Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-09-02
WOMAN AND HOME.
How PHYSICAL TRAINING AND FRESH
AIR BENEFIT WOMEN.

The "Too Busy Mother''-She Got An.
: other Pair-woman and Her Watch
About women's Feet - Many Things
! of Interest to wives and Mothers.
The physical training of women has re
teived very great impetus of late years,
hnd we may see the result in their notably
Increased sta ure and beauty. That women
ire much taller and better developed than
hhey used to be is an incontestable fact,
Snd this is undoubtedly owing to the
lgreater amount of exercise and open all
fife that are now the fashion for the fin de
Eiecle maiden.
A girl of the period belongs to her gym.
basium, which is fitted up with all the
luxury of appointments in the way OF
baths, dressing rooms, ETC., that are found
In the athletic club to which her brothers
belong. She has her fencing lessons, hei
lDelsartean contortions, her ballet dancing
lessons and OF Ler fads of the day, which are
bll nevertheless decided aids to the devel-
bpment of h r physique. Moreover, she
spends good part of her time out of doors
lts a matter of course, and all this, despite
her late hours and the excitement of fash
lonable life, has produced it's effect.
| 1t is constantly remarked as each new
bevy of debutantes are introduced to their
world, GLOW tall and large the girls are
howadays" And If it is true as physi-
Eians assure us, that healthy, physical de-
kelopment and the consequent making of
good blood assist mental development,
what may we not hope for in the future in
the way of race developments
Unfortunately, however, while this phys
teal training and open air life have become
fashionable among the few the great ma
FORTY of American women are still indoor
creatures, their only exercise, for week in
bnd week out, being the daily routine of
household tasks in the pent up air of
Kitchen and bedroom. While many find
pine for a greater or less degree of intel
pectual culture they almost invariably
neglect their physical training, the result
being that az a rule the American woman
represented by the majority is still a
slelicate, fragile creature, becoming pre-
tnaturely aged and broken down almost
without an effort, unable to bear the strain
ION nerves and brain that it is the lot of
most women to endure.
Men should look to this; the remedy lies
lin their hands more even than in those OF
fhe women. Let the farmers realize that
the majority of the inmates of the insane
asylums are women from the farms; let
them see to it that their wives and daugh-
tiers have time for more outdoor life and
recreation, and know that it is better to
pay the wages of "hired girl" than long
doctors bill, or to have broken down in
valid for a wife. In these days Of cheap,
good ready made clothing let the women
give up their dressmaking and eternal
stitchery, and learn to feel the physical
pleasure and exhilaration of exercise in the
delicious air which the 'city folks" go SC
far to enjoy, and which to them is almost
an unknown quantity.
You Workers seem mighty fond of the
beach," said an old woman who lived
barely quarter of mile from the ocean
to one OF her summer boarders. 81 don't
keer much for it myself; in fact I hain't
seen it for forty years, guess-not since !
was a girl, when went down to see a big
whale brought in. Father was one of the
life saving men, and he promised me new
dress if they caught it, and naturally !
felt interested. New York Tribune.