Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-15
For Beauty Exercise-Mrs. Burke.
Roche Vaults-One Heiress Has
Silver Nails in Her Shoes and
Skins Through the Air Like a
Bird-Gowns Of Wool and Gold
Braid.

1t is very well to exercise in town
gymnasiums with their hard floors and
their close ceilings, but to get the
strength and beauty she Graves the
heiress must have Out-of-door gym"
where she can leap to heaven if her
limbs are strong enough to carry her
there, and fall upon the earth when she
gets tired.
A few days ago the first practicing Of
the season was done upon this green
sward. A lovely grassy carpet had
grown upon it since last year, and a
gardener had trimmed it into beauty.
All around its borders stood great tall
racks of gymnasium implements, vault
ing poles, dumb bells, lifting machines,
ropes, pulleys and punching bags, and
early in the day the one in charge of
this summer gymnasium had placed the
things in readiness for the days eXer-
else.
GIRLS WHO CAN JUMP.
The fayOrite outdoor exercise at this
Newport gymnasium is Vaulting. 1t is
difficult and dangerous 10 vault in the
house because of the hardness of the
falls, but out-of-do0rs the exercise is
ideal. And how these young ladies en-
joyed it! The humble spectator who
was allowed seat upon gorgeOusly
carved settle under the tallest tree, waa
moved to clap her hands many and
many a time at the feats performed.
A very fine vaulter is Mrs. Royal
Phelps Carroll, who is one Of the most
agile of all the fair gymnasts, and an
other is Mrs. Burke Roche, who, en-
vious people say, owes her beauty to
outdoor color and exercise rather than
to perfect features. She can easily
vault twelve feet with a vaulting pole,
and on trial can almost double this
record Still another enthusiastic
gymnast is Mrs. AstOr, whose prOwess
in the field of sport is still wholly I'M
told, and the five daughters Of Levi p.
Morton. Mrs. Astor's constant compan-
ions, jump, dance, punch the bag and do
all sorts of gymnastic out Of doors with
bOyish Zest.
But it is not wholly to marvel at
these feats of strength, for which the
spectator was partially prepared, which
sent her to see these girls and women
exercise, but to observe their cos
tunes, which are models Of simplicity
and wondrous art. They are cOmbina-
ions of French chic, German health
and Russian warmth. Not one of these
heiresses ever catches a cold in her
outdoor suit, no matter how Overheated
she may become, nor is she ever uncom-
fortably warm in it.
The girl who made the record in
vaulting that pleasant day last week
was a brunette whose name is very well
known in million dollar society annals,
and her gown was the most exquisite
thing ever planned for gymnasium.
Its skirt was warm, soft and full. Its
material was wool thrOughout-nOt
particle of cotton or linen in it. It's
thickness might have been nearly half
an inch-though probably less, as the
woolliness of the surface made it seem
greater than it was-and its weight was
less than a pound. The color was
deep crimson, and the shirt which went
with it was pale rose. 1t was also wooS
not silk.
A BIG SILVER BUTTON.
A very cunning thing about this skirt
was its fine white satin belt which was
narrow and of the finest quality 1t
had In the back one great silver but
ton that buttoned in the ordinary way,
and around the silk there was tiny
chasing of silver. This gave an air Of
much elegance to this useful gymna-
SUM suit
It is not pardonable to be too explicit
about what a young woman vaulter
wears underneath her jumping skirt
but. though this wool one had tiny Sits
her record breaking in mind the skirt
in the hem for the insertion of small
silver weights. when the owner had
few I'D enough to show very tall white
leather Ieggings buttoned with tiny sill
yer buttons. White portmonnaie lea
Their was used for the small woodland
shoes. and as they flashed through the
air they showed their sole-nails of sill
yer or nickle, like the famous shining
ones placed upon the dainty Maud 5.
by her indulgent owner.
The birds that fit irom tree to tree
declared that underneath this wool out
fit there was but one garment worn, an
entire suit Of white silk tights reaching
from chin to toe and without seam or
wrinkle. yet by no means too close-it-
ting to be slipped on and OIL Ike
flannel vest.
Mrs. Duncan Elliott now at Newport
for the whole season, finds il necessary
to exercise out of doors for the preserya-
ton Of the wonderful beauty which was
hers as Sallie Hargous. She used 10
ride a great deal, but of late has not the
health for this hard exercise; so she
suits her out door work to herself and
her health. Often she is seen standing
in full gymnasium suit watching her
young friends leap into the air and
more than once she has acted as record
taker. noting the height and manner OF
the Jumps and making awards.
Her. accustomed suit is all of cream
color. It's material is smoothest. thin
est outing flannel, almost gauZy in tex
ture. Its sleeves are to the elbow and
fashionably voluminous, and the neck
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