Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-16

than nothing, Tor physicai utF'iopn'h''
To suggest simple exercises which one
can take at home IS the purpose OF thN
article if possible How easily and quickly
one can go through with a few gymnas-
tics every morning and evening without
spendine too much valuable time ant
without the aid OF very costly appart-
tus. in many cases without any at all
TO BROADEN HER CHEST
For instance. one exercise VIII ch helps
~ expand her chest, raise tho shoulders
and give erectness % the form-tnie"
great considerations-is prescribed by an
authority.
Bring forward tho arms. raise the fore
arms and place the fingers OF each hand
lightly on the front ot each shoulder.
Then, with a quick movement anu win
out removing the fingers from the shou'-
ders. Jerk tho arms forward, then back
again and repeat.
Another exercise: stand quite erect,
extend the arms above the head. inter-
lace she thumbs ami keep the foretingers
I'm touch Then, keeping the knees quite
rigld. bend the trunk gradually until
without unlocking the thumhs, the fingers
, touch the toes This Is a very good eX-
ercise. seldom successful without little
practice.
/ 4 WISE OUTLAY or MONEY.
There Isn't a better Investment FOR g
(you can pay more) than chest-We.ght
and they make them nowadays disguised
i as bookcases with curtains. So that they
! are not unsightly bits of furniture for
/ ones bedroom or boud0ir.
4 chest-wcight and u pair Of dumb
bells are the two best pieces OF gymnastic
apparatus that one can possibly own.
L have used the hest-weight daily for
| aud | WofIII give
every other piece Of apparatus IN gmna-
siIm use before parting with 1t, says
one enthusiastic admlrer.
She is quite right, for It IS something
the old can use as well as the youn-
the weak as well as the strong, with
! pleasure. safety. and profit and the more
| faithfully you use 1t. the better you Ike
| H.
one Of the first exercises with the chest
weight is the following
Stand perfectly erect. with the back
10 the apparatus, and raise the weights
By pushing the arms straight forward
/ this develops the muscles OF the chest
and arms. Then turn about and pull the
weights toward you. the muscles or the
back and the arm heXors then come into
pl.y. Next raise the arms above thr
head. and force the weights backwards
I this motion benefits the muscles of the
Il
muscles Of the arms. Bend back still fur
ther. and the small Of the back Is acted
/ upon bencncially Then bend forward At
the hips. and the most sensitive portion
Of the body-the abd0men-wiil b.
strengthened. The abdominal muscles need
more exercise perhaps, than any other.
and. as II rule, they get least. The 2bIo-
men is heir 10 al kinds OF Complaints.
T. remove the most of which only proper
/ exercise Is necessary.
CAUTION AND CLENERHrSS.
! In using this pulley, it should be re-
| uembered that a light weight Is best.
! IL is not the number Of times OF pulllns
/ that counts, 1t is the rapidity with Whlcn
/ the motions are made. Forty strokes 10
/ trs minute is about the average. although
! sns s,metimes becomes expert enough To
, run The number up 10 eighty.
/ With the cnest-weight about twenty OF
thirty minutes should be spent dnily-a
new motion being made as soon as IN" oii
/ one becomes tiresome-ten minutes WORK
with the chest-welght is. however, better
than no work at all
WOMEN WHO FXERCISE.
Mrs Van Rensselaer, Cruger. Julian
Gordon" believes in this apparatus ani
one forms part Of the furnishing OF heS
/ bedroom. She uses 1t with religious res4'
larity. both night and morning, ana II the
! erectness OF her form Is due at all 10 IN
+ usa there can be 10 better argument IN
its favor.
Punching an inflated rubber bag Is a
net exercise. with certain young women