Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

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| il is gaining great favor as an ontdoor oame
in England. 1T is by its lovers looked 1pon
as a royal game since Charles and lanes
II. and other distineuishod nersonaces with
handles to their names nlayed II with oreat
enthusiasm and delight. Eo,iisb women.
as stated. plav il with wonderrnI skiIJ and
greatly excite the admiration of the
brethren. This being the casa American
girls NAV as we'll oct nointars ~ the game
from the brethren from the land of B1rns.
SO as to be ready TO take a ssclnb % and 90 in
for "golf" This game is ali the more
likely to be popuIar. since IL is adanted to
both old and youno and reon;res M strenu-
GUS or continued exertion as do cricket and
base ball.
LADY BlcYCLlsTs.
Another form of athletic exercise which
is growing in favor with women is bicycling.
Little of this is seen IN Pittsburg. but it
may be attributed to the ill-paved streets
and rough roads all roundabout. In WASH
ington, with its smooth asphaltum streets,
women may be seen flying around on
''Safeties" all over town, and in such num-
bers that they have ceased to provoke a
stare or excite remark save from the green
horn visitors, who never in all their "born
days" saw such sight before Business
..Ir.a; o Dus.us woMen snue aionS enn-
how they look to the peopIe from the prov
inces, and seem onIy intent upon "pettiue
there as swiftly and directly as possible.
All of this innovation and interest az In
what used to be called stmauly exercises'' on
the part of women have good deal of
meaning to those interested In noting the
manners of the time and the progress Of civ
iIization. Some men are becoming alarmed.
Thev think that women. by engaging in
pursuits and measures hitherto held sacred
to men alone. are growing less dependent
ard less desirable for wives: that thew are
becoming Independent rather than sub
servient; that they are showing masculine
vigor rather than feminine weakness. But
to the comfort and reinsurance of the
brethren, let it be said that all the strength
and vigor that women can acquire by out
door air and exercise is for their ultimate
good. sMen are contrary beings" as Aunt
Hanna has wisely observed. They like
weak, clinging, soft-headed. soft-hearted
women before marriage, but afterward they
demand of them the strength, the endurance,
the "grit and get up' of martyr, with the
patience of a saint the sweetness of an
angel and the wisdom of a sage. What the
timid brethren need to do is simply to recon-
cile themselves to
THE rrwopnrp OF rurrna
" A W
10 cnange tneir ldeal-to let go their pre-
conceived notions ana Keep abreast OF the
spirit OF the age Inc advancement OF
women IN Inese Gays Is sometning marvel
:" 4us: Ius an sne men nave 70 do 70 oe napPy
10 70 keep rignt alone Win tnem ana 40
w. IeooM1s .nem " uaNe sle cro11eu
sh;a sanaaa anu s.e "o.sip .Dash piaes piaLn an
~nmsn Ty wiI1 ,s ,e,cS ~ csod On :. 'ne par u
Man I nav @ decrH snd ~ day;Ja gIIe - ~ .. @maso
linz, ond oil ,hat b,,t :. So ., hat.o-
health arsa,ar n;o,r anJ .s on.a.,,so
Sann;ness for I ail ~
Rnt strange to saw all this nawlv dsveI-
oped taste of women for athletic exercise
does not inspire in her anv more ardent de-.
sire to engage in kitchen work than her for.
mer occu u1ations of embroiderino and cross
stitching. A man will pIav baseball for q
whole day and never feel half as tired as he
does when invited to bring up a single
bucket of coal. He will lug around fish,
ing pole and row boat a whole afternoon