Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-20
FIVE MINUTES WITH
THE PUNCH BAG.
The Way The Girl of Today
Keeps in Good Form.
A PaIama Moment-she Finds It in the
Morning Before Her Bath and Again
Late at Night.

Punching bags nave become an alb
solute necessity to the girl who plays
golf. Since the Scottish game has be-
come so fashionable, girls who have
never had strength enough to get up
for breakfast, now turns out early to
take twenty minutes exercise at the
bag.
Golf had to become a fad before its
advantage to a wholesome, hearty ex-
istence could be appreciated, and the
punching bag has followed also as a fad
in it's train
Delicate white hands and snowy arms
are no longer -'the thing" It is the
arm that shows training and effects of
wind and sun that is the index Of the
athletic young woman of today.
There are enthusiasts for whom heat
has no tarrors But most lovers of this
sport prefer the crisp cold of winter
day That exercise may be continued in
spite of weather, however, and the con-
stitution put in order for day to be de-
voted to work or society, the punching
bag takes the place of out-of-door exer-
else A young woman who has re-
turned home pale-faced from bail
leaves her couch as early as the young
woman who has not dissipated. and be-
gins her fifteen minutes work at the
punching bag.
EXERCISE IN PAJAMAs.
These girls shed their sleeping robes
and slip into patamas before they start
the work, and If it is a gentle tap they
give at first, a few thumps in return
from the bag upon their heads quickly
put them on their metlei and the raps
regular and strong, are soon reVerberat-
ed through the house. The pit-pat of
girls blow straight from the shoulder
sends the blood coursing in healthful
pulsations through her strong, 1.-the
body and it knows the day is we'll be-
gun.
1t is only a moment from the bag to
the bath, and, throwing her gloves aside,
she is soon revealing in plunge. After
a toilet which must do for running calls
or shopping excursions, this new type
of a sturdy American woman descends
to the breakfast table with an appetite
positively alarming. The morning for
half an orange, a swallow of weak cot
fee or hot milk Is a thing of the past
Punching bags, as we'll as golf cluos
and fencing foils, are part and neces-
sitv of the den or boudoir of all the Ill
ira fashionable girls, and are hung in
any convenient place. 1t is true tnat
dainty fingers are sometimes singing
all day from too hard blow on tender
flesh, but this soon passes and the hard-
est thump fails to bring about the
slightest notice.
If her cheeks are colorless she punches
the bag few minutes before dinner,
and if she finds her BRAIN tired and her
BODY 'logy" she also resorts to the bag.
If is grand exercise for the brain as
well as the muscle.
Muscles dormant for years are called
into play, and strength gained in the
arms is noticed Unexpectedly When one
stalwart young woman strikes her piano
and hears to her dismay the shappins
of a, chord, but it is this strength that
guides her spirited horse over the fence
at Hampstead or Lakewood
GOOD RESULTS FROM IT.
A punching bag does away with many
vanities Gloves little larger must be
worn at formal evening functions, and
the hands so often look red, but then
others do too, and white hands are no
longer the rage and handshake is a
hearty grip of wholesome hos
pitality, and not the politely habby ex-
preston Of ordinary salutation
All this comes with golf first, per-
haps, and then the punching bag. For
a time this form of exercise was kept
profound secret, for reasons not
known, but its judicious use has been
most beneficial, and in many instances
has given place to the rest cure"
The fad was started few months ago
by some of the swagger girls in their
exclusive homes, but their example
has been a good one, and whether these
young women are dancing at the as
semblies, at cotillons in their own
homes, on the golf field or following
hounds cross country, their grace of
| motion is directly attributed to the
! healthy exercise for which the bag and
game are responsible.