The Jersey City news., 1899-11-06

WOMAN'S WORLD.

to rid the mind of the faiiacy that out.
door exercise is a special attribute OF the
women of the present day, says an Eng
lish paper. Our mothers and grandmotn-
ers. she reminds US. could sit Morse
WELD salmon rod and use an oar. we
know. too. that Mary Queen of Scots
never could keep her health unless she
rode twenty or thirty miles day, and
that the ladies of her court accompanied
her when she went out hawking
Botb fhe women and the men of past
aavs led forcedly. lives which were in
the main quieter than ours, locomotion
bejng SO much more expensive, fatiguing
and difficult
Many things which formerly were done
at home; by the mistress of the house
and her maid servants now are accom-
plished best elsewhere. We no longer
brew. and do not often bake-at least,
for the entire household.
The doctor and the chemist Of today
are more reliable than those of the past
therefore. the mother of the family does
not find it necessary, or even advisable,
To concoct medicines for those about nef.
Certainly the principles and practice OF
TODAY appear to have created race OF
fine outstanding young women, many OF
uhorn leave their homes, where they have
baen loved and delicately nurtured, to fol-
low their husbands, enduring all manner
of hardships without complaint.
MANY of these women, who have never
dane a DAVIS work in their lives go to
tbe colonies, and what their hands nnd
To do. they bravely undertake Ineir
mental training would have been OF the
wrong sort, indeed, had it not taught
then the dignity of the necessary labor
Of a woman for those she loves.
careful diet, continues the Countess,
snd exercise specially adapted to the
needs of each individual are the most
nowerfrs-indeed, the only lasting-rene-
d;as we nossess against the enervating
afcect of luxury of high pressure, and the
sedan+arv existence which the stern ne
cessity of earning a living has imposed
on too many of our sex, and they are
re,ed,as which cannot be replaced py
medical treatment.
Almost every woman might, If she had
the time at her disposal, derive beneflt
frou the bringing into active use Of some
one set of muscles, supposing that her eI-
fart was directed rightly The Swedish
system of gymnastics fully recognizes
this fact. and It is well known that tnere
are special movements which improve the
action of the heart or OF the digestive
faculties, as the case may be-
The whole secret lies in knowing "hat
10 do but in not OVERRIDING IT, ana In
developing side by side the mental ano
physicai qualities of our young girls as
they are growing up.
wonsn-not young girls-but women OF
forty or thereabouts, grow terribly tlrea
of the insane fashions forced upon the
sax nv ridiculousiy unthinhing women Oh
paris There is the tight skirt and nam
ner,ng. dragging ruffles at present IN
vogue To whom are they appropriate
To the fashfon-plate ladies' who stand de-
cora,,s,v on clean pages of white paper
nerhaos. but surely not to active, athiehc
ranssa. with .springs in their heels"
who like to move swiftly and graceiuas
Ike q swallow in flight.
And it is not only the madaenlns N
convenience Of the fashion that makes
women fret. admits Fashions 1t s the ac-
tual dirt and unwholesonleness OF ms
fashion that brings distress, for scien'is.s
have taught us that the dust OF cIties -
made of no pleasant material
when trains came in, the women VINO
had served years of martyrdom "neh
they were in fashion before. looked with
horror on their advent, yet they adopted
them
And wbv is this? Simply because moth
ing makes a woman look so old as TO hoio
onto a by-gone f&hion- New Iasniohs
are seized with avidity by young girls
Older girls must dress as they do or be
considereds passee; Fomen a little oloer
must follow or look middle-aged-and SO
It goes all along the line.
The cure for it? There Is none. Fash
ions are made in Paris by those whose
dominant idea is to make woman 1asclh-
ati.g to men. Men of Paris Ike the ldie-
sensl1ous type of woman, and like to dress
her accordingly. Therefore, we have fasn-
ions ilI-suited to our active, Intelligent
American women.
Would that phalanthropists would de-
vote a sum Of money to the education OF
the silly Frenchwomans SO that the she
might respect her anatomy in regulating
the fashionable size of woman's waist and
respect disease germs in fixing the length
of her skirts.
A woman who is a victim Of the big
shoe habit says that when she took a trip
west a few weeks ago she wore her
s.cornfortable," heavy-soled, rnbber-heeleo
calfskins In the sleeping car she gave
orders to the porter TO black them As
her berth was the first one from the lit
tie chicken-coop place in which the porter
attends to his odd jobs, she had no diff
ficuIty in overhearing a little conversation
that took place between him and two O.
the men passengers.
..They calls 'em golf shoes, don't theyg
the porter remarked,
"T guess so," replied one of the men
.sThey're just strong minded shoes. Th'
women are getting sensible. High time
too"
Look lax they made out O cowhide,'
the porter commented 'Iawd, look a
them soles; bout four inches thick"
Must be a mighty big woman put il
the other passenger "Bet she weighs 20
Il she weighs a pound. 1 never saw sucl
shoes in my life. Think she'd have t
have derricks to lift them up with"
But the eavesdropper fell asleep righ
there In the morning three pairs of eye
looked curlously at her feet and then too
In slender little 1os pound figure. Sh
said it was really very amusing.