The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-21

work July 2O.-Woman. as we all
a. no longer weak. That is, physi-
NJ There was a time-but why not let
On - hurry its dead? The present and
-r1stic girl belong to each other.
are now adays women, sweet, ten
.ron4n. who have made themselves
inns at rowing. boxing. teeth lift
!, fencing. bicycle riding and heavy
-,, lifting. The conjecture has been
- that the twentieth century prize
mill have no king. She will be queen.
che weight lifting field of feminine
,..,or which requires no slight expen-
- of strength and muscle, there are
al champions, not only in America,
=. in France, Germany and England.
=. e-ats of these fair ones appear hardly
.,ille and only the fact that they have
III. records before competent judges in
.sf,, exhibitions places their powers be-
yoni question.
:, england the champion strong woman
,ns Athleta, a good looking, we'll form
=, Muscular specimen of wOmanhood who
,.s thrown down the gauntlet to Ameri-
.s champion strong woman Minerva
r,ossie LIE Blanche and to Yucca. Athleta
...r5s feet inches in hight and weighs
"a mounds and her bust measurement is
- inches. Among the feats of strength
che performs is the notable one of swing
ne chair with her teeth all around her
avn head She also holds a pyramid of
She lifts also 40 pound man up in a
chair with her teeth, or an anval 300 pounds
IN weight Holding a 56-pound weight at
arms length in each hand is a bagatelle to
her She is like wise deft at lifting 13O-
pound dumbbell over her head with one
arm Often she has held 56-pound weight
IN each hand, while she lifted 30 pounds
with her teeth She can lift up a barrel
with three heavy men on 1t, and barrel
Of water Weighing 600 pounds, the latter
feat being performed with her teeth alone.
She raises an anval, Weighing 300 pounds
with one finger A horse with harness
and sings weighing $40 pounds has often
been suspended in the air on her hands.
Athleta four years ago was unknown to
fame Practice with the gymnasium med
icine ball began TO develop her muscle
and increase her strength. The medicine
ball is an ordinary covered sphere about
twice the size of a foot ball. 1t is filed
inside with hair and Irvine and made to
weigh about p pounds. The weight is so
easily distributed and the ball so large
that it does not seem, when handled, one
half its weight. II was Athleta's favorite
exercise although she daily worked with
dumbbells pulleys and the like. She
says the medicine ball is the best to devel-
op muscle and increase the strength of
females because 1t can be used with per-
feet safety In normal conditions and the
movements made with it will have a ten
dency TO build up the back. exercise the
waist and limbs and enlarge the chest.
Athleta who has made a study of physi-
cal training and has tutored several fe-
males in England said on this subject:
The principal object in training for the
athletic arena or the prize ring is to in
crease the physical strength and to i'm
prove the free actions of the lungs. This
IS accomplished by regimen and exercise.
The bones and their ligaments; the mus
cles, the tendons, and all the finer and
more flexible parts of the body are con-
tinually renewed and are as properly a
secretion as is the saliva that flows from
the mouth or the moisture that bedews the
skin The health of all parts of the body
depends on perpetual absorption removal
ton promotes life. Since the human
frame is thus capable of being altered
and renovated 1t is not surprising that the
art of training should be carried to a
degree of perfection almost incredible
and thai by certain processes the lung
power and courage of a female should be
so greatly improved as to enable her to
perform the most laborious undertake
ings."
That such effects have been produced
is unquestioned, being fully exemplifed
In the astonishing exploits of our most
celebrated feminine athletes, which are
the invariable results of such preparatory
discipline. Athleta has just as great Il
reputation as a female champion in ath-
latics in England as Minerva the female
champion enjoys in this country and she
has an idea that there is no female in the
world who can successfully lift dumb bells
and heavy weights or compete in a series
OF al around athletic exercises with her
SELF Athleta has a number OF admirers
who believe no one can defeat her and it
Is in a contest in the above performances
mat she has challenged Minerva, the
champion strong woman of America, for
$1,000 and the female heavyweight lift
ing championship of the world.
The only hitch in the proposed match
Is the circumstance that Mile. Athleta de-
slres the contest to take place in Eng
and. while Minerva is eager that the
question of superiority be decided in this
country. However, it is expected that
Minerva will finally go to England to
meet Athleta
Minerva, the American champion, is
an excellent specimen of physical wo-
manhood. Her right arm at the biceps
muscle measures 17A inches. She is the
laughter of Dr. Joseph Schaner, a we'll
AIoWn physician of Hoboken, N. j., and
vas born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1865
Ike Athleta, the English Samson, Min
eEa commenced practice with light
" %eIshts IN a gymnasium, and when only
- years old could juggle 20-pound dumb
peil' In 1887 she came to this country
lU under Prof. Charles c. Blatt gained
- t"Ign OF her strength and began to give
~ tALlpluons in lifting light dumb bells and
s SaI nelIs' BY degrees she developed her
o., until able to perform wonder
iul ieats of strength.
.ll"erVa is taller, heavier and no doubt
~ ,ionser than either Mile Athleta, the
--''SHSh female champion: Mile. Bronx
+ HaVaCian strong woman; Angela,
~ italian champion, or Tulla. the Ger
female champion. Minerva stands
o. ieel t72 inches in hight, is 20 years
o+ ,,, ana weighs 100 pounds. She is the
y. i,e strong" woman who has ever fair
= e +illed 800 pounds in America. She has