The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-23

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/ of jury and spectators alike on the coca
/ sion of breach of promise trials. MY
! dearest" one runs, 4 lay awake thinking
| Of you alone nearly all last night l Won
/ der if you were thinking Of me! 90 WISH
/ ] were certain you loved me as love you.
! and so on ad nauseam. The letters are
/ really all on a par, and il would he un-
| interesting to quote from them.
But it is not in letters alone that these
/ extraordinarily weak-minded, foolish, hys-
! terical girls reveal their maiden love"
| An acquaintance of NINE who is a gov
! erness at a girls boarding school, over
| heard the following sensible dialogue be-
tween two girls, aged. respectively, Is and
| II: Younger Girl: "Oh, Katie. l wish
| you knew how l adOred you! l love you
| better than any one in the whole world!'
| Elder Girl: Hush Lucy, dear-think OF
| your mother"
There is no exaggeration in this picture
| of girl lovers. Every boarding school fur
| nishes examples OF this morbid and abb
| normal affection; and, although the nor
| NAL, healthy minded, tennis playing, cy-
| cling, athletic, studious or dOmestcated
| girl would shudder at the bare idea of
| such foolishness there are many and
| many girls who possess none of these
steadying and physically and mentally
| strengthening attributes. These usually
| become the typical confirmed old maid,
| whose affection is ultimately bestowed
| upon favOrite cat or an oVerfed dog,
| which she probably "adores" in much the
| same way as she loved her school com
panion in her younger days.
Cycling has become both a science and
| an art, science being merely a big word
for knowing how and art. "the best
way" Misapplied effort never met with
| less encouragement than it does awheel,
| says an expert in the New York Journal
| 1t means visible discomfort, loss of pleas
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rider, to say nothing of the distressing
| spectacle she presents or the ridicule and
amusement afforded the passers-by.
o, wad some power the giftie gle US
| To see oursels as ithers see u.s.
The beginner. who has been told to ''sit
| up straight" assumes a painfully erect
| position. If the saddle is not properly ad-
| justed the tip of the spine comes in con-
tact with it, and the Earring is most IN
| furious to the spinal column Again, the
rider in this posture depends upon the leg
muscle alone for propulsion, as the weight
| OF the trunk is thrown entirely upon the
saddle. This is a great loss of power.
The opposite extreme is affected by
| would-be scorchers, never by the genuine
| one. The correct far-forward posture de-
mands the lowered handlebar so that the
arms can be extended. The bend is at the
| hips, the chest is not contracted, nor the
| shoulders rounded This posture may be
used for a short distance occasionally by
| women, but is dangerous in the extreme
| for habtual riding. No position should be
| taken that admits of the downward press
| ure on the abdominal contents.
| An awkward position is sure to result If
| the saddle is too far back and too low.
! There is also great waste of effort. The
| knee Is in painful evidence; no good ank-
| lie movement is possible; the shoulders are
| apt to be rounded in the effort to reach
the handle-bars, and hill climbing is al
| most impossible. OVerstout women fire.
| quently assume this position because of a
| desire of being near the ground, and
mounting and dismounting are easier.
Then there is the girl with her saddle
| too high. The fault in position is not SO
easily detected. If you notice the foot
on the pedal at the lowest point. you will
| find it is only reached tiptoed, as it were.
| There is also a slight lateral twist of the
lower back muscles and hips, which be-
| comes very apparent in hill climbing.
| With the handle-bars too high, the
| arms are too much bent at the elbow, and
| there is a loss of steadiness.
| The position is regulated mainly by ID
the inclination of the trunk forward; 90
the relative position Of trunk and saddle;
go the adjustment of handle-bars and sad
die.
With body and saddle in the proper rela-
tive position the weight is supported
where the pelvic bones rest on the saddle,
and there should be no pressure at any
other point. The tilt of the saddle should
correspond to the inclination of the body,
| and the trunk and saddle should always
form a right angle.
A good test of the hight Of the saddle is
made by first placing the saddle far
enough forward to put the rider we'll over
her work-the forward tilt to correspond
with the inclination of the body. If, sit
ting in the saddle, the foot can be placed
| he a1a1 hot ha cd al srrt1
rest on the instep, but almost in a llori
zontal line with the toe, the hight Is right
These are some things that a saddle
should not be:
For the average woman rider
1t should not be soft and springy.
It should not be too hard.
1t should not be too narrow.
II should not have long peak or horn.
II should
Give equal support to both sides of the
body.
Be so adjusted that there is no anterior
? pressure.
There must be perfect freedom Of move
ment at the hip joint. A saddle with too
, broad a horn restricts the free action Of
! the thigh muscles.
, My first and last advice to women Is
, Learn to use your wrench and adjust YOU
own saddle, bearing in mind the best DO
siton for the saddle and yourself.
2 That time-honored subject, the kitchen
has become a new fad In this city, ant
bachelor woman has made 1t popular
says Cleveland writer in the New Yorl
Press. Miss Mary c. Quintrell is a wo
man Of Independent fortune, who live.
alone in large house in the most aristo
cratic part of Euclid avenue Will,
Miss Quintrell Is by no means at the me
: ridian of life, she has reached that periot
] whore she is not afraid to carry out hel
; own Ideas, particularly where comfort Il
I concerned.
THE Kitchen" Miss Quntrell says, 81
I the most healthful and ought to be tn,
most cheerful room In every house. be
lieve that the steam which rises from saw
! DRY stews and from the tea kettle, and tn,
Z odor OF cooking food. such as a broile,
! beefsteak are nourishing to those In deli
cate health and stimulating to the strong
, II had family of children their cradles
Z I should be keDt IN the kitchen and fhe1