The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-05
Interests Of Women and the Home.

enthusiast "They don't. Watch 'em
as they file up to the desk there to pay
their checks. At least twenty-five have
have been up since we've been sit
ting here, and not one has stood cor
rectly. Look at that stout woman there
now with her abdomen thrown out and
the upper part of her body held back.
She probably lies awake nights worry
ing because she is losing sight of her
waist, and yet her habitual method Of
standing is just the cause of the
trouble. Glance at the thin, delicate
looking woman behind her. The posi-
tion of her body is all wrong. You can
see that her abdominal muscles are
thoroughly relaxed. SO it Is with the
next in line. The fourth woman throws
nearly all her weight on one side when
she stands, and you can see that this
| had changed the shape of one hip.
Thus it goes. One woman stands so
! that one shoulder grows higher than
the other or her back gets twisted and
another becomes lop-sided In some 9TH
er way. A mother or teacher who does
not train the young intrusted to her
I care to stand correctly is guilty of al
most q crime. The harm done to the
pared to the injury done to the ma
chinery inside.
american women have, as a rule,
| disagreeable nasal voices. If they only
| knew it, it all comes from their not
| knowing how to stand properly. The
| only woman in this country who, as a
| rule, have sweet voices are the South
ern women, and the only way / can
l q 70 n to 4 Iof hat CT n
| at all except when they are absolute
| ly obliged to. 1t isn't that they know
how to stand any better than their
Northern sisters, but they have pre-
diection for sitting or reclining, If you
| don't believe what I saw about nasal
voices go into any school in this city,
| public or private, and listen to fifty
or a hundred pupils read; they will
| nearly all read through their noses in
| stead of through their mouths. If a
| child has been taught to stand with
| shoulders thrown back, lungs expand
ed, the abdominal muscles held tense,
the body bent slightly forward, so as
| to distribute the weight equally on the
| ball of each foot, the voice will come
| rich and clear and full straight from
| the mouth instead of meandering
around inside, avoiding the vocal
chords altogether, and finally making
it's escape with a disagreeable rasp
through the nose"
What have you to say about women
not knowing how to sit?" asked the old
lady.
IMPROPER SITTING.
THAT they don't even know how to
sit as we'll as they know how to stand"
she answered, jerking out each word
distinctly. when girl first goes in
for physical training the teacher should
teach her to eat wholesome food, such
as steaks, chops rare roast beef, whole
| wheat, bread and vegetables. Girls
| don't need tea and coffee, but should
drink milk, plenty of it, instead. Next
she would teach them in on regular
training. Look around in this restau-
rant. only see one woman who is
| sitting correctly"
| "Who is that?" interrupted the girl,
| eagerly, throwing herself into a grace
! full attitude.
That's myself" responded the teach
er with a laugh.
"Why, l couldn't sit up and never
touch the back of the chair as you do, /"
blurted the girl.
1 L
| siast, because you've never been
taught to sit properly. I can ride all
day in a car or a boat without once
touching the back of the seat, and not
feel as tired at the end of the journey
as the women who have lounged around
all day and bolstered their backs up
with pillows. 1t is not good thing
| always to sit with the spinal column
| np ho al,
were given us to lean on, and every
person should learn to lean on them
early in life. otherwise they become
weak and flabby. Muscles that are not
used grow useless. We wouldn't hear
so much about backaches if women
would sit more correctly. I forgot to
tell you that nine out of every ten wo-
men are naturally pigeon-toed. This is
because they do not turn their toes
out properly in walking. However
things are changing. New York now
has scores of gymnasiums well patron
| lied by girls and women during the
| winter months, and the rest of the year
| they devote themselves to outdoor
| sports with a zest just little short OF
that of the men. The beneficial effects
| of women's interests in physical devel-
opment are already apparent. The wo-
men of this generation are undoubtedly
physically superior to those of the fast
and the next generation is bound tc
show even greater improvement. Some,
body once defined physical culture as
the symmetrical development of the
soul. That being the case, the coming
generation ought to be stronger moral.
ly than the present; but that remains
to be seen"
Tut, tut, TUT" exclaimed the ole
lady, piling her parcels one on the
other "I'll let you say that the womer
of today and the future are stronger
than their grandmothers We're physi.
cally, but 1 won't let the intimatior
that they are better morally go un'
challenged"
oh" said the young girl as the three
started out, don't you know it is ad,
mitted, dear granma, that strength OF
body brings strength of mind and NOR.
ais in it's train?"
HARD TO BEAR.
/ stopped on the steps ere / rang the bel
And gave her brother a quarter,
A thing that Is always Just as WELL