The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-19
SPOKE ON PHYSICAL TRAINING
Address of Madame Goliere-Daven-
port at the JermYn.

they were delighted beyond measure
with her personally, they were intense
ly interested in the wonderful things
she told. 1t is always a fascinating
subject for women to learn how she
may be young at seventy, with COM
plexion like girl and the utter alb
sence of the flabbiness Of flesh which
is generally expected after youth dis
appears.
Still more are they interested in keep
ing perfect health and preserving beau
ty at any age, and therefore they re-
ceived unexpected benefit from the
words of Madame Davenport. She as
serted that there is no sort of use of
losing the grace of youth and the ad-
vantages of It's charm, and illustrated
the truth of 1t by the 1.-THE. active
movements employed in certain exer-
cises. For this object lesson she re-
moved her bodice and showed the pos
sibillties of development of a perfect
neck and arms, of the straight mus
cular back and the correct poise of the
body. 1t was difficult to believe that
the firm, beautiful flesh could belong
to a woman of iXty-nine, the mother
of eleven sons the eldest fifty-three
years old.
She declared that there was no such
thing as age. as recognized generally,
and described big possibilities of ply
ical training. Golf and kindred eXer-
cises she does not consider as means
of true development. Fencing is the
greatest physical science; but such eX-
ercises must be taught after the vital
ity is in condition. The average wo-
man cannot undergo such severe meas
ures. A woman should so develop her
physical system as to never be tired.
She should learn such activity, such
sureness, touch and movement
that she can climb out of the seventh
story window in case of n fire and not
only can save herself but others from
drowning. She should be physically
and mentally ready for every emerg-
ency. The doctors tell the speaker
that if she insists upon curing stom-
aChs the medical profession will lose
it's business. What women first need
is to learn to eat. They may be able
to digest food. but not assimilate it..
The average girl has no neck. She can
learn to develop a neck beautiful in
contour and grace. There is no ex-
women eat too much and have a poor
surface CIRCULATION. They have uric
acid in the blood to such degree that
their health is destroyed. Physicians
are to cure disease, not to prevent it.;
the physical trainer teaches prevention,
Ugly skin, a growth of hair on the
face, eruption and pirnples are indica-
tions of carelessness and negligence, IL
not ignorance.
No woman need be plain in appear
ance or ugly in figure. Good health al
ways makes good looks. More than
all she can use the personal magnetism
which is everyone's dover and thus
make herself irresistibly attractive.
Magnetism is vitality in reserve with
the power of mental concentration.
Too few develop this great power. 1t
is being alive. Half of the people are
half dead.
Madame Davenport said in her pret-
ty foreign way: II hear your men are
very good in Scranton. They are busy,
moral and earnest; but you want to
be able to keep your husbands love,
to always attract him and be always
fascinating. You can't do that and
be in III health, i'll temper and aged
before your time. There are women
who want to be able to vote and thus
manage political affairs. Believe me,
they can manage anything a great
deal better by being attractive and
charming. A woman can manage her
husband. she can control affairs great
and small, but she can't do it with a
soured, wrinkled visage and with the
Inc pf fpx l.
comes good morals and these can sway
the world. 1t il the women who can
work the great reforms and aid man
kind.
Madame then gave exercises for the
development of the neck and arms,
and many valuable hints as to die:
and correction of digestive ailments.
She advised following the Democratic
standard of being "unwashed" as far
as the face Is concerned, a system OF
dry grooming being preferable to soap
and water or massage as a prevent
i've of wrinkles. Too much bathing Is
to be deprecated, that is in soaking
away the vitality.
Just here she gave startling advice,
which, If followed by the women of
Scranton, will result in an edict from
w. w. Scranton compelling water
meters in every private residence. II
was this: Drink eight quarts of wat
er during every day before noon!"
Small wonder that her listeners gasped
Then she spoke emphatically against
alcoholic stimulants of every descrip-
tion, and urged deep abdominal breath
ing TO correct abdominal troubles.
Madame Davenport outlines a system
of dietetics and exercises with individ-
ual diagnosis for every pupil. If in
ten days improvement is not noted
and in six weeks the experiment does
not produce new woman" she guar
antees giving up the profession she has
been practicing for more than forty
years. Her hearers yesterday request
ed her to give the series of lessons
necessary before she leaves the city
and accordingly arrangements were
made to have a class at Elm Park par
sonage this morning. Two lessons
with a system of exercises complete
the course, and those who desire 10
enter the class may dc so by being
present at o'clock this morning. A
large number of ladies will take the
course. Pencil and paper are neces-
sary.