Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01

dancing footsteps and all the grace of plant
movements which are par excellence the
charm of early girlishness. Under this slim
ulous girl forgcts the languor, not to say
dumpislness, supposed TO belong TO the per
iod of youth. Impure waters leave their
| deposits in the bones, making irregular joints
and thick lnuclies they weave coarse, wiry
hair and duh the very eyeballs.
TO acquire supnleness. whisb is fine beauty
and useful grace of women. training must
begin in childhood, not by gymnasium prac-
/ tice which gives Il mechanical air. but bv
use of every muscle for some purpose. Let
girl swing from trapeze, not to acquire
difficult feat. but for the fun of it pure and
simple Let her gymnasium be a secluded
part of the lawn or a skylighted attic full of
sunshine, or. best of all for ill weather, the
glazed porch. which ought to belong TO
every house as much as its bay windows and
Vestihule These Glazed verandas giving all
tho light possible on the gloomiest DAYS and
protection from storms, should be fitted for
amusemcnts in private houses, rs they are
in hotels at Fortress Monroe and the winter
resorts generally. 1t should be the conser-
-Vatory, not of plants SO much as of the
health of women and children. 1t is vastly
better to build such q porch in a sheltered
southeast angle to catch the sun, and heat it
with hot air pipes, with home comforts at
hand, than to 20 South winters to inhae
malaria and eat lard cookery. Such a sun
parlor, hung with trailing plants and fresh
encd by choice winter shrubs. should be the
place for violin practice and singing, for
the skipping rope and battledore. for the
siesta and newspaper reading, so that the
fullest advantage should be taken of winter
sunlight The benefit of such u resort for
g .,y.1.,1 hold
do not wish TO be misunderstood as re-
CARDS gymnasium practice. 1t is better than
no exercise at all, but all this play with
dumbbcJs, Indian CLUBS and apparatus is
very tame and at the same time difficult
like lighting the air 1t lacks freedom, and
the "rythmical development" of which
women write grahdlloquehtly lmparts
StiilhGss TO the movements not easily thrown
on we 90 not want our girls moving ABOUT
10 an unconscious one; two three meas
ure' ana all tins muscle culture which fixes
us elid on increase OF blcepS OF upper arm or
le6S Is tiresoile' ana lallS snort Oh Satisiac-
ton compared to the ehort winch looks be
Sohd lhe muscle 10 It's use ana the result
Sdiheu ny H. Hehu your ooy ana your GlIl
ouU on errandS ana commissions with the
picycIe OF on looI give tneih so lhuch work
! 10 40 every daJ Ill an aIIoIted Jlihe, shorC
enough To oohSe tilem 10 WORK prlskly, ana
Ieu 'helr games l'e social. IL Is wen TO nave
| gymnasium httlhgs at nome, ana let the
| helShhor children come over TO play, not
/ 70 PI"ctice' Itoullu uahclhS LOT girls py
DAY ll8ht ON such porch as described Is
| worth all Uhe gymnasium work eNtahu Ior
sending the Dlood III quick iull waves all
over the body, Tor supplying the frame and
rehhlhg the outlines otthe legs Inc devil
dId Sood thlhg Tor hlinSeI "hen ne per
Suaded plous IuclSlanS that dancing was
! harmful IlenSloh suffers LOT lhe want OF
Whole souled' inspiring amuseinehus ana re
| ll8louS girls ana women are hysterlcal blgots
| lor lhe heeu OF JUST such interests ana physl-
cal feIaNatlon'
Running makes a trim ankle anda shapely
leg, and girls should be encouraged to run
rs often as possible in old fashioned games
Of ball or prisoners base, which, as it used
to be played, left few fibres of the body
without stretch and refreshments The dodg-
ing, the fents and sudden dashes for base,
were good practice in tactics. giving quick
eye and foot and 1.-the body. The old time
village games were the best survival of
Greek tradition and the best physical train
| ing we shall ever know. When girls went
! out to play with their brothers and neigh
| borS children III runs around an acre field a
game of ball-not degenerate base ball-or
| throwing stones at mark, the good effects
survived in mind and body, Among such
! girls it was | knew one, trained to all sorts
Of housekeeping, too, whose hand was so
flexible she could turn her fingers back to
! touch her wrist another let her bracelets
! Slip over her slender hand without unclasp-
/ ing: another, who never knew corset and
was elegantly tall, had finch waist and
a fourth was compmented by New York
artists and doctors as having an absolutely
! perfect figure, SO that exercise in its rudest
| form Is no bar to extreme retinements Of
person. Beyond this was the invaluable
gain OF hardihood or endurance if you like it
better. But John Adams, who was "A very
cultivated and polished man in the best so
ciety of his day, thought so much of this
quality that III his letters, which every fam
lily in the republic ought to cherish, he re.
peats to his wife the desire to see his chill
dren honest, highly educated and hardy,
thinking these the three great virtues of
mind and body. 1t is not the girls who
have grown up with their brothers in the
same sports who are disabled for life by
being thrown from carriage or taking a