The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-03-01
TEACH GIRLS HOW TO RUN.
\ Sure Way to Disarm Masculine Hidicuie
OF Present Inability.

\ Sure Way to Disarm Masculine RidicuIa
OF Present Inability.
Women who have grown tired of
the masculine ridicule of their run
ming when there is occasion for them
to run, cannot do better says Har-
pcr's Bazaar. than Il have their
daughters take Il course Of exercise
that shall spare them such mortifica-
tions. since at II time or anOtheri in
life it may be ONE necessary for all
people to run. TO this end exercise
in IA gymnasium is most desirable, be-
ginning with gentle caIisthenIcs. and
going on W tn bars and trapcze and
ring, and ladder, avoiding the heavier
work. the abrupt pulls upon The
strength, or any too violent force of
movement, thus increasing gently
the breathing and the sudoriIic power,
puickening and cleaning the blood
and eliminating Il world of refuse
through the skin. In the gymnasium
the girl will be taught to run so that
her movement in her light skirts be-
comes a far nor graceful thing than
the running of her brother when he
seems all legs. But her exercise need
not stop at the gymnasium, while
there is riding and rowing and swim
ming outdoors and fencing and dane.
ing within. Dancing is always a
healthy exercise under favorable con-
ditlOnS--that is, IN pure air and with
not too late hours. And few things
develop the shape better or produce
more grace of movement than fenc-
ing does, calling upon all the mus
cles and cultlvating readiness, quick
ness, caution. and resolution at the
same time. Swimming, although it
leaves no single muscle Lntried, is a
less desirable form of exercise, be.
cause the temptation there is tOover-
do: still The great swimmers declare
that no other torn of exercise makes
the bOiy feel aftcrward SO much as if
it had wings and could soar in outer
ether. But IL should be taken gently,
and If the swim mcr is at all chilled.
it should be left Immediately and
brisk friction with brush ana towel
should take its place.
After any of this order of exercise
when the first glow has passed, there
should be a quick bath and IA cold
water dOuche, which prevents taking
cod. Other forms Of healthy eXer-
ton are still to be found in walking
and in domestic work. But it should
be understood. by the way, by those
who desire to rid themselves of
sllperiuOuS.tlesh, that walking is of
little use for that purpose unless it
produces perspiration; and walking,
when Carried to such Il point, is not
always best. There are more efIec-
tive ways. through gymnast C cXcr-
els t. promote perspiration and
thus reduce flesh. And, after all.
there is no healthier or better way to
do this in general than by what is
called hOusewOrk, whenever there is
the requisite strength for its steady
pull, and it is marvellous here how
the strength grows by what it feeds
on. Many Il girl who was too deii-
cate or too liStless to help her mother
in anything but tribes, marrying and
doing her own work develops a full
chest, a strong back, stout limbs and
good lungs, with the broom and tie
buster, the flat iron and the scrub
blng board, and appetite and CHEEKY
spirits and good nature have d"vel-
Oped DIT the same time with the swift
and happy courSing of the blood IN
the veins 10y reason OF the work.