The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-20
WITH THE PUNCH BAGS.
HOW TIE GIRL OF TODAY KEEPS
IN GOOD FORM.

the Morning Before Her Bath and
Again Late at Night-Wakes Her
Up For Dinner, Too.
New York, March 1S.-Punching bags
have become an absolute necessity to the
girl who plays golf, Since the Scottish
game has become so fashionable, girls who
have never had strength enough 10 get
up for breakfast now turn out early 10
take twenty minutes exercise at the bag.
Golf had to become a fad before its al
vantage to a wholesome. hearty existence
could be appreciated. and the punching
bag has followed also as fad in its train.
Delicate white hands and snowy arms
are no longer "the thing" 1t is the arm
that shows training and effects of wind
and sun that is the index of the athletic
young woman of to-day.
There are enthusiasts for. whom heat
has no terrors. But most lovers of this
sport prefer the crisp cold of a winter
day. That exercise may be continued in
spite of weather, however. and the consti-
tuition put in order for day 10 be devot-
ed to society or work. the punching bag
takes the place of out-of-d door exercise. A
young woman who has returned home
pale-faced from a ball leaves her couch
as early as the young woman who has nor
dissipated, and begins her fifteen minutes
work at the punching bag.
These girls shed their sleplng robes and
slip into pajamas before they start the
work. and if it is a gentle tap they give
at first, few thumps in return from the
bag upon their heads quickly put them on
their mettle: and the raps, regular and
strong, are soon reverberating through
the house. The pit-pat of a girls blow
straight from the shoulder sends the blood
coursing in healthful pulsauons through
her strong, 1.-the body and it knows the
day Is we'll begun.
1t is only a moment from the bag to
the BATH and, throwing her gloves aside,
she Is soon reveling in a 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 positive
ly alarming. The morning for half an or
ange, a swallow of weak coffee or hot milk
is thing of the past.
Punching bags, as well as golf clubs and
fencing foils, are a part and necessity of
the den or boudor of all the ultra-fash-
ionable girls, and are hung in any con-
venient place. 1t is true that dainty fin
gers are sometimes singing all day from
too hard a blow on tender flesh, but this
soon passes and the hardest thump fails
to bring about the slightest notice.
If her cheeks are colorless she punches
| a. t,.r 10. Iof
if she finds her brain tired and her body
'logy' she also resorts to the bag. 1t 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 stawart
| young woman strikes her piano and hears
| to her dismay the swapping of chord,
| but it is this strength that guides her spir-
! lied horse over the fence at Hampstead
| or Lakewood.
| A punching bag does away with many
vanities. Gloves a 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 a handshake is hearty
! grip of wholesale hospitality, and not the
politely habby expression of ordinary salu-
| tation.
All TINS comes Win soh HFst perhaps
and then the punching bag. For time
this form of exercise was kept a profound
secret, for reasons not known, but iti
judicious use has been most beneficial
and in many instances has given place tC
the rest cure"
The fad was started few months age
by some of the swagger girls in their ex-
elusive homes, but their example has been
a good one and whether these young wo'
men are dancing at the assemblies, al
editions IN their own homes. on the goli
field or following hounds cross country
their grace Of motion is directly attirou-
table TO the healthy exercise for which the
bag and game are responsible.