The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-06-23
GENTLE GYMNASTS.
The Means by Which Women May
Become Muscular.
Aslmple Instructions for the Guidance, o9
Members of the Fair Sex Who,
Arc DESTROYS OF Developing
Their Muscles,


posing, stretching and equilibrium ex-
ercises, all of which have in great
measure grown out of the Delsarte sys-
tenn, also come, says the Ladies' Home
Journal, under the general tsrm,, light
gymnastics
The beneicialresults of all these are
many and varied. Hardly anyone is
TOO weak for gymnastics. Gentle mas
cage will start the muscles and send the
blood into healthy circulation. Then
che patient should help herself, One Of
The advantages of light gymnastics is
that the sick and convalescent can
make what appear to be trihing efforts
and by Them. in time. be restored to
active health. If too feeble to be prac.
tically able to make but little eXertion,
try what are known as deep breathing
movements. Lie fat upon the back,
take as long and deep breaths as possi-.
BILE, and while the mouth is closed.
slowly throw the arms up in front and:
then at the sides, Rest for ten minutes.
Try again the same inhalation and eX@
halation of air, the latter, being pure
and fresh. After awhile attempt the
same, sitting up. These exercises cam
safely be taken by the sick one every
day several times, and the whole mus
cular system will be improved, just as.
if some revivifying tonic had been
given, a far better one than any charged
with alcohol or some like stimulant.,
From this step to the use of Light app
paratus in the dumbbells is short
one. But the mistake is too often made
in trying to be too muscular, and using
bells of too great a weight. Attempt.
nothing above your strength at the
start; it is even better at first to GO
under it than over it. Above all things,
be methodical and regular in these ex--
ercises. Irregularity in anything.
habits, expenditures, diet-brings its
uncomfortable reward. Exercise must
be constant and systematic to be effect.
i've.
If a beginner.purehase woodendum
bells of a pound each in weight.
Stand with the heels together, body.
erect and head up. Place the bells on
the shoulders and push up that in the
right hand to count of eight or twelve;
then the left; then both together at the
same time.
Place the bells on the chest; push the
right-hand bell out in front eight times,
the left-hand afterward, then both.
Push the bell in the right hand out
from the chest to the right, the left. the
same, and next both.
Put bells under the armpits.. Curl
them out alternately and at the same
time.
With bells on the shoulders roll oatep
IN the movement above described.
Strike the bells quickly over the head
and under the right leg; then the LETT
leg, then again behind the back,
With the right-handed bell extended
from right side at right angles with the
body, strike it as if it were an anvil
eight times with the bell in the left
hand as a hammer. Do. this in the
same manner to the left and in front,
holding the bell that acts in lieu Of anvil
ON the right and leftknees.,
= These are but simple movements. H
&eacher in the gymnasium will give you
Aozens more. But just after the morn
ing bath, In cool room, before the
corset is put on, if tried for five orten
minutes daily viii end in sending a
glow through the body and. bringing a
rich tint to the cheeks, Beauty is not
always born; it can be made, Not with
cosmetics; try light gymnastic exercis-
,es and you will prove to your own salts
faction that.a light step, bright eye, a
clear, good-colored skin, without the
faintest hint of rouge or powder, makes
10 woman truly beautiful, as well Is
%healthyj wealthy and wise"
Apropos of this last, assertion, that q
woman can grow wiser, yes, actually
know more, from regular gymnastsl
exercise is an established truth.
The greatest practical result Of both
light and heavy gymnastics is the fact
that the mind grows in proportion tc
the muscle. The muscles need a will,
and strong one, to control them
The moving to exact time and to music
QcmduucQ ny OlOSO OASASAoS NASA
taken in the classes of the gymnasium
has its effect on the brain, and it is o:
important. as the resulting physica
gain. DR.. w. G. Anderson, the special
ist, states that women who by reason o
undeveloped will power cannot, compe
this servant to aid them in works the,
must perform are greatly benefited b.
light gymnastic exercises; and tina
those women who are sensible enough
to adopt the methods that make mel
the stronger, the healthier sex, who ex
pect to be known as the mothers o
healthy children, and, above all, womeI
who wish to aid in the realization of tn
deal human being, whether mentally
norally or physically, are able to be al
that they would be by gymnastie ex