The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-21
EAT AND SIT PROPERLY.
THREE TIPS FOR WOMEN VINO
WAArIO BE HEILIHY.
Food AS Subject OF Insii u ction In Course
Of Physical CuIture-W Women who Don't
Know Howl stand Up or Sit Down.

Delicate women are out Of date. Their,
was a time when it was considered fash
ionable Tor a woman To faint frequently
| grow hystericai over tribes. and have AZ
! least one chronic ailment. To-day sucn
a woman, Instead OF being cuddled and
made much vi, Is passed hurrlruly Dy
with a word-not of sympathy, but rather
| Of scOrnful pity. She is referred fo a.
Poor thlns!" And II there Is one tning
| thdt VIII make woman cast OIL her
| my ANA Ways II IS that phrase.
women nowadays are turning back 10
| thc Ways ol the spartan girls VINO be-
| hcNed mat the phy sical training OF the
| sexes should be Identical anu practIced
| "hdl they preached. 1ney were taught
| 10 run, 10 leap, To cast the Javenn 10
| pay odli, ana 10 Wrestic. Their Atncnlan
| sisters did nothing OF the sort and were
| not comparable 10 the spartan siris.
| Onldas.
y ou Spartans are the women who rule
| men.
Yes" she answered. and we are the
! only wOmer VINO bring forth men.
| mere - lesson IN TINS retort FOR all
Noildnhlnd American women. be II sad
! 10 'helt credit. are beginning TO apply IL.
DIV women, young women, anu school
slils ate giving more attention than ever
before 10 physical culture. 1nree women
| were discussing the general interest in
| pm! sicai training for women IN a restau-
rant not long d2D. IL was one OF those 1T
tie places where a man feels himself con-
SpIcuous. Tor IL WAS patrOnlzed almost g.
eiusNeiy by women shoppers. one OF the
takers was white haired. another was
mlddie-aged. and the thlrd was an ath-
Ietic-lcOking girl just out OF her teens. The
middle-aged woman turned out TO be-
teacher OF physi-culture. and she talked IN
sdch clear, practical way that pretty
soon all the women al the nearby tables
e IL fAf tn tH.4fg ~
Trio. IL al started this way.
Il wouldn't order chocolate cellars II
| were you. said the midd!e-ased woman
TO TIE girl
Why nor asked the girl. I'm not in
training now. As long as was on the
basket-Da team at Nassar l wOul1n [
have dreamed of giving such an order
nut am graduate now, and chocolate
cellars are 50 good.
"Iney aren't good for you insisted the
Wlddlt-agtd woman. y Ou told me your
self mat you were never in such perfect
health as when you were ia training ana
confined yourself 10 nutritious, whole-
some food"
That's so.7 acquiesced the girl meek
ly. but without contermanding her order.
Physical culture teachers as a rule
axe three mistakes, continued the mid
ulc-dgtd woman. sailing her rare roast
beef vigorously by way Of emphasis. /
think the first three questions tney should
put To "A pupil are: What do you eat i9r
breakfast, luncheon, dinner. and between
meals! How do you SIT, and how do you
stdndy
why. what funny questions the last
two would be, exclaimed the girl Dig
sing into the middle of ecldir number one.
"NOt at an" answered the physical
cuiturist. "Stahdips il lost art, and as
f0r sitting. 80 far IN the history Or this
world OF ours IL fas never become an art
When 10 cones 10 eatir g-well, ! feel al
iucSt hopeless about eating. l fear thtt
women viii never learn 10 eat.
what queer notions you do haye.
commented the girl, ordering double
portion of ice clean. ~ dnllld ana chJc-
clate mixed. II You please. I'm sure
have a coed, healthy appetite she vent
on. and 1 think / not only know how to
eat, Lut enjoy II.
There's no question about your having
hrst-rate appetite put IN the elderly
woman, who proved TO be the girls grand
mother.
Yes. / won't dispute that" replied the
middle-aeed woman. but you insult that
appetite, which Is the craving OF strong,
healthy stomach. by giving II cellars and
ice cream instead of giving II the proper
food. Nearly all young women do the
same thing. Every time you do that you
weaken your muscles, which you tell ne
you are 50 anxious 70 train. You cannot
possibly Train muscle unless you nave
given il the proper food. Now, m not
q crank on dietetics but every teacher
OF physical culture every director OF a
gymnasium. every master OF swimming
school every Instructor I'm "A bicycle acdd-
envy. should pay great deal OF attention
To what their pupils eat, and try 10 I'M
press on each pupil the necessity of prop
en- food. Every boy is anxious To be-
come a FltzsimnOus. ana If his instru,-
tor in gymnastics viii tell him what food
is best for him To take he VIII have it
or II axe life a burden for his mother
The same is true OF girl. Let the
teacher tell a girl that certain things Will
b.. nil. no. rfafl sol uf no
her a firm. graceful figure. and certain
other things will make the muscles OF her
cheeks firm. which Is one OF the secrets
OF retaining pretty complexion, and
she'll conilne herself 10 those things
cheerfully giving up all rich pastries and
sweets.
Up to this time" the enthusiast con-
tinued. girls and women have devoted
their attention almost exclusively TO the
DEVELOPMENT of their arms ana legs. This
Is Il great mistake. Women need, even
more than men. 10 give much attention 10
the development of their vital organs.
The legs and arms work much more cas-
iy In the vital organs are well develop
ed. Won en- should be trained from the
time they are out of swaddllng clothes.
to hold the abdominal muscles tense.
Then we would hear of no such thing as
displaced organs. But, dear me, get ne
started on the physical development OF
women, and I'll never stop
"Oh. it's so interesting" exclaimed the
girl you said something about women
not knowing how 10 stand correctly.
Well, told the truth. said the enttu u
siast They don't. Watch EN- as they
file up To The desk there TO pay their
checks. At least twenty-five have been
up since we've been sitting here, and NOT
one has stood correctly Look az tiht
stout We man there nov with her abdomen
thrown out and the upper part OF her
body held back. She probably lies awake
nights worrying because she Is losli
sieht of her waist. and Yet her hdDi-udl
method OF standing Is just the cause oi
tie trouble. Clctcc at the thin, deiic tte-
looking woman behind her. The position
of her body Is all wrong. You oan see
that her abdominal muscles are thor
oughlv rslaNtd. so il il WIKI the lcNt IN
line The fourth man throws nearly tl
her weight On one side when she STANDS
and Won can see that this has chang "a Tie
shane of enc hip. Thus H. goes. one Wo-
man stands so that one shoulder grows
hilEer than the other or her back gets
tINlst.d and another becomes lop-siied in
some other way. \ mother Or teacher
Who does not uain the young lntrusted
to Ler care 10 stand correctly IS guilty
OF almost a crime The harm done TO The
outside OF the body IS nothing compared
To the injury done 10 the machinery in
side.
agreeable nasal voices. IL they only know
In il all comes from their not knowing
how 10 stand properly. The only women
i'm this country who, as rule nave
sweet voices are the Southern women, and
the only way | can account Tor TINS Is
that they don't stand at all except when
they are absolutely Obliged TO. IL ism
that they know how 10 stand any better
than their Northern sisters, but they have
prediction for sitting or reclining. III
YOU don't believe what | say about nasal
voices 90 into any school In this city,
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