The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-16
LADIES TURN VHRHIN.
Successful Branch of the
Hudson City Society for
Physical Culture.
TO EXHIBIT IN GREENVILLE.
Officers, Members and Workers
Weddings of the Week
Social Items.

Especially Written for the JERSEY Citg Netcs.)
The Hudson City Turn Verein is a we'll
known institution in its way. Even the
most unlearned in the German tongue
| has found out by this time that the W
words in its name stand for something
like "Athletic Association" All the
| residents of the section above the City
Hall are familiar with the outside OF Turn
Hall, and a large proportion with the H.
side. There is, however, a department OF
the club which, while enjoying Jecal
| celebrity, has not the widespread reputa-
ton of the regular organization, and this
is the physical culture class of ladies.
There are f%orty-nine of them, under the
instruction of Prof. Magnus G. +. Win
ter. and for the past three years they
have held meetings every Saturday even
ing in the gymnasium, stopping only dar-
ing the summer vacation.
The class was not so large when 1t mace
it's first appearance in the gymnasium.
There were then sixteen members, with
Miss Lizzie Boyer. First President; Miss
Charlotte Wins, Secretary, and Miss An
ME Ruhl, Treasurer.
The members were enthusiastic over
the work from the beginning. and soon
had progressed so rapidly that Prof. Win
ter decided to allow them TO appear in an
elaborate club swinging exercise in an
entertainment in Kessler's Hall, the first
time that a physical culture class of Ia
dies had appeared in public on Jersey
City Heights. A group photograph taken
soon after shows the charter members
surrounding the instructor, and wearing
their uniforms. Their names are: Misses
Emma Roster, Lida Behnken, Emma
Gottschalk, Clara Gottschalk. Martha
and Charlotte Wins. Rika and Katie
Reinhart, Louisa and Mamie Wrede,
Rose Musgtller,, Lizzie Boyer, Annie
Ruhl, Lena Buhring and Mrs. Clara
Winter.
The uniform adopted at that time and
remaining substantially the same, con-
sists of a dark blue flannel round skirt,
with loose blouse waist of the same, I'm
ished with a deep sailor collar and vest OF
white flannel. A design of crossed Indian
Clubs the front OF the vest.
Divided skirts are worn during gymra-
stun work. The exercises open at eight
O'Clock with free gymnastics, without APP
paratus. various marching steps being
sometimes explained. Exercises with
light apparatus follow. aud then work
with all the equipments of the gymna-
sum-, the class being divided into three
sections for convenience, one using the
flying rings, another the horizontal bar,
and another the ladders. Before the
completion of the course the aides have
learned to perform feats with rings, and
the trapeze that would make the late la.
mented Barnum wish himself back
again. and watt iron bars with ease and
despatch.
OFFICERS N MEMBERS.
There is a ~rurnwartin, whose duty it is
to keep a general lookout for the gym
nasium work, n if necessary, to supply
the place of the instructor. Miss Mary
Steinert has been Turnwartin for some
time. but her place is now filed by Miss
Annie Arudts. Mrs. Winter, who has al
ways been an enthusiastic advocate OF
physical culture for women, and has
given much of her time and attention &c
the class, supplies her husbands place in
his occasional absences. otherwise re-
naming in the rauks. The members
are:-Miss Charlotte Wins. President;
Mrs. Clara Winter, Secretary; Miss
Bertha Book. Treasurer; Misses Gussie,
Hannah aud Minna Bertels, Lille Reich,
Emma. G%ruening, Freda Perpente. Julia,
Annie Ruhl, Carrie Lutz. Sophie Peters,
Sophie Beinz. Mamie Schwind. Mrs.
Cora Schelton, Misses Susie Voth,
Minnie Peters, Annie Raven,
Freda Horn. Emma o Croix,
Gertrude ~Berghoefer. Minnie Rabe,
Minnie Segelken, Gussie Kunle, Gussie
Niekamp, H. Schwerr, Johanna Mehl
Zwecker. Hannah Kicker, Hannah Beute,
Lottie and Annie Rechten, Mamie
Heuschkel, Freda Schenk. Rosie Sauer
brey, Emma aud Clara G~ottschalk, Mrs.
Winter, Misses Mary Steinert. Clara
SoIieau, Marnmie Hefner and Martha
for membership.
The club is planning to have itself pho
tographed in a body on October 2. The
Greenville Turn Verein will hold au
entertainment the last day of the month
in their hall, and Prof. Winter will take
sixteen ladies of the Hudson City Club tC
swing club IN their most athletic style
before the Greenyillians The club is
now practising for the event and special
instruction will be given at the NEE Ing
tomorrow night.
II STAGE SIDE OF II.
Beside the athletic WORK, a part Of the
club is interested in amateur theatricals
and has formed a dramatic Section
watch presents various plays in German
during the winter. The first of these
for the season will be given in Kessler's
Hail, October 2, when "Dorf mud Stadl'
will be given III Il manner which, Judging
from renearsals, will be highly satisFac,
tory.
The junior classes of the Tura Vereiu
are all well patronized. Two classes fol
boys meet on Tuesdays ard Frld4 VS. from
five TO six and six to seven P. M. respecti
vely. From our to five the small giris
meet. wearing blue flannel sailer suits
trimmed with white braid. The junior
i class meets from eight to nine, aud from
Enneoto lfAf15past -HiHel is. the gJijembers
jf1elasss The gymnasium is,larGe, siryiapsl
suppliedi with allaqeosssafy asp ,fAttttts,
and ? dSe$s sdrl1WN T55pttgiSS an SlpstfucGor thpa
leaves nothing OBJ desireti. ylscr bins
The LADIES of the Turn Verein have but
just begun work, as their class opened
only two weeks age. but from the way
they have started there is no danger TIA,
they will lower their previous record this
year.. Since the beginning of the club nc
member has ever received any injury
from the gymnasium work. and several
who had taken it up at a physicians ad.
vice have been materially benefited.
SOCIAL HAPPENINGS.