Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-30


swaying TO and fro once or twice oniy
With tho club over the ball and in the
same vertical plane as the arc, winch
,ha head of the club ought TO desctlDe
IN the actual stroke. The player shouiu
v,ae,s,le with her wrists only. she shouI'
let Tho club-head rest again for mo-
mAut behind the ball before making her
inward swing, her left elbow shshl'y
squared her right at an easy angie anu
her hands well down about on leNel
With her belt Then she should sWihs
/ her club back to a horizontal posl'on
behind the head, never Tor second
! totipg her eve off the ball, allowing the
| todv IN turn gently with its weight upon
~ right foot. raising the left heel slight
| lv off the ground, perfectly ha.ural
motion. She should keep the head OF hei
clnh perfectIy steady. and let her upward
| and downward swing be practically one
motion. 90
When the young woman comes 10
conco she will find the one thing 1t is
! -aceesarv for her 10 pay particular at
tention 10 is the parry. The safest ad-
,,,oo 70 Give 10 her is TO practice ASST
drouslv all the parties excepting, per-
hans the own known as prime, which Is
diGicult TO execute. and very little used
in foil play. AS the young woman be-
comes more dcxterous. she VIII soon see
for herself what guards are the safest
IN rely upon. Successful parrying de-
nends TO q great extent upon trained
instinct which enables one 20 foresee
the direction of the opponents attack,
and upon accuracy and judgment in exc
curtin, a movement. The important thing
for the Young woman TO rem ember is
tbat she must not Sc led of INTO making
her parry too wide, for in fencing. as IN
everything else. the conservation OF
| energy is vital.
II Is easy TO see that If. upon her ad-
versary's felnt In siXte. the summer girl
| allows her blade to fly too far out 10
tho right. she viii be unable 10 get IL
hack I'm time TO parry the real thrust in
Quart Therefore she should begin by
trying TO make parties too narrow. only
broadening them when she sees that she
q hit too often. 1T the same time, she
| should try to avoid moving the arm,
using the fingers and wrist almost en-
| tlrely. The greatest compliment which
| can be paid fencer is 10 say that her
| dnper-nlav is excellent. This advice II
| carefully followed. Will give the beginner
| q grace which will make her the envy of
| her companions
When the summer girl has learned all
| these things carefully. she may be taught
| to swim. provided she does not know
| how. The method IS worthy OF mo-
| rncnt's notice, however. because it teaches
| one how TO swim without entering the
water. This Is the way II is done. Take
| 4 chair without q back and place pad
| ded cushion on the TOP. On this the
pupn balances herself on her stomach.
! Then the instructress shows her how
/ TO work her hands. and when they are
| all right. her feet, and when the hands
and feet can DO their part she makes
| them both work together In proper time.
! The pupil stretches out straight from
finger tips to toes. palms downward. ~
| the word lone" the hands are quickly
turned outward. while the arms are
brought around square with the shoulders.
| Al two the elbows are close to the
| side and the hands are brought together
| between the chin and breast.
At the word three the hands are sent
| front to the full length OF the arm with
| energy. and not In purely passive way