The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-12
THEY WISH TO EXCEL
GIRLS NOW WANT TO DISTINGUISH
THEMSELVES IN ATHLETICS.

~aoAxs SWlmminBs = EonclnB anu moving Aro
Popular with Them-The Fashion Is
Now to he Muscular-How to Swim on
! Dry Land.
The summer girl Of 1897 Is to be dis
tlnctly an athlete. She may still cling to
the flufilness of other years when she Is in
dulging In a promenade upon the hotel
veranda or along the beach, but this will
disappear when the hour for athletics ar
rives. It Is all the outgrowth Of the idea
that q woman to be thoroughly fashion
able must be muscular. The day Of the
flabby girl has departed.
What particular form will the athletic
fad takef This Is the question the moth
ers and fathers Of the summer girl have
been asking. You can count the branches
OF the fad on four fiugers. Here they are
golf. fencing, swimming and rowing.
There Is strong tendency toward popu-
larising the fourth in the category named
Wellesley girls have a"crew," and the
gymnasiums at the girls colleges are ex-
ccedingly well patronized by the students.
Perhaps one might not think IL. but very
many Of those same students are summer
girls-the simon pure article.
There are lot Of things the summer
girl must know to be athletic. II . girl IL
really going to enter into outdoor sports,
she must be absolutely correct In what she
does. Golf Is considered rather muscu-
lar game for woman, and 90 IL 10. Not
only that, but It Is game that calls for
knowledge as well as skill. Take "driv-
Ing" for instance. In this feature of golf
one must cultivate a good style. Style
may not be Of the great Importance which
some veterans insist on, but who can deny
that good style is distinct advantage
TO summer girl who wishes to become
good playeri
This Is where the knowledge comes in.
TO make good drive the club should be
sraspcd firmly with the left hand, the
Sign. being used more to guide the direc-
sion, the two hands a. close a. convenient
~ possible. the left being q few inches
from the top Of the shaft. Hold the club
we'll home in the palm Of the left hand and
moro In tho fingers with the right. Tho
ball should be just opposite the hands
that 10, the ball, club, shaft and hand and
eye should all be In the same vertical
plane, and the club, resting lightly on tho
heel, should be at an exact right angle
with the ball g intended direction Of flight.
Thus the players hands will be slightly
In advance Of nm imaginary line drawn
vertically down tho center of her body.
She should stand flrm. with her feet about
Is inches apart, the left toe slightly In ad.
vance of the right.
In this posture she should execute the
wsggle Tho ideal wsgsle consists of q
gentle swaying TO and fro once or twice
only with tho club over the ball and In
the same vertical plane ~ the arc which
the head Of the club ought 10 describs In
the actual stroke. ''s
Tho player should wsggle with her
wrists only. She should lee the club head
xest again fogA moment behind the ball
psfoFe making Der upward swing, her left
elbow dignity squared. her right st an
eay anglo and her hands we'll down about
on level with her bait. Then she should
swing her club hack 10 . horizontal posi-.
Sion bshIDd the head, never for . second
'nkiDg her eye OF The ball. alIowins the