St. Paul daily globe., 1892-07-10

The World woman, who took lesson,
was at once given formidable pair of
boxers and "a show" The professor
first instructed her how to hold the
hand in order to deliver telling blow.
Under his guidance she turned the
palm of her hand UP. then clenched her
fist, giving the back knuckles prOmi-
nence. Then her elbow was pulled
back in the rear till her ribs fairly
cracked. Next his professorshlp pro-
ceeded to illustrate the proper move
ments by series of menacing blows
aimed at the reporters nose, then
glancing off her ear and finally approxi-
mating her front teeth, while she stood
before him with what composure she
could muster. These motions were
modestly repeated 10y The. World wom-
an. who went through the performance
several times.
Then Summonlng courage to do the
act bravely, she threw back her elbow,
let 1t fly forward again, expanded her
.biceps and gathered momentum to send
tremendous thud. In another second
an assault was made which ought to
have made the professor reel or get
glimpse Of the starry ornament. In
stead of collapsing, however, he calmly
smiled and said, Fine. I'll MAKE a
fighter of you yet" The reporter felt
her bosom swell with PRIDE In the
first lesson the left hand is the offensive
and the right hand the defensive ME IN
ber.
Next the professor took turn at do
Ing the striking. with view of impart-
ing the srt of self defense. The posi-
tiOn of the arm for warding Off a blow
was shown. 1t was held up ready to
repel an attack. Look out! Pm going
to hit. threatened the professor, with a
ferocious look, but mild and reassur-
ing smile. There was forcible twang
of the funny bone," sound wrench
OF the fieXor and general collapse of
the defensive arm. The reporter re-
allied that she had been hit. 1t had
been improperly done. The right elbow
was raised an inch too high. 1t was
tried again. This time no pain was felt
at blow of double force.
Nov watch my eye," said the in
structor, ito see when l am about to
strike" The reporter had propensity
to keep both eyes fixed OH the fOrmicla-
ble gloves. 1t takes some time to learn
to discern the pugilIstic intent in your
antagonists eye.
"If you look at my fst," continued
the boXing-master, 81 can pretend to
strike you here" as he made a feint at
the reporters ribs. ''InStead of that
the big fist. with hasty turn, stopped
within an inch of the reporters nose.
Then the professor held himself up
for target. The reporter gathered her
scattered muscular forces and proceeded
to level series of poorly directed blows
at different parts of his anatomy.
Before the lesson was complete some
training of the feet was necessary. The
legs require almost as much educating
for prizefghting as they do for skirt
dancing.
1t seems to be advantageous to have
the hind foot about four or five feet
from the other, and On no account to
lift either foot from the floor. In case
any stepping becomes imperative, it
must be done in very light and airy
fashion. This was gracefully illustrated
by the boxing master as he shook his
fists up and down in the vicinity of the
World woman's face.
These terrors are bravelv met by the
women who belong to boxing classes.
They consider themselves amply repaid
for on occasional assault by the physi-
cal beauty that they acquire. They be-
come erect and elastic. their shoulders