The San Francisco call., 1897-05-30
FASHIONS FADS AND FANCIES OF THE SUMMER GIRL =:

that a woman to be thoroughly fashion
able must be muscular. The day OF the
fabby girl has departed.
What particular form will the athletic
fad take? 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 fingers. Here they are:
Golf, fencing, swimming, rowing. There
is strong tendency toward populariZing
the fourth in the category named. Welles
ley girls had ''crew" last year that took
spins on the river and lake. The gymna-
Sums at the girls colleges were exceed
ingIy 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 lot of things the summer
girl must know TO be athletic. If girl is
really going to enter into outdoor sports,
she must be absolutely correct in what
she does. Golf is considered rather
muscular game for woman, and so it ls.
Not only that but 1t is game that calls
for knowledge as well as skill. Take
driving" for instance. In this feature OF
golf, one must cultivate good style.
Style may not be of the great Importance
which some veterans insist on, but who
can deny that a good style is distinct
advantage to the summer girl who wishes
to become good player?
This is where the knowledge comes in.
To make good drive the club should be
grasped firmly with the left hand, the
right being used more to guide the direc-
ton, the two hands as close as conven-
iently possible, the left being few inches
from the top of the shaft. Hold the club
well home in the palm of the left hand
and more in the fingers with the right.
The ball should be just opposite the hands;
that is, the ball, club, shaft and hand and
eye should all be in the same vertical plane
and the club resting lightly on the heel,
should be at an exact right angle with the
bal's 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
stard firm, with her legs about eighteen
inches apart, the left toe slightly in ad-
vance OF the right. In this posture she
should execute the waggle.
The ideal waggle consists of q gentle
swaying to and fro once or twice only
with the club over the ball, and in the
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head of the club ought to describe in the
actual stroke. The player should waggle
with her wrists only. She should let the
club head rest again for moment be-
hind the ball before making her upward
swing, her left elbow slightly squared,
her right at an easy angle, and her hands
well down about on 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 off the bali,
allowing the body to turn gently with its
weight upon the right foot, raising the
left heel slightly off the ground, per-
fectly natural motion. She should keep
the head of her club perfectly steady and
let her upward and downward swing be
practically one motion.
When the young woman comes to fence
she will find the one thing it is necessary
for her to pay particular attention to is
the parry. The safest advice to give to
her is to practice assiduou all the par
ries, excepting. perhaps, the one known
as the prime, which is difficult TO execute
and very little used in foil play. As the
young woman becomes more dexterous
she will soon see for herself what guards
are the safest to rely upon. Successful
parrying depends to great extent upon a
trained instinct, which enables one to
foresee the dire ction of the opponents at
tack and upon accuracy and judgment in
executing a movement. The important
thing for the young woman to rememb Der
is that che must not be led off into max
ing her parry too wide, for in fencing, as
in everything else, the conservation of en-
ergy is vital.
1t is easy to see that If, upon her ad-
versary' feint in sixte, the summer girl
allows her blade to fly too far out to the
right she will be unable to get it back in
tine to parry the real thrust in quart.
Therefore, she should begin by trying to
make parrles too narrow. only broadening
them when she sees she is hit too often.
At the same time she should try to avoid
moving the arm, using the fingers and
wrist almost entirely. The greatest COM
pliment which can be paid fencer is to
say that her finger play is excellent. This
advice, if carefully followed, will give the
beginner 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 moments no.
tice, however, because it teaches one how
to swim without entering the water. This
is the way it is done. Take chair with
out back and place padded cushion on
the top On this the pupil balances her
self on her stomach. Then the in
structress shows her how to work her
hands, and wen they are ali right
her feet, and when the hands and
feet can do their part she makes them
work together in proper time. The pupil
stretches out straight from finger tips to
toes, palms downward. At the word
lone" the hands are quickly turned out
ward, while the arms are brought around
square with the shoulders. At two the
elbows are close TO the sides and the hands
are brought together between the chin
and breast.
At the word "three" the hands are sem
front to the full length of the arm with
energy and not in purely passive way
The legs should be carried well up under
the body and outward as much as pos
sible at every stroke. The toes should bs
pointed upward toward the Sims before
each kick. The object of turning the toe,
up is to get all the advantage possibI.
from them, as it is in the stroke that the
power is applied with the fat of the soIes
The feet ought to be turned out till tn,
toes are in line with the elbows just befor,
the kick. After vigorous kick turn th,