The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-19
ATHLETICS FOR WOMEN.

DIR. savage Tells Women How TO Use
and Not Abuse Physical Exercise.
New York, March H-A1y ordinary
room in which there is good air and sun
light viii answer for a gymnasium. The
larger part the better. The beginner need
have nothing more than a pair of dumb
! bells or pair of clubs. Either of which
she may buy for one dollar bathing
suit or a bicycle suit Il loose and comfor-
table, makes a yer good costume.
pair of boomers and blouse well cut is
also very practical. A pair of full woven
black stockings and heelless slippers are
indispensable.
long mirror in which the gymnast
can watch her own motions is great adj
vantage to a home gymnasium. But not
| essential. From a book on exercise by al
most any good author a woman can get
any number of motions and exercises, and
she must decide what is best and most
| necessary for her.
Excessive exercise is injurious and
should be avoided. Excessive exercise and
no exercise at all produce similar results.
Stop exercising just before nature calls
out strongly against further bodily activ-
ity. Just reach the tired point and stop
before exhaustion. No law can be laid
down as to how much exercise should be
taken at one time Every individual must
be a guide to herself A woman should ex-
ercise chiefly with light weights and make
quick movements, and never, when out
of training, try the limit of her strength
The most important gymnasium for wo-
men in this country is under the manage
ment of Watson L. Savage, NJ. D., medical
director of Columbia University, on West
Fifty-ninth street. Glasses begin with the
Kindergarten and progress to the post
graduate teachers course. The women
nave the use of the gymnasium and every
privilege and advantage which is accorded
the men.
Every woman who enters is carefully ex-
amined in order to discover just what form
of exercise will be most advantageous TO
her. In cases where women or children
are very delicate, or have some decided
physical defect that needs rectifying, they
exercise in the medical room of the gymna-
SUM under the personal supervision of
Miss Marien Foye Carter This is called
corrective work and is intended to correct
all physical imperfections such as, curv-
allure of the spine, cramped chests or weak
necks or backs. The gymnasium proper is
occupied during the day and evening by
girls and women training to improve their
physical condition generally. Some come
10 reduce flesh. others to reduce or develop
various parts of the body
practical to the home gymnast than the
hints on physical health and training that
Dr. Savage advances to his normal classes
of which the following are few:
1.-THE best time 10 exercise is between 10
and u O'Clock in the forenoon and be-
tween 4 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon n
exercising before breakfast makes you feeI
faint or weak then the early morning is
not the time for you to work. Sometimes
a glass of milk, little oatmeal, or toast
viii make early morning exercise possible
without injurious effects. If you exercise
al night. let your exercise be at least one
half hour before bed time 1t is best to go
to bed with the blood in its normal circu-
laton; sleep is easiest under such condi-
tons.
THE minimum time for brain workers
to exercise is two hours per week, divided
| into four days in the week. Their exercise
should be before the perspration is reab-
| sorbed by the body. Do not lounge around
until the suit and the skin become dry
| again.
For nervous temperaments slow exer-
| else is the best, while the rapid exercise is
| recommended for the phegmatic. For wo-
men with q disposition towards melancho-
| liza light competitions and outdoor games
are the most beneficial form of exercise"
| Addressing his normal girls on the sub
ject of food, DR.. Savage said:
! Never exercise just before or after
meal AT least one-half hour should be
! allowed before, and two hours and half
after eating. Masticate the food thorough
ly, do not hurry through your meals and
eat rich foods with great discretion. Drink
! plenty of water between meals, but avoid
| excessive drinking at meals. One glass
| of water should be sufficient. 1t is better
to use hot drinks at meal times, and do
MOI drink ice water at any time. re-
freshiug drink to take during the inter
walls when exercising is made by putting
cooked oatmeal in water; let it soak and
settle"
In one of his talks on breathing. Dr.
Savage strongly advised his girls to
breathe through the nose while walking
or doing ordinary work, and only 10
breathe through the mouth when extreme
physical effort makes ii necessary. do
not take short quick gasps for normal
breathing" he said, breathe so as to
fill every cell with pure air. The largest
and strongest animals in the world breathe
from six 10 ten breaths per minute while
the smallest and weakest breathe from
two hundred to three hundred per minute
The manner in which we breathe is one
of the most important factors in devel-
oping human strength. 1t is a good prac-
tice 10 take a long, deep breath and hold
il I'm the lungs a few seconds; each day
increase the time of holding the breath
until one minute or one minute and a half
is reached. Breathing exercises increase
the exterior chest and develop the inte-
rior
Chapters could be written on sleeping.
DR.. Savage suggests the following rules
Sleep on a mattress over a spring. sleep
mostly on one side. breathe through the
nose and keep the mouth shut Have a
certain hour for rising and certain hour
for retiring: Get up Immediately upon
waking. Lillian Baynes.
Portrait Party.
) unique Lenten party was held few
! evenings ago at the house of a friend of