The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-04

uleS WHICH MIS-. BroWn SklilfQily ap-
piled to his damaged eyes and head and
nose gradually allayed the pain he was
in the morning more amenable TO rea-
son, and the apparatus staid.
OF course. Mr.. Brown. after his one
ignoble defeat. did not again tamper
with the punching bag. but Mrs Brown
and the girls did. The exerciser proved
more interesting than the dumbbells TO
the girls and was substituted for them.
Daisy, who had started out as rath-
er spldery girl of Is, soon developed a
muscle that compared well with that of
her brothers They took good deal of
interest in training her. and she soon
became quite an athlete. Mrs. Brown
soberly plodded along, anxious to ac-
quire a sylphlike figure, but as nature
had not designed her for that mold she
did not altogether succeed. although she
did rid herself of many superhuous
pounds.
Of course. the perspiration which
flowed freely during the exertion taught
Mrs. Brown TO dress warmly, so that
she might not take cold after she had
stopped exercising. She found that
certain exercises Rere calculated to re-
duce weight. and She began by practic-
ing each of these every day for about
five times, gradually increasing the
number to ten as her muscles hardened.
Taking the two pound dumbbells in her
hands. she would assume an erect po-
sition and. holding one in each hand
by her side, would gradually raise her
arms until they were at right angles
with the body. This movement she re-
peated several times. Then, holding the
dumbbells with arms held vertically
over the head. she slowly lowered them
to a horizontal position five or ten
times, according to the state Of her pro-
ficiency. Holding them vertically, she
slowly inclined the body from side to
side as far as possible, the dumbbells
leading. Holding both arms straight.
she next inclined the body from side TO
side until each dumbbell alternately
touched the ground.
Placing one hand on the hip end TAX
ing a dumbbell in the other. she slowly
raised il over her head. inciining the
body to the side in order to pass the
dumbbell as far over the head as pos
sible. Then, transferring the bell to the
other hand. the movement was repeated
with that side of the body.
The front waist muscles were exercis-
ed by taking the dumbbells in the
hands, holding them directly in front OF
the shoulders, with the arms extended.
and, slowly raising them, holding them
extended above the head. then as grad
ually bringing them back TO the original
position, repeating the exercise several
times.
Extending the body on the floor. she
would take the dumbbells in the hands
and. placing them at her sides, hold
them in position while she gradually
raised her body TO a sitting position
without moving the muscles Of her
arms or legs.
With the dumbbelIs in her hands. she
went through the motion of swimming.
With the bells held at the side to be-
gin. circles were described in the air
Then, raising them over her head. she
bent with them to the ground, impart-
ing to her body a fiexibility that was a
part of the object Of all the exercises.
The use Of the punching bag, which
the boys soon learned TO handle properly,
gave agility and precision to the move
ments, as well as helped 70 supplement
the work of the dumbbells and exer-
ciser. Like most women. Mrs. Brown
had very little time for outdoor exer-
else. and 10 to 20 minutes Of this work
soon put her body in fine condition.
The value OF home exercise she had
never before fully appreciated. and the
result was that several OF her friends
were induced to rig up amateur gym
nasiums in their homes. They found
that taking exercise better fitted them
for the writing OF club papers. study
and household duties. Besides. they got
so much amusement out Of IL that they
united their forces for one afternoon a
week and employed a woman teacher to
instruct them how best to exercise 10
correct their most glaring physical de-
fects. For instance. one woman thought
she was too thin, another thought that
she was too clumsy. another that she |
was woodeny. another had a scrawny |
neck. another thought exercise would |