The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-07-05
AthIctics for Girls.

There are many pretty feats Of skill
and strength which are as safe for girls
TO undertake as riding or skating or
rowing but which can also be as open
To accident as any of these three. That
is no reason for not attempting them,
for every pleasure IN life IS shadoWed
by a danger. but every girl reader would
do well TO make a little promise TO her
self never to undertake anything but
light gymnastics until she knows that
her muscles are evenly and well devel-
oped for her age and her weight and
then only under the direction of an
experienced person. The travelling rings
ana feats on the horizontal lar and
many similar feats should be put on
this list in every girls mental notebook.
Jumping is not particularly desirable
for girls, although for strong girl
who has been we'll trained in athletics
the risk is rot great. Except in the
gymnasium her dress prevents a girl
from jumping well, and under any cir
cumstances it is perhaps the least de-
sirable form of exercise for her. This
is of course jumping from a hight, or
running long jump, in which it is nee
essary TO alight properly or the whole
system receives a shock. Even in drop
ping from the rings or the horizontal
bar. if YOU alight on your tOeS-that is,
with the heels not touching-with your
knees bent you will quickly see what a
great advantage it gives you to know
the IlEuL way VI ublllH sum AAAiAlAos III
cause you will not feel the least jar as
YOU rise easily to your full hight
after il.
When a girl has had sufficient practice
in light gymnastics, she will find it Of
great use to begin work on the hOri-
Zontal ladders, hanging by her hands
from the rungs of the ladder above a
mattress and carrying herself backward
or forward in different ways across the
room.-AIrs. Arthur Brooks in Harper's
Young People.
Dismal Outlook for Working Women.
Whats the matter Mayo said one
woman TO another who was sitting
gloomily in a reading room with a mag
azine and bit of paper before her.
I've just discovered, replied May,
looking UP from the article on hygiene
that she was reading, that / can never
be a clean person, much less healthy
or a beautiful one"
WHAT What do you mean?' gasped
Mays friend.
MY dear" said May. CT have the au-
thority of this excellent article for the
following statement regarding personal
cleanliness and health: No woman with
abundant hair can hope TO keep it fresh
and glossy without a half hours brush
ing morning and evening. That is an
hour a day. / am informed that the
care of nails should consume half an
hour a day and of my teeth another
half hour.
Then 1 must sleep ten hours and ex-
ercise in the open air for one hour each
day. / must spend three-quarters of
an hour at breakfast and lunches and
an hour and half at dinner. And not
less than thee hours in recreation is
commanded. If you are a mathemati-
clan YOU will see that nineteen hours
out of the tWenty-fOur are thus con-
sumed. Then facial messages and
/ Turkish baths are recommended, and
these. with my sewing, would take up
the few remaining hours.
And fate cOmpels me TO work nine
hours a day for a living and to devote
one hour TO getting to and from my
work. SO that the days will have to
| be at least twenty-nine hours long be-
| fore L can be even clean and healthy.
Heaven only knows how much longer
| they would need TO be if one aimed TO
be beautiful and intelligent?'-New York
| World.