom end
resting against the inside of the left foot
The back Of the bow is thus pulled toward
you steadily with the left hand while the
right carries the string and slips its loon
into ,the notch at tho upper end. The point
ON the string where the arrow should bo
nocked, opposite the upper line of plush
which marks the bow handle, is always
indicated by the good archer with bit Of
coored thread 50 that the arrow may bo
correctly placed every time 10 got cor
rect draw, the bow IL held horizontally nv
the handle with the left hand. while the
right takes the arrow from the duivcr and
adjusts the mock Oh the string. The left
hand now lifts the bow as high as the
shoulder, turning it almost but not quite
perpendicular, the top leaning a trIhe to
the right, while the three fingers of tho