Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-27
IRL As ATHLETES.
Exercise to Harden the Muscles APP
proved by Fashion.

Exercise to Harden the Muscles APP
proved by Fashion.
The summer girl Of 1897 is to be distinctly
an athlete. She may still cling TO the
nufhness Of other years when she is iIdulg-
ing in a promenade upon the hotel ye.anda
or along the beach, says the New York
Herald, but this will disappear when the
hour for athletics arrives. 1t is all the out
| growth of the idea that a woman to be
thoroughly fashionable must be muscular.
The day of the haboy girl mas departed.
What particular fern will the athletic
fad take? This is the question the mothers
and fathers of the summer girl have been
asking. iou can count the branches OF the
fad on four fingers. Here they are. Golf,
fencing, swimming AMI rowing. There is a
strong tendency towIrd populariEils the
fourth in the category named. Wellesley
girls have a crew and the gymnSsiIms
at the girls colleges are exceedingly we'll
patronized by the students. Perhaps one
might not think it. but very many OF those
same students are summer girls-the simon
pure article.
There are a lot OF things the summer girl
must know 10 be athletic. II a girl Is really
going to enter into outdoor sporte she mus.
be absolutely correct in what she does. Golf
Is considered a rather muscular game for a
woman, and SO il is. Not only that, but it
Is a game that calls for knowledge as we'll
as kin Take driving" 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 a good stvle is a
distinct advantage to a umner girl Who
Wlshes TO become a good player?
IEIs Is where the knowledge comes in. To
make a good drive the club should be grasped
hrmly with the left hand, the right being
used mere 10 guide the direction. the Two
hands as close as conveniently possible. The
left being a few inches from the top of the
shaft. Hold the club well homo in the palm
OF the left hand and more "a the fingers with
me right. The ball should be just opposite
the hands; that is. the ball. club. shaft and
hanh and eye should all be in the sam vertl-
cal plane and the club. resting lightly on the
heel. should be at an exact right angle with
the balls Intended direction OF flight. Thus
The players hands will be slightly in advance
OF an imaginary line drawn vertically down
the center of her body. She should stand
hrm, with her feet about eighteen inches
apart, the left toe slightly in advance OF the
right.
In this posture she should execute the wag-
gle, The ideal waggle consists OF q gentle
swaying to and fro once or twice ONLY with
the club over the ball and IN the same yerti.
cal plane as the are which the head Of the
club ought 70 describe in the actual stroke,
The player should waggle with her wrists
only. She should let the club head rest again
for a moment behind the ball before makins
her upward swing, her left elbow slightly
squared, her right at an easy angle, and her
hands well down about on a level with her
belt, Then she should swing her club back
to a horizontal position behind the head
never for a second taking her eye of the ball.
allowing the body TO turn gently with its
weight upon the right foot. raising the left
heel slightly on the ground, a perfectly nat
ural motion. She should keep the head OF her
club perfectly steady and let her upward and
downward swing be practically one motion.
When the summer girl has learned ali
these things carefully she may be taught
10 swim. provided she does rot know how.
The method IL worthy of a moments notice.
however, because II teaches one how TO
swim without entering the water. Thk Is