The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-13

| them and she says also tnat the Improve
ment from year 10 year ID wonderful :
number OF my pupils have been with M
three TO five years, and l give them les
sons three times as hard as the beginner
OF their own age can take
This IL the only gymnasium in thu
city where boys and girls can be seer
working together. and IL gives VI, goot
chance TO Judge OF their relative physica
powers. We ind that the girls DO more
accurate work, but the boys are quicke'
and stronger.
.~rhis ,s true even Of the very young
children In the primary department.
| These iittle bows and girls 90 all theii
work together. and one WOULD think there
,vould h., ma difference In relative strength
lint the boys are stronger. This is be-
cause no matter now small boy Is he
il allowed 10 play outdoors. Then even
very little girl, are hampercd with dress.
physical culture Is SUPPOSED TO be
taught in the public schools. and it is
taught I'm nearly all fashionable board
ing schools. True, in some OF the lat
ter the teachers permit the pupils TO take
| their exercises in long skirts and c0rsets.
but most % them give the lessons in the
| evening and require the girls TO wear
gym suits.
/ Here 10 hov or girl is allowed on the
/ floor OF tie gymnasium in other than
I eymnastc drcss. Women are dressing
much more hygicnicaily than they did.
anyhow. and tins with increased out
| door and cyuaast'c exercise, is gradual
p, ly givin, thom strong physique
MY ambition is that this college shall
not accept candidate for teachers
diploma unless she comes UP TO the phys
zeal req ;ireiYenrs ut the sick teachers
20 some sLcre else for their diplomas, /
say
There is no reason why woman should
not be as healthy as man. said Dr. Geo.
7. Shrady. but she IS not. The majority
Of sick people are among womoa. They
have earned for themselves the title Of
the weaker sex. Woman is far more re-
sponsive and consequently more eNciiable
than man. and loss of vitality always fol-
lows undue excitement
"This very responsiveness I'm her nature.
which makes her so dear TO man. invites
fatigue instead of satisfactory cXhiiara-
ton Take the society woman. for an
example. She goes to excess in every
thing.
s"Pleasure becomes the hardest Kind Of
work to her She goes all day and far
into the night. and the next morning she
is apt 10 waste hours I'm bed when she
ought 10 be mp getting the fresh air. She
turns night into day. cheats herself out
OF her brcah'1t md compromises hv
talJng neal an ilGnirft. uneofting the
rhythm OF nature The best sleep Is OBJ
talned before midnight. between tho hours
Of 10 and H. and food is 90 the bottom Of
all regeneration.
80 what right has she 10 expect any
thing but physical degeneration;
"On the other hand the shop girl IS
anxious 10 make "a record 20 be- promoted,
and she ovcrstrains. The intellectual wo-
man works inordinately. and $50 Dr. goes.
She is so responsive that she even goes
10 excess iu taking exercise. It's always
Just ere dance more or lots wheel "a
few MCic T. HOS. OF skate around few
MO- tin.c-. iur'oad Of stopping when
they are mercy cHh ifrted and in con-
dtion 10 boz rhysics ily benefited. she goes
on until She is almost exhausted.
Woman isn't weaker because hor con-
stitution Is degenerate. but because she
doesn't take care of herself.
1.-THE most perfect woman physically
IS the most perfect home keeper. Her
only worry SIS 70 make her home healthy
and happy for herself and 70 give health
and happiness 10 her children. When
she sticks 10 that. her highest function
she enjoys the pleasures that come 10
such a home nationally. and docs not
throw the harmony Of her physical and
mental being ont OF gear.
"The mediocre woman is on level
physically and mentally with the
mediocre man. lie makes the
home and she gets the pleas
ure out of 10 for tho family. lie is tho
worker: she Is the general sympathizer
The greatest need I'm the nature of man is
the complimental support Of "a true wo-
man. and that Of woman Is the help Of
strong man. Women are intuitive.
men reason. Woman develops her
strength boy sympathy. man develops his
by opposition.
John L. Sullivan told me that the first
success Of "a prize fighter depended upon
his ability 20 take blows, not 10 give
them. Every man is a prize fighter in
the sense that his success depends upon
his ability 10 take punishment I'm this
world and many who have succeeded
would have failed If they had not had
women. with their wonderful sympathetic
responsiveness and natural intuition, To-
turn 10.
This takes as much strength from tho
woman as the punishment does from the
man. That's an old figure about the
ivy and the oak. but it's n good one.
"A big wind storm comes. and the
strong oak tremhles and would fall We're
IL not for the delicate ivy twined around
it. steadylng II until the storm has spent
Itself
ct requires woman Of steady nerve
10 keep healthy IN tine enticing environ
mcnts NJ to-day. and women generally
nre becoming more rational. They are
beginning 10 soc that II IS worth while 2
be healthy. They see that they can on
10Y themselves better II they are well
that they havo more appetite for wori
and pleasure II they are physically sound
II q woman wants any art let her miy
the colors for her home picture. That
what tho women Of America need-to look
after their homes take the pleasures an'
exercises that come into rational life
and a race OF strong women. I'm the truce
sense Of the word. viii follow."-New
York Sun.