The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-20


right principle
Ankles ShouId be Free.
81 notice that many women here wear
high laced shoes. That is a bad plan.
Shoes should be low In order 70 give the
ankles the freest possible play. Anklsng
is important II is Of the greatest SER
vice in climbing hills. but 1 see that few
women have mastered it, They should
get 2 Weber home trainer and learn
the art because il Will almost double
their powers Of propulsion and will de-
erase The likelihood Of their straining
/ themselves internally by hill climbing
The action of horses's pssterns is an
object lesson In ankling. On a wheel.
with proper ankiing. the downward
strokes Of the pedals will overlap and
the chain. even il it has stretched. will
be kept taut- To ankle the rider should
drop the heel and push forward just be-
fore reaching the top of the stroke. and
should raise the heel and push back Just
before reaching the bottom OF the stroke.
This action Is difficult al first. but il
pracriceG at home on trainer which
holds the wheel upright in position and
/ relieves the rider Of the work of trying
I TO balance. so that she may concentrate
ali her attention on the task Of learning
/ 30 use her ankles she will learn in a few
1 days. SO that the motion will be auto
I matte.
Practice on q Trainer.
/ 1T is not easy TO learn without a
| trainer, because ordinarily there are SO
many distractions. She must balance on
I the wheel and keep out OF the way of
/ other riders and think OF too many
! things at once. Ankling does not mean
/ increase in the expenditure Of muscular
[ energy; ii is simply the most advantage
/ Gus use cf muscular power.
Women are prone TO over-exert them
/ selves in hill climbing. They should not
/ wheel up Hill when il would be easier TO
| walk 1t is really d rest to dismount
/ and walk up with the left hand ON the
| handle bar and the right resting on the
| saddle. Almost all women have worn
/ corsets since they were little girls. con-
| sequently there are many small muscles
| bofn near the surface and far within
| quite undeveloped in them which in
| man are strong and afford him support
| The undue strain of hill climbing may in
| j9re these muscles seriously. 1t is hard
| ~ possible to be too careful.
Corsets Wicked.
| las ii would be altogether wrong to
| wear corsets while exercising on a wheel,
| / recommend to those who miss the sup
port which corsets afford the use of a
| wooden band, such as athletes often
wear. This will allow free play OF the
| muscles of the back and the abdomen and
a. tsAC SAINT ttl!IC tIE sup
| port.
| Il cannot be too strong against the use
| OF corsets when wheeling. They inter-
fere not only with the action of the
| lungs. but with the action of the heart
| as well. and consequently with the eircu-
| latlon of the blood. Watch the breath
| ing of Il babe. When he inhales his ab-
| domen presses forward. bulges out and
/ when he exhales, ii presses in, or con-
tracts This is h4TaflS4 af The OF If
! the diaphragm, or mdrif. which works
| like the piston OF pump. When the
! midrif Is drawn down and fattened il
/ draws air into the lungs, and at the
| same time 1t presses down against the
| contents of the abdomen, pushing them
| forward. Then as the air escapes from
/ the lungs the diaphragm reIaxes and the
| pressure on the contents of the abdomen
| being relaxed, they move back and the
/ abdomen contracts.
| Must Breathe Freely.
! "Corsets make this normal, healthy
| breathing impossible. They decrease the
| air space in the lungs and consequently.
| the amount of air that can be used TO
| oxgenate and purify the blood. and they
| hamper the action or the heart so that
| it cannot beat freely In the effort to
| get the needed air into the lungs the
/ chest muscles called into play I'M
| naturally and. of course. are weakened.
| Amer IAN women are too apt to ride
/ in clothing that is too thin. They should
! not wear cotton next the skin. Cotton
| does not absorb the moisture and is soon
/ soppy and chilling Jaeger or Jaros
woolcns in combination suits are best.
! The combination does away with over
/ tapping at the waist where really on ac-
/ count of the great number of blood yes
! sells, there is less protection against cold
| necessary than at other parts of the
! body Riders with a tendency to rheun-
| atiSm should be especially careful to
| wear wooden. Women do not like WOODEN
| stockings, but IL they would get the foot
| less golf stockings and wear them with
| low shoes and CATERS they would find
| them comfortable.
| Il should like To say a word against
| spring saddles. n saddle should be hard
| and cool without horn or pommel.
| raised high and tilted forward. The only
| springs woman should use are her an
! kle muscles. riders weight should be
/ mostly on the pedals, the rest on the
| saddle or handle bars. A thank YOU,
/ marin may be taken much more easily
I by little ankle work than with the best
| spring ever made. 4 bicycle saddle
| doesn't need a spring any more than does
saddle for horse, or the seat of a
row boat. IS rider on horseback rises
! in his sttrrups. SO a rider on a wheel
| may rise on the pedals and escape Jar
/ ring.
Baths are Of great value after exer-
! else. They should be cold or tepid nor
| hot. Especially good are cold baths IL
| there is a tendency 10 hay fever. ply
| Stefan in Philadelphia is heving great
! success now in curing hay fever with
| cold water. one good way Of applying
| il is 10 lie still on ones back in three
| inches Of water III tub until the body Is
/ cooled, bat not chilled. Another way is
| 10 stand up with the feet in warm water
/ and 10 sponge down with water as COLI;
/ as can he endured without a chill Salt
| is a wholesome addition, as is also a
! tablespoonful OF household ammonia. or
| Florida water. an alcohol rub IS an ex-
| cellent preventive against taking cold"
| WHY THE CHARM WAVES