The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-19

see the ladies sitting on the piazzas from
morning until night. There are charming
walks to the north south, east and west
but unless they are wealthy enough to hire
carriage they viii go home as ignorant
of the surrounding country as when they
came. The young ladies' will tell you 1t
1t too hot to walk" Too hot TO walk
but not too hot to roy all the morning on
the lake. beneath a burning hot sun, nor to
play lawn tennis all the afternoon. nor to
dance all the evening. When l hear
girl say that she is not strong enough to
walk and then am told that she Is the best
lawn tennis player IN her set or the finest
dancer In the ball room / find a difficulty
In making the two statements coincide
A woman that had some organic affec-
ton of the heart or lungs might find the
violent exercise of tennis or the rotary mo-
ton and excitement of dancing harmful
but a brisk walk every day would never do
her any injury.
Shoes, of course, are an important factor
in walking. They ought to be made 70
order. The common sense boots are good,
II they fit, but every one is not fiat footed
enough TO wear them. The boots should
be laced so that the ankle will give, and
the heels must be low and set on squarely.
The soles of walking boots should be very
thick and slightly projecting; they then
protect the soles of the feet in way that
makes the walking much easier
Great care should also be taken to put
the right boot on the right foot. Some
people have an idea that there is no right
and left to lace boots, which is a great
mistake. II is impossible for boots to ut
properly If they are worn on either foot
"Rubbers' are an abomination. 1t is
impossible to walk in them for any dis
lance without getting sore feet, but, OF
course, inclement weather makes them
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care and attention. Witness the number
of persons who suffer from corns and
bunious. Walking boots ought always to
be made of fine, French cafslSin, but
those made for ladies' often have glove
kid uppers.
Many persons fall into the error OF tax
ing too long walks For Instance, lady
will read in the paper that Mrs. Langtry
takes a daily constitutional OF twenty
miles, which is the secret of her beautiful
complexion" Now, this may be true, or
may not but the fair reader Immediately
puts on her boots-what will a woman not
do for the sake of her compleXion-and
walks and walks until she is exhausted,
comes home and is sick for a week or may
be a month, then tells her experience to
sympathlzing listeners.
OF course they say that Mrs Langtry
may do 1t, but that no ordinary woman
can walk any distance at all. Then they
away. Twenty miles is quite a long walk,
but many a woman can take it without
feeling an i'll effect only she must train
up to 1t. Begin with "a half mile, and
gradually day by day, increase the dis
tance.
Few know the correct position OF the
body while walking. They either bend for
ward or backward. whereas the spinal
column should be kept absolutely perpen-
dicular. This position throws the weight
OF the body where 1t belongs. Also peo-
pie must learn to turn their toes out.
Many turn them in or put the foot forward
In a straight line, thereby making their
movement awkward and devoid OF all
grace.
Walking is attended by no excitement,
therefore It is the very best remedy for
headache brought on by overstudy or close
confinement for IL takes the surplus blood
from the brain and causes II to circulate
freely through the body.
Almost all Americans overwork, and the
disease most prevalent in this country L.
nervous prostration. Now, nervous pros
tration does not come so much from over
work as from lack of exercise. Mer-
chants, professional and newspaper men,
mechanics-in fact. men of every grace
and occupation-climb on elevated roads
and horse cars in their haste to get to
business, whereas they would keep their
nGaitU uud temper iluti bNAAti NiN ivy
walk to and from their business
yes" they say, IF your business Is
around the corner you can walk, but when
a man lives in Harlem and has his store
In Nassau street. he cannot walk"
Nonsense! The distance from One Hun
dred and Ffty-ffth street to the Battery
Is not moro than ten miles and man by
rising an hour earlier could easily walk
half that distance and get TO business az
his usual time: and think how much
healthier he would be. Instead OF breath
ing the vltiated atmosphere of the elevated
road before entering a close office he has
taken in a supply Of oxygen that Will keep
up his strength for a whole day.
At night If, instead Of being pushed and
iosted and brought into close contact
with vile breaths and loathsome persons
he would walk quietly home he would not
feel any more tired by the exercise than
If ne had arrived at his destination hang
ing on 10 the platform of a ear. To DO
sure, he would get his dinner an hour
later. but that walk would only make him
relish IL more, the walk having given him
an appetite; and his brain will be clearer,
his pulse stronger and the burden OF life
lighter to bear-or, rather, he win be bet
ter able TO bear it, which amounts to the
same things.
A lady wishing to save money for some
church fund once proposed that the MEM
bers Of the society should never patronize
horse cars when IL was possible to walk,
taking the change thus saved to help swell
the fund II Is needless to say that by