The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
WOMEN CROWD THE GYMS,
NETEB WAS IHERE seen 4 CRAzE
ron ATHLETICS IMONG THEM.
Health and StrenRth Increased by sps.
temstic observation-disclosures Girls and
women Refreshed by AthIctIcs-JItp
aymnasIems-Eneet of Btcyrie RId,uv.

-e-ANh hhu FNreuRtn increased nv FHA.
tsmstic Exercise -worhinR Girls aud
Women Refreshed by Athletics City
9Smnasisms-Eneet of Bicycie Riding.
Never before were athletics so popular among
women. Institutions of an athletic nature are
booming now as they have never doomed before.
women are enthusiastic over indoor and out
door sports, and their enthusiasm isn't that OF
spectators, either. They want to do their own
nigh v%aulting, broad jumping, hurdle racing,
and other exercises instead of watching their
brothers.. They do them well, too, and IL won't
oe long before teams from the girls colleges
VIII DO matched against teams from the boys
schools and colleges,
And why shouldn't they ?" said q stnId old
professor, after witnessing the co-dcmonstra.
son at tho Teachers College ten days ago.
Ihey 20 to q dance and dance together until
al hours or the night. Why shouldn't they
meet on the field, In tho open air, In an exer-
else much better for their physical and there
sore mental being than dancingp The only diff
Fsfence that l can see Is that at the dances the
eiris wear their dresses short At the top, while
~ the games they would wear them short Mt
she bottom, and for my part / Ike the
eymnastic costume best. To the dogs
with conventioni People used to think that
mat was 90 far superior 10 woman that It was
useless to match her against him mentally,
That has been clearly ana thoroughly disproved.
Now people think that 1t Ia nonscnsical to pit
girls strength against that OF a hoy. Nom
eensel The thing hasn't been tried. I'd be will
ing to stake twelve girls who had been thor
oughly trained against twelve boys of equal
weight who had taken the same course Of in
etruction. We'll have this thing tested In n few
gears, too" he concluded defiantly, while his
wife demonstrated with him,
Perhaps the professor was right, after all.
There are only two public gymnasiums for
women in this city. though the Young Woman's
Cbris,ian Associo,ion ia wortino raSv ho-% 80
erect q third. These are the Berkeley Lyceum
and DR.. sayace's institution for physical de.
vslonment. Poll hnvs Ans, closed mo mas, snc-
veiopmeht' both nave Just cioseo the most sue
ccssful season In their history. Miss Marian
tbs SAVAGE rrmnosinn, sha b.asonn,a, 1890
the savage gymnasium. she has several women
retingale. When a visitor dropped into the
rvmnasium nroner a fsw aars aro tour - : Ave-
young women in dark blue boomers and blouses,
vet off bv n scarlet t,e and .asb were going
through a series OF g~yrations on high and low
parallel bars and vaultine poles with a quick
nsss and s.sa ,hs, worId haa. as,anishad ~.
schoolboy athletes Of New York and Brooklyn.
,,.. p".e,a oi..."' pupn'' Api"
MISS fetlngale. "Two have spinal curvatures,
~ ~. shon,der ond ~. St,h r.aH Irn"a
or course. their work is light and they cant do
one Of he Girls With a cnrvatnre ran ronna thhs
Sni Hl Iita tkka eiS wind ana SSuiiv vmn ran io o1 ,hu a.
9ns snp hold 96u of 2 bar ; , and I'd in q few seconds was
"Gracionsi' said the visi,or. ";f tho ueaL
do . .hs.; what on earth do r. strong ones deT,
should have been here on our closing nipbt'
Last year we took a vote as to whether the girls
s brothers ss,- and fathers s.ns ss should nn, be invited :. the
Votes. and these girls said thew didn't mind the
men Int their Mothers Il ii NJ snnrnve ~ wononp
in hloomsrs arerc;sina haFnr. "pp,o'e IN uaan
we didn,t even have a 5iscnesinn az ~ wi {bb"ar
80 ~ " ANb''t
the men ovarian y = rsTed tbe Il nI aenl0h such in anu
est as thew displsyed in the Strength
bali teams met the men sbonte ed for for t their fsxer-
ties verv nc' ~ = ,b mo orsnp u az q a y me- q inpoa1
changad ft is n Io %nn@ar Hnmei -s ZINES nave
FOR a woman to ipduIas in stbietics in the nrese
nastios m"n; s emd \ hSSa as ay g ina s Gu ' rece %ym-
Mneh Of Il Is Z dur dur tn r. d r.s an f ir S ! iie1 oDy::
2 aof DEMAND al edef for f. 're Wem q love wb ror r hhot = w6 snd
erest deal anS tbat Tho n rm muscle whe "f
Their tn II . legs SnG dsyelop 10 very ssyo,1 pap, ,hsir and they
the upper portion Of the body. The mornings
the eye epii are ~ given over tn Wom u.nSs snd iii
whS. w sSS s; auriRS the d nHms Many y, nisb teachers RscS,
class has two lessons a week. and the women's
s CLASSES s Hysr 20 ,h so :,I the ai,eIno c11.. CLASSES s1 Of
the evening classes 90 each. These figures give |
an idea Of the interest women are taking in
has increased more than any so far as numbers
Are Concerned II was Organized two wears ago |
Most ~ the mann hers are stronvlookinv nrettv
Young women There are three or four WIN
Are becomine slightly gray. They have nd.
vanced so RAPIDLY in two Years that they've gone
hevond nv strepgtb almost and nssxt Gear
viii have an extra cour., under Prof
,Isrdine instructor in the mems pvm.
nssinm TSnow ali m these SS,ris
weii and often when tbev come in tbev sov tfhev
sre too Tired 10 nut on their boomers: but a few few
minntes snent IN e4ercisinp sends the blood Nv.
ING and soon thew sav thev are rested MANY 81
thse ~ wbn co,nn here r n a strong n a nan
There are two bask ethaii teams in The eyenin1
class and when thai niave6 MT the exhihitioS
The coms Iastaa tbirtv minntes Tho wipnipn
side maLinu three unaiS " 'N ~
~ trv 10 carry out The ten.point svstem with
thu evenine ciasses Tbe 6rst nn;nt "a marchipu
ana free work with the arms without dnmS
bells or Indian clubs: the second is the lower
cbas, novaman, In xbich ~ Io,rar nart ~ ~
chest "a Jexeioned The thir1 ia anna ntns wors
on living rings. horizontal bars ihieh and low
oaranaI sbara Ltah jnmnirg al innnninw
Rsrsan,r% and ~ on. thpa so,rr,h IT,J ia phnaff'
norse-work; ahu ~ ~ to9rth point 10