St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-09
TO DEVELOP SOUND BODIES
A GOOD WORK WELL BEGUN TO BE
CARRIED FURTHER,
PHYSICAL TRAINING CLASSES.

Young Women's Friendly Associa-
ton Backing the Project -
Miss Mayhem Secured as In
structor - Something of the
Manner and Method of Pro-
ceeding.
Physical training is slowly but surely
winning the place it deserves in the ed
ucation of the young people of this gen.
Grafton. For many years the mind has
been cultured and trained, and, alas.
how often at the expense of the body.
Now we are beginning to see wherein
the old plan has been at fault; III fact,
some of us have quite made up our
minds that it is all wrong. We begin at
the wrong end, and instead of fortify-
ing the child physically, she has been
crammed with learning until it is sur
prising that in some cases she has not
fallen beneath the load of learning with
the Door physique.
ii has always been considered neces-
sarY TO give boys all the opportunities
imaginable in this direction. They have
had gymnaSiums, and as a result the
little deformities that are so common in
girls are hardly ever found in boys.
Teachers of wide experience say that
III connection with their work they sell
! dom find a girl whose shoulders are
both just the same height, while in
many cases one hip is found to be much
lower than the other. The teacher who
Af
seeks by we'll regulated exercises to
correct these little deformities, and
very successfully in the majority of
cases. Elaborate gymnastic exercises
are not needed. but just
SIMPLE EXERCISES,
and these, If taken inteiligently, will
correct the slight curvature of the spine
| which causes one shoulder to appear
lower than the other, and is so often
caused by bending for too MANY hours
day over desk. Very simple eXer-
cises taken regularly will also expand
narrow chest, and this is trouble very
often found among school children.
what does physical training do
further for girl, does some one ask?
1T helps her to appreciate her physical
nature and to strive to keep it as per
feet as possible. 1t teaches her how she
can control her body so that she NAV
use the least vital force in the doing of
her daily duties, while above all things
1t brings her strength and freedom in
her physical life which she never could
have had without it. 1t shows her how.
when she has but few moments for
rest she may so relax both mental and
physical powers so that in this age of
hurry and rush, she may use every
minute that is at her disposal. In short,
the body should be SO developed and in
such perfect state of health that 1t
may become fitting Instrument for the
mind, the servant and not the master of
the soul.
WHAT IT WILL DO.
DIR. Mary J. Studley, a prominent
physician. when asked by young girl
what physical training will do for her,
says:
We'll, it will simply make you more
of woman in every sense than YOU
could possibly be without it. 1t will do
this by improving every organ you use
In movement; it will supple all your
joints so that grace and ease will belong
to them: 1t will make fatigue less fire.
quent, and breathlessneSS uncommon:
1t Will give you bigger chest, and more
force in your limbs; it will clear away
the fog III your brain, and the dyspepsia
In your stomach, and bring you a rose
Tor your check, and when your example
has been followed by the girls of one or
TWO more generations, it will give the
world all Idea Of what noble creation
physically developed woman can be.'
realizing the great need of a suitable
opportunity for such training as this
among the young women of our city,
the good women who have worked so
bard for the Young Women's Friendly
association, with which Mrs. Litchen-
burger is SO closely identified, have ar
ranged for popular course of lessons.
The demand is such that this year three
classes each meeting twice week, will
be conducted under the auspices of the
Young Women's Friendly Association,
and with the same instructor as last
year. Mis- Mayhem, who has been ell
gagged for the season, is graduate of
DIR. SargentS class III physical training
at Harvard.
One of these classes will be held in
the evening especially for young women
who are employed during the day, while
the other two will be held during the
day. Mondays and Thursdays are the
days that Miss Mayhem has decided
upon, and the first class met last Thurs
day evening. Those who are DESTROYS
! OF Joining are requested to do SO at
once, that they may have the full bene-
ut OF the eight months course.