The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-02-12
ATHLETICS
FOR LENT.
BY Lucille Knight, the English Direc-
tress Of Physical Culture Of the
Eugene Lyceum in Paris.

GlEkiltk - N~'ft 80 tl %
tho water that the fine figures OF our
English and French women are duo TO
the fluids they drink. French girls
drink wine and English girls drink tea.
Before they are OIL OF the nursery they
are slipping wine and tel. ana 1 have
known siris OF fourteen VINO did not re-
member drinking waller az the table.
Ina America uey give their growing
girls milk. and lnat without doubt in
nuences their figures later on. Milk is
peculiar. 10 seiooia develops the face or
the arms, aud never pumps out the neck.
but 20 gives I'll woman "a big stomach an
full bust and In this way DESTROYS The
figure Except in cases OF illness | am
opposed TO the free drinking or milk.
and unless there H. some nervous disease
/ should never advise the drinking oil
milk by the glass.
1 90 not intend 70 discourage the ce'e-
bratcd milk cures OF Iouion or Toulouse.
or Nice / believe there is also good
one OF Havre. whore those who are worn
out from the ocean may roeuQerate be-
fore entering upon the scene in Paris
But these are distinctly for persons
who are thin. weak, nervous. dcbilitated
and anacmic-blOOdless OF poor bioodei
persons who must be built up by ma
lures food.
But vigorous young woman has no
need for milk. She should cat vegetables
drink wine. water, weak tea and when
she needs a stimuiant, a small cup q
black coffee II She takes eggs 40 her
breakfast. plenty Of sweets and storchy
foods for her lunch. and a good roast for
dinner. she will have all tho nOurishment
her system requires.
II had 10 work hard-and wanted TO
keep my figure az the same time.
should eat chocolate. drink cocoa. and be-
tween meals I should 1.bh'e nuts and
raisins I can do better work upon ch0c-
olatc which is meat and drink. than Up
on The best dinner ! ever ate.
think IL was Lady Somerset who
made q study Of working girls lunches
Size wanted 20 give poor girls a hot
lunch. but how 20 do it chclriy and
arrecabiv she could no, determine They
refused beef tea. and would not take beef
in pellet form. So her .aly-hlp con-
suited a physlcian-an expert on food
matters. This worthy told her that "a
bowl Of hot sweet chocolate would prove
sufficient nOurishmcnt for O. working E n
al noon. Upon pint OF thls substantial
drink she could easily work until her
dinner hour a night. For five or ten
cents in your money you can get a
nourishing lunch ~ this d-ink.
But this IS aside from the matter Of a
good figure about which ! started 10
write and from which 7 have dlverged,
although the topics are kindred ones.
Women think too much about their
abdomen and too little about their arms.
4 very fashionable French woman
came TO me The other day complaining Of
her emboupoint She tipped the scales
at 600.
"yvhat arc vou doing for it?" T asked.
"I ava practioinl the side motion daily
said -he "aad / massage with great reg
ularity."
"Gige mp Your motion and your mas
sage" said 7. GARD use your arms
In a week 7 had her able to De face
downward unon The Goor sustaining her
wcieht entirely uron her arms. She
could ift q chair from the floor with
her hand bv ci1eninv the chair firmly
around the leg. She could also lift very
heavy weights by The notions OF the arm
only. without using The back and ] new
or saw anvOne able 90 swing dumb-bells
more swiftly.
began rv allowing her % slap her
hands together over her head and hack
Of her she DID this regularly forr limos
day. Gradually she performed The ey-
croiee with very light weight dnmb-bells.
= 60 she kept on until she had devel-
or n her arms and chest surprisingly.
Meanwhile she hid forgotten am about
her abdomen. which had decreased in n
wonderful way. She WAS soon com
planning that her bolts We're too large
FOR her. and her husband was annoyed
because Of AN entire new outfit which he
was compelled 10 purchase.
French girls. who are noted for their
very elm figure. arc also remarkable for
their strength T never. not even In Eng
land where the Princes AVID her daurh
fers arc noted FOR thoir athletics have
seen girls as strong as the French girls