Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-05-11
FOR HER ILLS1
NOTHING IN THE KNEIPP CURE THAT
MAY NOT BE HAD AT HOME.
DR.. Mary Putnam Jacob Says That
Women in Books Have Indixes.
tiOn-She COmmends Phys.
ical Gymnastics.


ercise for Women" said: What is so
poetical in poetry. about the ivory white
ness Of the skin and the slowness and
languor, insisted upon by the old poets and
novelists. is really most unromantically
| associated with indigestion. It Is one of
the ironies Of life that women as they
stand in literature and romance are not at
all the women that We know. Every liv-
exercise to keep in health, the theoretical
basis being the fact that SO large a part
OF the animal body is formed Of muscular
and inactive. Public opinion regarding the
necessity of exercise for women has
changed greatly since q hundred years ago,
Sa ta ana saa II
and little miserable all the time, because
II they were well and strong. they would
apt wou ID eoed fos
would lose their characteristic femininity
and charm.
"This idea Of the Frenchman Is largely ac-
countable for the fallacies that still need
refutation in regard to the necessity of
exercise. For sitting still is one of the
worst things woman can do. Women
require great deal Of movement, activity
smaller and naturally weaker than those
Of men, 1t does not follow that girls under
Is should not have strong muscles"
consists OF movements that move the body
a great deal, but only the body. and there
is no use in women trying to engage In
heavy weights. I'VE are returning now Il,
our exercises" continued DR.. Jacobi ito
the Greek athletic games which give agil-
ty and grace rae Without the
ago that little girls under 10 or II years Of
age must be restrained from running
about. and be taught to sit on the piazza
and keep their dresses clean. is exploded.
and in summer hotels now one seldom hears
the mother telling her girls not to run.
Exercise. before II. needs little supervision.
systematized and used to develop special
muscles. When q girl becomes listless and
anaemic and mopes about reading Mun-
sey' or Oneida. mother is apt TO think
This IL Just the time that It Is absolutely
necessary to give symnasttc exercise to 9
girl. unless she lives in the country and
does not have to sweep a floor and is so-
ing to school must have gymnastics to bal
ance the strain upon nerves and brain.
Everything possible should be done to de-
velop a girls chest. especially"
The most admirable Of all exercises IL the
one in which the ancient Greeks were SO
proficient. running. This should be done
pands the chest. draws the air into the
lungs and tends to cultivate grace Of move-
ment; , Jumping ropes, on the other hand ,is is
heart without many correlative advant-
ages. Basket ball. sewing, riding on horse
sse al b agd e1 sond dS nS pe
compelled to. All muscular exercise in
wolves the expenditure of mechanical force.
and this must be met by an abundant sup
ply Of force food, such as bread and butter
and beefsteak. The inability Of woman
to understand the correlation between
force and food is singular. As soon as she
is tired q woman does not want to eat,
when that is the time she should.
"A girl In her teens especially IL mine
Of duplicity, and those In charge Of her
should bear that in mind. and see that she
admirable. but unless a taste is encour-
aged in little girls It is habit that is diff
fcult to acquire later. The daily habit of
walk walking as, English @ girls have is what gives
l am. is their comment when de5arred
from their usual exercise and kept in the
house. Every girl Of Is should be able to
tigue. The bicycle has proved extremely
beneficial to large number of people who
had never learned to walk properly. 1t
disseminates the act OF muscular action all
through the body. 1t calls into play all
the muscles of back and hips. and that Is
tremendous tonic, and just what tired,
anaemic girls need.
to be commended for growing girls. While
exercise for adult women Is not 80 impera-
tive as for girls. under 20. the absolute in
to is responsible for many Of their dis
eases. Women in the country are apt to
take less exercise than In the city. A
horse and carriage stands usually ready. |
and II they wish to go to the village only |
a half mile away they never think Of |
walking. Sitting stifl on hotel piazzas and |
eating three hearty meals a day in order |
to get your moneys worth in the summer |
are the cause Of many mysterious cases Of |
typhoid fever that come to the city boarder |
on her return home.
when young woman Is out Of health |
the first question she ought to ask herself |
should be, Is 1t not because don't take |
enough exercise? while usually that IL the |
last question asked.
Carlsbad and the Kneipp cure are all |
right but there Is nothing you caught In |
Europe that you cannot get in America, |
saving thereby time, money and energy.
Carry out the same rules here that you /
would in the celebrated baths, and back
ache and their evils will be effectually dis
posed Of"