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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12

Genevleve, she loves the poor, or. like Saint
Cecilia, practices or likes music. Let the
sportswoman nurse her own children, and
IL possible nurse as many as Blanca Of
CASTLE Let her spin like Queen Bertha.
let her weave like Penelope, or ernbroidcr
like the ancient Princesses Of Roumania.
TO make up for the freedom Of outdoor life.
let her indulge In some such womanly
work as painting. like Ann OF Brittany. or
as tending to the sick and wounded. like
Florence Nightingale; let her De a poetess,
like Marguerite OF Navarro or the late
Empress Elizabeth OF Austria.
Women should not engage in sport mere
" TO show off; that they are capable Of
courage has often been proved. I remind
you Of Jeanne dare, OF the daughter of
that King of Dacia who used her good
right arm as a crossbeam TO bolt the door
behind which her father had taken refuge.
1 recall to you our martyrs. l remind you
OF the everyday martyrdom of mothers.
If I am at all disturbed by the extent to
which. women indulge Il? sports. it's by
the apprehension that the modern amazon
vii! put krightly men out of the business.
CARMEN SYLVIA.
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- NOBISM and vanity undoubtedly play
O certain part in the sport-fever that
~ has such a hold on women nowadays,
but that Notwithstanding 1 am i'll ia
vor Of all bodily exercise likely to he help
ful to woman's physical! development. It's
the abuse of exercise to which l object.
woman's physical development shows.
however, not only in that plastic beauty
which was the Greek ideal and for whose
sake the Olympian games were encouraged; {;
it is equally manifested by intellectual
growth. by individualsm.
Look at our French girl brought up after
the manner of the old school and then look
at an English or American girl of the same
age There goes our Angelo or Marie across
the street Tnarshaled by mamma. who acts
like a Corporal commanding a troop of raw
recruits.
GO 10 the right" 'to the left" don't
look that way turn your head!' And
this daughter Is nearly grown; she has GER
tainly outerown short frocks.
This torrent of prejudces, the Inheritance
of past generations and conditions, knows
no abatement with time. 1t fastens upon
our girls until they exchange the parental
prison roof for the often misunderstood lib
erty of the married state.
advocate the bicycle as a developer OF
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hers Is a story in point:
Some celebrated comedian was known
among theater-goers for tho extraordinary
hats he used to wear on the stage.
"Where In thunder do you buy these
monstrosities that mike us all laugh?"
asked the Emperor Napoleon OF him one
fine day.
MAY It please your Majesty" answered
the actor. ~ never buy hats for the stage,
but, On the other hand. never throw an old
hat away. 1 save them and, sure enough,
they come In for use sooner or later
There Is much talk against the Amer
icanisms that are invading our habits and
speech" Tho croakers say our women will
become 30 mannlsh that their friends will
no longer show them the Difference which
Frenchmen display toward all women
Courtesy. gallantry will become things of
the past" they say.
That IL rank nonsense. There are no more
courteous people in their intercourse with
women than the Americans. From them we
may learn that one can be courteous TO a
girl without treating her as divinity. The
thing to do is to esteem woman as shc
ought to be esteemed. not to make fool
Of her.
Times are gone by when absurd ideas Of
chivafry made men whimper in the presence
of the ladies, when they looked UP to them
with 81 sor: Of shy fear. Sport has brought
the sexes nearer to each other; actually
has superseded dreams. The sportsman
ereets the sportswoman with wave OF
the hand instead OF bowling low and grim
acing; and it's ten to one that all smart
women like him better for his changed at
ttude. EMILE ZOl4A.
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intividuaIisr,. and do not hesitate to say
that IL has done more for making French
girls Independent OF mothers apron-strings
than any other modern agency, for It's adop-
ton Ia almost universal among all classes.
When a girl mounts her wheel she begins
to think for herself. whether her mother
has forbidden her to do SO or not. She must
find her own way she must try TO escape
the dangers of the road by her own ini;ia-
tive-mamma and her incessant advise are
reIegated TO the nursery. The young girl
emancipates herself. gains self-confdence--
and that is the first step in the right d.
Iection.
"But the bicycle leads to all sorts Of sc-
quaintances among young people Of both
Sexes Exactly so. This American fashion
is excellent Unless she be fool. an
American girl generally manages to get q
pretty good insight into the character Of
her future husband before the wedding day:
she knows what she will have to put up
with: she can gauge her own behavior ac-
cordingly. Before the advent OF the bicycle
the average French girl celebrated her we'd
ding with an utter stranger, a man whose
mind and heart were an absolute blank to
her In a good many cases It's different
now. thanks to the bicycle.
do not agree with old fogies who con-
demn every sport costume per Sc simply
because our grandmothers knew them not.
The bicycle skirt is convenient and prac-
teal and every well-formed woman have
seen in that sort Of costume has SO far
succeeded in making her good points rsr-
fectly clear to me. Besides. the que stion
of dress has nothing to do with that OF
sport. as it belongs to the realm Of the
tailor, who can change 1t within twenty-four
hours. When was in England the mere
suggestion OF change would have made
me sad.
1t all depends on the woman that's in tho
skirt and blouse; the aesthetic question en-
ters as much into the wearer's personality
as into the cut OF her frock or trousers.
It's foolish to wrangle ON questions Of taste
anyhow Take up your family album. or
a collection of fashion plates Of thirty or
forty years ago. and you will be convinced
that our young ladies look perfection. And
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y A Love Story by General Charles King.

and coulee led only by the lightning. he
got there only to find 1t gone. Some ranch
men and half-drowned troopers lowered
about the wreck and told their tale. The
ambulance. no women in 1t. thank God!
was somewhere downstream. Preble "req-
uisitioned'' their lantern without SO much
as "by your leave and spurred on again
down the north bank. The heavens still
wept, the skies glared, and two miles be-
low, just where the gorge opened out to
the lowlands. the lightning revealed black
object with. white cover. lodged in a
clump Of swaying willows full fifty yards
from shore. Tangled in the branches were
the bodies Of the mules but in answer to
his lusty shout there came back to him
over the spreading flood faint but reas-
suring wall.
A powerful swimmer was Fred, and the
wild rush of the torrent was out toward the
middle. With lariet over his arm he drove
his trembling horse in belly deep Then
up to the shoulder the water Tapped. Pre-
bic slipped from the saddle and, half driv-
ing, half guiding, swan alongside. one hand
on the pommel, until Chester found his
feet upon the humnock where grew tho
willows. and. though up to the neck, horse
and man, they could touch bottom. An
other minute. and, passing flask to the
imprisoned Senator and bidding him take
long pull. Preble was at work cutting
loose the carcasses Of the mules. Then,
with chattering teeth. for the water was
icy cold. he lashed the frail vehicle to the
trunks Of the willows. and, now, assured
that the flood was rising but slightly. and
that the wagon was secure, scrambled back
to the door.
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gorge, swept the second bridge out from
ing down the flood. The news brought by
bedragsled and exhausted trooper Mt
dawn was that six mules, United States
Senator, q driver and ambulance had been
whisked away like so many shingles and
probably drowned. 1t was the year after
the Conemaugh flood. and people knew
what torrent could do.
Ten miles out northeast Of Frayne. with
the long June twilight still tinging the
prairie. whom should Preble meet but the
paymaster and his party. thirty-slx hours
ahead Of time. showing in for the post.
Some vague warning had come and the man
of money hurried his funds to the fort.
When Preble left 1t was his belief, and
Kate's. that the Senator would insist on
their going with him. By this time, there
fore. there was no sense in his returning.
Longingly he looked away southwark to-
ward the dim black range, and 1t suddenly
fared with the red gleam Of lightning.
The paymaster and his escort started
again. Storm a-coming-better turn back!"
shouted the Major to the subaltern. But
why, said Preble's heart, return to wilder
ness? She was no longer there. She was
even now wheeling away down the winding
valley. Flash! Flash! Flare! Again the
distant range lit UP with strange, unearthly
gleam, and in the weird light he plainly
saw the dense black masses of overhanging
clouds, and remembered the wreck of the
Waterman bridge in the flood of two years
agone. lat if
The next minute, heading southeast over
the open prairie, Fred Preble was Looping
away for the gorge of the Medicine Arrow,
and long before he reached it was drenched
to the skin. Sixteen miles over divide
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'Tf you don't mind, Senator, I'll taks q
nip Of that myself"
by CAD, young man. I've nothing to
say against your army whisky. but-you
deserve something better!'
'Tll take it. sir. when We get back. td
the fort" said Freddy.
They wrapped the statesman in hot blanc
kets and piled him with brandy when the
rescuers hauled them ashore at dawn, and
tho soldier mounted. wet as he was. rode to
the post to say that Roylston was safe
Don't fool away any timer shouted the
Senator. I'll make another start to-morS
row. and then they've got to go!'
And they did. but Preble went with them
for the Colonel got q pointer from his wif1
to detail Fred to see them safely to tha
railway. and immensely happy he looked
riding along beside the ambulance, but NOT
q word had they had alone.
"Pm going to amend that resolution OF
mine," said the Senator, to the Colonel, a.
he bade farewell, 'by the addition Of the
words. unless she's bound to and can't
help It,"
.And she's bound to-" whispered Kate. :.
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vFIHAD my way. would permit women
TO indulge in only such sports as by
L their dress. exercise and continued in
sulgencs is nowise threatened TO take
from tie fair practicer one iots OF her
.oniapiiness. Her wonIanliress being safe,
let her co with herself what she pleases,
FOR the care 20 preservs her womanliress
will keep her from overstraining herself
Every "ton much makes woman ugly.
T'ne 2rohibitory TOO r.uch' includes ridicu-
lous costumes. iobster-red face, offensive
psrspirstion.
What is a woman? A perfect woman
should have just the least possible
resemblance to man. Unlike him. she should
be bit o. coquette very graceful. ele-
CANT. and, above all. distinguished in ap-
p.srance. II women will follow my advice,
they viii retain their asceudency over man;
they viii in all future do with man what
they please, and the men will be galiants.
or. TO be more correct. will take up gallsn-
Try anew. JEAN CHARCOT.
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with his troop watching "hustlers" and
claim jumpers forty miles to the northeast
Just where he used to chase Indians. got
a weeks leave from his easy going Cap
tain. and turned UP at the post in time for
the fun-a remarkably presentabio yoLns
| man. II he were poor.
The Senator swore hotly; his wife stared
coldly, but Kate smiled sweetly at sight of
| him, and the regiment looked on with
boundless interest and made bets on the
result.
The night Of the ball Kate went with the
| Adiutant. but danced thrice with Fred, who
indeed hardly had eyes or words for any
one else. He was nervously nibbling a
cigarette while she waltzed with Ray. and.
| apropos of nothing, It seemed the Senator
pronounced his ultimatum. It turned the
tide Of popular sympathy against pater-
| familias and in favor Of Preble.
Not another dayr' said the Senator that
| night, when the women would have pleaded
| for delay until after the bachelors GER
man, Pack and be ready to start Friday
morning
Friday Is a bad day to start. say the
sailors. It was forty miles from the fort
to the railway. down the gorge Of the
Medicine Arrow. The Senator was popular
in Congress-, but was hated on the cattle
ranses and feared at the mines. The road
to Barrier Butte, the nearest station at the
time. twisted for miles down stream, bridg-
| Ing 1t twice. Mines were many in the
! mountains TO the south and miners at the
roadside ranches.
Never saw SO many hustlers beforei'
said the mail orderly, riding in Thursday
afternoon. What fetches them so thick
tust now" Aud q COWBOY, waiting for laf.
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I ADVISE young girls and young married
women TO fence. but protest energetic
ally against their taking up gymnastics
that develop the muscles and destroy
the harmony OF their bodily outlines.
Woman needs no biceps. and all violent
exercise calculated to make her one are to
he avoided for the sake of aesthetics as
well az on account Of the fraiIty of wom-
ans body. the economics OF which are cas-
fly disturbed.
Everything that makes her mannsh. on
that earns her the reputation of being one
Of the boys, anything that approaches an
exhibition OF prowess. IS Of evil In woman;
worse still. 1t is ridiculous.
Here is one example Of sport that wom-
an may safely indulge In: Swimming. 1t Is
beautiful and requires no strain of the
muscles. only rhythmieal. natural and easy
movements.
Never ask a woman to get tired.
ERNEST LEGOUvE,
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"Well, you'll leave Mrs. Roylston and
Miss Kate with us at ieast|'
"And have young Preble making love to
her? Not by a dash dashed sight!' which
goes to show that even statesmen some
times swear.
II can send Preble away"
''Do it!' said the Senator.
And that evening Fred Preble, strollips
with Kate Royston along the winding
brook that came tumbling down from tho
hills. was met by evil tidings. Her eyes
We're fixed on her et.blushing face. Even
when being made love to. woman is rarely
off her guard. She saw and heard what ne
did not, the coming Of the Adjutant, and
promptly beamed upon that officer as though
to say, How welcome you are!' which he
was not by any means
Sorry, Fred, old boy, but the chiefs got
warning of plot at the paymaster. and
wants you to ride out at once and notify
your troop
Then. like q little man, he had sense
enough to turn and scurry back and leave
the pair to themselves.
It's never a safe play to exile girls
lover. Ten to one 1t rouses her sympa-
thy and resentment and precipitates just
what the stern parent strives to avert.
Kate Roylston came home full Of tears.
| Preble rode away full Of hope. Later the
| Colonel prevailed. The ladies were to stay.
| Roylston was to go it alone.
| And he did, that very night, planning to
| catch the eastbound train leaving the
| Butte at dawn.
! Potts sent a party Of troops to guard
/ him, but there was something they couldn't
| ward off, and that was the cloudburst
the cowboy had seen coming. It caught
them at midnight in the throat of the
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yHToMEN need physical and intellect
wv ual exercise much as men do.
w Between the physical and moral ed
ucation rf the sexes there is q direct an
alogy: The hygiene Of the body must be
backed up by that OF the soul. While the
last remnants OF Middle Age ascetics are
vanishing, the revival Of the noble Greek
ideal teaches US to strive for harmony In
all bodily and mental functions and condi-
tions.
Exercise promotes health. health pro-
notes moral and intellectual strength. As
sport promotes exercise. It's the best thing
that could happen in these days Of restless
business activity.
shall not deny that fashion and vanity
likewise WELD vast influence in these mat
ters. Many women need these incentives
to get out Of the rut Of conventionality. but
what OF 1t as long as the race Improvement
goes on?
Women shosld be more than pretty and
graceful; they must be able to do things,
they must have the courage to do them.
Tho bicycle, seashore or the swimming
pool, tennis, horseback exercise, golf-all
are health eivers. practice them and wish
every other woman was willing or able to
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A Senatorial Amendment: X X

RY GENERAL CHARLES KING. U. S. A
Copyright, 1900. by Stephen Hexter.
mo daughter Of mine shall ever marry
In the armyr said the Senator, with marked
emphasis. and, seeing that he was the guest
OF the regiment It sounded ungracious, to
say the least. There were a dozen men in
the smoking room, at the moment, some in
uniform. some in evening dress. and pretty
women were gliding with their martial part
ners over the waxed floor of the big barrack
hop room without, and the music was soft
and the champagne punch mellow. and the
Senator shouldn't have been so pointedly
positive. But he was, and every man knew
just what he meant, and why. Though he
spoke to Colonel Potts. he looked at Lieu
tenant Preble.
Everybody knew Preble was heels over
head in love with pretty Kate Roylston.
Everybody knew why he spent three
months time and elk months pay the pro-
vious winter in Washington. He loved her
dsvotedly. He sought and followed her ev-
srywhere. He lived on her smile rather
than what he ate at the club, and everybody
knew her father. the Senator, had scowled
st him from the start The statesman was
rich. The soldier was poor. and the girl.
though "steered' by worldly minded
mamma, had good stuff In her despite the
spoiling OF society. She held out against
her own heart,and Preble, until his leave ex-
n.red and he was gone. Then passionately
she wished him back, but couldn't call him.
summer came, however, and the Senator
had to look into his mines up In the hills,
snd the fort was a lovely place to stay
v,biIa on such a quest. Colonel Potts was
on,y too glad to open his doors tc receive
tncm. The garrison prepared to entertain
ana make merry. and Fred Preble, on duty
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ters for Riddles ranch, spat tobacco Juice
at lizard skimming across the sun-baked
road, and became absorbed In q bunch of
heavy clouds gathering about the Peak
Comm in out of the wet, perhaps sug-
gested ne. with grin and nod of his
derby from the bare little room where the
soldier operator sat clicking at his key,
and bore two dispatches to the Coloners.
As was learned later, they read as fol-
lows:
Colonel Potts. Fort Foster. Double es-
cort for paymaster returning to railway.
Senator Roylston better wait and return
with this party.
SUMMERS. Com'd'g Department"
The second bothered the operator and
the recipient both. The latter came with it
into the Coloners sanctum, where that Of
fcer was waiting the call for 'stables." I"
Across the hall the hum of voices and the
soft laughter Of women told that the ladies
were receiving calls. The Senator shut the
door behind him.
Senator" said the Colonel, 'yo,1 can't
20 tomorrow. Something up. The General
wires yos to wait for the paymasters es-
cort Saturday, and I'm to double that"
Colonel" said the Senator, II have got
to go tonight. See this" 1t read:
Senator Boylston. Fort Foster:
"Amphibious sandstone typify instep
emulgent SCHWARTZ.'
(which means?" said the Colonel, looking
up inqu!ringly.
Hasten home at once. Opposition de.
yeloping Secret session. Wire when ex
pect YOU
"Those ID hounds are trying to bea
me- said Roylston, wrathfully.
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DO the same. I confess to have liking for
athletic exhibitions showing dexterity and
great physical prowess. I follow with en-.
thtIsasm those movements, gracefully ex4
ecuted. that show the human body at its
best. and believe that both sexes have the
right and duty to seek physical and intel-
lectuai Improvement In whatever form suits
them.
But I don't call automobilng a sport.
When driving spanking pair of fast trot-
ters one has TO keep the wits alert. one has
to display strength and ingenuity Nothing
Of the kind enters into the direction of an
automobile. That properly belongs to a
man in q blue shirt and with oily hands,
The lady who takes his place must have
curious ideas about her social duties
DANIEL LEst-ECR.
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even the most mannish sports. her purpose
differs widely from that Of the sportsman
Above all there Is the question of clothes;
next she wants to shine by her new-fangled
achievements. It's a modern fad. but at
bottom It's the same old thing.
IF Diana had been arrayed In one OF those
new-fangIed hunting costumes. she would
have been tickied to death by Actaeon's
admiration. AS It was. she had him killed
because he dared look at her before her
arrangements with Worth were complete.
MAX NORDAU.
Copyright, 1900. by Henry W. Fischer.
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muscle. but l have u holy horror OF every
thing that places muscle above grace, en-
ergy above ioveliness. skill and deXterity
above tenderness, in girls and women.
Every male trait adopted by woman IS 20
her Disadvantage. makes her unnatural. and
takes away something OF her Inherent
charm.
When I hear that a woman IS crazy fer
sports and thinks of nothing else. I take it
for granted that she is a snob: for can't
imagine that violent exercise will make Up
for the fatisues OF social life.
LLY-rROUDuOMNIE.
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BORN A GENTLEMAN.
From the Lost Cause.

From the Lost Cause.
Billy is an "Old Virginny'' negro. proud
Of his State and prouder of his manners.
His silver locks show that he has reached.
If not passed, the allotted term OF threescora
and ten; but his form is still erect. and he
tries hard to keep up his end of the log.
"well, Billy" said a gentleman the other
day, you'll soon have to root with the hogs
at the dump-pile for a living MARY time"
said he. Strengthening up. with indignation;
'T come of too good stock for that. My old
master was a gentleman. born and bred, and
can't 60 back on my raising"
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. OR LITTLE girls and for growing
r. girls Up 10 the time of their matur-
L ity. It is certainly most desirable to
live much IN the open air and to in
lu1ge In exercise calculated TO increase their
physical strength. II l had daughters I
would favor sports calculated to give them
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THINK every known variety Of sport
eligible TO women II the girl at the
same time remains graceful and tender
as Sakuntala was, and II, like Saint
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Wy OMAN remains woman as far as
wv her soul and heart are concerned.
w no matter what she does or what
she wants. When she goes in for sport,