The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-22
GIRLS NOW WELD BRooMs.

Ihose flowing sleeves for girls are
unusually pretty this year, but, judg-
ing from a conversation l CHANGED to
overhear the other day, they are driv-
ing the girls with scrawny arms to
distraction. l didn't mean to play the
eaVesdropper but I'm glad now that 1
was within hearing distance, for l made
a discovery which l am sure will be Of
interest. You see, the sleeves are very
transparent, and that is why the group
or girls seemed filled with woe. They
We're all talking about how thin their
arms We're and discussing tennis and
golf as a means of rounding them out.
"Gold never in the world will do it,
girls. nor tennis either" exclaimed one
plump-looking miss-the only plump
one by the way, in the group. Look
at my arm and in a trice she had
u~nsnapped her cuff links and, whisk-
ing the pink piQue sleeve to her shoul-
der, displayed a beautifully modelled
arm, dimpling in soft rounded curves.
Yes, but yours were gifts of the
GODS cried a scrawny one. You don't
Know what 1T means to be bothered
about them"
Il do, too! Wasn't l almost a scare
crow a year ago? You remember how
thin | was for months after / left
school. | tried everything-tennis. golf,
massage and physical culture, until I
dldn't really care a fig whether l had
plump arms or skinny ones"
But do tell us what you did do final
ly to bring about such ideally lovely
curves"
Il not only did but l still do it
every day of my life. Now don't laugh
when | tell you that have swept my
sitting and bed room five times every
mornlg since last august. Haven't you
noticed that housemaids nearly always
nave rounded. shapely arms? The idea
popped into my head one day while
Nita was sweeping the halls. She had
her sleeves rolled up. so l saw her arm
from shoulder to wrist, and it was the
most beautiful in symmetry thai I
have ever seen.
Il just didn't wait another minute,
but bounded up the stairs into man.
mas room and told her that I had made
a discovery, and hat she must go
right down town and order a load Of
imported broOms. l began that very
hour. swept my room over and oyer
again. 1T tired me most to death, too.
My back ached, my head hurt and the
next morning ] found the muscles of
my arms We're so sore l could not dress
myself.
I'm a weeks time I noticed an i'm
proVement. My arms were more firm,
and before a month had gone by I
wa iIISllI WI i &
more firm, n before a month had
gone by I was in the seventh heaven
OF delight. But, just think, girls, I
haven't neglected this exercise but
twice since l began. and then l was on
a sleepr going and coming from Chi
cagO.
"Of course it's an awful mother, but
when one considers the comfort it
brings, why, you never once think
about that. I just hop out of bed into
my cold plunge, and then the sweep
ing comes right after. 1t really is a.
tiptop exercise all over for one, too.
My cheeks are all aglow when 1 finally
poke the broom away.
How many broOms do you reckon
I've worn out? Just five, that's all,
and my carpet has been renovated
twice. So you see it is not any more
economical than going to the physical
culture madam, after all, but it's a
great deal more gratifying in the end"
But how on earth do you do it,"
asked one of the thin girls. II don't
know how to hold a BROOM
Hold it the best way you can. That's
all the information I can give" laugh
ed the pink bud. But you want to
buy those with good large sticks, be-
cause they do not cramp ones hands
so. You must wear chamois gloves,
or your palms will be blistered, and
get some silk dust caps to slip over
your hair. You've no idea how funny
n ook gotten up so. And if you go
to work with a long skirt on it will
make you ever so tired dragging it
around over the floor. Put on a golf
skirt; they are just lovely for sweep
ing"
The thin girls were profuse in their
thanks, n wen away rejoicing.