The Indianapolis journal., 1896-03-15
ANOTHER LENTEN FAD
WOMEN ARE TURNING ATTENTION
To PHYSICAL CULTURE.
Fencing Lessons and Rowling Par-
ties--A New Fashion I'm Diaries
Personal Notes.

The women have taken to a. fad for
physical culture these Lenten days. and
they are pursuing it with a commendable
energy. The bicycle, which has come into
such general use. is responsible for much OF
this. The exhilaratIon agd fascination of
the wheel awakens desire to do other
athletic things, so with the social quiet ana
consequent dragging OF time something
must be done There are several classes
IN physical culture, where the women I'm
oloomers and blouses turn, twiet, jump and
perform gyrations to strengthen the vari
Gus muscles Wheeling is the order from
TO III, and then TO physical culture for an
hour. In the afternoon another hour of
wheeling. and then to fencing lesson
loose garb again for an hour. with thrust
and parry, lunge and guard. By this time
there Is not muscle OF the body that has
not been brought into use. A noted phv
sician has said that fencing will cure sciat-
lca- In the evening the woman with her
husband and a party of friends. will go TO
the German House or some other con-
Venient place and bowl, resting between
times and finishing up the day with a
Outcn lunch and a song. There are
days In the week when the club may take
her time for two hours in the morning OF
AFTERNOON she may possibly have to give
some time to preparing a paper for a con-
Versation or a solo for the club. She wastes
no time. however. in literary way. for she
has given herself up, heart and soul, to
being strong and well developed. 1t is a
Dutch treat all around. Every woman
pays for herself, but everyone feels a per-
feet right to join in and pay her share and
have her part of the fun. There is a good
fellowship in doing these things that all
the society affairs for a season cannot
give.
Until Lent began there was a round OF
various teas, receptions, dinners and lunch
cons, until no one had much time except
TO keep the wardrobe up and see that no
invitation was neglected. With no recep-
tions or parties and only a few small COM
panies. the main portion Of the social world
is devoting itself to athletics.
One girl is preparing to hand down TO
posterity an account of herself and her do
ings, and she has book in which she
keeps an interesting account of herself
She has a description of her debut party,
with a picture OF herself as she appeared
on that occasion Then she has pictures OF
her room, scraps OF her dresses and photo
graphs taken on many Journeyings. Sou
venirs of trips are also in the book. all
appropriately labeled. This fashion of
keeping record of ones doings is growing
In favor. The bride book Is one that in
after years will be looked over with inter-
est This has the complete account of the
wedding, with the signatures OF the guests,
the name of the minister, the music the at
tendants. descriptions OF the gowns, favors
snd, IN ract- every detail recorded, includ-
ing an account or the wedding trip, return
and receptions Some mothers have pic
lures OF the babies taken, often at first
and less frequently later, when there Is not
ha kC Qra flra
diaries, nor are they meant to be- but are
fued with pictures, which often are more
SHOWS now much peasure comes at the
sight or an early picture. A young mother
Of this city has book with all the pictures
ever taken OF her children, and il is one
of her most priceless treasures.
A fashion writer says that American
Beauty roses are the flower In greatest ia
vor. and the way to make them an acces-
sorry of the toilet is not to pin them to the
coat or dress. but to thrust them in the card
case or pocketbook or in the prayer book Qf
you are attending Lenten services) The
same authority says that a lady's bouton-
Mere should be worn on the right side while
a man must wear his on his left lapel OF the
coat
The Philadelphia Times had an article re-
Gently on the fad for collecting pitchers, and
this interesting paragraph is taken from it:
'.As fad 1t is as harmless as it is inter-
esting. and in both respects 1t ranks with
the craze for pitchers great and small. An
years in Japan. managed while there to ac-
cumulate more than thousand, OF which
no no s Two & had 9 the same same pattern There were
big pots, little ones; pots in glaze, in crackle.
in yelOws and browns and reds and blacks.
the lid and could be set at any angle. Others
were in the shape OF birds beasts and fowls,
not not to mention , fish. G frogs beetle or two
pressed into service as a model. There were
lotus-bud pots, and other pots in semblance
fair held three gallons, and at least dozen
specimens would not have contained a thim-
bleful- Among these We're several swans
Of neck and feather, and Of size TO be hid
den in the palm Of your hand.
As to material, there were inlaid silver.
hammered copper, iron-most exquisitely
wrought-silver-gilt alloys. and all the myr-
fet c sorts hera OIL apanese potery i ls was IN
an eye over the ranks of them. Several
specimens had cost nearly 500 each: yet,
in the far East. many of the others had
been bought for a few cents. Yet altogether
the assemblage was reckoned TO be worth
5000
do you ever notice how cleanly shaven
that man is?' asked a young woman point
ing to a merchant well known on Main
street the other day. When she was an
swered in the affirmative. the young woman
continued:
Wen. that shows what a woman can do.
his wife shaves him. I surprise you?
would surprise you more IL i told you the
names of a dozen more well-known mer-
chants who indulge their whimS and their
wives desires in this direction. II almost
mointed TO a fad for time. and was at
its height last summer. A Louisville woman
who was visiting East saw some women
BARRIERS at work in New York, and as she
noted the ease and grace with which the
professionals removed the superfiuous hirsute
growth she concluded she would try it when
she. returned home Her husband objected
at first, but when he was finally induced 10
subject himself 10 the ordeal ne congratu-
lated himself on the result. After that ne
would not allow regular barber to touch
his face. The fad spread. and I couldn't tell
you how many more followed s1it."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal-
Personal and Society.
Mrs. Mason. OF Louisville. Is the guest OF
Mrs. Arthur Boothby
Miss Kate Kane. Of Rosston, is visiting
Mrs T. @. Cochrane.
Miss Minnie Il. Akass entertained the
Ace Of Clubs Tuesday evening
Miss Florence Coffin entertained the
Ladies' Whist Club last evening.
Mrs J. r. Isgrigg. of Chicago. came Fri
day evening 10 visit Mrs. Alex Isgrigg.
Mrs. Bowen. OF Chicago. who is visiting
Mrs. Byron Hutchinson, viii return home
tomorrow.