The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-29

In nearly every other form OF exercise the
slender fellows have the advantage but
weight as well as muscle is in the bowler an
advantage. 1t is agreed among experts
tnst Dig balls do more execution than the
smaller ones, aud il takes weight TO give
them the proper impetus. A feather weight
trying to bowl zig ball reminds one of
the tall trying to wag the dog.
Inc splendldly housed Union League
Cup OF Brooklyn is one of the organizations
! OF the sort where women are permitted to
ooWl evenings. saw there a very spirited
game Wednesday evening between a
couple OF splendidly vigorous Young ma
irons, dressed appropriately in loose sill,
oiouses and PLAIN serge skirts and low
neeled and broad-soled shoes. One wore
her hat; the other didn't; from which one
would conclude that there is no rule except
convenience. The woman who took her
nat on won. One good thing about bowl
Ing as an exercise for woman is that il is
absolutely impossible to do anything in the
alley In tight clothing. The swing of the
the Dali, the stoop OF the figure, the long
forward lunge of the delivery, are all in
consistent with corsetS.
The new Hanover Club of BROOKLYN is
another which illustrates welIthe prevalence
OF the bowling craze. 1t is housed in what
was formerly private residence, and in
remodeiing this it was at first supposed that
there would be room for only two alleys
Finally another was squeezed in and the
house committee adopted rule that ladies
introduced by members could bowl every
morning except holidays. Before the club
house had been opened month the privi-
lege was so appreciated that it became de-
slrable to divide the time. Now there are
Wednesday bowling parties and Thursday,
Friday and Saturday groups; every day
except Sunday the alleys are in use by
wo nen.
OF course private Spectators have not
overlooked the opportunity afforded by the
genesis OF the new fad. Lots of men who
were running skating Kinks a few years ago
are now managing bowling alleys in Har-
lem, where neighborhood clubs of either sex
meet for quiet game at stated intervals
1t is great point in favor of the alley game
that it is more sociable than billiards and
goes best when more than two or three are
gathered together.
Considered merely as an exercise, bow
ling is Of course opento serious objection that
1t develops one arm and one side Of the body
at the expense of the other. ANY bowler
can easily obviate this by learning to bowl
with the left hand as well as the right, but
do not know of a single one who has Sc
riously set to work to deal fairly bv both
sides of his body. 1t would interfere with
SC res, aud the record making instinct is as
keen in the jolly bowler as in the painting
hare-and-h hounds man. Probably it is better
that one side of the body should be devel-
oped than that both should be neglected.
But it is the social aspect of bowling that
most compels interest. The club has long
been the citadel of masculine privilege.
Women have gazed on it from the outside
with wondering eyes, scolded about it,
longed to be in it, and wondered what was
going on within its to them mysterious re-
treats. They have invaded the club through
the bowling alley, the restaurant and
picture gallery. How long will it be before
they divide with the sterner sex the entire
establishment from bar to billiard parlor
and from hall to gymnasium? There are
some prophetic souls who are confidently
looking forward to such an outcome from
the invasion of the hallowed precincts of
clubdom by throngs of prettily dressed girls
in whom the young men feel perforce an
interest, and grave matrons who eagerly
embrace privilege denied them in their
youth.
Will the typical club of the future recog-
nize any distinction of sex bet cen it's mem
bers? Already we have such organizations
of progressive folks as the Twilight and
Nineteenth Century Clubs which have
abolished the distinction, but they are not
yet typical. The bowling craze squints in
the same direction. Traditions as we'll as
tenpins are going down, scattered in every
direction, before the laundering onslaught