Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-27

am ~ III been on certain
shelf for years. l
threw the door of the
book case open and
CANNED a pair of Indian clubs through the
glass. i remembered then that Dorothy
and Rose-in-bloom left them there when
they went out TO take a constitutional
walk. / started into the sitting room and
pearly throttled myself on fancy trapeze
bar that was hung in the archway for
Rose-in- blooms benefit and which she had
eolemnly promised to take down as soon as
she " as through her practice / fed to my
Room and nearly dislocated my spine
over one of Eiaine's bowling balls left in
the upper corridor. which the girls have
been pleased to turn into a kind OF bowling
alley. Safe in my room dropped into my
4avorite rocker to find IL pre-empted by a
pair of dumb bells. On my desk was an
array of physical culture literature. and my
dressing table was Uttered with manicure
tcachinery and toilet articles that I couldn't
begin to nominate a use for. A pair of
foils were thrown on my couch. the masks
were in my work basket. and up in Doro-
thy's closet are swimming suits, tennis
shoes. riding habits. gymnastic costumes
IN fact IL there Is athletic fad or physical
culture phantasma goria that this sister of
mine has not caught on to I truly nope
that the enlightened one will bury 1t deep in
his heart, because the family already has
enough to bear.
Dorothy has had leaning in the direction
- physical culture" for a long time, but
the fever burned afresh after Elaine came.
ohe Is one Of the big breezy girls from out
the roaring west. and as she and Dorothy
are nodded a great deal alike it is natural
for them to enjoy the same pursuits. Just
invasion Of my peace of mind. Dorothy's
Seem Is full and the paraphernalia has over
flowed into mine. When 1 demonstrated
because I ran against sand bag hanging
from my chandelier to the utter destruc-
zion OF my prettiest opera bonnet, and de-
plored the existence Of boxing gloves
among my iaces. tennis belts In my glove
eachet. riding whips in my Toxic rose jar.
and a saddle blanket on my choicest down
o[low, Dorothy got very indignant.
Taking to Physical Culture.
''You certainly know. Sara" she said.
THAT all the advanced women of the
country are taking an interest In physical
kulture. 1t is very English. and the best
women In France, Russia and Germany are
enlisted in making women stronger men,
tally and physically. 1 suppose just because
1--we let my things get In your way little"
lshe went on defiantly. you'd rather I'd get
I fat and fabby and-and waddly as I get
older. but don't intend to-" Then che
WARNED up to he- subject and read me a
Irregular homily on woman's sighted oppor-
ftunities. II have always felt sorry for the
Door girls who have not time to care for
themselves properly. because some Of them
would be very pretty indeed If they only
had good grooming. I think that the rich
ashamed of herself. The day is coming
when she will be, too. One can forgive the
wife Of a poor man: the mother. slave and
servant Of lot of children; the bread-win-
fners and wage-earners, who are harnessed
TO load from morning until night, because
they have not time to be clean and beauti-
&ul and wholesome.
But there is no excuse for the idle daugh-
Ger or the well-kept wife. They should
be paragons of neatness and lovable Of ad-
dress. redolent of health and good to look
upon. Are they? Sometimes-but not al
ways They may be we'll dressed. but their
bodies are not well kept. They may be Golf
fured In the latest style. but their scaips
are not clean; the sheen of satin is not on
their hair. They are perfumed with laven-
der and lilac, benzoin and bergamot, but
not of the bath. Because of physical mac
ton and worry those women who do not
look like consumptive posters for an I'M
dertaker run to adpose below the belt, and
In either case are poor samples of the
woman whom God put in Eden. I want to
get back to our first estate il 1 can, and
really do not think 1t is nice OF you, Sara
to oppose me when I'm trying to keep my
self healthy
Program for the Day.
Now what could 1 say? 1t would have
been perfectly useless for me to argue with
her. yet 1 was reminded of just one day
q fair sample of all the others. since she
took up this latest wrinkle After an 8
O'Clock breakfast she fenced for half an
hour. then spent an hour in the gymnasium
Another hour was spent in learning a new
waltz-step. and still another in horseback
riding. After a hurried lunch, she spent
half an hour with her music teacher an
hour with Delsarte master two hours in
the Turkish bath. and a half hour resting
TO get strength to dress for a o'clock tea
At which she was to pour" After the tea
she jumped into another gown for a dinner
at q At she took in the Bachelors cot!I-
Hon, and was the life of the clique. All
This exertion involved something like five
Changes of dress and an expenditure of
~ for tutors At II o'clock, midnight, she
wound up with a nervous chill and So call
rom the family physician.
Now 1 call that physical culture gone
mad The best physical culture in the
world will be found in sweeping, busting
anu making beds. These duties bring into
play every muscle in the body, are pretty
sure corrective of indigestion and Insomnia.
and the best nerve tonic in the world. A
walk to market every morning to supply
1uel for the family larder will be of benefit
In two ways. 1t will teach economy in
buying food. which every woman ought To
learn, and fills up the quota of exercise
necessary to good health. OF course Uoro-
my theory is all right, but as usual there
Is quite gap between theory and proper
practice. Arsenic as a tonic is quite bene-
HclaI, but arsenic as a beverage would be
disastrous.
a pretty girl that 1 know and who has
mad reverses enough to break her heart is
Utll 1aVOrlte in society. which she is lust
[e-enterlng after two years of mourning
Tor her dead mother. OF course her ward
robe is depleted and most of it old fashion,
Cd. but. poor girl. she had little enough left
When the nnal crash came, so when she
got an invitation to a swell house TO dinner
the other day she laid the cards down and
TOOK a little weep" Il just can't 20" She
walled I've only got one decent dress to
my name and that is for the street" She
thousht better of il. however. When size
got home after Office hours she unearthed
an ivory albatrOSs dress that had not seen
oayhght for three years. IL was disreput-
ABLY dirty, but she nodded her sage little
mead and set to rip it up. One of her girl