The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-24
woMAN,s WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Freshmen and Sophomores at Smith Col
1ege Play Basket Ball.
The girls at Smith college have had
beautiful match game of basket ball un
der the direction of their teacher of
gymnastics, Miss Bereuson, and under
the eye of their president, Dr.. Seelye.
They were uniformed in blouses and
gymnasium Turkish trousers, and the
ball they used was the regular Rugby
football The game consisted IN getting
the ball into the SO called basket, which
is made of iron and netting. The sophie
mores and freshmen girls contested, and
the sophs won because they had had
training the previous year and had
gained in strength and skill. In this
kind of girls football playing no yells
were permitted; neither was player al
lowed to knock the ball out of another's
hand This made decent, civilized
sort of ball game. But the contest was
none the less spirited ON that account
When at the close the sophomores won,
they We're so carried away with enthusi-
asm that they hoisted their captain,
Miss Dustin, upon their shoulders and
carried her home. What strong, SPLEEN
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children will not be rickety, consump-
tive or weakly" And whether they
marry or stay single they will be beau
tiful,. healthy women, with finely devel-
oped figures. When they become middle
aged they will not be fat and barrel
shaped and monstrous as so many Of
the middle aged women of today are.
1t is most unfortunate that so many
handsome American women tend to be-
come smothered in fat as they approach
old age. 1t can be avoided by right diet
and by just such exercises as the college
girls of today have taken up. glory in
those girls-how / do glory in them!
With plenty of outdoor air, with loose
garments and loose shoes, with Guilt
waited brains and system of physical
training which will perfect and develop
every muscle in the bodies of American
mothers and mothers that are to be, we
shall in time have in our republic race
as beautiful and perfect physically as
the ancient Greeks were and far superior
to them morally and spiritually-yes,
and intellectually, tool am not afraid
to say intellectually.
Ihave been much interested in sym
postum on dress published in The Ayant
Courier of Bozeman, Gallatin county,
Mon. Bozeman has its Magazine club,
which meets at the residences of mem
bers and discusses questions of living
interest. was glad to note that the
meeting at which the subject of dress
for women was talked over and at which
sentiments in favor of radical reform
were uttered was held at the home of a
minister, Rev. r. III. Donaldson. Where
ministers take advance ground on the
woman question it is not half so hard
for timid lady members of their flock to
speak out. Papers at this western SYM
postum were read by Mrs. F. w. Trap
hagen, Mrs L. Foster and Mrs. Matt
w. Anderson. The ladies were much
better acquainted with the Boston ra-
tional dress idea than most eastern
women have met, and all favored the
release of woman from trailing skirts
for work and outdoor exercise.
Until woman is allowed to have
ankles there is no hope for her brains, "
says Celia B. Whitehead.
ELIZA ARCs1ARD CONNER.
The Right Size of Extinguisher.